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Let's be honest: That wasn't a very good weekend of football.
Now let's look on the bright side: That's because the four teams we'll watch in the conference championships on Sunday — San Francisco at Seattle in the NFC and New England at Denver in the AFC — are the four best teams in the NFL. By a lot.
The 49ers, Seahawks, Patriots and Broncos were all considered strong Super Bowl contenders heading into the season, they all went 13-3 or 12-4 during the season, they were all favored to win this weekend and they all won in convincing fashion. What we have are four superior football teams advancing to the conference championships.
That doesn't happen every year. The Ravens were 10-6 in their Super Bowl-winning season last year. The Giants were 9-7 the year before that and the Packers 10-6 the year before that. In the NFL in the last few years, the Super Bowl hasn't featured the best teams. It has featured the teams that got hot in the playoffs.
I like it better this way. The Seahawks and 49ers are great teams with a great rivalry. The Broncos and Patriots are great teams with two Hall of Fame quarterbacks who have battled each other for more than a decade. The combined record of the four teams still in the title hunt is 50-14, the best combined record of the final four teams in the playoffs in the last 15 years. This is what championship football should be like.
Here are my notes from the weekend:
For three quarters, the Broncos looked like the most complete team in the NFL. We all know Denver's Peyton Manning-led passing game is great, but the Broncos were good all over the place for the first three quarters against the Chargers. Knowshon Moreno and Montee Ball were a very strong 1-2 punch running the ball. Denver's defense held a very good San Diego offense in check for most of the game. Early in the game, even the Broncos' bad plays looked like flukes, not like major problems. But the Broncos' fourth-quarter letdown may be a concern: A comfortable 17-0 lead turned into a closer-than-it-should-have-been 24-17 win. The Broncos will need to play well for four quarters to beat the Patriots.
LeGarrette Blount is something special. The Patriots made Blount the focal point of their offense on Saturday, and he rewarded them in a major way, carrying 24 times for 166 yards and four touchdowns. (Blount has only played in one postseason game, and he has more career postseason rushing touchdowns than Barry Sanders and Walter Payton combined.) Blount has always had a phenomenal combination of speed and power, but after a great rookie season in Tampa Bay in 2010, he was largely a forgotten man with the Bucs. Now the Patriots are getting the most out of his talents. One of the primary differences between a bad coach like Greg Schiano and a great coach like Bill Belichick is that Schiano saw Blount as a problem to get rid of, while Belichick saw Blount as an opportunity to make the most of.
Marshawn Lynch is a beast in the playoffs. Lynch has only played in five postseason games in his career, and he has topped 130 rushing yards in three of them: He had 140 yards in Sunday's win over New Orleans, 132 yards in last year's win over Washington, and 131 yards in Seattle's playoff win three years ago over New Orleans, the game in which Lynch reeled off one of the greatest runs in NFL history. Only two players in NFL history — Terrell Davis with five and Thurman Thomas with four — have more 130-yard games in the playoffs than Lynch's three.
Dan Skuta got the weakest flag of the weekend. Skuta, a 49ers linebacker, made a great play to fight through a block, hit Cam Newton and wrap him up for a sack in the fourth quarter. But the referee somehow claimed that Skuta had committed "roughing the quarterback" by hitting Newton in the head. I'm all for player safety, but the idea that a linebacker can't tackle a quarterback the way Skuta tackled Newton is ridiculous.
The Panthers needed more from their running backs. Carolina running back DeAngelo Williams, who just finished the third season of a five-year, $43 million contract, gained 13 yards on five carries on Sunday. Carolina fullback Mike Tolbert, who just finished the second year of a four-year, $8.2 million contract, gained 20 yards on eight carries. (Running back Jonathan Stewart, who just finished the second year of a five-year, $36.5 million contract, was inactive with a knee injury.) A team that's devoting as much salary cap space to running backs needs a lot more production from them than that. Cam Newton, who had 54 yards on 10 carries, was the only Panther who was a consistent threat on the ground.
The Trent Richardson trade was terrible. There are no two ways about it, the Colts made a huge mistake when they gave up their 2014 first-round draft pick to acquire Richardson from the Browns. Richardson ended the playoffs with four carries for a grand total of one yard, with one fumble. That's horrific. In the regular season Richardson gave the Colts 157 carries for 458 yards, a pathetic average of 2.9 yards a carry. If Richardson can't show significant improvement in the offseason and the 2014 preseason, can he even make the Colts' 53-man roster next year?
The Saints' clock management was abysmal. There will be plenty of blame to go around in New Orleans this week after the Saints' loss at Seattle. But a big share of the blame should go to coach Sean Payton and quarterback Drew Brees, both of whom were responsible for some atrocious clock management. Twice in the fourth quarter Payton and Brees wasted timeouts because they couldn't get the play called and the offense set in time to avoid a delay of game penalty. And Payton wasted the Saints' final timeout challenging a Seahawks catch that was clearly ruled correctly on the field. You simply can't waste all three of your timeouts when you're trying to come from behind in the fourth quarter, but that's what the Saints did.
The trumpet national anthem was awesome. Instead of famous singers who try way too hard to put their own spin on "The Star-Spangled Banner," the Carolina Panthers got trumpeter Jesse McGuire to play the national anthem, and he was outstanding. How about bringing him back for the Super Bowl, NFL? That was an anthem fit for a great game, which this year's Super Bowl — whether it's the 49ers or Seahawks, Broncos or Patriots — is virtually guaranteed to be.


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You are currently browsing the tag archive for the 'Quail Daffodil' tag.
It's time to buy daffodils, and while it may look like I have enough of this splendid, easy to grow bulb, I don't think I'll ever have enough. Never.
Daffodils shine in my deciduous NC woods. They look beautiful in vases and add fragrance to the house.
And Daffodils come back year after year in larger, carefree clumps– if you buy the right ones for gardening in the South.
Here are some of my favorites:
February Gold: If I could only grow one daffodil, this would be the one. It has bloomed as early as February 2nd here and the flowers last for weeks and weeks. (Great for putting in little vases for Valentines Day gifts.)
Ice Follies: Stunning bi-colored flowers that usually appear by my niece's birthday, March 6. Larger than Feb. Gold but more easily knocked over by hard rains, snows, freezes. At the worst, the stems will bend and I cut armfuls of flowers for the house.
Carlton: Another large cup daffodil like Ice follies, it's pure yellow, very sturdy, beautiful, and popular. Another must have.
Geranium: Multi-booms per stem, this is the most fragrant daffodil I grow. Love it!
Hawera: My latest daffodil, blooming in early April. Small and charming and a reliable late bloomer for the South (which is hard to find.)
My favorite source is Terra Ceia Farms in Eastern NC. They sell great bulbs with bulk pricing to greedy gardeners like me.
Bret and Becky's is another excellent Southern daffodil grower and between the two, I can find anything I want.
Last time I checked, both have real people who answer the phone and give helpful advice, another big plus for me.
Two more tips for daffodil growing:
Order sooner, rather than later. I write: Order Bulbs!!! on my October Calendar and try to get it done by Halloween or at least mid November before the best varieties sell out.
And finally, try something new every year. Quail and Jetfire are the newbies at our house for 2011. But I was torn. So many splendid daffodils, so little time…
Any suggestions? Please share your favorites.

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I'm skipping the usual weekly wrap-up so that you can skedaddle out of here and go celebrate our country's freedom! We'll be grilling hamburgers and brats, eating watermelon, reading the Declaration of Independence, and oohing and aahing at fireworks. J
One quick housekeeping announcement before you go.
Time is moving so quickly, and we have so much to fit in to every day.
- Building a house and moving/settling in
- Homeschooling beginning {hopefully} next week ~ grades 9, 7, 6, and 3, and a 5yo who is eager for phonics and more lesson time with Mommy
- Adoring the 3yo before he grows up
- Writing inspirational romantic suspense with the goal of publication
I love my readers, and I love this opportunity to connect with you, but it is becoming more and more difficult to fit everything in.
So, I'm cutting my blogging time to two times each week ~ Tuesday and Friday. There will still be a modesty post now and then…Twirly Tuesdays. {Love that name! J} The Homeschool Mother's Journal wrap-up will also be continued, probably every other week.
This has been a difficult decision, but I feel the Lord's nudge. Whatever comes, I'm bathing it all in prayer.
And once we get the house done and we're settled {hopefully by the fall!}, maybe I'll get back to three days each week.
Have a wonderful weekend! Remember the freedoms we celebrate and how we came to have them as you marvel at the bombs bursting in air. Pray for our country.
I love you all, sweet friends, and I appreciate the time you spend here with me.
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shickles necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 28 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
Simple Helix
We're a small but strong internet hosting company with a substantial national and international clientele. We've developed a strong logo that we're fond of, but we're looking for something a bit edgy for some tshirts that we're looking to distribute to our prized customers.
Although most of these tshirts will be handed out to our existing customers, we know the story: these shirts will be worn A LOT. Free stuff always is. The majority of our customer base is younger, professional, and very tech savvy. They also have a very sharp sense of humor. That's why we like them.
We don't want Ed Hardy. We do want designer style. We don't want to look like everyone else. We do want to look professional. We don't want to use our logo unchanged. We do want to incorporate our logo into your design. We're not sticklers for whether the design is suited for the front or the back, but if the main design is on the back, please include a "pocket" detail/design on the front.


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i helped throw a baby shower recently for a dear friend.
it was so much fun designing the small bits and pieces to help make her shower special.
the other {amazing} girl that helped with the shower thought of the adorable idea of doing a waffle bar brunch. it was a huge success!
because this shower was so much fun, i decided that i'd share these printable and now customizable goodies with all of you!
we had a waffle bar sign and food labels for each topping
and of course everyone loves a yummy soda as a party favor
this is the original invite
not only did i include everything for a baby shower, but also for a bridal shower!
hopefully the bride or mama-to-be in your life will enjoy these as much as my sweet friend kaylee did!
{me, kaylee, and carli-the other hostess}


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This year's headliners include TruTV's Adam Cayton-Holland, Andy Peters, Amy Miller, and Eric Dadourian, plus comics from A Prairie Home Companion, MTV, the UCB Theatre, and more.
Equally awesome? Crom has teamed up with Omaha record label Saddle Creek to focus on emerging artists and not on making money for a dingy comedy club. No drink minimums, no hacky dudes in blazers with rolled up sleeps, and no mother-in-law jokes. Crom is the opposite of club comedy.
"Nebraska's coolest indie comedy of the year" - Hear Nebraska
"A potent shot in the arm" - The Denver Post
"Lineups packed with a murderers row of rippers from near and far" - Denver Westword
"The best comedians in the country today" - Omahype
"You probably want to go ahead and make this your weekend." - The Comedy Bureau
Crom Comedy Festival
Friday 4/21 and Saturday 4/22
Headline shows at O'Leaver's - 1322 Saddle Creek Rd, Omaha, NE 68106
7:00 - FREE Show Outside
8:30, 10:15 - Shows in O'Leaver's Main Room$12 in advance or $15 at the door gets you into both Main Room shows
Saturday 4/223:00 Late Late Breakfast - O'Leavers - FREE
Sunday 4/23
3:00 Doom Room - O'Leavers - FREE
Lookout Lounge - 320 S. 72nd St, Omaha, NE 68114
$10 gets you into shows at 7:00 and 9:00
For a full schedule and lineups, please visit:www.CromComedyFest.com


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Rutherglen / Victoria
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This is the real Australia, a dry country with undisturbed views of the horizon and bold red wines that taste like they've been carved out of the landscape. Rutherglen is rich in character. Some truly fine wines live here, plus a few great eats. The landscape is golden except for the vines and river gums.
Checkout the gorgeous new website for the wine makers of Rutherglen, featuring a heap of my photos and lots of local loveliness :)
Ewen Bell's other website is called "Photography for Travellers", an online guide rich in features both practical and philosophical. Field guides to wonderful locations, insights into techniques plus inspiring idea to help you think differently about the art of photography.
Photography for Travellers
Ewen's guiding principles are simple...
"Go slow. Get closer. Look for the light."
"Photography is about showing other people how to see, to share the beauty of life. It's not a job, it's a lifestyle. We only get one lifetime, one chance to add some light into the world. Photography competitions are mostly silly. Cats are excellent."
Australia: 0438 896 228
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All material on this web site is subject to copyright and may not be used without permission.
All photography on this site by Ewen Bell


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First of all, I generated a list of bash aliases with entries like the following:
alias 123='ssh firstname.lastname@example.com'
alias 125='ssh email@example.com'
But this solution looked too ugly. Another solution was to add lots of ssh_config entries as described here; it was ugly too.
Another thing that made these two hacks useless was that I needed to connect to hosts in other networks, like 192.168.1.x, 192.168.20.x etc, and it wasn't possible to add all of them to .bash_aliases or ~/.ssh/config.
So I invented the wheel.
In Debian (and Ubuntu too) there is a valuable addendum to bash: function command_not_found_handle that accepts the name of non-existing command and decides what to do: call another program instead this command or something else. By default, it searches the command name in apt package cache and advices user to install the appropriate package.
I wrote my own function and placed it to ~/.bashrc:
command_not_found_handle () {
if [[ ! "$1" ]] ; then
return 127
if echo $n| perl -ne 'exit(/^([1-9]|[1-9]\d|1\d{2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])$/ ? 0:1)' ; then
elif echo $n| perl -ne '
exit (/^([1-9]|[1-9]\d|1\d{2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.
$/x ? 0:1)' ; then
elif echo $n| perl -ne '
exit (/^([1-9]|[1-9]\d|1\d{2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.
$/x ? 0:1)' ; then
return 127
ssh $ip
How does it work. The function analyzes its argument, and if this argument is a number from 0 to 255, it calls "ssh 192.168.0.xx" (where xx is the argument passed to this function); if the argument passes contains two dot-separated numbers like xx.xx (each is from 0 to 255), it calls ssh 192.168.xx.xx. If the argument validates as a correct IP-address, "ssh ip" is called. In any other cases, exit code 127 is returned and bash handles "command not found" error by itself.
So, I write only the last number of the IP address and it automatically being translated to the full IP:
bvk@host ~$ 15
# becomes ssh 192.168.0.15
bvk@host ~$ 29
# becomes ssh 192.168.0.29
bvk@host ~$ 10.51
# becomes ssh 192.168.10.51
bvk@host ~$ 172.19.4.10
# becomes ssh 172.19.4.10
Also, I wrote some entries to ~/.ssh/config to specify different parameters for different hosts:
Host 192.168.20.251
User special_user1
Host 192.168.20.252
User special_user2
Host 192.168.20.254
User special_user3
Host *
User ordinary_user
This allows me to connect to the hosts 192.168.20.251, 192.168.20.252 and 192.168.20.253 as respective users, and to all other hosts as ordinary_user.
P.S. It's often impossible to give names to all the hosts in our networks, because hosts in our test environment go up and down frequently. So we have to connect to them via their IPs.


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In the city that is the home of The Hobbit the chirpy little local people overcame the evil force from the big bad world outside: Wellington beat Auckland in the preliminary final of the T20.I have written before of the wisdom of getting to cricket matches in good time:
The importance of this principle was manifest once more at the Basin on Friday. Indolent spectators lacking in moral backbone who wandered in late after the third over missed the best that this game had to offer: a 17-ball 46 by Jesse Ryder. Twenty came from the first over, bowled by the unfortunate Matt Quinn, with three fours, and a six kept in the ground at long on only by one of the pohutukawas. Giving the new ball to the inexperienced Quinn was to ask a boy bugler to lead the charge, particularly when the cunning and experienced Andre Adams was available.
At the other end, Ben Orton knew that his job was to get off strike as soon as possible, which he did with a single off the first ball, bowled by the experienced left-armer Michael Bates. In the rest of the over Ryder cover drove three boundaries, one off the back foot and two off the front, the second lofted over the infield. Three jewels of shots that would have looked shiny and beautiful in any game of cricket. Ryder did not play a stroke today that was predetermined; each was a response to the ball that was bowled.
Unbelievably, Auckland captain Gareth Hopkins persisted with Quinn from the Vance Stand End. Quinn looks very young and I seriously considered ringing the child protection people at this point. Two fours and a towering six onto the bank were the inevitable result, but from the last ball of the over Ryder was caught on the square-leg boundary; had it carried two metres further it would have been a 17-ball fifty (not the quickest I would have seen: that was Matthew Fleming's 16-ball effort in a rain-reduced ten-over Sunday League game for Kent v Yorkshire in 1996). It was magnificent batting, with no qualification about it only being T20. Mike Hesson, the Black Caps coach, is shortly to have a conversation with Ryder about the possibility of a return to the national team for the forthcoming England tour of these islands. This is how Hesson should begin this exchange:
Hesson: Please Jesse (can I call you Jesse or would you prefer Mr Ryder?), you just name the terms, you don't have to practise, just turn up and bat, you can have the house of whichever member of the New Zealand Cricket board you nominate and your own body weight in whatever fast food you choose delivered daily to the dressing room, but please play, I'm begging you.
A quietness overtook the ground for a while, punctuated only by the repentant sobbing of latecomers, as they learned what they had missed. Michael Papps began to build an innings that was perfect for the circumstances, busy, with enough big hits to keep the scoreboard moving at a good rate (by the way Basin Reserve authorities, if you have a scoreboard which shows the scores of team and batsmen by in the form of lit electric bulbs, wouldn't it be an idea to check that enough of the bulbs are working to enable spectators to see what those scores actually are?). Papps was 70 not out from 48 balls at the end. He put on 79 for the third wicket with Cameron Borgas, who was no quicker about his work than he had been against Otago last week: 29 from 33 balls, not fast enough for the second half of a 20 innings on a good pitch. Borgas has a considerable repertoire of unorthodox shots, but fewer than desirable of the orthodox variety that have stood the test of time over the centuries as a means of moving things along. He was caught at fine third man from a dilscoop, which was just as well for Wellington as it brought in Luke Ronchi, who made 21 from just 11 balls.
Wellington finished with 182 for four, a formidable target, but one that Auckland had the firepower to chase down if they got a good start.
Tugaga removed Lou Vincent lbw from the first ball of the innings, and Gareth Hopkins followed in the second over, caught and bowled by slow left armer Mark Houghton. This left Aaron Finch as the bearer of Auckland's hopes and dreams. Finch was signed just for the weekend, having been dropped from Australia's ODI team, in which he featured last weekend (the biggest cheer of the day, incidentally, was raised not for a Ryder six, but for the news that Australia were 40 for nine against Sri Lanka at the Gabba). He was man of the series in this year's Big Bash (as the Australian T20 is fashioned) and struck fluently from the start. Ryder put him down at backward point, one of five chances that Wellington spurned, something that has to be put right before the final.
Finch drove the Auckland innings along at a fair pace, well supported by Craig Cachopa. They were 84 for two in the tenth, and unease could be seen removing its hat and taking a seat among the home supporters. But at this point Finch was bowled as he made room to cut. From that point on wicket-taker Woodcock and Houghton (a combined three for 52 from eight overs) exercised sufficient control and guile to take the target over Auckland's horizon. Ryder bowled with intelligence and accuracy towards the end, and Auckland finished 23 runs short, the width of the Sahara in T20 terms.
So it is off to the deep south for Wellington, who face Otago in the final on Sunday.


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Your daily English-language news
The Villalobos investigation has been expanded to include a third brother, Freddy, now believed living in the United States.
That was revealed in a U.S. federal court order in Miami issued a week ago that appointed a top U.S. prosecutor to help Costa Rica build a criminal case.
The judges order, made after a request from Costa Rica, appoints the prosecutor, Yvonne Rodriguez-Schack, as a "commissioner" to issue subpoenas and to gather evidence. She is like a one-person grand jury in that individuals are obligated to answer her questions or face court penalties, according to the judges order.
The request for aid came from Walter Espinoza Espinoza, the prosecutor here on the Villalobos case. He did that in October. The countrys chief prosecutor, Carlos Arias, approved the request that then went to the Corte Suprema de Justicia and then through diplomatic channels. The request was made under the United Nations Convention Against Drug Trafficking, said the order.
Espinoza is primarily interested in the origin of money that entered the many bank accounts held by the Villalobos brothers and associated corporations in the United States. The request for aid lists 39 separate bank accounts, most in Miami and New Orleans. Freddy Villalobos Camacho is mentioned as a person who had possible access to some of the accounts.
The Costa Rican-based brothers, Luis Enrique Villalobos Camacho and Oswaldo Villalobos Camacho are mentioned more extensively. Oswaldo Villalobos is in custody here. Luis Enrique Villalobos is a fugitive.
The request from Espinoza was supposed to be sealed to prevent publication, but for some reason the judge involved released the document. A.M. Costa Rica obtained its copy from Offshore Alert, a publication of KYC News, Inc., that tracks scams and frauds worldwide. That company is based in Miami, the same place as the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, which issued the order. The judge was identified as Magistrate Judge Brown with no first name.
The petition for help by Espinoza was officially translated into English here and included in the U.S. court file. The Costa Rican prosecutor basically recounts how the offices of Oswaldo and Luis Enrique Villalobos were raided July 4, 2002, at the request of The Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The suspects in the Canadian case were Betrand Henri St. Onge, his wife, Sandra Kerwin St. Onge, his brother Luc St. Onge, Richard Rivers and Norman Denault.
Espinoza said that by the time of the raid a year ago Betrand Henri St. Onge had died of cancer, but the Canadian authorities believed that before his death he had conspired with his brother and others to import cocaine into Canada and that Rivers put $80,000 into a St. Onge account at the Villalobos operation that would be used in the deal.
Espinoza said that the evidence includes material confiscated in a raid a year ago at the St. Onge
|condominium in Jacó and that
this evidence included fax messages to and from the offices of the Villalobos
Brothers in the San Pedro Mall that referred to investments made by St.
Espinoza also listed other suspicious transactions involving the Villalobos brothers, employees and some of the companies controlled by the men.
"The prosecutor is trying to establish whether money in certain accounts was used in, or resulted from, the narcotics trafficking or money laundering financial transactions . . . ," said the application filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rodriguez-Schack in her application to the court under the name of her boss, U.S. Attorney Marcos Daniel Jimenez.
The banks involved are the Whitney National Bank of New Orleans, Barclays Bank, First Union Bank in Miami, Amtrade International Bank of Miami, Bank Atlantic in Miami, BICSA Bank in Miami, Popular Bank of Florida in Miami, BAC Florida Bank of Miami, the International Bank of Miami, Gulf Coast Bank in Miami, City Bank in Miami, and Cuenta del Pacific Industrial Bank (a subsidiary of Banco Uno).
Magistrate Judge Browns order empowers Ms. Rodriguez-Schack to work in conjunction with FBI agents, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and/or Costa Rican officials until Aug. 30, unless the order is extended.
The request from Espinoza also outlines Costa Ricas penalties for money laundering, which is eight to 20 years in prison and from 10 to 20 in the case of laundering drug proceeds.
In the request, Espinoza gives the U.S. officials a briefing in the Villalobos operation that is well known to persons here: That the brothers paid up to 3.5 percent interest on deposits of $10,000 or more and that they had specific rules on withdrawals. Espinoza said that based on the minimum amount, the Villalobos brothers were handling at least $62 million in deposits. But he points out that many persons deposited far more money.
Some of the investors mentioned and the original amounts of their investment from the court record are:
David Brown, $674,252; Michael Sterling, $1,163,809; Carlos Badilla, $2,016,303; Omar Fonseca Vargas, $1,937,430; Mario Borges Soubirus, $1,616,887; an entity identified only as Favillale, $6,410,000, and Forbes & Stobart S.A., $592,297.
Espinoza also said that the raid on the Villalobos operation had resulted in the confiscation of detailed records of customers, including photocopies of passports and other identifying information.
There is nothing in the judicial order or other documents that say a parallel U.S. investigation of Villalobos has been or will be launched. However, A.M. Costa Rica has learned that some investors have made complaints with the Miami office of the FBI.
Ms. Rodriguez-Schack is one of more than 200 assistant U.S. attorneys in the Southern District of Florida offices. She has had experience as a public defender as in prosecuting death penalty cases.
Creditors of the fugitive financier Luis Enrique Villalobos Camacho had a choice this weekend.
They could attend a meeting of the United Concerned Citizens of Costa Rica and hear lawyer José Miguel Villalobos Umaña again tell them that there are no indications that either Luis Enrique Villalobos or his brother Oswaldo Villalobos committed any crime. About 90 did, a steep reduction from the estimated 500 at a similar meeting Feb. 2.
Or they could read an e-mail statement from the Investment Recovery Center, a group of lawyers representing creditors. That statement said "Confidential sources state that the investigators came to the conclusion that there were integration activities carried out by the money capturing office of EV [Enrique Villalobos], and the Money exchange house Ofinter, and Osvaldo participated in both. This blending of activities made it possible to hide the origin and mobilization of money."
The messages, either oral or written, were consistent with the goals of the lawyers. José Villalobos is raising money so that he can get the Costa Rican government to terminate an investigation into the Villalobos Brothers. Members of the informal group he represents believe that once the criminal investigation is over the Villalobos who is in hiding will return to Costa Rica and pay them the money they loaned him and accrued interest. Villalobos has been in hiding since October. His bother is in custody.
The Investment Recovery Center, however, said of the Villalobos high-interest operation "There is a pattern of activities or behavior that fits into a possible money-laundering scheme. . . ." The lawyers said that their objective for their clients was the eventual recovery of whatever funds become available through legal means.
At his meeting Sunday José Villalobos endorsed two other proposals to put pressure on the Costa Rican government. He praised Jack Caine, who
|seeks to hail Costa Rica into international
arbitration so creditors can recover their money directly from the government.
He said that Costa Rica failed to adequately supervise financial operations
on its soil.
José Villalobos also encouraged promoters of a scheme to lobby the U.S. government to invoke an amendment to a foreign aid act that would cause the U.S. president to cut off money to Costa Rica.
At the start of the meeting where a 1,000-colon ($2.50) admission was charged, petitions also were passed demanding direct U.S. intervention of the U.S. government. This appeared to be a call for some kind of U.S. military operation. The petition was addressed to the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica.
Whoever circulated the petition also claimed that the death of Vault owner Roy Taylor was suspicious. Taylor died two weeks ago while in police custody. Police said he committed suicide when he went to the bathroom. The petition said that Taylor was "gunned down." It also said that U.S. citizens were being held in custody without charges.
The last point would not be unusual for Costa Rica where the actual charging of a criminal suspect comes late in the legal proceedings. For example, no charges have been filed against the Villalobos Brothers.
Although the Investment Recovery Center did not mention José Villalobos in its message, the timing was obvious in anticipation of the Sunday meeting. It was sent Saturday.
However, José Villalobos took a crack at the e-mail and he criticized a line that said "Other names of suspected drug traffickers are also in the list of investors, which may turn out to be significant."
José Villalobos called this insulting to the rest of the investors. He challenged whoever wrote the document for the Investment Recovery Center to report the names of suspected drug traffickers to authorities.
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faces Italian drug count
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
An Italian man sought to face trial on a charge of trafficking in cocaine was arrested Friday. The man, identified as Igor Simmi, was a car salesman and restaurante operator in Orotina.
The operation was coordinated by the Dirección de Inteligencia y Seguridad, the International Police
Simmi first came to Costa Rica Sept. 22, 1998, and on Oct. 8, 2001, he sought residency due to a marriage to a Costa Rican, said police.
Simmi is being held on an Italian arrest order under the jurisdiciton of the Tibunal Penal Primer Circuito de San José.
Solar system found
Special to A.M. Costa Rica
An international team of scientists has discovered a planetary system
consisting of a star similar to the sun that is orbited by a gas-giant
planet larger but very similar to the planet Jupiter, the National
Scientists, using the Anglo-Australian Telescope in Siding Spring, Australia,
made precise calculations of light spectra from a star identified as HD
70642, revealing a barely detectable "wobble" that
"The planet, a gas giant, is right where it should be if the solar system
evolved like ours, suggesting that other planets may be found nearby and
that the system could potentially harbor life," according
Light vote turnout
By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
MEXICO CITY, México A mid-term election appears to have dealt a blow to the government of President Vicente Fox. Turnout was light in Sunday's election to select all 500 members of the lower house of Congress, as well as governors in six states. No single party gained enough votes to enjoy a congressional majority.
Preliminary, unofficial results indicate a slight lead in the overall percentage of votes for the Institutional Revolutionary Party, known as the PRI, which ruled Mexico for 71-years uninterrupted, until President Fox won the 2000 election.
Exit polls give the PRI around 34 percent of the overall national vote for the House of Deputies. Fox's National Action Party, known as the PAN, is a few points behind, with around 31 percent, according to exit polls conducted by Mexican news media organizations.
The results, even if they change slightly in the final, official count, represent a disappointment for President Fox and his party. The PAN had hoped to expand its numbers in Congress in order to pass major reforms that have been blocked by the PRI and other opposition parties for the past two-and-half-years.
No single party has had a majority in the legislative body and Sunday's vote has not changed that. That could produce three more years of gridlock at a time when the country desperately needs a coherent policy to increase economic growth.
But PRI national president and presidential hopeful Roberto Madrazo struck a tone of reconciliation in a post-election interview with Mexico's Televisa television network. He says his party is leaving behind the confrontation of the campaign and that the time has arrived for all the political parties to make an effort to respond to the voters' mandate. He says the PRI is inviting President Fox and the leaders of other parties to come together to work for a more prosperous country.
A.M. Costa Rica photosYou cant beat a stack of U.S. flags to brighten up the party, as these youngsters found out Friday at the American Colony Committees Fourth of July.
Fourth of July
As did U.S. Marines from the U.S. Embassy
|Here are some snapshots from the
July 4 celebration at the Cervercería Costa Rica grounds Friday.
This was the 42nd annual observance of U.S. Independence Day here.
The event, put on by the American Colony
|Committee may have drawn as many
as 5,000 persons.
In addition to free beer and hot dogs, the event was especially geared for youngsters and perhaps a third of the attendees were under 17.
Amnesty International says the Costa Rican justice system should not be allowed to suffer the same fate as its neighbors. In a release to mark the second anniversary of the murder of Parmenio Medina Pérez, the international Secretariat of the organization said that if such a high profile crime cannot be solved "it is questionable whether justice can be done in Costa Rica."
The anniversary is a time when the news media focuses on the case. Medina, a radio commentator was gunned down near his home in Santo Domingo de Heredia. He hosted a radio show that combined satire and political commentary. He had received death threats.
"We share the concerns of Costa Ricans, particularly journalists and
broadcasters, that the failure to clarify this crime is a threat to press
|anything which reflects badly on
politicians or church figures," Amnesty International said.
Parmenio Media had been critical of Radio María, a religious station run by a priest. Popular suspicion fell on the priest and his associates, although other indications are that another as-yet-unrevealed scandal prompted the murder.
The case has had many leaks, as investigators try to use the news media and public opinion to further their efforts. But most of the evidence is testimony from gangsters. Amnesty International also said that reporting on the case had been hampered by Costa Ricas defamation laws that allow even high-placed public officials to sue.
The Parmenio Medina case would be a tough one in any jurisdiction because there was little physical evidence at the scene linking a killer to the corpse. Gunmen apparently opened up on the radio broadcaster as both the victim and the killers drove in separate cars adjacent to each other.
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Bowls NSW Metropolitan Club 2017
Bowls NSW named Cabra Bowls Group their Best Performed Metropolitan Club for 2017 at this year's
prestigious event held at Kiribilli on the 21st February 2018.
We have over 6000 members with a very active competitive lawn bowls membership. We have achieved considerable success on the Bowling Greens winning the Premier League competition in 2001 and 2010 the State No 1 Pennant in 1997, 2009 and 2017 for both Men & Ladies divisions.
We have several International Bowlers playing with us in both men and women and have very attractive Incentive Payment Schemes for all our players including Juniors.
The club has upgraded many of its facilities recently and has very well appointed lounge areas with a host of dining options.
We have live entertainment 7 nights a week and you can keep up to date with the latest events on the "Whats On" page.
We not only cater to lawn bowls, but host a number of activities including Euchre and Bingo.
We actively sponsor a number of Junior Sporting teams along with Lawn Bowls – Netball, Cricket, Rugby League, Soccer and AFL. During school hours we offer local schools a chance to use our venue and enjoy an hour under supervision playing Lawn Bowls as a school sport.
Cabra Bowls Group has a long tradition in which people of all cultures in the local community can come together to enjoy the sport of bowls and socialise.


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Written by Julie of Willow Bird Baking
Autumn certainly took its sweet, chilly time reaching the Southern United States this year, but today felt like we jumped straight into winter! The cutting wind threatened to turn the misty rain into sleet with every gust, and my students drew silly faces on our steamed up classroom window after I cranked up the heat. I usually feel grumpy when the cold weather rolls in, but this year I'm at peace. I recently accomplished a baking goal I set out for myself in August: to conquer the crust.
At the beginning of my journey, I had never tackled a pie or tart crust before and was feeling very intimidated. Horror stories abounded: dough stuck to rolling pins, overworked and tough dough, and plenty of flour-covered kitchens, children, and dogs. I felt like I'd been preparing for the feat, though. I'd certainly eaten some delicious crusts: light, flaky pie crusts that melded with sweet fruit filling; dense, sweet, cookie-like tart crusts embracing delicious cheeses and creams; savory, crisp crusts filled with cheesy quiches. And I'd certainly researched crust-making. It sounded simple: while there are plenty of variations, most crusts are just a ratio of fat and flour with just enough ice water to bind the dough. And I'd certainly drooled over many a delicious crust recipe on the food blogs I avidly read.
In fact, pie and tart crusts were essential to many of the fantastic fall recipes I had lovingly bookmarked on my computer. But you know what? It turns out that, as with other baking challenges (puff pastry and Dobos torte, I'm lookin' at you!), reading and eating and thinking about a recipe just isn't enough. It isn't until you get in the kitchen, tie back your hair, and get out your butter that you're really going to tackle a dish. It's with that mentality (and a bit of trepidation) that I finally set out to make two versions of pie crust and a sweet tart dough (pâte sucrée).
Pie crust was first on my list. Pie crusts can be made with various fats including butter, shortening, or lard. All-butter crusts tend to be rich in flavor but can lack flakiness, while all-shortening crusts are just the opposite (and some folks feel they leave a waxy mouthfeel). Many choose to use to combine these two fats to obtain a balance of flavor and flakiness. I was planning to go in this direction myself until my mother shoved a tub of lard into my hands. I know, who owns lard?! My mom, that's who! While lard is an ingredient that many of us have relegated to the 1950s pantries of our grandmothers, my mother assured me it was the path to pie crust perfection. She's never led me astray, so I decided to try a half-butter and half-lard crust. The fats are added to flour and salt, pulsed to crumbly, and then bound with just enough ice water to form a dough. Sounds so simple, right?
As it turns out, my first try at tackling crusts was a fumble. Like, a major fumble. Like, the backup quarterback was called in and I was traded to the Lions. And demoted to cleat polisher. In fact, I think it would make a great National Lampoon movie: National Lampoon's Pie Crust Caper. It started with an ingenious (or so I thought) idea to make pocket pies with my first ever batch of pie crust. Little hand-held, individual pockets of perfection. They appealed to me for several reasons. Apart from being miniature (and we all know miniature equals adorable), they offer tremendous opportunity for variety. Instead of making one or two pies, you can literally make dozens – all with different sweet and savory fillings! I was all set to make four versions of my first crust endeavor: Cheesesteak Pie Pockets; Pesto, Tomato, and Mozzarella Pie Pockets; Peach Crisp Pie Pockets; and Red Berry Pie Pockets. That turned out to be a little (okay, a lot) ambitious, considering my first try at pie crust looked more like – how shall I put this? – pie dust.
Ladies and gentlecooks, this is what happens when you don't add enough ice water to your pie crust: failpies. No wonder it was harder than usual to roll out (and that's saying something, considering the rocky relationship I have with my rolling pin)! Determined to keep my kitchen cool and a sense of humor, I tucked all of my grand plans for pocket pies away. I had clearly jumped in way over my head. I resolved that I was going to make one successful pie, with one successful pie crust instead. Back to the food processor I went, this time adding two more tablespoons of ice water and making sure the dough formed into a ball. Perfection! I rolled the dough out between two sheets of parchment paper (a lovely trick in that it eliminates the flour mess and ensures you don't add too much flour to your dough, resulting in a tough crust) and assembled my first pie: a gorgeous Peach Crisp Pie. I was about as proud as a peacock as I pulled it from the oven (having apparently completely forgotten the pocket pie mess – let's just pretend that didn't happen, shall we?). It was absolutely delicious – a perfectly tender and flaky crust with a gooey peach filling.
Peach Crisp Pie
Recipe by: Willow Bird Baking (crust adapted from Crisco)
Yields: One 9-inch, two crust pie
Crust Ingredients:
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons salt
3/4 cup cold lard (non-hydrogenated if available)*
3/4 cup cold butter, chopped
6-8 tablespoons cold water
*you can substitute vegetable shortening here if you wish, but I highly recommend the lard!
Filling Ingredients:
5-6 peaches, peeled and quartered
1/2-3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1-2 tablespoons granulated sugar (to taste)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup oats
pinch salt
Egg Wash Ingredients:
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon heavy cream
Whipped Cream Ingredients:
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla (or flavoring of your choice)
Pulse flour and salt together to combine. Add scoops of lard and pulse into the mixture has the texture of coarse sand, about 10 seconds. Add in chunks of butter and pulse until butter pieces are no larger than small peas, about 10 pulses. Add minimum amount of water and pulse on low. If dough remains crumbly and doesn't come together, add another 2 tablespoons of water. Add as little as is required to enable the dough to be rolled into a ball. Form the dough into 2 disks, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for 20-30 minutes while preparing your filling.
For filling, mix all ingredients together in a medium bowl.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Roll one disk of dough out to around 2 inches larger than your pie plate and transfer it, situating it in the plate. Trim the excess flush with the edge of the pie plate. Fill the pastry covered plate with filling. Roll the other disk out to about 1 inch larger than your pie plate. Situate it over the filling, tucking the edges of the top dough behind the edge of the bottom dough and crimping the edges. Use excess dough to add dough cutouts to top of pie if desired (I made some fall leaves).
In a small bowl, beat cream and egg yolk together for egg wash. Using a pastry brush, brush the surface of the top pie crust (can sprinkle lightly with sugar if you desire). Cut vents in the top crust. Shield crimped edges of pie with foil. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes before turning the heat down to 350 degrees F and baking 30-35 minutes longer. For the last 15 minutes, remove foil shielding. Allow pie to cool completely. Serve with vanilla ice cream or homemade whipped cream. To make homemade whipped cream, mix all ingredients together until soft peaks are obtained.
Now, lest my experiences make you think pocket pies are simply impossible, go take a look at these gorgeous creations from some fellow Daring Bakers: savory (and inexpensive!) Curry Pocket Pies from John, over at eat4fun, and sweet dairy-free Sour Cherry Pocket Pies from Maggie, over at Dog Hill Kitchen. I can't wait to give pocket pies another try!
Photo Credit: Dog Hill Kitchen. Used with permission.
Photo Credit: Playing House. Used with permission.
Once I had made one successful pie crust, I was ready to experiment! In keeping with my love of all things miniature, I whipped up a batch of tiny pies (pumpkin, sour cream apple, and more peach crisp). I changed up my crust recipe to evaluate my newfound love of lard; was it really the pie crust miracle I thought it was? For this crust recipe, I used half butter-flavored shortening and half-butter. While the flavor was great, I definitely preferred the texture of the lard crust – and will be picking up more lard from a local pig farm soon! I'm sold on it being the perfect pie crust fat.
Curious to learn other tricks for a flaky pie crust? One that I'm anxious to try is adding vodka to the dough. I promise I'm no lush (in fact, I'm a tee-totaler), but I'm intrigued. Apparently the ethanol (which evaporates during baking) helps to lessen the gluten in the dough, producing a flakier crust. Amy over at Playing House tried this trick to produce a beautiful Blueberry Lattice Pie.
I had finally conquered the pie, so I suppose I should have been satisfied, but there was still one nagging objective I needed to complete. Lovely pictures were cropping up on food blogs and in cookbooks of an ever-so-enticing treat: the tart. Beautifully arranged fruits, creams, or vegetables fill dense, golden brown tart shells. I chose two tarts for my first venture into tart dough: a Raspberry Cream Cheese Tart and a Chocolate Tart.
There are two basic tart dough recipes: pâte brisée (short dough) and pâte sucrée (sweet dough). The short dough is often used for savory tarts, while the sweet dough (as its name implies) includes sugar and is sometimes used for sweet tarts. I made the latter. One of the lovely things about this dough is that you don't have to roll it out – in fact, it can be quite difficult to roll out pâte sucrée. Instead, Martha Stewart recommends freezing it and then grating it into your tart pan (pressing it into place). I found this rather dangerous, since the dough gets soft and you end up grating fingers (ouch). I used this method for a bit, and then simply tore the rest of the dough into bits and pressed it into the pan. Either technique seemed to work fine. The pâte sucrée tart shell produced was like a flaky, sweet sugar cookie, but with a more delicate taste. These tarts quickly became two of my favorite desserts.
If you're one of those bakers who has been dreading the day when you have to drag out the rolling pin and figure out pie crusts, I hope you'll be inspired by all of these delicious treats to give it a try. The truth is, while making your first crust can be a rocky experience (or a dusty one…), there's a comforting message in that old cliché, "it's as easy as pie." Once you find and master your favorite crust recipe, making a pie or tart becomes quick, simple, and impressive. Do something flaky, crusty, and daring in your kitchen today!
In honor of crusts, here are some lovely Daring Bakers' recipes you might enjoy:
- Simple Pear Tart from Elissa at 17 and Baking
- Quiche Lorraine using pâte brisée from Shari at Whisk: a food blog
- Garlic, Kale, and Tamale Tart with a bright red crust from Zoë at Zoë Bakes
- Tomato, Onion, Peas, and Goat Cheese Tart from Sunita at Sunita's World
- Onion Tart on Not Derby Pie
- French Apple Pie from Andrea at Andrea Meyers
- Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie from Rosa at Rosa's Yummy Yums
Thank you thank you thank you for this article – I have been looking for the perfect pie crust recipe and your links and recipe are exactly that. And your lovely pictures are so superb well done, and good that your mum gave you that trip. Cheers.
Thank you, Audax!! I'm so glad the article was useful! Hope you love the crust. Can't wait to bake up some Thanksgiving pies.
Great article, Julie! Thanks again for featuring my pie
Thanks, Amy! Your pie is just lovely.
Great article! I can definitely relate to "pie dust." I am always (ALWAYS) afraid of adding too much ice water to my pastry dough. I'm afraid of it sticking to my counter when I'm rolling. So, I undercompensate, and end up with dough that doesn't stick to the counter, but also doesn't stay in one piece! I think I've finally gotten over that fear. I've made several pies in the past couple of weeks because I was in an apple pie contest today. My pie dough today was the best I've ever made. I usually use a 75% butter/25% shortening ratio for my dough, but I'd love to give lard a try!
Thank you, bethylou! I'm glad to hear someone shares my wet pie dough fear I'll have to try that butter/shortening ratio! How did the contest go?
Thanks, Amy! I totally agree My mother has me slated to bring over all sorts of Thanksgiving pies. HA!


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Diane and Anthony chat about the Canadian television news of the week:
- Winter season pays off for CBC
- Nickelodeon buys Life With Boys
- Weather Channel picks up Ice Pilots NWT
- Funny as Hell returns
- Splatalot renewed
- Canada's Got Talent premieres March 4
- Top Chef Canada premieres March 12
- Bomb Girls finale is this week
- Gastown Gamble opposition
- Cartoon Network and Adult Swim come to Canada
- Transporter looking for new showrunners … again
- The Bridge helps Canada conquer US airwaves. Seriously?
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KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte, dubbed the first clown in space, arrived at the International Space Station in a Russian space craft on Friday on a 10-day trip that cost over $35 million.
Laliberte, a former fire-breather and founder of the Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil, donned a red clown's nose and waved to his wife and children in a video link-up from the space station to mission control in the town of Korolyov near Moscow.
"I'm adapting pretty good ... but I ain't staying six months," he said to laughter from his colleagues who will each spend several months onboard the cramped outpost.
Laliberte plans to use the trip to draw attention to the importance of access to clean water on Earth and is due to hold a two-hour webcast on October 9 featuring former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Irish rock group U2 and others.
The 50-year-old is worth an estimated $2.5 billion, having turned a passion for acrobatics and circus acts into a global entertainment empire.
He paid more than $35 million for the privilege of becoming Earth's seventh space tourist, blasting off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
A camera on board the Soyuz module showed grainy black and white pictures of the space station slowly coming into view on a giant screen at mission control. "We have contact," a Russian official said, prompting applause from watching relatives.
Laliberte climbed through the hatch into the space station with the Russian cosmonaut and U.S. astronaut who accompanied him. They took turns embracing the six-man station crew before lining up to talk to relatives via a video link.
Laliberte is due to return to earth on October 10.
The expansion of the station's resident crew from three to six has reduced the number of available seats for would-be tourists on scheduled Soyuz rocket flights.
Space Adventures, the company which markets the flights, says it does not know when the Russian space agency will next have a free seat to take a space tourist.
Russia has borne the brunt of sending crews and cargo to the multinational station since the U.S. Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry in 2003, killing its crew of seven.
The Soyuz workload will increase further with the expected retirement of U.S. space agency NASA's shuttle fleet in late 2010 or early 2011.
Russia will stop offering tourist flights to the space station if the United States halts shuttle flights in 2011, the head of Russia's Roskosmos space agency, Anatoly Perminov, said at a press conference after the docking.
The agency is, however, considering carrying tourists into orbit on specially chartered rockets, he said.
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Ace loves his Pre-K class and most days loves to go to school and see his friends. Although every now and then he claims illness and doesn't want to go - but the fight is typically minimal. He is for the most part a good kid in school, he has gotten into 'trouble' a couple of times for being too loud/wild but otherwise the report is that he is very thoughtful and kind. Whenever I drop him off he is often very sweet saying "See you in a little while, Mom. Have a good day!" and followed by a big hug - that often if I am still in range he seeks to repeat and give me more.
Ace is a bookworm in the making. He loves storytime, books read to him, and he's venturing into reading on his own...ever so slowly. Yes, Ace has completed two BOB books with minimal help from me and continues to love to be read to. He is very much into listening to chapter books and loves the continued story aspect - although he doesn't always remember what happened previously but he appreciates the idea. We have read: The Invention of Hugo Cabret (the first half so far), Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web (just started this one) and I think his favorite thus far was: Tollins: Explosive Tales for Children.
Mae and Ace get along pretty well and he is quick to forgive when Sister has wronged him. "I forgive you, Sister." Sometimes it's not the most enthusiastic forgiveness but he doesn't withhold it and they often quickly make up. He has his moments of frustration that often result in tears when his sister is frustrating him to the brink - but generally he's a good sharer, kind and patient.
Once Ace turned 4 he gained responsibilities and chores and he's been doing pretty good and often asks for more chores. The chores that are consistently his are: making his bed, clearing his place after a meal, brushing his teeth in the morning, and in recent weeks we've added in feeding Pixel. He doesn't always do them without asking, but sometimes he does and it makes my heart smile at his willingness to help. I love that he often asks for more chores. It's sweet.
Ace loves to play outside, play video games, and most recently he loves to do Reading Eggs that helps with his learning to read. It's great to watch him play and use his imagination. My favorite is that he is always looking for flowers to give me - whenever he is outside. He is just a sweet sweet boy.
Ace and his father have recently embarked on the discovery of Star Wars and introducing him into that world and he is always eager to do that with his dad. At the moment he doesn't seem to have a favorite anything - he likes a handful of shows that stream on Netflix, he loves to do school at home and learn new things, and loves for us to read to him.
Summer is rapidly approaching and my boy will be five before I know it. What will the next few years bring for us - I'm excited to find out!!


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When I was growing up, when someone would mention punch, the first thing that came to mind was the Hawaiian punch concentrate with water and ice that my mother would serve at a party. This is far cry from the punches of the nineteenth century that were all the rage at any party or bar of choice. Once again it is back in fashion and popular at several drinking establishments.
One such of these delicious libations is the cold whiskey punch and was called an iced monongahela punch by a journalist of the Brooklyn Eagle informed his readers in the New Orleans in 1852. The ingredients when mixed together sounds so scrumptious, even the most finicky of drinkers may ask for a second drink.
Cold Whiskey Punch
Juice of half a lemon or lime
3 oz of Rye Whiskey such as Rittenhouse
Two dashes of Jamaican Rum
One glass of shaved ice
Shake all ingredients together and pour into a stem punch glass with ice, garnish with two slices of lemon or other seasonal fruit and serve with a straw.
God bless and Cheers,
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CLASH Newswire For The Week Of March 23rd, 2008
March 29, 2008 · Print This Article
We are only three days removed from Saturday's Triple Crown Cup and what a show it was! CLASH Wrestling would like to thank each and every one of the 220 fans who joined us on Saturday night. We strongly recommend everyone join us again in two weeks time when CLASH debuts in Rockwood, MI for our next event! It's our ROCKWOOD debut and we promise not to dissappoint! Be a part of our revolution!! Join us on FRIDAY NIGHT, April 4th!!
It's less than two weeks away! CLASH Wrestling debuts at the Rockwood Community Center on Friday Night, APRIL 4TH AT 7 PM for our next live event!! Admission is just $5. Tickets are available now and will be sold at the door, but ARRIVE EARLY because they are going fast!! Driving directions are available at CLASHWRESTLING.COM! This event will deliver the fast paced, athletic, high impact wrestling that CLASH is quickly becoming know for!! Just check out the card below!
CLASH Wrestling DEBUTS in ROCKWOOD, MI!
7 PM. Doors Open At 6 PM.
April 4th, 2008 @ Rockwood Community Center
Tickets Are Available NOW And Will Be Sold At The Door
CLASH Championship Match
"Ace High" Cameron Skyy (c) vs. #1 Contender J. Miller
No Disqualification Match
Jack Night w/ Castor Strong vs. Rave Killbourn
Tag Team Match
2008 Triple Crown Cup Winner Tommy Tydie & Joseph T. Storm w/ Jeremy Jones vs. Will Vendetta & Steff O'Riley
Triple Crown Cup Finalists Battle
GQ Assassin vs. "The All American" Dave Manzo w/ Coach B.
Also in action: "Punisher" Skull Williams, Confetti, Khameleon, Dragan Kreed, the CLASH debut of "Kamikaze" Keith Calhoun, and SO MUCH MORE!
Keep checking CLASHWRESTLING.COM for the latest updates to the card!!
Without question, the biggest news coming out of Saturday's show was the crowning of Tommy Tydie as the winner of the 2008 Triple Crown Cup Tournament. In the finals, Tydie defeated GQ Assassin and Dave Manzo to capture the trophy and the cash prize. A more detailed recap of the show can be read here. After the match, Tydie celebrated in grand fashion before Will Vendetta entered the ring. This was the first time these two men stood face to face since March 8th, when Tydie faked a phone call claiming Will's grandmother was rushed to a hospital. On this day, Will was able to keep his cool, but April 4th will be a different story!! The rivalry between these two has been brewing for 3 months now and April 4th in Rockwood is the next chapter!! It will be Tydie & Joseph T. Storm teaming up to take on Will Vendetta and his partner Steff O'Riley!! Steff and JTS have a war raging between themselves. It's two of the hottest feuds in CLASH and it's in ONE MATCH on April 4th!! It's going to be an action packed tag team grudge match when Tydie & JTS take on Will & Steff!!
The other story worthy of headlines from Saturday's show was the return of Rave Killbourn. Earlier in the show, it was announced that Rave was unable to be cleared by a physician, therefore could not compete in the Triple Crown Cup Tournament. This obviously turned out to be a swerve, as right before the bell of the first Round 1 Match, Rave Killbourn came from underneath the ring and blasted Jack Night in the head with a Singapore Cane!! Neither Jack nor Rave were victorious on this night, but April 4 will have a different outcome!! One man will be the winner when JACK NIGHT and RAVE KILLBOURN face off in a NO DISQUALIFICATION MATCH in Rockwood!! If Tydie and Vendetta taught us anything at the Great Aggression, it's that ANYTHING can happen in a match like this one! Is the Rockwood Community Center big enough to contain Jack and Rave?? What lengths will these two men go to injure one another!?! It's going to be a WILD BRAWL in ROCKWOOD on FRIDAY NIGHT, APRIL 4TH!! Who's going to walk out the winner? Join us on the 4th, and find out!!
The debate between Cameron Skyy and J. Miller continued at the Triple Crown Cup and certainly got heated!! Both men discussed their desire to be CLASH Champion and their match on April 4th! From their wrestling style, to their appearance, to their attitude – these two men couldn't be any different from one another. But it all comes to a head in Rockwood, when they face off, one on one, for the VERY FIRST TIME EVER!! Who's going to walk out of Rockwood the champion? One thing's for certain – this match will be a CLASH classic!! It's the ACE HIGH versus the MURDEROUS MONK for the CLASH CHAMPIONSHIP on APRIL 4TH!! You gotta be there!!
In other news:
– CLASH Wrestling would like to thank everyone who donated to our Relay For Life fundraiser on Saturday night. We will continue to accept donations at every CLASH show leading to our May 30th "Fight Against Cancer" charity event, where all ticket sales will be donated to the American Cancer Society.
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– CLASH Wrestling would like to officially announce the signing of our two latest talent acqusitions, Dragan Kreed and "Kamikaze" Keith Calhoun. Dragan Kreed debuted this past weekend and was very impressive in his pinfall victory over Khameleon. Standing 6'5″ tall and weighing in excess of 250 lbs, this mountain of a man is certainly an asset to our promotion and we look forward to seeing what he can do in a CLASH ring. "Kamikaze" Keith Calhoun is a 14 year veteran of the squared circle, out to prove that he still has what it takes to be a champion. This journeyman looks to utilize his experience and wisdom to outwrestle the young lions of CLASH Wrestling. Both Kreed and Calhoun will be in action at our next event in Rockwood, MI.
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It was only natural to, upon hearing Yao Ming had received another grim medical report, begin writing obituaries for his basketball career.
Yao isn't ready for that just yet.
"I haven't died," the Houston Rockets' center was quoted by ESPN. "Right now I'm drinking a beer and eating fried chicken. What were you expecting, a funeral?"
After missing all of last season due to foot surgery, Yao came back this year on a limited-minutes diet. But after just five games (10.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.6 bpg), an ankle injury has kept him out since Nov. 10, and this week it was discovered that he had a stress fracture in the ankle. His season is most likely. Many believe his career is over as well.
The Rockets are expected to announce their plans for Yao next week.
"Right now, I still hope I can come back and play," Yao said.
As in the case of Greg Oden, I would hope Yao has enough perspective to make the right decision for his long-term health. If basketball is his passion and he gets cleared to play, he should.
But on the other hand, he is 30 years old with a wife and child at home and he has other avenues to pursue outside of playing in the NBA. Yao owns the Shanghai Sharks pro team in China, and certainly has enough money to chase whatever dreams he has outside of basketball. Yao should consider the case of Brad Daugherty, who had to retire from the NBA at 28 years old due to a bad back, and has since made a second career in NASCAR as a team owner and broadcaster. Brad knows he could have pushed and kept trying to play, but he's happy now and still satisfying his competitive nature.
Yao is also a free agent after this season, so it may not even be his choice. If no team is willing to take a chance on him, he'll find himself forced out of the NBA.


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I m glad my prediction of 10-under came true
I m glad my prediction of 10-under came true
Golfer SSP Chaurasia defends Indian Open title
GURGAON: SSP Chaurasia on Sunday became solely the second Indian participant to with success defend the Hero Indian Open, clinching a seven-stroke win at the redesigned DLF Golf And gild here.
Chaurasia, World Health Organization was sharing the lead with Spain's Taurus Pigem and England's Eddie Pepperell when day three, emerged because the sole leader when forty-two of the sixty-nine golfers World Health Organization created the cut came back to complete the third spherical on Sunday.
"I am terribly happy. it's such a tricky course, I believe I got lucky in the week," Chaurasia aforementioned when pocketing a winner's cheque of $291,660.
"It was solely when I drove from the eighteenth tee I felt currently I'll win this one. All week, I simply tried to stay it straight and putt well.
"I m glad my prediction of 10-under came true," value-added the metropolis professional, World Health Organization became the second Indian when Jeev Milkha Singh to bag four European Tour titles.
Congratulations @SSP_Golf, the @HIO_2017 winner. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/J2BEp7ek7C
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) March 12, 2017
This was his sixth win on the Asian Tour and overall sixth international conclusion.
On the eve of the tournament, Chaurasia had expected 10-under may be a winning score and his prediction came true because of the 38-year-old from metropolis unsuccessful four birdies and born 3 shots, together with a final-hole bogey, to card precisely 10-under 278.
He has become the third player to win succeeding Indian Open. Jyoti Randhawa (2006, 2007) and Japan's Kenji Hosoishi (1967, 1968) were the opposite 2 golfers.
Interestingly, this can be additionally the third consecutive win for Bharat at the Indian Open with Anirban Lahiri winning it in 2015 and Chaurasia textile the title last year.
With Chaurasia leading by 2 strokes over Spain's Taurus Pigem, any hope of the Spaniard difficult him gaseous by the fourth hole once the Indian unsuccessful a birdie, whereas Pigem born a trial.
Though Chaurasia found 2 consecutive bogeys at the sixth and seventh holes, it did not hurt his possibilities because the Spaniard to born a trial at the seventh. Chaurasia then discharged 2 succeeding birdies to all over again grab a five-stroke advantage.
After creating the flip at one-under, Chaurasia picked up another birdie at the thirteenth hole with a 10-feet putt, whereas Pigem bogeyed the ordinal and sixteenth before ending his campaign with a shoot within the eighteenth hole. He signed off at the fifth spot.
It wasn't a fairytale ending at the last hole for Chaurasia either as he bogeyed it to complete one-under.
Scotland's Scott Jamieson (72) and Italy's Matteo Manassero (73) were tied third at two-under 286.
Lahiri, on the opposite hand, had another roller-coaster spherical. He affected 5 birdies against four bogeys to show in a very one-under card for a share of the fifth spot.
Among different Indians, Chirag Kumar (74) and S Chikkarangappa (72) signed off on the twenty-second and thirty-fourth spot with totals of 293 and 295 severally.
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I've found that time just keeps flying by lately and I feel like I am so far behind on EVERYTHING!! Including blogging. So this post is all about what came out of my crafting weekend away.
On the Saturday morning we headed into Waihi to check out the local market and some of the shops. At the market I picked up a jar of gorgeous vintage buttons (not a full jar unfortunately), a turquoise doily, a tiny little house and the Snoopy & Woodstock salt & pepper shakers pictured here. I also got a vintage pillow case, but I can't find it, so there's no photo of it yet. I still haven't unpacked and that was over a week ago. Waihi Beach had the cheapest little op shop I've ever come across, I wish I could go back there every week. From there I got a super warm & cuddly cardi, a little sugar bowl missing it's lid and 2 sets of vintage earrings (which are in the photo above, the white with gold rims and pearly grey with gold rims).
So, what did I do with all my child free crafting time?? Well, it turns out with shopping and eating and chatting there wasn't a whole lot of crafting time, but I did manage to finish a few hand sewn projects.
A couple of lavender scented hearts.
And a couple of lavender scented birds. The top one is filled with rice and is meant to sit on a windowsill, but its a bit wonky so it doesn't really sit right.
It was a great little mini holiday, and so nice to spend time with other crafty mums without little interruptions.
This week's obsession…….Elephants.
I made these two in the weekend. The little one is just so cute, so I will be making a bigger one with the same fabric.
So I have been cutting out more in preparation for spending a day in front of the sewing machine. The one that turns out the best will be a birthday present for a little friend who turns three the week before my daughter, along with a pink and purple finger knitted scarf, and maybe something else if I can think of something else to make.
All fabric used in the making of these things was either a thrift store find or a funky junk find. I am finally using up some of my fabric stash, just in time for a visit to funky junk on Thursday to stock up again!
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My approach to painting is fairly traditional, but not purely representational. I combine very realistic elements with an abstracted, softened view of reality. While sometimes dramatic, I generally strive for a peaceful, calming beauty in my work. I'm drawn to the chiaroscuro look of the old masters, but with a more modern sensibility.
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IT'S been a while, since I last shared pictures of homes that inspire me, so when I saw this one I thought it'd be about time... I've always had a thing for old buildings with stucco ceilings and when there's also an old Swedish fireplace and beautiful old floors I'm sold.
The cream colour on the walls is just amazing - it's so nice to see white and cream walls for once, since I feel everyone is doing grey. I totally got rid of everything grey in our home - even in my wardrobe, because I'm so tired of the color...
When you have such beautiful floors, ceilings, stucco and large old windows it calls for a minimal decor and this is just perfect. Neutrals and black leather furniture really suit this home and the build in fireplace is absolutely stunning.
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Harry Fine highlights the complexities and absurdities of Ontario's landlord and tenant law. Harry is a paralegal with over 15 years practicing landlord and tenant, Small Claims and Human Rights law and is a former member of the Landlord and Tenant Board. Harry is the proud recipient of the Law Society's 2018 William P. Simpson Distinguished Paralegal Award. The comments in this blog do not constitute legal advice.
Friday, July 29, 2011
The rent control guideline for 2012 will be 3.1%
The rent guideline is based entirely on a pre-determined formula based on Ontario's consumer price index. The guideline will also mean that there will be a change to the threshold for what qualifies for an extraordinary operating cost increase in 2012. According to the regulations, "an increase in the cost of municipal taxes and charges or utilities is extraordinary if it is greater than the guideline plus 50 percent of the guideline". That means that the threshold for extraordinary operating costs will be 4.65% for 2012.
The interest rate on last month's rent deposits also changes in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Act which requires interest to be paid to the tenant annually at a rate equal to the guideline. The interest rate on last month's rent (LMR) deposits for 2012 will be 3.1%.
The rent for a unit can be increased up to the guideline limit if at least 12 months have passed since a tenant first moved in, or if at least 12 months have passed since the last rent increase. A tenant must be given proper written notice of a rent increase at least 90 days before the rent increase takes effect. The written notice should be on the N1 Form, "Notice of Rent increase", available from the Landlord Tenant Board website, www.ltb.gov.on.ca, under the section "Notices of Rent Increases".
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What happened to the proposed increase of 2.5% announced by McGuinty on Dec. 6/11??????????
- December 22, 2011 at 3:00 PM
I have lived in my housing rental unit for 9 years my max rent if not gearid tomy income is 875.00 for 2012. I have endured from 2003 till now a total of 21.10% increase. It is calculated on my GORSS not what I bring into the house...so i pay rent on the taxes I pay. Seems a little unfair. Included in that i mustclaim my child support as income. I angrily disagree to this. Spousal support yes but not CHILD support paymts...I have to work 2 jobs to pay geared to income and then when I reach my max income, I pay the max...it is a lose-lose for me and a win-win for the housing corp
- February 29, 2012 at 1:01 PM


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Torchlight is an action role-playing game currently under development by Runic Games. The game is scheduled for release for Windows on October 27, 2009. The fantasy-themed game is set in the fictional town of Torchlight and the expansive caverns and dungeons nearby, which adventurers explore to collect valuable loot and battle hordes of monsters. Development of the game is led by Travis Baldree, designer of Fate, and Max Schaefer and Erich Schaefer, co-designers of Diablo and Diablo II, joined by the team that developed Mythos.
A fantastic game. Loved every second of it. The only short comings of it were lack of variation, and multilayer, both of which they are addressing in the sequel so personally they're ignorable. Besides those, there was one feature I wish they had taken from Diablo 2: in D2, if you hold right click and encounter an enemy, you will automatically attack it. This makes playing a melee character that much easier. Beyond that, perfect.


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Best wishes to all of you who are taking part in NaNoWriMo from tomorrow. In Germany, the tradition is to squeeze the thumbs rather than cross the fingers. Much more comfortable.
Unfortunately, I won't be joining you this year but I will be thinking of you all and sending you lots of good vibes. The key is to have a lot of fun.
I will be interviewing new author, Clare MacKintosh on Thursday 6th November, so if you need some early inspiration, do check in. Her début novel, I Let You Go, is out as an e-book on 6th November. I am so excited that she agreed to take part in my first author interview.
Wishing you all a great and productive November.


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Nose: Pick and mix sweets, pineapple, sherbet, honey, ginger and nutmeg.
Palate: Honey, pineapple, bananas, lemon zest, faint hints of cheese, tea, nutmeg, pepper and chili
Finish:Long, fruity and spicy.
Overall: The fruity nose does not really indicate the strong spices that will hit your palate. You have been warned.
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You must already be aware of the fact that in the field or discipline of law, there are a lot of sub disciplines as well, each of them specializing in one aspect of the law. For instance, in case of crimes there are criminal defense attorneys, and in cases of corporate lawsuits the matters handled by a corporate attorney, whereas, where familial matters are concerned most of the lawyers are known as family lawyers and they provide you a number of services in this particular area of laws.
Family lawyers have expert knowledge on the subject matter of family law and have enough experience to make a strong case for you so that things do turn out in your favor. In this article we will be discussing some of the services provided by family lawyers so stay tuned for that. While we are still on the subject of family lawyers, if you ever need assistance in such matters you can get in touch with some really good family lawyers on this particular link i.e. Jones Whyte Law.
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Adoption Process
A lot of people do not know this but the process of adoption can be sped up or expedited if you have a really good family lawyer to advise you. Of course, they will handle all the paperwork for you and will only bother you when it is especially necessary. Adoption is quite similar to a marital union because in both cases a person is being added or becoming a part of the family in the eyes of law.
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A very sensitive and emotionally significant phase of the divorce is deciding about the child's custody and who the child would be living with. In such situations, both the parents and children need to have someone negotiating on their behalf.


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Matlock Town are pleased to announce the initial month loan signing of nineteen year old midfielder Ryan Fallowfield from Harrogate Town.
Ryan originally joined Harrogate Town on work experience from Premiership side Hull City on the 1st December 2014. However an ankle injury prevented him from make his debut until the end of the year.
Highly regarded by the youth set up at the Tigers, Ryan's performances at Town certainly got people talking and following negotiations with Hull at the end of his placement, Ryan was released from his contact and joined Town on a permanent basis in March 2015, he has played 21 games scoring a total of one goal.
Ryan will be eligible for the FA Trophy, Derbyshire Cup and Northern Premier Cups during the loan period.


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Welcome to Heartfelt Creations Wednesday!
Warm breezes blow, busy bees buzz from blossom to blossom, and perfectly shaped, ripe berries beckon you as you catch a glimpse of them through the vines winding their way up the rickety old picket fence in the picture perfect garden patch. Bring back fond memories of strawberry picking while the early morning dew still lingered on the vines with the new release by Heartfelt Creations. The Berry Cafe Collection will have you reminiscing of filling pails until overflowing while playing the game of "two for me" and "one for the pail", which always led to the task taking a tad longer. Travel back in time to the days of your childhood where you shared your first strawberry milkshake, or float at the local ice cream parlor with that special someone you so adored. Filled with sweet illustrations of vining strawberries, adorable children, elegant blossoms, old fashioned strawberry stands as well as delicately patterned papers featuring eyelet prints, soft checks, ornate borders and delicious clusters of strawberries nestled among flowers, you are certain to find yourself warming in the berry patch and hankering for a cold strawberry treat. Happy hues of pinks, reds, yellows, blues and greens create a cheerful color palette that is sure to make your heart sing the songs of summer. Five extraordinary cling stamp sets allow you to recreate all of the memories of strawberry picking and enjoying the fruit from the vine. Color and shape your way to a lush and productive garden plot where blossoms and fruit abound, being careful to avoid the ever busy bees. After all of the toiling and care, reap your rewards, head on over to the fruit stand where anxious passerby's will be ready to invest in your delicious crop...and once the day is done, grab a friend and treat yourselves to that special strawberry flavored treat with a generous helping of whipped topping! We present to you the ideal collection to welcome summer!
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Card base is 6 ½" wide by 6" high. Cut out card front from Berry Cafe paper collection pad, adhere to card base front.
Cut an 8 ¾" x 6" piece from paper collection. Score at ½ " from both sides. Cut out a rectangle for window measuring 6 ¼" x 4 ½", leaving a ¾" wide frame. Cut clear cardstock or acetate to 7 5/8" x 6", adhere behind window. Attach window frame to card front with strong tape forming a dome.
Die cut boy and girl, strawberries, bees, and white flower from paper collection pad with coordinating dies. Adhere to window frame using foam squares.
Stamp Berry Blossoms with black ink onto white cardstock, die cut with coordinating dies. Color flowers with distress inks and shape with flower shaping kit. Embellish center of flowers with Prills and then adhere to window frame as pictured.
Die cut small vine from Cut Mat Create die set with green cardstock and then adhere to window frame under flowers.
Apply some glitter to flowers and strawberries using Clear Winks of Stella.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
PayPal Credit Card Not Available in Canada
I admit they are handy to have, but they're also very annoying when they get out of control.
Let me explain...
Let's pretend you make the average amount an American makes per year, which is $50,000 per year, but you max out your credit card and it has a really high spending limit of say $60,000. And you only pay the minimum each month which is 2% of the total.
Note: The average American has $15,185 in credit card debt (2011 stat). Some have no credit card debt at all, some have a lot more so the number of people out there who have $60,000 or more in credit card debt is a fair amount.
2% of $60,000 is $1,200 per month.
Now when you are only making $50,000 per year, $14,400 is a lot to be spending just on your credit card.
And then there is the interest. 19% on $60,000 is $11,400 annually (in reality it is compounded monthly so it ends up being a bit more than that).
So $14,400 minus $11,400 = $3,000 paid off the total amount. The rest is all interest.
It really makes you realize what a huge ripoff credit cards are.
Try doing the math on your own credit cards sometime. They're just a huge waste of money.
Lets pretend for a moment you have the same credit card debt as the Average American, which is $15,185. So you are paying minimum payments of $303.70 every month or $3,644.40 per year. And paying $2,885.15 in interest per year. So in reality you are only paying off the total by $759.25 per year and the rest is all interest. (Which means you only need to use your credit card for $63.27 each month and you are right back where you started from.)
Credit cards are basically a huge scam designed to entrap people and make them slaves-for-credit for the rest of their lives. Even elderly people have sometimes huge credit card debts!
Now if you pay an annual fee you can get a lower interest rate of 10% - which will save you thousands per year in interest.
However you are better off just consolidating your debt, and getting a line-of-credit at a much lower interest rate of 3 to 5%, depending on what your bank is offering. And you are better off doing it sooner than later, because if it grows out of control you may be looking at a 2nd mortgage, losing your home, or bankruptcy.
And then once you have cut up all your credit cards, pay off that debt and become credit card free (and DEBT FREE!) so you can go on with your life and use cash regularly.
I made the switch to cash years ago and I am loving it. Cash is so easy to use and there is a feeling of security with knowing I have lots of cash on me. (And live in a city with a really low crime rate.)
However I still sometimes purchase things online, using PayPal - which I love because it means the cash is already in your PayPal account and it is not credit, it is more like a bank debit card.
Which is why I LOVE the idea of a PayPal credit card, which allows you to buy things either online of offline and the amount comes straight out of your PayPal account in the same way a normal bank debit card works.
However in trying to apply for the PayPal credit card I learned a disappointing fact...
The PayPal Credit Card is Not Available in Canada.
Very disappointing PayPal. Why is it not available in Canada? I would seriously like to know.
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IGF-1 treatment restores the proper balance between IGF-1 and GH in Zmpste24-/− mice, delays the onset of many progeroid features, and significantly extends the lifespan of these progeroid animals.Although the scientists investigated a pathological model, chances are that doping induced changes in the IGF1/GH ratio could shorten the lifespan of juicers appear very real.
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IGF1/GH Blance: Determining Factor of Longevity!?
Next to plain testosterone GH and IGF-1 doping has attracted more and more attentions from bodybuilders and athletes all over the world. Being propagated as recompositioning agents, the injection of growth hormone (GH) or peptides triggering the release thereof is already common practice among juicers, who might have a genuine interest in the results of a recent study by Marino et al. (Marino. 2010). The scientists investigated the effect of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) in a mouse-model of human premature aging, whose main characteristic is a high GH/IGF1-quotient - something you would also expect in bodybuilders injecting exegenous growth hormone. The scientists found: