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Morning peeps !!
How are you all ?? Now my craft fair is over I'm trying to catch up with everyone and everything !! Only just thinking about my Christmas and its only three weeks away !! How did that happen !!
Anyway one more card to show you using the Canel Scene club stamps from Little Claire.
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He has the coolest titel among his Arab pears, he goes by "the octopus of the lute-oud" How cool is that? Abadi El Johar, also goes by another title "the ambassador of sorrow" because his brings a man closer to his tears. But his skills to play the oud is something not to ignore. He is a master in this and I love how cool his ouds tend to be. He owns 51 of them all at home and each of them serves a purpose.
Abadi El Johar is a Saudi and he has been singing, but he also likes to read old Arabic poetry and study the history. How did he decide to sing? A really personal story, his mom was being seein in hospitals in Egypt and since they spent a great deal of money on the visits to the hospitals, Abadi took an offer to sing in Egypt paying him a 1000 Egyptian pound. that allowed him to support himself while caring for his mother.
He wrote a dozne of songs and music for a list Arab pop stars among whom Asalah Nasri, Samira Said, Abbas Ibrahim, Aseel Omaran and not to forget the legendary Talal Maddah. Here is the man performing one of his songs live. No wonder he is a king-maker of Gulf music and his fane and respect has traveled outside the gulf where most of his focus has been.
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Sorry for the lack of posts, but I wanted to stray away from adding posts until my new blog redesign was complete. For the past month, I have been working with Danielle Moss, whose services I sought out when I was getting a little tired of my amateur blog template. Long gone are the days where I had to google html codes and figure out how to implement miscellaneous add-ons. For your reference, my social media buttons are now on the top right hand side of my blog. There is also a navigation bar right underneath my new banner, where you can find out my daily reads as well as find me in other social media outlets such as pinterest and chictopia. I am so excited for these new changes and hope you enjoy them too!
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TALBOTTON, Ga. -- Federal and state investigators on Wednesday arrested four law enforcement officials in Talbot County, including three employees of the Talbot County Sheriff's Office, amid a federal corruption probe involving a drug trafficking organization.
The only full-time deputy arrested was Maj. Jeff Sivell, an investigator, said interim Sheriff Tom S. Wimberly. But the arrests shook a tiny department still recovering from the unexpected death this spring of Sheriff Herman Howard.
Also jailed Wednesday were Charlie Stephens, a 76-year-old part-time deputy, and Alvin Malone, a former Talbotton police officer. A federal indictment states Malone worked for the Talbot County Sheriff's Office, but Wimberly said Malone was a police officer recently fired by the city.
All three were indicted last week by a federal grand jury on charges of extortion by a public official. They were taken into custody Wednesday along with Mike Gamble, a county jailer who was arrested on a state bribery charge. Gamble has not yet been indicted, prosecutors said.
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Authorities divulged few details about the charges. Clyde Shelley Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration said at an afternoon news conference that the probe stemmed from a drug investigation into a trafficking organization.
"This organization would yield a large amount of narcotics, which in turn would lead to a large amount of money," Shelley said. "It would breed public corruption."
The indictments unsealed Wednesday allege that the officers extorted money from undercover federal agents and other persons cooperating with the FBI. Stephens, Malone and Sivell face up to 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted, prosecutors said.
The arrests caught the community by surprise as teams of federal and state authorities raided the Talbot County Sheriff's Office and City Hall in downtown Talbotton, shutting the building down in the middle of the day. Wimberly said he had no inkling of the investigation until Wednesday morning when he was greeted by a team of armed agents who questioned him for more than an hour.
"They were telling me what they were doing and asking me if I knew anything about anybody being corrupt -- I didn't," Wimberly said. "I'm glad they come in and cleaned it up where I won't have to deal with it in the future. I appreciate them coming."
Wimberly said the arrested deputies have been suspended, but he said it remained to be determined whether that suspension would include pay. He said he likely will have to shuffle an employee from the second shift to the first shift to account for a vacancy that left him with only four full-time deputies.
While Wimberly insisted he has the situation under control, Vernon M. Keenan, the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, said state authorities also will ensure Talbot County the necessary law enforcement resources. The agency already provides many investigative services to the county, particularly drug investigations, Wimberly said in an interview last month.
The arrests came less than a day after Wimberly and retired deputy sheriff Bobby R. Gates Sr. qualified for a runoff election next month. The special election was called after Howard's death and the winner will serve the remaining year and a half of his unexpired term.
U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore said none of the officers arrested Wednesday had any role in conducting the election.
Calvin J. Willis, a longtime lawman and former Woodland police chief who finished fourth in Tuesday's sheriff's election, said he was not surprised by the arrests.
"It was just a matter of time," said Willis, who campaigned on a platform of change. "Talbot County is known for its corruption. It's no secret that it was going on."
John S. Comer of the DEA's Atlanta office said in a statement: "The vast majority of law enforcement officers serve the public with honor and distinction. This type of activity tarnishes the badge of the committed men and women of law enforcement."
Gates declined to comment on the arrests because he had not heard about them Wednesday afternoon. Retired sheriff Bill Johnson also would not comment.
On Wednesday, federal and state investigators executed a search warrant at the Talbot County Sheriff's Office, spending almost two hours at the office, according to an employee who would not give her name.
"I still don't know what they looked for," said the employee, who was alone at the office and still visibly shaken by the visit moments after the agents left.
She said the agents told her not to get up when they walked in, and later questioned her about why her desk was locked. According to a warrant they left, the agents were looking for department policy and procedure manuals; all reports filed by Malone and Sivell since Jan. 10, 2010, regarding the seizure of any money; evidence logs and entry forms regarding currency seized by Malone and Sivell; currency entered into evidence "to be reviewed and compared to known serial numbers of currency" paid to or taken by Malone and Sivell; and any currency located within the Sheriff's Office that has not been secured into evidence.
All four men charged were being held Wednesday at the Muscogee County Jail. The three men facing federal charges are scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 2 p.m. today in U.S. District Court. Gamble, who was arrested on a state charge because he had no arrest powers, has no scheduled hearing.


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One of my aspirations is to do justice to each person who took the time and displayed the courage to relate their stories through the years. The second would be directly touching someone else's life through the awareness and foresight to which I've been privy. By accomplishing both of these, perhaps, my writings will find their place in your life as they have in mine.
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Are Cross Dressing Men Offensive To Women?
I wrote an article recently titled 'Why Women Find Cross Dressing Men Scary', an article which reflected on the way that cross dressing men can sometimes be quite intimidating because of the 'uber' feminine appearance and manner they have.
One reader, Tracy, made a comment which was perhaps tangential to the initial point of the article, but which I think has a great deal of merit and definitely deserves discussion. Tracy said:
I don't think it is so much that women are "jealous". I think they are offended. Offended at the fact that some man actually thinks they can dress up a certain way and "be" a woman. Offended that men perceived "being a woman" by how they look and not how they act, tirelessly clean, nurture the family, cook the meals, shuttle everyone from event to event and still hold down a full time job. THAT is a woman. It is offensive to think that cross-dressing men focus on a fantasy part of women that rarely gets to exist. Which also brings up resentment. Real women resent that they are not provided the time to spend hours on their own personal grooming. They have too many other important things to do.
Here Tracy expresses something I've been thinking myself for a wee while now and partially expressed in the article "Can A Dress Turn A Man Into A Woman?" but she does it in a blunt and direct way that certainly hammers the point home. Having spent quite a significant amount of time around men who cross dress, I do agree that men are buying into the fantasy of being female much more so than the reality.
Actually being a woman doesn't always mean being soft and gentle and nice and sweet. Actually being a woman means your hormones throw you for a loop on a monthly basis and many of us spend a few days in the borderlands between being sane and being certain that the world is a horrible place out to get you and you can't stop crying at advertisements which include things like puppies, children, reconciling estranged adults or low fat cookies.
Actually being a woman can be a messy, dirty business. It quite often involves expelling a small, screaming human being out of your body, after all. (The average woman will do that two or three times in her life time.) But society pressures women to look good and behave nicely when what we'd really like to do sometimes is roll, frizzy haired, out of bed, throw on a toweling robe and tell the idiots in HR she's not coming in today, or ever. The same 'feminine' accouterments that cross dressing men covet can often seem more like the trappings of a prison of social morays to a woman.
I suppose in one way, men cross dressing as women and feeling soft and feminine and dainty would be like women dressing as men and kicking back, feet up on the coffee table, cigar in hand, telling the 'little woman' what to do. In many ways it can seem as if it is little more than embracing a stereotype rather than truly appreciating the reality of femininity.
But, at the end of the day, does it matter? Does it matter if cross dressing men aren't exactly embracing the reality of femininity? I think not. Men playing fantasy pretend and cross dressing as women certainly doesn't harm women any more than having little kids point their fingers at each other and shout 'Bang' harms real soldiers. Personally, I don't find it offensive at all, but I do very much understand where women such as Tracy are coming from.
Cross dressing men may be walking a fine line if they claim to be truly feminine, as it may be interpreted by some ladies as being an insult to women as a whole. (Kind of like it would be if some guy from the mail room dressed up as a soldier and went to meet shell shocked soldiers returning from war and proceeded to tell them he was just like them because he felt he had a truly militaristic side and looked totally awesome in the uniform.)
I completely understand what Tracy was saying but from the opposite angle. I see women who have their hair cut short and worn in a man's style. They are wearing men's clothing and trying to act as if they were a man. Everyone around them knows they aren't a man and start sizing them up in an attempt to see what it is they are trying to accomplish and see where they are coming from and who they are portraying themselves to be. They mimic men. But, we know they aren't and will never be. I know that I have thought the same thing that Tracy has said about women dressing as men. They will never be men, we all say. There's more to being a man than simply putting a coat and tie on with slacks and a button down shirt, etcetera.
That same thing occurs, in my opinion, when men dress as women. All of a sudden, we're on THEIR turf and are fair game for evaluation and assessment. it's a natural event that happens both directions.
Well....what more can I say about this? I had a great thought not only but 15 minutes ago and now I've lost it! hehehe! Oh....I remember now! I happen to be living overseas at the moment as an Expat and I find that things operate a little differently here and what might be a day in the life of the typical woman stateside, doesn't cross over the pond to Europe. I find woman here "DO" find the time to dress up pretty and be feminine as much as they can. I feel things are slowly changing here with regards to "just how feminine" a woman is, but they have preserved the qualities that truly define a woman. Does that mean that men who cross-dress are still just trying to mimick the "attractive part of the feminine woman"? I think it simply differs depending on which society you're talking about.
I happen to know a woman from Ukraine whose monthly salary is a grand total of $250 U.S. per month and yet she finds the money and time to go to the Spa every Sunday morning from 8 - 12 with her girlfriend and makes it a priority to look her absolute best! I don't believe society is pressuring her to be this way, it is what she enjoys! She loves to be a woman and she relishes in the time it takes to make herself feel wonderful and beautiful to those around her and herself!
I think American Society in particular has gone sour in this regards and quite frankly I'm not so keen on the idea of possibly returning to a society that is constantly complaining about how difficult it is to be a woman. America hasn't a clue what it's truly like to have it so hard. I don't have it so easy trying to live like an Eastern European, but I do know I appreciate all the times a woman makes the effort and takes the time to be a woman!
Kudo's to the women out there who still take the time and
make the effort to be a feminine woman!
I do feel that women feel threatened when men crossdress. I felt this same fear when I was getting into makeup artistry. Some women didn't want men getting into "their" territory & I've been sexually discriminated in this manner. If a man wishes to express his "feminine side", so much the better. WHO is it hurting??? It shows that this person is psychologically in touch with his emotional feelings & is not embarrased to display & express them. Either way, just b/c a man expresses his feminine side does not make him less of a man, even thought there are many that will disagree with me. Men are really being stuck in this "gender box" in that they can ONLY wear scratchy, boringly designed clothes that pass as MENS WEAR. Its like men don't count when it comes to having clothes that are made out of nice fabrics thats smooth to the touch, its gotta be like sack cloth, with only 4 colors to choose from. Like Chris said "women crossdress everyday & society doesn't blink an eye". There is such a double standard with it comes to clothes. When I sold mens clothes, there were many girls who'd come into my department & want to use the fitting room to try on MENS clothes! Hehe, lets see a guy try that in a womens department! They'd be calling security & have the guy kicked out of the store! I think in order to break the chains of this fear that women have of men crossdressing, women need to look at themselves in what they're doing! Women think they can come into a mans world & take over everything & kick men to the curb. The same goes for this attitude towards gender bending. My wife fits better in mens jeans, & I fit better in womens jeans-am I hurting anyone?? Whats good for one gender is good for the other one--fair is fair!
If that guy in the photo can stay all night awake near an ill child,then no problem thats mean that HE IS A FATHER ,A MAN, .........if you know what i mean
So if you really want to feel feminine,stay home and do the housework!Now,where's my French maids uniform.
Okay Hope, I follow you. I was only trying to put an emphasis on the male point of view.
I understand Tracy's comments but have a few points to add to this HUB in general.
Being a man doesn't mean kicking back with your feet up, smoking a cigar and shouting orders. Men and women both work hard these days trying to make a living. There are many men who work hard all day, still make time for the kids and wife, shuttle their children around and do housework. The broad lines that once separated the traditional roles of men and women have become much thinner. It take a partnership to get things done.
Crossdressing men are at the end of the day, still men. There are many men like me who are not trying to BE women, we simply choose to broaden our fashion scope and we like the styles of clothing available to women. Thus, we wear womens clothing but still represent ourselves as men to the public. I embrace many things that are traditionally for females like spa appointments. There aren't many men who do this becuase they get labeled as homesexual or metrosexual. Society is quick to slap a label on any man who cares about his appearnce, wants to go to the spa, doesn't dress like a lumberjack and actually uses moisturizer at bedtime. And suprisingly, it's usually women who slap on those labels.
There is still such a double-standard. The fashion trend continues the "menswear" look for women and it is ever increasing. Maybe men would like to have more options like "womenswear" inspired clothing. When I see a woman dressed in what might be traditionally considered men's clothing I don't feel less masculine and I'm not threatened. I don't think she's trying to become a man and I don't find it insulting. I don't feel I'm somehow being mocked and that my position in society is being underminded or that I'm under-appreciated. Men are constantly being ridiculed when they step outside the box.
This past week close to my home-town, there were two separate instances where teenage boys were sent home for cross-dressing at high school. These young men were not pulling stunts, they simply prefer women's clothing and one of them dared carry a handbag and wore some makeup. Both young men had been cross-dressing for some time and it was a way of life for both. They had their parents full support. Consiquently, both were sent to detention and their parents called. Both young men are currently fighting for their right to be who they are with the school districts. Just wait till the ACLU gets involved. The men were quick to point out that girls who come to school in guys clothing wearing baggy jeans and the like were not harassed at all. This is the double-standard that men are fighting.
I honestly feel that many women are threatened by cross-dressing men and tend to feel less feminine when around them. I think much of what a woman wears dictates how feminine she feels. When a man is able to pull off a female look or walk in heels as well or better than she, she feels less feminine and feels that some of her feminine swagger is stolen away. She may combat this by making remarks or giving disapproving looks and try to shame or embarres the man. My favorite remark is the ever popular "ewwwwww" displayed on chatboards all over the web.
I simply want a level playing field and I believe in fashion freedom for all! My wearing of female clothing hurts no one and has no under-lying meaning. They are just clothes.


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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
12 European Licorices
While I was in Europe earlier this year I made a point to sample as much licorice as I possibly could. What I found is that the world of licorice products varies greatly by cultural tradition, price point and intensity. Here are a dozen items I found, in descending order of my affection.
I meant it when I said I'm starting with the high point of my European licorice adventures. I loved this stuff.
When I was walking the exhibits at ISM Cologne (the largest candy trade show in the world), I knew that I wanted to visit the Amarelli Licorice booth. They sell wonderful little tins of intense licorice pastilles. I've been buying their minty coated version called Bianconeri for about 10 years, though not very often because each tin is about $6 and holds about an ounce.
I was not disappointed by their booth. They had so many different products I had never tried. The ones that impressed me the most were little glycerine pastilles that were rose or violet along with the intense and smooth black licorice. (I don't know how they sell those, they just said that they didn't come in tins.)
I tried their pebble looking candy coated licorice called Sassolini which I was enchanted immediately.
They're much bigger than their other products, most of these are larger than a Peanut M&M. They're irregular and do a convincing imitation of an actual little rock. The thickness of the soft cream and blue colors have a pleasing heft to them.
The flavor of the candy shell is vanilla, soft and with a hint of the anise underneath. The center is a chewy black licorice that has an intense flavor of both licorice and anise. They're really strong and the dense chew of the center means they last a long time, though they do get stuck in my teeth if I chew them up instead of letting them dissolve. The flavor lingers as a dull buzzing feeling on my tongue long after its gone. I like this so much I found that Licorice International carries the nuggets in bulk, so I ordered two 6 ounce packages to refill my tin.
The tin shows a child at the beach (or perhaps just a lakeshore) with a big red pail and sail boats in the background. Of all the designs of their tins, this is my least favorite, perhaps because the design is less focused on the typography.
Lakrids by Johan Bulow (Denmark)
I first read about Lakrids by Johan Bulow on Chocablog last year. I was hoping to sample their line at ISM Cologne, so I wasn't disappointed when I found their booth and got to try everything. They sent me home with a few packages of their line of gourmet licorice using real licorice root. The whole line comes in these chic little plastic jars. The products are all named with numbers of letters. The Choc Coated Liquorice is A.
They're gluten free, which is pretty rare for a licorice product as most of the American and Australian styles are wheat based.
They're also really expensive at about $8 to $10 per 165 gram (5.8 ounces) jar. (I see a trend already with my licorice leanings, I like the quality stuff.)
They smell a little woodsy and milky. The powdery coating on the outside isn't cocoa, it's ground licorice. True licorice is very sweet, and this stuff definitely was real and potent. A little touch to my tongue and it was a sweetness that has no thick or sticky quality like sugar. There's a deep woodsy note to it as well. The chocolate is sweet and milky, and provides more a texture to the candy than a chocolate flavor. Most of what I got was milk, not chocolate. The licorice center isn't very sweet but also not quite a salty licorice. There were strong molasses and toffee notes, burnt flavors and dark mossy notes.
It's more of a savory treat than sweet. It's incredibly munchable but at the same time, very satisfying to have two or three and be done.
Johan Bulow makes a wide variety of products already, including Habanero Chili Licorice and Chili Cranberry Licorice. I was also taken with the simplicity of the Lakrids 1: Sweet Licorice.
The glossy little nibs hardly look like real edibles, but they are. The flavor is rich and actually creamy. The flavor has a backdrop of roasted notes that come from treacle. It was sweet and bitter. The texture was a little gummy, and did stick to my teeth a bit. Like the chocolate covered version, I didn't feel the need to keep eating it after a few pieces because they actually satisfied me.
So I got back to Los Angeles with this sample and I was confused and kind of embarrassed by my assumptions. I thought it was Italian. The name is Carletti but I found out it's a Danish company.
I also picked up some other items they make, such as Dutch Mints (or as they call them Mintlinser Drage) which were also nicely packaged and featured (as far as I can tell with my limited knowledge of Danish) all natural colorings. (See website.)
The little pieces of firm licorice are covered in colorful (naturally colored) candy shells. They're a little narrower than a regular Chiclet and a bit thicker. The chew was a bit dense but had an excellent flavor profile. It wasn't salty but also not terribly sweet. The shells seemed to have a light flavor of their own, the orange being notably orange and the purple possibly violet. The center was a bitter and had some good molasses to it.
I was put off by the bitterness, but drawn to the other flavors within, something like charcoal and burnt toast and licorice. But the intensity kept me coming back.
Mentos Lakrits Mint
I've purchased Lakrits Mint Mentos a few times before, but I think this is the first time I've actually included them in a post.
They look rather watery, not very intense. But don't let the fact that they're not full of caramel coloring or molasses fool you. They're quite licoricey. The flavor does have some of the deep woodsy notes and they're oddly creamy when chewed. The mint is mostly in the crunchy shell and fades away quickly. The salty tones are very mild, for folks who have never tried salted licorice, this is a good starter.
Mentos Drop Citroen & Drop Aardbei
A more unusual version I found in Amsterdam is the roll that mixes Drop Citroen and Drop Aardbei. Drop is the generic name for licorice in Dutch.
The package may have made it look like one half was Lemon and one half was Strawberry, but they were just a random mix. Mine had about 2/3 aardbei.
The curious structure is revealed ... at the center is a little core of licorice inside the normal fruit chew.
The combination? Well, I wouldn't say that I loved them, but I did end up eating them all. The center wasn't so much about licorice, it was more of a salty and molasses flavor, a bit more savory than the bland fruity outside. The lemon was mild and only sweetness. The strawberry was a bit more nuanced, with some more floral and cotton candy notes to it.
Klene Salmiak Mix (The Netherlands)
This is also made by Perfetti Van Melle, the same folks who make Mentos. What I learned a little bit late in my Dutch adventure was the difference between Zoet and Zout. Drop Zoet are sweet licorice and Drop Zout are salty licorice. One little letter ... so much meaning.
A mix of griotten shaped like large hemispheres and salty rockies. Rockies are a tube of licorice filled with a grainy but slightly less intense licorice cream. They're sanded with a bit of sugar. They were rooty and earthy. The texture was a bit more doughy than the other brands I've been buying and less of a licorice punch with slightly more ammonia salt.
I really bought these because of my curiosity when it came to the little domes. I didn't know what they were. Turns out, as I mentioned above, they're like Griotten, a small and dense licorice marshmallow.
It's a little doughy and spicy. The griotten texture is like a firm, dense marshmallow with a sugary crust. The flavor is deep and not as intense as others I've had. There's a vague ammonia salt note to it, but a strong licorice flavor with a hint of molasses. The molasses gives it the taste of a spice cookie, which is what they look like to me.
Katjes Fruit Tappsy (Germany)
I've had the mild licorice Tappsy before. They feature a panda face with different flavors for the ears or other contrasting color parts.
The Fruit Tappsy are gummis with a strong and stiff chew. The licorice portion is mild and the fruity portions are actually quite vibrant. The combination of licorice and fruit, though, is really not to my liking. I think the texture of the Tappsy with the marshmallow base might give a creamier component to these that might bringing it all together for me.
I'm not saying that they're bad, just not really my favorite of the Tappsy versions out there.
Van Slooten Autodrop Drop Donders (The Netherlands)
I've tried AutoDrop candies before, based solely on the name. The entire brand of AutoDrop candies, made by Van Slooten, are based around the theme of cars and their drivers. Some are winegums but most are licorice. This bag certainly caught my eye, with its matte black background and blue foil line art.
Inside are five different candies, each with a different shape, texture and flavor profile. I don't actually know what the name means. Donder means thunder, but maybe Donders means crashes.
Megpiraat - one eyed, grinning face - a stiff but smooth chewing molded licorice piece. The flavor has a nice mix of molasses and licorice, which is a light sweetness. A little touch of anise and some deep toffee notes.
Spookrijder - looks like a rustic piece of chalk. I was hoping it would be like Skoolkrijt (a tube of licorice filled with cream and covered in a minty candy shell). The shell is minty, but also a little crumbly. The interior looks like grainy brown sugar and has a pleasant molasses undertone and a faint licorice flavor and a hint of salmiak.
Zondagsruder - a smooth licorice gummi, I quite liked this one. It wasn't very strong on flavor, more like a light anise with a sweet marshmallow & vanilla note.
Brokkenpiloot - this was the saltiest of the bunch and one that I pulled out of the mix. Unfortunately, it's also the one I had the most of.
Bumperklever - caramel colored piece that has a light toffee and licorice flavor. This had a bouncy texture that was almost a marshmallow gummi. Sweet but a little salty as well but without the bitter metallic aftertaste.
Overall, kind of a losing situation for me. Out of duty I ate all the Zondagrsruder and a few of the Spookrijder and Bumperklever, but the rest have just been sitting around.
Haribo Lakritz Parade
This mix was like a German version of All Sorts. It included cream licorice (made with fondant) and other panned candies in addition to molded salted licorice pieces. I picked up the peg bag at the grocery store, again, for about a Euro ($1.40).
The little colored pieces were lovely, what's more, the package said that they only use all natural colorings. There were licorice rods covered in a candy shell, covered in fondant (like All Sorts without the coconut) and larger diamonds of salty licorice covered in a shell (I reviewed those already). There were also little M&Ms which were a crumbly molassesy sugar mixed with licorice and salt.
They looked great, but I can't say that my problem was with the flavor as most were just bland. The pastilles were bland, just kind of earthy and chewy. The little lentil thing was just grainy and a little bitter, the colorful licorice tubes were just sweet.
The molded licorice shapes were enchanting to look at. I can't say that their attention to quality control was great. These were the best in the bunch. The salino is like a Zout, it was doughy and yes, a little bland except for the strong ammonia quality. The others were, again, watery and tasteless except for a dirt and vague anise note. The chew was smooth.
Venco Kleurendrop hard zoet (The Netherlands)
This is another licorice I bought in Amsterdam. It was pretty cheap, I'd say less than $2 American. I wanted just a simple licorice pastel. I've had Venco products before, I buy their Skoolkrijt all the time. So I thought their version of Good & Plenty would be great as well. I also lucked out that I chose a zoet licorice (unlike that Haribo Sali-Kritz)
I was worried about the word hard in the description, but at least that part turned out not to be true.
First, I'm not keen on dark colored candies, they tend to need more coloring, which displaces actual flavors and textures that should be there. So the blue and the black ones were not ones I ate with much interest.
The little rods of licorice are covered in a thin but crunchy shell. The licorice at the center is actually overpowered by the flavor of the shell. The shells, in some cases were flavored. I don't know if they were supposed to be flavored, but the blue/purple ones were definitely floral, like violet. Not heavily licorice flavored, these just left me bored. Even the color assortment didn't thrill me. Half of the fun of candy coated candy is the look of it.
Haribo Goliath Lakritz-Stangen
While I was traveling in Germany I mostly when off of how things looked, but every once in a while, I pulled out my Android phone (which didn't work as a phone) and used the German-English dictionary to look things up. So I knew that this was a black licorice bar. The character on the front says that it's soft licorice. So at least the words were helpful.
The package is creepy. I like the boldness of it, don't get me wrong, I enjoy a lot of the graphic work that Haribo does. But this anthropomorphic character of a string of licorice palling around with a boy is just weird. Go ahead, look at it closer. But hey, it's what's inside that counts, right. I didn't even flinch at the insulting Asian caricature in the previous mix.
It's a hefty bar, at 125 grams (4.41 ounces) for about a buck.
The bar pulls apart into licorice rods quite easily. Each is about the size and shape of an unsharpened pencil. It is soft and pliable, glossy and really looks so promising.
But it tastes so bad. The chew is dense and has a strong wheat flavor to it, yes, it actually tastes a bit like flour or al dente pasta. But there's more, it's a bit tangy, in the way that weak coffee can be tangy. And it has a weak licorice flavor to go with that. It's only vaguely sweet and not quite salty. It's not overtly earthy but tastes a little musty.
This has pushed me over the edge to proclaim that I don't wish to ever eat another Haribo licorice product again.
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November 9, 2016
I understand Kim Kill All from North Korea and Poisoned Putin were the first to congratulate Trump. This will be my only post regarding Trump's election win. I am staggered beyond belief that a racist bigot, a megalomaniac, a misogynist, a 3 times bankrupt, a fantasist with zero experience of politics, an alleged sexual predator, an egocentric and a totally deranged and dangerous man could be preferred to a lying, conniving witch, a Secretary of State who abused her position by hiding hundreds of thousands of emails, a woman who refused to protect her own embassy in Benghazi resulting in the murder of her ambassador, a woman who supported her lying , cheating husband while decrying the sexual predator known as Dirty Donald and a woman still under FBI investigation for alleged irregularities into the Clinton Foundation. America how did you get yourself into this nightmare? No more from me on his win I promise.
November 9, 2016
totally agree, could not have put it better, god help us
November 9, 2016
Let's just hope his rhetoric is just that, "hot air" in the main, although to be fair, some of his policies to limit job losses by imposing tariffs on Mexican & Chinese imports seem reasonable enough ! With regards NATO, he is in accord with the organisation, but feels (probably correctly), that the USA pays more than any other member, most of whom are failing to cough up the mandatory 2% of their GDP - the problem originated, IMO, because the US saw themselves as the "world's policeman", getting involved in all conflicts world-wide, often then persuading others (like the UK) to join in. I read that the USA have armed forces operating in 120 different countries - no wonder Trump wants to curb their blood lust, although cosying up to Putin is not a wise move either. I suppose now we must at least give him a chance, after all, it was a powerful display of democracy at work, even if that surge in buying Anderson shelters is necessary for our own safety ! John (JKW)
November 10, 2016
John can I ask who's selling the Anderson shelters as I've a spot picked out at the bottom of my garden,I'm going to try B&Q . On DT his acceptance speak was ,what's the word ,yep ,humble ,it might be sinking in now what He has done winning ,just hope that it was rhetoric bluster He spouted over the months . But Garfield,Lincoln and JFK comes to mind with the American way of life !
November 10, 2016
Sorry Bob, B&Q have sold out - could try Wickes, but they're closing down loads of places too ! I reckon Trump will calm down, 'cos as you say, it'll be sinking in just what he's done by winning - he certainly seemed (rightly) humble & respectful enough to Obama in the White House today John (JKW)
November 10, 2016
What really gets up my nose is watching all the sucking up, the arse licking sycophancy that is now taking place with Trump, Obama and Clinton. Shouldn't really be surprised I suppose but does politics really have to be so despicably low life, so desperately phoney? Rhetorical question, no answer needed. Anyway, JKW is undoubtedly right in his assertion that The Donald will likely temper his pre election rhetoric and hyperbole. I have to confess at this point that Trump simply gets right up my nose, he epitomises all that I find distasteful in politics, he is a man devoid of any sense of good taste, courtesy, philanthropy or sense of justice.The saving grace in all of this will be Pence,his VP, who has extensive experience of the US political scene and will likely become the most powerful VP in American history. Pence will most certainly lead on many of the issues usually the sole responsibilty of the president. Trump won't have enough time, inclination, experience or brain power to do otherwise than lean very heavily on Pence. There is a precedence, the rumours that circulated about Reagan relying on his wife to make the big decisions while he was president are more fact than fiction! Where Trump is most dangerous is the fact he has a substantial majority, a much bigger majority than Obama has, in both houses ergo he won't be as hamstrung in steamrollering laws and edicts through. We will just have to hope he really isn't as deranged as he often comes across. I am currently calling for quotes for building a nuclear shelter in the garden, seems there is likely to be a long wait due to unprecedented demands made on local builders. A couple of days ago we were promised Clinton and snow. We got Trump and rain. A wet fart, just about sums it all up. Just remembered didn't I promise not to comment on this subject again? Perhaps I should enter politics!
November 11, 2016
David, you are far too astute to enter politics.... leave it up to the professionally insane, all of whom were put on this world to show us all what CAN happen when the lunatics control the world..... AND they all seem to have their mouth and their anus in the wrong places. And no brains anywhere.
November 11, 2016
Well since the result the $ has increased in value, the € has nosed dived, and the pound £££ has increased in value . So the big business / investors like Trump or are they just being as usual money grabbers selling one cheaply to make the stock of monies they have more attractive ,what do they call that " futures trading " or fuck you Jack I'm alright ?????
November 13, 2016
Trump and Putin best buddies (?) east meets west (?), detente (?), kick in the goolies to Europe (?), major snub to NATO (?),who knows how it will all pan out but it is likely to be a move that will certainly have repercussions if it progresses and cause a huge amount of concern.Meanwhile the EU,headed up by the unholy alliance of Hollande and Merkel, is doing its own best effort to destabilise NATO by forging ahead with the formation of an EU Military Force. Trump's support for Assad and for Putin's indiscriminate bombing in Syria is likely to be an equally unsettling issue for European leaders. We live in interesting times, if Trump makes good on even a small percentage of his more controversial pledges there will be troubled times ahead. Much of his rhetoric was just that,empty words, but hidden amongst all of his self created hyperbole are deeply flawed issues that betray his lack of awareness of world affairs and his ideology that being president is no different from running his business empire. The major flaw in that way of thinking is he seems to have recovered from his thrice bankruptcy proceedings where he got things disastrously wrong making the same mistakes as president, metaphorically or otherwise, will have far greater repercussions. Like I said we'd live in interesting times.
November 14, 2016
I'm going to put the mouse in the cheese store ( sounds better than the cat among the pigeons and just as effective ) there as you know been 2 major democratic votes in 2016 ,Brexit and Trump . Both of these has changed the politics in the countries involved forever ,the U.K. out of Europe and possibly the USA out of NATO and any other agreement that the Liberal Elite have signed upto from climate change to migration over the last couple of decades . Even George W policies of involvement in foreign countries will be curtailed ( that's unless you interfere on the mainland of the USA ( and you know who's finger is on the button) ,but that might be a step too far even for him . The one thing constant in all these elections is an English guy ,not only did his thoughts and actions wether in Brussels or the UK lead the people down the road of Brexit but he popped up all over the USA over the critical weeks leading to Trumps victory . He then became the FIRST politician from any were to have coffee and chat with the NEW PRESIDENT elect , yes Nigel !! our TM only 10th on the list and as far as the ghost of the Labour Party he might get a mention if he ever became PM . So what will the next year bring us and my guess is that France will have a new president ,and Germany a new Chancellor , and whoever takes on these jobs is going to have to dig deep into their money boxes and spend on defence ,why ??? , a small bald headed guy runs Russia and like Trump he wants his country to the power house it used to be before Reagan . His support for Assad and in the Crimea /Ukraine says he's an expansionist of Russian policies ,remember the days of Cuba ,Hungary and the Prague Spring ,yes he wants to put his nose back in front . Yesterday there was a comment on radio 4 about Russia having assembled enough armed forces on the border to take back the old satilite countries under their wing ,Poland you say would mobilise ( but most of their young men work in the UK as plumbers and that goes for most of the Baltic states ) warmongering you say ,ok hold your hands up who in Jan 2016 would have thought the results of the people vote would have been such a shock to the Liberal Elite as Brexit and Trump have been . Trump at the moment is savouring his victory soon he's going set his stall out to the American people about what he's going to do ,his rhetoric for certain minorities will cause a lot of hardship ,just hope he softens it a little ,but then again I wouldn't like to an illegal or a gay and as for global warming forget it . Yes the next few months with a Republican House to back Him Donald is going to upset a lotta lotta folks , just hope Nigel can get him to trade with the U.K. So I've put my thoughts on what "could " happen ,remind me next year about November if my crystal ball worked ????????
November 14, 2016
that is if there is a next year looking at things pessimistically, agreed Putin has been rattling his sabre again and the Russian bear is starting to growl again, as he tries to bring back the Baltic states etc under his wing, we know what happened last time they flexed their military might, ( not referring to latest Crimea acquisition), the West stood by and let it happen. Remember at this time the only nation that had a realistic Atomic so called deterrent did not use it, now we are in the realms of I have more big sticks than you so if this kicks off it will have as we know devastating effects on the world. I think however there is more to this posturing than meets the eye, Russia may have a very large and well equipped armed forces, but to keep everything running tickety boo costs more than the Russian economy can carry on paying for . Now this has been looked at by the Russian and Western nation bankers and it is unsustainable in the long run. The fly in the ointment so to speak is the yellow peril, they may seem to share a political belief, but overall they have been pouring quintillions of dollars world wide, and as we can see in the Chinese sea there is a group of islands that they are not only claiming, but ignoring the more legitimate claims of other Asian/Indonesian nations they are fortifying them. They have already warned off other so called super powers from interfering and used their VETO in doing so. One should also look at the amount of African nations where there is a controlling interest in what happens within their countries. You may be forgiven if you think that the Russians have not noticed this, but you only have to look at the middle East and whose borders/oil/and alliances (IRAN) etc are more under the Bears influence than the Chinese, to talk in larger world terms I think the Russians are more worried about China than the West. I think that they are trying to establish a large power base, and are playing hard/softball with the western alliance of EU, NATO, whose political wills are quivering now that Trump has joined the party and suggested that Europe will not come under the American so called umbrella and will have to up their defence budgets considerably according to their GDP. Along the lines of Enoch Powell and his speech, I was told well before Enoch, the ones to worry about are the yellow peril, given that his speech ( Enochs) foresaw what was to come to fruition, I would take heed of the yellow peril warning, looking at the world stage.
November 15, 2016
Yes, Enoch DID warn of the present situation MANY years ago, but again, our leaders then did not react, and did not even involve themselves in dialogue between all interested parties. At this rate, we should all be wiped off the face of this world in the not too distant future if leaders do not get together to sort it all out once and for all. BUT they will, as usual, ignore the warnings until we are all toast, badly burnt and dispersed into the universe as bits of flotsam for eternity....Enjoy Christmas lads, it COULD be our last, you never know.....
November 15, 2016
Always the optimist Tom
November 15, 2016
In this world Bob, it is the only way to do normal things each day, cos worrying about loons lobbing nukes all over the place could soon become a common problem, and THEN the world will disappear into multi millions of specks of dust!! It is really great these days knowing that each day could be our communal last...besides, what else can we do but be happy????
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On the other hand, I'm also working my way through [parts of] Douglas Campbell's The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009). Campbell's book was the subject of the December 2011 issue of JSNT, with very critical review articles by Barry Matlock and Grant Macaskill. Of the very many distinctive reading positions and arguments in this very lengthy book, Campbell argues that we should read Rom. 1.18–32 as "speech-in-character," as Paul taking up the voice of and speaking as a character other than himself. Stanley Stowers has argued convincingly that Paul employs the rhetorical device, speech-in-character, in Rom. 7.7–25, so such things are not impossible. However, as Stowers emphasizes and Campbell acknowledges, anyone who proposes this as a reading strategy has to explain how Paul might have expected his readers to recognize his rhetorical maneuver. In Romans 7 there are several clear signals (which I discuss in my notes on Romans; if there's interest I can post those comments on this site). But Romans 1 lacks such clear signals. So Campbell argues instead,
It is my contention that the initial auditors of Romans could have detected such a strategy relatively easily through a plethora of nonverbal signals—the types of signals with which performed texts abound. And it must be emphasized that at this stage of our discussion it is necessary only to establish this identification as a possibility. Ultimately, my suggested rereading of Romans 1:18–32 will rely on evidence that emerges "downstream," so we will affirm this identification strongly only in retrospect. But it should be noted that this retrospective judgment is an accident of the text's canonical preservation, of the resulting loss of its original performed context, and also of some of our modern hermeneutical assumptions. We will realize belatedly what the Roman auditors could recognize relatively quickly, through the text's appropriate performance. For this reason, my auditors need for the moment only to be open to this reading of 1:18–32 as a possibility. Could the Roman Christians have detected a satirical textual operation here if it was indeed present? (Deliverance of God, 530; my emphasis [see pp. 530–41])
As I have already admitted, I am not a Pauline specialist, so I'm a bit outside my field. But I am a bit more experienced with oral traditional scholarship, and I have spent eight years reflecting on and exploring how to apply the theories, methods, and results of oral traditional scholarship to written textual questions. In fact, oral traditional scholars themselves have spent decades exploring this issue, so there's a vast body of literature on the subject. And oral traditional scholars have long emphasized that nonverbal and/or extratextual factors such as intonation, gesture, voice inflection, pace/tempo, musical accompaniment, social and/or physical environment, facial expression and other body language, eye contact, directionality, etc. etc. etc. affect how a written text communicates its meaning to an audience. In fact, it's safe to say that the written text itself didn't communicate its meaning to its original audience; rather, a reader/lector/oral performer communicated the text's meaning, and s/he did so via a number of techniques that (i) cannot be found within the tradition's textual stratum (i.e., the written text itself) and so (ii) is no longer available to us. This is unfortunate, because these methods, as Campbell rightly recognizes, are often if not always determinative for how and what a written text means.
Anyone reading Campbell's book, however, needs to know, this is NOT the way to apply issues of oral performance and/or presentation to (written) textual analysis. The problem with Campbell's argument here in Romans 1 is that there's no way to falsify it. There's no way to prove that Campbell's rereading runs exactly counter to Paul's intentions for Rom. 1.18–32 precisely because there's no evidence in support of his rereading. Unlike Romans 7, no textual clues suggest that Paul is speaking "in character" in Romans 1, and so all Campbell can do is grin and ask us to bear it.
But, given that, first, Rom. 1.18–32 makes perfectly good sense within Paul's own authorial voice (i.e., in his undisputed letters, in the disputed [or deutero-Pauline] letters, and in Acts, Paul speaks of God's judgment against the gentiles) and that, second, nothing that follows 1.18–32 requires us to hear Paul's comments about gentile depravity as "speech-in-character," we need to read this text straightforwardly, as the author presents it to us. Indeed, Thorsteinsson, in the much more helpful reading of Romans that I mentioned above, argues persuasively against exactly the kind of retrospective reading strategies Campbell employs here. So while we might grant that we could read Rom. 1.18–32 as a "satirical textual operation," we—and Campbell, too—need to admit that Paul has utterly failed to encode that operation with the text itself. And that failure, I would argue, is the best evidence against the proposal that we should read this passage satirically (pace Campbell, 541: "[s]uch texts therefore deliver their ironic and subversive potential entirely performatively" [emphasis his]).


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Inspiring. Funny. Charismatic. Cocky. Winner. That's everything Ali was. And amongst his many legendary quotes- the one above has always stuck with me. Has always been a burning drive for me- the word impossible has always seen as a challenge- and thereby the approach to all things with confidence. Has always helped to have an amazing team around who have been supportive all along the way but I have a burning desire to improve Type 1 diabetes care- and the quote from Ali has been nothing but a source of inspiration.
I have ideas- many of them to improve Type 1 care. Some of them pretty random, some of them perhaps ambitious, some of them maybe even basics- but I do want to try doing them. A few months back, the idea of having TED style talks by folks with Type 1 diabetes seemed like a crazy idea- but here we are- a website (talkingaboutdiabetes.co.uk) up and running with all the talks available- and hopefully more to follow. One of the most inspirational events I have attended- I want to hear more from such folks, help spread the message to HCPs what life is about living with Type 1 diabetes.
So here are the extent of my ideas- I want a type 1 diabetes pathway template for the whole of England- a pathway that takes into account patient needs, trained people delivering it as well as being cognisant of the fact that this is the 21st century where email is NOT an innovation.
I want a digital platform for folks with Type 1 diabetes- a one stop place where anyone diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes can go and find all information they need- not have to sit and search on the internet for support. I want to have a comic book showing life with Type 1 diabetes ; I want to explore areas that are providing good care- interrogate success as the saying goes….many other ideas I have in my mind…so much to do.
I want to visit each diabetes team, talk to them, find out the challenges, talk to their MD and CEO as to what support they are giving their teams to improve care for folks with diabetes- I want to see what can be done to help diabetes teams all across the country- are their executive teams aware- do they value diabetes care? Do they value safety? I want inpatient diabetes care to be a fundamental part of hospital inspections, are there self administration insulin protocols- if not, why not…so much to do. I want to have peer reviews- not scary CQC visits but peers reviewing each other- diabetes team from Sheffield paying a visit to Portsmouth- why not? If I can't take criticism from a friend, who can I take it from…so much to do.
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Here's my Christmas Village – the kids love it!
This year I tried something different and put it behind the sofa instead of on the side table in the dining room.
Also, I do not like to have my village sit all flat on the tabletop, so I put some of the packing material under it.
In the past I've used vintage tableclothes (very pretty, but they were a little too yellow). Now I use cheap IKEA sheer curtains.
All the cords run under the sheers in back. It takes some work, but I've got room for (almost) everything.
Pretty cool for a little spot behind the sofa… now where will we put the remote?!?


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Bandung is always my favourite city in Indonesia after all.. It keeps a lot of memories since my age is 18. I went to college and meet various kind of people, friends, and my beloved le hubby.. Almost every day-off I've got, weekend, or even public holiday, I spent in Bandung. Bandung has so many places to go, to spent with our loveliest or family. Mention about one newest hits place named Farmhouse (Susu Lembang), I went there to enjoy the massive Holiday last December in hubby's hometown. I felt so hits anyway..hahaha
Farmhouse (Susu Lembang) located at Jl.Sersan Bajuri 108 Lembang, Bandung. The easiest way to reach this place if you're coming from Jakarta through Cipularang highway is exit Pasteur and go to Sukajadi/Lembang based on Street Mark along.. Farmhouse is a leisure park with european theme and the unique trade mark of the famous Hobbit Land, the Hobbit's house! haha. You only need to pay Rp.25.0000/person to enter and each entry ticket can be redeem for a cup of milk (variant taste) for free. I choosed chocolate, of course.
This place is always full of people on weekend, especially on a holiday. We have to come soo early so we can feel the ambience without crowds. Btw Farmhouse open everyday at 9 AM until 5 PM. Don't miss it, come early so you can explore for all good spots and of course take pictures or selfie.
|Farmhouse Susu Lembang
|Farmhouse Susu Lembang
Not only good spots to take selfies here, you can also taste the food from Asian, European to western Menus on the restaurant. But I didn't get a chance to try them all cause I had to go to somewhere else, remembering too that the traffic will getting worse at noon. So we only enjoy the view from the outside.
The Love Birds
It's always nice to visit Bandung. You should try to explore, like I'll do..
Btw, this is the outfit I wore, felt so monochrome at that time :D
Mango Knitt Fur Dress
Thriftstore Black Blazer
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The city of Berlin, New Hampshire, located alongside a two-mile stretch of waterfalls in the Androscoggin River, became the center of the pulp and papermaking industry in northern New England in the late 1800s. There was little economic activity in Berlin from the time it was chartered in 1829 to the 1850s. This all changed with the arrival of the railroad in Berlin in 1852, the mid-century introduction of turbine engine technology that could generate power for mills, and the availability of a new immigrant population in the United States to work in industry. The industrial enterprise that later became known as Brown Company began with the construction of a large sawmill on the Androscoggin River and rapidly expanded over the next twenty years to include chemical, pulp and papermaking mills, tracking nationwide changes in papermaking technology. The population of Berlin grew from 175 in 1850 to a peak of 21,948 in 1930 in response to the region's expanding forest products industry.
Forest products permeate everyday life, yet they are often taken for granted or may even be "invisible." When did we become so dependent on wood products? What are these products? How were they created? The industrial processes for converting a tree into a wide variety of wood products emerged in the latter half of the nineteenth century. During this same period, Americans (and Europeans) came to believe in the idea of inevitable progress and in the ability of science and technology to promote positive change. Consequently, American universities in this Age of Progress responded to increased demands for research scientists in industry by establishing engineering disciplines. The graduates of these programs revolutionized the American manufacturing system during the next century. The pulp and papermaking mills in Berlin, New Hampshire pioneered such innovations.


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sometimes i do the weirdest posts, i am not in denial about that. today i liked these red shoes and eternally inspired by twiggy.
28 April 2011
3 comments:
- Stephanie Sabbe said...
I want to wear big eye lashes like Twiggy everyday. That would make me feel pretty:)
- April 28, 2011 at 12:34 PM
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i really like this one ;)
amateur couture
- April 28, 2011 at 12:57 PM
- kate @ undeniable style said...
that illustration reminds me of a cross between velma and daphne (am I crazy for thinking Scooby Doo?!)
- May 7, 2011 at 8:33 PM
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Sofa retailer DFS, has reported financial results "in line with market expectations" just weeks after its IPO.
The Doncaster based retailer increased first-half sales to £431.2m, as it built on the drive generated during 2014.
Britain's largest sofa seller will continue to expand its UK retail portfolio at an average rate of three to five current format DFS stores a year, with additional Dwell and Sofa Workshop stores, but it doesn't stop there. Plans are also in place to further develop its international presence once concepts are proven.
Group gross sales for the 26 weeks to 31 January 2015 grew by 10.5% to £431.2m, which included the acquisitions of Sofa Workshop and Dwell. The increase in gross sales for DFS alone was 9.1%
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DFS opened six new stores in the first half to take its portfolio to 105 stores. But only four of those are outside the UK, with three in the Republic of Ireland and one in The Netherlands.
Filby added: "We see significant opportunity to further increase our penetration in the UK, strengthen our established market leadership in online upholstered furniture sales and further develop the DFS brand internationally.
Overall market demand for upholstered furniture in the UK is predominantly driven by prevailing consumer confidence, the level of housing market activity and consumer credit availability.
We continue to see favourable reported trends in key indicators in all three of these market drivers, despite some recent moderation in housing transaction volumes, and the upcoming general election having the potential to create some short term volatility.
We therefore have confidence that our business will continue to benefit over the long term from a growing upholstery market."


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