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SA latest – Michalak to start at 10
16 Jun 2011
Keo.co.za brings you news from South Africa's Super rugby franchises.
Michalak to start at 10 – Freddie Michalak will spearhead the Sharks' backline while Pat Lambie has been shifted to fullback.
Jean Deysel is included in the starting line-up as is Bismarck du Plessis. John Smit moves to the bench, while Willem Alberts, back from a shoulder injury, is also among the reserves.
Sharks – 15 Patrick Lambie, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Stefan Terblanche (c), 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Keegan Daniel, 5 Alistair Hargreaves, 4 Gerhard Mostert, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Subs: 16 John Smit, 17 Wiehahn Herbst, 18 Ross Skeate, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Marcell Coetzee, 21 Adrian Jacobs, 22 Louis Ludik.
Four week ban for James - Lions flyhalf Butch James has been suspended for four weeks for a dangerous tackle.
The offence, a high tackle on Sharks flanker Keegan Daniel, was classified as mid-range. As the Lions have a bye in the final round of the tournament, it has ruled that the commencement of the sanction be deferred to Monday 20 June. James is therefore effectively suspended from all rugby up to and including 17 July 2011.
The Tri-Nations commences a week after James is eligible to play once more, with a Test against Australia in Sydney.
Duvenage in doubt – Louis Schreuder is likely to start the Stormers' final game in Bloemfontein as Dewaldt Duvenage is struggling with an ankle injury.
Duvenage has been listed as doubtful for the Cheetahs' match, and given that Ricky Januarie is out with a broken hand, Schrueder is likely to start. In that event, Nic Groom will come onto the bench.
Duvenage's absence will also mean the Stormers go into this game without flyhalf cover for Peter Grant, unless of course Earl Rose is brought onto the bench. Kurt Coleman is unavailable due to an ankle injury.
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16 Jun 2011, 11:36 amso if the stormers losse this game it would be because of the 6th scrumhalf and that they had to travel 2 hrs to bloem, but never because the cheetahs where better
16 Jun 2011, 14:04 pm@vasteses(vasteses)-1: @vasteses(vasteses)-1: Yep! @vasteses(vasteses)-1: You are a kenner of note!
16 Jun 2011, 14:09 pmstormers in the dwang…Schreuder you need to step up young man!
4 weeks crazy man….
16 Jun 2011, 14:22 pmSo when is SBW going to be talked to about tackling without using his arms? Looks like his changing his signature move. Shame on you SBW steeling Butch's tactics, stick to your own.
16 Jun 2011, 14:50 pmOh grief. Stormers having no luck with the half backs this year. I'm assuming Nic Groom is a scrum half, so where does that leave us if PG doesn't last the full 80? Looks like Earl must come onto the bench and hopefully drop Jantjes. No doubt Sadie will be the one to go though. Faarrrkkkkkkkkkkkk……..
16 Jun 2011, 15:01 pm@JA-JA(JA-JA)-4: It's called consistency. Don't you remember SANZAR saying that's what they are aiming for
16 Jun 2011, 15:52 pmOther than Oupa and Kanko (considering his last game – last chance saloon for redenmption), I like the look of this Sharks team. Well done Plum, good selection. Now for that warrior spirit and never say die attitude of the banana boys….
16 Jun 2011, 16:00 pmjeez that's a kak backline. Apart from the wings… Lambie's a good young player but he'll never be more than solid at fullback… Watch Olivier exploit that terrible sharks midfield…
16 Jun 2011, 16:03 pm@vasteses(vasteses)-1: give yourself a peosklap for such an accurate observation.
16 Jun 2011, 16:07 pmthere's going to be some tears in danville this saturday.i honestly fear for the poor women and garden gnomes.
16 Jun 2011, 16:10 pm@Pirlet BEL(Pirlet BEL)-8: I agree, the centre could be a revolving door here. Better would have been to play Michalak at 10 with Lambie at 12 maybe Jacobs at 13 and Terblanche at 15 where he has always been more comfortable an effective than at 13.
16 Jun 2011, 16:21 pmahhh so plum retains his turnstile and moves the better defender to 15 it could work because morne is no threat to the advantage line anyway so it will be up to meisiekind to take his chances on bosman.
16 Jun 2011, 16:29 pmBrilliant plan, Frenchie at flyhalf and Lambie and fullback, Bulls haven't been able to study footage on this so wont have a proven game plan, so should hopefully be in our favor.
16 Jun 2011, 17:49 pm@Treehugger(Treehugger)-13: What do you mean won't have a proven game plan… with the Bulls it's one way and one way only. Vok-maar-voort with skop and chase – not knocking it as they are a very successful team, but they'll play the same no matter what the opposition team's composition is.
Go the Sharks (and the Brumbies – for the Bulls and Shark's sake) – are we going to turn the corner at the last minute…? Fingers crossed!
16 Jun 2011, 18:49 pmWhere is Jacques-Louis Potgieter?
Plum was singing his praises at the beginning of the season.
The last time he played a significant role was against the Crusaders in London.
But his goal-kicking was suspect and he was subsequently dropped.
Still, the Sharks backline was an attacking threat with him at pivot.
I'm not saying he's a preferable option to Lambie, but surely he won't be pleased to see Michalak leap-frog him like this?
Didn't he leave the Bulls because he believed he wasn't going to get much game time with Morne Steyn favoured in the 10 jersey?
Where does this leave JLP now?As for Craig Burden, at least he knows it's only a matter of time before he rotates with Bismark more often with Smit rumoured to be off to Saracens.
But if the Sharks don't win the S15 this year (and it's looking increasingly likely that they won't), perhaps Smit will want to take one last crack next year as it is the one trophy he hasn't won?
And, even if Smit does end his tenure at the Sharks, if Bismark is made captain then Burden will be sitting on the bench more often than not.
It does look more likely that Keegan Daniel and possibly Alistair Hargreaves could replace Smit and Terblanche as team leaders. -
16 Jun 2011, 18:52 pmAnd as for the Stormers, do they honestly think they can go all the way with one flyhalf option who has only just returned from injury???
For heaven's sake, put Earl Rose on the bench.
He isn't most peoples' cup of tea, but he knows what's required at 10.
And the Stormers need some sort of depth there going into the business end. -
16 Jun 2011, 19:01 pm@HG
Plums lost it if you ask me. Lambie is our best defense in that 10/12 channel at the moment and is a yard too slow for full back. If you think this game is going to be won because of the flair of a frenchman, you are mistaken. Itll be trench warfare out there.And Kanko, for your info, made the most tackles last game, never missing one and gained the most yards in the entire team. Hardly a terrible outing. But ya, Oupa needs his zimmer frame handed to him and told to sit in the stands. Quickly.
16 Jun 2011, 19:40 pm@John Galt(John Galt)-17:
Regardless of Kanko's Stats of last week, you can't play him with Daniel at the same loose combo
Without Smit on the field they can't even think of matching up to the Bulls and Smit now is a far better LH than a hooker
And JLP got lost in the quota games, surely a far better option off the bench than Jacobs The Impostor?
Lambie at 15 defies logic, all signs of panic and desperations -
16 Jun 2011, 20:36 pmfrikking dumb lineup – Bosman and Terblanche are the midfield disasters why not play this lineup:
9 McCleod
10 Michalak
11 Mvovo
12 Lambie
13 Jacobs
14 Pietersen
15 Ludik or Terblanche (where he plays far better rugby)now that looks like a strong and balanced lineup.
I agree Lambie is a good choice at 15 but cant see him adding to this game at 15. he´s be far more dagerous at 12 alongside Michalak and we kill the second bird by getting rid of that deadweight Bosman.Much stronger.
16 Jun 2011, 20:38 pm@Hondo(Hondo)-18: Without Smit on the field they can't even think of matching up to the Bulls ??????
Say what???? Smit is just more deadweight who would you rather be on the bench instead of Smit? Bismarck or Beast??? Thats pretty nuts. -
16 Jun 2011, 20:55 pmSmit is not fat and useless as many believe.
He is actually very devastating .
He just needs the proper motivation. At Sharks he does not have proper coaching like he gets with Bokke.
Smit's problems are small. If we could drop his hips 35 degrees more at scrum time he could have more power.
His throwing at line outs is perfect; -
16 Jun 2011, 20:59 pm@puff(puff)-16: Ja meneer tell them
Especially before the World Cup, he needs to make sure he has played high level rugby. It won't be good if he doesn't get a practice now.
16 Jun 2011, 22:54 pm@rugbygenius(rugbygenius)-21: Not in the last Sharks game I saw. We shall see come WC time.
16 Jun 2011, 23:06 pm@rugbygenius(rugbygenius)-22: So he has secretly made the WC squad already?
17 Jun 2011, 00:48 am@Slumtown(Slumtown)-24: 75% CONFIRMED.
17 Jun 2011, 09:10 amLet's see if this pays off. If I had to play Michalak, I would have started Lambie at 12 and kept Ludik, with Bosman coming on in the last quarter.
Luckily Plum kept Daniel at 6 and did not go for the all-abrasive trio – the Sharks are going to need Daniel's speed and low centre of gravity at the ruck to ensure quick recycles from the base (considering that Michalak collides with defense close to the set piece more often than other 10s due to his individualistic tendencies).
I don't expect the Sharks to kick too much out of hand, at least not for touch.
Alberts on the bench could be a match-winning move.
17 Jun 2011, 09:12 am@Transformation(Transformation)-12:
That's a good point Transie.
But with Olivier cutting inside as often as he does, expect Michalak to make a lot more tackles than he thought he might have to.
17 Jun 2011, 09:29 am@willievz(willievz)-27: i'm not sure about freddie's defence actually i've never paid that much attention to that aspect of his game.
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Here's all the information you need to know about the Great Lakes State Fair in Novi today through Labor Day.
The Great Lakes State Fair is here! The revamped Michigan State Fair runs this weekend in Novi.
The fair is open 8 a.m. to midnight today through Sunday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday. Below is all of the information you need to know to plan your visit, including schedules for the midway rides, circus, contests and entertainment.
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The fair is being held at Suburban Collection Showplace, located at 46100 Grand River Avenue between Beck Road and Novi Road in Novi. If you're coming from outside of Novi, you can text the Beck Road or the Novi Road exit from I-96.
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Al-inclusive tickets at the gate (includes access to all exhibits, unlimited midway rides and one circus performance):
- $30 for adults and children 12 and older
- $25 for children 2-12
Tickets for just livestock, indoor exhibits and entertainment at the gate:
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- $6 for children 2-12
There is no charge for children 2 and younger.
Beer Garden & Outdoor Vendors Hours
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- Monday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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The midway will have more than 20 rides, including a merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, Shock Drop and Pharaoh's Fury. The midway will also have 15 games, including duck pond, milk bottle, rock wall, speedball and more.
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- Monday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Circus Performance Times
Detroit's own Shrine Circus will entertain crowds with musical clowns and animal acts, including ponies, canines, tigers and elephants. Aerial daredevils will perform death defying feats on motorcycles, roller skates and in giant wheels and massive swings. Your all-inclusive ticket gets you into one free viewing of the show.
Performances are scheduled as follows:
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- 2:30 p.m.
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- 7:30 p.m. (Friday-Sunday only)
Animals, Agricultural Exhibit Hours
Livestock Exhibits
- Friday-Sunday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Monday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Agriculture and Indoor Vendor Area
- Friday-Sunday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Monday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Entertainment Schedule
- 11:00 a.m. - Kidz Klez (traditional Eastern European)
- 1:30 p.m. - Stray Saints (alternative rock)
- 3 p.m. - Gratitude Steel Band (inspirational)
- 4:30 p.m. - KayLyn Pace and the KayLyn Pace Band (country)
- 7-11 p.m. - Annabelle Road
- 11 a.m. - Six Foot Poles (classic rock)
- 12:30 p.m. - Michael Stefaniak (multi-instrumentalist)
- 1:45 p.m. - Detroit Soul Men (Blues Brothers tribute band)
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- 4 p.m. - Tim Reeves (saxophonist)
- 7-11 p.m. - Jill Jack
Sunday (Gospel Festival):
- 11 a.m. - Gratitude Steel Band
- 12:30 p.m. - The Last
- 2 p.m. - Jeff Taylor Band
- 3:05 p.m. - Men of Grace
- 4:15 p.m. - Azusa Street Band
- 7-11 p.m. - David Shelby
- 11 a.m. - Jennifer Lawson (acoustic country)
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- 1:45 p.m. - Marvin Thompson Jr. and Friends (jazz and soul)
- 3 p.m. - Lyin Dogs Band (moonlighting medical professionals)
- 4:15 p.m. - John Philips (country)
Contest Schedule
Contests will be held each day on or near the Demonstration Stage. View a description of each contest here.
- 11:30 a.m. Carrot Drop
- 12:30 p.m. Hot Dog Eating
- 1:30 p.m. Pie Eating
- 2:30 p.m. Watermelon Seed Spitting
- 3:30 p.m. Ice Cream Eating
- 4:30 p.m. Hula Hoop
- 5:30 p.m. Milk Mustache
- 11:30 a.m. Diaper Derby
- 12:30 p.m. Longest Beard/Ponytail/Mustache
- 1:30 p.m. Pie Eating
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- 2:30 p.m. Father/Son and Mother/Daughter Look Alike
- 3:30 p.m. Husband and Wife Calling
- 4:30 p.m. Hula Hoop
- 5:30 p.m. Pasta Eating
- 11:30 a.m. Potato Sack Race
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- 1:30 p.m. Pie Eating
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- 3:30 p.m. Frozen T-Shirt
- 4:30 p.m. Hula Hoop
- 5:30 p.m. Milk Mustache
- 11:30 a.m. Potato Sack Race
- 1:30 p.m. Pie Eating
- 3:30 p.m. Watermelon Seed Spitting
10:01 am on Friday, August 31, 2012
since when is this the "Michigan State Fair"?
wishful thinking.
thank Granholm for killing the real Michigan State Fair.
11:19 am on Friday, August 31, 2012
I entered my things in the real State Fair for many years. The entry fees were minimal. As a participant, I received two free passes and discounted parking. I can't afford $60 plus parking to attend. I understand they are trying. I will never forgive Granholm for using the 150 year old State Fair as a poster child for her twisted version of austerity.
5:41 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012
We are super excited to attend the GLSF! Going for the all inclusive passes and plan on everyone coming back exhausted from fun!
Ce Nowak
5:54 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012
Very disappointed...high price to pay to see vendors selling goods! Many stalls vacant this morning. Will not go back....use to love the state fair
Richard Margittay
6:51 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012
Hi Rebecca and Pam: I had just left the Great Lakes State Fair in Novi. It was GREAT! You can pay only $8 to enter and see all the display concessins and animals, etc. in a cool air-conditioned building. Additionally, the carnival midway games are not rigged like the Dearborn's Arab International Festival. "Arnold Amusements," a Michigan-based company, is the carnival midway provider at the Novi fair. I checked and photographed each game to find them all to be winnable games of skill. The Michigan state police and Novi city police were there to protect all fair-goers, unlike the Wayne County Sheriff's Department on Warren Avenue during Dearborn's International Arab Festival. Unfortunately, you can expect to see gaffed games back in Dearborn again next year at the Arab Fest courtesy of North American Midway Entertainment becasue no authority in Dearborn seems to have power to keep the scam company out. Arab Fest provider, American Arab Chamber of Commerce, dictates to the City of Dearborn and appears to be quite satisfied with rigged rip-offs brought in by Indiana-based North American Midway Entertainment.
8:49 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012
Won't be going to the GLSF. Price is too high for me and would prefer it to be located outdoors.


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A 53-year-old surfer from Sarasota who has lived in Hawaii for the last three decades, Lundy has spent his entire career painting the Pacific Ocean as if it were viscous slow-moving mercury.
"There's an element of wonder to his work," says Daniel Petrov, education program coordinator at Art Center Sarasota, where Lundy's "H20: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Prints" exhibit is currently on display. "The sheer spectacle of water, especially when it's moving, is definitely something that holds a viewer's attention."
Lundy grew up surfing on Siesta Key beach, hardly the best place to hang 10. The son of acclaimed Sarasota School of Architecture disciple Victor Lundy, the young artist spent much of his childhood with his mother, Shirley Lundy, who split from her architect husband when Lundy was 3 years old.
"I was aware of the gut-level aesthetics of my father's buildings," Lundy says. "He got a lot of attention for his curved structures. I never made a conscious effort to emulate that, but I guess there is a rhythm and architecture to the ocean."
He describes Sarasota as a ragtag community of "wacky artists" who were all friends with his mother, a painter and a longtime actress at The Players Theatre.
Five days after graduating from Riverview High School, Lundy, then 18, moved out to the North Shore of Oahu carrying only a backpack and a surfboard. For 10 years he competed in Hawaii's famous pro-surfing circuit, working as a custom surfboard designer on the side.
In 1983, he dislocated his left knee surfing in Oahu's notoriously dicey Pipeline Masters competition. The injury, says Lundy, put him out of commission entirely, so he decided to enroll in art school in Pasadena, Calif., and pursue painting on a full-time basis.
He spent the 1990s creating large-scale canvases and designing event posters for A-list surfing events all over the world, garnering a following that landed him a gig designing sneakers for Nike.
He mentions that he's taking a break from Hawaii, that he plans to stay in Sarasota for awhile, spend time with his mother , reunite with old friends and take pleasure in his first hometown-art show.
"I had a feast out there," Lundy says. "But there are lots of other places in the world with better waves. There are places with nicer, longer, dreamier waves."
Turning back to his computer, he minimizes Facebook and remembers that an hour ago he had intended to read a prepared statement about his art.
"I'm sorry," he says. "I got off on a tangent, huh?"
He opens the idle Word document and slowly reads a passage of it.
"I would say," Lundy begins, "that my paintings are essentially meditations in and of themselves and, through that, hopefully, they serve as a glimpse into the rhythmic, radiant, liquid sanctuary that is the true home of many."
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Chris Lundy's "H20: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Prints" is on display through Sept. 12, at Art Center Sarasota. For more information, call 365-2032 or visit www.chrislundy.com.
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December 11, 2012 · Updated 2:12 PM
Islanders are hard at work making sure that a child's worst nightmare never happens: That he or she will wake up Christmas morning and find nothing under the tree, while other boys and girls in the neighborhood are celebrating their good luck.
On Whidbey Island, this scenario should never happen. Businesses up and down the island participated in Festival of Trees, which helps the Boys and Girls Club fund Christmas presents and activities for kids.
Last weekend, the Marine Corps Reserve staked out the Clinton ferry terminal both days, collecting money for Toy for Tots. Volunteer sailors carried their buckets through the rain past parked cars, as people handed over change and bills that will all be turned into new toys for island children. The Marine Corps Reserve works with island agencies to make sure distributions are made locally.
Readiness to Learn is partnering with toys Toys for Tots for the Holiday House that opened yesterday.
The annual Holiday House project, sponsored by the Island County Readiness To Learn Foundation, opened its doors for shoppers on Dec. 11. Donations can be dropped into Toys for Tots drop boxes or can be delivered to the Family Resource Center on Maxwelton Road in Langley.
Holiday House provides not just toys, but a shopping experience for parents who may not be able to give their children the Christmas experience any other way. Holiday House provides gifts for children of families struggling to meet basic needs. Set up like a store, it allows families to shop with dignity for presents and wrap items their children want and need.
This year the store is located at the South Whidbey Parks and Recreation building on Maxwelton Road in Langley. Shopping is done by appointment only. There are eligibility guidelines for families, but all inquiries will be treated confidentially and the shopping can be done in a confidential atmosphere.
One toy, purchased lovingly by a family together to put into a Holiday House drop box, is affordable and teaches a philanthropic lesson to those very same kids, organizers say. For more information, call 221-0484 or visit www.rtlearnfoundation.org.
Churches and schools all have the necessary connections to get toys to children, so drop off toys there if you prefer. Experience has shown that if we all work together, every child on Whidbey Island will have a merry Christmas in 2012.
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Lecture. "Musical Instruments Across the Bengal Borderlands." Goodspeed Hall, Room 205, 5845 S. Ellis Ave., 773-702-8484, free.
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Discussion. "Extractive Industries: Global Goods, Local Costs." 5:30-7:30 p.m., Ida Noyes Hall, West Lounge, 1212 E. 59 St, 773-702-7721. An evening discussion with two Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grantees.
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The good points? My 2004 drives as well in 2011 as it did when I bought it in 06.
If you already have one, heed my warning and replace the multitronic gearbox oil every service!!! It's critical for this gearbox.
Fuel Economy: Not too sure why one guy commenting here is not getting good mpg, my TDI 130 is pretty impressive. Im always getting over 700 to a tank and thats 50% commuting in London plus a couple of long weekend drives. Im not a conservative driver by any means so almost 55mpg from an auto is very good in my book.
Beautiful solid and nippy car to drive, I purchased it used (60k miles) after trawling thru Whatcar reviews and am very happy.
Only issue would be the quality / robustness of some of the interior. The previous owner had broken a number of fixtures including the glove box hinges and the centre armrest plastic clips.
Bought my 52 plate 2003 1.8T 163bhp Sport Quattro in July last year. So far its been excellent car with none of the problems usually reported with this model (ignition coil etc.)
Build quality is excellent and very smooth drive. Engine is excellent with more than enough power. Performs well on 'A' roads but can be a little noisy on motorways, although that probably because it's the Sport model. The 163 engine could easily carry a 6th gear and my next A4 will have the 6 speed box. Grip from the Quattro 4x4 system is immense and don't think I'll go back to a front wheel drive A4 even though my last 2 wheel drive A4 TDi was still a good car.
MPG averages at 35.0 around town, on country lanes and A roads but if you use the right foot it will come down quite a bit. For a saloon car though, it doesn't half go well when you show it the loud pedal. Don't know how they justify the money for the S4 and RS4 when you can pick a decent used 1.8T up for under £10K.
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In summary, a good, safe car with great build quality, excellent performance and grip. Go for the 190bhp with the 6 speed box and s-line pack though.
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Posted at 12:02PM, 04 October 2011 by Rejina Sabur-Cross - Food writerHow often do you go into a shop, pick up an overpriced fruit salad, add up the unripe cubes of melon, the meagre, mushy strawberries and the distinct whiff of rip off and realise you could do a far better job for a fraction of the price?
If you're anything like me you'll find yourself sat in front of the telly on a Sunday night chopping gargantuan piles of pineapples and peaches into Tupperware in order to have a fresh fruit salad for the week ahead without resorting to remortgaging the flat.
Convenient they may be, but sandwiches, smoothies and salads are all bought with the greatest reluctance, knowing how much better my own would be. I've been known to carry around a Thermos of green tea rather than cough up for an overpriced cup with an inferior teabag. And I'd much rather make my own soup, seasoned just the way I like it, than fork out for a bland, homogenous, under-seasoned shop-bought version any day.
Those titchy pots of edamame beans that cost the same as a proper bag of frozen ones (usually about four times bigger) are guaranteed to get my goat, as is overpriced sushi made with old fish and bad rice. Yes, it takes a bit longer, but life is definitely not too short. Not when you sit down and actually work out how much it costs long term and the appalling profit margins being marked up on some cheese and pickle sarnies and bottles of fruit juice.
So much about eating well on a budget is the planning.
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It's not just about frugality. There's something intrinsically satisfying about knowing exactly what you're consuming. So much about eating well on a budget is in the planning. Making lists of what you already have in the kitchen and the meals they can be transformed into, making friends with your freezer, working out what you're going to eat depending on when things will go off, getting creative with leftovers - these are all ways of avoiding the dreaded telephone call to the local pizza place after a hard day in the office.
Eat excellently
Letting meat be the flavour and allowing vegetables to take centre stage means you can stretch out cheap cuts and do yourself a world of good in the process. It's a massive error to think that being thrifty equals rubbish grub. If anything, with a little imagination it can often be quite the opposite - it's all about perception.
That old loaf isn't stale ciabatta, but the makings of panzanella. It's not leftover chicken but with a few extras, the basis of a Vietnamese salad. Those carrots and onions are in fact the backbone of a hearty miso soup and that slowly softening beetroot is the perfect pairing with a bar of dark chocolate for some decadent brownie goodness.
So what tips do you have for saving the pennies but still eating well? And which pre-packaged meals wind you up the most?
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5 October 2011, 11:08AM
I agree wholeheartedly, I live in Cape Town where, in this country we seem to eat many more home cooked meals although I do think that may be changing as more convenience foods become available. When I am in England, I find it difficult to actually buy raw food that has not been tampered with in some way, ie seasoned. I like food but do want to decide myself how it is cooked and flavoured.
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5 October 2011, 12:11PM
Even when I worked full time, my Sunday afternoon was usually spent preparing 2 or 3 meals for the week ahead just to make life less frantic in the evenings. Many home made meals are not as time consuming as you may think, but are certainly cheaper and probably better for you too. Especially when you can hide healthy veg or blitzed tomatoes...
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5 October 2011, 12:19PM
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I resent buying convenience food, and only do so out of poor planning. My best tip would be to batch cook and freeze! Home made soups, bolognaise sauces, fish pies... you don't have to sacrifice on quality either. Those brownies look fab...
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5 October 2011, 2:32PM
my hub and i both run our own business and have 3 teens plus visitors! so for the last 3 years every other sunday has been cooking day. i cook prob 7 to 10 meals. and freeze them allowing for an "on toast" night and a pasta night a fortnight and them or us going out! it saves me a fortune and they know dinner will be there. 5 mins in the morning taking stuff out of the freezer and programming cooker and bread machine and proper food daily. we are also teaching our kids essential life skills not just cooking but planning and budgeting. any visitors get the benefit of learning how to peel too!
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6 October 2011, 12:09PM
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I agree with Maxine's post. I lived in Cape Town in my 20s, and am currently living in Italy, and every time I return to the UK I really notice that everything (including bananas!) is packaged and often fiddled with. There are too many pre-prepared options available and this takes the pleasure out of food prep. Too much choice is also not as helpful as it may appear at first - in some ways people opt out of the pleasure of meal preparation because of it. People in Italy and SA work long hours and live on tight budgets just like in England, yet still manage simple, healthy, cost-efficient and tasty meals every day. Planning is vital, of course, but it's not impossible. On the plus side, I do miss that in the UK one can cook with ingredients from diverse cultures, which is like travelling whilst staying at home!
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6 October 2011, 6:30PM
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Totally agree with this thread! As I'm a coeliac, I can't eat many of the prepackaged meals and anyway, they are so expensive. I've always cooked a lot of things from scratch and frozen them and now I'm a student (again!) it's even more important to keep costs down. I've been looking up meals that can be batch cooked and frozen and use less meat/poultry in meals too. I recently started buying my fruit and veg from the market (in Bham) and find it's at least half the price of supermarkets and I can even buy 'better' eg baby plum tomatoes cost the same as cherry toms in Tescos and things like aubergine and butternut squash are much cheaper. Have been recommending it to all my student friends! :o)
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7 October 2011, 8:45AM
I can't stand pre-prepared food...it is expensive and full of all sorts of thing you would never put in your own cooking. Therefore, everything is made from scratch in my house. We often buy cheaper cuts of meat to cut costs, or use the good cuts, but less of them, bulked out with veg, beans etc. The other week a £10 chicken fed two of us for a whole week! And to those who have mentioned pre-packaged veg in the UK...the supermarket is not the place to go for fruit and veg (or meat) - it is far better bought at markets, farm shops or greengrocers and is rarely pre-packed there.
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8 October 2011, 8:36PM
I agree with Nicola - making your own is cheaper and gives you the peace of mind of knowing exactly what you are eating. It also means that you can give people exactly the size portion they want - my husband finds that most ready meals are rather meagre for him. It isn't really that time consuming either - a joint or chicken for Sunday lunch will usually provide another nights simple tea of cold cuts for the four of us. If I make spag bol, casseroles or chilli it takes no extra time to make double (or even triple) and freeze the extra ready to reheat in the week when theres not so much time. A little planning can really make sure you eat better and cheaper, I think.
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6 November 2011, 2:35PM
We never buy sandwiches. We make our own and put them in the freezer in individual freezer bags. If you take them out in the morning they will be defrosted and ready to eat by lunch time but allow a bit longer for tuna or salmon sandwiches to defrost. As well as saving money you will save time as there is no need to prepare them every morning before going to work.
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Midway through Classic Park's 10th season: Was it worth it? (with video, document, timeline, slideshow)
This is part of Day One of a five-day series looking back at the history of Classic Park in Eastlake. See a series breakdown here.
In 2001, Pat Boyce heard Eastlake Mayor Dan DiLiberto talk about building a minor-league baseball stadium, a project DiLiberto famously said wouldn't "cost the residents of Eastlake a dime.''
Boyce wasn't buying what the mayor was selling at that public meeting.
"I've never been a shrinking violet, so I told Dan, 'You're out of your mind. It will kill the city and we'll be paying for it for the rest of our lives,' " he said.
Boyce was right.
According to Eastlake finance director Mike Slocum, the price tag for the 7,200-seat ballpark at the corner of Vine Street and Route 91 will be $35 million when the final check is written in 2031.
The city this year will appropriate $590,000 from its general fund to meet the scheduled debt payment of $1,142,502.60. Last year, those figures were $620,000 and $1,191,782.50, respectively.
"Dan thought he was above everything and everybody and didn't listen to anybody,'' Boyce said. "To me, it made no sense for the City of Eastlake to pay all that money for 70 games of Class A baseball every year.''
DiLiberto was mayor from 1994 until he resigned on April 30, 2004, citing health concerns. Continued...
He first considered the idea of building a minor-league stadium in Eastlake in April 1999.
For the next four years, he pushed relentlessly to turn his baseball dream into a reality.
Critics of the project called that effort reckless and negligent.
With the Lake County Captains this year marking their 10th season in Eastlake and with the city saddled with financial fallout for at least the next 19 years, the question remains: Was it worth it?
"Absoutely not,'' Boyce replied.
Retired and living in Florida, DiLiberto is unapologetic about the stadium and doing what he thought was necessary to get it built.
"Look at what was on that land before the stadium was built. Look at that part of Vine Street. The stadium is the focal point of the community," DiLiberto said.
"Yes, it was worth it. The stadium is and will continue to be great for Eastlake and Lake County.''
Picking up the pieces
If he had his way, Eastlake Mayor Ted Andrzejewski never again would have to hear DiLiberto's name or answer a question about the $35 million bill he left behind. Continued...
But, the stadium is a fact of life, and there is no escaping DiLiberto's long shadow over the community.
"There was no personal gain (for DiLiberto) to speak of in building the stadium, but there were untruths told to the people of Eastlake,'' Andrzejewski said.
"Every time the stadium comes up, so does (DiLiberto's) statement about the stadium not costing the taxpayers a dime.
"Whoever follows in office after DiLiberto is always under suspicion. Every time I go out with City Council and try to get a levy passed to help the city, we're told by the citizens, 'The stadium is your problem. We believed what DiLiberto said about the stadium not costing the taxpayers a dime. How can we believe that you, in fact, need more money?' ''
In 2000 and 2001, when the stadium project was gathering momentum, Andrzejewski was serving on the city's planning commission.
"Determining the status of the stadium project was not the commission's job,'' Andrzejewski said. "Our job was to make sure ordinances were followed.''
He got a somewhat clearer picture of the situation when he was elected to City Council in 2002. But the real epiphany came in 2004, when DiLiberto resigned and Andrzejewski won the special election to fill out the remaining year of the mayoral term. He was re-elected in 2005 and again in 2009.
He plans to run again in 2013.
"I knew the city was in deep financial distress when I was running for mayor (in 2004), but I didn't have full access to the numbers,'' Andrzejewski said. Continued...
It wasn't just stadium debt that was weighing down Eastlake's strained budget. The city finances were further depleted by another $17 million of debt for the construction of the municipal center on Lakeshore Boulevard.
As the bills piled up, a budget surplus that once exceeded $3 million disappeared.
The depth of the alienation between the two men bubbled to the surface on Feb. 18, 2005, when Andrzejewski, assisted by city service department employees, removed from the stadium facade a metal plaque honoring DiLiberto for his leadership in the complex's construction.
"The plaque said, 'The House that Dan DiLiberto built.' The reality is, if the plaque would have said, 'The house the people of Eastlake and the taxpayers of Eastlake built,'' the plaque would still be up there,'' Andrzejewski said, defending the plaque's rather public removal.
"It was very inappropriate to put up a monument to yourself and say, 'I built the stadium,' when, in fact, for the next 25 years, the people of Eastlake would be paying for the ballpark.''
DiLiberto said the plaque was not his idea, but was a gift from the late Steve Guard, then the city's engineer.
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The rift between the current and former mayors surfaced again in April, when DiLiberto was conspicuous by his absence when the Captains used their home opener to celebrate the start of their 10th season in Eastlake.
Andrzejewski said "no comment'' when asked if he was behind the decision not to invite DiLiberto to the home opener.
DiLiberto said he's convinced Andrzejewski called that shot.
"I figured it would happen that way. Look at what (Andrzejewski) did with that the plaque,'' DiLiberto said. "I'm a bigger person that that. Did I expect that from him? Yes, because that's the kind of person he is.''
DiLiberto was asked if he had a message for Andrzejewski and Eastlake City Council as they grapple with stadium debt.
"It's over, it's done. You need to move forward now and bring jobs to the community,'' DiLiberto said. "I've been gone for (eight) years now. Ted has a job to do. I had a job to do. Different times, different economies.
"It's time to stop kicking me to the curb. Dan DiLiberto is not responsible for what's happening in Eastlake now.''
Andrzejewski stared straight ahead during a reading of DiLiberto's comments about the plaque removal, this year's home opener and how the current mayor and council need to focus on the present and future.
"First of all, we haven't mentioned Dan DiLiberto's name in context with the city of Eastlake since I can't remember,'' Andrzejewski said.
"He's part of history. I don't want to talk about him. I don't want to mention anything about him. That statement is not true that we keep kicking him to the ground. I'm a bigger man. He's gone, over with. I've said that for years.
"What's he's doing is deflecting responsibility from the person who deserves to be held responsible for this enormous debt.''
DiLiberto has staunch defenders in Classic Auto Group founder-owner Jim Brown and U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette, R-Bainbridge Township.
In April 2005, Brown joined forces with Captains majority owner Peter Carfagna on a $4.3 million naming rights deal that turned what had been called Eastlake Ballpark into Classic Park.
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"The only things I personally know about Dan are all good,'' Brown said. "In my view, he was totally committed to Eastlake and the citizens of Eastlake. I'm sure he made some mistakes, based on what happened. I really hated to see that. No politician I've known was as good a leader as Dan.''
Brown's reference to "what happened" relates to DiLiberto's April 2006 guilty plea in Lake County Common Pleas Court on a charge of attempted falsification in a theft offense.
The charge stemmed from actions DiLiberto took on behalf of John Chiappetta, a Richmond Heights businessman who helped the city develop an industrial park off Erie Road. DiLiberto served 30 days in jail, four months of house arrest and paid a $2,000 fine.
LaTourette helped the city secure $4 million from a 2005 transportation bill to help pay down stadium debt. He said his opinion of DiLiberto is unchanged despite the legal matter.
"The man was a visionary,'' LaTourette said.
Research for this series was compiled by News-Herald Managing Editor Laura Kessel.
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Fireworks were reported seen in the area though an official cause for the fire hasn't been determined as of Sunday afternoon.
One firefighter was injured, but wasn't hospitalized, and no homes or buildings were damaged as a result of a prairie fire that burned up about 10 acres of land in Orland Park Saturday night.
Witnesses reported seeing firework flares falling from the sky near a field north of 143rd street and west of Wolf Road, around 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Flames began shortly there after and Orland Fire Protection District personnel then arrived on scene.
"They were the big mortar shots that burst in the sky," said Tony Gloria, RoccoVino's Italian Restaurant general manager, who saw the fire begin from the restaurant across the street. "The fire grew pretty quickly, and the wind was a major factor I think. The flames were blowing south towards 143rd, however the fire was spreading in other directions as well."
Orland Fire Battalion Chief Mike Schofield said the fire's cause is still under investigation, and noted fireworks were reported in the area before the fire started.
About 10 acres of prairie burned in the blaze, which kept firefighters working for about 2 hours at first to contain, Schofield said. Firefighters then returned to check on hotspots at 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. Sunday morning, he added.
Cattails in the prairie combined with the extreme dryness from high heat fueled the fire, Schofield said.
"High cattails burn very hot and create quite a site, though it looks worse than it is," Schofield said. "The concern was keeping the fire from jumping south across 143rd, where it is much dryer and the cattails are 12 feet tall. That would've been a greater danger."
Shifting winds kept the flames away from nearby homes, combined with firefighters working on all sides to quell the spread, Schofield said. An aerial ladder was used to pump water down at the flames to stop them.
One firefighter was injured during the fire, but did not need hospitalization, Schofield said.
Firefighters from Orland stations 1, 2, 3 and 5 fought the flames, and a water tanker truck from the Homer Township Fire Protection District was on scene.
"Because of what's going on in Colorado, people were very concerned and rightly so," Schofield said. "That's why we came out in force and contained it, and put it out. I don't see rain in the coming days' forecasts, so the dangers of this dry weather isn't going to go away any time soon."
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Harry Callahan
7:12 am on Monday, July 9, 2012
Very dry and dangerous out there,but you couldn't tell others along with town officials.
7:23 am on Monday, July 9, 2012
Video will Not work what driver do i need? I have Adobe flash 11 on 4G android fone. I click on map (all thats thete is a star) and just brings up article again.
Ben Feldheim
9:39 am on Monday, July 9, 2012
Flash is all you should need. Maybe turn your phone completely off and start over.
Betty Carter
4:14 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Do police contemplate any arrests? Since there were complaints of firewords in the area before the fire, police should follow up withe caller(s).
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Ben Feldheim, In reply to Betty Carter's comment 4:14 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Do police contemplate any arrests? Since there were complaints of fireworks in the area before the fire, police should follow up with the caller(s). Why didn't the police respond to the callers complaint???
Ben Feldheim
9:05 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Keith, thanks for bringing it to my attention, and Betty sorry for missing this. I'll check with the PD if any arrests were made, but if there were not, I wouldn't assume that police didn't respond.
Consider the logistics. I'd be surprised if the people responsible chose to stick around after they fired the fireworks. It was in a field at night where the closest people weren't likely close enough to see who those responsible are, any descriptions of what they look like or what they wore, and most importantly which way they headed.
Again, I'll check to be sure, but if no one was arrested, I wouldn't assume there wasn't any follow up. I believe this would be a hard one to pin.
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11:04 am on Monday, August 13, 2012
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