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Welcome to our new (2009) beautiful Orlando Golf Vacation rental home, which has 2,268 square feet of luxurious living space, and features 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms (including a special pool bathroom) , south facing private heated extended swimming pool (28x14 foot), which backs onto a beautiful natural conservation area (no rear neighbors) and is just 15 minutes to Walt Disney World.
Our beautiful rental home is located at the exclusive Golf and Country Club Resort of Providence in Orlando, Florida. This luxurious resort is fast becoming one of the leading Golfing Resorts of the Orlando area, with Resort amenities that are second to none, such as a resort style swimming pool, lap pool, fully illuminated tennis courts, state of the art exercise equipment, wide sidewalks for safe bicycling, jogging or walking, all within our secure gated community.
Our Orlando Vacation rental home comprises of 4 large bedrooms including a master suite with south facing balcony, which include a luxurious master bathroom with his and hers sink, a bath and a large shower cubicle.
There is a large open plan family room which has been beautifully furnished and includes designer sofas in the lounge area, with formal or informal dining options all decorated with the help of an interior designer.
From the dining room, double doors lead out onto the large extended sun deck with a southerly facing aspect to maximize the sunlight throughout the day. As the large screened pool faces a protected conservation area, your privacy is protected as well as a fantastic view. It also has pool alarms for your family's protection. The pool can be heated if required and has underwater illumination. A barbecue is available.
From the foyer take the magnificent staircase leading to the second floor which allows you to gaze down into the Great Room or move on into the bedrooms each with their own bathroom with hair dryer. You also have access to the back outside balcony where you can watch the hawks fly high above our rooftop.
Our Orlando vacation home has luxury facilities and equipment throughout including a large LCD Widescreen High Definition Television and DVD player in the family room and Flat screen TVs in each of the bedrooms. Your stay includes FREE Local, Long Distance & International Calls (except to cell phones) and FREE High-speed Internet Access.
Herwig's lovely villa in Providence was our "home away from home" for 2 & 1/2 months and it was a totally great vacation. The villa is perfectly located in a beautiful gated community and the amenities are all you could hope for. The owner, Herwig, is extremely pleasant to deal with and the property management people are very efficient & professional. We would certainly recommend the villa to anyone looking for a wonderful place to stay during a visit to the Orlando area.
Our Family came here for Elite 32 baseball tournament at Disney. The house looks nice on website But even better in person! The pool was a perfect size for the five children in our group. The clubhouse is less than a mile away with additional swimming. Very Nice home with plenty of room for 10 people and 20 min. to Disney. Hope to stay here again in the future!
The home was located in a lovely gated community and was simply beautiful. It was smartly decorated, very clean, and well planned in layout. The pool was wonderful, the kitchen very nice and each bedroom had its own private bath. The ONLY thing that kept this review from being 5-star was the quality of the beds. Why spend so much money on such a fantastic home and go super cheap on the mattresses? The beds were of the lowest quality and sleeping on them was difficult. We have stayed in many vacation homes and this is a recurring theme. Upgrade the beds and this becomes a "dream" experience (pun intended.)
We have spent a wonderful month (May 2012) at this villa for our holiday (with 2 adults). It was very spacious and situated in a serene environment. The property is located in a secure gated community and we felt really save staying there. The pool deck faces South-West, so you will catch the sun all day long. The villa grounds and pool were also well maintained, as we were visited by a gardener and a pool maintenance man on a weekly basis. We spotted lots of wildlife around the villa, such as Florida crane birds, Turtles, Hawkes, Eagles, Vultures, White-tailed Deer and a variety of smaller colorful bird species. The villa location itself was ideal, as most of the amusement parks, shopping outlets and other attractions (such as dinner shows) were within a 45 minute (at the most) drive. The (very stable) internet connection is supplied by Verizon FIOS and comes with excellent speeds (I measured 25 Mbit (up and down)). Every room in the house (living room + bedrooms) comes equipped with a flat screen TV (a big one in the living room and smaller ones in the bedrooms) and cable service is also supplied by Verizon FIOS.
The only minor/small inconvenience (which won't be an issue for most people) we had with the cable service (on the larger living room TV), was that it wasn't in HD (high definition) quality, as the cable receivers were only standard Digital receivers (Motorola 2500) with an analogue (instead of a digital) output, which resulted in a slightly fuzzy image quality. Again, this wasn't a real issue, but we personally would have enjoyed to watch our favorite shows in HD. All of the correspondence between us and the owner (Herwig)/management company went very smoothly, and any (minor) issues we brought up were perfectly dealt with in a quick and professional manner. We thank you very much for allowing us to stay in your villa, and hope we may visit it again in the future. We would gladly recommend this villa to all of our friends and Family.
Mark and Willy (from The Netherlands)
4 Adults 2 children.
We have just returned from a 2 week holidayat this villa. We found the villa to be comfortable, clean, spacious, adequately equipped and well maintained. There was an informative binder prepared by the owner which was very helpful with details regarding the villa as well as the Davenport/Orlando area. The location was great, within easy driving distance to the parks and shopping outlets and malls. The area was well maintained and quiet. Most days were spent out and about but we did make use of the pool and gym at the clubhouse. Our dealings with Herwig and the management company all went smoothly in preparation of our holiday. Thanks for sharing your villa with us. when asked i would have no hesitation in reccommending this villa to friends and Family.
Keith & family
We stayed at this home for 8 weeks and loved every minute of it.
It was spacious, very comfortable and secure.
We are big fans of golf, wildlife and relaxing in peace and quiet, and this is the ideal place for all these things. A great place to go back to after a day of Orlando's razamataz.
We were able to walk for miles into the preserve and got some fantastic photos and film of loads of wildlife, including, deer, otter, armadillo, osprey, cardinal, hawkes, falcon and of course snakes and gators!
The Providence golf course is a good challenge for any handicap with mens tees from 6023 to 6929 yards and Ladies 5029 yards. It's well maintained and fees are about right compared to the local courses.
Herwig, the owner, was a great communicator during the booking process and the managing agents were professional and efficient.
We highly recommend this vacation home.
Only one negative......................We wish we had booked another 8 weeks!
Dave & Pauline
For Golf enthusiasts you're really in for a treat as our stunning vacation home is just a short stroll away from the magnificent Golf Clubhouse (5 minute walk) with pro shop, restaurant & lounge. From here pick up your Golf Cart & Clubs for that all important leisurely game of golf at the award winning Michael Dasher 18 hole par 72 golf course. The Golf course includes 7,046 yards of championship tees, driving range & putting green all maintained to the highest standards. If you're looking for things to do in Orlando then you've come to the right place! Universal Studios, Sea World, Kennedy Space Centre, spectacular beaches and endless shopping/dining experiences, that Florida has to offer, are all close by. Local shops, restaurants, pharmacy and ATM's at Reunion / Champions Gate are all within 10 minutes.
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"The agency still does not currently anticipate the need to furlough any of our employees," the spokeswoman said.
For most federal employees, notice must be given 30 days before furloughs begin.
Critics of sequestration note that furloughs at federal agencies are still on the table for later this year, that schools in poor communities such as Baltimore will face significant reductions in the next academic year, and that low-income parents who rely on Head Start for early childhood education will soon be scrambling for other options.
In other words, Sen. Ben Cardin said, the full impact of sequestration has not yet been felt.
"It's going to have a negative impact on our economy from the point of view of jobs," the Maryland Democrat said. "This won't happen overnight ... but it's going to happen."
Budget cuts mandated by sequestration are spread over the fiscal year, so many agencies waited several weeks to see whether Congress would alter them. With changes now off the table for the rest of the year, officials are beginning to implement reductions.
But in the first month of sequestration, the fear that tens of thousands of Marylanders would be furloughed has not been realized. Agency officials say they have made cuts elsewhere or received added flexibility in a government funding bill that Congress approved this month.
An amendment to that bill, which Obama signed Tuesday, transferred $55 million within the Department of Agriculture to cover the agency's food inspection program, sparing food inspectors from furloughs. That move was considered particularly important for Maryland's poultry industry.
The Federal Aviation Administration, meanwhile, delayed for several weeks its plan to close five control towers at small airports in Maryland, including Martin State and Easton. Instead of closing April 7, the towers will shut down in late April or early May.
Furloughs for civilian defense employees, including at Fort Meade and the U.S. Naval Academy, have also been delayed. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said last week that the number of furlough days will be cut to 14 from the initial projection of 22.
Pentagon officials have not said how many employees might be exempted from furloughs.
The uncertainly has been difficult for defense employees such as Gerard Davis, 57, of Bowie, who works as a quality control inspector at Fort Meade. He and his wife are looking for second jobs so they're prepared if and when furloughs begin.
But Davis said it's hard to pursue a second job when it is unclear what days he might be furloughed.
"It's going to be tough," said Davis, who attended a rally on the base organized recently by the American Federation of Government Employees. The union represents about 3,000 of Fort Meade's civilian workers.
"The atmosphere here is everyone is waiting and hoping for the best but keeping it in the back of their mind," he said.
While furloughs are being delayed or limited, that does not mean there won't be other reductions that could harm the regional economy. Agencies that make no cuts to staff are likely to trim contract spending, said Anirban Basu, chairman and chief executive of the Sage Policy Group.
And that is a problem for Maryland's robust contracting community, which employs more than 171,000 state residents. The federal government awarded about $27 billion in contracts to Maryland businesses in the 2012 fiscal year.
"There will be an impact on the local economy," Basu said. "There has to be."
Maryland employers added 10,500 jobs in February — the most recent figures available. But that data does not include the effects of sequestration.
Timothy J. Adams owns Systems Application & Technologies Inc., a Largo-based logistics and engineering contractor that does work for the Defense Department and other federal agencies. He expects that the 24-year-old company will have to lay off employees — probably in other states — if it receives less work from the government.
"We're all still uncertain about where things are going," he said.

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This article is about the routine business practice. For politically motivated boycott, see disinvestment.
In finance and economics, divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical, or political objectives or sale of an existing business by a firm. A divestment is the opposite of an investment. Divestitures have been growing in significance as a means of creating value for companies on both sides of M&A transactions, representing nearly half of all corporate transactions in 2013.[1]
Firms may have several motives for divestitures:
- a firm may divest (sell) businesses that are not part of its core operations so that it can focus on what it does best. For example, Eastman Kodak, Ford Motor Company, Future Group and many other firms have sold various businesses that were not closely related to their core businesses.
- to obtain funds. Divestitures generate funds for the firm because it is selling one of its businesses in exchange for cash. For example, CSX Corporation made divestitures to focus on its core railroad business and also to obtain funds so that it could pay off some of its existing debt.
- a firm's "break-up" value is sometimes believed to be greater than the value of the firm as a whole. In other words, the sum of a firm's individual asset liquidation values exceeds the market value of the firm's combined assets. This encourages firms to sell off what would be worth more when liquidated than when retained.
- divesting a part of a firm may enhance stability. Philips, for example, divested its chip division - NXP - because the chip market was so volatile and unpredictable that NXP was responsible for the majority of Philips's stock fluctuations while it represented only a very small part of Philips NV.
- divesting a part of a company may eliminate a division which is under-performing or even failing.
- divesting a company may increase tax efficiencies through the relocation of personnel, facilities, or assets.[2]
- regulatory authorities may demand divestiture, for example in order to create competition.
- pressure from shareholders for social reasons (sometimes also called disinvestment). Examples include disinvestment from South Africa in the former era of apartheid (now ended), and more recent calls for fossil fuel divestment in response to global warming.
Divestment for financial goals[edit]
Often the term is used as a means to grow financially in which a company sells off a business unit in order to focus their resources on a market it judges to be more profitable, or promising. To achieve desired cost reductions in a divestiture, companies should rigorously examine selling, general, and administrative expenses and shared service functions.[3] Sometimes, such an action can be a spin-off. (For the United States: Divestment of certain parts of a company can occur when required by the Federal Trade Commission before a merger with another firm is approved. A company can divest assets to wholly owned subsidiaries.)it is a process of selling an asset. The largest, and likely most famous,[according to whom?] corporate divestiture in history was the 1984 U.S. Department of Justice-mandated breakup of the Bell System into AT&T and the seven Baby Bells.
Method of divestment[edit]
Some firms are using technology to facilitate the process of divesting some divisions. They post the information about any division that they wish to sell on their website so that it is available to any firm that may be interested in buying the division. For example, Alcoa has established an online showroom of the divisions that are for sale. By communicating the information online, Alcoa has reduced its hotel, travel, and meeting expenses.
Firms use transitional service agreements to increase the strategic benefits of divestitures. These contracts compel the seller to provide corporate functions from the legal close of the deal until the new company or buyer transitions to its own support solutions.[4]
Many companies today, are using a disaggregation strategy. This is when a company separates a low-growth division from a higher-growth division, creating a higher valuation for the high-growth division.[5]
With economic liberalization of the Indian economy, Ministry of Finance of India had set up a separate Department of Disinvestments.
See also[edit]
- Consolidation (business)
- Corporate social responsibility
- Demerger
- Disinvestment
- Fossil fuel divestment
- Financial economics
- Tax resistance
- ^ Kengelbach, Jens; Roos, Alexander; Keienburg, Georg. "Creating Shareholder Value with Divestitures". Transaction Advisors. ISSN 2329-9134.
- ^ Kontaridis, Chris; Beckey, Pam. "The Hidden Tax Value in Divestitures". Transaction Advisors. ISSN 2329-9134.
- ^ Weirens, Jeff; Sguazzin, Marco. "Eliminating Stranded Costs as Part of a Divestiture". Transaction Advisors. ISSN 2329-9134.
- ^ Vurens Van es, Robert; Mehta, Sanjiv; Albert, Gregg. "2013 Transaction Termination Fee Study". Transaction Advisors. ISSN 2329-9134.
- ^ Kushin, Keith.; Wisler, Philip (2014). "Spin-off Transactions: A Disaggregation Strategy Promises Rewards" https://www.transactionadvisors.com/insights/spin-transactions Transaction Advisors p. 7. ISSN 2329-9134
- Jeff Madura (2007). Introduction to Business, Fourth Edition. USA: Thomson South-Western. ISBN 0-324-36079-7.


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SAN DIEGO — The Rockies' postseason dreams died in late July and early August with a 5-5 homestand followed by a nightmarish 1-9 East Coast road trip.
With just 20 games remaining, the most captivating aspect of the season is tracking the individual quests of two players. Jorge De La Rosa, with 16 wins, is tied for the National League lead with Washington Nationals pitcher Jordan Zimmermann, and right fielder Michael Cuddyer entered Friday night's game as the NL's leading hitter with a .331 average.
De La Rosa, in his first full season since undergoing Tommy John surgery in June 2011, likely has four starts remaining. That gives him an outside shot of becoming the Rockies' first 20-game winner. With three victories, he will match the franchise record of 19 wins set by his good friend, Ubaldo Jimenez, in 2010.
"I'm not thinking about any of that. I just want the team to finish strong," De La Rosa said Friday.
All modesty aside, De La Rosa said he's a much more polished pitcher than he was in 2009, when he finished 16-9. And it's not just the fact that this season's 3.31 ERA is more than a full run better than the 4.38 mark he posted in 2009.
"When I was hurt, I studied the way a lot of guys pitched — guys like Andy Pettitte," De La Rosa said. "I saw how they stayed calm and didn't get too emotional on the mound. I have tried to do that."
Manager Walt Weiss said he's seen De La Rosa mature throughout the season.
"Jorge is an emotional guy, but now he's not taking it out with him on the mound as much," Weiss said.
Cuddyer is in the midst of the best season of his career, and would love to cap it off with a batting title. But he insists that's not his focus.
"That would be great if it happens, but there are 20 games left and you can't predict something like that," said Cuddyer, who led the Atlanta Braves' Chris Johnson by one percentage point entering Friday's games. "You never know what can happen. Somebody could get really hot and I could hit a slump. You can't predict that."
Batting title or no batting title, Cuddyer said he is most proud of the consistency he's displayed this season. He's hitting .314 on the road, by far the best average of his career, surpassing the .280 road average he put up for the Minnesota Twins in 2011. Entering Friday, he had played in 114 games and reached base safely in 102.
"To me, that consistency is the most important thing," he said. "I think that shows that I prepare for every game. That matters to me."
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Looking ahead: Colorado at San Diego
Rockies' Tyler Chatwood (7-4, 3.29 ERA) at Padres' Tyson Ross (3-7, 2.99), 6:40 p.m. Saturday, ROOT; 850 AM
Tyler Chatwood said he was a quick healer. He wasn't kidding. When he was drilled in the right thumb by a line drive during the second inning of last Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Reds, manager Walt Weiss figured there was no way Chatwood would make his next scheduled start. But Chatwood will be on the mound Saturday against the San Diego Padres. The slider has become Chatwood's out pitch, particularly with runners on base. He often uses the sharp-breaking pitch to induce groundball outs, something he's done very effectively this season. He's gotten batters to ground into 15 double plays this season, the most among National League pitchers with fewer than 100 innings. Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post
Sunday: Rockies' Chad Bettis (0-3, 5.45 ERA) at Padres' Ian Kennedy (6-9, 4.96), 2:10 p.m., ROOT
Monday: Rockies' Jhoulys Chacin (13-8, 3.16) at Giants' Tim Lincecum (9-13, 4.50), 8:15 p.m., ROOT
Tuesday: Rockies' Jorge De La Rosa (16-6, 3.31) at Giants' Ryan Vogelsong (3-5, 5.62), 8:15 p.m., ROOT


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The combination of fuzzed-out guitars and breathy, girlish vocals is by now an almost devalued musical currency, but this debut, a collaboration from Parisian singer Melody Prochet's and Tame Impala's Kevin Parker, is a dream-pop album with some heft. Crystallised, in particular, kicks into a deeply satisfying psych-rock crunch halfway through - a reverb-heavy, robust foil for Prochet's feathery voice. But for much of the unfocused second half of the album, their sounds stray into Stereolab-lite, especially with the wafty to the point of enervated stylings of Bisou Magique.


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We talked already about this boat but after seeing its very good comparative sailing performance on the tests from the European boat of the year I think the boat deserves revisit.
The objectives of the builder where attained: this is a boat that can compete at high level on a regatta and a daysailer for the family. the Saphire 27 is easily transported. An interesting sailboat no doubt with a very attractive price.
SAPHIRE addresses to ambitious sailors who like to practice their sport with family and friends. They love high speed, pure sailing and racing but at the same time they want to use the boat for leisure and fun. People, who decide today to spend a weekend on another lake tomorrow with their family. Slip and trail without a crane! Easy and uncomplicated! People, who don't want to spend all their money on one hobby only. People, who are young and ambitious in their spirit. They want to be among the winners on the sunny side of life. They want to enjoy. They want to share their passion. They want to race!...
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A traditional mutton dish that forces you to lick your fingers
Cooked in earthenware, this dish is rustic yet comprises flavours that give your palate a kick.
The secret to this recipe is definitely slow cooking over low heat.
Matkiwali nalli chap
1.5 kg mutton
2 no paya
1.4 kg bone (with marrow)
15 gm dry ginger
15 gm saunf
15 gm cumin seeds
15 gm small cardamon
15 gm clove
25 gm flour
1 - onion
30 gm ginger
250 gm oil
1/4tsp turmeric powder
Red chilli powder as per taste.
Salt as per taste.
In a handi, heat oil, and add the onions. Fry till the onions turn brown.
Add paya, the bones, red chilli, salt and turmeric and keep frying on a slow fire.
Prepare a solution of flour and water in a proportion of 1:2.
Add it to the fried meat, and keep stirring so as to avoid any lump.
Add all the powdered masala — dry ginger, saunf and cumin seeds, and thecardamoms and cloves to the above and keep on stirring.
Allow the meat to cook with sufficient water. Adjust the seasonings and garnish with ginger and chopped coriander.
Serve with rice or roti.
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There are discussions all across the blogosphere and cable TV over who won the presidential debate last night. The fact that there's a discussion about who won, tells me there's no clear cut winner.
But, there was a clear cut loser, and that's my Craig's Twist.
It was a town hall format - with selected independent voters, asking really good questions. I think everyone was impressed by their relevance, and their obvious neutrality. And it was those people in that Hofstra University Hall that were the big losers last night.
They were nothing more than pawns in a giant ego battle. The candidates didn't really seem to care who was asking the question or what that person's story was. There was no empathy. Instead each question became a launching pad for charges and counter charges.
It was like being invited to dinner at a couple's home and all they do is fight.
Just once I wish either the president or his challenger, would've taken an extra 20 to 30 seconds to ask about his questioner's circumstances. It's called connecting.
Their one saving grace was that after the debate the candidates did mingle with the crowd, but by then all opportunity had been lost.
When Franklin Roosevelt died, there was a funeral procession down Pennsylvania Avenue. A man stood on the curb in that giant crowd, and he was crying uncontrollably. A reporter noticed and asked the man: "Did you know the President?" and the man said, "No, but he knew me."
Until candidates focus on us, and not on each other, we all lose.


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Democrat Paul Davis, currently a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, is running against Gov. Sam Brownback in the upcoming November elections, Davis visited Wichita on Monday, KMUW's Sean Sandefur has more…
Gubernatorial candidate Paul Davis met with supporters at a Mexican restaurant in Wichita on Monday evening. The event was nondescript. On Davis' mind were the same issues that are on many Kansan minds: education, the economy and rising taxes - property taxes in particular.
Some county officials are asking Kansas lawmakers to clarify whether back taxes on personal property follow the property, or should be assessed to its owner.
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Rene Ben David of Oak Bluffs recently joined Ocean Park Realty's staff of licensed real estate professionals. Mr. Ben David will work on a part-time basis.
For Mr. Ben David, a native of Oak Bluffs with deep extended family roots in the town, Ocean Park was a natural choice. Owner Alan Schweikert is a longtime friend, and while the agency covers the entire Island it specializes in Oak Bluffs properties. For more information go to oceanparkmv.com or call 508-693-4210.


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The Atlanta Falcons have released two former longtime starters, cornerback Asante Samuel and linebacker Stephen Nicholas, from their defense.
The 33-year-old Samuel started only 10 games in 2013, when the Falcons finished a disappointing 4-12. He was a spectator down the stretch as the team turned to rookie cornerbacks Desmond Trufant and Robert Alford.
Samuel, who began his career with the Patriots, had six interceptions in his two seasons in Atlanta. He has 51 career interceptions, including a career-best 10 with New England in 2006.
Nicholas made 51 starts in seven seasons with the Falcons, including only four starts in 2013. He was a fourth-round pick in 2007.
The 30-year-old Nicholas started 15 games in 2012, when he had a career-high 95 tackles, two sacks and one interception.
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Once upon a time at my doctoring job we spent a very unbusy Sunday morning thinking of things to do with a fake baby. Now I have a few more to add to the list.
I kinda miss not having her here today.
No one will play my games :(
You could have strapped the baby to the roof of the car and driven over the big bridge. Then took it to the supermarket and left it in a freezer cabinet with its face pressed against the glass door...
MMMMM i'm not brave enough for public displays of neglect just yet!
This whole thread is hysterical! Kinda reminds me of this Airtran commercial:
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Beh Bote Nga
|Beh Bote Nga
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|480i SDTV
|Original release
|March 8, 1999– April 25, 2003
Beh Bote Nga (a play on the title of a popular Filipino song "Beh Buti Nga" meaning "Bleh, Good For You", sarcastically speaking) is a situational comedy television show in the Philippines aired every Wednesday evenings by GMA Network from March 8, 1999 to April 25, 2003. The show was part of the network's GMA KiliTV block. It was eventually replaced by Nuts Entertainment.
The Indaak brothers Kot (Janno Gibbs) and Tot (Anjo Yllana) are garbagemen (basurero in Filipino) whose income always goes down the drain due to their overdue rentals with Aling Tweety (Tia Pusit) and constant bullyings by their rivals Tom (Jake Roxas) and Jerry (KC Montero). Until one day, they saw an antique bottle that they can sell in order to have money. Unfortunately the bottle was flashing after the brothers' initial plan so they took it home. When the brothers opened the bottle, a genie (Steven Claude Goyong) came out and gave the brothers three wishes.
Kot's and Tot's brothers wishes were: 1) To get the girl of their dreams, Celine (Shermaine Santiago) and Dion (Aubrey Miles); 2) To have lots of money to avoid the constant bullying of Tom, Jerry and Aling Tweety's husband Mang Max (Dick Israel); and 3) To find their real father. As it turns out, the genie could not grant their wishes right away due to his ineptness. As it turns out, Genie Goyong is just an assistant to the real Genie in the bottle named as G (G Toengi). But the conflict gets worse as the real Genie is also as inept as her assistant.
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With the two genies now assisting Kot and Tot in their daily lives as garbage men, Tio Pot (Joey de Leon) surfaced in Kot and Tot's house with a problem. He has been working as a seaman abroad only to be unceremoniously fired due to his homosexuality. His revelation to the Indaak brothers shocked people in the neighborhood but welcomed him with open arms anyway. Tio Pot became the fifth resident in the already crowded Indaak household however in order to lessen the burden on the two brothers he used his savings to set up his own beauty parlor called "Salon Gonisa".
After Genie G left the two brothers to attend important matters in Himalandia, her assistant Genie Fer (Anne Curtis) took over however, she was too preoccupied in her dreams of becoming a real-life human being. Soon after, events begin to unfold when the real-life father of Kot and Tot surfaced and reunited with his sons and brother Pot.
- Janno Gibbs as Kot
- Anjo Yllana as Tot
- Joey de Leon as Tio Pot
- Steven Claude Goyong as Genie
- Giselle Toengi as G
- Shermaine Santiago as Celine
- Aubrey Miles as Dion
- Dick Israel as Mang Max
- Tia Pusit as Aling Tweety
- Jake Roxas as Tom
- KC Montero as Jerry
- Anne Curtis as Genie Fer
- Darlene Carbungco as Vanessa "VAN"
- Richard Gutierrez as Peter
- Sherwin Ordonez as Parker
- Ina Raymundo as Tina
- Ana Roces as Maan
- Tom Taus Jr.
- Bembol Roco
- Diwata
- Rod Navarro (deceased) as Don Facundo
- Diego
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- Joey "Pepe" Smith
- Allan K
- Gladys Guevarra
- Bella Flores
- Winner, Best Comedy Show — 1999 PMPC Star Awards for TV


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Nicole from Making It Lovely blew my mind last week with her amazing DIY dollhouse. Have you seen it yet? My goodness, it's amazing and I adore how it suits her personal style so perfectly. You don't want to miss the full project, so click here to see the entire thing and learn more about why she made it in the first place. Very sweet and inspiring in all of it's pinkness!
Another sweet thing that I found that Nicole also pointed us to recently are these winter bird tags below – you can find them in full size along with others on the blog of artist Rebecca Kallem so make sure you visit Rebecca's blog to download them for free to pop on your presents!
Again, you will find the birdies above in a larger size on Rebecca's blog (here) so you can print them out in color, cut around them, use a hole punch through the little circle drawn on each tag and then tie some ribbon, baker's twine or a 3/4 – 1″ wide strip of torn or neatly cut fabric through them and you have something pretty to top your gifts that didn't cost you a single dime. Tweet! Tweet!
Nicole you are such an inspiration and Rebecca, you too!
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Hello and happy Monday to you, though it's hard to wish anyone a happy Monday isn't it?! It's not the same as saying Happy Friday, but let's pretend for a moment that it is. :) How are you doing? I've been well, feeling a little better though I'm still a bit groggy and achy from last week. I did something surprisingly inspirational yesterday though – I went to our local zoo on the edge of our forest. It's such a beautiful space, the kind where you don't leave depressed worrying about the health of the beautiful animals. It's a surprisingly lovely place to visit, especially during the winter.
Our zoo is filled with so much to see and do from ice skating and a Christmas market to handmade donuts to munch on, an ice rink for skating, gorgeous snow owls, sledding and tubing slides for the kids, various themed areas (Australia, Yukon Bay, India, Africa, etc.) that aren't cheesy but rather very natural and sweet. I really liked the area where you could go in and walk around with the kangaroos – nothing between you and them – it felt so nice to do that. I also enjoyed watching the little kids react to the various animals — and how people's dogs reacted to the animals — one sheepdog was really taken in by the Timber wolf area – he was wagging his tale excitedly and seemed keen on jumping straight in! I think it's great that you can bring your dog (leashed of course) to the zoo. They even have to pay for their own ticket, ha ha! I must confess that I am not a zoo person, meaning I once hated to go almost as much as the circus since most depress me but our zoo is the first one that makes me happy to see animals being cared for, protected and shared with others for educational purposes without sacrificing the comfort of the animals. From my visit, I fell in love with the many patterns on animals that I saw, the tones of blue from the sky to the water – especially navy paired with worn, bleached wood and I found the ice skating rink and outdoor food carts a lovely touch for winter along with the twinkle lights and general peaceful spirit in the air. Funny to admit that I found so much inspiration at the zoo, but I did.
Another place that I explored locally this weekend was the big weihnachtsmarkt downtown. Germans really do this season right, it's incredible how many festivals are taking place in this country and the markets are brilliant and packed. There's nothing like it! It was a color-filled explosion with candied apples, chocolate-covered bananas, nutella crepes and candy canes bursting from carts everywhere along with everything from bratwurst to smoked salmon. We also have a Finnish market and a Medieval market downtown too, so there are lots of yummy things to eat and drink and to see and buy. Between the weihnachtsmarkt, the Asian grocery store that I love to shop in and the flea market along the river… I had plenty to occupy my Saturday.
I also explored my cookbook collection a little and played around a bit with the shelves in the kitchen. I tinkered around a bit — placing all of my washi tape into a single box in my studio drawer instead of having them here and there throughout the house. It's the little things that make us happy, and for me organization is such a little thing but yet also a very big thing if you know what I mean. Without organization so much suffers, at least in my world. I also popped some berries into a ceramic vase that I found on sale and liked at Impressionen (here) and made some cream and silver puffs to display in my home. It's a nice time of the year to nest and craft, cook and bake, organize and chill out. I did a lot of chilling out too – I watched several films and ordered some new music (Snow Patrol, Coldplay and Glasperlenspiel). Yes, I still buy CDs. I know, I know…
Finally, I simply watered my plants, changed the water of my many flower arrangements and dusted a bit – sounds boring but I like tending to things in my home with my favorite tunes on. I like my warm and cozy home in the winter, it makes me happy.
What did you explore and like this weekend?
(photos: holly becker, taken with the instagram app for the iPhone.)
Hello everyone! I've been out and about today and enjoyed it so much! It felt good to get my errands done but above all, to connect with a very good friend of mine and to go shopping together in her store! Fun! I found some great Danish clothes and a pretty dress that I will wear to Berlin on Friday. It's always so nice to be with a sweet girlfriend – so energizing!
I came home home with sweaters, shirts, knee socks, leggings and a dress – and that post-shopping guilt, "Oh dear, I exceeded my shopping budget for like five years!". But they I realized that I did need the clothing but that I also supported two shop owners today who have sweet stores that they love and manage with such care – that really means something to me more and more. It's also a great way to ease the guilt (wink). As I was wrapping (and unwrapping!) myself in clothes all afternoon, I started to think about gift wrapping in general because that's all I see in stores everywhere right now – Christmas things. I thought it may be helpful to you to round up a bit of a best of series for you now featuring some of the most beautifully wrapped presents that decor8 contributor, photographer and stylist Leslie Shewring, has shown over the past few years.
Try neon colors, paper doilies and baker's twine…
Use watercolors to paint your own gift wrap. Add sequins to a simple white gift tag.
Try different textures, velvet ribbon is nice.
A natural touch is always nice.
More watercolors in geometric shapes to dress up plain white paper.
Kraft paper in brown with simple touches goes a long way.
Experiment with Japanese washi tape (masking tape).
Combine a punch of your favorite shape (butterfly, tree, snowflake) and paper that you love to create a gift tag using a little glue.
Coffee filters, why not, right!?
More watercolors on white tags that you can buy in packs from a store like Staples.
Less traditional ways to wrap gifts – from tea tins to a stack of books tied together with ribbon and topped with a handmade greeting.
And speaking of gifts, this little post is my gift to you today and perhaps it has inspired and delighted you. I hope so! A special thanks to Leslie for all of her inspiration over the years!
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I just discovered the work of Michael Graydon, a photographer based in Toronto, and I had to share what he does because he is very talented and I thoroughly enjoyed looking through his online portfolio today. Here is a tiny glimpse of a few of my favorite shots that he has taken for his rather impressive list of clients… To see many more, visit his website and enjoy!
Michael specializes in homes, gardens, still life and food images for advertorial, editorial and packaging. I find his still life and food photographs my personal favorites, though I also noticed some portrait shots that I also found equally stunning. His work has graced the pages of such noteworthy publications as Canadian House & Home and Style At Home and his advertorial work includes some pretty big names like Johnson & Johnson, Knorr, Rowenta, HP and more.
I'm so happy to shine the spotlight on this talented man today because highlighting photographers that I come across who really make an impression on me is important. A photographer as strong as Michael certainly deserves recognition for his beautiful work.
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Richard Falk, an investigator with the UN Human Rights Council, warned this week that Israel is carrying out a form of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem.
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Israeli settlers observed their own "Day of Rage" last Thursday, launching reprisal attacks on Palestinians for the recent murder of a settler family in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, and the demolition of a settlement structure by the Israeli authorities.
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Tens of thousands of Palestinians from across the political spectrum took to the streets throughout the West Bank and Gaza on Tuesday to mark 15 March, "the day of rage" to protest the political division between Hamas and Fatah.
AWARTA, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Food supplies are running low, ambulances have been detained for hours at checkpoints and hundreds of young men have been held, interrogated and beaten up, some requiring hospitalization, in the Palestinian village of Awarta in the northern West Bank. The village has been under continuous curfew for four days.
GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - Despite the lingering trauma of living under siege, regular Israeli military attacks and the consequences of a bloody war several years ago, Gaza's children still dream of happiness and of normal lives.
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - A number of recent incidents discriminating against Israel's Palestinian minority has prompted Israeli Knesset members to debate whether Israel is becoming increasingly racist.
Occupied East Jerusalem (IPS) - A former captain in the Israeli Air Force, previously an ardent Zionist who lost many members of his family in the Holocaust, has been labeled a psychopath and denounced by many Israelis for the moral stand he has taken against the Israeli occupation.
EREZ CROSSING, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - Crossing through the metal-caged tunnel that leads from the Israeli side of the boundary into northern Gaza towards the Palestinian checkpoint, several groups of young Palestinian men and boys can be seen scavenging through piles of rubble.
SHUAFAT, occupied East Jerusalem (IPS) - A peaceful morning is interrupted by the sounds of an Israeli helicopter circling overhead — often a sign of trouble on the ground. Later Sunday the news broke — a Palestinian man was shot dead in the village of Issawiya by Israeli paramilitary border police as he tried to enter Israel in search of work.
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Dakota Fanning was a guest on The Tonight Show Monday where revealed she's a huge Lakers fan, the celebrity that left her star struck, and what her and fellow Twilight stars do for fun while filming.
"I really love the Lakers, Fanning said. "I love Pau and Kobe, they're my two favorites." Leno presented her with a basketball signed by Gasol as a gift.
Fanning, who recently talked about her attempts to lead a normal high school life, is on her school's varsity cheerleading squad and was recently crowned homecoming princess. "I'm a junior so I'm finally allowed to go to prom," Fanning told Leno. "It was really fun. I didn't think I was going to be able to go and then two days before, I decided to go and then I had to find a dress and get ready at the last minute, but it was really fun."source.
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BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan for a surprise visit Sunday and made clear that the U.S. will likely maintain a limited role here even after its combat mission ends this year and America's longest war comes to a close.
"America's commitment to the people of Afghanistan will endure," he pledged.
Speaking to troops gathered in an airplane hangar on this sprawling military base, Obama said the war had reached a pivotal point, with Afghan forces assuming primary responsibility for their country's security. But while many of the 32,800 U.S. forces now in Afghanistan will leave in the coming months, Obama said a continued military presence could help protect gains made during nearly 13 years of fighting.
"After all the sacrifices we've made, we want to preserve the gains that you have helped to win and we're going to make sure that Afghanistan can never again, ever, be used again to launch an attack against our country," Obama declared.
At least 2,181 members of the U.S. military have died during the nearly 13-year Afghan war and thousands more have been wounded.
Obama told the troops, "For many of you, this will be your last tour in Afghanistan," a comment was met with an eruption of applause. "America's war in Afghanistan will come to a responsible end."
The president appeared optimistic that the Afghan government soon would sign a bilateral security agreement allowing the U.S. to keep some forces in the country to train Afghans and launch counterterrorism operations. He has been considering keeping up to 10,000 troops in Afghanistan and said he would announce his decision shortly.
That announcement could come as early as Wednesday, when Obama delivers the commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.
Obama arrived at Bagram Air Field, the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, under the cover of darkness for his first trip to the war zone since 2012. He spent about four hours at the base and did not go to Kabul, the capital, to meet with Hamid Karzai, the mercurial president who has had a tumultuous relationship with the White House.
Instead, officials said Obama wanted to keep the focus during his Memorial Day weekend visit on the troops serving in the war's closing months. Karzai's office said it had declined a U.S. Embassy invitation for him to go to Bagram to see Obama. The White House said Obama was not meeting with the outgoing Afghan president in order to avoid getting involved in Afghan politics.
Instead, Obama called Karzai from Air Force One on his way back to the U.S. A senior administration official traveling with the president said the two leaders discussed the progress that has been made by Afghan security forces and its successful first round of elections.
Obama told Karzai he would be in touch with him before announcing any decision on the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan after 2014.
Obama's visit, his fourth to Afghanistan as president, came at a time of transition for a country long mired in conflict. Most of the U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan are withdrawing ahead of the year-end deadline. Elections are underway to replace Karzai, the only president Afghanistan has known since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.
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Under constant threat from snarky bloggers and 24-hour tabloid television, the average celebrity lifespan has been cut from 15 minutes to mere nanoseconds. The result: a terrorized star population with a mania for expanding the brand! And the wired world should probably just surrender, because diversification isnt only for stockbrokers and Diddy; it has become the default strategy for A- through Z-list celebrity survival.
Take Steve Harvey talk-radio host, relationship author, fancy-dress designer, personal shopper, and brown-juice drinker the guys got 50 fallback careers. So the question looms: Who really needs romantic advice from a twice-divorced king of comedy? Judging from his book sales, we say all mankind. But we can be thankful its finally time to pay the man to simply tell jokes. So claim a couple of laughs when Steve Harveys Tear Your Mouth Out tour smacks up the James L. Knight Center at 7 p.m. The show comes in two sizes: $40.50 and $47.50. For tickets, call 800-745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.
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I feel another Worldwide Holocaust Cartoon Competition coming on.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday compared the West's defense of freedom of speech over anti-Islam films and cartoons, with its refusal to countenance questioning of the Holocaust.
Speaking ahead of expected worldwide protests over a U.S. film satirizing the prophet Mohammed, and the publication of cartoon images of Mohammed in a French magazine, Ahmadinejad said: "If the West claims that insulting the prophet is part of freedom of expression, then why because of a simple historic question, they suppress and jail history researchers and even threaten a whole nation (Iran) because of this one question."
The Iranian president has on several occasions questioned the historic dimensions of the Holocaust and called for relocation of Israel from the Middle East to Europe and North America.
The Iranian foreign ministry condemned both the U.S. film and the French cartoons, calling them "an organized plot by Zionists (Israeli government)" with the aim of countering the growing Islamic wave in the world.
"For the sake of saving themselves from their collapse, the uncultured Zionists (Israeli government) have started plots to stir religious confrontations in the world with Western leaders justify these evil plots," Ahmadinejad said in a speech at a military parade in Tehran.


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Dan Snyder, owner of the team, stated that the nickname is a badge of honor. I totally agree but does it really fit in Washington, D.C.? So if it must be changed. I suggest it be changed to the Washington Worms. Extremely fitting and politically correct.
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Mark Fabiani, point person on the team's nine-year-old stadium search, continued to emphasize this week that the Chargers' preference is to stay in San Diego. The team, which has a city lease to play at Qualcomm Stadium in Mission Valley through 2020, can pay an early-termination fee and break it each year.
Fabiani said taxpayers and fans alike should continue to look to Sacramento and the league offices before expecting any forward progress in San Diego.
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Thanks to the Daily News' beyond-fabulous sepia-tone mug-shot memorial cover, Parks, the bespectacled seamstressNAACP activist of 1955, is now officially a Thug Immortal, the original ride-or-die chick. So gangsta, so About The Black, she moved all the way to roughneck Detroit as Montgomery fast turned life-threatening. The News' cover choice has upset some in the cult-nat ranks, but I applaud it lest we forget the freedom road is paved with jailed revolutionaries and that liberation rhymes with incarceration when not death. Tain't but a hop, skip, and a jump from Parks to Angela and Assata on the FBI Most Wanted lists. And unlike the women of the Weather Underground who had to blow some shit up to get there, all these Black women had to do to register as threats to kracka supremacy was to make a federal case out of saying No.
The record will show that sister Rosa wasn't the first person in her community to Just Say No to bloated and ridiculous kracka privilege. She was, however, a poised, committed, and perfect fit for her beloved NAACP's good Negro profile. The one chosen and the chosen one, designed by nature and designated by nurture to ignite sympathy and resistance locally, nationally, and internationally in the wake of the recent Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court victory of 1954 and the still-smoldering outrage over Emmett Till.
Timing is everything. Had Ms. Parks's rejection of ritual Negro obeisance to niggerization in transit occurred a year earlier, maybe there'd have been no Montgomery bus boycott and no Martin Luther King Jr. to galvanize and emerge from it. But certain acts like certain people possess an air of inevitability not only in retrospect but as they are occurring. And the seagusts of change Ms. Parks helped set in motion proved no mild breeze but a tempestuous hurricane that this country can't help but to keep reeling from for as long as being Black in America and being American remain irreconcilable ideas. As the recent events in New Orleans have shown us, race is the country's most frequently recurring nightmare. It also is the most stable marker and litmus test of the nation's moral and mental immaturitythe deferred dream whose most obvious attribute and lasting legacy is bound up with the country's spiritual fate and mirrored face from Birmingham to Abu Ghraib. What Rosa Parks did with her No has become mythical because like Perseus's triumph over Medusa, it forced kracka supremacy to recoil from the banality and weakness of its evil. By the same token her action made her own folk recognize that there is a difference between being powerless and being terrorized. A difference made manifest when their engagement in the famous 381-day bus boycott affirmed the power a community of No's can amass in a society where the power of the profits, revered in ways reserved for the supernatural, can magically sweep aside racist custom when it conflicts with commerce.
Ms. Parks's passing at 92 last Monday also begs we reflect upon the economic boycott as a political tactic in an age where the crux of living is fast becoming to shop or not to shop. Buyer-logical determinism is thrust upon even the poor by connective technologies that have made the world simultaneously smaller and more mall-like. The marked difference between the time when Ms. Parks said No and our own is that the No we need to say has less to do with paying for the privilege of being oppressed than with how our dreams and desires have become what keeps systemic oppression alive. So that as crazy and quixotic as it sounds, a modern-day equivalent of what Ms. Parks and the Black community of Montgomery did would require all people of conscience to cease and desist. Out in the virtual military-industrial-consumption complex where power now attempts to rule over our tricked-out, pimped-out, and branded brain matter, there'd be a riot of concern for our happiness and well-being. So much concern that being offline would probably become a treasonous offense.
Yeah, the Wachowski brothers already made the dumbass movie, but in this version the point wouldn't be to reboot a more benign opiate of the people but to reboot the very question of human freedom. Ralph Ellison once intimated that if you want to slip the yoke of slavery then you got to change the joke. Rosa Parks turned sitting on your Black ass into a liberation dance. The Blackfolk of 1956 Montgomery hurled carpooling at their oppressors like a Molotov cocktail. Here and now all we got to do to start a ruckus is stage a mass logoff of the virtual economy for a couple of centuries.
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