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Caroline Murfin And Brenda Gilmour says: over 1 year
yes would definitely go again.
"hotel excellent, staff excellent particularly animation team who worked beyond call of duty, special mention to alex team captain, pana and robin. entertainment very professional quality. food 100% BEST we have ever had choice and quality amazing. the whole hotel ran like clockwork very clean inside and out including pool. Complements to all chefs. In our room on 4th floor air con poor didnt keep room very cool but we managed this the only fault. "Rating: 10,0
firstname.lastname@example.com says: over 1 year
Holiday overall was good but the hotel rooms were under expectation, quality/price ratio not satisfactory.
"nice position, very kind personnel, nice common areas, good food at the restaurant a BIG disappointment was the room (in order of importance): - uncomfortable beds; - Noisy: not noise isolating windows (what a pain the glass waste container, the laundry track and any other activity coming from the road); - double bed was formed by two singles; - TV set: having to pass the evening in the room since the small kid was sleeping I found too much outdated the TV set and with too limited channel choice/quality - Room was clean but but the entrance door and the windows were never cleaned during our stay (i.e. greasy hands prints) - quality of the furniture/finishing under the expectations; Other room for improvements: - restaurant opening hour for lunch: 13.00 is late especially for a family with small kids; - the pool bar is not really a daily option for lunch and still opens at 12.30. - there should be enough beach chairs for all the guests at the pool avoiding the assault in the morning (if the space is limited maybe offering some place in the beach) - restaurant: reorganize it in order to avoid long queue, it was hard to be able to eat all together since either me or my wife were always in line; A particular highlight was the wellness treatments."Rating: 7,0
Mrs Jo Taylor says: over 1 year
"hotel facilities and all staff fantastic location ideal for family holiday rooms disappointing did not require kitchenette as we were all inclusive would be better as two separate bedrooms for all inclusive holidaymakers please consider when next re-furbish rooms kitchenettes should be for self catering only "Rating: 8,0
Mark Gahagan says: over 1 year
"This was our 4th time at Alcudia Park and you can judge by that we have always loved it. However it had deteriorated slightly on this visit. Hence only 3 stars. I will explain later: Pros: The hotel is situated perfectly right on the beach. No roads to cross to get there. The swimming pool area is lovely. The gardens around it are very well kept. The rooms are kept very clean and all of the common areas are clean and tidy (except poolside toilets which get disgustingly dirty - not sure only humans using them!) The food is nice and is adequate. Cons: We first started coming to this hotel before all inclusive was the rage and it was perfect. As it has moved to most people using the facilities of the hotel it has become strained at busy times. There are no where near enough refreshment points for customers. The front cafe which is a lovely spot for an afternoon coffee is now outside the all inclusive and is paid (25% discount for all inclusive). This is a major downside for me as it leaves only the beach bar for all inclusive customers to get liquid refreshment. This is not sufficient. There are also nowhere near enough loungers. The few that exist are snaffled by the Brits (No, not the Germans as we Brits like to complain) This would have been ok but most of these selfish people then went off doing other things all day leaving towels draped to reserve loungers. The hotel has a policy of not allowing this but sadly does not enforce it. This is a major issue. This is not a 4 star hotel in my eyes despite its official rating. It is a good 3 star hotel, hence my rating. All that said you will not get a much better location if you want sun sand and sea."Rating: 6,0
Franssen Bart Schroyen Nadine says: over 1 year
We hadden een fijne vakantie, maar zullen in de toekomst toch kiezen voor een iets luxueuzer hotel.
"Sanitair is verouderd. Slechte matrassen. Heel mooi zwembad, alleen jammer dat je moet vechten voor een ligzetel. Misschien proberen om iedereen de kans te geven om eens aan het zwembad te kunnen plaatsnemen? Eten was lekker en verzorgd, alleen veel te druk in het restaurant. Zeer kindvriendelijk!!!! Toffe animatie!!!"Rating: 7,0


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I have struck my fair share of things with the front end of my vehicles, but I can safely say that I have never hit something like this!
I have struck my fair share of things with the front end of my vehicles, but I can safely say that I have never hit something like this!
Many of you have expressed an interest in the animals on my farm, especially my miniature donkeys Loco and Layla!
Imagine owning a dog with a human face? You can, he is available for adoption. And his face really does look human.
Cats get into the darnedest places!
It's the old take a five-foot stick through a three-foot gate trick. Watch this if you need a heart warming laugh today.
Don't look outside. That's to gloomy today! Watch Harley the hedgehog and Loki the kitten play instead. Then consider making a hedgehog your new favorite pet!
As a farm wife and mother I've had a lot of different species of animals in my house over the years, but I have always drawn the line at one or two of any type at any given time. You have to set limits! There are no limits for this couple, though! How many pigs would you let live in your house?
Gareth Morgan, a resident of New Zealand, is a one-man environmental advocate with a simple request. That request has a lot of people's claws out, though.
My dog Claire is laying behind me on the floor as I write this story. A dog is truly man's and a women's best friend. A 12 year-old-German shepherd named Ciccio, proves it.
The symptoms are alarming; vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, kidney failure and even death. These ailments have been reported by dog owners and veterinarians across the country and they've been linked to a best selling dog food. Are you feeding this brand to your dog?
We Americans are pretty good about forgiving public figures. Just look at Chris Brown's album sales and Bill Clinton's standing ovation on Sunday as examples. But there is one thing we still take very seriously, dogs. It's because of a dog that Florida's governor, Rick Scott, is facing a public relations nightmare.
An Australian cattle dog named Rogue has mastered two very human tasks, driving and honking the horn. But what he'd really rather do though, is more of a canine pastime! You can teach a dog new tricks, but Rogue would rather just chase his ball. Watch him do both in the video after the jump.

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PH gov't submits P7.6M to Saudi court to save OFW from death row
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MANILA, Philippines—Jailed Filipino migrant worker Rodelio Lanuza is a step closer to freedom as the Philippine government has deposited to the Saudi court its 700,000 Saudi Riyals or P7.6 million contribution to the blood money for his release, Vice President Jejomar Binay said.
Binay, the Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW), said the amount completed funds for the blood payment as the Saudi government earlier vowed to shoulder 2.3 million Saudi Riyals (P25 million) of the total 3 million Saudi Riyals (P33 million) to spare Lanuza's life.
"We have already deposited the amount through a tender to the Saudi government… That combines the amount from the government and contributions from the family and others… We are awaiting a hearing date where the court will issue an affidavit of release," Binay said late Monday afternoon.
The Philippine government informed Lanuza of the development on Monday. He has been jailed in Saudi Arabia for more than a decade.
The Saudi government in January issued a royal directive for the payment of more than two-thirds of blood money that Lanuza has been ordered to pay the heirs of Mohammad bin Said Al-Qathani, the Saudi national he killed in self-defense in 2000.
According to Binay's office, the Saudi side is expected to facilitate the deposit of the P25 million to a bank account opened for blood money donations. Per procedure, a check will then be handed over to Al-Qathani's heirs.
They are then expected to issue a tanazul or affidavit of forgiveness in exchange for the payment. Proceedings for his release will then begin.
The Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the Philippines earlier said the Saudi government made the "royal goodwill gesture" of covering bulk of Lanuza's blood money following coordination with Binay.
Earlier this month, the Saudi government also granted a reprieve to Filipino death row convict Joselito Zapanta just as the deadline for his blood money payment lapsed.
On March 12, Saudi King Abdullah issued an order to "defer the execution of all qizas or death penalty cases" in his country for three months.
As Zapanta is covered by the reprieve, his execution is deferred until June 8, giving government and his family more time to raise in full the P44 million in blood money he must pay to the heirs of his Sudanese victim.
Zapanta was meted capital punishment for the 2009 slay of his Sudanese landlord due to an argument over rental payments.
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Il Susino della Fonte
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Apartment / 1 bedrooms / sleeps 2
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'Il Susino' is a self contained apartment in lush green surroundings. It is the ideal accommodation for two, but can also be rented jointly with Il Noce della Fonte (see details) for larger groups who like to holiday together and yet enjoy an element of independence. This fully centrally heated unit also has the benefit of a welcoming wood-burning stove within the kitchen/dining room so it is quite a cosy corner if you choose to spend time here in the colder months. The bathroom is fully equipped and you will have the choice of shower and bathtub! The owners have furnished the apartment in simple old Tuscan style, mostly wood. The floor is in handmade tiles and the ceiling in tiles and wood. Outside amidst the splendid views there is a patio with table and chairs reserved for you to rest, admire the landscape or to enjoy al fresco eating.
|Sleeps up to 2, 1 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|Follonica / Punta Ala 60 km
|Will consider
|Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Car advised
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Pisa or or Florence 85 km, Nearest railway: Poggibonsi 35 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages, Suitable for people with restricted mobility
|Some pets are welcome - please contact the owner, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|Log fire
|Central heating, CD player, Table tennis, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Iron, Hair dryer
|Cooker, Microwave, Fridge
|1 bedroom, 2 bathrooms of which 2 Shower rooms
|Double beds (2), Single beds (2), Dining seats for 4, Lounge seats for 4
|Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair
|Balcony or terrace, Private garden
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Both double beds can be separated and be made into siingle beds (maximum four)
The Tuscany region
Tuscanyis famous all over the world for its extraordinary combination of natural beauty and a vast cultural heritage consisting of an incredible number of art works, ranging from Etruscan times through to the Renaissance and Baroqueperiods and then to the 20th century. It is the marvellous discovery of these works in their natural setting and amid its people, that the entire world admires.
But Tuscany has many landscapes, many itineraries that are often unknown to the general public outside the classical tourist circuit. It is a land of mountains, hills and woods, but it also has the sea, islands, parks, protected areas, wine cellars and oil presses as well as castles, churches, history, traditions and many other things that those who come to visit us should see and experience.
Road sign, an information point, a tasting center, an exhibition: these are what tells you that you are in the heart of one of the many territories of quality production in Tuscany. These are Tuscany's wine trails: itineraries for the enjoyment of wine, olive oil and the flavours of Tuscany.
Tuscany's wine trails are an effective way of promoting our territory and its high quality agricultural and food products. At the same time they provide an opportunity for our farmers to offer the fruits of their labours in the best possible way: presenting them in their own setting, with the added value represented by a direct meeting with the farm environment.
This site is full of useful data for organizing marvellous itineraries that offer environmental, historical and cultural references of extraordinary significance. It is not only a useful instrument for tourists but also an incentive to explore and valorize these sites, to create new and alternative itineraries based on the insoluble bond between the territory and the excellence of its products.
Yet it is only a starting point: here you will find information on Tuscany's basic food philosophy but also practical indications for an unforgettable experience, in the hope that more and more people will come to explore and enjoy the region - to admire its art and its landscape, its culture and its agricultural products. It is a complete and unique experience that will bring you into contact with this incredible land and its people through a network of itineraries dedicated to Tuscany's finest foods and wines.
The council of Radicondoli rises on the metalliferous hills that overshadow the Val di Cecina
The territory of Radicondoli is divided into numerous villages and its economy is based on the hot springs and a large number of agritourisms. In this council you can admire the Elci castle, the convent of St. Francis and the parish of St. Simon. The castle of Radicondoli, along with that of Belforte, has been here since the beginning of the 13th century but its parish seems to date back to the 10th century, so it is very probable that an inhabited settlement around today's capital town may have been established even before the year 1000AD. There was human presence here even in the Etruscan-Roman times, but the subsequent medieval installation completely deleted it.
We can only hypothesise that, being annexed to Volterra during the Roman era, the territory of Radicondoli was first at the centre of Scipione's politics, who used that area as a Naval reference point, and then involved in the struggles between the Romans and Etruscan aristocracy from the 1st century BC.The community of Radicondoli seems to have been one of the first to give itself a real autonomous, civic organisation, through which it stipulated pacts and conventions with Siena and the Aldobrandeschi counts. It was these who, in 1216, incorporated it as a fief into their properties. Five years later the castles of Radicondoli and Belforte were offered as a guarantee to Siena, as a mortgage on the pact of loyalty that the counts had sworn to the city.
Far from having reached an agreement in this way, the council and the feudatories disputed the territory that was occupied by the Siennese in 1230 and then taken back by the Aldobrandeschi seven years later, renewing the oath of loyalty that had previously been broken. In the second half of the XIII century the Siennese mortgage on the two castles was eliminated. For a brief time, between 1260 and 1269 they were occupied by the Guelphs who forced Siena to buy them back. Subsequently, with the Aldobrandeschi ramifications, the two fortresses finished at the centre of a conflict for possession between the two new families. In 1541 the council became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany under Cosimo I de' Medici.
(Fonte: Province of Siena)
Taste Trail in the Val di Merse
Hermitages, castles, and tastes
The territory of the Merse Valley occupies the southwestern part of the province of Siena, the passage between the heart of Tuscany and the Maremma coast. The area is enclosed in the valleys of three rivers, the Merse, the Cecina and the Elsa, all found at the feet of the Metalliferous Hills. It is an oasis of silent forests, full of historical and artistic treasures: hermitages, hidden churches, convents and castles whose ruins are more or less well-preserved by the nearby towns of Casole d'Elsa, Chiusdino, Radicondoli, Monticiano, Murlo, and Sovicille. The richness of the natural environment and the variety of the landscape deserve to be discovered and enjoyed as they are unique, lesser-known jewels of the Siena landscape.
Traditional products
Among the traditional products of the area, the finest and most renowned are the Val di Merse's cured meats, with their extraordinary, delicate flavour. These are made with the pork of the Cinta Senese breed. The woods, rich in oak and chestnut trees, are abundant with mushrooms and chestnuts, which are commonly served with tasty dishes. Sheep raising has been widespread in the area for decades, and it adds its meat and milk to the local productions, from which Tuscan Pecorino cheese is made. The products that have represented the traditions of the area are the wines, like Chianti Colli Senesi DOCG and DOCG Reserve qualities, Vin Santo DOCG, which are produced and aged according to the rules of the Chianti Consortium. The area is also famous for its extra virgin olive oil for which many farms comply with the requisite of the Terre di Siena DOP label.
Tourist itineraries
In addition to the most famous sites, like the Abbey of San Galgano in Chiusdino, the Gothic church of Sant'Agostino at Monticiano, the Romanesque churches and abbeys of Molli, Ponte allo Spino, Torri a Sovicille, there are many museums, such as the Etruscan Museum of Murlo; the Museum of Living Art in Casole d'Elsa; the Museum of Energy Resources of the Territory at Radicondoli; the Museum of the Woods in Orgia; the "Mill Path" tour in the Natural Reserve of the Upper Merse Valley; the route of the Old Miners' Railroad in the mining village of Murlo.
An ideal itinerary visits each of the main towns of the six municipalities of the Merse Valley.
A Territory of Great Environmental, Naturalistic, Historical and Cultural Value
In 1996, the Provincial Administration of Siena established 11 Nature Reserves covering about 8 thousand hectares of
territory with a high environmental, naturalistic, historical, and cultural value, whose different protected environments house rare animal and vegetal species of great scientific and conservation interest.
The 11 Nature Reserves form a System of Protected Areas whose aim is to ensure and promote, in a coordinated manner, the conservation and enhancement of the environment, the landscape, the historical-cultural and naturalistic heritage.
Besides excursions to: Siena and its Palio , San Gimignano, Monteriggioni , Volterra , San Galgano Abbey( in the Abbey You can see a real sword deeply planted in a rock) to the beaches of the Maremma Toscana, You can also enjoy Hot Air Balloon Flights, or a riding tour to the San Galgano Abbey.
If You do like a more natural environment You can visit The Cornate and Fosini natural Reserve, where beside of the wonderful trekking paths You can find the Fosini Castle build in the 12th century. The reserve is providing breeding ground for the very rare peregrine and Ianner falcons.
You also can visit The Forest rangers who breed the Monterufoli pony and have the rest home for horses that have ridden the Siena Palio.
Local producers offer visit and tasting of their products as: Wine,oil,cheese and salami(cinta senese which is the typical famous pig of the area).
Cornate e Fosini Nature Reserve
The Reserve is situated in the west of the town of Chiusdino, in the eastern part of Colline Metallifere, and includes the calcareous relief of Cornate, one of the few mountain areas of southern Tuscany. Nearby there are the springs of the river Cecina.
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22 Nov 2014
"Sincere place;real Tuscany!"
Il Susino is a great Appartment for 2. All the basics are there. If you miss something, the famiglia Garosi is there to give you everything you need.The farm is extremely beautifull located.We love La… More
11 Aug 2011
"Surprise Arrivals!"
Despite several exchanges of e-mails, including advising our anticipated arrival time at Podera della Fonte, which was just 10 minutes out, there was no-one there to meet us! It turned out Emanuela had been on a family celebration in Rome and was "unwell" at some other location. We were lucky to find her daughter passing through, purely by chance, so after some delay we got into the apartment. But the arrival instructions as to the facilities were virtually non existent, and we learned more from a German couple in the Il Noce apartment when we met them the next day. So not a brilliant start, and the apartment was very cool to cold, it being early in the season. It seems that Italian law insists central heating is not available from April onwards for the summer.
It's a simple, adequate apartment for two persons, though quite dark and somewhat gloomy for the most part. But a short stroll, seriously uphill for a while, takes you to the nice hilltop village where there are a couple of OK restaurants and a couple of small shops. On the terrace side of the Podere, the views are simply stunning, especially towards sunset. Take your drinks and nibbles round to the terrace. It was too early in the year to sample the farm produce, (apart from the wine) but once we met Emanuela and Marco things became more informed and they were most hospitable, to say the least. Coupled with the almost countless farm cats - we think there were at least 10 and some invited themselves inside from time to time.
We had a peek at Il Noce apartment after the German family left and it is certainly a much brighter, more comfortable apartment -at a cost of course. However, you don't spend much time "at home", and Radicondoli is well placed for trips to anywhere in southern Tuscany, notably Siena, Montepulciano, San Gimignano, Chianti, Volterra and even the coast, though the hilly terrain makes distance driving quite slow. So Il Susino is a good simple base for a couple wanting to do the tourist stuff, but not really a place built for a "chill out" sit-around break.
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Perry Wilson, the Fayette County High School graduate with dyslexia who created a math curriculum used nationwide, sees the world from unconventional angles.
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In 1987, Wilson launched "If I Had a Hammer," using his own "aha!" moments to help children as young as 10 learn math by building things, including houses big enough to hold a class.
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Nothing she could do with a textbook and overheard projector comes close to the magic of actually building, she said.
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I got the gist of the "Duck Dynasty" thing after my first and only viewing: bunch of rural jackasses who somehow struck it rich get brought into our living rooms to be laughed at by the rest of us aristocrats.
Well, all right. When the archetype first appeared on television via the "Beverly Hillbillies" it was also enormously popular, but also taken as an illustration of how TV was living down to its condemnation by FCC Chairman Newton Minow as a "vast wasteland."
In any event, A&E knew what it was doing when it put these people on the air, so its show of indignation in "suspending" one of them for speaking out against gays and the aspirations of African-Americans falls a little flat.
What's truly ghastly, however, is the reaction of a couple of political figures. Sarah Palin's opinion isn't worth the 11 words I've just written to dismiss it.
But Bobby Jindal still holds office as the governor of Louisiana. That raises the question: Has it become acceptable again for an American politician to embrace unashamed bigotry?
In the old days, news that public funds (via the Louisiana state film and television incentive program) had helped finance racism and gay-bashing of the variety espoused by Phil Robertson, the outspoken duck dynast, would have presented a moral dilemma and created a political embarrassment for a governor.
Most self-respecting political leaders would have run away from association with such views; that's the essence, after all, of the "leadership" part of the equation.
Not for Jindal. His only public statement on the matter thus far has praised Robertson as a member of a family of "great citizens of the state of Louisiana." He defends Robertson's views on the "it's a free country" principle, which as a debating point generally gets dropped by most people before the fourth grade. "Everyone is entitled to express their views," he says.
In Jindal's seven-sentence statement, not a word of defense for gay people so crudely mocked by Robertson. Not a word to remind us that the life of black sharecroppers in Louisiana's Jim Crow era was not "godly" or "happy."
In January of this year, Jindal lectured his fellow Republicans on the need to "stop being the stupid party." Remember?
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namvet60 1 year, 5 months ago
After seeing who wrote this article I immediately understood. This was written by a true Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Progressive Liberal out to make the country realize that there are just a select few can get away with blatant ignorance or any comments. This article is so wrong for the U-B, but I believe they put them in just to pacify the liberal believers!
Where are some of the blatant bigot comments on air at CNN, MSNBC and ABC?? Where were they exposed in the U-B?
MyFamNews 1 year, 5 months ago
Namvet; You are certainly correct that there are blatant and offensive remarks being made with regularity in our public forums. What is interesting about the rest of your comment is the fact that apparently it is okay with you as long as those making those remarks are people that you support. If they don't agree with you, they are Progressive Liberals and not worthy of a considered opinion on any subject.
namvet60 1 year, 5 months ago
MyFamNews - being a conservative that is a very astute observation on your part.
But, could you please enlighten me? I don't recall reading such a hate-filled article with such over the top hypocrisy, blasphemy and just tasteless rhetoric about any Progressive entities?
namvet60 1 year, 5 months ago
MyFamNews - I'm sure proud to be a conservative!!!!
MyFamNews 1 year, 4 months ago
namvet; I don't know what you read, but there is certainly no shortage of hypocrisy, blasphemy and tasteless rhetoric available on any conservative blog or newsletter. And none of them, believe, as you do, that Progressive Liberals have anything of importance to say. Thus relegating those with whom you disagree to some low life worthy of whatever nasty names you want to call.
namvet60 1 year, 4 months ago
MyFamNews - Read the next comment by your Liberal Associate Paco and I rest my case!
chicoli 1 year, 5 months ago
The GOP is doing it again. By letting Phil Robertson define the GOP's cultural values the GOP is shrinking its tent, and while at it the leadership is allowing certain members to piss inside the tent...and many of them are just loving it? Just look at the cheap, pure garbage rethoric Duck Dynasty programs offers to the American people. Everything is retrograde and primitive. Can you imagine these scumbags glorifying Jim Crow? I really belive Phil Robertson is gay in camo...just look at the way he rubs the guns of others! My gay friends are much, much dicrete and refined than that!
campbell_rd 1 year, 5 months ago
I find it quite odd that a speaker talking about God and Country be hated so much. Perhaps Mr Robertson is a bit blunt to some, but the reaction by articles such as this one show the true bigotry in the country today. Please listen to the entire interview with GQ, not the quick sound bites played by the media.
The only real bigotry I have seen lately is coming from the people like Mr Hiltzik, who "hate" opposing view points. Always playing the "race" card and "hating" anyone who openly against the mighty homosexual and radical minority (including race baiters). I believe it is still a free country and I for one Love God and Country. I served several years in the military in order to allow hateful authors like this one, which he is entitled to his opinion. However jaded it may be.
His quote: "In the old days, news that public funds (via the Louisiana state film and television incentive program) had helped finance racism and gay-bashing of the variety espoused by Phil Robertson, the outspoken duck dynast, would have presented a moral dilemma and created a political embarrassment for a governor."
This is such a misleading statement (lie) that it makes me cringe. I admit that many, many years ago racism was allowed, but today it's one way racism. Only with blacks can they claim racism. In the old days gay meant "happy", there were no homosexuals on TV and public funds were spent on morally good shows, but those days are gone!
Also why is he singling out Governor Jindal and Ms Palin? Oh I forgot only Republicans are evil, hateful people. I think not! At least that's on Christian veteran's opinion.


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A MAN was arrested by police after several firearms were seized in his house during a police raid in barangay Tupas, Danao City, northern Cebu.
Police said Marcelo Durano was the leader of the "Marcing Group," which is involved in selling of unlicensed firearms.
Seized during the raid were three KG-9 machine pistols, two Ingram machine pistols, three .45 pistols, a .9mm pistol, a shotgun and several ammunition and magazines.
A search warrant issued by Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Marilyn Ligura-Yap was used in the raid conducted by members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7 last Friday afternoon.
Insp. Delfin Bontuyan, one of the raiders, said Durano was placed under surveillance for two weeks before the raid.
Bontuyan said it was possible that Durano has cohorts in selling unlicensed guns in different places in Visayas and Mindanao.
The CIDG-7 has been conducted a series of raids on illegal gun manufacturers in Danao but illegal manufacturing remains rampant in Danao, said Senior Supt. Jose Pante, chief of the CIDG-7./CORRESPONDENT CHITO O. ARAGON
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Using a constant head double-ring infiltrometer, a field experiment indicated a slight increase in final infiltration rate (FIR) at 10 and 15 Mg ha-1 application rates, however a laboratory rainfall simulation showed no significant effect of FGD gypsum on FIR. Water extractable phosphorus (WEP) decreased by 13-47% one year after application of FGD gypsum. Linear relationships were established between Mehlich 3 (M3) and ammonium oxalate extractions of P and aluminum (Al) (r2 = 0.83, 0.56, respectively), supporting previous research on the reliability of M3 in place of ammonium oxalate to predict P loss. One year after FGD gypsum application total S was 3-150% higher at 15 cm and 44-74% higher at 30 cm depths. 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Chief U.S. District Judge Hayden Head on Thursday sentenced two local meat market owners to prison for money laundering and attempting to sell cocaine.
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I'm 36 weeks and I believe at my appt on Wed I'll be having a transvaginal u/s to find the location of the placenta. I have marginal previa and my doctor seems very confident that it has or will move in time. I'm just wondering what the transvag u/s in like. What will be done exactly and does it hurt or is it uncomfortable? TIA!!
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It's not uncomfortable at all. They insert slowly and make sure it's lubricated well. I had one today at 34 weeks and my previa had indeed moved! Good luck! I have another TVU at 36 weeks to verify that it has moved even further. I was hospitalized at 31 weeks for a large bleed and it was still touching my cervix, so it can move pretty quickly!
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They don't hurt. I find them less uncomfortable then the transabdominal ones because they don't really press hard. They just put this thin little wand in you, and they don't insert it very far.
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Southern Fried Chicken
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 2 to 5 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
- 1 3/4 cups cold water
- 3 quarts (12 cups) peanut or vegetable oil for frying
Make the brine:
- Whisk the water, salt, and sugar in a large bowl until the sugar and salt dissolve. Add the chicken and refrigerate for 30 to 60 minutes.
Make the fried chicken batter:
- Whisk the flour, cornstarch, black pepper, paprika, cayenne, baking powder, salt, and water in a large bowl until smooth.
- Cover and refrigerate the batter while the chicken is brining.
Fry the chicken:
- Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven or other deep-sided pot over medium-high heat till it reaches 350 F (176 C). Place a wire rack on a rimmed baking sheet.
- Pour off and discard the brine from the chicken.
- Pat the chicken pieces completely dry with paper towels.
- Whisk the batter to recombine. (If the batter seems too thick, add a little cold water, no more than 1 tablespoon at a time, until the batter becomes the consistency of pancake batter.)
- Place half the chicken pieces in the batter and turn to coat.
- Remove the chicken from the batter, letting any excess drip back into the bowl, and carefully transfer it to the oil.
- Fry the chicken, adjusting the heat as necessary to maintain the oil temperature between 300 F and 325 F (149 C and 163 C).
- Cook the fried chicken until deep golden brown and the white meat registers 160 F/71 C (175 F/79 C for dark meat), 12 to 25 minutes, depending on the size of the chicken pieces.
- Place the fried chicken on the wire rack to drain.
Easy Sour Cream Butter Biscuits
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup sour cream
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Grease miniature muffin pans.
- Mix the flour and butter together, add the sour cream, and blend well.
- Place spoonfuls of the batter in the muffin pans and bake until golden, 8 to 10 minutes.
Honey Butter
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup honey
- Mix a stick of butter with honey in a medium sized bowl.
- Brush over top of fresh biscuits from the oven to melt down into the biscuit.