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A recent Gallup poll found that only 46 percent of Americans say their taxes are "too high." Fifty-two percent of those earning between $30,000 and $75,000 said their taxes were "about right." So why would more than half the people think that their taxes are 'OK'? The IRS has the answer: those earning more than $388,806 in 2006, the top 1 percent of earners, paid about 40 percent of the taxes. The top 5 percent, those earning above $153,542, paid 60 percent of the taxes. And the top 10 percent, those earning more than $108,904, paid more than 70 percent of all taxes. The rest of the 90 percent of the population, those earning less than $108,904, only pay 30 percent of the tax burden. If you were 90 percent of the available group, but only paying 30 percent of the bill, wouldn't you think your taxes were 'about right'?
The problem with this is that so many of these individuals – and many government officials – believe that taxing "the rich" even more is the way to go. The question we should be asking is how much is enough? If paying more than 70 percent of the bill isn't "enough," why stop at 75 or 80 percent? Why not just say that everyone who makes more than $153,542 has to pay it all?
As it is, there are people who, instead of paying their "fair share," end up getting money from the IRS – money they haven't paid into the system, but that has been paid for by all those "rich" people. No wonder we're having tea parties.
One of the best tax day tea party signs, which seems very relevant to Toledo: "You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out."
I'm proud the government thinks I'm a right wing extremist. When believing in the Constitution, especially the 10th Amendment, gets a person labeled an "extremist," we should wear that badge with honor – and then ask ourselves two questions: 1) Since when is a belief in the Constitution a prerequisite for being named an "extremist" and 2) Why isn't everyone clamoring to be one?
Then there is the issue of immigration. If you, like me, believe that people should come into the country legally – following the laws duly established for such entry – you're an extremist as well. Yes, the Department of Homeland Security thinks that people who support the laws of the nation and the "security" of our borders are "extremists."
You just can't make up this kind of stuff.
But not to worry – it's not just those of us on the right-wing side of issues. You might be surprised to learn that many of our union brethren are also right-wing extremists. You see, if you are concerned about the loss of manufacturing jobs to foreign countries and are opposed to free trade, like NAFTA, you're an extremist.
How many unions and their members have this opinion, especially in the Toledo area? I wonder what all the unions think of being a right-wing extremist.
With the push for "green jobs," will anyone pay attention to what's happened in Spain with its green job initative? President Barack Obama has used Spain's green initiative as a blueprint for how the United States should use federal funds to stimulate the economy, and local politicians are falling all over themselves to jump on the bandwagon and spend even more money for the purpose.
But Gabriel Calzada, an economics professor at Juan Carlos University in Madrid, has done a study of the impact of Spain's green job initiative.
Every green job created with government money in Spain over the past eight years came at the cost of 2.2 regular jobs, and only one in 10 of the newly created green jobs became a permanent job. Calzada said the United States can expect similar results.
"The arguments for Spain's and Europe's green jobs schemes are the same arguments now made in the U.S., principally that massive public support would produce large numbers of green jobs," the report states. Contrary to intent, Calzada says the renewable jobs program hindered Spain's attempts to emerge from its recession.
"The study's results show how such green jobs policy clearly hinders Spain's way out of the current economic crisis, even while U.S. politicians insist that rushing into such a scheme will ease their own emergence from the turmoil," said Calzada. "This study marks the very first time a critical analysis of the actual performance and impact has been made."
Will we ever learn?
Former Lucas County Commissioner Maggie Thurber blogs at http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/.


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Gerri, :) I am partial to my gnomes, but I just like missing in dirt and seeing what comes out. Everyone has their own preferences!
Karen, your work on the bike is coming along wonderfully. You are really getting the details down and the chrome looks great. The writing in the sand turned out well.
Jen, your small painting of the house in the grass is lovely. I agree with Geri, the yellow grass and blue in the sky is very nice. It will be a lovely display in your studio building.
Fred, so glad to see you back and your paintings on the Yupo are fantastic. There are a couple I really, really like. The abstract with the pink and green with the yellow and white background is my favorite.
Claudia, lovely work in the egg tempera of your niece with the chicken, And Jen is right the chicken does have attitude. Coming along beautifully.
Ruthie, nice to see you posted your work here. The colours of this are very nice and it has an interesting shape. Was it difficult to get the shapes of the plant?
Jen, love your modeling work (thanks Sarah for the info) of the turtle. - talk about character, this ones a charmer looking around his shell. I can't wait to see him finished.
Bonnie C & C most welcome / appreciated
Well, as I mentioned in the Challenge the reason I was gone for awhile was because I was trying to learn how to make a wedding cake that my daughter volunteered me to do. It was a wedding of white and navy so I tried my had at a two tier fondant cake with some navy details and white roses. The bride's bouquet was white roses. I found recipes for the fondant and cake and found gum paste for the flowers and watched some utube videos on how to make the flowers and make knead and roll the fondant and cover the cake as well as stack the cake. So it was a job and I learned lots, not as easy as it looks in all the videos. And very elevated stress level because it had to turn out some what okay for a wedding. So hear is my attempt at a wedding cake.
The royal icing dots are a little off but it was my first time at that also and had a little trouble with the fondant with getting it flat but the roses were very nice (I enjoyed making them)and the cake tasted really good so everyone was happy with it.
Bonnie you did a great job on the cake especially since it is your first. The roses are truly outstanding. Are they fondant too??
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Wow, Bonnie, that is a very professional looking cake! I am sure all the brides were delighted. My cousin used to make wedding cakes and I know all the hours of work that go into them. I agree with Gerri that the roses are awesome. That fondue is really difficult to manage too. Congratulations! You should be very proud. Now don't let anyone eat it!!
Thanks is for the good words on all my other stuff including Mr. Turtle! On this side of the pond they call what I do handbuilding I just call it playing in the clay!
Thank you Geri and Jen. The flowers are made out of gum paste. It is a lot like fondant just a little stiffer and dries rock hard. Making the roses was the most enjoyable part of the process.
Sorry, it posted twice.
Bonnie thanks for your comment on the bike. Great job on the cake. I've done a cake with fondant and gum paste and it is a challenge. You made your own fondant...wow. I bought Wilton premade. Great job. Your roses are perfect.
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test for april challenge
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For anyone looking here I posted this pic to see how it would translate from my file. This is one of the pics I am considering for the April Challenge. Hope everyone will join in for April.
Karen, it looks great and would make a wonderful reference!
Karen, nice sunny colours in the photo of the flowers. So good to see something warm with winter hanging around here without any sign of spring yet. It is great that you took on the April challenge, looking forward to it.
Thank you for commenting on the cake. The fondant was made with marshmallows and icing sugar and is not difficult. I am three hours drive from the nearest store to purchase these supplies so looked for recipes to make my own.
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The West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper has been recalled to the Three Lions squad for the World Cup qualifiers with San Marino and Montenegro, after two years of self-imposed exile.
Foster made the decision originally to spend more time with his family, and he maintains he was right in doing so.
"Football is second to my family, without a doubt," said the 29-year-old.
"If people criticise me for wanting to spend time with my family rather than go away with England then that is fine. But my kids have grown up a bit now and have started school.
"And that's a huge thing for me. The reason I retired was partly down to family and partly down to a few injury niggles I had at the time which have now cleared up.
"You don't want to regret something. My kids are a huge part of my life and it would be lovely to show them a few DVDs and caps when they are older.
"There is the World Cup next year and I would love to go to that because I've not been to a major tournament."
Foster knows England boss Hodgson well from their time together at The Hawthorns, but he knows Manchester City's Joe Hart is currently number one.
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I haven't updated my wife's 3GS and it can see and connect to our home wifi.
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People tend to think that winning a bet is all about luck. However, this is not true but knowing clues about the game and the team you are betting on plays a vital role to the outcomes. Others think that baseball is not the best game to place a bet on since all games are played on weekdays unlike football that comes over the weekends. However, what they forget is that baseball comprises of 162 games in every season hence providing a variety to choose from. The following are the basics that may help maximize your Paddy Power baseball odds.
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Other teams have team matchups and mostly player matchups but baseball has pitchers and batters. In any case, a wager should consider the people pitching or batting before making any bet. Of the five pitchers, a player should have a clue who pitched in the last game and who is fit enough to pitch. This influences the team's odds and at the same time, it gives you a clue that even the weaker teams can emerge victors by having their best pitcher on centre stage. It is also advisable for a bettor to have done a thorough analysis on who is starting to pitch. If the one who had bet with as the pitcher is changed, there is room for changing the bet too.
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If a player is not good with a left opponent, another player should switch him from his team who is good in that position. A batter who is left handed will perform poorly when playing against a left-handed pitcher. Before making a bet, make sure that the left-handed batter is on the bench.
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In baseball, the measurements of stadiums also have adverse effects when it comes to betting. The space between the wall and the plate may vary and this plays a major role with regards to the players' performance. For instance, the Yankee stadium has a smaller distance between the two sections unlike the Fenway Park that has a much longer distance.
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High Temp on BFG 6800GS OC
I just recently bought a BFG 6800GS OC AGP card and ive been keeping close tabs on the temperature and it seems im at a constant idle temp of 58-59 degrees. I have a empty slot next to my video card which gives it plenty of space to air itself out. When im in a game on max load like BF2 I minimize and the ingame temp seems to be from what I have been reading fairly decent however like 68C or so its just the idle temp that seems high since ive been reading it normally runs at around 45-50C. Now although 59 degrees is still within safe range I dont want to lose alot of life on my card, Im planning to keep it at least one year until DX10 comes out and a buy a new one and I want to make sure it lasts at least that long. I also don't feel like investing in a expensive fan or anything really. BTW im using the 83.40 Guru3d drivers.
So basically I just want to know if this is really a problem to worry about the well being of my video card, and also if there is any way to cool it down or fix this or anything.
BTW I also unlocked the extra pipelines and vertex on it but I heard it doesn't really matter for temps plus it was pretty much the same before hand.
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Check for dust on the fan etc. The idle is a little high but nothing
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saw your post over on guru also, bfg says anything up to 60c idle and nothing over 90c load....
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those temps are fine but if you are that worried get the cooler in my sig.
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not sure of the 6800gs uses a simular cooler, but my 6800gt often gets clogged up with dust. Get a small screw driver and take of the aluminum cover thing and get all the dust out of there. The design causes lots of dust to get caught up at the very beginning of the gpu heatsink and causes it to recieve little to no cooling. I clean my card every 4 - 5 months but my case is left open so i have lots of dust around
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1. Length of Contract Affects Outsourcing Partnership
The success of a relationship with any outsourced service provider hinges on establishing a sense of partnership. Many factors affect the ability to create a partnership, but one that facility managers may not have considered is the length of the contract.
A contract that's re-bid every two years doesn't suggest that a long-term relationship is being created. A longer contract with extended renewal options is more likely to foster a partnership, simply because of the longer time horizon. By building in some renewal periods, you can extend the contract easily if things are going well and renegotiate pricing instead of re-bidding the service.
Also, progressive outsourcing agreements don't constrain the service provider with detailed specifications or procedures; they focus on the end result and let the service provider achieve the goals using their experience and abilities. A flexible contractual arrangement provides more opportunity for a partnership while also meeting overall goals and reducing costs.
Outsourced Service Procurement Strategies
It is essential to go into the procurement process for an outsourced service contract with the recognition that cost, service levels and scope are part of a triangle. If you change one, you usually affect the others.
The first thing to keep in mind in the procurement process is that the overall goal of the outsourcing effort needs to be clear and understood by both parties. For instance, if your procurement process is designed to save money and that's it, then be honest and expect your provider to manage appropriately.
Being clear about your own corporate goal makes it easier to find the service provider that is the best fit. With that goal in mind, you can ask the right questions in your RFP and evaluate proposals based on what matters to you. During the selection process, include meetings with each service provider if your organization or governance allows it and build an interview stage into the process. The depth of these interviews depends on the scope and size of your initiative. Selecting the right company in the first place creates the foundation for your partnership and outsourcing success.
A Team Approach to Outsourcing
The success of an outsourcing relationship depends in large part on the facility's staff who will be in direct contact with, and managing, the service provider.
The facilities staff should be trained how to manage and told what is expected of them. They need to support the outsourcing initiative and its goals, and not let their own internal or personal goals get in the way.
For example, your staff's goal may be to demonstrate their own value, and so ends up over-managing the service provider or competing with the service provider's team to get credit for initiatives or service delivery. The key performance indicators, service levels and the penalty/reward systems may be inadvertently designed to create this misalignment.
That sort of internal competition will not foster a successful outsourcing partnership. Instead, your team needs to support the outsourcing service provider to ensure that the provider is successful. After all, when the provider screws up, everyone screws up — including the facility manager responsible for the overall outsourcing arrangement. It's not possible to simply blame the service provider; they've become an extension of you.
Outsourcing Contract Model Success
While there are many contract models, a complex outsourcing arrangement with many subcontracted services is typically best handled with a management fee and a flow-through arrangement for most of the costs. This provides flexibility, visibility, and control over the resources, costs, and specifications of the subcontracted service while eliminating some of the issues involved with a fully included fixed price.
You can build in a sharing arrangement for savings, but continuous savings simply won't be sustainable if you want to maintain the same service levels. This shouldn't be the way the service provider expects to make its profits.
The contract model can also stifle innovation, continuous improvement and the introduction of new techniques and technologies. These are areas where a service provider can provide some of the best value as a partner. A flexible approach to implementing the service provider's ideas can provide incentive for both parties.
For instance, if the service provider can implement innovations that improve your results or save you money, yet the financial model means related costs must be absorbed by the service provider, the provider is not likely to implement these innovations. It's better to have your contract include a cost/benefit sharing mechanism or a way to fund these types of incremental costs to provide flexibility.


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gone are the mom and pop stores that i once knew
candy stores , malt shops,newspaper and magazine stands too.
life was so much simpler then, you knew your neighbors
and had a lot of friends.
schools were for learning, and where kids could go to play
now you don't see that on any given day.
teachers and adults were respected and a sense of pride in the air
" now a days no one seems to care".
they are trying to pass a stricter gun law
because of what happened at SANDY HOOK
but that won't happen, because we have too many POLITICAL crooks.
twenty little angels were taken away that day
and six adult educators who got in the gun mans way.
now i'm not against the second amendment
i think it's our given right , but when it comes
to "ASSAULT Weapons"
the public should start to fight.
the public don't need " assault weapons"
we must take them off the streets
these are weapons of mass destruction
being sold through "political corruption"
while children lay dead at our feet.
i think the publics "outrage" should be heard loud and clear
maybe then - it'll create political fear.
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The S&P closed flat for the week, but as
usual, that doesn't mean there weren't some juicy moves along the
way. We unbiased traders at TTC have consistently been on top
of every swing, from one side or the other, week after week � and we
have the charts to prove it!
by Dominick
May 14, 2007
The markets opened to the upside on Monday and then pretty much went to sleep for the whole day. I'm sure many traders thought the week would go sideways until the Fed, but Tuesday morning the market proved that wasn�t the case with a nice gap down. Monday�s close had left pattern traders a bit bullish as the S&P seemed to suggest a triangle that would resolve to the upside. Instead it turned out to be yet another example of what I call the �Triangle Trap�. The chart below was posted before Tuesday�s open to suggest once again that we would NOT sell into the gap, but buy it instead.
After a few minutes of vibrating around the target area, price and my proprietary trend charts took off to the upside and gave us an instant 7 points. The trend charts kept us out of shorting a losing gap down and then hinted we should take the money and run as the indicator started rolling over into the close. Below is a chart of the S&P e-mini futures into Tuesday�s close.
Members at TTC are using these trend charts for intraday trading in the SPX, DAX, gold, and oil. Daily and weekly time frames are available on a few other markets, and I plan on getting them for most other markets in the near future. Stop by, spend a few weeks with us, and see if we can improve your trading for only 1 ES point ($50) per month*. If you've been thinking about joining, now is the time to act! Keep reading to learn about the coming price increase and how you can get grandfathered in at the current price.
Wednesday brought the Fed meeting and most traders felt they had to be correctly positioned in front of the statement. Readers will remember I've had May 9th as a turn date for months, and have been looking for a top to sell into. We elected to be flat and let the daytraders worry about trading that mess. The Fed announcement delivered that new high to set up a bull trap into Wednesday�s close.
After months of waiting for the 9th, we were pretty excited to see a new high appear dead on the very exact day. Sticking to the plan, Wednesday night I became cautious and posted that I was looking for a reversal pattern to confirm that we should get short. The next morning we gapped down and, once we were able to rule out a pattern that would see one more high, we shorted a number that was posted for members the night before. Of course, after a brief rally, the S&P rolled over to close down 16 on the day.
So, with our long-awaited turn date kicking in, members rang the register all day Thursday as the S&P sold off straight into the close. By that point, bullish traders that bought the Fed announcement were probably scrambling to get flat, but yes, we went long at the close at a price of 1497 for the ES futures. As you know, that wasn�t such a bad thing, considering the low of the day was 1496 and the S&P closed Friday at its highs.
Our long position was explained to members at Thursday night�s review, when I posted the following chart. The symmetry of certain markets are unbelievable, you just need to find them. And of course TTC does that for its members each and every day.
For the past year I've been getting on the bears� case because they're continually getting trapped into overnight holes that explode in their face. Now, I get the feeling the bulls will have their share of traps in the near future, but we aren't there yet. This market still feels toppy, but I'm not ready to give up on it yet. Of course, we have the luxury of going into the weekend flat, with profits, and waiting for the next setup because like I said, in a week where the markets closed unchanged, we were able to capture Tuesday�s selloff perfectly, go short our May 9th turn, and then cover and reverse 1 point from the S&P low on Thursday.
Now, many might ask why I would cover on Thursday after having caught such a nice swing, and the answer is simple if you step back and read what the market's been saying for the last few months. Swing trading just hasn't been as profitable lately as it used to � take Friday for example. The S&P has already recovered 73% of Thursday�s selloff, and could do more. I'm not sure about others, but giving back 73% of my profit and hoping to get the right move on Monday is not what I call trading. What if we hit new highs next?
Once again, trading �unbiased� Elliott Wave is the only way� take the money and run. Going into next week, if the market continues to scream to the upside, we can trade it. If you're short from Friday and already at a loss, well, professional pit traders are going to have a ball with you. For those that just want to be short the market for the next big drop, well, after 5 years and 50 points from a new high, it's clear that strategy doesn't work either.
I think we have the pattern going into next week working for us perfectly. We've also mentioned two potentially important dates for the very near future. A few weeks ago when I mentioned the turn we got this week I mentioned to be careful with the wave degree. Was this week a tease of the old highs with the bulls about to be trapped? Or will we hit a perfect double top soon? Either way, if we're correct, I think many out there are about to be surprised. I'm hoping to be short early this week and test our target area below, which we expect a violent move from, once we confirm its direction.
Having a problem trading the ES? Of course you are, its one of the hardest markets to trade, but no one tells you that part. Most other markets don't have as many traders scrambling around in them all day long, which makes there charts much cleaner. You might want to think about finding these other markets as there is much easier money out there to be made.
The Dax is certainly an index on our radar screen as it's been pulling us along on its explosive ride the last few weeks. We think we have the area it's targeting, as shown in the chart below. Here too, we are waiting for confirmation but we don't have it yet.
OJ gave us a perfect selloff from the top. We then expected a bit of a rally and so far it seems to have reversed off the expected target.
We continue to wait for a reversal that�ll become a nice swing trade in the chart below. Stay tuned.
Gold survived the week�s selling pressure and has come out on top of an old multi-year trendline. And the trend charts have nailed every move. Read Joe�s Precious Points for a closer look at what's in store for the yellow metal next week and beyond.
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Dominick A.K.A. "spwaver"
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William Kiffin is not often remembered among Baptists today. Born in London in 1616, Kiffin lost both of his parents to a city-wide plague when he was just nine years old. Kiffin himself narrowly escaped the plague by God's healing. He accepted Christ and was called to the ministry in 1638 and joined a Baptist church. Two years later, a group of men from this church moved to Devonshire to start a new church, and elected Kiffin as pastor. Kiffin faithfully pastored this church for 61 years.
While a very successful pastor, Mr. Kiffin also carried on merchant affairs, especially with the Netherlands. He became a very successful businessman. His enemies tried to use the fact that he was a Dissenter (separatist from the Church of England) to try to ruin his business and his name. Kiffin was arrested many times and had many false accusations hurled against him, but he continued to stay faithful and true to that which he believed.
Macaulay stated that, "Great as was the authority of Bunyan with the Baptists, William Kiffin's was greater still." For approximately fifty years, Kiffin was the major leader of the Baptists in England.
Being a Baptist during the reign of King Charles was difficult. On one occasion, ten Baptist men and two women were arrested and sentenced to three months imprisonment. During their trial, they were commanded to join the Episcopal Church. For their refusal, they were then sentenced to death. When Kiffen heard of this, he went to the King and was able to secure their freedom.
Kiffin liked to be marked by the way he used his wealth. Cathcart noted that he gave large sums to the poor, did his best to prop up churches that were feeble or struggling, and did much to finance the education of young men going into the ministry.
Though God gave Kiffin a long life of ministry, several in his family gave their lives for the faith. One of his sons was poisoned by a Catholic priest in Venice after vocally denouncing the Catholic religion, and two of his grandsons were murdered for standing for truth.
Kiffin was a gifted Christian man who used his talents for that which is eternal. Even though we hear little of him today, he truly was a key father among English Baptists.


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Early copies of the Prometheus Blu-ray have been sent out to various places and now we can see a few preview images of the menu from this home release. You can also read a fully detailed list of all the special features and extras at the source here.
Thanks to crs and antovolk for the news.
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It was an unlikely surprise that B and I happily ended up at Four Ate Five last Saturday for lunch.
Having gone for a massive run, I needed food immediately. Perhaps it was weakness from hunger or a misplaced egalitarianism that had overtaken me but I had ceded brunch plan making to him. I mean it was rightly his turn to pick and I trust his opinion but just maybe I should just grab the closest nourishment I could get. He suggests a mystery establishment whose name he can't recall in Surry Hills. I place my faith in his description of some cafe that is consistently swarmed with patrons waiting for a table. We head to Crown Street.
I start to question my faith a couple of blocks south of Oxford Street. "Hang on, we'll be there soon," he insists, vaguely.
shouldn't was utterly wrong to have worried because he knows exactly what he's doing: He's taken me to the lauded Four Ate Five.
There's a lot of people waiting for a table but apparently they've all come in groups larger than two. We luck out and the two of us get a table immediately.
I immediately find the first slow cooked item on the menu (the Pulled Pork on Sourdough) but an order of Smoked Salmon and Avocado, served on organic sourdough with ricotta, fresh parsley & two poached eggs, arrives at the adjacent table and I have to have it. My ravenous appetite was sated.
B has the Spicy Italian meatball 3 cheese melt on sourdough with rocket and olive oil. Incredibly tasty. Total food envy.
I can totally see why there were so many people prepared to wait to have a meal here. The pulled pork will have to wait til the next time… hopefully when I'm not so famished!
The word? Instantly one of my new favourites, even if only going by their decadent melts and open-faced sandwiches. Service was friendly but food took some time, likely due to how busy they are. Not unreasonably priced. Will definitely be back to sample the rest of the menu.
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Bret Michaels is set to headline his fourth VH1 reality series with Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It. Instead of a competition show chronicling his search for love, Life As I Know It will share Bret's life. A special preview will air Monday, May 31 at 10/9c, and the full series is set to follow in the fall. Details are in the press release below!
VH1, 51 Minds and Bret Michaels are teaming up again for the new docu- series Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It, giving viewers an insider's look at Bret's home life when he isn't touring, shooting, partying and rocking out. After the lights have dimmed on stage and the music stops for the night, Bret rolls off the tour bus right into the loving arms of his daughters Raine and Jorja, who affectionately refer to him as "Poppa Rocka." The half-hour special will premiere Memorial Day, Monday, May 31st at 10PM ET/PT followed by the series premiere of Dad Camp at 10:30PM ET/PT. The series Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It is tentatively scheduled to premiere in Fall 2010.
"After Bret's recent appendectomy and life-threatening brain hemorrhage, we're so happy that he is on the road to recovery and coming back to VH1 in Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It," said Jeff Olde, Executive Vice President of Original Programming and Production. "Bret is family to us and has always been a huge hit on the network, headlining several series and specials that have garnered record-breaking ratings and made a strong connection with our audience. We have temporarily halted production on the series with Bret's health as our primary concern. Production will resume when it is cleared by his doctors. If anyone can fight off illness and get back on his feet, it's Bret. But in the meantime, in response to the flood of well wishes the network has received from Bret's fans, we'd like to celebrate Bret's recovery with this sneak peek special featuring the next chapter in Bret's story on VH1. It's a never-before-seen look into Bret's family life — the real center of his world from which he draws his unsinkable strength."
In this first-look special and the forthcoming series, viewers will not only get a taste of Bret's life on the road, but for the first time ever, a look at his home life, a sprawling compound where his daughters and their mother, Kristi Gibson, reside. But raising two little girls and being a rock icon don't always go hand-in-hand. Now fans get to take a peek at what keeps Bret going. Is it the hoards of wild fans, the glory of super stardom, or is it the unconditional love from his family? Watch as Bret juggles life on the road, his career, raising two kids and managing his on again off again relationship with their beautiful mom, Kristi. Tune in Memorial Day night for a first-look sneak peek into the next chapter of Bret's life.
Bret also has a new album Custom Built coming out June 8 featuring the hit single "Nothing to Lose" with Miley Cyrus and a remake of Sublime's "What I Got."
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It can be unsettling when a neighbor stops talking to you.
But when that neighbor is North Korea, and you're South Korea, such a communication cessation is downright alarming.
Yes, there is precedent for North Korea's abrupt unplugging of a military hotline with South Korea this week — though it last happened in 2009.
And certainly the Stalinist regime's bellicose rhetoric is nothing new.
Thus, it's tempting to dismiss Wednesday's warning from Pyongyang "that the Korean Peninsula now has the conditions for a simmering nuclear war" as status-quo bluster from communist throwbacks stuck in a Cold War time warp.
But such a ho-hum reaction could be dangerously naive.
After all, last month North Korea conducted a test of a nuclear weapon considerably smaller than those it had detonated in previous years. Two months earlier, it conducted its most successful missile test yet.
Those technological advances aim to produce a warhead small enough to be carried by a missile accurate enough to target South Korea, Japan and even Alaska. North Korea also boasted this week that it is capable of hitting not just U.S. bases in Hawaii and Guam but the U.S. mainland.
Presumably, however, Kim Jong Un, "The Great Successor" who took over North Korea's dynastic government after his father Kim Jong Il's death in late 2011, got a timely wake-up call Thursday on the hazards of pushing America too far: Two B-2 Stealth Bombers were dispatched from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to the Korean peninsula for what U.S. Forces Korea called a "long-duration, round-trip training mission."
The bombers dropped munitions on a range on an island off South Korea's western coast to demonstrate America's ability to conduct, in the USFK's stern words, "long-range, precision strikes quickly and at will."
That participation in ongoing military exercises with South Korean forces dramatically re-confirmed America's continued support our long-time ally.
So did new Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's Thursday assertion of the Obama administration's "unwavering commitment" to protect South Korea from the rising threat of North Korean aggression.
Ideally, such demonstrations of American resolve will deter North Korea's leaders from pushing their luck too far.
They have squandered their nation's limited resources on martial endeavors even as much of the populace literally starved. As a result of those warped priorities, Kim and his cronies have an arsenal of roughly 13,000 artillery systems, 4,000 tanks, 1,700 aircraft and 800 naval surface vessels, according to U.S. Army Gen. James Thurman, the American commander in Korea.
Add up to 10 nuclear weapons (by a consensus count of experts) and those seemingly comic scenes of Kim being entertained by dancers portraying Disney characters last year offer dwindling comic relief.
Clearly, the international community must keep trying to convince North Korea that its reckless ways are ultimately futile — and extremely risky.
China, due to its long financial support of North Korea's failed government and its geographic proximity, remains the nation best positioned to press that case. The U.S. State Department must persist in pushing China in that direction.
Meanwhile, though, the U.S. Air Force has delivered a needed reminder to North Korea's rulers of the consequences to come if they escalate their tough talk into war.
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Well, to start things up, I hope everyone enjoyed the end of the old year and the beginning of the new. We are all looking forward to setting ourselves up for new years resolutions, recovering from all the fun drinks that we've had, and looking forward to the new video games that are coming out of this year. Just to let every single one of you know, there are a *huge* amount of video games coming out this year alone, and though some of my own are either held back until 2012, or carries on without a release date, there are plenty to play out in the new year.
By chance, I had taken a pole of what people are looking forward to the most, and after some settle criticism on the part of my choices for what video games that I chose to look forward to, and having to write down extra games on the list, the results are in! Here is the top Five most Anticipated video games coming out in 2011 that we know of.
5: Dragon Age 2
When first did the research, I found myself curious when I watched a large, bearded man whom fought with a high ranking demon, then started to glow, demonic-style and tore apart the demon with his power, all on one trailer. It seemed a bit more action packed than the first, which that game in itself was fun, though some of the dungeons were far too long, and I found myself financially broke far too many times to count.
Bioware seems to have taken a few of the bugs out from the first game, and watching a fight sequence over a video, I must admit that the fighting is far more impressive, and that choosing between going into a full melee fight, or stopping momentarily before the battle begins to plan a huge strategy that will grant very little damage to your NPC helpers left me somewhat drooling. This sequel has also upgraded the graphics from the first, the fighting sequences felt a good amount more fluent and I couldn't tell if I was watching the sequel of Dragon Age, or if I was watching a video game with the engine of God of War, replacing Kratos with a dual-short-sword Ninja.
Release date: March 8th
4. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
I should be ashamed of myself, I truly should. When I was in high school I lacked the opportunity to playing Deus Ex. Ever since then I felt bad for not being able to play this video game that was heavily influenced with a Cyberpunk style of appearance, and every time I watch videos of the game play of the first and second games, I whimpered into a little corner and truly missed out on something awesome.
…Deus Ex: Revolution I will not miss out! I will prevail and play it so I don't miss out of the wave of awesomeness. Seriously, though, every video, trailer, and info I received for this game showed me that it will rock your world, and mine when I get it. The Gameplay is fluent, the city itself is a cyberpunk's heaven, and you get to play as Adam Jenson, a private security officer, aka. The assassin that will whip the companies' enemies' asses if they ever try to go against the company. And again, here's the city, I just can't eye it enough on how beautiful it looks. Sure it's a brown color scheme, but it's awesome and I don't want you ever forget that!
Release date: April 2011, or later…
Star Wars: Old Republic
When I heard that when Star Wars finally got themselves an MMORPG, I was a little surprised and thought they should have already had it earlier. Still, the first few videos confused me, as while I wasn't a heavy study in the mythos of Star Wars, what they had in the video for the game made very little sense. Then I found out that the video game was approximately 3,500 years prior to Darth Vader's rise to power. Plus, looking at all the information that I was starting to gather, it started to make sense..
Unsurprisingly, the side of the Republic carries Troopers, Smugglers, Jedi Knight, and Jedi Counsulor. Each class carries their own uniqueness that it would be fun to test them all. What hooked me was the Sith Empire, with their Bounty Hunters, Sith Warrior, Imperial Agent, and Sith Inquisitor. Funny that what got me was the Imperial Agent, who's powers remind me a bit much of another class of character from another video game I love to play. This does not make me hate the game, Oh No. I've been wanting to play that class of character for Years, and Star Wars brings it to me. Go Star Wars for making my dreams come true!!
But overall, if you're looking for a brand new MMOPRG, then Star Wars: Old Republic is for you!
Release Date: Q2/Q3 of 2011
2: Batman: Arkham City
Well, to get this out of my system: OMG!! The-Batman-Arkham-Asylum-was-freaking-awesome-and-a-sequel!-Gasp!-Heart-Attack!
…Still with me? Good. When Batman Arkham Asylum came out, it was a dream come true (if you hadn't noticed). The thrill of playing as Batman himself, rushing right in, taking out a few dozen guards with fluent motions of action, or picking them off like a bat out of hell was fun enough, but the scenery was good, the characters were all interesting, and the scenario was all just one beautiful blast.
So when I heard that there is a sequal in mind, and being built, I was thrilled! I loved the idea from the get-go. Plus, it was going to be placed in the city, so thus you would have the opportunity to go out into the world and run into a good majority of the villains. Plus, upon note, they had named each villain that's meant to make an appearance. However, what truly got my attention was the trailer, in which Batman faces off against a few highly trained men, who lose easily to him. It was a set up to test the Batman by none other than…Hugo Strange, one of the Rogue Gallery that's almost not mentioned half the time, yet he's far dangerous than the rest, due to the fact that he knows that Batman is Bruce Wayne. All in all, it's a game that coming and everyone is going to grab for it like hungry zombies, and Arkham City is that hot blonde bombshell that everyone sees on magazines.
…You get the point…
Release Date: Q3 2011
1. Portal 2
Y'know, I will let you all on a secret of mine, a shameful secret that I'd normally rather roll over and die than to actually admit it…but here goes…
…I never played Portal. THERE, I said it. Actually, I ended up watching it over the shoulder of my best friend, who often times just shows me how awesome games are, and wants to show me the coolest parts. For Portal, he ended up showing me the majority of the game, and in truth, I was ashamed at myself for *not* getting the game and playing it to my hearts content. Now? I have the technology, but just hadn't had the time to get it from a nearby video game store…makes me sad..
So, I was sort of surprised when the sequel came to my attention, and at first I was a little surprised and apprehensive about the game, mostly due to how it mixes with the plot, then I finally read it, making a bit more sense to me..
Chell, having been recaptured and put into Stasis for several hundred years, is awoken to find herself in a place that is in disarray. Come to find out that the Aperture Science Facility is pretty much decimated and GLaDOS is still pretty irritated for having been 'killed' by Chell. So thus, for science, GLaDOS puts Chell in the chambers once again to test her out.
It was an interesting way of bringing the game back, plus there seems to be a dozen more gadgets to make the game far more interesting now. There is also a co-op mode now, in which two robots are built and given the portal-devices to test the ability of two individuals instead of one.
It's a simple, but great game that I am hoping to get a copy of as soon as it first comes out. Plus, I want to see the hijinx that me and my buddy can do on Co-op.
Release Date: April 18, 2011
And for all the runner ups that were on the polls, or were soon written on the polls: Alice Madness Returns, Brink, Crysis 2, Deadspace 2, Duke Nukem Forever, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Gears of War 3, Guild Wars 2, I am Alive, Infamous 2, the Last Guardian, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Mass Effect 3, Mortal Kombat, Rage, Skyward Sword, Shogun 2: Total War, Uncharted 3, the Witcher 2
And as for two video games that people have asked for. Unfortunately, as I found out too late, or I know the corporation well enough to know that they will not be a part of this year, unless they surprise us all. In which it will be a happy surprise and thank you for the gifts so Early! Bioshock Infiinite and Diablo III. We hope we shall see you both very, very soon.
Well, here's the top 5 most anticipated video games, I hope you enjoyed finding out any further information! Happy hunting!