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Sights and sounds that many of us will never see or hear are just another stop on the road for Bernard Vukas—from Ottoman mosques in Turkey, to rice and curry shops in Thailand, to a beachfront office in the Philippines.
With a lifestyle that is nothing if not location independent, Vukas—a Microsoft Office Business Applications (OBA) developer originally from Croatia—has embraced the "work anywhere" freedom enabled by online work.
Taking work on the road
Vukas' adventures started with a rather inconspicuous piece of furniture: His couch.
When a friend referred him to Couchsurfing—an offbeat networking site that connects travelers with available "couches" (i.e. local hosts) in cities throughout the world and uses karma for currency—Vukas was intrigued. He began hosting couch surfers from around the world and, in the process, was bitten by the travel bug himself.
Soon after, he read the book The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau and realized that perhaps work and travel could go hand in hand. Since his freelance developer work was all conducted online, he decided to give it a try.
Vukas' first stop was Istanbul, Turkey. Using a travel agency to book his trip, he took a bus tour from Serbia to Turkey.
As vacations go, however, he wasn't thrilled with the experience. "The fact that we stayed in a hotel and ate quasi-European food wasn't appealing at all. This motivated me to strive to stay as away from hotels (and as close to the locals as possible) next time."
While his travel arrangements didn't meet his ideal, his work experience went well. As the bus wound its way from Serbia to Turkey and back again, Vukas made use of the time between stops to accomplish work; he'd brought an extra battery, but it wasn't needed as the bus had electrical power. When he wasn't working, he took in the sights and sounds of the former Ottoman empire.
When his trip wrapped up, Vukas was hooked: Working while traveling opened up almost any place in the world as a place to call "home."
It wasn't long before he was preparing for his next destination.
Home is where the couch is
Vukas decided to venture even further from his home country of Croatia, ditching the cold European winter for the tropical climes of Thailand.
This time, however, he decided to give couch surfing a try himself.
"[Thailand] was my first time using Couchsurfing…and it was awesome!" he said. "I'm not a huge fan of planning, so I hired a girl on oDesk to help me organize everything. She had been to Thailand before and she connected me with Phiseak Klanutai, the organizer of weekly Bangkok Couchsurfing meetings. I ended up staying with him…for almost four months."
Vukas spent a total of six months in Thailand before returning home. After logging another trip to Thailand, as well as a trip to Bangladesh, he was convinced: Location was completely irrelevant to his ability to make a living.
This realization freed him to take an even bigger step: Uprooting himself and moving halfway around the world to the Philippines.
For this decision, Vukas credits Google. "Pictures of Boracay that appeared on Google Images were part of the reason I moved. I've had 30 years of winter in Europe, and I wanted a change. This seemed like a perfect destination!"
What two years on the go can teach you
Based on his experiences, Vukas has some key advice for other contractors who want to embrace travel while still making a living:
- Establish a work center: "I try to set up a home-base as soon as possible, so that I'm able to work," he said. "When I travel, I usually work from my room. On rarest occasions I go to coffee shops. I rent on a monthly basis, usually apartment-style 1- or 2-bedroom units with a kitchen."
- Stay longer: "I try traveling as little as possible, spending at least three to six months in one location. Renting on a long-term basis is important, as well as arriving to your destination in the off-season."
- Make sure your costs are covered: Make sure to set or adjust your travel plans according to how much you expect to work and earn while you're there—this means researching what your costs will be and setting a budget. And don't be afraid to charge what you're worth, Bernard advises contractors. "I usually recommend starting in the $20-30 range, especially if they have a good career track record."
For Vukas, online work has been the key to changing travel from a mere vacation into a way of life. Have you had a similar experience? Share your travel adventures and on-the-road work advice in the comments section below.


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Cops weren't looking for old Gibson guitars when they started hitting Brooklyn pawn shops this week, but they did make a few merchants sing the blues.
"I was threatened to be thrown in jail if I didn't cooperate and produce the information they needed," claims Albert Cruze, manager of EZ Pawn on Flatbush Avenue between avenues U and V.
Police are visiting pawn shops in southern Brooklyn in search of merchandise they believe was swiped in a recent string of car break-ins, robberies and burglaries in Marine Park and Mill Basin, Lieutenant Robert Haley announced at the Marine Park Civic Association meeting on March 16.
At the shops, officers peruse records offering details about purchased merchandise and sellers. Cops generally have the description of a stolen item.
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Recalling a recent meeting with a cop, Cruze said, "He saw a name he recognized and right away he thought the items he brought in were stolen. He wanted me to show him all the merchandise."
"They are mandated to give us the information," explained Captain Patricia MacDonald, executive officer of the 63rd Precinct.
MacDonald said police officers are expected to approach pawn shop staffers in a courteous manner.
"They're always supposed to be professional and respectful," she said. "I don't know what the situation was [at EZ Pawn]."
When the cops visit pawn shops — there's a few within the 63rd Precinct's coverage area of Bergen Beach, Mill Basin, Mill Island, Marine Park, Flatlands and Georgetown and more in nearby Flatbush — and determine something to be stolen, "They have to get subpoenas and then we hand over the merchandise," Cruze said.
The shops are out the cash they paid for the merchandise — temporarily. The criminals are ultimately responsible to pay the price of the goods.
"Eventually, we get something back in return," Cruze said.
Pawn shop staffers insist that they try to avoid buying stolen items like jewelry or computers.
"If they come in with something with initials, we'll say, 'What's your name?'" Cruze explained. "If it doesn't match the initials, we figure it's stolen."
They also ask the sellers how long they've had the merchandise. Responses like, "I found it," give the impression of stolen items, Cruze noted.
Cruze says he understands why cops check his shop's inventory, but he doesn't appreciate them being "disrespectful" to the store's staffers.
"I get why they're taking the items because they're trying to help people out," he said. "But I feel like they look down on us. Don't be rude or disrespectful. Be more understanding. That's all."
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Ghosts and Ruins Along the Mississippi
By MICHAEL FRANK
Published: September 20, 1998
I WAS invited to dinner in Natchez, Miss., this spring. The architecture of the dining room -- or front parlor, in local nomenclature -- was Federal, the decoration Victorian, the palette blue and white all over, like a piece of painted Chinese porcelain. Candles flickered, the flames in the gaslight chandelier fluttered. There were multiple courses, wine glasses incised with star bursts , a formidable array of silver.
I was seated next to a savvy Natchezian. She sized me up between the soup and the salad. ''In my experience,'' she said, ''the typical tourist comes to these parts to visit the battlefields at Vicksburg, tour the houses in Natchez, and eat the food in New Orleans. He flies in, he flies out, he thinks he's grasped the South.''
Her words smarted, three in particular: ''typical'' and ''tourist'' and ''grasped.'' I was possibly the first and certainly the second, but I knew that in order to grasp a place, a person had to dig in and absorb some, permit himself to wander and digress.
I had spent several days, it was true, making the rounds of the grand and gaudy houses of Natchez, that vast slumber party of antebellum Miss Havishams gathered on a high bank of the Mississippi River. I had just that afternoon driven through the melancholy rolling hills of Vicksburg, where red markers pointed to the Confederate emplacements and blue to the Union's, and where the memorials and monuments were so profuse it seemed as though an entire granite quarry had been emptied out to put them up. And in a few days' time I was to visit New Orleans, where as it turns out I did eat well, although there were sufficient pauses between meals to permit me to digest more than the gastronomic side of that fine and layered city.
What my dinner companion did not know is that I'd done a bit of reading and asking around before traveling to Mississippi, and I was planning to set out the following morning on an excursion that I hoped would expose me to a different side of the South. Much as I was captivated by the batteries and blockades of Vicksburg and the preserved beauties of Natchez, I wanted to see a less landmarked, less polished, possibly more authentic -- though still antique -- Mississippi.
I had come to this idea, as I come to many things, through literature, in this case from reading ''The Robber Bridegroom,'' that delicious fairy tale written in the early 1940's by Eudora Welty. The book opens with a description of Rodney, a town on the Mississippi River, which Welty introduces during a storm, evoking the ''leaf-green light'' of river and bluff, ''the flourish of carriages hurrying through the streets'' and the ''savage breath'' of the encroaching wilderness.
My bewitchment turned all the more acute when I learned that Rodney was a ghost town. It was when Ms. Welty wrote ''The Robber Bridegroom'' and is still. I decided to make it the centerpiece of my excursion and see what other places of interest lay nearby, whether I might build on certain themes of ghostliness and loss, decay and its stimulating effect on the imagination. I wished to see an unpreserved South, a South as it was rather than as it might have been.
Getting to Rodney is something of an adventure, but it also turns out to be within reasonable distance of enough other compelling sites to make a worthwhile daylong journey. I set out from Natchez, took Highway 61 a few miles north and then turned onto the Natchez Trace Parkway, the famously scenic and simple two-lane road that has been traveled for more than 8,000 years, first by four-legged creatures (buffalo), then by two-legged, among them Indians, settlers, missionaries, traders and bandits, including at least one nimble (if fictional) robber bridegroom.
I soon made my first digression, to the eight-acre Emerald Mound, one of the largest Indian temple mounds in the United States. Emerald Mound is a beautiful and remarkably spectral site, a place of wind and spirits and bird song (woven in, alas, with the distant rumble of automobile traffic). Constructed from what was once a natural, smaller hill, the flat-topped pyramid and its two smaller secondary mounds were used between 1300 and 1600 by the Mississippians, who were ancestors to the Natchez Indians. Unlike dome-shaped mounds, which were used only for burials, this flat one supported temples and ceremonial structures in addition to its use for the burial of religious and civic leaders.
Today, it has an almost otherworldly appearance, as if powerful aliens had alighted in the forest, cleared a giant empty lot and departed before building anything on it. The majesty of Emerald Mound is best experienced by climbing to the top of a secondary mound (a staircase makes the two-minute ascent virtually effortless) and trying to imagine this vast quantity of earth being wrested into place with tools no more sophisticated than woven baskets and cured animal skins.
Returning to the Trace, I drove a dozen miles or so, then turned east and north to Lorman and the Old Country Store. First opened in 1895, the Lorman Country Store was until recently a place to buy hardware, groceries and sundries, reflecting a deep and ancient stock that reached back to the days of bonnets and bustles. Its offerings are rather more ordinary now (pottery cupids, souvenir dolls, pictures of John Wayne), yet the structure itself retains a faded ambiance that is exemplified by the thousands of yellowing business cards affixed to one of its back walls and certain lingering signs (''Side Saddle,'' ''English Saddle''). The store has a pleasant lunch counter, suitable for a refreshing iced tea, and a proprietor patient enough to sketch out a personal map of the road to Rodney.


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Devotional Arya
In his film, Arya might say 'Naan Kadavul' (I am the God). But in reality, he is a humble man who surrenders before God. He finds time for that even amidst tight schedules.
Many would have known that young hero Arya is a Muslim and his original name is Shamsuddin. But not many would have known that he is so pious that he makes it a point to perform his daily prayers (5 times a day) without fail.
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University of Vt acid rain researcher dies at 84The Associated Press | October 12,2013BURLINGTON Hubert Hub Vogelmann, the University of Vermont scientist who helped document air pollution damage to trees on one of the states most famous mountains, has died.
Vogelmann, 84, died Friday at Respite House in Williston. No cause of death was released.
We are saddened to report the passing of Hub Vogelmann. Were grateful for all the support we are receiving from Hubs many friends and colleagues, Vogelmanns family said in a statement released by the university.
A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Vogelmann received a doctorate in botany from the University of Michigan. He worked at UVM from 1955 through 1991.
Vogelmann was perhaps best known for his November 1982 article in Natural History called Catastrophe on Camels Hump, which traced the decline of an uplands habitat on the mountain now featured on the Vermont quarter.
Vogelmanns long-term study of high-elevation ecosystems in the Green Mountains, begun in 1963, informed his determination that fossil fuel emissions had significantly altered the ecosystems soil chemistry. In less than two decades biomass production at Camels Humps higher reaches declined by 41 percent.
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Police are now looking for the suspect.
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Cool to see these dudes still putting it down on stage in Brownsville.
The 1990 CLASSIC get's a 2011 update with help from Labba…ya y'all c'mon. Remember the original video at the beginning? "It's cool but…can I do a video to it?" Yes you can.
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In honor of his new digitally released album The Quixotic, Ayatollah has set off The Quixotic Remix Series. The series will find him remixing some of his favorite, classic tracks, the first being "Crooklyn Dodgers". Go inside your mind and find a time that you missed….. Ayatollah – "Crooklyn Deliverance" (feat. Special Ed, Masta Ace, [cont.]
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Plus a climate cartoon
The WashPost cartoonist Tom Toles has more great cartoons — one on the BP disaster, one on global warming politics:
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As always, an excellent selection of cartoons.
BP/Transocean/Halliburton have better than a "Get Out of Jail Free" card. In the Monopoly game, you had to spend at least one turn in jail before you can use the card. In real life, these guys will probably never go to jail in the first place.
Wonhyo… You're right. In fact, they'll likely get multi-million dollar bonuses.
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The only records you are probably thinking about are personal ones that involve food. Others, around the world, had different ideas and a much larger (no, not waistband) agenda! From large gatherings to everything Christmas tree related. Read on after the jump to find out who wanted a Guinness World Record for Christmas!
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1. Most Lights on a Christmas Tree
150,000 is the blinking amount! This feat was achieved by the German television station RTL in Cologne in 2006, at the Cologne Cathedral. The annual lighting of the RTL-ChariTree is to raise money for the "We help children" charity.
2. Largest Gathering of Santas
Dressed as Santa Claus or as Santa's helpers, the Northern Irish city, Derry City, saw 12,965 people gathered in a town square to break the world record in 2007! And this was another event organized in the name of charity!
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This record has had many contenders since! But the 7,514 carolers that turned out at Bob Jones University, South Carolina in 2004 are the verified, world record holders! We hope they all don't all show up on our doorstep at once…actually, that's probably an impossibility.
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This one just in! The longest Christmas cracker pulling chain involved 566 people and…what's that…283 crackers! The participants assembled at the UK headquarters of Vodafone in Berkshire, on 1 December, 2011!
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Phew! Even if you are usually good at guessing your secret Santa we don't suppose you'd crack the code under these circumstances! 1,270 people took part in this game! Who doesn't love the sight of people shoving presents in the faces of others, looking like they are trying to get rid of them as if they were lumps of coal! This event took place in 2008 at the headquarters of the UK chemists, Boots, in Nottingham.
6. Most Consecutive Christmas No. 1 Singles
1960s Beatlemania meets 1990s Spicemania! Both British groups have had 3 consecutive Christmas No. 1 singles. In order, beginning in 1964, the Beatles' hits were: 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand', 'I Feel Fine', and 'Day Tripper/We Can Work it Out'. And, starting in 1996, the Spice Girls' hits were: '2 Become 1', 'Too Much', and 'Goodbye'!
7. Most Fairy Lights on Residential Property
We can only imagine how magical this setting must have been! Maybe not so magical for any competitive neighbors whose hopes, at winning the 'best decorated house on the block', were dashed! This record is held by the Richards family, in Australia. It took them 4 years to decorate their above with 331,038 lights! No wonder it took that long!
8. Most Expensive Decorations on Christmas Tree
The Swiss, luxury watch brand, Piaget holds the record for the most expensively decorated Christmas tree. Put-up in Japan, It was decorated, in 2002, with see-through balls that encased Piaget watches, and jewelry, that amounted to over 16 million USD!
9. Largest Star as a Christmas Tree Decoration
The Indian property company, An Apple A Day, created and erected the largest star ornament in 2009, with a height of 31.59 meters!
10. Largest Christmas Stocking
Christmas Stockings are associated with children, so it may not be a surprise that the world's largest Christmas stocking belongs to 'children'! The charity, the Children's Society in the UK made the red and white stocking, in 2007, that measured over 30 meters long and about 15 meters wide!
11. Largest Advent Calendar
The sounds of locomotive engines and whistles blowing at a London railway station are historical sounds indeed. Though, to mark the renovation and modernization of the London St Pancras railway station, an Advent Calendar, measuring over 70 meters high and over 20 meters wide, was built in 2007!
12. Largest Collection of Santa Memorabilia
Santa, all I want for Christmas this year is…you! One Canadian likes the color of red and white so much that he has a whole collection of, no, not ice hockey jerseys, but Santa Claus memorabilia! As of 2010, Jean-Guy Laquerre had precisely 25,104 different items in his extensive collection that includes figurines, cards and even napkins!
13. Oldest Christmas Tree
It's a bit shriveled, but the oldest Christmas tree is allowed to be! Especially since it's never without its
makeup decorations anyways! Janet Parker of the UK owns the small, potted, tree as it belonged to her Great Aunt, and was purchased in 1886!
14. Most Valuable Christmas Card
Illustrator John Calcott Horsley is actually credited with designing the first Christmas card, shown in the gallery above. In 2001 a card that was originally sent from Sir Henry Cole (the man said to have been responsible for the commercialization and sending out of cards during Christmastime) to his grandmother in 1843, fetched 20,000 British Pounds at an auction!
15. Most Santas Distributing Gifts Simultaneously
3,939 santas gathered in the Constitutei Square in Romania's capital, Bucarest, equipped with presents, to achieve a world record! They didn't pelt them at each other, or anything of that nature, but instead distributed the gifts to people in the city, spreading the cheer while parading in their bright outfits! Let's just hope the young children who were anticipating one Santa, in the middle of the night, weren't too confused!
This long (but not world record long) list was inspired by the Telegraph's list.
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Game of Thrones : Season 3
- Network: HBO
- Series Premiere Date: Apr 17, 2011
- Starring: Peter Dinklage, Charles Dance, Lena Headey
- Summary: The battle for the throne continues with Ayra and Bran still out in the countryside; Sansa is married off to another; Jon Snow meets Wildlings leader, Mance Rayder (Ciaran Hinds); Dany reunited with her dragons seeks an army; and Catelyn and Rob continue to fight the Lannisters' army.
- Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy
- Creator: David Benioff , D.B. Weiss
- Season 3 premiere date: Mar 31, 2013
- Episode Length: 60
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The horrors of war, the danger of shifting alliances and the anguish of intra-family rivalries raise the dramatic stakes, matched by the glorious visuals.
The show beautifully depicts a massive game of musical chairs, a world at war with doom ever present just across the border.
Those who make the investment are richly rewarded. There's enough tension, betrayal, treachery, greed and sex, after all, to fill eight seasons of "Scandal."
So far (judging from the first four episodes), it's living up to our highest expectations.
I just want my favorite shows to be able to break my heart, and the more broadly Game of Thrones ranges and the longer its cast list grows, the tougher it will be for the drama to do that. It's impossible not to be drawn into the saga, however (aside from one or two strands that are filler and/or confusingly laid out).
Game of Thrones seems to be getting better all the time judging from the four episodes sent for review. It's just that it also seems to be taking longer and longer to get there in the interests of servicing all the returning and new characters in play.
[Peter Dinklage, Ciaran Hinds, Paul Kaye, and Dianna Rigg are] all fun to watch, even when their characters don't have anything in particular to do besides relay information that we need to keep up with the story or keep straight the seven (so we're told) warring families.
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Mar 31, 2013For a show as vast and complex as HBO's Game of Thrones, a slow and careful re-introduction is probably for the best. The pace of tonight'sFor a show as vast and complex as HBO's Game of Thrones, a slow and careful re-introduction is probably for the best. The pace of tonight's Season 3 premiere is accordingly quite measured- one might say that it abruptly ends before anything significant actually occurs- but we find ourselves cured of cliffhanger and able to begin sorting through a plot that has had a tendency to overwhelm in the past. Timeframe, along with the pantheon of characters, has been somewhat condensed from the novelistic version of tonight's events, but the cuts were made carefully and do not yet appear to leave any obvious holes or scars. Performances are impressive, writing is stellar, new winds of complexity begin blowing in the north and south alike, and one can't help but wish it were already next Sunday. Game of Thrones is back.… Expand
Jan 28, 2014Game of Thrones was something I frowned upon at first, friends told me what it was and I kind of shrugged it off. Biggest mistake ever.Game of Thrones was something I frowned upon at first, friends told me what it was and I kind of shrugged it off. Biggest mistake ever.
This show is absolutely everything I wanted in a TV series for such a very long time. Absolutely amazing photography & cinematography, brilliant music & audio plus the amazing actors and crew which build one hell of a story to tell. The 3 seasons of this so far have kept me gripped and interested the entire journey, and the fourth season is only just around the corner now!
I highly recommend this!… Expand
Jul 8, 2013It got off to a slow start and launched into the most blood-soaked, bugf**k crazy season yet. I'm not going to spoil anything here, but thisIt got off to a slow start and launched into the most blood-soaked, bugf**k crazy season yet. I'm not going to spoil anything here, but this season is not for the faint of heart.… Expand
Jun 19, 2013Season 3 was shocking with some extra jagged and unforeseeable turns. A diverse story with interesting characters Its pace works both waysSeason 3 was shocking with some extra jagged and unforeseeable turns. A diverse story with interesting characters Its pace works both ways (in its favor as well as against it) The best thing on TV … Expand
Sep 5, 2013If you are a fan of the books you might be disappointed by some of the liberties the writers have taken, but to put such a vast complexIf you are a fan of the books you might be disappointed by some of the liberties the writers have taken, but to put such a vast complex series of books to screen is one of the best things I've ever seen. HBO has brought one of the best series of novels to screen and hopefully is going to continue into the future doing the same with this property.… Expand
Jul 3, 2013At times I felt that season three was the show's slowest yet. For me too many of the characters, I can think of Arya, Sam, Jaime and Brann offAt times I felt that season three was the show's slowest yet. For me too many of the characters, I can think of Arya, Sam, Jaime and Brann off the top of my head, were sharing journeys of a similar nature and although the plot only visited them occasionally, there didn't seem to be much diversity between the story lines and episodes could be filled with people on the move, never seeming to make much progress towards their goals.
On the other hand, all the above is what makes Game of Thrones such a great show. The plot moves along at its own speed, steadily moving the massive cast of characters along in their respective story arcs. The slow and deliberate story telling is such a contrast to many TV shows where writers seem to rush plots at the expense of character development. That is not to say that Game of Thrones is not capable of turning up the excitement levels. I think this season has contained the biggest shocks of the show so far and considering what happened at the end of season one, that is saying something.
This leads me on to the episode The Rains of Castamere, also known as The Red Wedding. I'm keen not to give anything way so it is difficult to comment on but for me this episode underlines the greatness of the show. A colossal event in terms of characters and story line that you just would not see in any other show. Imagine Tony Soprano's family being wiped out in the middle of an episode in the middle of a season. Totally unheard of. The scenes in particular were brilliantly produced as well and any silly doubts I had over the show were instantly erased by this episode.
Elsewhere, Tywin demonstrates he is the only Lannister able to lay the law down to Joffrey. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this in the future, Joffrey seems genuinely afraid of his grandfather. Tywin's arrival shakes things up at Joffrey's court and things change for Tyrion, Sansa and Littlefinger and even Cersei seems unable to avoid her father's plans to strengthen the family.
The season comes to a close with the fate of one major character unconfirmed and I can't wait for the fallout from the Red Wedding to filter across Westeros. The next season of Game of Thrones cannot return soon enough.… Expand
Jun 9, 2013Really dissapointed, they didn't finish the book like they were suppose to honestly this is more about money like always giving us crap ofReally dissapointed, they didn't finish the book like they were suppose to honestly this is more about money like always giving us crap of shows, they are going to do the same this as the twilight books giving us 3 seasons per book, we got left to see if the actors last for ten years to finish the series jajaj.
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Caramelised Onion & Goats Cheese Omelette
Total Time
Prep 5 mins
Cook 10 mins
Adapted from a recipe, from 'Australian Men's Health' magazine that I found online in October 2008. Add your choice of herbs. Lately I've been using grindings of a fabulous rosemary and sage blend in a grinder.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 tablespoon butter, preferably unsalted
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 4 eggs
- 40 g goat cheese
- 1 pinch rosemary (optional)
- 1 pinch sage (optional)
- 1 pinch oregano (optional)
- 1 pinch marjoram (optional)
- 1 pinch thyme (optional)
- salt, to taste
- fresh ground black pepper, to taste
- rocket or baby spinach leaves or salad greens, 2 handfuls
- 1⁄2 tablespoon olive oil (or 1/4 tablespoon olive oil and 1/4 tablespoon fresh lemon juice)
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- Melt the butter in a (preferably non-stick) pan and sauté the onion and garlic until they have softened and just lightly browned; add the sugar and continue cooking until the consistency of the contents of the pan is sticky like a jam; remove from the pan. If you want to use the same pan, rinse or wash it as necessary and wipe it clean with kitchen towelling.
- Whisk the eggs lightly and pour into a (preferably non-stick) pan; when the base of the omelette is beginning to set, add the cheese, onions and garlic, your choice of herbs and salt and pepper to taste.
- Cook the top of the omelette under a grill; slide the omelette onto the serving plates and serve immediately with your choice of salad greens drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with lemon zest.
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This was very different for me, compared to the omelettes I normally eat. But after a couple of bites, it grew on me. I followed the directions as written but had to sub regular onion for the red and left out the rosemary, but used all other optional ingredients for the omelette. I used some fleur de sel for the salt to really make it a French omelette. And since I was having this for breakfast, I didn't us the salad greens. Next time I would completely leave out the sugar, as the caramelised onions are sweet enough. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Made for ZWT 5.
Made the omelette as a special treat since it was hubby's day off and we could linger over breakfast. I used 3 fresh herbs - rosemary, marjoram, and thyme - and did use the salad greens-forgot the lemon zest even though I had it at the ready. Made for the Bodacious Brickhouse Babes, ZWT5.
Served this omelette for brunch today. Liked the tangy goat cheese with the caramelised onion, served it on top of the spinach. Used Thyme. Everything went well together, very flavorful. Made for ZWT 5, Omelette Challenge, Sultans of Spice


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James E Haile, Ernie, Col USAF, Ret., 93, of Sun City Summerlin, Nev., passed away June 6, 2009, with family at his bedside.
He was born Sept. 25, 1915, in Atlanta. He moved to Nevada after completing three successful careers, the first as an Air Force fighter pilot, the second as a mechanical engineer and the third as a real estate company owner. He graduated from Georgia Tech as a mechanical engineer in 1938, was commissioned as a second lieutenant pilot in 1939 in the Army Air Corps and flew 23 combat missions during World War II. He flew 52 different aircraft during his career with the Air Force. Upon retiring from the Air Force, he began his mechanical engineering career with Battelle Institute in Ohio, then moved to Stencel Engineering in North Carolina.
In 1971, he and his wife, Buena, started a real estate company in their then hometown of Hendersonville, which they operated until 1990. In 2003, he and Buena retired to Sun City to be near family.
He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Buena; a son, James III (Sandra); a daughter, Jill Hunter, DDS (Ken); four grandchildren, Kelly (Jerry Coughlin), Jackie (Brian Hollister), Danica (Jeremy Knievel), and Javin Haile; and eight great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Mountain View Presbyterian Church 8601 Del Webb Blvd,, Las Vegas. Interment will follow at 1:20 p.m. at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, Nev. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Mountain View Presbyterian Church.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas- Junior Takia Starks (Houston, Texas) scored 17 points and junior Danielle Gant (Oklahoma City, Okla.) added 16 as the 11th-ranked Texas A&M women's basketball team handed No. 14 Auburn its first loss of the season, 62-60, Saturday night before a season-best crowd of 3,663 fans at Reed Arena.
The Aggies posted their school-record 23rd consecutive home victory to improve to 9-1 on the season, while the Tigers fell to 9-1. Auburn was one of nine unbeaten schools leading into the game.
After trailing by as many as nine points in the second half, the Tigers pulled within a point with 3:17 remaining, 57-56, but senior point guard A'Quonesia Franklin (Tyler, Texas) scored A&M's next five points on a three-pointer at the shot clock buzzer and two free throws to hold the Tigers at bay. Franklin ended the night with eight points.
Earlier in the contest, Franklin dished out the 500th assist of her career and finished the game with a team-high five assists. Starks also hit a career milestone with the 1,000th point of her three-year A&M career at the 14:44 minute mark of the first half. She became the 19th women's basketball player in school history to reach 1,000 career points and is currently at 1,014.
A&M took an 11-point lead into halftime on the strength of a 20-4 run late in the first period. The run started after the Aggies fell behind by six points with 12:54 to go in the first half of play, 17-11.
For the fifth-straight game, A&M shot better than 40 percent from the floor (41.7) and scored 34 of its total points in the paint including a seven-point and eight-rebound effort by senior Patrice Reado (Houston, Texas). Four Auburn players scored in double figures including a team-high 13 points and nine rebounds from Jordan Greenleaf.
Senior Morenike Atunrase (Shreveport, La.) returned to the lineup at the 14:05 minute mark of the first half after missing the first nine games of the season. Atunrase had surgery in October to correct a non-healing stress fracture in her right tibia and was expected to return for Big 12 Conference play in January.
Postgame Notes…For the sixth time this season, A&M used the starting lineup of A'Quonesia Franklin, Takia Starks, Danielle Gant, Ashlaa Horton and La Toya Micheaux (5-1)…Starks recorded her 1,000 career point at the 14:44 minute mark of the first half and ended the night with a game-high 17…She extended her double-digit scoring streak to 16 consecutive games which dates back to the last six games of the 2006-07 season…Starks became the 19th women's basketball player in school history to reach the milestone…She (1,014) and senior Morenike Atunrase (1,035) also became the program's sixth 1,000 career point duo…Gant had a near double-double performance with 16 points and nine rebounds in the winning cause and has now scored in double figures in five-straight contests…Franklin dished out five assists to record her 500th career assist at A&M…She became the third player in school history to dish out 500 career assists next to All-American Lisa Branch (795) and Toccara Williams (724)…With the victory, A&M takes a 1-0 lead in the all-time series versus Auburn…A&M picked up its first home win over a non-conference top 25 opponent since an 83-73 victory over No. 16 Duke on Nov. 17, 1995 at G. Rollie White Coliseum…It was the program's first home win against a non-conference top 25 opponent at Reed Arena…The Aggies last beat a top 25 non-conference opponent in a 75-60 win over No. 20 Mississippi on a neutral court on Dec. 18, 1995…It was also the 14th time for a ranked Aggie squad to face another ranked opponent…A&M is now 7-7 all-time in those contests…No. 14 Auburn was the highest-ranked non-conference top 25 opponent the Aggies have beaten since 1994 in four wins over a non-conference top 25 opponent next to No. 20 Florida (3/16/94), No. 16 Duke (11/17/95) and No. 20 Ole Miss (12/18/95)…The Aggies extended their home court winning streak to 23 consecutive games at Reed Arena…A season-best 3,663 fans were in attendance at Reed Arena.
On Auburn and keeping the home court streak alive …
"We almost gave it away at the end. We were doing the little things right. Transition was our strength on offense. Our screens and our defense was pretty good. By far, that's the best team we've played all year. They (Auburn) are a very good ballclub and well coached. Their point guard (Whitney Boddie) kept them in the ballgame."
On what's ahead and beating a top 25 opponent …
"We are definitely a top 15 team and so is Auburn. We just happen to have the last possession. We are going to get better because of this game. The key to the ballgame was that both teams played good on defense. They did a good job on (Danielle) Gant and we did a good job on (DeWanna) Bonner. We both have some next-level players. This was an NCAA Sweet 16 or second round type game. We are going to continue to work and get ready for George Washington for now, but I wanted to keep that (home court winning) streak alive. We knocked off Oklahoma last year. Every game in the Big 12 is going to be like it was today, because the Big 12 North is so improved as well as the South."
On the start of the game …
"We started off the game with two big mistakes. We scouted them very well, but let them score easily. Morenike (Atunrase) came in with a lot of energy and taking the ball off the dribble. They (Auburn) came out with a lot of energy. We took care of the ball and we played great defense. They made big shots when it counted and we got the stop. We were really jacked up to play this team. This is a new step for us to take on a top 25 team. We needed to come out and play and step up to the challenge and we did."
On Auburn and getting the victory over a top 25 opponent …
"The weave offense, that's a tough offense to guard. They are a great ballclub and give credit to their guards. We had a lack of ball pressure at times and lack of communication on switching. Overall, we controlled that and it helped the outcome of the game. We played like a top 10 team tonight. We stepped it up and showed our true colors. We were a top 10 team and got the win."
On the game …
"I thought we had a great effort by our team. We let them offensive rebound in the second half and get too many second chance opportunities. I felt that was really our biggest detriment to our team. We fought hard and had some really big plays at the end. Both teams came to play a really good basketball game and we just fell a little short. This would have been a great win to beat another ranked team. We'll learn a lot from this game."
On the loss …
"In the first half we had too many turnovers. If we had limited our turnovers, it would have been a different ballgame. It was a great atmosphere (at Reed Arena). The season isn't over for us and we will learn from it."


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Middlemarch Swimming Pool committee hopes keen mountain
bikers might help provide a solution.
The pool committee is organising the Mountain to Middlemarch
Bike Ride on April 26 to help raise funds for repairs needed
to fix the town's much-used, leaky pool.
Committee spokeswoman Stephanie Macaulay said it was hoped
about 100 riders would take part in the 35km event, which
includes 10km of valley floor as well as mountain riding.
''People need to be mountain bike fit.''
The ride starts at the Rocklands Station covered yard. Bikers
will climbthe Old Dunstan Rd to the Logan Burn before joining
a farm access track winding down the end of the Rock and
Pillar Range to the Strath Taieri Valley floor, down another
farm track to Browns Rd and finishing with a downhill sprint
to the Middlemarch Community Centre.
The ride would also help with the community board's aim of
increasing recreational access to the area's mountains, she
It was hoped it would be well supported but, whatever the
interest, it would go ahead.
The pool, built about 65 years ago and covered 15 years to 20
years ago, had given the community ''good, loyal service''
but was showing its age, Mrs Macaulay said.
''It is well used by the school and community but you have to
keep up with the maintenance.''
The committee were well aware that if it lost the facility it
would not get a new one.
They had worked hard this summer to make repairs and raise
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Ripon Christian suffered its first loss of the season Tuesday in Stockton, and it wasn't close.
East Union knew coming into the week that it would likely encounter the first challenge of the Valley Oak League season. The Lancers answered the call, drubbing the visiting Sonora Wildcats 232-275 Tuesday in at Manteca Park Golf course.
The offensive machine that is Manteca High's boys soccer team continued to churn out goals by the bundle in the first round of its own Buffalo Cup Friday at Guss Schmiedt Field.
GALT-The Lathrop High Spartans came out flat in the season opener at Liberty Ranch.
The Manteca High volleyball team got its first win of the 2012 season out of the way on Thursday, but it also served as a reminder that there is still work to be done.
East Union's volleyball team earned its first win for rookie head coach Rich Posz the hard way.
Ripon Christian earned its first win of the Valley Foothill League season in style, edging out the visiting Riverbank Bruins by two-strokes in a 189-191 victory Thursday at Jack Tone Golf Course.
Manteca High suffered its second consecutive loss in as many days Wednesday when the Buffaloes fell to Gregori High 3-0 in non-league action.
After rolling through a its first few opponents with near-laughable ease, East Union stumbled upon a Sac-Joaquin Section champion on its home course. Lodi took full advantage, handling East Union easily 218-249 Wednesday at Woodbridge Golf and Country Club.
With six goals netted by halftime, second half action between Sierra and Franklin seemed destined for more scoring. The two clubs didn't disappoint, providing another four goals to settle with a 5-5 tie Tuesday at Sierra High.
Three players hit the maximum score of 83 on Manteca Park Golf Course's par-37 front nine, and none of the three favored to post the lowest individual score did not.
It didn't take long for Ripon Christian to make its first big statement for the 2012 season.
The Weston Ranch Cougars were able to open the season on a good note, using a pair of first-half goals to cruise to a 3-0 shutout victory over Stagg in Tuesday's season opener.
East Union dropped a four-game match (19-25, 25-18, 17-25, 20-25) to visiting Orestimba Monday.
Ripon had many chances to take the lead in the second half.
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Analyst: Bank of America eyes Barclays
Published: Saturday, December 9, 2006 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, December 9, 2006 at 1:02 a.m.
CHARLOTTE -- Shares of Barclays PLC rose more than 4 percent Friday after an investment analyst advised clients that Bank of America Corp. may be interested in bidding for the London-based banking company.
''Bank of America has previously indicated that the next phase of its expansion is to become a leading global commercial and investment bank,'' Merrill Lynch research analyst Edward Najarian wrote in a note to clients Friday. ''In order to achieve that goal, we believe Bank of America is very interested in acquiring Barclays.''
Barclays' U.S. shares rose $2.46, or 4.41 percent, to close at $58.25 on the New York Stock Exchange, while Bank of America shares fell 83 cents, or 1.58 percent, to finish at $51.66.
Bank of America spokesman Scott Silvestri said it is the bank's policy not to ''comment on market rumor or speculation.''
Barclay's spokesmen in London and New York said the company did not comment on market rumors.
Barclays, the United Kingdom's third-largest bank by market capitalization, would give Bank of America a significant international presence as well as a major U.K. retail and commercial bank and the U.K.'s biggest credit-card business, Najarian wrote.
''We think Barclays is the perfect fit for Bank of America, given our understanding of Bank of America's international aspirations,'' he wrote.
Bank of America, based in Charlotte, is currently the second-largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization behind Citigroup Inc.
Bank of America wants to make itself a leader in global businesses such as treasury management, asset management and fixed-income underwriting and trading, Najarian wrote.
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