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9 bedroom house for saleWebb Estate, Purley, Surrey
Guide Price £4,950,000
Property Description
Key features
- State of the art technology
- 4 reception rooms & orangery
- Cinema, recording studio
- Indoor swimming pool complex
- 8 beds & 1 bed apartment
Full description
Tenure: Freehold
Glenacre is set in the renowned Webb Estate, originally farmland and now a residential estate maintaining its atmosphere of tranquility and isolation. Glenacre is within easy reach of Purley and 15 miles south of London, offering the best of country and city life. Purley provides pubs, restaurants, local shopping and a Tesco superstore. There are also sports and leisure facilities nearby, including Purley Sports Club, Woodcote Park and Purley Downs Golf Clubs.
Comprehensive Shopping:
Bluewater Shopping Centre, Whitgift and Centrale in Croydon and The Glades in Bromley.
Mainline Rail Service:
Purley (0.5 miles) to London Bridge (20 minutes) Waterloo East, Charing Cross, Victoria and Gatwick Airport.
Primary Schools:
Woodcote, Margaret Roper RC, Christ Church C of E, Beaumont and St Nicholas.
Secondary Schools:
The John Fisher School, Thomas More RC, Wallington High and Woodcote High.
Independent Schools: .
Laleham Lea, Tudor Lodge, Lodge School, St David's and Surrey Hills.
Motorway Links:
The A23 Brighton Road leads to Junction 7 of the M25 with access to Dartford Crossing, Channel Tunnel Terminus, Ebbsfleet International, South Coast and Bluewater shopping centre, along with Junction 8 of the M23 to Gatwick Airport.
Glenacre is an outstanding family home, set in private and beautiful grounds within the exclusive Webb Estate. Constructed in 2007, this exceptional property has been built to Liberty Home's renowned high standard of quality and finish. It provides every comfort for luxurious modern family living, combining superbly elegant and spacious accommodation with state of the art entertainment and leisure facilities.
Points of note:
- High specification technology include opus multi-room entertainment system, CAT 5e capabilities, integral audio system. The security system includes CCTV, movement detectors, infra-red heat seeking monitors, vibration and knock entry devices and remote panic alarms.
- Marble flooring, ornate coving, multi paned and double glazed sash windows.
- Solid oak doors with beautiful detailed architraves provide a seamless connection between the rooms.
Ground floor
- Upon entry into Glenacre, the reception hall features a striking black and white marble floor leading to the centerpiece the impressive pure white marble bifurcating staircase with elegant iron balusters connecting to an oak handrail. The 2nd floor glass atrium with electric openers fills the staircase and reception hall with natural light and fresh air setting an appealing and welcoming environment. A beautifully fitted cloakroom and boot room are also provided.
- At the front of the house is the informal family room lending itself to a comfortable and relaxing environment.
- The grand drawing room is a more formal reception room benefitting from double bi-fold doors opening to the versatile sitting room, forming an excellent open plan area ideal for receiving and entertaining guests. The drawing room features a beautiful marble fireplace inset with remote control gas fire. Two sets of French doors open onto the rear upper terrace featuring fine views over the imposing formal gardens and beyond.
- The dining room provides a venue that is perfect for all dining occasions with a door link to both the drawing room and kitchen/breakfast room. It features a bay window flooding the room with natural light and central French double doors giving access to the rear upper terrace with compelling views over the grounds.
- The sensational kitchen/breakfast room is superbly appointed to provide plenty of space for informal entertaining. The kitchen has been meticulously designed and fitted by Mark Wilkinson with granite work surfaces. The central island unit extends to provide a breakfast table. It benefits from a full range of high quality integrated appliances, including Miele steam oven, coffee maker, dishwasher, deep fat fryer, Sub-Zero fridge/freezer and two Sub-Zero fridge drawers. Wolf range oven with 6 burners, wok, grill, Teppanyaki and double oven (with extractors over). Sub-zero wine fridge with two temperature zones. Cleverly designed to combine with the Orangery, providing a comfortable relaxed area and featuring a glass atrium with electric openers admitting an abundance of natural light. Sets of double French doors to both the rear of the kitchen and Orangery provide views over the gardens and access to the upper terrace, which can comfortably host an al fresco dinner party.
- Adjoining chef's kitchen also designed by Mark Wilkinson offers the luxury of extra cooking and storage space.
- A versatile self contained apartment is ideal for an au-pair, including a bedroom/sitting room (which is currently being used as a study) with oak flooring, shower room and a kitchen. Accessible via the kitchen and its own exterior door.
Lower ground floor
- The star feature of this fabulous home is the lower ground floor. The cinema room is a symbiosis of luxury and technology. Fitted with 18 reclining leather cinema chairs with integrated cup holders. Perforated screen, projector and Lutron lighting system.
- The state of the art indoor pool complex is also made for luxuriating. It includes swimming pool with electric cover, Jacuzzi, steam room, utility room with his and hers changing and showering facilities. Stylish glass-topped bar with fitted units. Integrated appliances include American fridge/freezer, microwave and coffee machine. There is a dance floor featuring disco and strobe lighting. It even has its own sound proof recording studio. Natural light cascades into the pool room though French doors which open onto the garden terrace.
Upper floors
- The grand first floor master suite has beautiful views across the gardens and beyond. It combines indulgence, comfort and privacy, including bedroom, dressing room and en suite bathroom.
- There are three further bedrooms to the first floor, each with their own well-appointed bathroom and fitted wardrobes.
- On the second floor, the flexible accommodation is presently arranged as four bedrooms (one of which has a private bathroom), family bathroom, kitchen/breakfast room and a communications room.
- The property is approached via electrically operated wrought iron gates that open onto a generous block-paved carriage driveway. Flanked by a variety of ornamental trees and shrubs with a raised central front lawn. In addition to the driveway parking is provided within the integral double garage and the attached double garage.
- The front doors sit beneath an impressive portico entrance with Georgian columns.
- The landscaped garden graces the rear of the property with a mixture of terraces, wide open lawns, formal beds, hedges, sculptures and tree screens. Truly a luxurious and elegant setting.
- A full width upper terrace with loggia is perfect for al fresco dining and enjoying the beautiful views over the garden and beyond. Steps to either side lead down to a generous paved sun terrace with a striking front water feature, lending the setting to exquisite tranquility. Adjoining open lawns reach out from the terrace edged with a beautiful array of mature shrubs, hedges and trees that provide privacy and seclusion.
- Part of the lower section of the garden has been bordered to provide a vegetable plot with greenhouse, garden shed and fruit trees.
- The garden also benefits from extensive lighting, an automated irrigation system, summer house and gardeners cloakroom.
From our Locksbottom office turn left onto Crofton Road. Turn right at the traffic lights then immediately left onto the A232 Croydon Road. Continue to follow the road for about 8¼ miles, through Croydon and over the Croydon Flyover. Shortly afterwards, turn left onto the A23 Purley Way and follow this into Purley Town Centre. Go around the one-way system, passing the Tesco Extra on your left and take the third exit onto the A23 Banstead Road. Take the first left onto Woodcote Valley Road and then the first right onto Furze Lane. Take the first left onto Furze Hill going through the Webb Estate entrance gates. Glenacre can be found shortly on your left hand side.
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3. Marc Anthony: The Truth About His Split From Jennifer Lopez: In an exclusive interview with ABC News' John Quinones, for the first time, Anthony talked about why his marriage to J.Lo crumbled. Although tabloids claimed that he broke up their 7-year-old marriage with affairs, Anthony says, "absolutely not." The reason for their break-up, he says, was much simpler. Their marriage just no longer "worked." "It was a realization on both our parts. So you know it wasn't shocking. These things happen," he said. "It was a decision that we made jointly."
4. President Obama on Economy, Guns Going to Mexico:In an exclusive interview with ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper, President Obama talked at length about his frustrations with the country's current economic situation and how he viewed his overall performance as president.
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Single Action Revolvers
Most of the threads/photos I see are of double actions and while I love them as well I thought it would be nice to have a single thread with a bunch of photos and info on all the different single actions we have.
I'm a big cowboy fan from when I was little. My first single action was a Ruger New Black Hawk .357 with a 4 3/4" barrel which I ended up selling. At the time I didn't think about getting a Colt SAA due to price. I absolutely wanted a Colt at some point due to the history with them. Eventually I hope to own a 1st or 2nd gen SAA.
Recently, missing having a single action, I've sort of gone hardcore into them again. First pick up two weeks ago was a Uberti El Patron CMS 3.5" .357. It is tuned from the factory with Wolff springs and they have been tested and certified for flawless fit and function.
Mine locks up tight and has a great fit and finish. The checkered grips are great! The CCH (color case hardening) isn't "real". It isn't done in a furnance with charcoal. It doesn't look bad at all, but just different.
Below is my EMF Great Western II Custom. The Custom EMF's are hand fitted and polished at the factory. The pistol is sent to Turnbull Restoration (Doug Turnbull) to be CCH. This is the real deal and it looks stunning! Before I received the EMF I didn't think there would be a huge difference between the CCH when comparing to the Uberti, but there is. My EMF has the Express grip with some beautiful checkered wood grips. It is setup with a 4 3/4" barrel.
After ordering those two I realized I wasn't done. Back off to Gunbroker I went. I scored another Uberti El Patron, but in a 4 3/4" barrel this time. After that one I realized I wanted something a bit more original. I started to look at USFA's but since they arn't made anymore prices were pretty close to what I could pay, and at some points exceeded, the price of an actual Colt SAA.
All these revolvers were in .357 Mag and I knew if I was to get a Colt it had to be in .45. It would be my only firearm chambered in it, but it is just too perfect not to get it chambered in that caliber.
Found one on GB for a decent price, new in box and bought it. 4 3/4", blued/case colored, black rubber grips. Now it's a waiting game for the Colt, the Uberti, and some .45 ammo to arrive.
I'm looking forward to running these at the range. If they shoot as well as they look i'll be happy.
I just posted in the revolver thread, but I'll show mine here too.
I, like you, have always had a fascination with these things, but never made the effort to own one. I saw the recent Ruger New Vaquero's that were the TALO Exclusive. They were stainless, 3 3/4" barrel, and offered in .45acp or .45LC. They came with a birds head grip frame and gray laminate stocks. I fell in love with birds head grips at that moment.
I kept my eyes peeled for a while, but not much was available, especially for the spare cash I had. I came across a local fellow selling a few 'old' Vaqueros. He had a stainles and a case colored .357 with the birds head grips. I almost went with the stainless, but it just didn't seem right on a gun like this. The cowboys weren't running around with stainless revolvers!
I picked up the Case colored one. If you didnt know this, Ruger's case coloring was about the worst imitation out there. So bad and so weak (it rusted off nearly instantly if you put the gun in a safe) that ruger was re-blueing the whole guns for free, and stopped making the case color.
Anyway, it looked like crap when i got it. The blueing was PERFECT, but the case coloring was gone and replaced with a nasty brown color. I hit the frame with a terry cloth and some good cleaning products, and just rubbed it down. Took it alot closer to bare metal and it came out great. Looks like the frame is 100 years old. too bad the blueing is perfct haha.
If i had the cash, I'd send it off to turnbull for the REAL thing, but that's putting $350 into a $400 gun.
I've got a super Black Hawk hammer on the way, and I'll be ordering a set of checkered 'ivory' grips for it.
Anyway, enough of the story telling, time for the gun.
Picked up a rig recently too. Really need to get some patina on the leather and the bluing. Time to wear the crap outta the gun and the leather!
Well, bless you for askin'! Here are some of my .44s, mostly .44 Magnums:
And here are a couple of .44 Specials I recently acquired:
And here are my .45 Colt Single Actions:
I DO like the Single action revolver.
Bob Wright
As to the finish on the older Vaqueros, here is mine, a .45 Colt bought in 1996 but hardly fired at just over 2,700 rounds fired. And for the last three or four years has resided in a cigar box as my workshop gun.
I've kept it oiled with my receipe of 50/50 automotive motor oil and Three In One oil.
Bob Wright
Beautiful guns.......
Makes me wish I still had my .45Lc Vaquero, the the pair of Blackhawks I used to own.....:(
Beautiful guns, guys.
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There were many handguns used on the "Range". Not every one had a Colt SAA. There were many Merwin & Hulberts S&W SA & DA models. Very few actually carried handguns. Rifles carried in chuck wagons was more the rule.
My Ruger SA .45 Colt dual Cylinder .45 ACP.:)
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TARPON SPRINGS — Arunya Rouch, the woman accused of gunning down a co-worker outside a Publix, was insane at the time of the shooting, her attorney says in court documents.
And other new court records paint a vivid picture of the shootout inside the grocery, as Rouch roamed the store with a handgun tucked inside her green Publix shopping bag.
Rouch "suffered from a brief psychotic disorder at the time of the death of the victim in this case," the court papers say. Essentially, attorney George Tragos said in an interview, "she didn't know what she was doing."
Rouch was arrested in March after police said she approached co-worker Gregory Janowski in the Tarpon Springs Publix parking lot, and shot and killed him.
Tragos said Rouch was under stress and felt "humiliated and embarrassed" because she had been fired for threatening Janowski.
Tragos said Rouch felt "very harassed by a fellow employee and it just caused her to snap." He did not identify the employee. Friends and family members of Janowski have objected to any portrayal of Rouch as a victim.
The court papers list a doctor who will testify for the defense about Rouch's mental condition, Assistant State Attorney Fred Schaub said prosecutors would likely contact a doctor for another evaluation.
The insanity defense is "very rarely pleaded and it's very rarely successful," said professor Robert Batey of the Stetson University College of Law.
To succeed, attorneys must prove by "clear and convincing evidence" that their client did not know he or she was doing anything wrong at the time of the crime, because of some mental illness or defect, Batey said.
"Most defense attorneys consider it a plea of last resort, when you have nothing else," he added.
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It was a strange sight outside of Publix the morning of March 30: a woman standing in the parking lot with a gun, which she seemed to be pointing at a car, or maybe at gulls in the distance.
That was the scene witnessed by Heather Braga, an employee of a hair salon next to the Publix. Her comments are included in court records, along with depositions of other witnesses and police.
One of her co-workers, Gina Greco, saw the scene, too. She knew who Rouch was because she had cut her husband's hair before. And now, she said in her deposition: "I saw her take the gun and aim it to the window and fire into the window of the vehicle."
Those were the shots, authorities say, that killed Rouch's co-worker Janowski. Next, Rouch slipped the gun back into her green Publix bag.
And went into the store.
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Earlier on this morning, Ronald Chmielorz, meat manager for the Publix store, had been in a meeting with Rouch. At the meeting, a different manager told Rouch she was being fired for having recently threatened Janowski.
Chmielorz had recently warned Rouch not to work "off the clock," and she reportedly told him, "it's my culture."
At the time the shots were ringing out in the parking lot, Chmielorz had gone out the back of the store to help with a meat delivery. Two workers came up to say Rouch had come back into the store, carrying a gun. Chmielorz rushed back in.
Inside, he saw Rouch struggling with another employee, 72-year-old Virginia Wahler. "Virginia had Arunya in a headlock," he said. "I noticed that Arunya had a semiautomatic weapon at her side." He stepped up to help Wahler. But then, "Arunya broke loose."
So he started backing up, and "Arunya started coming after me with the gun at head level. … She's probably 5 feet from me, the gun at my head, I see a live round get discharged."
He figured the bullet misfired. So "I bolted as fast as I could" and went out back, telling other workers to leave the store, too. He tried to punch 911 into his phone, but couldn't dial in the bright sunlight.
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But 911 already had been called. Tarpon Springs police Sgt. Michael Trill heard the radio traffic and went to Publix, entering with Officer Clyde Thornton. This was after the shooting in the parking lot, but people were still shopping inside. "I began to yell for the evacuation," he said. The officers moved carefully along the store, from one end of an aisle to the next.
From Aisle 7, Trill saw Rouch coming out from Aisle 10, carrying a green bag.
Trill called for her to show her hands. Instead, "she went back, produced a gun at us, and shot." One of the bullets ended up in a silverware display.
Trill fired back through the end cap — the end of the aisle, which contained shelves of Triscuits — in Rouch's direction. He couldn't see her, but "I remember hearing her make a noise after I shot a round through the aisle." And then he heard metal hit the ground.
He looked around the end of the aisle, and he could see she had slumped to the ground. But then, "she brought the gun up and tried to shoot me in the face. As I popped back, she fired off a round." He fired two rounds that he said went through a garbage can and into Rouch.
He moved closer. Although he normally avoids touching guns at crime scenes, "she tried to kill me once, she tried to kill me twice, I wasn't going to let her get a third chance to try to kill me. I took my foot and I moved the gun away."
Rouch, who was treated for her wounds at Bayfront Medical Center, is at the Pinellas County Jail awaiting trial on murder and attempted murder charges.
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CORRECTION: Stetson University College of Law professor Robert Batey's name was misspelled in earlier versions of this article appearing in print and online.


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Interbreeding creates a hybridization problem where the native fish lose their genetic identity. In the South Llano, biologists have a chance to make a big difference. "When we started in the Guadalupe River system almost 20 years ago, Guadalupe Bass hybridization there was already at 30 percent and worsening," said Gary Garrett, PhD, TPWD inland fisheries biologist and a leader of the agency's new watershed program. "But in the South Llano, samples show only 3 percent hybridization. We're starting this one early, and that's why we have such a great chance to nip the problem in the bud." Today was the last of four fish releases done in recent weeks, totaling about 175,000 Guadalupe bass fingerlings going into the South Llano River this year. These are juvenile fish about 1.5 to 2 inches long. But the restoration effort is broader. Led by TPWD, a diverse coalition is also planning to fight erosion and protect river water quality through tactics like riverbank stabilization with native plants, mimicking natural conditions by creating log complexes and tree root wads, and installing boulder complexes. An important goal is to re-do poorly designed road crossings that alter the riverscape and are often barriers to fish passage. The restoration coalition will empower landowners by assembling and communicating Best Management Practices showcasing river protection tactics. The TPWD Landowner Incentive Program is offering grants to landowners to manage not only the river corridor but also uplands that drain into the river and affect water quality. A key partner is the South Llano Watershed Alliance, composed of riverside landowners and other stakeholders. TPWD is even working with locals and applying for grants to create a new Texas Paddling Trail for kayakers and canoeists along the South Llano. To help pay for all this, the agency has assembled close to $1.4 million in funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, in-kind contributions from landowners, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program, Texas State University, Texas Tech University at Junction, a federal State Wildlife Grant, a federal Sport Fish Restoration Grant, Anheuser-Busch, and the Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership. The new South Llano River project fits under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, an effort to address an unseen crisis for fish nationwide: loss and degradation of their watery homes. It's also part of the Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership, a multi-state regional collaboration whose work includes restoring native black bass like the Guadalupe bass across the southeastern U.S.A. Natural history background information about the Guadalupe bass is in a .pdf brochure available on the TPWD website called "Guadalupe Bass: the State Fish of Texas." NEWS PHOTOS showing the first Guadalupe bass stocking on the South Llano River are available as downloadable high resolution .jpg files in the news images area of the TPWD website. The news images group South Llano River Guadalupe Bass Stocking also contains a map showing the entire project area involving multiple Central Texas rivers. --- On the Net: http://tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/news_images/?g=south_llano_river_guadalupe_bass_stocking http://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_br_t3200_0191.pdf http://southllano.org/ http://fishhabitat.org/ http://southeastaquatics.net/ -30-


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So you're a young, single guy in Hollywood who makes the ladies scream, with plenty of money to spend. You want something that says "I have a sexy car," but also "I care about the environment." What kind of ride should you buy? There's just one: the hybrid Fisker Karma, which will set you back at least $105,000 … and that's without the customization that you'll surely want.
Justin Bieber, Joe Jonas, and Taylor Lautner have made the flashy car the unofficial vehicle for young celeb guys. (Slightly older studs like Leonardo DiCaprio, 38; Matt Damon, 42; and Ashton Kutcher, 34; own them, too, according to the New York Daily News.) Jonas, 23, was spotted letting his older brother, 25-year-old Kevin, take the wheel of his white Karma on Monday in Los Angeles, while "Twilight" actor Lautner, 20, cruised the streets of SoCal in his silver version last week. Meanwhile, 18-year-old Bieber, who received the car as a birthday gift from his manager, Scooter Braun, is regularly photographed driving his chrome Karma. He was even in it when he was memorably pulled over for speeding after a paparazzi chase on L.A.'s 101 Freeway in July.
The car, which came out this year, offers drivers the option of fueling up or plugging in for power. Arthur Patterson, the sales manager for Fisker Santa Monica, says the socially responsible aspect of owning a Karma is important to many of today's car shoppers. "It's probably one of the best-looking cars on the road — arguably — and you're able to have that type of vehicle [that's] new and beautiful-looking, but also plug-in electric, and the younger generation tend to be more environmentally friendly."
The only problem with the choice — as Bieber learned the hard way — is that Fisker Karmas are noticed by everyone, particularly photographers. But maybe that's another selling point for some celebs!
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What do you get when you combine a bunch of bored creative-types, a large warehouse and 49 microwave ovens? A Christmas song, hello!
Actually, we're not so sure they were bored - the people over at ideas agency AKQA put an enormous amount of planning into producing this little holiday greeting and here's some of the attention it deserves. Watch the video above and marvel.
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Holiday Gift Guide Flashback: True Christmas Spirit
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Growing up the way I did - barely getting by, fully understanding what hard times meant, and dealing with some messed up family stuff - we never really made Christmas a big deal. At least, it never really was to me. For example, one year we couldn't afford a Christmas tree (but when we did, we kept that thing for like a decade), my mom made us get some fallen twigs outside our apartment and she delicately wrapped them up in tin foil. We put it in a green vase and I think my sister actually tried decorating it by coloring the tin foil red and green. Ah, youth. Well, I couldn't totally blame her for her attempts to make something bad into something good, afterall, she had a perm and actually thought it looked cool. But, heck, it was the mid-80s, so the poor choice made by my nine-year-old sibling could be forgiven in retrospect.
In all honesty, the last Christmas I remembered before this particular one I'm about to tell you about when I was eleven, was when I was five. I got a whole bunch of Micronauts and this huge plastic Spider-Man doll that had a grappling hook, which was supposedly a web that he could "climb." Mind you, I don't blame my parents for any of this lack of remembering several years in between as they always did their best, God bless their hearts, and I'm glad my sister was always in the Christmas spirit, but I knew what was up. Okay sure, I was a Holden Caufield without knowing I was at the time, but whatever. I dealt with it. You couldn't fool me, I tell ya.
But, this particular Christmas, I got fooled.
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Holiday Gift Guide Flashback: A Dark Lord Christmas
Posted by David Torres Categories: Editorial, Features, Toys, Kids
I was nine years old and I was a huge Star Wars fan. I was looking forward to Christmas like every kid and I hoped to get a ton of Star Wars stuff.
Christmas morning finally came and back then I would try to sneak out of bed at four or five in the morning so I could start playing. Sometimes I would get caught and I was told to go back to bed, but I always came out later after the coast was clear.
That Christmas I woke up early and quickly ran to the living room to start opening my presents. Every gift I opened was a toy. I don't remember all of the stuff I got, but as I said it was all toys!
I went searching to the back of the tree to see if there was anything I missed and I found a present in the shape of a rectangle. This meant it was shirt box – clothes! Ugh. I tossed it back and buried it under some of my sibling's presents.
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Holiday Gift Guide Flashback: A Crushed Ice Christmas
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Editorial, Features, Household, Women
Purchasing gifts for a loved one is often difficult, especially when expectations are high. So, gentlemen - if you're struggling to find the perfect present for a significant other, please let me share a story about one of my most "memorable" gifts.
Back in 2001, my then-boyfriend (now husband) and I had our 1st real Christmas together. Although it was technically our second time celebrating the holiday, I didn't really count the first. Since we had only started dating weeks beforehand, I didn't anticipate much. But after a whole year together, I was curious to see how well he knew me. Apparently not as well as I had hoped.
To be fair, I did receive two gifts that day. The first was a beautiful green necklace. (Thankfully, it did not come attached to a Benny Bear.) And while I appreciated the tasteful choice in jewelry, the item was unfortunately not the thing I remember most about that December 25. It was a completely random selection still waiting in the wings: the ice crusher.
An ice crusher that my boyfriend/husband saw in Pottery Barn and thought was "cool" and "very pretty." (Granted - the Metrokane Ice-O-Matic did have a nice art deco design.) An ice crusher I didn't know I needed. An ice crusher my husband's coworker told him NOT to buy. (She said it wasn't exactly a "romantic" choice.) An ice crusher that said "crush my heart" and "ice queen" all at the same time. An ice crusher that up until last night (when I reminded my spouse of its existence), hadn't seen the light of day in years.
So in case you missed the lessons from my cautionary tale, let me list them out for you:
- "Pretty" things don't necessarily make good gifts.
- Don't ever buy your loved one something YOU want.
- Products that require manual labor should never be given, unless it's something they requested.
- If you ask another woman for a second opinion, please heed her advice.
- Read our Holiday Gift Guide, and let us help you.
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Holiday Gift Guide: Remembering my first DVD player
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Editorial, Features, Home Entertainment
Being both an early adopter, someone without a bunch of money, and a gadgetophile is a hard combination to pull off. Back in 1999, that was me as a teenager, and the thing I wanted most that year was a standalone DVD player. Sure, I had the DVD-ROM drive in my Sony Vaio desktop computer, but my monitor was only 15-inches back then, and I had a 28-inch television. Who wouldn't want to watch DVDs on their awesome 28-inch television, with ghetto stereo sound?
That year, my girlfriend at the time decided she would surprise me with a Sony DVD player. If you weren't in the market for DVD players back then, allow me to fill you in. Those $25 deals you are seeing this holiday season on players at Target and Wal-Mart? Yeah, prices have fallen exponentially. My first DVD player sold for $399.99. A serious token of her love, most certainly. I mean, I certainly wouldn't have gotten a DVD player otherwise.
I immediately snapped up The Usual Suspects and a couple of other titles that I don't even remember. I didn't even care, I was just all about the slick new piece of technology.
What about you? Any fond memories of holidays past, where you gave or received an awesome gift? Let us know in the comments
Amazon Has Banner Year
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Internet, Misc. Tech
Amazon has announced that it has had its best Holiday Season yet. Some of its most popular items were the Nintendo Wii, "Super Mario Galaxy" and "Call of Duty 4" video games, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" DVDs, Garmin GPS, Canon PowerShot digital Elph cameras, Timex heart rate monitor watches, Samsung LCD HDTVs, and Lego Kids' Star Wars Darth Vader watches. They claim their busiest day was December 10, when over 5.4 million items were ordered. That equals 62.5 items per second!
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Okay - what did you get?!
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You know how much we love living vicariously through others, so we just HAVE to know - what did you guys get this year? What was waiting under the tree, ready to delight you with it's awesome gadgety wonders? Let us know in the comments - we're listening!
Bummer Holiday Cards
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Editorial
There are lots of last minute ways to send e-greetings on line, making the necessity for actual cards and gifts unnecessary in this electronic age. We wonder if this will replace tips and bonuses for your mail carrier, FedEx deliverer, and the guy who sells you roach coach sandwiches. We found these cards created by someone who apparently gets as moody as we do around this time of year. For those of you who want to send anti-cards, the comments may not be explicit in the translation, but we figure you will catch the drift. By the way, ho-ho-ho from us to you. Have a great Holiday and thanks for reading.
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Hallmark Features Retro Ornaments
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Last minute tree trimming at our house usually consists of popcorn strings until the dog eats them. We wish we had gotten a Hallmark Keepsake Rock 'em Sock 'em Ornament. At least we would have had a fighting chance. At a size of 3 1/4 x 2 3/4-inches, push their buttons and their arms punch and heads bounce just like their life-size counterparts. It comes with a greeting card for $15.00.
For your trekkor friends, pick up the Star Trek II Keepsake. This one is 3 x 2 1/2-inches, has sound and flashing lights, and will set you back $28.00. We expect that if you wait (since it is probably closed today,) you can pick one up for sale when you return that cheesy Nut Bowl that your mother-in-law found at the back of the store in the markdown aisle.
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Keep The Kids Amused Online Today
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You have just realized that your buds are do anytime and you just had to finish "testing" their new electronic toys before wrapping them. You know that not only do you not have any wrapping paper left, your kids are bugging you that they don't have anything to do after you spent your last cent on them. Combine both projects and send the kidlets to Paper Snowflakes. They can download wrapping paper, create gift tags, make snowflakes out of coffee filters, and even play a few games.
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Florida schools wait for their recognition funds
In past years, hundreds of Florida schools would already have argued about how to spend their state recognition funds. A few might have chosen to use the money to pay for needed supplies, equipment or staffing, but in the vast majority of recipient schools, teachers would have advocated for heavily taxed bonus checks.
This year, the debate has not yet occurred. And more than one teacher has noticed and asked why.
The reason is simple. Lawmakers pushed back the deadline for deciding how to use the funds from Nov. 1 to Feb. 1 to accommodate for the state's new high school grading model, which isn't complete until late fall. The state hasn't even allocated the money to districts yet.
FLDOE officials said the money should be ready for distribution in January. The award amount will be $70 per FTE. Start preparing your recommendations for how to use the cash (but expect it to go toward bonuses).


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02 May McCalls 3830 + Craftsy Class
Since the last post my sewing took a domestic turn in the form of window treatments for my daughter's new apartment in Charleston. My husband and I drove down to check out her new home and help her settle in.
I sewed, she pressed, he hung; a comical scene since our family isn't exactly handy. Thirty-six hours later we congratulated ourselves on a job well done and headed for Edisto Beach.
Shortly before leaving for Charleston, I decided to enroll in a much-needed sewing course. For months, maybe years, I've been looking for the perfect skirt pattern. I finally concluded the only way to get the perfect one was to properly customize my existing skirt patterns, so I turned to this online course with Diana Rupp from Craftsy.com
I was really excited to get to Edisto and start on my skirt, but while getting my sewing machine from the car, this look of disappointment instantly appeared on my husband's face.
I ended up trading in my sewing time for a boat ride along with the worst sunburn I've had in 30 years.
Well I'm back home and finally finished both the sewing course and this white pique skirt – a vivid contrast against my bright red skin.Modeling the skirt will occur after my sunburn subsides, however, I am extremely pleased with the finished product. The skirt – McCalls 3830 – fits p e r f e c t l y and I expect to wear it throughout the summer.
Diana Rupp's course features two projects from her book, Sew Everything Workshop; a pillow and a tailored skirt. Although the course was described as great for beginners, I was ready to slow down, back up and learn professional techniques in order to move ahead. Not only was the course a wise investment for fitting purposes but it was a great refresher course for techniques I've never mastered until now (below).
Tempted to take The Couture Dress course with Susan Khalje, I'm glad I started with simple instructions to prevent some of the complications I've faced in past sewing projects.
Entering the ninth month of making my clothes instead of buying my clothes for a year with new knowledge and new expectations should be incentive enough to carry me through the final three months of my challenge;
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Theodore Hong
Maru-batsu is obviously a derivation of the game called go-moku or "five in a row", played widely in east Asia. The origin of the game is unclear, but I remember one enthusiast who claimed that sitting naked at the board assisted her concentration.
Tony Goddard
Tim Dowling needs to get out more. Travel broadens the mind, as we discovered when we first came across maru-batsu while on holiday in San Serriffe last April. There it is known as Notsi-Crossini and has evidently been played in bars and coffee shops since time immemorial.
Stephen Keeler
Hampton, Middx
I was so pleased to see the original and authentic maru-batsu covered in G2. So much better than the awful, inferior, American derivitive of tic-tac-to.
Jilly Hall
St Helens, Lancs
At last! A Japanese puzzle I can do without my family thinking I'm a geek. Shame about it not appearing daily, though.
Martin Cooper
Newport, Isle of Wight
Maru-batsu - what a brilliant find, and so socially inclusive. Can we look forward to a book of puzzles, maybe on April 1?
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Multiple people injured after an accident involving a MoDot Truck
Fri, 19 Jul 2013 04:05:00 GMT —
Four people were taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after an accident involving a MoDOT vehicle just West of Hannibal.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, an SUV was stopped at US 36 and Route H in Marion County when the driver attempted to cross US 36.
The SUV collided with a MoDOT truck and then hit another vehicle.
The driver of the SUV, his two passengers and the driver of the MoDot Truck were taken to Hannibal Regional Hospital for injuries.


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CYPRESS — The Mt. San Antonio College softball team played a near-perfect game Saturday and it came at the right time of the season in the Super Regionals at Cypress College.
Now the four-time CCCAA champions are one win from returning to the state playoffs for the ninth time since 2003, after a 14-1 thrashing of No. 2 seed Cypress College in five innings.
An 18-hit outburst and three-hitter in the circle by freshman pitcher Mayra Helguera (Arroyo HS), who is 8-3, led the Mounties (36-8) to the title game today.
"My movement throws (the batters) off because I'm a slower pitcher," Helguera said of her dominance Saturday.
Mt. SAC will play Cypress, a 9-0 winner over Saddleback in the elimination game, in a rematch for the chance to advance to next weekend's four-team state championships at Bakersfield College.
"I don't know, the softball gods," second-year Mt. SAC coach Ruby Rojas said, referring to the numerous bounces that went the Mounties' way Saturday.
"Everything has been set up perfectly. I think the girls deserve it and we've been working hard every day since August for one purpose only and that's to get to the big dance."
Cypress (32-13) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on a single and run-scoring double by freshman pitcher Alejandra Guillen (9-3).
The Mounties answered with eight runs on nine hits in the bottom half of the first.
Sophomore first baseman Charlotte Foster (4 for 4, 3 RBIs), who was named to the All-State team, started the outburst with an infield hit, and three more batters — shortstop Alexandrea Simmons (All-State), right fielder Brianna Gonzalez (2 for 2, 2 RBIs) out of Chino High and sophomore catcher Yumiko Hiroto (San Dimas) — all bunted successfully. Not one of the bunts went past the mound.
Sophomore third baseman Devin Vanderhoff (El Modena High), who was on the losing end two years ago to Cypress in the Super Regional championship game, hit a two-run single along with freshman second baseman Celina Felix (Montclair), who had a two-run double to center. Felix (3 for 3) was also named to the all-State team.
"There are a couple of my teammates who were with me two years ago that know what it feels like to be on that (losing) end," said Vanderhoff (3 for 3), who was named to the All-South Coast Conference second team.
Mt. SAC sent 12 batters to the plate in the first inning and batted around in the second for five more runs, giving them a 13-1 lead.
All nine Mt. SAC starters had at least one hit for a team that is fifth in the state with a .416 average.


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BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Down-on-their-luck homeowners who avoid foreclosure through short sales or loan forgiveness could owe the IRS big bucks because partisan wrangling is holding up extension of a popular tax break designed to help them.
"We're talking about people who are financially distressed and simply don't have the wherewithal to pay this tax liability," says Steve Brown, president of the National Association of Realtors. "If they had the money, they wouldn't be in distress."
Before 2007, homeowners who worked something out with their lenders to avoid foreclosure would find suddenly that the Internal Revenue Service treated any principal a bank forgave as taxable.
Say you owed $400,000 on a home whose value had dropped to $300,000 because of the housing bust, but you couldn't afford to either keep up the mortgage payments or sell the place and make up the $100,000 shortfall.
If you got the bank to agree to a "deed in lieu of foreclosure" taking back the house and forgoing the remaining $100,000 the IRS would consider the unpaid principal as "income" on which you owed taxes. You'd owe potentially as much as $30,000 or more on the money (and possibly state income taxes as well) even though you were probably broke.
Also see: 5 Cities That Aren't Seeing a Housing Recovery
Taxes also applied if you got a "principal reduction," in which you stayed in the home and the bank agreed to reduce your loan balance because it's not worth foreclosing, or if you did a "short sale" in which you sell your home at market prices and give the bank all proceeds, with the lender forgiving any amount over the sale price.


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Huston Bible
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New
Testaments, New York, T. Carlton and J. Porter,
undated, but between 1855-1870.
This Bible is in poor shape, and has only a few
entries, and the location is unknown. The binding
is broken, however. The title page is missing, so the
title page scanned is the New Testament one.
Transcibed by and in the possession of Tracy St. Claire,
[Page One -- Marriages]
Bennet Huston And Rachel V. Hodge Was Maried Augest
the 10 1865
[Page Two -- Marriages]
Bennet Huston and Rachel V. Hodge Was married August
the 10 1865
John W. Huston And Matilda Middagh Was married September
the 22 1887
[Page Three -- Births]
Rachel V. Hodg Was born Sept. the 1 1826
John W. Huston Was born September the 14. 1866
Matilda Middagh Was born June the 18 1869
Enos Freddy Huston Was born September the 1 1888.
Harry Bushnell Huston Was born August the 21 1895
[Page Four -- Deaths]
Rachel V. Huston Departed this life July the 22 1882
Bennet Huston Departed this life [no date]
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Press release
From Mission Health:
SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (July 18, 2013) – The Blue Ridge Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic is now operating at a new facility with improved technology and expanded services to better serve the Spruce Pine community. The clinic is located at 11728 South 226 Highway.
"Blue Ridge Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic represents the new standard for our facilities and how we intend to provide a healing environment for our patients, their families and our fellow employees," said Oscar K. Weinmeister III, FACHE, President and CEO of Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. "The facility is incredible. It allows us not only to see more patients, but also to expand the range of services we offer and truly improve the way we deliver care to the people of Spruce Pine."
The new Blue Ridge Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic features an improved X-ray system. This Picture Archiving and Communication System, known as PACS, allows X-rays and other diagnostic images to be captured, distributed and stored in a digital format viewable on computer screens at the clinic and at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. Additional services provided by physicians at the clinic will now include providing an athletic trainer at the McDowell County middle schools, medical assessment and injury care at local recreational events and an expanded bracing program that includes on-site, custom fitting.
"We took careful consideration when deciding to move the clinic. Our decision largely hinged on the ability to install the PACS system at the new location. This technology is a valuable tool that allows our physicians to do their job more efficiently than before," Teresa Musick, MPA, MSA, PA-C, Practice Manager and Director of Sports Medicine, said. "We are pleased to be able to provide our patients with a state-of-the-art facility and the technology to provide world-class care right here in western North Carolina."
Physicians at the clinic include David Van De Wyngaerde, MD, and Marvin Vice, DO. Blue Ridge Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic provides a full range of medical treatment and surgical procedures, from diagnostic imaging such as X-rays, CT scans or MRIs, to open surgery and minimally invasive procedures. Surgeries at the clinic include arthroscopy, total joint replacements of the hip and knee, fracture repair, hand surgery, foot and ankle surgery, rotator cuff repair, meniscus repair and ligament reconstruction.
To make an appointment, please call (828) 765-8200.
About Blue Ridge Regional Hospital
Blue Ridge Regional Hospital, based in Spruce Pine, N.C., is a not-for-profit hospital and serves Mitchell, Yancey, lower Avery and upper McDowell counties. Blue Ridge Regional Hospital has provided excellent healthcare services for the region since 1955. Cleverley & Associates has recognized Blue Ridge Regional Hospital as a Community Value 5-Star Hospital for 10 consecutive years. Medical specialties offered by Blue Ridge include emergency services, OB services, critical care, rehabilitation services and fitness center, cancer services, orthopedics, general surgical services, pain management, pediatrics, family medicine, sleep disorders and wound care. In addition, Blue Ridge Regional Hospital offers clinics for the following specialties: allergy and asthma; cardiology, dermatology; ear, nose and throat; gastroenterology; ophthalmology and kidney care (nephrology). Blue Ridge Regional Hospital employs 450 people and is a member of Mission Health, recognized in 2012 and 2013 as one of the nation's Top 15 Health Systems by Thomson Reuters and Truven Health Analytics, respectively. For more information, please visit blueridgehospital.org.
About Mission Health
Mission Health, based in Asheville, N.C., is the state's sixth-largest health system and the region's only not-for-profit, independent community hospital system governed and managed exclusively in western North Carolina. Mission Health was recognized as one of the nation's Top 15 Health Systems in 2012 and 2013 by Thomson Reuters and Truven Health Analytics, respectively. Mission Health is one of only two medium-sized health systems to receive this recognition in 2012 and 2013, and the only health system in North Carolina to achieve that distinction.
Mission Health, which traces its roots in the region back to 1885, operates five hospitals, numerous outpatient and surgery centers and the region's only dedicated Level II trauma center. Its medical staff consists of more than 1,000 physicians and is certified in more than 50 medical specialties and sub- specialties. Mission Health has seven Centers of Excellence: Cancer, Heart, Mission Children's Hospital, Neurosciences, Orthopedics, Trauma and Women's Health. Mission Hospital, located in Asheville, is the system's flagship hospital and is licensed for 730 beds. It is the regional referral center for tertiary and quaternary care. It also includes Mission Children's Hospital – the region's only children's hospital. Other Mission Health member hospitals include Angel Medical Center in Franklin, Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine, McDowell Hospital in Marion and Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard. With approximately 9,500 employees and 700 volunteers, Mission Health is dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the people of western North Carolina. For more information, please visit mission- health.org.


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Playing a non-district doubleheader Saturday at Pacific High School, the Pacific Post 320 Juniors suffered their first loss of the baseball season, splitting the two games against House Springs.
Pacific (13-1, 9-0) lost the first game 4-1, but bounced back to claim the nightcap, 6-4.
With it being a non-district game, Post 320 used metal bats in the first game, but switched over to wood bats in the second.
House Springs used metal bats in both contests.
"I didn't know House Springs was using aluminum bats until the first batter of the game. We had a couple of aluminum bats with us and let our kids swing them in the first game," said Post 320 Manager Cory Cowsert. "With the metal bats in their hands and the short porch in left field, our kids tried to hit it out and we had a ton of fly balls for outs. So I took the metal bats away in the second game and we went to the wood bats. Those fly balls turned into line drives."
First Game
Post 320 managed just four hits in the first game.
Ryan Howell, Tyler Gerling, Allen Fitzgerald and Drew Fonner each collected one hit. Fitzgerald scored the lone run on an RBI by Fonner.
Ryan Ray got the start on the mound and suffered the loss. In six innings, he allowed three runs on eight hits with one walk and nine strikeouts.
"Ryan did well. He just made a couple of mistakes. He lived at the belt too much instead of at the knees," Cowsert said. "They had some good hits, but some of them would have been fly balls with wood bats."
Brendan McMillan pitched the seventh inning. He allowed one run on two hits with one walk and one strikeout.
Second Game
Using wood bats, Post 320 won the second game of the doubleheader. House Springs stayed with the metal bats.
Pacific collected seven hits in the contest.
Fitzgerald and Gerling both finished with two hits. Fitzgerald added one RBI and one run. Gerling had two RBIs.
Tyler Straatmann, Ryan Vogelgesang and Fonner each had one hit. Straatmann scored two runs. Vogelgesang and Fonner both scored one run.
Post 320 scored two runs in the top of the first inning, one in the second, two in the third and one in the fourth.
"Using the wood bats, our guys knew that hitting the ball out wasn't going to happen. We're not that kind of team," Cowsert said. "The way we win games is hitting line drives and filling the gaps."
Fitzgerald pitched all seven innings to earn the win. He allowed four runs, three earned, on eight hits with four walks and five strikeouts.
"Allen threw the ball really well," Cowsert said. "He had one inning, the fourth inning, where he walked three batters and gave up two runs. That was the only issue he had."
Pacific's game Monday against Central was rained out and Tuesday's contest against Creve Coeur was canceled. Post 320 visits New Haven Wednesday at 7 p.m. and hosts Washington Thursday at 6:30 p.m.


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Tips for a Stress Free Communion with Pat Rees
Tuesday, 3 April 2007
Our parenting expert Pat Rees is here to tell us how to avoid the nonsense, withstand the pressure and have a stress-free Holy Communion Day for our little ones.
Mary Killeen from the National Parents Council will also join us on the phone to tell us the usual parent concerns.
Children dressed in imported silk gowns with finely manicured nails and the latest extravagant updo; parent's donned out in expensive attire; helicopters, horse-drawn carriages and stretched limos pulling up on the scene. Yes, it sounds like a description of the latest episode of 'Sweet Sixteen', the recent programme following the party plans of some of the richest and most spoilt teenage girls of America.
But, it's not. What I'm actually describing is a First Holy Communion in Ireland, a sacrament that is deeply embedded within Irish culture that has spun out of control for some families.
Tis the time for Holy Communions
In a society that has become consumed by materialism it is quite easy for a Communion to become an event where one has to be seen to be keeping up with the Jones'. The Sacrament has become less about the Holy Spirit and more about who has the best dress, the most expensive accessories, the best party and who makes the most money.
Think back to a Holy Communion Years ago, your own Communion. Like most, you probably wore either a hand-me-down dress or if you were lucky, you got a new dress that could be dyed after the big day and worn to every child's party from there on in. You got a bit of money from close family outside the Church, a trip to the Zoo and a nice meal at home cooked by mammy. All in all a pleasant day, and a warm experience of being welcomed into the Church.
Today, we hear of parents (on the extreme end) spending upwards of €4,000 on the day for their little darling. While these people are in the minority, the fact that it happens can put immense pressure on those who can barely afford to dress the child for Church.
So how can it cost €4,000 you might ask?
Ailin Quinlan (journalist with The Irish Examiner) found out.
An example of how a luxury Communion can spin out of control:
Exclusive pure silk designer dress from Milan or Paris - €500 - plus
Commemorative Satin hanger- €25
Handmade headpiece- €65
Hand-dyed silk shoes - €100
Gloves- €12
Tights - €6
Parasol- €25
Satin handbag - €25
Hair with 2 trials -€90
Fake/spray tan - €55
Manicure - €38
Limousine €300 or Horse-Drawn Carriage : €850
Helicopter Ride- €225
Mother's outfit - €500
Restaurant - €1,000
Disbursements to other children - €600
Bouncy castle - €120
Total (including horse-drawn carriage) : €4,221
(Source: Ailin Quinlan, The Irish Examiner)
So, is this going to far? And does this really happen?Carmel O Shea from The National Parents Council tells us more;
Communion dresses are rarely passed down nowadays. It needs to be the latest designer dresses, silk with hand-sewn beads. For the hair, they're looking for up-styles done by top hairdressers; they want French manicures and fake tans.
Expectations have become much higher and the competition has grown immensely.
It's about outdoing one another with a helicopter ride or something even more expensive and more bling. You hear of families inviting tonnes of people to a marquee in the garden and inviting lots of guests like a wedding. No more trips to the zoo, or cinema for some families. The traditional values are a thing of the past.
The National Parents Council has been contacted by parents disgusted by other class members arriving in limos and handing out bulging envelope to all of the class mates. They're ringing to ask what the National Parents Council can do to discourage this sort of thing. But it's the actions of the parents that will do anything to discourage it.
Who does it have the worst effect on it?
Generally those on a low income. Those on a low income are often in the same classroom as the more middle class families, as a result they will end up having the same high expectations.
But in this day and age, young middle class families who have to pay the mortgage, car and childcare costs may not have a lot of spare money for events like this - things can be quite tight. A First Communion can be particularly expensive - coming second only to a wedding.
Tips for a stress free communion
. The Outfit - Be realistic. They are going to wear it for one day unless you buy something you can dye and turn into a party dress. Any dress is going to look pretty on them. Do not get caught up in spending €500 on imported silk to compete with the other mother's choices. Dunne's do a great range. Also, keep an eye on the charity shops. Top-to-toe outfits can be had from €30 to €80, depending on the dress and the location of the shop. They are generally in pristine condition. Go online where you can order beautiful dresses at affordable prices. For example: www.littlegirldresses.com. Or auction sites (like ebay). Who understands what a designer dress is, you or your child?
. Accessories. Be creative, the shoes will be worn once. Hand me downs are fine. Explain this to your child. Why not use a tiara that was used for a friend's wedding or a veil that was used for the same.
. Up-style hair-dos on a child can sometimes look ridiculous. You certainly shouldn't encourage a child of that age to use fake tan, let alone have trials before the big day!
. Drive your child to the Church - horse-drawn carriages, stretched limos need we say more about this.
. Be realistic. Don't splash out just because other parent's are doing it.
. Rita O' Reilly from Parentline feels that €5 is perfectly adequate for a gift for an eight year old child. It's ridiculous to shower them with money that they don't know what to do with.
. If parents of everyone else in the class are planning to give a card with €10 to every class member, let them know well in advance that you won't be partaking. It's silly if you think about it. If every parent gives every child €10, it really means each parent is giving their eight year old child €300. What is an eight year old going to do with €300? Why don't you as parent's get together and
. Remember the day is a celebration for your child. Would your child want to spend it in the pub for the day or watching their parent's spend the day drinking in the hotel? No, they'd probably prefer a trip to the zoo or a visit to a fair. Another alternative is for the parents to get together in advance and book a room in a hotel for the class to have a party. Sharing the cost of that would be a lot less than renting a function room for the family.
. If your child is kicking up a fuss about what ever other child in the class is getting, remind them about the Sacrament and what the day is about.
. Enjoy yourself and be proud of your children on the day.
Are you feeling the strains of being a parent and could use some helpful advice? Maybe they have a toddler that won't be weaned, a child that won't attend playschool or a teenager who won't obey the curfew. If so, can you contact us with your details.
You can email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
Post your concerns to The Afternoon Show, Montrose House, RTE, Dublin 4.
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PRACTICAL PARENTING - An Irish Survival Guide by Pat Rees is available in book stores nationwide priced at €13.00
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Early Bird Tickets For Burton Agnes Jazz Festival Ending Soon
|Published: 3rd May 2012 14:05
Early Bird Tickets For Burton Agnes Jazz Festival Ending Soon
Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival
July 6th, 7th and 8th 2012
Burton Agnes,
East Yorkshire,
"Possibly the most enjoyable jazz concert I've ever attended." The Independent
"Tis the musical equivalent of a Sunday stroll through the grounds of a stately home... you won't find more beautifully serene surroundings this side of Woodstock for such an experience" - All Gigs - Festival review
"Burton Agnes Hall ranks among the finest, and best presented, houses in England. It is the perfect English house, embodying the climax of the final great age of domestic architecture" -
Simon Jenkins, Chairman of the National Trust, journalist and author of England's Thousand Best Houses
2012 Festival Tickets:
Weekend Advance Ticket incl Early Bird offer:
Friday 6pm - Sunday 6pm
£40 before 1st June / £50 after 31st May (Concessions £38 / £48)
Concessions: OAP's, Season ticket holders, students, children 12-15 years
Children under 12: FREE with an adult
Camping Voucher:
Camping open Friday 3pm - Monday noon
£30 before 1st June / £35 after 31st May
Day Ticket: Saturday 11am - midnight
£30 before 1st June / £35 after 31st May (Concessions £28 / £32)
Day Ticket: Sunday 11am - 6pm
£25 before 1st June / £30 after 31st May (Concessions £23 / £28)
Evening Ticket: Friday 6 pm - midnight or Saturday 6pm - midnight
£20 EACH DAY before 1st June / £25 EACH DAY after 31st May (Concessions £18 / £23)
Available online at www.burtonagnes.com and from the Festival Ticket Office Tel: 01262 490 324
Or Visit Burton Agnes Hall and its courtyard shops.
Friday Evening
6:30pm - 7.45pm Octopus
8:15pm - 10:00pm Zena James
Late Night Sessions Courtesy of the Beverley Arts Trust
10.00pm - 10.30pm John Cox
10.40pm -11.10pm Bandiqui
11.20pm -12.00 Alligators
1.00pm - 2:25pm The Lemon Monkeys (Matt Smith and Carlos Olmos)
2.45pm - 4:15pm Zoe Gilby Quartet
4:35pm - 6:05pm The Give A Little Love Jazz Orchestra - A Horace Silver Tribute
6:30pm - 8.00pm Stacey Kent
8:20pm - 10:00pm Ian Siegal & The Mississippi Mudbloods, featuring Cody Dickinson, Luther Dickinson and Alvin Youngblood Hart
Late Night Sessions Courtesy of the Beverley Arts Trust
10.00pm -10.30pm Val Marshall
10.40pm -11.10pm King Courgette
11.20pm -12.00 This Way Up
12:00pm - 1:30pm Rob Law Quartet with Thom Whitworth
1:40pm - 3.00pm Tribute to Atlantic Jazz
3.15pm - 4.45pm Sean Taylor
5.00pm - 6.00pm Ben Beattie's Jazz Essentials plus Simon Cunliffe-Lister
Held over three days, with performances both inside the stately Elizabethan Hall and outside in the Hall's beautiful grounds, the Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues festival presents a varied line up of funk, traditional jazz, hard blues, dreamy vocals and everything in between.
Built between 1598 and 1610 by Sir Henry Griffith, Burton Agnes Hall is an Elizabethan stately home that has stayed within the Cunliffe-Lister family for more than four hundred years. Fifteen generations have filled the Hall with treasures, from magnificent carvings commissioned when the Hall was built to French impressionist paintings, contemporary furniture, tapestries and other modern artwork in recent years.
The charm of the house is that it is clearly a loved and lived in home and visitors are welcomed openly by the family in joining them to spend many enjoyable hours at Burton Agnes Hall.
The main stage on the lawn hosts the festival's headline acts. With rolling fields behind and pristine woodland to the side, you couldn't ask for a more stunning setting for some of the UK's top Jazz and Blues artists to perform. Inside the Hall, intimate acoustic performances mix with original Elizabethan carvings and French Impressionist art to create an inimitable festival experience.
On Friday and Saturday evening the Wolds Top beer tent plays host to the Beverley Arts Trust's late night sessions of folk, jazz and rhythm 'n' blues.
Local food and drink feature heavily at the festival. At the tea tent and food lawn, festivalgoers can indulge in home-baked treats, barbecued local meats, freshly prepared curries, and salads grown in the neighbouring walled garden. In the beer tent award winning Wold Top beer is on tap, brewed just five miles away from the festival site.
A campsite in the field adjacent to the Hall offers welcome hot showers and panoramic views of the Yorkshire Wolds for those wishing to pitch a tent for a night or the whole weekend.
Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival welcomes families of all ages with its safe, easy-going vibe. There is plenty on offer for children including a Children's Corner with play area, 15 acres of magical gardens to explore including a walled garden with maze, jungle garden and giant games and a woodland walk with forest creatures to find. Free face painting and balloon artistry caps off the entertainment.
Highlights for families:
Family Fun
Burton Agnes Hall and Gardens is a great day out for all the family. Whether you're interested in the Hall, with its magnificent architecture and impressive collection of art, the beautiful award winning gardens, the wonderful annual jazz and blues festival, or the woodland sculpture walk and giant games, you'll find something for everyone.
Children's guidebooks are available from the visitor desk along with the Burton Agnes guide book and our friendly guides are on hand to answer questions about the history and contents of the Hall. Hip seats are available from the visitor desk for young children and under 5's are free.
Baby change facilities
There are baby change facilities that can be found within the disabled toilet on the first left towards the visitor toilets.
Courtyard Cafe
A children's menu is available from the cafe and we have 20 different ice cream flavours, the perfect treat!
Children's Corner
The children's corner, towards the bottom left of the courtyard when coming from the house, is a great space for families to relax, enjoy picnics and run around.
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Badal woes migrants; announces free education, health care and houses
With a view to wooing voters, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday announced free education, health care and housing facilities for migrant labourers, while addressing a gathering at a function organised by Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Parishad to celebrate Vishwakarma Day.punjab Updated: Nov 04, 2013 22:43 IST
With a view to wooing voters, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday announced free education, health care and housing facilities for migrant labourers, while addressing a gathering at a function organised by Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Parishad to celebrate Vishwakarma Day.
The chief minister said that by sheer dint of hard work, the migrant labourers had played a vanguard role in putting the state on a high growth trajectory. He averred that the migrant labourers had proved their mettle in every field, adding that it was the bounden duty of the state government to ensure the well-being of these people, who were contributing to the economic development of the state by staying away from their families.
"The state government would leave no stone unturned to ensure the welfare of these people and thrust would be laid on delivering the basic civic amenities to them," he said. The chief minister announced that the state government would soon open schools and primary health care centres and dispensaries in the migrant-dominated areas to impart quality education and health care facilities to them.
"The state government would bear the entire expenditure of these educational and health care centres to ensure that the families of the migrants do not face any problem," he said. Badal said he had directed the deputy commissioners across the state to conduct special surveys for identifying the places to construct schools and dispensaries.
The chief minister also announced housing facility for the migrants on easy instalments. "The migrants would not have to pay the cost of land for these houses and the construction charges would be collected from them through easy instalments," he maintained. Badal said the state government would ensure that one third of the houses constructed under housing schemes were reserved specially for the migrants to make sure that these people 'feel at home' in Punjab.
Badal said special camps would be organised across the state by the district administrations to make ration cards, Aadhaar cards and voters' identity cards of all eligible migrants. He said that the eligible beneficiaries would also be entitled to the facility of subsidised 'atta-dal' under the flagship 'atta-dal' scheme of the state government. The CM said he would personally monitor the development of all these schemes to ensure that the migrants benefited from it.
Lashing out at the Congress, Badal said, "The pro-rich policies of the Congress have broken the backbone of the common man." He charged the Congress with doing nothing for the poor and shedding crocodile tears on the issues pertaining to the masses. "The Congress has always be-fooled the poor by showing them 'green pastures' through its lucrative announcements, but in the end all these policies were lost somewhere in the midst of red tape," he said.
The chief minister impressed upon the workers and craftsmen to make a pledge on the Vishwakarma Day that they would make concerted efforts for strengthening the infrastructure of the state as it would help in putting the state on the trajectory of high growth.
The chief minister was accompanied by chief parliamentary secretary Inderbir Singh Bularia, SGPC members Jathedar Rajinder Singh Mehta and Jathedar Bawa Singh Ghumanpura, senior deputy mayor Avtar Singh, District Akali Jatha president Upkar Singh Sandhu, Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Parishad chairman Ram Charan Yadav and special principal secretary Gurkirat Kirpal Singh.


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Bradley linked with USA exit
USA boss Bob Bradley has resigned from his post and is set to be named the new Aston Villa manager, according to talkSPORT.
Villa are on the lookout for a new manager following Martin O'Neill's shock resignation on Monday, and Bradley is believed to be high on the list of contenders.
Bradley has suggested that he would be open to managing a Premier League side at some point in the future. "I have said over and over that I am always excited about new and different challenges," he said after the World Cup. "Certainly coaching in Europe at some point is something that I would love to do."
It was reported on Thursday that owner Randy Lerner had made no decision and was in no rush to appoint a successor. The United States Soccer Federation has not commented on the reports.
On Friday, Villa caretaker manager Kevin MacDonald said he did not know who would take permanent charge of the team.
Asked if he would like to be given the job, MacDonald said: "What will be will be. Mr Lerner told me to prepare the team for West Ham. I spoke to him today and he also asked me to make preparations for next week just in case. That's all I'm doing."
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