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Happy New Year Friends!! I hope you ALL had a festive Christmas and a fun New Year with your loved ones! While I am excited for a brand new year, I am sad to see the excitement of being around family for the holidays and enjoying the fun that comes along with family traditions come to an end for the year!
This winter break, I took time to stay at home with Heidi girl and Lilly and really enjoy just not working…HA! We were able to get together with friends and family and just keep each other company during the busy school vacation week! So I thought I would hop on here since it has been a while and share some of my favorite family traditions for Christmas. One of them has been in a tradition in our family for over 20 years!!
What traditions do you and your family celebrate? How old are your holiday traditions?
So our 20 year tradition started out with the celebration of my sisters birthday which is on December 20th (she turned 30 this year!!!). Since she was a little girl , my mom would invite her two close college girl friends over with their little ones every Christmas Eve to our house where we celebrate my sisters birthday with cake, ice cream, Christmas presents for all the kids and of course, birthday presents for my sister! A simply fun, festive, celebration us kiddos look forward to every year!
Each year we have continued this tradition on Christmas Eve and of course, each year as we get older, we grow and now some of us have our own families! The past two years, my sister and her boyfriend have taken the lead and hosted this family tradition at their beautiful home. I also invited my best friend and her family over this year, as well as my cousin and his lovely girlfriend as well! The more the merrier!
We have food to indulge in, fun activities to keep us entertained and keep us all away from our phones and just overall have great conversations about the year to keep us all busy and enjoying one another! Over the past few years, we have created Gingerbread houses for a family contest, and adopted a couple fun gift exchanges! In the past years we have done a Yankee Swap, but this year we did a Sock Exchange! Everyone buys a pair of festive holiday socks, fills each one with fun goodies and we exchange the socks! We also played a new game this year where we rolled up a bunch of scratch tickets, money, candies, gift cards, and random little gifts, into a huge ball made of Saran Wrap.
We have someone roll the dice and the other person has to wear oven mittens and try their best to unravel the wrap to reveal the goodies. The person who has the dice, has to roll doubles in order to stop the roller! You pass the ball around until it gets to the very end! and the final person won MONEY!!!! This game is SO MUCH FUN!!! We were all just laughing so hard and overall having a GREAT time. I highly recommend this game at your next party!
We stay over my sisters house for Christmas eve night and wake up Christmas morning for more fun with my family, parents, sister and her boyfriend Luke! We waited patiently for Santa! Since becoming a mom, Christmas is just so much more fun watching Lilly girl opening her gifts and getting excited for Santa to arrive! The look on her face when she sees a special gift of a puzzle, books, animals and of course her favorite friend, ELMO!! HA!
Family traditions are so important to my family, especially when it is over 20 years old !!! A tradition we look forward to growing bigger each year with adding more family to our celebrations, more laughter to listen to, more smiles to see, more fun to create and just enjoying the gift of each other!
I hope you all had a great Christmas and a very Happy New Year! Cheers to welcoming 2019!!!

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Because man is born a rebel, he is unaware that he is one. His constant assertion of self, as far as he thinks of it all, appears to him a perfectly normal thing. He is willing to share himself, sometimes even to sacrifice himself for a desired end, but never to dethrone himself. No matter how far down the scale of social acceptance he may slide, he is still in his own eyes a king on a throne and no one, not even God, can take that throne from him.
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There have been times in my life over the last 14 years when God has chosen to hide Himself from me; sometimes for long periods of time. Early on in my conversion was like living a dream. I was on fire for the Lord and wanted to learn everything that I possibly could about the faith I had neglected for so long. So, in an effort to catch up I read everything I could get my hands on. I made many a blunder in my early enthusiasm to tell everyone how great it was to know the Lord. Nevertheless, I continued on for a while growing in knowledge and faith.
And then, the Lord began to show me what it was like to not feel His presence so acutely. It was just a little, at first, and for short periods of time, but I was devastated because I didn't know what was happening or what I was supposed to do about it. During one of these times, I remember being in the grocery store feeling very sorry for myself because I felt so lost and alone (in my spiritual life, not in the grocery store:) when God took the tiniest moment to let me know that He was still with me, even though I could not grasp His presence. We have a dish that we eat that my husband has affectionately dubbed Tuna Soup (most people call it tuna casserole). The only way that we can remotely enjoy it is if I put a can of peas into it, but usually I would end up forgetting to buy the peas and then we would have to suffer through it without them. So, back in the grocery store I was walking down the vegetable aisle trying to remember what it was that I had wanted to buy when a young girl walked up to her mother who was right in front of me. She asked her mother, "Mom, what are you doing? Oh yeah, that's right, I forgot you don't like to eat your tuna casserole without peas." With that she promptly left the aisle. Her mother never even looked up or said a word, just kept right on taking cans off of the shelf. I grabbed my can of peas and burst into tears (discretely of course!) I left that store knowing that even though I felt that God had abandoned me, He was still there looking out for me.
I am still grateful for that little incident because whenever it gets really tough and it seems as if God has finally had enough of me and has left me for good, I think back on that can of peas and remind myself that He really does still care about even the smallest of my desires. I mean, really, if He took the time to remind me to buy a can of peas so that we could enjoy one dinner out of thousands, then why should I worry about whether He'll take care of everything else? Probably because I am a sinner and have to keep being reminded over and over again.
God Bless!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
A Can of Peas
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- AnonymousMay 28, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Laura, God bless you for being so willing to share these intimate moments. I, too, find these little gifts (ie pea story) from the Lord, which aren't little at all, give me such joy and strength and perseverance. I love it when Ramona says, "God is good...all the time." Everytime something like this happens to me, I feel so very undeserving. God cares about even the details of our life. Of course, I always thank our Guardian Angels, too. Much love and prayer to you today, Dolores HReplyDelete
Thank you for this post, it's hitting a very timley note for me.ReplyDelete
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[Courtesy of: The Washington Post]
Click here: 2012: The Year in Graphs Posted by The Washington Post — Wonkblog Team on December 27, 2012
"As 2012 draws to a close, Wonkblog asked our favorite professional wonks — economists, political scientists, politicians and more — to see what graphs and charts they felt did the best job explaining the past year. Here are their nominees." The Wonkblog Team.
[A special, year-end treat! Such great charts and no opinions to be found. Read the charts, absorb the new information, and make up your own mind.] – Ed.


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Stock futures dropped on a worse-than-expected May jobs report. The U.S. unemployment rate rose to a nine-year-high 6.4 percent in June, while the domestic economy shed a greater-than-expected 30,000 jobs last month, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists polled by CBS MarketWatch looked for a decline of 3,000 non-farm payrolls and a jobless rate at 6.2 percent vs. 6.1 percent in May. Volumes are expected to be thin in any case as the Fourth of July holiday kicks in at the half day. A June quarter license sales warning from Siebel Systems SEBL in the software sector and moderate weakness in a handful of chip stocks soured the mood for the techs after a solid run on the Nasdaq this week.
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- Citing purchasing delays by customers, Siebel Systems said its now expects second quarter total revenue in the range of $330 million-334 million and license revenues at $110 million, which it said is below management's range of guidance for the quarter. Earnings per share are expected at 2 cents, in line with management projections.
- Shares of Boston Scientific Corp.
+0.28%dropped 2.2 to $60.64, leading Instinet volumes after it said it's second quarter was in line and that revenue was running ahead of expectations, but its outlook made clear that the third and fourth quarters look to miss the average expectation from the analysts.
- WebMethods WEBM warned revenue for its June quarter will miss expectations, and is expected in the range of $42 million to $43 million, which is below guidance given by the company on April 29 of $45 million to $50 million. "We were cautious about our fiscal first quarter and the IT spending environment remained tough. We are disappointed by our financial performance and the unexpected weakness in our North American commercial operations."
- Market maker Knight Trading Group NITE said it expects higher-than-expected earnings per share in the range 10-15 cents for the June quarter. Knight said the second quarter offered "a marked improvement in the trading environment, characterized by increased volume and momentum." That, and cost-management, it said, lifted the bottom line. It was more guarded in its outlook, citing "hazy" corporate outlooks and mixed economic data. NITE shares spiked over 12 percent in thin trade to $7.50.
- WorldCom WCOEQ said it has enhanced its SEC fraud settlement agreeement late Wednesday and will distribute an additional $250 million in common shares of the reorganized company to shareholders and bondholders. The revised plan remains subject to bankruptcy court approval.
- Five private equity groups have expressed interest in DaimlerChrysler's
MTU Aero Engines, the Financial Times said on Thursday. Daimler is hoping to get at least 1.8 billion euros for the company.
- Documentum DCTM sank more than 15 percent to $16.70 after announcing late Wednesday it expects second-quarter sales of about $68 million. That compares with its previous sales outlook of between $72 million and $73 million.
- Oracle
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- After the closing bell, Standard & Poor's lowered Dow component AT&T
+0.60%long-term corporate credit debt ratings to "BBB" from "BBB+." S&P said the rating reflects its "negative long-term assessment of AT&T's business risk profile," which it feels continues to be challenged by technology substitution, competitive pricing pressures, and the slow economic recovery.
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I attended the Gilles Plains College of TAFE SA, studying to be a dental therapist, and graduated in 1988. I have since pursued further study, attending lectures and conferences to stay up to date on dental developments. I worked at Melbourne Street Dental for 23 years and am currently enjoying being part of the National Dental Care team at Bart Dental. As a dental assistant, I love oral surgery and as a hygienist I enjoy all aspects of general dentistry. I enjoy working with pleasant staff and patients. I work hard to provide a gentle, friendly, and empathetic approach to my work. My interests outside of dentistry include cooking, watching movies, reading, painting, and keeping fit through walking and yoga.


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Is It Minelabed Out?
By: Anonymous
I had invited a friend from Indiana Roger, to come sometime and hunt with my regular hunting partner Doug and me. We went to the old park and Doug and his son Malachi joined us. We started out a bit slow then Roger hit a spot where he picked up three Wheaties with 1910 being the oldest. Doug made it and quickly got us going with a 1945 P war nickel, Roger then struck silver with a 1936 Merc. Doug doubled up on silver with a 1946 Rosey.
I was feeling a bit left out when I got a sort of jumpy 12-43 12-44 signal that when I turned 90 degrees gave me a 12-38. But the tone was high and it was at 5 inches so I dug it and found a 1942 D Merc as my reward. It was on edge. Doug and Roger were getting Wheaties and I got a penny type signal reading 6 inches and found I was digging in fill dirt to find at the bottom of the hole a nice 1917 Wheatie, just a foot or so over I repeated digging in the fill and this time it was a 1946 Wheatie.[split]
Circling around a big old tree stump I got a weird signal ranging from 12-38 to 12-44 and very jumpy but the tone sounded so nice I dug it and found a rusted bottle cap, a piece of foil, a piece of silvery looking metal that said made in Hong Kong and a silver disk in the bottom of the hole and I could see on the back One Dime. I called the others over and we were thinking could this be my first seated coin? Well being a realist I said it's probably a Barber and that was verified but it was a sweet 1912 Barber Dime. My last good find was a Wheatie, 1914. no D of course. So we finished the day with a lot of Wheat's and 5 silvers and a very good time together. Doug and I use E-TRACs and Roger an Explorer SE, I had been told by many others that the "Old Park" has been hunted out, but we have proved it different. We have found at least 16 silver coins, 1 Indian Head and over 75 early Wheaties.
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Sullivan's Travels Reviews
September 11, 2019
The public will be delighted with the fine humor that is present throughout this symbolic film. [Full Review in Spanish]
September 28, 2015
Hard-nosed, farcical, tender, critical, satirical, elitist and populist all at once.
June 12, 2015
... the movie road-trips from its scripter's typical cynicality to finding an assured kind of resonance in the third act in the most unlikely of places.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4
April 18, 2012
a highly satirical piece, poking fun at Hollywood itself and showing how out of touch it can be
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
October 19, 2009
It is, quite simply, a dazzling piece of filmmaking.
Full Review | Original Score: A
February 3, 2009
Not remotely a defense of junk, but it does respect comedy as a force for escapism.
Full Review | Original Score: 5/5
July 29, 2007
Read More | Original Score: 5/5
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June 27, 2007
Sturges' dialog is trenchant, has drive, possesses crispness and gets the laughs where that is desired.
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June 27, 2007
A dubious proposition, but in Sturges's hands a charming one, filled out by his unparalleled sense of eccentric character.
January 8, 2007
...just not as funny as its choir of supporters have made it out to be.
| Original Score: 3.5/5
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February 9, 2006
Sullivan's Travels is a gem, an almost serious comedy not taken entirely seriously, with wonderful dialogue, eccentric characterisations, and superlative performances throughout.
June 15, 2005
April 1, 2005
A delicious tragi-comedy set during the Great Depression.
Full Review | Original Score: B+
March 7, 2005
Forgotten for years along with its maker, writer/director Preston Sturges, Sullivan's Travels has only recently enjoyed a comeback and induction into classic status.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4
January 21, 2005
| Original Score: 4/5
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July 8, 2004
Its message drags it from the front guard of Sturges's work, but it shines nonetheless.
September 12, 2003
The genius of this classic opening scene is that Sullivan's Travels is both screwball comedy and socially conscious melodrama as well as a satire of socially conscious melodrama, and a serious apologetic for crowd-pleasing comedy.
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March 10, 2003
...a plot with more curves than Veronica Lake.
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Kuranda Leaps into Action to Save Endangered Frog
November 13, 2018
The endangered Kuranda Tree Frog is the focus of a community plan to ensure its survival.
The Kuranda Tree Frog Community Action Plan will be launched today and is the culmination of over a year's work by community members, government agency staff and natural resource management consultants.
With just 750 froggies left, the endangered species needs all the help it can get. The community-led plan contains priority actions that will contribute to the short and long-term protection of the tiny Kuranda local and its habitat.
Major threats to the frog's survival include habitat loss and changes in water flow, both due to land clearing for development, and an exotic fungus called Chytridiomycosis which invades the surface layers of the frog's skin.
Conservation efforts to date have included tree planting for habitat restoration and riparian corridor linkage of breeding areas, Kuranda Tree Frog population monitoring and Frog call training for the community.
Kuranda EnviroCare's Cathy Retter said it won't be an overnight fix.
"We'll be working towards 10-year goals like entire habitat restoration for the frog, with fully connected 100 metre wide riparian corridors along all creeks, and agreements with private landholders."
"The plan is community led, and community backed and because of this we're optimistic about getting good results for the Kuranda Tree Frog," said Ms Retter.
Evolutionary biologist Dr Conrad Hoskins said that despite the frog living up against the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, very little of its distribution is formally protected.
"It is generally found on private land and that's why the community is the key to its survival. The action plan is a major step forward in the conservation of this important species."
"The Kuranda Tree Frog is a highly localised species that needs urgent conservation attention. Impacts to a single creek population impacts the species as a whole – with such a small distribution there is very little buffering," said Dr Hoskins.
Actions will also benefit other local species like the Cassowary, Myola Palm, and Lacelid Frog.
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Carnival Cruise Adds Cuba to its Itinerary
Carnival has received permission from the U.S. government to head to Cuba. But don't expect a typical vacation full of relaxation and fun. The trips are exclusively for "social impact travel."
What exactly does that mean? You can only travel to Cuba on a Carnival cruise if your visit falls under one of the 12 categories set by the Department of the Treasury. Some of those include trips for journalism, religion and education.
While approval hasn't been granted just yet, Arnold Donald, president and CEO of Carnival Corp. is "looking forward to working with the Cuban authorities to help make the social, cultural and humanitarian exchanges between U.S. citizens and the people of Cuba a reality."
The new program is in line with the company's new initiative called Fathom. It allows passengers to visit foreign places for volunteer purposes.
Ships to the caribbean country are expected to set sail beginning in 2016, and prices start at $2,990 per person for seven-day trips.
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The once-troubled computer maker is well on its way to becoming a turnaround story, analysts say, bolstered by strong sales of G3 and iMac desktop models. Cofounder Steve Jobs's performance as interim chief executive has also raised spirits.
Apple is expected to announce revenues of around $1.7 billion to $1.75 billion when it reports its fiscal first-quarter results on January 13, according to analysts. Last year, Apple posted first-quarter revenues of $1.6 billion.
Apple's last year-over-year quarterly revenue growth came in the fiscal first quarter of 1996.
Speaking yesterday at the Macworld trade show in San Francisco, Jobs declared Apple would announce a quarterly profit next Wednesday, without further comment.
Analysts anticipate the Cupertino, California, company will post profits of around 70 cents a share, up from 33 cents a share a year ago. But despite the good news, they are not ready to say the company is on a revenue growth trend.
"[Despite] The fact that this will be the first time Apple will show revenue growth, it's not completely accurate to say the company's crossed a milestone," said Daniel Kunstler, an analyst with J.P. Morgan Securities.
The company needs to show that it has a business position with "legs," he observed, saying it's too early to tell if that has happened.
Kunstler admitted he is gaining confidence that Apple is headed in the right direction, given its unique appeal to computer users and the sales success of the iMac and revved-up G3 line, refreshed this week at Macworld.
During his keynote presentation, Jobs said Apple shipped between 520,000 to 530,000 iMac units during its fiscal first quarter, the October to December timeframe. That's up from Gardner's research estimate of 500,000 units.
Accordingly, analysts such as with Salomon Smith Barney's Richard Gardner have raised their earnings estimates. Gardner boosted his estimates to 72 cents a share from 70 cents.
"With the iMac?our gross margin assumption of 27 percent may prove conservative because we do not believe that Apple's price reductions have kept pace with component price declines," Gardner stated in his report.


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As part of a Guinness World Record-breaking event, amazing athletes from all around the globe got together to break 44 Guinness World Record titles over a 24-hour period. The events were powered by Reebok as a part of the launch for their new CrossFit Nano 7 shoe.
Held in New York, Los Angeles, London and Sydney, twenty of the records were broken by women including CrossFit star Camille Leblanc-Bazinet, five-time Crossfit Games champion Kara Webb and two-time CrossFit Games champion Annie Thorisdottir.
Also among the competitors was avid CrossFitter Max Greenfield, known for his role as "Schmidt" on New Girl—and 10-year-old Milla Star, who made the news for completing and obstacle course designed by Navy SEALs last year. During her attempt, she tried breaking the record for most burpees in one minute and unfortunately didn't succeed. That said, she definitely gave it her all, melting several hearts in the process.
Some notable record holders include Eirik Lundstein for most barbell backflips in 1 minute (yes, that's a thing), Leblanc-Bazinet for most consecutive muscle ups (45), Stacie Tovar for most weight lifted in an overhead squat in three minutes (6,042 lbs), Becca Voigt for most wall ball squats in three minutes (92) and Michelle Kinney for most weight lifted by Atlas Stone in three minutes (3,080 lbs).
The Reebok CrossFit Nano 7 is in stores now and retails for $129.99.


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What does Jesus say is the evidence of a person's faith? The story of God's judgement based on our care for the poor, strangers, and prisoners makes it clear that Jesus expects for believers to act in loving ways to all.
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The highly anticipated Black Mirror movie has arrived to Netflix and the concept is groundbreaking.
While watching the film, viewers are instructed to keep their mouse or remote at hand. The reason is that the viewer is in charge of the outcome of the story based on the decisions made. At regular intervals, options appear on the screen and the path you choose will determine how the adventure pans out.
The adventure follows a 19-year-old videogame developer named Stefan who is adapting a choose-your-own-adventure book into a digital game. The twisted sci-fi feature steps back into 1984 and looks as dark and disturbing as we have come to expect from Charlie Brooker's hit series.
The decisions range from what cereal Stefan eats in the morning to bigger decisions which will completely alter the narrative. According to Variety, there are a trillion possible outcomes, making Bandersnatch the perfect episode for a re-watch.
You can watch the eerie Netflix trailer for Black Mirror: Bandersnatch here:


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Books & Animals
Posted on March 13, 2017
by Catherine Austen
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While browsing my online library catalogue, this book caught my eye: It captured me not because of its great reviews but because I could have sworn it was in my TBR pile with a different name. I searched through the pile and found this: Ah yes. Not…
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Catherine Austen is an award-winning author from Gatineau, Quebec. Her favourite things are books and animals.


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The growing year is in full swing now and the seed sowing list is getting larger now that we are halfway through March. The sun was shining so I headed out into the back garden to potter about in the greenhouse with my seeds in one hand and a cup of tea in the other.
Apart from sowing some sweet peas, leeks, ox eye daisies and planting some onion sets I haven't had a good session in the greenhouse but today I had a longer list of seeds that needed sowing now. These included Red Cabbage, Flower Sprouts, Courgette, Garlic Chives, Cosmos, Craspedia Globosa, Nigella Damaseena and Dill.
The sweet peas that I sowed on the 11th of February are doing well, near enough all of them have germinated and the seedlings look very healthy. The green house must be doing them some good, this is the first year that they haven't been extremely leggy! I was a little bit anxious as to whether the seeds would germinate at all, I managed to save them from my sweet pea flowers last year and have never had much luck with saved sweet pea seed before but thought I would give it a go anyway to save money. I am so pleased that they are growing well, I just adore sweet peas and can't wait to see them bloom up the allotment.
The leeks have also germinated and will need potting on soon and the red onions sets are starting to produce nice green shoots. Only 3 of my ox eye daisy seeds germinated although I only need one healthy plant for my allotment so I'm not too worried about them. It's so nice popping into the greenhouse every morning to see if any seedlings have appeared over night and it's got me even more excited for the year ahead!


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Luxury Villa Set In Its Own Grounds, 4 Bedroom 4 Bathroom With Heated Pool,
- Villa350 m²
- Sleeps: 8
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 8
- Min Stay: 7 nights
4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, sleeps 8
- Swimming pool
- Internet
- Air Conditioning
- Fireplace
- Satellite or cable
- Children Welcome
- Parking
- No Smoking
- Heater
- Bathrooms: 8
Safety features
- Deadbolt lock
- First-aid kitKitchen
- Smoke detectorExterior Lighting is all entrances and gardens Deadbolts is on all exterior doors Smoke Detectors is Hallways ground/first
- Fire extinguisherKitchen
- Carbon-monoxide detectorCarbon Monoxide is in Hallways
- Exterior lighting
Location Type
- Rural
- town
- Air conditioningLIVING ROOM AND BEDROOMS
- Heating
- Linens provided
- Washing machine
- Fireplace
- ParkingThere are 2 separate gates and 2 driveways giving ample parking for multiple families
- Garage
- Internet
- Towels provided
- Safe
- Wireless Internet
- Iron & board
- Hair dryer
- Basic soaps
- Living Room50 inch LCD Full Sky PS4 XBOX ONE
- Dishwasher
- Fridge
- Hob
- Oven
- Microwave
- Grill
- Coffee maker
- Toaster
- Blender
- Coffee grinder
- Dishes & utensils
- Kitchen
- Kettle
- Dining area
- Child's highchair
- DiningTHERE ARE 3 DINING AREAS 1 INSIDE AND 2 OUTSIDE
- Television
- Satellite / Cable TVSky TV Package MEO TV Package
- Stereo
- DVD player
- Books
- Table football
- Games room
- Games
- Games for kids
- Ping pong table
- Pool table
- Toys
- Video games
- Garden
- Terrace
- Outdoor Furniture
- Long-term renters welcome
Pool / Spa
- Outdoor pool
- Heated pool
- Private pool
- Four single beds,Two super king doubles, sky movies, sky sports, dvd player,PS4,XBOX ONE,Wii console need own games,All bedrooms have 32 inch LCD TVs with MEO TV PACKAGE, health grill, heated pool, air con, high speed fibre internet
Cancellation Policy
- 0% refund (minus the service fee) if you cancel at least 0 days before check-in.
- No refund if you cancel less than 0 days before check-in.
Damage and incidentals
You will be responsible for any damage to the rental property caused by you or your party during your stay.
House Rules
Children allowed
No pets
No parties/events
No smoking
Max guests: 8
Minimum age of primary renter: 21
40 Reviews
Beautiful villa in a great location
The Villa was spacious and spotlessly clean, very comfy beds and superb views across towards the sea. A very quiet location on a hill just a stones throw from Loule with supermarket and restaurants nearby. We made good use of the games room and the 2 year old in our party enjoyed the swings and see saw. We didn't use the Living room until the last day when it rained, good choice of TV channels and very comfy sofas. We had a problem with the pool heating but this was very quickly sorted out by Anita who was extremely helpful at all times from the booking process to arrival. A big thank you from all our family, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
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Excellent family villa
We stayed 2 weeks in May-19. The villa was easy to find with direction provided. The pool was superb. Lovely and warm with stunning views of the hills and the coast in the distance. Very spacious villa with beautiful grounds. Everything you could want or expect from a luxury villa. Already looking at returning next year. We have never returned to the same villa before but having been to villas for 10 years I have never stayed at a better villa. My little girl almost lived in the pool and play ground. SIMPLY PERFECT.
Vimalio is located aprox 2 kms from the busy market town of Loule. In this unspoilt quaint and picturesque town, there is a good selection of restaurants serving local cuisine, and a number of small bars. Situated only 5kms away from Europe's finest golf courses and 6kms from many of Portugal's best beaches.15 minutes from faro airport
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Democrats for Border Security?
A Commentary By Stephen Moore
The government shutdown is over -- for now -- but the political ramifications are still being sorted out. The media has been chortling that Donald Trump "caved," and he may well have lost this battle with congressional Democrats. Their "victory," such as it is, is to notify American voters that they are so opposed to a wall and a secure border that they were willing to keep the government shut down for four weeks to ensure it doesn't happen.
Trump has thus exposed the Pelosi-Schumer Democrats as being hopelessly soft on illegal immigration. Some Democrats are starting to wonder whether they have dug their own political grave for 2020. This is why in recent days congressional Democrats are screaming from the rafters that they are for border security -- just not the way Trump wants to do it.
The reality is far from this spin. At the start of the shutdown, the Pelosi crowd was saying that "there is no border crisis" and that "a wall is immoral." But actions speak louder than words, and every response to illegal immigration over the past decade proves they don't want it stopped. Democrats have instead openly encouraged illegal immigration.
Let's start with the 2018 midterm campaigns. The rallying cry of many prominent Democrats running for Congress was to "abolish ICE," the federal border patrol agency. This position wasn't way outside the mainstream of Democratic thinking, and it was embraced by the new darling of the party, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the latest Democratic presidential aspirant, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand from New York.
So the party that doesn't want a wall and doesn't want border agents is now trying to convince Americans that they really want border security. Right. And Bill Cosby is a woman's rights advocate.
One of the Democrats' objections to the wall, and it is a legitimate point, is that about half of those in this country illegally simply overstay their visas. A wall won't stop that. To stop visa overstayers requires internal enforcement of the immigration laws. Democrats say they favor those measures.
Where? When? How?
Most Democrats have long been supportive of the policy of "catch and release." This means tens of thousands of illegal immigrants are basically released back on to the streets after apprehension. That's some deterrence.
Democrats and left-wing supporters have continually trashed border agents for mistreatment of migrants. There are certainly abuses and those should never be tolerated. But it's a tough and dangerous job working on the border, and why is it that the left always refuses to take the side of the people enforcing the laws?
Meanwhile, Democrats routinely resist all attempts to deny illegal immigrants welfare benefits, including food stamps, unemployment benefits, the earned income tax credit, public housing and Medicaid. They also almost universally support subsidized college tuition to illegal immigrants.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has just reported that in 2017, there were about $37 billion in improper or fraudulent Medicaid payments. Many of these payments went to noncitizen households. The Census Bureau reports that more than half of noncitizen households are collecting welfare benefits. Yet the left opposes doing anything about these abuses when welfare reform is debated.
Let us just say that all of these policies send a welcoming message to aspiring immigrants looking to enter America illegally.
Perhaps worst of all are the sanctuary city policies in 200 cities across America, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Baltimore, Chicago, Portland, Seattle and New York. This announces, like a blaring billboard to illegal immigrants, "If you can get your way to L.A. or Chicago, you've got a permanent home here. The local police aren't allowed to turn you over to the feds or cooperate with ICE agents."
I have not heard a single prominent national Democrat attack this pro-illegal immigration maneuver. And the fad is growing each year.
What is clear is this: You can be for sanctuary cities or you can be for combating illegal immigration. But sorry, you can't be for both. When I have brought this up on CNN, liberals protest indignantly that sanctuary cities are a red herring. But not one city that I know of has stopped providing safe harbor for illegal immigrants.
In other words, Democrats have shown no interest in border enforcement or providing funding to secure the border. They have shown no interest in internal immigration enforcement. But the American voters do want secure borders, and that's one big reason Trump won the presidency. My suspicion is that with the Dems announcing to all of America over the past four weeks that they are the pro-illegal immigration party, Donald Trump's likelihood of being re-elected has gone way up.
Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation and an economic consultant with FreedomWorks. He is the co-author of "Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive the American Economy." To find out more about Stephen Moore and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.
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March diary
We are delighted that Kate Allen Director of Amnesty International UK will be the guest speaker at our AGM on Wednesday March 12th. The meeting will be held as usual at the Friends' Meeting House, 37 Maidenhead Road, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 6XT starting at 7.00 p.m. for members and 8.00 p.m. for visitors and guests. Everyone is warmly invited to join us for this very special evening at which Kate will talk about Amnesty's 2014 Global Campaigns 'Stop Torture' and 'My Body My Right'.
A polite reminder to members that the voluntary subscription of £10 (£5 concessions) is due at that meeting.
Thursday March 27th our group letter writing for Individuals at Risk will be held between 10.00 a.m. and 12 noon at the Falcon Hotel, Chapel Street, Stratford upon Avon. Just drop in and join us for as long or short a time as you can manage.


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how can we obtain of that items, its very hard, our rohan player of ph are no costume like the old player of RBF awwwwwww the accesory and armor, wenkkk. we need our costume from ph hayssss, thank you.
how can we obtain of that items, its very hard, our rohan player of ph are no costume like the old player of RBF awwwwwww the accesory and armor, wenkkk. we need our costume from ph hayssss, thank you.
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Maybe, Game Master can answer that question when they are done on the migration plan. Just wait for further announcements about it. Or if you're in a hurry, why don't you try sending tickets. Your concerns can be reviewed as soon as possible if it directly escalated.
Ph Rohan was a licensed version of the game not run directly by PW. They didn't have to allow your characters and some of their gear to migrate here but they have done. Unfortunately that means you have to abide by whatever terms and conditions they lay down.
There is a huge difference in gear from this version of Rohan and Ph. It's simply unfair to the existing players of this Rohan to simply transfer it all across when none have them had any ability to obtain those items.
If you want to play here, you have to accept that not everything will be transferred.
gwx file a discrimination/racist form dude......................
Master ravendee pls dont get mad.. lets be friends again okay? i'm just messing up with GWxRaigboy... we're good now okay, lets chill....
Read and understand this:
Rohan Philippines is closed. Gone. No More.
All your stuff at Rohan Philippines is Gone.
iRohan is NOT Rohan Philippines
You chose to play at iRohan. With PlayWithi's Rules and PlayWithi's idea of how they want to *ehrm*balance their server. You do not need anything from RohanPH in this server.
You use and play with the tools that PlayWithi gives you just like everyone else. Why should YOU get special treatment?
Deal With It.
If you can't, then there are *many* alternatives closer to your home that you can explore.
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