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Bali Beach Villa Vacations Are More Affordable Than You Think! Beach vacations are perhaps one of the most coveted getaways for many people. Whether intimate and romantic or filled with family and friends, taking holiday to the beach is a memorable occasion for all involved.

The island of Bali offers an exotic location with luxurious Bali beach villas to stay in and enjoy as a home away from home. A beach vacation set on one of the world’s most spectacular shores is surely to be filled with hours of sun worship and relaxation. Sunny days filled with swimming, internationally renowned surf breaks and sunbathing are readily enjoyed even more when your beach accommodations are luxurious and inviting.

Private Bali beach villas feature sparkling swimming pools in addition to the glorious beach at hand. The Bali beach villas provide their guests with air conditioned bedrooms and full size bathrooms that make your stay truly feel decadent.

Hotel rooms merely provide a place to drop your things, rarely giving you enough space to relax, have a cup of coffee without balancing on the edge of a too soft bed or tripping over the children running amok. These spacious beach villas give your family room to enjoy your morning coffee leisurely while families find that children relish the many areas to play as well.

Canggu Bali is a charming village set in a magical tropical setting, the stuff dreamy vacations are made of. Bali beach villas are affordable and luxurious, adding to the vacation magic by allowing you to enjoy the spectacular scenery outside and luxury and comfort inside.

Tropical vacations are about relaxing and enjoying the beach, the sunshine and having a comfortable retreat in which to relax and regroup. Canggu private villas provide a feeling of luxury while being affordable to families at the same time.

Dreamy beach vacations are filled with scenes of sunset walks on the beach, private villas with sundecks and swimming pools, seaside suppers and magical moments. When visiting Canggu Bali and staying in a private Bali beach villa, your party can experience all this and more. No more cramped hotel rooms with micro kitchens that serve no purpose but to pour a glass of water. The room to sit back and enjoy the villa holiday experience is priceless.

It’s hard to believe if there’s one person in this world say that he or she doesn’t like the sound of traveling to a new place with eye opening views. How can you resist the fresh dusty air of the dessert or the water rushing through the river banks? You can help but take pictures of the family of monkeys just playing around in the neighborhood in Asia. Traveling is one of the must to do thing on almost everyone’s list. I know it has been mine since I was a teenager. I always wonder how things are like in France or in China.

I have never met a person that doesn’t want to travel when they have time. I know that traveling is on everyone’s top list. There are some people that want to travel but they can’t because of busy children or other obligations. It’s a regret to most mother that they don’t get a chance to travel before they get marry. I read it in the magazine that not traveling is one of the top regret of most mothers.

I really wanted to travel but I have been so busy trying to put my life together that I find no time for it. I wanted to save money for school and to pay my bills. I wanted to wait a couple of more years until I have a lot of extra money and then I will travel. I think these are also the reasons that most young people or financially scarce people don’t travel. It’s alright. You just have to wait until it’s the right time because going all out when you’re not ready is not the option.

You should travel because you want to experience what this world has beside where you live. You want to see the wonder of the world and how it’s all different everywhere. It will make you think more about who created this world and why we need to appreciate everyone that is different from us. You will get to taste different kinds of food and see different kinds of customs and landscape and animals. You will get a chance to observe culture completely different from yours and it’s beautiful.

When you travel to a new place you will also discover new business opportunity because merchandise in other country can be cheaper than the US. Traveling will also give you a chance to be away from it all and find peace of mind in a new place. You will experience first hand the sound of a foreign language. If you’re a photographer you will fall in love with the beautiful landscape and foreign seas. How can you not take a picture of elephant and monkey that we rarely see in the US.

You won’t regret the low price of hotels either. For example, hotel in Vietnam only cost – a night. You will also love the low price merchandise. You can buy gold and diamond for less in Vietnam or China. If you love shopping Asia is the country for you because there you will find low price merchandise.

Car Transport Services – Services Are Now More Affordable

Car Transport services are now more affordable than they have been in the past. This has opened up the availability to college students, military transfers, snowbirds, corporate transfers and many others. The car transport services are not limited to just a few- now you can choose open trailer, closed trailer, cargo ship, air transport and rail road transport. The best way to find out just what is the best service for your needs is to check out several companies and see which service you need at the price that fits for your budget. You can go online to get several quotes from the companies.

When you decide which companies you are interested in, contact them for time availability, services offered, if they are insured and bonded and if their price is right. With many companies offering this service, make sure you will get all you need from them.

Then you should be left with one company to handle your car transport services need. Make sure your pick up or drop off date and return delivery dates are correct and set. Then you will need to prepare the car for transport. Remove all personal items including items in the trunk, CDs, DVDs and players, GPS, Radios (if they are removable) and disarm your alarm system. Wash the car and take pictures of any damage or scratches. Make sure the car only has a quarter of a tank of gas. This is for weight and safety purposes. Crack your windows a small amount to release pressure from temperature changes and altitude changes. Your car is now ready.

Just one more thing to consider is Insurance. Does the carrier offer enough insurance for loss of your car, or should you check with your insurance for coverage? The right answer is both. You will need to know the limits on both insurances and you may have to get some additional coverage. This is for your benefit and peace of mind. If you have followed all the steps here, you should have a very good experience with your car transport services. I wish you the best with your move.

Car transport services are affordable and a great service for transporting your car. The above topics can help make your car transport service an easier and more enjoyable experience.

February and March – the time of the season when lucky business travelers all over the country who have just made it to their airline’s elite status, sit down to total up (and not to mention gloat over and brag about) their incidental earnings in qualifying airline travel miles; and when they dream about all the upgrades they look forward to. But they can gloat all they need; people just have more miles now that they may use these days. It all began last year; lots of airlines thought they could earn their premier customers’ custom by letting them qualify for miles when they shopped at specific stores or used specific credit cards. Everyone took this bait really enthusiastically. So now, if you earn your elite stripes the old-fashioned way putting in some hard flying all around, you’ll be sitting next to people who can just earn miles using their credit card to gas up. Why is this a problem? On many domestic routes, you will only find small regional jets usually, that don’t even have first-class. That the airlines just hand you free coupons for products that do not exist for most of the time, you could be forgiven for thinking of this as a sneaky trick. Specially when you learn that of the handful of seats that they do have to go around, airline employees have dibs on them most of the time.
So this is the way it is going to be for anyone who wants to redeem qualifying airline travel miles for elite first-class seats, now, and over the next couple of years. If you are not near the top of the elite program on your airline, the best those miles can do, is set you up for a good case of the “if onlys’. Airlines normally have at least three levels to their elite flyer programs; and if your airline is like Continental, there’ll be a new high level, a fourth one, like the Continental Presidential Platinum Elite. Typically, only one out of a hundred frequent flyers qualifies for elite programs on any airline; But they have been really handing out those bonuses recently, and those elite lounges are soon to be bursting full with five times as many members. 
With this a lot of people fighting over the few seats that are available on their airline travel miles, actually getting a choice seat can descend into undignified clamor. There are all kinds of factors that affect who gets an elite upgrade and who doesn’t. If for example, you have been buying full fare coach tickets, the airlines want to show you their appreciation, by bumping you up over all the other elites. But if the next guy happened to pay more on his tickets than you, well, he gets ahead of the line. If you happen to be a low- ranking elite, you may or may not get an offer – just the day of your flight. If you are a higher-ranking elite, you could be given three days’ notice. Sometimes, you can find yourself standing right at the check-in counter, glancing at the screen to see if your name’s being announced for an upgrade. There’s lots of smartphone Internet traffic that is generated by those who are just trying to check when they get to go, over and over again. At least the airlines are starting to return some dignity to the affair, by publishing an upgrade list.
Airlines should just realize that they can’t dangle this “incentive” or “reward” before you and have you snapped at it like a hungry animal, I didn’t feel any gratitude to the airline in the end. That is just not how people work.

 

 

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CONTENTS

BLUEBERRY OATMEAL PANCAKES

APPLE SLICE PANCAKES

GRANDMA’S BEEF-STEW & DUMPLINGS

PINIC CHICKEN SALAD

GLAZED BERRU TARTS

RECALL ALERTS

FOOD INFORMATION

ONLINE RENTAL FRAUD

BAR MIXES

NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINK

 

BLUE BERRY OATMEAL PANCAKES.
1-cup flour,
1-teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt,
¼ teaspoon cinnamon,
1/3 cup rolled oats, blueberries about ¾ cup, or as much as you want.
¼ cup brown sugar,

1 egg, 1 cup milk
1-tablespoon oil.

Mix together the flour, baking power, salt, cinnamon, rolled oats and brown sugar. Stir well.  Beat together the egg, milk and oil.  Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the egg mixer all at once.  Stir just until moistened and batter is still lumpy. Drop dollops on the grill and add the blues as directed in procedure for pancakes.  Cook pancakes until bubbles form, then flip them and brown on the other side.
Makes about 8 medium-sizes pancakes.

APPLE SLICE PANCAKES

1 Granny Smith apple
1 1/4 cup any type pancake mix
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 egg
2 teaspoons canola oil
1 cup low-fat milk

Lightly coat a griddle or skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat.
Peel, core and thinly slice apple into rings.

In a large mixing bowl, combine ingredients for pancake batter. Stir until ingredients are evenly moist. (Small lumps are ok! Over-mixing makes pancakes tough.)
For each pancake, place apple ring on griddle and pour about 1/4 cup batter over apple ring, starting in the center and covering the apple.

 Cook until bubbles appear. Turn and cook other side until lightly brown.

 

Grandma’s Beef-Stew & Dumplings
1 pound………………(500 g)…………………stew beef
3 tablespoons(45 ml)…………………flour
1 clove of garlic
salt and pepper to taste
1 medium size onion, chopped
3 carrots
1 turnip, diced
1 bay leaf
Cut meat into cubes.  Roll in flour and brown in hot oil.
Add chopped onion and garlic.  Add salt and pepper to taste.
Stir until onion is a golden brown.  Add enough water to cover
the meat.  Bring to a boil.  Simmer gently for 1 ½ -2 hours.
Add rest of vegetables ½ hour before stew is served.

YIELD: serves 4-6
TIME: 15 minutes preparation, approx.2 hours to cook

Dumplings
2 cups………………………………..(500 ml)………………………all purpose flour
4 teaspoons…………………….(20 ml)……………………………baking powder
½ teaspoon…………………………(2,5 ml)……………………….salt
2 tablespoons…………………(30 ml)……………………………shortening
¾ cup…………………………………….(185 ml)…………………milk
Sift flour.  Add baking powder and salt and sift again.
Cut in the shortening and add milk.  Drop into simmering stew
gently, being careful to drop a piece of meat or vegetable so
that it will not be immersed.  Cover the kettle.

Picnic Chicken Salad
2 1/2 cups cooked, diced chicken breast
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 Tablespoons pickle relish
1/2 cup light mayonnaise

 

Combine all ingredients.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Use within 1-2 days. Chicken salad does not freeze well.
How to use:
Make chicken salad sandwiches.
Make a pasta salad by mixing with 2 cups cooked pasta.

Serving Size: 1/6 of recipe
Yield: 6 servings

 

GLAZED BERRY TARTS
3 ½ cups fresh or frozen blueberries (unthawed)
1/3-cup water
2/3-cup sugar
2-tablespoons cornstarch
a few grains of salt
1-tablespoon lemon juice
6 large medium baked tart shells
(You can double medium baked tart shells)

Crush ½ cup blueberries, add water and bring to a rolling boil. Remove from heat and press through sieve.  In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt.  Add sieved juice (made to ¾ cup with water).  Mix thoroughly and cook, stirring constantly until glaze thickens and becomes clear, about 5 minutes.  Cool slightly, then add lemon juice.  Arrange whole berries in tart shells and spoon glaze over berries.  Chill before serving.

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VEGAN INFORMATION

A vegan’s diet includes foods such as: beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, soya products (for protein), whole grains, vegetables, fruits and healthy oils.

 

People choose to become vegan for various reasons, the most popular include:

-Ethical views concerning animal rights

-Concern for the environment

-To improve personal health

-Spiritual or religious beliefs

 

VAGAN RECIPE
Sweet Potato And Apple Delight
4 cups medium sweet potatoes peeled and finely chopped.
2 green apples, cored, thinly sliced.
½ cup raisins.
1 teaspoon cinnamon.
1 cup apple juice.
½ cup bread crumbs.
½ cup walnuts.
Preheat oven to 375F in a large casserole dish, mix together all the ingredients.  Bake uncovered for 45-50 minutes.  Makes 4-6 servings

 

Directions:

 

Combine all dry ingredients (flour, salt, vegan sugar, baking powder, nutmeg). Combine wet ingredients in a separate bowl.  Mix wet and dry ingredients, but don’t over-stir.  Pour onto hot skillet, flip once.  Makes 6 medium pancakes.

 

Note: You may also add fresh fruit such as blueberries or vegan chocolate chips for some variety!

 

Super Easy Vegan Pasta Salad

Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat pasta, cooked & cooled

2 ripe tomatoes, chopped

1/2 green pepper, chopped

1 green onion, thinly sliced

1/4 cucumber, chopped

1/2 cup organic sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/3 cup ketchup

1/4 cup vinegar

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon paprika

Directions:

Mix together the sugar, ketchup, vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and paprika. Pour the dressing over the pasta and veggies, and stir well.

LIGHTSIDE

During World War 2, a soldier arrived at the city but found all hotel rooms taken. He begged the desk clerk for anything.  The hotel clerk said he had a double, there was a navy guy in it, but persons in rooms next to him said he snored so loud it was hard to sleep.

The soldier agreed to take it.  When the soldier came down for breakfasts the manager asked, “How did you sleep”?  “Great” replied the soldier. “No problem with the other guy snoring all night”? Asked the manger.

“No I shut him up in no time,” replied the soldier. “How did you manage that?” asked the manager.
“Well he was in bed snoring away when I walked into the room, so I gave him a kiss on the check” explained the soldier.  “Then I whispered in his ear ‘goodnight beautiful’, and he sat up all night watching me.”

RECALL ALERTS
Have you unsafe products in your home? Check out items that have been recalled by manufactures in cooperation with U.S.Consumers Products Safety Commission. You can check by phone: 800-638-2772, or visit www.cpsc.gov

Remember, when it comes to recalls, health, food, the same information applies to both U.S.A. and Canada.  Check both government sites for the above.
fda@service.govdelivery.com

FOOD INFORMATION

Dr. Donald Low, chair of the council and chief microbiologist at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital said hand washing and surface disinfection are two key areas that need greater attention along with food safety, immunization and proper use of antibiotics.

He said the most “bang for your buck” in prevention from illness at home comes in the kitchen where bacteria and viruses can multiply on moist or hard surfaces.

Low said dishcloths are growing “unsatisfactory” levels of bacteria in nine out of 10 Canadian kitchens and 80 per cent of food-borne illnesses occur at home because food was not handled or cooked properly.

In the past, doctors promoted washing with soap and water but alcohol-based hand rubs are better to use on hands that are not visibly soiled, he said. “They are more effective at actually killing bacteria and viruses,” Low said. “They are easier on your hands so you can do it more often without getting chafing of the skin.”

Food safety Tips When Traveling Or In Case of A Disaster.

Due to the length of this article, it will not contain any recipes, bar mixes, just information, tips on food handling.

If you are traveling with perishable food, place it in a cooler with ice or freezer packs. Have plenty of ice or frozen gel-packs on hand before starting to pack food. If you take meat, poultry, eggs, for eating on the road or to cook at your vacation spot, plan to keep everything on ice in your cooler.

Keep raw meat and poultry wrapped separately from cooked foods, or foods meant to be eaten raw such as fruits.  Limit the times the cooler is opened. Open and close the lid quickly. Pack perishable foods directly from the refrigerator or freezer into the cooler. If the cooler is only partially filled, pack the remaining space with more ice.  Limit the times the cooler is opened. Open and close the lid quickly.

Remember to keep the cooler in a shady spot. Keep it covered with a blanket, tarp or poncho, preferably one that is light in color to reflect heat.

Bring along bottled water or other canned or bottled drinks. Always assume that streams and

What is online gaming?
The gaming is the act of playing electronic games. This kind of video and flash games is played on computer network. Aforetimes, online games like this can be played with different technology, like modems, hard wired terminals but recently by internets. Online or internet games was popularized by the vast emergence of computer networks. Online game ranges from simple text based games to complex graphic and virtual world games. It also ranges from single player to many players in complex network. Multiplayers games can be played through computers linked locally or over the internet. Popular online games are Action, Role Playing and strategy.
Browser games
A game played in a browser is called browser-based game. It normally comes in variant kinds.
It is another electronic game that is played on web browsers. It is distinct from video and computer games because it does not require client side software installed before it can be accessed it only required a web browser. To be able to play online this kind of game; client- side technologies like Java scripts or plug-in is required example Java or Flash players.
Types of browser games
Plug-in based games:
Plug-in based browser games require the use of a web browser plug-in to be accessed. These include Java, Shockwave, flash player and unity.
Javascript-based games:
These are mostly free games that run within a browser without the need of third party plug-in.
Flash Games
These are games designed as interactive media games structured for online players. This kind of online games uses Adobe-owned macromedia developed software. This form of games is easily accessible, addictive, and cheap or mostly free. It can be freely downloaded or instantly to play online. Flash games come in various plethora titles with awesome production values; solid graphics, quality sound m, stupendous storylines. Many of flash games are popular for existing titles.
Flash games come as action games, role- playing or simulations, puzzle games.
In the long run online games would be tremendously popular. As it is; most online games can be easily accessed and can be freely downloaded. As technology advances games would be accessed by both adult players and children in the comfort of their homes. Use these various game structures to afford yourself more fun online.

You are going traveling. You have lots of expenses to cover. You need to pay for your air fare, your accommodation, your food, your travel while away, cultural experiences and the list goes on. You want to save money so you decide not to bother with travel insurance. You are going on the trip of a lifetime so nothing will go wrong. It’s an unnecessary expense so you don’t need it. Wrong. Very wrong. Traveling with out insurance can be the biggest mistake you make when organizing your trip and a very costly one.

What is travel insurance? Well there are two kinds of insurance to look at when traveling.

1. Travel insurance, (sometimes called trip insurance) which covers cancellations, delays, lost baggage and emergencies.

2. Travel medical insurance protects you against any medical expense while traveling.

Ideally, you need a combination of the two when traveling.

Imagine these scenarios:

You are in Darwin, Australia when a cyclone hits the area. The city is devastated by the cyclone and all services shut down. You have to be evacuated and sent home. Your travel insurance will cover you for this. You do have travel insurance don’t you?

Your luggage goes missing in India. You need to buy new clothes and fast. Can you afford it in your budget? Of course you can, you took out traveler’s insurance – didn’t you?

Or what if you go surfing in Hawaii and take a big wipeout? You are so severely injured you need surgery and major medical assistance, and then are airlifted home. But that’s okay – your travel medical insurance covers all that. You have got it, haven’t you? Read the rest of this entry »