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Golfers caught this alligator fight on The Eagles, Forest Lake Golf Course.

The white building on the horizon at the beginning of the video  is our house.

I don’t think I would have got that close!

  To celebrate the wedding of Prince William & Kate Middleton Joe’s Church put on a faux Royal Wedding the day before the official big deal.  Joe played the part of Michael Middleton the Brides Father (top hat and tails).  Well done!!

This really doesn’t need any comment, but the dogs certainly got the moves!!

Because of the current worldwide economic situation the media are reporting that charitable donations are down substantially.  Here is a way you can help feed the needy through the World Food Program.  All it takes is a little bit of your time.  Open the FREE RICE website and all you have to do is answer the questions and for every one you get correct an advertising sponsor donates 10 grains of rice.  Not much you say?  Just imagine millions upon millions of internet users worldwide answering 20 questions every couple of days, it soon adds up.  Its also a great word game for children, learning for everyone, and mental acuityexercise  for the elderly.  Try it,  there is no cost and if you set up a password it keeps track of the amount of rice you have donated via your correct answers. If the above link does not work, just Google Freerice.

  Yesterday Joey Krege was Baptised at St. Patrick’s Church Largo, surrounded by his mom Angela, family and friends he was welcomed into the Catholic Church. Looking around and taking everything in his stride, he didn’t make a sound!

Joseph David Louis Krege was born on October 9th 2010 at 11:56pm to proud mom Angela.  He weighed in at 7lb 2 ozs and 20” long.  Mother and baby are doing wonderfully.  The young, hot, sexy g-ma Susan is also doing well.

More pictures can be seen here.

I have previously written about Imperia Invest IBC and commented that it was obviously a scam.  Well, it seems the SEC are trying to freeze Imperia’s assets.  Better late than never!  At least more people will not be sucked in….. until they start another company with a different name.  BEWARE if it seems to good to be true….you know the rest!  Here is the info from the SEC web site:

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

Litigation Release No. 21686 / October 7, 2010

SEC OBTAINS TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND ASSET FREEZE OF IMPERIA INVEST IBC RELATING TO INTERNET BASED OFFERING FRAUD

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Imperia Invest IBC, Civil Action No. 2:10-cv-00986-B (D. Utah)

On October 6, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a temporary restraining order and emergency asset freeze against Imperia Invest IBC ("Imperia") for defrauding more than 14,000 investors worldwide. The Commission’s complaint alleges Imperia raised in excess of $7 million, $4 million of which was collected primarily from deaf investors in the United States. In addition to the asset freeze, the court has granted the Commission’s motion for expedited discovery and prohibiting the destruction of documents.

According to the Commission’s complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for Utah, Imperia defrauded investors by soliciting funds via the internet to purchase Traded Endowment Policies ("TEP"), the British term for viatical settlements, claiming to pay investors a guaranteed return of 1.2% per day. The Commission alleges that Imperia promised unrealistic returns to investors. The Imperia website allegedly stated that an initial $50 investment would allow the investor to obtain an $80,000 loan from an unnamed foreign bank which would be used by Imperia to purchase a TEP; Imperia would then trade the TEPs and pay the investor the guaranteed return. The Commission’s complaint alleges that Imperia claimed to be licensed and located in both the Bahamas and Vanuatu when, in fact, it is not licensed to do business or located in either of those countries. It is also alleged that Imperia’s website stated investors could only access their profits by purchasing a Visa debit card from Imperia, but that Imperia has no relationship with Visa and was using the Visa name without authorization. Additionally, the complaint contends that Imperia took proactive steps to conceal the identity of its control persons by using an anonymous browser to host its website, by communicating with all investors via email without disclosing the identity of any control persons and by establishing off-shore Paypal style bank accounts to conceal the recipient of the investment proceeds.

The Commission’s complaint charges Imperia Invest IBC with violations of Sections 5(a), 5(c) and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder.

The Commission acknowledges the assistance and cooperation of the State of Maine Office of Securities, the Securities Commission of the Bahamas, the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission and the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission.

  In 2008 a group of Vicki’s friends decided to get face lifts, but did they go to a local surgeon oh no, that would be to easy!   They instead took a “facelift vacation” to Peru.   Naturally they did their research and decided on a doctor that some other local friends had used previously.   The outcome was some happy ladies, who enjoyed a vacation in Peru, had their facelifts and saved a considerable amount of money.

Why am I telling you this?

Vicki needs 4 crowns on her front teeth, and I need 2 crowns.  So after some thought and doing quite a lot of  research we decided to put together a dental vacation!   We have selected a dentist in Merida, Mexico to do our crowns. 

We will be taking a 9 day vacation in Merida.   The actual dental part of the vacation will be two mornings.  The dentist needs 4-5 days between the first appointment and the final appointment to get the crowns made.  We allowed a couple of extra days just incase the bite needs correcting.

Will we save a some money?  A little.  Our out of pocket cost with our local dentist would be $3375 after insurance.   Our out of pocket cost with the dentist we have selected in Merida, $900!  That’s a saving of $2450,  less the expected total cost of  the vacation (hotel, airfare and spending) $2000,  puts us ahead by about $450 plus we get a vacation!

Why Merida? Where is Merida?  Merida is the capital city of the Yucatan and has a population of about 800,000.  It also has a large expat community.  People travel to Merida from all over the World , but especially from Central America to get dental and medical services.   Merida also has one of the most prestigious medical schools  in Mexico (UADY).  Proximity to American cities like Houston allow local doctors to cross train and practice in both countries making Mérida one of the best cities in Mexico in terms of health services availability.

We will write follow  up posts detailing our experience!