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It’s been a while hasn’t it?

A little over a year… My wife just greeted me with a pleasant surprize for my birthday-tiramisu. It was great. What surprizes will loyal Kop fans receive this summer? Hopefully sweet ones. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.albertanaya.com%2Fits-been-a-while-hasnt-it%2F’; addthis_title = ‘It%26%238217%3Bs+been+a+while+hasn%26%238217%3Bt+it%3F’; addthis_pub = ”;

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Mothers , produce and revamping the team…

My produce price hike prediction has come true. A 3.9 % rise in produce in the Southeast of the US of A could be caused by the drought or the rise of transportation costs. The following article from the Washington Times explains the refinery outages and other factors to the pending fuel hike. Gas price [...]

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How much is a ticket to Athens?

To go with the flow of my previous post, let me begin by congratulating- the loyal fans of a team, which has brought tears of pain and joy throughout its long history. This week we saw Liverpool qualify once again to the final of the Champions League. This time at the expense of a millionaire [...]

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Rafa knows Champion’s League

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Great! Now what?

Click on Andy Johnson gloating for a review of this weekend in the Premiership. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.albertanaya.com%2Fgreat-now-what%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Great%21+Now+what%3F’; addthis_pub = ”;

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Breakfast of champions

A bowl of cereal and listening to Sirius on Saturday morning reminded me of my days as a child in Ecuador. The smell of freshly squeezed orange juice, fresh bread and the rustle of the morning paper interrupted early morning cartoons. My mom would sit beside me reading part of the paper and I would [...]

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Week One just passed by..

The first weekend is over for the Premier league and I will have to say that Reading have an honorable mention. The Royals came back from being 2-0 behind Middlesbrough through the majestic guidance of Lita, and Sidwell. Reading 3- Boro 2. Manchester United did very well at Old Trafford as they demolished a weak [...]

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Three days to go and some predictions…

Some of you are familiar with Nick Webster from the Fox Soccer Channel. In his blog he makes the Webster Premier league predictions. I hope he’s right! Three more days until the best league in the world begins. I am trying to work on my fantasy league team. My special surprize Dean Ashton choice for [...]

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Great start for the Kop!

Next weekend is the kickoff to the 2006-2007 Premier league. The weekend before is the Community Shield cup which pins the League winner versus the Fa Cup winner. This year we had the pleasure of seeing Liverpool beat Chelsea. 2-1, goals by John Arne Riise and Peter Crouch scored for Liverpool while Shevchenko for the [...]

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Other leagues- Ecuador

The Ecuadorean clubs are on their fourth week of the local championship called the Copa Pilsener. For a view of the standings click on the picture below. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.albertanaya.com%2Fother-leagues-ecuador%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Other+leagues-+Ecuador’; addthis_pub = ”;

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