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BE SAFE THIS NEW YEARS...DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!

Law enforcement will be out in force New Year's Eve to keep the roads safe from drunk drivers.

Drinking and driving is not only dangerous, it can be very expensive if you're arrested for DUI.

There will be extra officers are all over the Valley, cracking down for the holiday.

Officers are keeping closer tabs on blood alcohol levels this weekend, as more people celebrate the New Year.

Bars and night clubs are expected to be busy through early Tuesday morning and everyone should have a designated driver.

Sober Guys Inc. is a local company that has a team of drivers, just a phone call away, who keeps you and everyone else on the road safe. Rob Galvez with Sober Guys said, "Drinking and driving effects everyone, not just yourself. For a flat rate, Sober Guys will take you home."

Click the related link to visit the Sober Guys website or call (559) 916-SAFE (7233).

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MEN - PLAN SOMETHING GREAT FOR YOUR LADY THIS NEW YEARS!

If you and your lady wish to celebrate New Year's Eve in style, then here are ten ways to crystallize the moment and pop into the New Year. From the wild to the tame, this list has something for everyone.

Number 10

Nothing comes close to getting away for a couple of days. If you plan early enough, you can find great bargains at some marvelous locations, for partying or some R&R. Go skiing for a couple of days, shack up in some cottage up north, or simply head out to a friend's place with your woman.

Number 9

Imagine inviting family members from your side and hers to one of your places for dinner, or to a restaurant. Surely not something to do in a brand new relationship, but definitely a great icebreaker for couples who wish to take their union to the next level.

Number 8

Turn everything off, shun the parties and avoid the hassle of a trip by staying home for a quiet and romantic dinner; if you turn anything on, make it some mellow, classical music. The holidays are a good time to take it easy anyway, so sit back, relax and enjoy each other's company.

Number 7

Invite each of your close friends. Get together and blend the two circles to see whether they jive. Add some liquor, good music and delectable food to the mix and the chips will fall into place.

Number 6

Nothing comes close to sitting in front of a fire with your girlfriend or wife, sipping on some wine and reflecting on the past year. Share your ups and downs, exchange resolutions with one another and try to help each other persevere in the year ahead.

Number 5

This is a perennial favorite. Invite some friends along and go club-hopping, just make sure that you are with your loved one when the clock strikes midnight. Champagneanyone?

Number 4

Invite friends, colleagues and family for some royal treatment at your place. You can cook or make it a potluck, where guests bring along a dish or two. Open up your wine cellar to friends, stock up the barand go wild.

Number 3

Find out whether any masquerades, dances, or other such events are being planned in your area. Your girlfriend will love the effort and the fact that you are taking her to another world for a night, where you'll both be tempted to loosen up and lose your inhibitions.

Number 2

Planning a trip may be a bit of a headache, but nothing else will matter once you are sitting on a beach with warm, thin, white sand under your feet and the sun soothing your skin. Toast the New Year by the ocean.

Number 1

Do something adventurous. Find out what your significant other has always wanted to do, and just do it. You live once, so you may as well live life to the fullest at the start of the year; you'll feel like you're on top of the world.

Pick one, but make sure you think about it carefully. After all, midnight only strikes once. Where do you wish to be?

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FONDUE FUN FOR NEW YEAR! THREE CHEESE FONDUE! YUMMY!

Fondue is an easy, fun, crowd-pleaser of a party food. The most traditional recipe is made with Emmental or Gruyere cheese, white wine, and kirsch, but endless variations are possible, including the additions of Stilton, cheddar, or goat cheese, and the substitution of apple cider in place of wine. In addition to our selection of cheese fondue recipes, we have a rich caramel fondue for dessert. Teach everyone the fondue party rules and let the fun begin.

Gruyere, Emmental and raclette cheeses give this classic cheese fondue recipe its distinctive nutty flavor. You can use either dry white wine or apple cider as the liquid in this fondue.

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Best Lemonade Ever

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Lemonade is a very refreshing drink, and this is the best one ever!

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Party Punch VI

Submitted by: NOTTHEPURPLE1

This punch is easy to make, and is great for parties of all kinds. Strawberry sherbet, fruit punch and lemon-lime soda.

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Banana Slush Punch

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Three portions of banana citrus slush are frozen, and then served with ginger ale.

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Golden Wedding Punch

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A citrus and pineapple juice punch. This is decidedly different from your usual punch.

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Party Lemonade

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Lemons, sugar, ice and water can make a great crowd-pleasing lemonade in a pinch!

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Orange Cream Milk Punch

Submitted by: Bea

Home Town: Glenwood, New York, USA

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Orange sherbet and vanilla ice cream float in a bowl of carbonated milk.

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Nonalco Punch

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Cranberry and pineapple juices are sweetened with sugar, flavored with almond extract, and mixed with ginger ale in this festive punch.

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Perfect Party Punch

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Fruit punch floating with chunks of pineapple, strawberries and bananas, and sherbet. It brings family and friends together better than the phone company!

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Sweet Tart Punch

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Pineapple juice, ginger ale and lime sherbet make a rollicking bowl of bubbly for any festive occasion.

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Quenching Creamy Raspberry Punch

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A delicious raspberry punch that goes great with chocolate. Use either vanilla ice cream or raspberry sherbet.

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Spiced Percolator Punch

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Use a clean, well-washed coffee percolator to make this hot, spicy holiday fruit punch using pineapple and cranberry juices, brown sugar, cinnamon sticks, and cloves.

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Kiddie Holiday Juice

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A quick non-alcoholic punch made with cranberry juice, lemon-lime soda and a kids' favorite - crushed ice!

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Creamy Hot Cocoa

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Creamy homemade hot chocolate for the ultimate in comfort.

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Party Punch IX

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This is the best punch I have ever tasted, and it is requested at every shower and wedding that takes place in our family and at our church. Fruit flavored gelatin is mixed with pineapple and lemon juice, then frozen. Ginger ale is then poured over the frozen juice.

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Incredible Punch

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Absolutely the best punch! A hit at showers, teas and kids' birthday parties. It's made with cran-raspberry juice, ginger ale and pina colada mixer and has a beautiful pink color!.

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Vintage Lemonade

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Lemons, sugar and water in a process that has been handed down since the 19th century. A true survivor of a lemonade recipe.

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Aileen's Punch

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Pineapple juice, apricot nectar and limeade concentrate are combined with lemon-lime soda.

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Floating Island Punch

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Wonderful punch for baby and bridal showers. Cherries and orange slices float on top like islands.

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Green Punch

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Lime, pineapple juice and o.j. punched up with ginger ale.

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Easy Mexican Hot Chocolate

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KEEP YOUR NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS!

What is the best way to stick to your goals?

A couple of things there. Having some kind of accountability is very, very helpful. A simple way to have accountability is being around other people who have a similar goal. That’s why classes work when it comes to weight loss. That’s why if you have a partner that’s also trying to lose weight, it’s always helpful if you meet each other for exercise. It’s the reason that people get a personal trainer or financial planner. So, having someone else that you’re accountable to helps. It’s the reason people get a coach!

If you know you’ve got a weekly coaching session, or training session, or you’ve agreed to meet your friend at six a.m. — there’s a good chance you might have procrastinated if it was just you, or hit the snooze button. Or you might not have worked on that project. But because you’ve got an appointment, you might wait until the last minute to work on it, but you go ahead and do it. So if there is any way to have someone else involved, if there is any way to have a structure from a class or a goal group that you are a part of, that can be extremely helpful. If you’ve got an accountability partner that you’re checking in with, you’ve also given them permission to check in with you.

Number one, expect that you’re going to have setbacks. If you expect that, you can already have a game plan for how you’re going to get back on track. The most important thing you can do is not beat yourself up. Say, “Okay, what went well; I’ll do more of that. What went wrong, and how can I make an adjustment, to keep me from stumbling in that way again?” That’s really, really big.

I think when it comes to New Year’s resolutions especially it’s important to say, “Hey, my enthusiasm may not be as great somedays, I might get off track for a week; however, I should expect that, and just keep trying again.” That’s particularly important.

Hangover remedies from around the world -- from coconut water to poached duck embryo

Filipino partiers calm a queasy stomach with a delicacy known as balut, a poached duck embryo, beak often included. Hungover Germans saddle up to katerfrühstück, or "hangover breakfast," which comprises a raw, pickled herring wrapped around pieces of gherkin and onion.

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Published: Monday, December 31, 2012, 3:00 PM

Here are a few hangover remedy traditions from drinking cultures around the world.

Nine popular hangover remedies from around the world

India

The morning after, Indian revelers reach for refreshing, electrolyte-rich coconut water - the clear liquid from young green coconuts.

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Philippines

Filipino partiers calm a queasy stomach with a delicacy known as balut, a poached duck embryo, beak often included.

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A popular remedy in the Western US is the Prairie Oyster, which is a drink made from Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt and pepper, and a whole raw egg. Diehards add a shot of vodka. It's also widely known that hungover cowboys soothed their aching heads with a freshly brewed tea made from rabbit droppings, dubbed pellet tea.

Germany

Hungover Germans saddle up to katerfrühstück, or "hangoverbreakfast," which comprises a raw, pickled herring wrapped around pieces of gherkin and onion.

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Namibia

The morning after an epic boozefest, Namibians sip a concoction called Buffalo Milk, which is surprisingly devoid of actual buffalo milk. Rather, enjoy a brew of clotted cream, dark rum, spiced rum, cream liqueur, and whole cream, according to Gizmodo.

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When it comes to binge drinking, the Brits are notorious - and their day-after remedy of choice, tucking into a fry up, a heaving platter of bacon, eggs, sausages, and side dishes such as beans and tomatoes. Another favorite: hair of the dog, or drinking more alcohol the morning after to ease (er, delay) the symptoms.

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Poland

Poles are famed for outdrinking just about anyone, but they are not immune to hangover hell. Their morning brew: a tasty swig of pickle juice, writes Lonely Planet.

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Japan

After a heavy night of sake drinking, Japanese are known to eat pickled, dried ume, which is similar to a plum or apricot. Steep it in green tea to neutralize, sort of, the intensely sour taste, writes Gizmodo.

Italy

While Italians chase their hangovers with a fine cup of espresso, Sicilians are famous for their cure of eating a dried bull's penis. According to The Guardian in the UK, ancient Romans also snacked on deep-fried canaries after a rave.

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