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Executive Room, 2 Queen Beds
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Parking is included in your stay.
Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds
- FREE Parking
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Gambling and spa on the edge of the Everglades
Close to golf
This 9-story hotel is 8 miles from the Miccosukee Golf and Country Club, 12 miles from Everglades National Park, and 18 miles from downtown Miami.
Around the clock
Gaming machines and tables are open 24 hours a day; 24-hour dining options include a café with live entertainment, a deli and coffee bar, a martini bar, and room service.
Contemporary rooms
All 302 guestrooms offer complimentary premium channels, coffeemakers, in-room safes, and wireless Internet access.
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- General
On-site dining options include an American buffet restaurant, a 24-hour deli, and 2 lounges. Open 24 hours, the resort's gaming machines and tables include live poker, video pull-tab machines, and Lightning Lotto. Family-friendly facilities include an 8,500-square-foot childcare center (surcharge) and a video arcade.
The resort also has a beauty salon, a fitness center, and an indoor splash pool and spa tub. The Pa-Hay Okee Spa and Salon offers a variety of massages, aromatherapy treatments, facial treatments, manicures, and pedicures. Sporting and entertainment events are held in a 2,000-seat dome; fees may apply. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) is available in the hotel's public areas.
There is 46,000 square feet of meeting and event space available, and a business center provides high-speed Internet access and other services; fees may apply.
Complimentary shuttle service is available with advance notice to and from Miami International Airport and the Miccosukee Golf and Country Club. The airport shuttle is subject to availability and guests must contact the property with arrival details at least 72 hours in advance.
Self parking is complimentary on site; valet parking is available (surcharge).
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Free guest parking during stay
- Free self parking
- Wireless Internet access - surcharge
- Free parking
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Swimming pool - indoor
- Full-service health spa
- Massage - spa treatment room(s)
- Sauna
- Spa tub
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Coffee shop or café
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Room service (24 hours)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Multiple large conference rooms
- Event catering
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Exhibit space
- Business center
- Banquet facilities
- Ballroom(s)
- Business services
- Audiovisual equipment
- Total number of rooms - 302
- Multilingual staff
- Security guard
- 24-hour front desk
- Beauty services
- Hair salon
- ATM/banking
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Laundry facilities
- Patio
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Arcade/game room
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Elevator/lift
- Airport transportation (complimentary)
- Number of floors - 9
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Casino
- Wedding services
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Spa services on site
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Wireless Internet access (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Wireless Internet access - surcharge
- Parking
Free parking, Free guest parking during stay, Free self parking, Valet parking (surcharge), Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Room Amenities
- Phone
- Private bathroom
- Television
- Connecting / adjoining rooms available
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Air conditioning
- Multi-line phone
- Voice mail
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Wake-up calls
- Designer toiletries
- Bathroom phone
- Shower/tub combination
- Extra towels/bedding in room
- Makeup/shaving mirror
- In-room massage available
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Clock radio
- Daily housekeeping
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Cable TV service
- Wireless Internet access (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Dining
Empeeke-Cheke - Specializing in exotic meats, the hotel's fine-dining restaurant also offers steaks, seafood, an extensive wine list, fine liquors, and cigars. Open for dinner only.
Empeeke Aaweeke - Buffet dining includes steaks, seafood, chicken, burgers, soups, and salads. Open for early morning breakfast until late night.
Café Hammock - This 24-hour restaurant draws a crowd for its steak-and-lobster special. Live entertainment daily.
Empeeke Aya - A 24-hour, deli-style restaurant and coffee bar. Menu items include sandwiches, burgers, pizzas, salads, and desserts.
Martini Bar - Overlooking the lobby, this bar serves martinis and other cocktails, fine liquors, and a selection of cigars. Open from mid-morning until late night.
Cypress Lounge - Beer, wine, and cocktails are served 24 hours a day. Live entertainment is featured nightly.
- Recreation
Guests enjoy a fitness center with cardiovascular and strength-training equipment and an indoor splash pool with spa tub. The resort's 8,500-square-foot childcare center (surcharge) includes an indoor playground, interactive video games, nature field trips, and water aerobics. A video arcade is also on site.
Complimentary shuttle service is provided upon request to the Miccosukee Golf and Country Club, which offers three nine-hole courses played in three 18-hole combinations. Located eight miles from the resort, the club also has a driving range, lighted tennis courts, and a clubhouse with restaurant, sports bar, and pro shop.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Tennis nearby
- Playground on site
- Swimming on site
- Spa
- Facial treatments
- Manicures and pedicures
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Waxing
- Thai massage
- Reflexology
- Massages
Miccosukee Resort and Gaming Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets not allowed
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Breakfast fee: USD 7.99 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 9.95 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in all public areas: USD 9.95 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Fee for high-speed Internet (wired) in business center: USD 9.95 per hour (rates may vary)
- Valet parking fee: USD 5.00 per night (in/out privileges)
- Deposit: USD 75.00 per stay
- Refrigerator fee: USD 15.00 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 35.00 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Additional Details
This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Researchers finally nail down why drinking coffee helps reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
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Its said that the difference is in the details. We have taken that wisdom to heart, and made it a cornerstone of the way we assist families who trust us in their time of sorrow.
Ever since our founding in 1952, we have paid special attention to the needs and desires of our client families. This heritage of caring, compassionate service is the legacy of our founders, Albert B. and H. Lee Arritt, whose thoughtful and personalized service always exceeded the expectations of the people they helped.
Today we are still family owned and operated, proud of our deep roots in Covington and the surrounding communities. Carrying our tradition of service into the 3rd generation are Mark and Jonathan, all of whom honor the familys commitment to do everything possible to accommodate the needs of our communitys families. We pledge that our service to you will be considerate of your familys customs, traditions, and budget and that every arrangement will be handled properly, down to the smallest detail.


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NEBRASKA CITY — Junior Karl Krieser tied for second place, helping the UNO men's golf team to a second-place finish in its first home tournament as a Division I era school.
The Mavs finished with a team score of 909 at the UNO Invitational at ArborLinks Golf Club. Grand Canyon won the eight-team event with a 54-hole score of 895.
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Reviewers: Li Liu, MD Précis: More extensive biopsy protocol improved prostate cancer detection rate IntroductionTransrectal ultrasound (TRUS) and TRUS-guided biopsy have become the method of choice for the detection of prostate cancer, especially when curative treatment is planned. In the recent years, a sis biopsy (sextant) protocol has been used by many centers. However, the sextant method may underestimate the presence of cancer. In this study, the researchers evaluated more extensive biopsy protocol in an attempt to improve the detection rate.MethodA total of 303 patients underwent TRUS-guided biopsy of prostate gland because of elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels or an abnormal digital rectal examination. At least 10 biopsies were obtained for each patient, including sextant biopsies.Results
DiscussionIn this study, adding peripheral cores to the standard sextant needle biopsies of the prostate significantly improves the cancer detection rate. More extensive biopsy appeared to be well tolerated. The optimal number of samples to be taken and the clinical importance of isoechoic cancer seen on ultrasound have yet to be defined. This study did provide some rational arguments for the decision on an optimal protocol. |


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Sup man, we're paired for the Uber Open, its more convenient for me to play on the w.e because of school etc, tell me when you want to play! (im gmt+2 for scheduling etc)
I'm here. I'm doing something at the moment, so give me a bit of time to respond when you're around. You can also message me on IRC (I'm on as zeb).
Let's play on Monday or Tuesday. Are you okay with either of those days? I am free most of the time then. (Also, please respond on my profile or to this comment so we can show activity, not my PMs!)
hi, we're playing for nu open r1. i'd prefer to play closer to the end of the deadline, and i'm gmt -5 (us central). what time works best for you?
GG bro, great job! That earthquake on my heatran totally rolled over me, and you tricking my swampert was very unexspected
ok I'll send them tonight once I transfer the .pkms to my computer. I'm too lazy to get chansey to max happiness, and if I send you the hypno as a drowzee its ability will be forewarn (and not insomnia) when it evolves.
ok, you wanted the chansey/hypno/duskull as well right? should I send you those as .pkms and in their evolved form as well? Also, when I send them, can you reply with the .pkms of all the stuff from this post http://www.smogon.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3219286&postcount=222 ?
It has Softboiled, Double-Edge, Counter, and Seismic Toss. It's a Cleffa right now, when you evolve it in 4th gen (or even 5th, for that matter) its ability will change from Cute Charm to Magic Guard. If you want to know how, I made sure its PID in binary ended in 1 meaning it has ability 1 which is Magic Guard rather than ability 0 which is Cute Charm. Magic Guard didn't exist in gen 3/Cute Charm was the only option then, so you have to evolve it in 4th+ gen for its ability to be ability 1 which is Magic Guard. lol And yeah, I don't think we'll be able to trade until the weekend unless I happen to be on in the early morning and you're also there. I'm GMT -5 and for the past + future few weeks I don't get home until ~6:30 due to extra basketball practices, which is 12:30 AM your time =/ I got home at 7:30 today, lol. Edit: Actually, if you're able to use them we can just exchange .pkm files via email if you want.
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Im ready! My fc is 0733 1960 5288. Please give me your fc. If for any reason you are not happy with any trade we do, you have 48 hours to trade back.
I'd like to know why non of the pokés that you have in your thread on that german forum are in your Smogon thread.
It won't take me long at all then, I'll probably do it sometime this week though. I have 5 pokes I currently need to pal park from emerald, I'll do the clefable then pal park all 6 soon.
I noticed your looking for an impish 31/31/31/31/31/31 Groudon untrained. I have one i migrated from Emerald, im interested in your Lugia.


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Travel by private minibus or coach, sleeper train, boats and internal flight.
10 nights comfortable hotels, 1 night boat with twin share cabins, 1 night standard guesthouse to experience some 'Mekong Delta' hospitality, all en suite, 1 night sleeper train, soft-bed berths.
12 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 2 dinners included.
Reality Check
This is a busy itinerary that visits the main highlights of Vietnam.
We travel by private minibus and we take one internal flights to allow you to experience as much as possible of this beautiful and diverse county in a short space of time. You should be aware that there are some long travelling days on this trip.
We use 3 star hotels throughout our tour.
The weather can be hot and humid and cold in the winter months in the north around Hanoi and Halong bay.
Some of the days can be fairly long and tiring and there is a large time difference.
Normal group size and age
Normally 6 to 16, plus local leader. Minimum age 16.
Angkor Wat Extension
This trip can also be extended to visit the magnificent temple complex of Angkor in Cambodia. See Trip Notes or talk to a sales expert for prices and details.
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The vast majority of Exodus adventures are adult group holidays. Groups are always small in size. We strongly believe that this adherence to small groups means a better experience for all; more time with your guide, less waiting around and a reduced impact on the communities and environments visited.
Each group is generally made up of like-minded travellers - with singles, couples and friends all joining in together.
All these trips are suitable for single travellers, but if you prefer to travel with clients booking individually, please
see our Solo Departures page.
Requires a spirit of adventure and some fitness, as the trip may involve more activities or longer journeys.
Mixed Activities: Activities may range from the ordinary (for example walking, cycling or whitewater rafting) to the damn right extraordinary (including caving, camel riding or canyoning).
Culture: Let Exodus show you a different side to many of the world's greatest cultural attractions.
For those clients who wish to travel with a group of other solo/single travellers, on certain trips we have set aside departure dates that are specifically recommended for clients booking individually. Solo departures are aimed at taking away that concern that you may be the only solo traveller when you arrive overseas. Look out for the solo departures (marked with a grey icon's') by checking the notes in the dates and prices table.
However, please note that we inform any couples, or friends travelling together, who enquire about these dates that the trip is recommended for solos, but we do not refuse bookings from non-solo travellers, and we are therefore not able to guarantee that a solo departure will be exclusively made up of solo travellers.


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PHOENIX -- The Arizona Diamondbacks have acquired outfielder Tony Campana in a trade that sent right-handed pitchers Jesus Castillo and Erick Leal to the Chicago Cubs.
The 26-year-old Campana hit .264 with 30 stolen bases in 89 games with the Cubs last season. He was second in the NL with a stolen base percentage of 90.9 and was tied for third in bunt hits with eight. Campana played 184 games in two seasons with Chicago, hitting .262 with 11 RBIs and 54 steals.
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*~*~Hi everyone, welcome to my ''Starter Tradecenter''!~*~*
So, due to a recent huge breeding endeavor I now have lots of Starter Pokémon that all are looking for a new and loving home. Hopefully will you be able to help them get a new home, so why don't you take a look to what I have to offer and see if there's someone here that might interest you!
Also, just so that I won't have to point it out, they all have their usual abilites, and no DW abilites.
SquirtleNow taking requests!
And there we go, there are all of the Starters that I currently have in my possession!
Everyone, except those who I pointed out, are at level 1, while those I pointed out lvl'd up due to them being at the Day-Care, so no need to worry about their EVs. If you'd like to have some more moves on the Pokémon you request I could always add some more moves with TMs, just tell me what you want and then I'll fix it.
If this goes well, I'll be constantly updating the page with new breedings, in case some are wishing for more, and I might actually start taking requests for special natures in the future. Although this is what I have currently, so feel free to choose from any of them!
I'll make sure to constantly update the page with what I've got left, and what someone has reserved. This so that it'll be much easier for you to see what you have left to choose from.
I'll be trading from my Pokémon Black, so here's the FC:
Now, I also have some random Pokémon that I'm looking to trade away, due to them simply not being in any use to me. The same rules apply for them, which means following;
- No DW Abilites
- Can add more moves with TMs
And I will also update this page from time to time.
UPDATE: While the legendaries still are up for trade, I am now giving away Lucario and Volcarona for free!
So, what am I looking for;
Well, there really isn't anything special that I'm looking for in return, so to make it easier for you I'll just list some random stuff that I'm willing to take for the Starters.
- Any kind of DWF (which means, for those of you who don't know the term, ''Dream World Female'')
- Any kind of Shiny Pokémon
- Any kind of Evolutionary Stone
- Any kind of Legendary Pokémon
- Power Items (Power Weight, Power Bracer etc.)
- Leftovers, Choice Bands, Choiche Scarfs, Choice Specs
- Rare Candies + PP Up items
If you have any of the following things, then just name it and request your Pokémon. But, if you don't happen to have any of the following things, just name another Pokémon (or maybe item) that you have and that you consider to have a great nature, and then I'll think about it!
Also note that I want all the Pokémon to be legit. And for those of you who might offer a Shiny or maybe Legendary Pokémon I'll be willing to give away maybe two or more starters, since what you're offering is quite rare.
Well, that was pretty much all I had to say. Incase something is unclear, or if you have any questions, feel free to either PM/VM me, or just post the question here!
Remember, please try to mention me if you post here, so that I'll know if someone's made a request!
*~*~Happy trading!~*~*


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April 7th,
I just recently came across a very interesting blog post entitled How To Get a Million Hits, by political blogger Robert Stacy McCain, a.k.a. The Other McCain
. A word of warning to my progressive and liberal friends: Stacy is pretty seriously conservative, so it you visit his site you'll get high blood-pressure, or cooties, or something. But regardless of your politics or his, he offers some sage advice. Visit if you dare!
If you aren't a blogger yourself, and have no interest in ever becoming one, you can safely skip this post. It's intended to be extremely Inside Blogball, so I'll tuck the rest under the fold.
While Stacy's advice is intended to be universal, it's tailored mostly to political bloggers. I'd like to rip off revise his thoughts and present them here so that those of us in the cocktailosphere can improve our reach and our readership. We have among us some good cocktail writers, and some good cocktail minds, and even some good cocktail writing minds. We have a great young organization, the C&SOWG, that is helping us all with tools, a sounding board, and outreach to the industry. We have a lot of technically and artistically savvy bloggers who on average have more skills than many much higher trafficked bloggers. And we have a great topic to write about.
But our traffic is miniscule, in the grand scheme of things—growing, but miniscule. Why? What we do not have, as a rule, is much in the way of Blog Fu. These are practices bloggers can do for themselves and for each other that grow traffic for everyone. Over time, Blog Fu grows a lot of traffic. We all do a few of these things a little, but none of us do them any of them, much less all, as a matter of routine. If we start, we will all have lots more readers, and lots of new readers.
So herewith I present, for your consideration, R.S. McCain's The Pegu Blog's Five Rules to Garner a Million Hits:
- Shameless Self-Promotion!!
Snatch the link from my hand, young Grasshopper!
You must promote your blog in the blogosphere! This means doing several things, folks. First off, promote your stuff relentlessly to other bloggers. Most of us at least scan each other's RSS, but we have lives. Make sure you give a heads-up to those fellow bloggers who you think might be particularly interested in what you've just written. Make sure you submit your stuff to Liqurious and TasteSpotting, and any other such site as might be interested in the post.
Reach out beyond our little corner of the blogosphere. SeanMike and I were discussing this on Monday in the Mixosoleum chat room. There are a horde of potential readers out there reading the wine and beer blogs. We need to be trying to get cross linakage with those blogs.
And if you write something that should be of interest to blogs outside the greater alcosphere altogether, pimp yourself out to them as well. Two pieces that I managed to get linked by high traffic non-cocktail blogs (Instapundit and Ace of Spades) gave the Pegu Blog more than 5,000 and 1,000 hits respectively. But don't expect that kind of monster linkage to happen often, and don't try too hard to make it happen, either. Watching your Sitemeter spin like a Vegas slot machine is more intoxicating and dangerous than an entire bottle of Bombay Sapphire. See Rule 5 below for more detailed thoughts.
Watch for the smaller bloggers out there whose subject matter is tangential to ours. Read and promote them.
Comment in blogs a lot too, cocktail and not. You might be surprised at how many hits I get here from comments I make elsewhere on related, or more often unrelated, topics. Of course, I'm not talking about comment spam. Just use your thoughtful writing skills to contribute to other discussions, and leave a trail of breadcrumbs back to your home for people to follow.
Whether the blogs you pimp yourself to are big or small is immaterial. Ask for the links, and you will slowly start getting them. And once you start getting links, you'll start getting more links. No matter how much traffic they provide at first, you will build traffic.
Says McCain:…I relentlessly fill their inboxes with blogwhoring e-mails like Arnold Horshack trying to get Mr. Kotter's attention: "Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!"
- 'Tis Better to Give Than To Receive.
Link the hell out of everyone who is remotely linkable. This is more layered than it looks. Obviously, link a fellow cocktail blogger when you refer to them in one of your big posts. We all do that pretty well. Still, do it more. But also, go out of your way to link other's posts. If Marleigh writes something you particularly like, write some thoughts of your own and refer liberally, with links, to her as your inspiration. If Matt wrote a post three months ago about the rum you are using in a cocktail you've invented, toss a link back to his old post in passing. Even is you have nothing to add to Gabe's post, just throw up a quick link, telling whatever readers you have that he's written something worth reading. And if you haven't posted anything in a while, and are still creatively dry, look over your RSS, choose the best thing Jay has written lately, and link it. It's great karma, and it keeps your blog from looking neglected. (I'm talking to you Craig!)
Next, hat tip religiously. If you want to use Darcy's piece on Non-Tasters, which you found via A Mountain of Crushed Ice, then don't just link Darcy, but put in an H/T to Tiare as well.
Lastly, if you get a link from someone else, especially one that sends you some traffic, and most especially one from outside of your normal sphere of blog colleagues, update your post with a linkback. Just stick in a line at the end of your post like:
UPDATE: Welcome Drudge Report readers! While you are here, why not look around? You might also be interested in my posts on absinthe in a Corpse Reviver #2 cocktail, or my discussion of Bulleit Bourbon.
This will tell readers of your post (whether or not they came from that link) several things:- Someone actually cares enough about what you just wrote to link to it.
- Some reasons to stick around your blog.
- A place to go for another take on what they just read.
And it is a nice thing for the person who linked you.
Sayeth McCain:Reciprocal linkage is the essential lubricant that makes the blogosphere purr with contentment. If somebody's throwing you traffic, you should either (a) give them a link-back update, or at a minimum (b) keep them in mind for future linkage. Because you don't want to end up on the wrong end of a kharmic unbalance in the 'sphere, where you're always taking and never giving.
- Don't go dry.
Stacy's third suggestion is largely irrelevant to us in its specifics, dealing as it does with sources of political fodder. Frankly, most of us do a darn good job with our content. Most of the time I have more to write about than I have time to write it, a condition I suspect I share with others around the corner of the blogosphere. And we do not post as often, nor need to, as the political bloggers do. But it is a good idea to keep something regularly coming out of your blog. Post often enough that people will want to come back, or even better, will find it easier to subscribe to your RSS.
Stacy also suggests looking for something you think is stupid, and whacking its author around but good, which brings us to item four. - Controversy generates traffic.
Here, I think his advice needs to be turned on its head for our use. Political blogs need heat and passion to drive traffic. We need to create a cocktail party-like atmosphere.
First, don't talk politics. I probably violate this rule more than most of us. But when I do, it is couched in non-personal fun, and it is always on topic. Jacob Grier violates my advice on this all the time, but he's a Libertarian; They're cute and non-threatening. If you do go political, I'd consider using a method popularized by a certain rabbi about two thousand years ago, and speak in parables. Course, even that can get you into trouble, believe me I know from recent experience. And just look what happened to the rabbi! Politics can get you traffic, but use it like bitters, just a drop, and not enough to offend.
And otherwise, we have no need (nor, fortunately, inclination) to attack each other. No one fights at a good cocktail party. A few zingers here and there are fun though, like Gabe's and my back and forth over his effete snobbery regarding bottled juice. Snark on each other mainly as an excuse to link.
But none of this means that the occasional heat should not be brought! I think the most entertaining, enduring post in the entire cocktailosphere is this one, by Jeffrey Morganthaler. A good brutal fisking of a hapless outsider is an excellent occasional pastime. - There are other ways to generate heat besides controversy.
Stacy's Rule 5 is specifically about cheesecake. Now, while even so august and sober a blogger as myself has on occasion found himself posting pictures of the Tuaca bodypaintalympics, and Intoxicated Zodiac makes sex in cocktails one of her regular bits, I'm not talking about cheesecake… solely. Sure, it's fun. Who isn't tempted to throw in unrelated stuff in a post, or even in the middle of a larger post, stuff like the forthcoming Barack the Barbarian comic book from Devil's Due Publishing, featuring arch villainess Sarah Palin complete with animal skin bikini and librarian glasses? (Go ahead, click that link. You know you want to!) (Oh yeah, H/T: Jammie Wearing Fool)
But I think that for several reasons it is more useful for us to talk aboutLink Bait
in general, as opposed toCheesecake
in particular. Link Bait are posts that are crafted specifically to get traffic, as opposed to directlyadvancing the mission of your blog
, whatever the hell that means. You can write about, link about, or post pictures of, all sorts of things beyond the direct world of cocktails that can serve as Link Bait. Post something on wine paraphenalia, or kitchen appliances. Write about street parties near you. Go even further afield from cocktails on occasion. It won't kill you or the cohesion of your blog if you are posting often enough to begin with. My whole Basement Bar Design series is really an ongoing Link Bait project. That said, to go back to Stacy's original Rule 5, if you have the following two pictures supplied by a distiller that illustrate your story, which of them do you think would do more for your traffic?Link Bait can also fight MEGO (My Eyes Glaze Over) syndrome. We have a tendency to be fairly long form writers around here (how long is this post by now?), so the occasional venture into traffic fishing is a good idea. Off topic stuff can refresh both your readers and you.
But whatever kind of Link Baiting you occasionally indulge yourself in, don't forget rules number one and two! The best bait in the world won't catch any fish if you leave it in the boat. And when it works and you get linked, return the favor to whomever took the bait!
I hope at least some of you have slogged all the way through this post, and I appreciate those of you who did. I may have gone a bit over the top with some of my examples in this post, as I tried to illustrate what I'm talking about….
Over the top?
Now you show up, guy? This had been my longest post ever without you sticking you oar in.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and let's discuss to what extent you think this is all good practice. And in the meantime, expect a few more emails from me, pimping my latest stuff, if you haven't already gotten one from me offering up this one!
20 Responses to "Boozeblogging Thoughts, or How We Can All Get to a Million Hits"
1cocktailnerd Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 9:10 amDoug, a great post. The only thing I take issue with, personally, is asking for links.
I've made it a policy never to do so and, thus, I feel more honored when they actually arrive. I'm also far more open to adding someone if I merely see a linkback to my site from theirs one day versus an email bludgeoning me with guilt.
I also think social networking sites such as Facebook, StumbleUpon, and Twitter (ugh) are important tools in a smaller community such as ours. EVERYONE has a political bent and a much smaller percentage of people are interested in drinking, much less cocktails. So I think those tools are much more important to us than they are to a political blogger.
2Doug Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 9:20 amI agree about the distaste with asking for links. HOWEVER, there are different ways to do it, that make it more appropriate and less grubby.
First off, the idea, especially among colleagues, is that you are giving a special heads up that something is of interest to THEM. If they find it useful to use, great.
Second, when reaching beyond your own circle, the idea is to make those folks aware of your existence in the first place. I'm not talking about asking for linkbacks, or blogroll listings. I'm talking about telling blogger A about a post of yours that they might find useful, but which does not reference them at all.
Finally, I think you should tell people when you do link them, since I often miss that I've been linked unless it produces a lot of traffic, or Google notices it, which it often does NOT. -
3cocktailnerd Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 9:24 amI suppose this means I need to start writing posts that might be useful to people, eh?
4Dr. Bamboo Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 9:58 amNeat points, Doug! I may put them to use if I ever begin tracking my traffic.
5Reese Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 10:11 amA great write up of some very salient points, Doug. While your points are geared toward the cocktail bloggers they are certainly applicable to anyone with a blog. Specifically those with niche blogs.
6Doug Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 10:11 amPut 'em to use whether or not you track your traffic.
But if you do start, it'll make tracking your traffic more fun! -
7gwen sutherland kaiser Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 11:21 amdoug, thanks for the LINK! i didn't think my site was THAT r-rated, but ok… i guess intoxicated zodiac is a slut… thanks for a very well written and constructive piece…. cheers : )
8Doug Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 11:31 amAwww Gwen. IZ isn't a slut! A little easy maybe….
And you're welcome for the link.
Did you link it back? -
9Tony Harion Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 12:14 pmHey Doug,
I don´t really have a blog (yet), but I can see this info coming handy pretty soon.
Also, almost all of it can be placed outside the cocktails community and in any kind of blog.
Thanks for the very nice post!
10P0wnage « A Jigger of Blog Says:
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11DrinkPlanner Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 4:35 pmExcellent post, Doug. I'd like to second Gabe's points about social networking tools. I've never gotten much traction with Digg or Reddit or any of those, but Stumbleupon has sent my site tens of thousands of visitors over the past year. It's easy enough to submit your own posts, get active in the community, and watch the pageviews climb. I think you just have to pick the posts you submit, make sure it's worthwhile.
And I agree that pictures and other devices to break up a post, cheesecake or not, are critical to keep people reading. Nothing will make someone click off your page faster than just seeing a big block of text with no breaks in it.
The other thing I've noticed that generates traffic: LISTS. Numbered lists (like…hey, this post!) are perfect for the short attention span of the interwebs, and they go crazy for them. If it's a "Top Whatevers" list, so much the better, as people love arguing what should be the best or worst of anything.
12Doug Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 4:50 pmDigg and Technorati have never done anything for me, either.
I do get some StumbleUpon hits, usually when Tiare (I think) first hits it.
At any rate, I don't know beans about StumpleUpon, maybe someone else (I wonder who I could be thinking of?) could do an Inside Blogball post as well, talking about how to promote using StumbleUpon….. -
13gwen sutherland kaiser Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 6:05 pmwill link back in my next post doug… i'm easy, no problem ; )
14jimmy Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 9:12 pmHmmm…. what's a CSOWG?
15Doug Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 9:24 pmIt's a guild, Jimmy.
16jimmy Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 10:02 amSounds exclusive.
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I've purchased a set of champagne flutes for a friends' housewarming gift and would like to also bring a bottle of sparkling wine to complement the flutes. Since I've already spent a fair amount on the flutes, I'm hoping someone can recommend a relatively inexpensive (say, under $30) and versatile (i.e., matches many foods and appeals to many palettes) sparkling wine. A white or rose would be preferred over a red, though red is not completely out of the question either. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
As far as the "versatile, matches many foods and appeals to many palates..." you're not going to do much better than Moscato d' Asti...
Very affordable, and great with a very wide variety of foods from appetizer right on through to dessert.
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Certainly our OP, if she has the time and this is not a NYE gift, may be able to make the run for the border.
The OP may have a greater selection in Buffalo at Premier Wines and will be able to obtain her bubbly at a lower cost given the Canadian taxes, but will the border tariff upon returning and gas costs make her trip worthwhile? Perhaps only if she buys a case or three? I don't have enough information to answer this.
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Alas, one of my old favorites, Veuve Cliquot, finished near the back of the pack *again* for me recently. I remember when it was $35 a bottle for the orange label and still great, but sometime in the mid to late 90s it started to slip, and continued the slide in recent years. 1995 Veuve was the last bottle of vintage I bought from them. It is most disappointing to see such a canonical champagne house produce anything less than a high quality product.
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The Huet Brut Vouvray 1999 @ $25.95 might also be an excellent choice. This is another example where I am familiar with the winery -- and quite a big fan, actually -- but I've never had this particular bottling.
The subject has been well covered, especially lately.
What seems to come up again and again in your price range (USD) are the
Mumm Napa Blanc de Noirs, about $12, on sale now
Roederer Estate Brut, about $17, they also make a Rose sparkling wine, on sale now
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Duval-Leroy Brut Champagne $25.05(Prices seem much higher where you are compared to California.)
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Domaine Chandon Brut Cuvee $24.15 750 ml
Mumm Cuvee Napa Brut Prestige $28.45 750 ml
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The Spencer Tiger Football teams had a promising season. The varsity struggled early and lost some close games. They were often ahead at half-time and then let the game slip away in the third quarter. But the team matured toward the season's end. The defense learned to "stay home" and trust each other. The offense opened things up a bit and drew upon some young talent to find ways to win. A playoff victory against then-undefeated Creston followed by a close (24-20) loss at Harlan closed out the season with an optimism that the program was back on the track to the dome. The sophomore team's record was deceiving because their best players were not available due to play-time on varsity. The freshman team was undefeated. At every grade level the young men showed character.
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in response to Conservative_Voice: And I'm sure Paul Krugman would agree with them. What's your point? Economist or ideologue?
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And I'm sure Paul Krugman would agree with them. What's your point? Economist or ideologue?
I'm sure Krugman would agree too. It is primarily straight forward number counting, A+B+C = the total cost (nearly $4 Trillion dollars), nothing fancy, just accounting for all of the war related expenses the Congressional Budget Office, Fox "news", and other politicians would rather sweep under the rug.
The Congressional Budget office estimates don't even include interest on the debt borrowed to pay for directly related war spending, never mind the over $1 Trillion it will cost us over the next 50 years to pay for Iraqi war veterans health care, and all of the other tangential expensenses ignored.
in response to Conservative_Voice: Umm... Bob, it was Brown University in Providence, RI that developed this study on the cost of Middle East wars past, present, and future. A lot of hypothesis wrapped in facts biased before the study began. http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2...
Umm... Bob, it was Brown University in Providence, RI that developed this study on the cost of Middle East wars past, present, and future. A lot of hypothesis wrapped in facts biased before the study began.
Right, and an independent economic analysis by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard professor Linda J. Bilmes also estimates the actual cost of the 2nd Iraq war alone at nearly $4 trillion dollars.
This seems to be mostly a social and mental health issue, but it might also help to get rid of assault rifles until we mature as a society and use medical professionals to treat mental illness rather than prisons.
It isn't hurricanes depleting the reserves of 'insurance' companies. It's the Bentleys, yachts, maids, silicone body parts, Mc Mansions and all the other bling bling that the executives and shareholders are buying for themselves with our premiums, rather than maintaining reasonable reserves, or even the ability to pay claims in the event of a storm.
No that nearly everyone has a deductible higher than the average cost of most storm related repairs, they're cashing out even more.
There is a reason why the Declaration of Independence refers to Nature's God, not Jesus' dad, as some of his followers would prefer to have it.
"In God We Trust" and "One Nation Under God" are recent introductions.
You know who likes food stamps more than those that receive them?
Wall Street
Food stamps is what keeps their small business crushing big box stores full.
Sour grapes nonsense!
Obama won for vaild reasons.
His economic, energy, social, domestic and foreign policies are solid.
Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution:
Congress shall have the Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the U.S...
To borrow money on the credit of the US
To regulate commerce with foreign Nations...
To coin Money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts
The U.S. Constitution sets forth a framework for economic intervention. It enables democratic socialism, and there is nothing evil about that. In fact, fascist corporatism hidden behind the facade of capitalism is much more likely to bring about horrible things, like Super Pacs, corporate 'news,' purchased elections, mandatory haircuts, dress codes, unreasonable searches of bodily fluids, and violations of financial and medical privacy for the sake of obtaining a job at that pays a non-living wage at a miserable corporate mega store that put 20 mom and pops out of business when the big box monster came to town.
Capitalism barely exists beyond the black market, flea markets, and Craigslist, and that's thanks mostly to corporate lobbyists that make their headquarters on K Street.
WallMart and Wall Street have become more dependent on Uncle Sugar's food stamps and take more government cheese than all of our inner city single moms combined.
The U.S. Constitution sets forth a framework for economic intervention. It enables democratic socialism, and there is nothing evil about that, just as there is nothing patriotic about blind faith in capitalism. In fact, fascist corporatism hidden behind the facade of capitalism is much more likely to bring about horrible things, like Super Pacs, corporate 'news,' purchased elections, mandatory haircuts, dress codes, unreasonable searches of bodily fluids, and violations of financial and medical privacy for the sake of obtaining a job at that pays a non-living wage at a miserable corporate mega store that put 20 mom and pops out of business when the big box monster came to town.
Get your head straight.
The story has consistently been that Gertrude Walker was following the letter of the law, and only recounted the votes that were tabulated in error (due to a software or hardware error with the scanner cards).
So what is the point of recounting all of the early votes?
Why are people calling for her to resign?
What facts am I missing here?
Good thing we shortened this up to just the facts, and boy are they ever unexciting.
Not just the jay, the vanishing scrub habitat, also beautiful, is well worth protecting what little is left.
Selfishness and greed is what's dividing this nation. The narcissism espoused by Ayn Rand is sickening. No man is an island, no fortune self made.
The job exporters, wage crushers, and small buisness vampires, Wall Mart and Wall Street, are more dependent on and benefit more from food stamps than any 'welfare queen.'
Get a grip, self righteous jerks. We are all interconnected, no private school voucher or gated community can remove you from that reality.
The takers are the Mitt Romneys of the world.Take take take, without producing or contributing a thing.It's all about themselves. They don't care about their country. Their only God is the almighty dollar.
in response to Gordy: Have liberals been living in some alternate universe the last 4 years?
in response to Gordy:
Have liberals been living in some alternate universe the last 4 years?
Outside the Faux 'news' bubble, right here on planet earth, where we can clearly see extremists in the House of Representatives, like Allan West and Paul Ryan, doing nothing but blocking Obama's moderate budget and tax reform policies, reforms that would address the deficit by cutting spending and repealing tax cuts that failed to produce the growth promised when enacted. Their only goal was, 'make obama a one term president.' They failed at that, and it's a shame they didn't get fired last night. Looks like we're stuck with another two years of do nothing Congress.
Check out Mitt Romney's foreign policy web site.Yikes!His advisors are the same folks behind the Iraq war.
The tea party governor and republican state legislature set an all time record for passing (pun intended) legislation found to be in conflict with the constitution.
They also set a record for proposing amendments to the state constitution.
Yeah, they love them some Constitution.
West should've never set foot in Iraq, if not for the insane foreign policy of the neocons that Mitt Romney will bring back from Bush's folly.
Don't believe me? Check Mitt's foreign policy web site and look his list of advisors. Yep, the same ________ that sold us the $3+ trillion, Iraq war.
West is running to represent the people in his district, which includes Carl Hiaasen.
Therefore, Hiaasen has every right to criticize West, and he couldn't have been more spot on with his description of West as a 'fringe gasbag who spices his macho act with a little right-wing paranioa.'
A vote for Mitt is a vote for the same foreign policy team that lied us into the Iraq war. Take a look a the names on Mitt's website. Yep, Project for a New American Century stooges.
Also, Mitt proposes astronomical increases in 'defense' spending (contractor welfare), tax cuts for Wall Street, while his proposal to pay for it all with tax 'reform' is a complete joke.
Do you really expect Congress to agree to legislation that would close loopholes?
Mitt's plan will outspend Obama, maybe even Bush.
If you prefer President Obama's budget and tax plan, which makes a heck of a lot more sense and takes us in a much better direction than Romney's, then you need to get out there and vote against Allan West. The Tea Party is blocking all attempts to address the deficit and recession.
The Tea Party sure didn't help.In fact, they severely slowed the recovery.Whatever it takes to make Obama fail - that was their only mission, and we're paying the price.
It's not like the president can manipulate all levels of our government, but in this case, we'd be better off if he could. The republican budget and tax plans are a recipe for economic disaster.
Yeah, get the shovel ready to clean up after the pigs at the trough.
We can't afford health care, education, green energy or modern transportation infrastructure, but Mitt's advisors can't wait to blow even more on bombs.
I just can't agree with West on most of his policies, and think his ties to the Tea Party and subsequent actions in Congress are what has made the recession drag on for so long. They've blocked all attempts at addressing the budget and tax reforms, and thanks to them, here we are facing another debt ceiling emergency.
If you're tired of the 'defense' spending and like the fact that our troops are coming home, think about changing that direction before pulling the trigger on Mitt.
Here's one snippet from Mitt's page...
•Reverse Obama-era defense spending cuts with the goal of setting a core defense spending floor of 4% of GDP. In his first 100 days, put our Navy on the path to increase its shipbuilding rate from nine per year to approximately fifteen per year. Maintain a fleet of 11 aircraft carriers.Find efficiencies in the Department of Defense procurement process and bureaucratic staff to reinvest in the force.•Modernize and replace the aging inventories of the Air Force, Army, and Marines, and selectively strengthen our force structure.•Add 100,000 active duty troops.•In the first 100 days, begin reversing Obama-era cuts to missile defense and commit to a robust multi-layered national ballistic-missile defense system to deter and defend against nuclear attacks on our homeland and our allies.
Folks, that's a lot of spending!!!
If you have the time to keep reading his foreign policy page, it gets a lot worse. And if while you're reading it, you're thinking the words sound hauntingly familiar, no it's not just coincidence.
What plan?Or should I say which plan?
And have you bothered to read Obama's plan, or considered that Mitt's VP pick heads the budget committee that's blocked the President's budget three years in a row? How can you honestly blame the debt and slow recovery all on the President? Congress authorizes the spending.
"It's time for action instead of excuses to stop spending (debt has passed $16 trillion) and balance the budget. Congress, with its Democrat majority in the Senate, and the president have not implemented a budget in three-plus years."
Somebody doesn't understand the budget process.
Ryan and the Tea Party Republicans in the House are road-blocking the budgets.
Ryan is the head of the Budget Committee, so if you want to blame someone for failing to pass a budget...
Scott's a smart man. He knows his business will do well when his customers are doing well financially.
Republicans like Rick Scott and Paul Ryan have been worsening the recession by putting people out of work, people that formerly had money to spend going out to eat.
More tax breaks for minimum wage job creators and those shuffling money on Wall Street will do nada for the pizza biz.
Grumpy old curmudgeons fail to see that the Tea Party Congress they elected is dragging down the economy, not the president.
Government iniatives can create economic growth, just as well as any private sector invention or innovation.
Deficits can be addressed in two ways, by increasing revenue and by cutting expendatures. Actually three, the government can print money.
The economic instability in Europe is primarily a result of the unregulated international banking shenanigans that have destabilized the entire global economy. The electronic money exchanging/shuffling b.s. is what needs to be fixed with urgency, more so than the public debt.
I think a securities transaction tax should be reinstated, make the bankers pay off the public debt since they've had the biggest influence over our government for at least as long as the last century.
"The government produces nothing."
The government produces/enables roads, schools, courthouses, property rights, patents, prisons, police officers, space shuttles, flood control facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, communications networks, drinking water treatment plants, ports, defense systems, research, the justice system, economic stability, security, ...
"Government spending solves nothing"
(See above)
"You cannot spend your way out of debt."
This is also not true.
Many successful businesses took on heavy debt burdens to get started. Why can't we expect the same result if we invest in our country wisely?
So far, we haven't tried. What we have tried is tax cutting our way out of public debt, and that has certainly failed to deliver.
To foster economic stability (as mandated by the U.S. Constitution) the government should be spending when the economy is in recession, and vice versa. Republicans are making economic matters worse by increasing unemployment and blocking projects that would put people to work while making our country a better place.
The letter writer completely ignores the stagnating effects of the deficit hawks in the 1930's, and this is the history the Teapublicans are repeating today. The recession is being prolonged, maybe even deepened, thanks to massive layoffs and/or pay cuts at the state level all across the nation, while blocking every effort to create jobs and stimulate growth at the Federal level.
The recovery will happen only when consumers have money to burn again. That means it must happen from the bottom up. Banks, investors, and corporations are flush with cash and capital, and would jump at the opportunity to put it to use. But they're not going to spend until they see consumers spending first. Republicans have made matters worse by cutting jobs from the public sector.
The letter writer also failed to point out that government spending (on the war) is what enabled the recovery from the Great Depression. Government spending on the war put money in the pockets of working Americans. And that's what needs to happen now.
It's a dam shame that spending on war is the only spending today's republicans support. Okay, they support privatized prisons and vouchers for just about everything, since this enables them to take money from the government.
Spending on education, science, health, technology, infrastructure, arts, etc., will have the same positive effect on the economy, and make our country a better place. There's nothing wrong with that, and it's exactly what the government would be doing, if not for the roadblocks put up by the Tea Party.
Check out the angry curmudgeons with their Depends all in a bunch!
I can't wait to see the reaction in November, when the Tea loonies get the boot from Congress and Obama gets another four years without the progress roadblocks.
in response to redbird: OK, tell me who has exclusive use of these things? Does the businessman have sole use of these things, or do we all have the same use of these things? If a person has the ambition and puts forth the effort to succeed is he/she not entitled to reap the benefits more than those who do not have the ambition to use these things more to their advantage. The inference here is that since government provides the things you name then somehow business is more indebted to government than those who have the same access but fail to take advantage of them. Not to mention that since business makes use of infrastructure they pay more in the form of use and feul tax...I don't argue that without a civilized society and roads and bridges there is no way that business, or even society could exist. What I say is that to marginalize or ignore the effort of entrepreneurs and business owners who have taken advantage of what is available is foolish. As foolish as to claim that since we are all in this together we all should share in the success equally, regardless of the effort we put forth.
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OK, tell me who has exclusive use of these things? Does the businessman have sole use of these things, or do we all have the same use of these things? If a person has the ambition and puts forth the effort to succeed is he/she not entitled to reap the benefits more than those who do not have the ambition to use these things more to their advantage. The inference here is that since government provides the things you name then somehow business is more indebted to government than those who have the same access but fail to take advantage of them. Not to mention that since business makes use of infrastructure they pay more in the form of use and feul tax...I don't argue that without a civilized society and roads and bridges there is no way that business, or even society could exist. What I say is that to marginalize or ignore the effort of entrepreneurs and business owners who have taken advantage of what is available is foolish. As foolish as to claim that since we are all in this together we all should share in the success equally, regardless of the effort we put forth.
To an extent, I agree that we all have access to government services. However, wealth enables much more access, and lately, to much more than just services, unless writing your own legislation and regulations to favor your bottom line is now considered a service.
And, as you put it, if someone has put forth the effort to use government services to their advantage, then in my opinion they should pay for those services proportionally, again, to an extent.
Please tell me which business thrives without any benefit of services provided by the government?
Ports, communication systems, roads, bridges, educated workforce, defense and police, economic stability, flood protection, disease control, copyright and patent protection, property rights enforcement, etc.
It isn't free, and the bills are overdue.
Why start over with a new president that wants to return to the same economic policies that got us in trouble in the first place?
You can't solve a problem with the same level of consciousness that created it.
If we need to change anything, it should be replacing those in the Congress that have been blocking all efforts. Their only goal is to make the President fail, and we are all suffering the consequences.
Imagine trying to live on $250/week?
I guess if someone will float you a couch, shelter and free A/C, you could afford to take a bus to work and buy yourself some food.
Hey mom, mind if I stay till I'm 40?
Perhaps the landowner should consider making use of the existing land use designation?
Go HOME West!
Rick Scott will let them work (see eVerify flip flop), so why not let them vote?
* because it's politically advantageous to appear to be fighting the illegal immigration battle
Willie's obviously been eating too much fish from the lagoon.
How much time do you think a person should have to prove otherwise, when accused of being ineligible?
And did you hear the news about Rick Scott's flip-flop on eVerify? If they're allowed to work here illegally, maybe we should let them vote too?
Jack up Citizens and the rest will follow.Bend over!
What is it that has so many Americans convinced that socialism is the same as totalitarianism, and that corporatism can do no harm?
I think most don't even have a clue what socialism is, and if you give them the definition, they'll reject it.
Cold War brainwashing perhaps?
Let's get to work!
Obama has compromised so many of his stated positions in an effort to get things through the rightwing blockade his legislative record is right of Reagan's.
The Bush Tax cuts, Medicare Part D (2003), and costs associated with Iraq and Afghanistan have carved out much more of a deficit than all of Obama's 'wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars.'
Focus your fears on naivety, not socialism.
What we have here is religious institutions trying to take away the freedoms of individuals.
Since President George W. Bush left office in January 2009: Unemployment was rapidly on the way to 10 percent (has since steadily declined since the peak); federal debt (primarily carved out by two underfunded/unnecessary wars and tax cuts that failed to deliver promised increases in jobs and revenue) $16 trillion; food stamp recipients, 46 million; Americans in poverty, 46.2 million; gas prices have doubled.
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Friday, September 8, 2006
Early Punditry Is Not Like Yeast! RT Strategies is robocalling voters in 30 contested House races. Highly useful chart here and double-clickable map here. ... Bizarrely, the pollsters don't add up the results anywhere on the site yet, but RT partner "R" emails to give the upshot [boldface added]:
We conducted 27 polls so far with 3 more underway. Completed so far (27): 22 with Republicans, 5 with Democrats. Only 1 of 5 Democrats look to be in any trouble at all, so the magic number for the D's remains 15 or 16 at the worst. In the 22 Republican-held districts, R's are trailing in 10 districts (significantly behind in 5, marginally behind in 5), are in a dead-heat tie in 5, marginally ahead in 2, significantly ahead in 5. In sum: Democrats have a pretty solid +5D, and maybe at best a total of +13D (including districts leaning toward D take-over and the 3 districts not yet polled that are probably disasters for the R's). Not enough! ... Therefore, the whole question of House majority may come down to whether Dems can win 2 or 3 of the following 5 races that are currently (in the Majority Watch poll) a dead-heat statistical tie: ... CO-07, KY-04, NM-01, IL-06, WA-08. Doesn't sound like a baked cake, does it? ... Update: Yes, there are other races, not robopolled by RT, in which the Dems could pick up some seats. "When we selected the races for the project last July, it was a stretch to find 30 truly competitive races. Now there are more," says RT partner R. ** That in itself is bad news for the GOP. Still! ... RT claims it has the "top 20 targets" in its initial list of 30. And if the Dems aren't convincingly ahead in enough of those races now to pick up 15 seats, doesn't it seem like the GOPs have a chance? ... P.S.: Does this cake look baked? ... **--A list of the 20 next-most-vulnerable seats might include: GA-08* Redistricted Jim Marshall (D) According to the NYT's not-cocoonish but not-quite-convincing front-pager--which relies on an "emerging consensus of political analysts"--you can start to scratch the three New York states off that second-tier list. More precisely, the Dems would probably only take them in a wave so big it would also show up as a decisive tilt in RT's initial list of 30 contested races.. ... 2:03 A.M. Michael Crowley says there are too gated communities in Northern Virginia. Yet the fanciest houses seem to be just huge houses, with their own grounds and gates. That's different! (They haven't privatized public space.) Still, I concede that the whole area--like so many other places--has become richer and more pretentiously mansionized than what I thought it was when I criticized David Sirota. ... 1:58 A.M. Note to self: Sure-fire catch phrases to work into text wherever possible: "Sprezzatura" ... "This cake is baked" ..."below genre norms." ... "stuff it with wow!"... "alternative set of procedures." ... 1:55 A.M. Do Sock Puppets have a Reptilian Core? Bloggingheads' Salute to Lee Siegel, at 1.5X speed. ... Update: But this is much funnier. ... 1:54 A.M. Thursday, September 7, 2006 "Only the Republicans Can Stop Bush!" Bruce Reed seems to feel that my proposed campaign message for the House GOPs--that they're the only thing standing in the way of the Congress passing Bush's misguided immigration plan--is perverse. I would remind him of the 1996 election, when a certain Democrat campaigned (in part) with the argument that he would repeal the nastier provisions of the welfare reform bill that he himself (after Reed's lobbying) had just signed into law--a message parodied on one L.A. bumper sticker as
GA-12* Redistricted John Barrow (D)
TX-22* Redistricted Tom DeLay (R)
AZ-05 J.D. Hayworth (R)
CA-11 Richard Pembo (R)
CT-05 Nancy Johnson (R)
FL-09 OPEN (Michael Bilirakis(R))
KY-02 Ron Lewis (R)
KY-03 Anne Northrup (R)
NH-01 Jeb Bradley (R)
NH-02 Charlie Bass (R)
NJ-07 Mike Ferguson (R)
NV-02 OPEN (Jim Gibbons(R))
NY-20 John Sweeney (R)
NY-25 James Walsh (R)
NY-29 Randy Kuhl (R)
OH-01 Steve Chabot (R)
OH-13 OPEN (Sherrod Brown(R))
OH-15 Deborah Pryce (R)
PA-07 Curt Weldon (R)
Perverse, but accurate! (Clinton won, and he did get the nastiest provisions removed.) If Clinton can successfully campaign against himself, Hastert can campaign against Bush. ..9:53 P.M.
Not So Fast: Captain Ed notes that the NYT's lead front-page story of Tuesday, reporting
G.O.P. Sets Aside Work on Immigration
turns out to have been a bit off. Work may have stopped on the "comprehensive" Senate-style bill, but only in the NYT's world is the Senate bill synonymous with immigration reform. The Washington Times says
Top Republicans are planning a series of tough new border-security measures that they hope can get through the Senate, which in the past has opposed border-security legislation unless it has included a guest-worker program and grants citizenship rights to the estimated 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens already here.
WashTimes also reports that some "comprehensive" supporters in the Senate are already waffling. ... All as described with eerie prescience here and here. ... See also The Weekly Standard, for whatever the opposite of eerie prescience is. ... 6:23 P.M.


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Alexander Jayce Towell is the name selected by Carly Potts and Aaron Towell of Duncan for their son born at 8:01 p.m. Dec. 10, 2013, in Duncan. Alexander weighed 6 pounds and 8 ounces.
He joins brothers Christian and Andrew.
Grandparents are Barry Potts of Bray, Mike and Tracy Osborne of Foster, and Alan and Kay Towell of Duncan. Great-grandparents are Nova Snodgrass of Foster, Frank and Erma Potts of Bray, Larry and Debbie Osborne of Bray, and Carol and Glenda Towell of Texas.
Alexander Jayce Towell
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Ray sentenced to life without parole
Stephens County District Judge Joe Enos on Wednesday sentenced 16-year-old Michael Anthony Ray to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of a 14-year-old girl.
Ray, of Marlow, pleaded guilty Dec. 30, 2013, to the murder of Alyssa Dawn Wiles on June 10, 2013, in her home in Duncan. - McDonald talks about Fort Sill to Rotary Club
- Arrest warrant issued for two assailants
- Awards handed out at Junior Livestock Show
- Modern dance troupe to perform Saturday
Ray sentenced to life without parole
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Smart Start gives Head Start gift of books
To give children an edge, a headstart, Stephens County Smart Start used grant funds it received from Cotton Electric to purchase books for area Delta Head Start children.
In fact, Smart Start received $750 to purchase books to supply all pre-kindergarten and kindergarten children with books. On Friday, Delta Head Start children at Irving Pre-Kindergarten were given two books through the grant program. - New Year's First Baby at DRH is a Boy!
- 2013 featured ups and downs for Stephens County
Smart Start gives Head Start gift of books
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Comets can't pull out upset
When Velma-Alma senior Conner Sullivan hit a halfcourt shot at the halftime buzzer to trim Glencoe's lead, the Panthers, who had gone 57-1 in the last 58 games had to be thinking "oh no, here we go again."
- Comanche can't close out Alva
- Youth bowlers are state runners-up
Comets can't pull out upset
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School closings
Duncan, Comanche, Marlow, Central High, Bray-Doyle, Empire and Velma-Alma schools are closed for Monday March 3.
- Empire FFA champions
- Greenhand quiz finalists
School closings
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Time to take the "B" out of the "Three R's"
Our young folks are hitting the stretch drive toward the end of another school year, during which they've been taught "Three R's", which are not really "r's" at all.
In case you missed it, reading is the only one of the "Three R's" that actually begins with the letter "r." Writing starts with a "w" and arithmetic begins with the letter "a." There are two reasons we drop the "w" from "writing" and the "a" from "arithmetic": 1. For poetic flow in the age-old saying; and, 2. many people have a secret yen to talk like the Beverly Hillbillies. -
Thank you for lettin' me be myself again
Friends and neighbors, hope I don't sound like the biggest egomaniac since Donald Trump, but you know, I am the most interesting person I've ever known.
Forgive me if — on first blush — that sounds like the most totally self-aggrandizing statement you've ever heard. And if you've headed to the restroom to express an editorial opinion about the statement above, I'll stop for a couple minutes.
Time to take the "B" out of the "Three R's"