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An Inflatable Coolers Guide for Outdoor Summer Activities
Save on trunk and storage space when you use any of our awesome Inflatable Coolers to keep things extra chill at your upcoming parties and special events. These are perfect for all of your outdoor summer activities, including backyard barbecues, Fourth of July festivities, graduation parties, birthdays, anniversaries, and any special occasion where you are planning for fun in the sun. Any of these inflatable cooler options will be exceedingly excellent for sporting events and tailgating parties. Find a fun novelty shaped, inflatable cooler to match your party theme and celebrate with style at your upcoming special occasions.
Set up an Inflatable Baseball Fan Cooler at your son or daughter's little league games to make sure the team's water bottles stay cool for those hot summer afternoon games. It will stand up in a cube shape that is 9 inches high and 23 inches on each side. This inflatable cooler has a baseball motif that makes it perfect for any occasion that celebrates the sport, including World Series events or the birthday party of your favorite baseball fanatic. Or you can use them in your team's dugout to keep sports drinks and bottles of water on hand for thirsty players.
Bring our Inflatable Basketball Fan Cooler with you to your local court or team practice and take breaks to keep hydrated in the warm summer sun. You can fill this inflatable cooler up with ice and then use it to store any kind of canned or bottled beverage, as well as anything you want to keep on ice. This blow-up cooler stands 14 inches high and is 29 1/2 inches in diameter. It features a cool basketball detail in the center. Celebrate at the end of your season with a fun team party and make sure you have plenty of these coolers around for guests to grab icy cold beverages.
Get ready for any kind of fun in the sun and our Inflatable Beach Ball Cooler can help you stay cool and hydrated while you enjoy yourself outdoors with friends, family and loved ones at any special occasion. Celebrate a birthday or host a backyard barbecue. This fun beach ball motif is perfect for pool parties and beach parties, alike. This fun inflatable cooler has rings of red, green and blue with yellow accent stripes. The bold and vibrant colors will make it a cheerful addition to any party. It will stand 14 inches tall and measures 29 1/2 inches in diameter.
Check out our Inflatable Beer Mug Cooler and use it to keep all of your best oat sodas cool on a warm summer day or night. Set this fun cooler up on the ground or even set it up on a table. It stands 23 inches tall with a diameter of 19 inches and is shaped like a yellow beer mug. Celebrate your buddy's 21st with a fun barbecue and a round of ultimate Frisbee, topped off with a couple of cold ones outdoors. Wherever you go, you can bring this fun cooler with you. Impress your friends and neighbors when you bust out an Inflatable Beer Mug Cooler at your neighborhood block parties or use one to cool off with a cold drink after a rousing game of touch football with the guys.
Host a fun, summertime celebration for an extra special occasion and celebrate with the stars. We have an Inflatable Flat Awards Night Cooler that is decorated with gold and silver stars, along with star shapes that just have the gold outline to let the black color of the base of this inflatable cooler shine through. This low-standing cooler is perfect for picnics and buffets where you have cold foods and drinks to serve on ice. Set one out on a table to keep your hors d'oeuvres cold and beverages chilled throughout your event. The Inflatable Flat Awards Night Cooler is rectangular shaped with measurements of 4 feet in length by 28 inches and stands approximately 5 inches tall. Impress your guests and don't worry about your cold salads and drinks getting warm in the hot summer sun with this great blow-up cooler.
Pick a special date this summer to gather together distant relatives and generations of your family for a fun-filled family reunion event and be sure to bring along some inflatable coolers to keep your foods and beverages cool in the summer sun. Our Inflatable Flat Luau Cooler is a great choice for this occasion. You can set it up on a table to skip the bending over to reach for a cold drink. This also allows you to keep all your potato and pasta salads extra cool. It is sold individually and measures 28 inches high by 4 feet, 5 3/4 inches long. It's perfect for luau or tropical themed events and is decorated with pink, orange, blue and green neon colored hibiscus flowers that stand out against a white background.
Keep all of your fellow football fans impressed, hydrated and happy when you bust out an Inflatable Football Fan Cooler at your outdoor summer events. It stands 14 inches tall in a square shape when inflated and measures 29 1/2 inches on each side, making it a great choice to keep a multitude of canned and bottled beverages cool even on the warmest of summer days. Bring one with you to play a game of touch football with your buddies on a summer afternoon, or have one ready at your team's practice for thirsty players to stay hydrated in between plays on the field.
If you are having a football themed party this summer, our Inflatable Football Field Goal Cooler is a must-have item for your event! Check out the 56 1/2-inches of awesome this Inflatable Football Field Goal Cooler brings with it. It even comes with an inflatable football for you and your friends to have a friendly competition to see who can throw it through the yellow goal posts that are part of this rounded cooler display. The base of this cooler will hold all your favorite beverages and it features "The Party Zone" printed in blue letters that have a white outline against a green background reminiscent of a football field with white yardage markers.
Creep out your party guests in a fun way this Halloween and set out an Inflatable Haunted House Cooler to house all of your canned and bottled beverages at your event. It stands 64 inches tall and measures 27 inches in diameter. The orange base of this inflatable cooler is decorated with images of jack-o-lanterns in front of a creepy, black background image. This blow-up cooler features a cool haunted house shape that rises out of the center and features orange, purple and green window details. It even comes with 2 inflatable rings that you can use to have a friendly game by tossing them at the three towers of the haunted house to see who can score the most points!
Add some extra tiki to your summer luaus or tropical themed get-togethers and make sure you use our Inflatable Jumbo Tiki Cooler to keep all your beverages chilled, even on the warmest of summer days. It is decorated with bright colors and has a festive, tribal pattern around the round base with pink, blue, red, yellow and green accent details. It features a matching tiki totem face that appears to be rising out of the middle of the cooler. When fully inflated, the Inflatable Jumbo Tiki Cooler stands 4 feet tall and is sure to hold all of your favorite summertime beverages.
If you can't be at the beach this summer, why not bring a bit of the beach to you! Our massive, Inflatable Palm Tree Cooler stands 6 feet tall and has a wide, round base that you can fill up with ice to keep all of your favorite summer time drinks cool at any party or special event. You won't have to worry about people asking where the cans of soda or bottled waters are being kept when you set out this awesome inflatable cooler. Impress your friends and neighbors with this awesome blow-up cooler, which is shaped like a palm tree with 4 green, palm-leafy branches.
Ahoy, all ye thirsty landlubbers, here be the ultimate in inflatable coolers, fit for a pirate king! Our Inflatable Pirate Ship Cooler inflates in to a cool pirate ship shape that will hold all of your favorite summertime beverages and anything you want to keep on ice at your upcoming pirate themed parties and shindigs. Shaped and decorated like a boat in the base, there is a faux mast that comes up from the middle and a black pirate sail with a large skull and crossbones image in white. This blow-up pirate ship can go with you anywhere and measures 41 inches in length by 15 inches in width.
Add some spooky fun to your summertime affairs and host a macabre themed event filled with images of skeletons and quotations from H. P. Lovecraft or Edgar Allan Poe. Check out our Inflatable Skeleton Cooler and surprise and delight your guests at any special summertime event. This cool, inflatable cooler features a purple, coffin-shaped base with a black and white skeleton figure that appears to be sitting up. Fill this cooler with ice and use it to keep all your beverages cold at any special occasion. It is sold individually and stands 43 inches tall with a width of 23 inches and it runs 30 inches in length. Bring it out again in time for Halloween.
Soccer fans are sure to love our Inflatable Soccer Fan Cooler. It features solid green and blue and white goal images on the sides of the square shaped bass with an inflatable soccer ball coming up out of the middle. When you fully inflate this cool cooler you can fill it with ice and use it at your soccer matches and events to keep all your favorite summertime beverages on cold. Have one around to keep teammates hydrated on the day of a game or use one at your team's soccer practice. You could set one up at home for a fun, soccer themed party or birthday event. It's bound to be something your guests get a kick out of! The Inflatable Soccer Fan Cooler stands 14 inches tall and measures 29 1/2 inches on each side.
Use our Inflatable Treasure Chest Cooler to keep all of your beverages cold on a hot summer day. Bring this fun, inflatable cooler out for your pirate themed parties, or use one at your under the sea themed events. Deck out your patio, backyard or deck with images of tropical fish and hibiscus flowers to create a tropical feel for your event and use this cool cooler to hold all of your bottled and canned beverage options. A cool bottle of water will be a great treasure on a warm summer day. Stay hydrated and celebrate any occasion with our Inflatable Treasure Chest Cooler. It is designed to look like a real, wooden treasure chest with golden accents along the edges and an open lid that is connected in the back like a treasure chest hinge. When fully inflated it measures 24 inches by 17 inches, which should give you ample space for lots of ice and tasty beverages in cans and bottles.
Make all of your outdoor summer events even cooler when you break out any of our Inflatable Coolers to decorate your space and keep your drinks and party fair on ice. These novelty shaped items are space-saving, affordable alternatives to traditional plastic coolers or Styrofoam. Save trunk space when you travel and bust out a surprise that is sure to impress your friends, neighbors, and relatives at any special event or occasion this summer. Blow up a cool cooler and toss back a cold one with your buddies. These Inflatable Coolers are sure to help you cool down this summer at any outdoor event!
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BANDON, Ore. -- No. 16 Washington sits in a tie for ninth after the first round of the Bandon Dunes Championship. The Dawgs finished the day at 9-over 293, 12 strokes off the lead set by Missouri.
The Tigers are at 3-under and lead Utah Valley by one stroke. Colorado, Oregon and Washington State round out the top five.
The Dawgs were led by Jonathan Sanders who shot a round of even-par 71. The sophomore had his round at 2-under, before a double-bogey on 12. He finished with one more birdie and one more bogey to remain at level par. Sanders is in a tie for 11th, four strokes behind three players tied for lead.
Also playing well for the Huskies were Trevor Simsby and Gerrit Chambers. Simsby made four birdies to lead UW, but finished at 1-over 72 and in a tie for 15th. Chambers had a round of 2-over 73 and is tied for 27th after a round of one birdie and three bogeys.
The final scorer for Washington was Corey Pereira who struggled to a round of 6-over 77.
The Dawgs also have three individuals playing in the tournament, including Kevin Kwon who played well, tying for 15th with a round of 1-over 72. The other individuals were Tyler Salsbury and Shane Wathanasaynee who each fired a round of 4-over 75.
The Dawgs will be back on the course at Bandon Dunes on Monday for the second round. Last year, Washington also struggled in the first round, before mounting and charge to eventually finish third. The Dawgs will look to repeat that turnaround beginning tomorrow.

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I just joined the Official Healthy Cooking Challenge. I think it will help me branch out more with my food choices and find some new favorites. One of the tasks for the first week was to clean and organize your kitchen. Well yesterday I did this in an all-day cleaning marathon. I inventoried the freezer and fridge. I arranged the freezer into sections for fruit, vegetables, meat, cheese, frozen yogurt (in the door), and other items. Already it is easier to find what I'm looking for. I also set aside the stuff that I used to enjoy eating, but now don't want to eat because they are pretty unhealthy. I gave those all to my dad. LOL I organized the pantry so that only the food I will actually eat is in the top 2 shelves. The rest can be used by my mom or dad when they visit. I organized the canned goods, drink mixes, snacks, and other items and made them convenient to grab and go. The spice and baking cupboards got a makeover so that everything looks neat and orderly and the things I use most often are at the bottom so I can reach them. I moved all the cookbooks from the cabinet above the oven, where no one can reach, to the corner cupboard. All the cookbooks look neat and organized so I can find what I'm looking for quickly. All the changes will make it a little difficult to get used to, but I think this will make it easier to find food I want and make it easier to figure out what I need from the grocery store.
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4. Try at least 1 new healthy food (fruit/vegetable/grain) per week.
I am addicted to waffles with whipped cream and strawberries for breakfast, and I'm tired of trying to find healthy waffles at the stores (3 of the stores I frequently shop at do not have any that are even close to whole grain). I also wanted to add things like flaxseed so that they are healthier and maybe lower in calories. I bought a heart-shaped waffle maker at Walmart (for $15!) and now I needed to find a recipe. After a lot of searching, I finally found one similar to what I wanted. I tweaked it (as usual) so that I could get in the ingredients I wanted: whole wheat flour; flaxseed meal; applesauce and olive oil instead of butter, margarine, or shortening; skim milk; etc. So technically that fulfilled two goals: making a new recipe and making over a recipe. :P They were so yummy with the whipped cream and strawberries and only 40 calories each!! I made 37, ate 6 (haha), and froze the rest so I can easily reheat them in the mornings.
Another goal is from my New Year's resolution, which I am not doing so well on. Well at least the blogging part. So I'm determined to try a new food once a week. I have a few to blog still: leeks, starfruit, kumquats, plantains, and fennel. Hopefully this challenge will kick me into gear for this particular goal!
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text: A container holds 2 green marbles and 9 red marbles. Two players, A and B, alternately pick a marble from the container. If it's red, the marble is replaced. If it's green, it is kept. The player who gets the second green marble wins. What are the odds of winning for the player who draws first? Problems like this can be solved by means of a simple Markov model. The game is either in State 1 (no greens have yet been drawn) or State 2 (one of the greens has been drawn and removed). In State 1, each draw has probability 2/11 of going to State 2, and 9/11 of staying in State 1. In State 2, each draw has probability 1/10 of ending the game (by drawing the second green) and 9/10 of staying in State 2. So, if we let P1[n] and P2[n] denote the probability of being in states 1 and 2 respectively after the nth draw, we begin with P1[0]=1 and P2[0]=0. Thereafter, the probabilities can be computed by the recurrence relation P1[n+1] = (9/11)P1[n] P2[n+1] = (2/11)P1[n] + (9/10)P2[n] Letting W[n] denote the probability that the game has been won by someone after the nth draw, we obviously have W[n] = 1 - P2[n] - P1[n] Now, the recurrence relation can be written in matrix form as P[n] = M P[n-1] where P[n] is the column vector of probabilities and M is the transition matrix | 9/11 0 | M = | | | 2/11 9/10 | From this we also have the simple closed-form expression for the nth probability vector P[n] = M^n P[0]. We want to know the probability of winning for the player who draws first. The two players alternate, so the one who draws first will also draw 3rd and 5th and so on. Thus, the question is: what is the probability that the game will end on an odd-numbered draw? The probability of ending the game on the first draw is W[1]-W[0], and of winning on the 3rd draw is W[3]-W[2], and so on. In general, the probability of winning on the (2n+1)th draw is W[2n+1] - W[2n] = (1-P1[2n+1]-P2[2n+1]) - (1-P1[2n]-P2[2n]) = {P1[2n] + P2[2n]} - {P1[2n+1] + P2[2n+1]} So, the sum of all the probabilities of ending the game on an odd- numbered draw is given by the sum of the components of the vector P[0] - P[1] + P[2] - P[3] + ..., and this equals the geometric series (I - M + M^2 - M^3 + M^4 - ...)P[0] Since P[0] is just [1,0]^T, we want the sum of the left-hand column of the matrix | 11/20 0 | (I+M)^-1 = | | | -1/19 10/19 | So the probability of a win on the odd draws is 11/20 - 1/19, which equals 189/380 = 0.49736... Of course, we could have computed the probability of a win on the even draws, simply by bumping the index up one number, i.e., multiplying by M, to give | 9/20 0 | M(I+M)^-1 = | | | 1/19 9/19 | which confirms that the "even" probability is, as expected, 9/20 + 1/19 = 191/380 = 0.50263... Obviously this approach can be extended to cover any number of red and green marbles. If there are N green marbles, the transition matrix will be of size N x N.


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Ride report #2. Stokage increases exponentially.
Sag was set correctly this time, approx 30% in back and front. I likes it squishy. Did not feel nearly as light up front this way. Very balanced and xc pedal friendly. Medium-ish jumps and drops today, ate **** on a trick booter: cased the front hard and ejected the bike backwards between my legs...comical.
The Endo is gonna kill it at Duthie bike park (outside Seattle WA) this summer. Sesh'd a new feature on the HLC line today, the 'banana hammock'. Basically you ladder drop 4'-ish, left hand berm, small wedge jump onto a curved platform, 10' out and maybe 5'-ish down to tranny. It's butter. Point of fact, the Endo feels like a bigger bike than it is...and my fat ass felt fine on the RP23 (which I was leery about). No complaints with the 36 float either. Yeah, yeah...if pics surface I'll post 'em. Just trust me.
Dude, unless you NEED a 1.5" headtube, ISCG, and adjustability a'la the Chilco then BUY THIS BIKE. You won't be sorry. No, I don't work for Knolly but that doesn't mean I won't take swag. Some old-skool logo stickers would be really cool, guys.
And for you guys waiting for Chilcos...if it's anything like the Endo you're gonna jizz. in. your. pants.
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This is the story of Rodriguez, a musician from the USA, who had a recording contract that produced two albums but sold next to none. It's one of those stories that you might not believe if you heard it in a bar. It proves once again that truth is stranger than fiction. "Searching for Sugarman" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125608/starts off with a seemingly insignificant event. One of Rodriguez' albums is brought by chance to South Africa in the seventies. Then for reasons hard to pin down, his music becomes a huge hit in South Africa. No one in the USA seemed to know about it, least of all Rodriquez himself. Some say it was because his lyrics touched a nerve with would be rebellious youth in the repressive culture of South Africa at the time. One person says that in the seventies in South Africa, the albums you'd always see by a turntable, were Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkle, Abbey Road by the Beatles, and Cold Fact by Rodriguez. Added to every other surreal fact in this true scenario is that no one knows anything about Rodriguez in South Africa. You could find information about other pop stars in magazines and newspapers, but Rodriguez is a mystery. The mystery inspires the myth of his suicide which sometimes involved him blowing his brains out with a gun onstage or setting himself on fire on stage. Always in front of an audience. Meanwhile Rodriguez is far from any stage or audience. When the recording contract doesn't pan out, he goes back to his day job of heavy manual labor and lives out his life. Until – what a beautiful word, until some guys in South Africa decide to do some sleuthing when Rodriguez' album gets re-released as a cd.
Soon there's a website and a journalist making phone calls trying to find Rodriquez. The ending will choke you up and the power of music will blow you away. And don't forget the power of the internet to find people and connect. In this case the connection is Rodriquez to his loyal fans in South Africa. It's Rip Van Winkle and Cinderella rolled into one. It's the search for something glimpsed and the awakening to a whole new reality by the sought after. You gotta love the guy. Does Rodriguez let all this fame stuff go to his head? No. He gives all the new found money to his family and friends and still lives in the house he's lived in for forty years. What would it be like to wake up and find out that a dream you thought you'd lost is thriving in a country far away where fans have tattoos of your album cover on their arms and you're working a manual laborer? You'll have to go to the movie to find out.
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New Years Eve12/31/2011, Saint Augustine, FL
We were all set to go out to dinner for New Years Eve, and after a nice shower at the Marina, we realized the best view in town was from the bow of our own boat... so Isobel drove us back out where we celebrated with music and fine dining...
Isobel serves up drinks12/31/2011, Saint Augustine, FL
Isobel uses her new companionway table to mix up drinks...
01/04/2012 | Joyce Pully
I'm glad you showed me her table before you left. She is so the bartender, in her leopard print! Happy New Year to you all!
Our e-meil at work is still messed up. Did you get your line from Selden?
The girls have a get together12/27/2011, Near Orlando, FL
Once we had recovered from or Christmas festivities, we prepared to get underway... and I called my friend Jimmy of Starbound... He said, "I'll pick you up in a couple hours..." So off we went to spend a couple days at their house. For not being a boat, it is a pretty cool spot on a freshwater lake. He has approached it with a captain's eye, adding LED lighting and Solar panels. An edible yard will follow the growing towers that are bulging with lettuce...
the girls before12/27/2011, Eleuthera April 2010
We all had a wonderful time running around at low tide... and many other memories...
Egrets on the dock12/26/2011, Saint Augustine, FL
One of the fun things about being on the dock in St Augustine, other than than allowing the family to step aboard, was the bird show.
Scuuting12/25/2011, St Augustine, FL
Initially the Scuut allowed us to walk around and not carry her... now we have to run to keep up!
12/28/2011 | Mary Ellen
Merry Christmas- forgot to call you guys
WAs nice to be home--no snow YET???--
Looking forward to a very nice 2012.-I think MOM is still working on Passport.??
slowly----maybe 1/12/2012- it will happen
All the best -- enjoy the heat -
love and hugs
12/28/2011 | gil
you call that running ?
12/28/2011 | Uncle Readie
Well, he probably had to run to get in front to take that picture. :)
12/31/2011 | tortugan joe
Happy New Year to Bill, Lara, isobel and EVERYONE following along on this trek.
May 2012 provide many happy memories to y'all.
Meeting with Family12/24/2011, St Augustine, FL
We awoke early on Christmas Eve to travel the 30 miles south to St Augustine... where Helme, Mettie and Lily had set up camp the day before in the Casa Monica Hotel. We took a slip so we could have easy and quick access ashore. The festivities started immediately!
Florida!12/24/2011, St Johns RIver
Isobel returns from a ride on the horse...
12/24/2011 | Uncle Readie
Man, you guys are really pushing along! Be sure to duck when those navy jets fly overhead. :)
12/25/2011 | JC Ewing
Merry Christmas, Sunrise!
12/25/2011 | Mary Ellen
Merry Christmas from Pa.--cooler today about 35 -no SNOW--
Be safe and have a GREAT New Year too.-
hugs, hugs
Winter Solstice12/22/2011, Veron River, GA
Solstice Sun Shining Bright
a drink12/21/2011, Beaufort SC
At the library (scuut bottom right)
12/22/2011 | Uncle Readie
You guys frame a great picture. Found the statue/fountain on Google Street View on Scott Street. Google "Beaufort County Library".
12/22/2011 | Randy
I have to tell you that it is amazing watch Isobel grow up like this. To have such an experience and looking so natural on the boat is truly heart warming. What a gift you have given her - and yourselves. I hope to see you someday soon out there. I will be returning to Kristinly in St Mary's, GA 15 Feb and recommission around the 18th. Will head to Ft Laud or Miami to pick up Nikki the 25th and then make for the Keys. Have a merry Christmas, Calfees.
12/22/2011 | Anastasia
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Hurry Up! The stock of Fat Tire is dwindling! Glad you are doing well & Merry Christmas!
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How do the good Denver Nuggets become great?
The Denver Nuggets currently sit at 29-18, which is good for the sixth seed in the Western Conference. Sitting above Utah and Houston, it doesn't seem likely they'll fall lower unless there's some major trades in the West before the deadline, but they'll have a tough time passing Golden State and Memphis, and the trio of OKC/San Antonio and the Clippers seem locked into the the top three spots. That likely means that unless they manage to climb to fourth before the season closes, Denver will be locked in one of the must-see first round match-ups of the Playoffs. The Nuggets are a quality side and have been for years, but 2013 seems to be another year where George Karl's men are running in place, and destined to be Playoffs fodder for the real heavyweights. Unless Denver can flip the script, they appear headed for another first or second round exit which leaves us wondering, when will they ever take the next step?
For George Karl, this season would mark the ninth consecutive time that his squad has appeared in the Playoffs. Only the Spurs and Mavericks can attest to that feat, though the Nuggets lack the championship that both the other squads won during that tenure. Furthermore, both the Spurs and the Mavericks made it to Finals at least twice, while the Nuggets had their best run in the 2008-09 season when they fell in the Conference Finals. The Nuggets are also the only team of the three to never finish with the top seed, and have bowed out in the first round eight out of nine times.
Looking at it from a glass half-full perspective, you could say the Nuggets are a pillar of consistency despite enduring the Melodrama, a bungled Iverson trade and not being a free agent hot-spot location-wise. However, from a glass half-empty standpoint, the Nuggets are a franchise that has failed to take the final step of development for nearly a decade and are led by a coach who has failed to get a championship in 28 years of head coaching.
The Nuggets are without a doubt a quality side, but the time has come for them to take the next step and become a serious contender. Going forward, the Nuggets are pretty restrained cap-wise with JaVale McGee, Danilo Gallinari and Ty Lawson all locked into long-term eight-figure deals going forward. Andre Igoudala's player option at the end of this season gives them a bit of flexibility at the end of the year, but not a lot. Coupling in the location, and the Nuggets seem like they won't be acquiring their definitive piece through free agency.
However, when you have a front office as creative and capable as Denver's, that may not be an issue. Armed with the expiring contracts of Corey Brewer and Timofey Mozgov, the Nuggets are in a position to deal and possibly pick up another bargain that vaults from them from a solid team to an elite one. Paul Millsap has been linked to the Nuggets, and the Heat are reportedly interested in Timofey Mozgov.
The only other solution for the Nuggets is internal improvement, and judging by their finances, that's indeed what they're banking on. Ty Lawson is already a solid young point guard in the NBA but may have peaked already. His statistics this season don't show a leap in production as you would expect from a young guard. His better-than-expected start his career may be all he can offer, but that's not something the Nuggets should be disheartened by. Lawson is, right now, one the better point guards in the NBA with blinding pace. Danilo Gallinari is a brilliant two-way player, but isn't poised to suddenly turn a 14 point career scoring average into anything that can carry a team to a championship. JaVale McGee poses the best chance for the Nuggets to take the next step without making any significant changes. We saw McGee monster a legitimate (when healthy) franchise Center in Andrew Bynum during the Playoffs last season, when McGee was engaged. Of course, keeping McGee engaged and focused has always been the battle and was the reason the Wizards booted him out at last season's deadline. The talent is there in McGee, but the consistency and maturity still appears to be distant.
JaVale McGee may ultimately be the deciding factor for the Nuggets. If he can develop into the franchise carrying Center he's hinted at possibly being, the Denver Nuggets should instantly be thrown into championship talk. The issue is, he's not showing to be any closer to maturing this year than he was in Washington. The Nuggets awarded him a 4 year, 44 million dollar contract in the offseason which makes him the only player alongside Gallinari and Lawson to carry guaranteed money into 2015-16 (Kenneth Faried and Jordan Hamilton have received modest qualifying offers). If he fails to turn his talent into anything tangible, he could hamstring the Nuggets' attempts at a championship and leave them lingering in no man's land for another half-decade.
The Denver Nuggets right now are a very good basketball team and probably will be when the season finishes. But a very good basketball team doesn't beat the Thunder, the Spurs, the Clippers or the Heat in a best of seven playoffs series. Very good cannot be good enough anymore if Denver are serious about winning their first NBA championship anytime soon, they need to be great. It's time for the front office to get serious about taking the next step.


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We're finally building user profiles on our site (gelaskins.com) and we'd like to allow our users/artists to publicly display their external networks like Twitter & Instagram. Is it considered bad practice to provide empty fields for external networks? The rationale being that it's simple and quick and may have higher uptake. Or should we enforce a proper API-based connection because we can learn more about the user and have a better (i.e. non-username based) link?
User settings pages: is it better to ask the user to Connect to external networks (eg. Twitter) or simply provide dumb fields?
@jamie Please consider rephrasing your question. That may help you getting more useful answer.
As far as i am getting your question, i would answer that NO, that is not considered as bad practice as long as that empty field is only shown up in "User-profile-editing" page. Many sites use that.
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The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All eligible student-athletes whose names appear on the NCAA eligibility form and have competed in one or more varsity matches must average into the GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2012 and spring 2013).
In addition, Antonia Foehse, Maya Jansen, Mary Anne Macfarlane, Natalia Maynetto and Emily Zabor were named ITA Scholar-Athletes on the women's side, while Philippe Tsangarides, Daniil Proskura and Becker O'Shaughnessey were recognized on the men's side.
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Jon Lester trade rumors are really picking up steam this week. The Boston Red Sox are to blame for the surge in Jon Lester trade discussion, especially after the franchise reportedly made their ace available on the market. According to a report from The Sporting News on Monday night (July 28), this came about when the team saw his contract demands. The leaks of this contract proposal might come from areas other than the organization though.
It hasn't helped matters that Lester is publicly talking about his willingness to be dealt by the team and then possibly return as a free agent in the offseason. The problem with that idea (for the Red Sox), is that the team acquiring him would then get draft compensation in return. As it stands, though, if he walks away in free agency, the Red Sox will have missed out on a golden opportunity to bring back several young players that could help rebuild their minor league system.
It surprises no baseball fan that one of the teams surfacing in the Jon Lester trade rumors is the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners get linked to every elite starting pitcher that becomes available on the market and that includes David Price. General manager Jack Zduriencik has reportedly made his interest known, but it is not clear at all whether discussions have advanced between the two teams. Other franchises also likely interested are the Baltimore Orioles and LA Dodgers.
During the 2014 MLB season, Jon Lester has posted a 10-7 record with a 2.52 ERA and 1.119 WHIP over 21 starts. He was named to the American League All-Star team and could certainly provide some great pitching down the stretch for a contender. With the Red Sox falling out of contention in the AL East (48-58 through July 28), it has become obvious that trading him might be the best option. It would be tough for the organization to lose its best pitcher, but that might happen in the offseason anyway.


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I haven't been able to publish lately because things have been so darned busy with inquiries about how the new health plans are going to work, how much are they, and how do I sign up for Obamacare?
This article yesterday caught my eye because it is a huge consideration that is NOT being talked about a lot in the media. Will you still be able to use your same doctors, go to the same hospitals, as you can with your current plan? Not necessarily,
The Covered California website was supposed to have a provider search link so you could check to see who was contracted with which health plan. I couldn't find it so I called the Agent number to ask about it, and the girl knew nothing about it. This L.A. Times article explains why it couldn't be found.
I don't mean to sound like I'm totally ragging on this new entity, but it's very important for people to know they may not have coverage for their usual doctors. A really critical piece of shopping for insurance is going to be checking available doctors and hospitals. Find a good agent who is certified to sell the Covered CA plans and you'll be able to evaluate all options.


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Rather than dwelling on where or even how Robin Williams died, it's easier going back remembering him as the funniest adult..err.. child we knew growing up. From his TV days in the late 70's on "Mork and Mindy" as well as his rare appearances on SNL. Robin Williams, humor played perfectly to make just about anyones family laugh.
Robin came of age in the 80's in films like Olives and Sweet Pee's love and favorite comic hero in "Popeye" The comic Radio Dj in "Good Morning, Vietnam"and as John Keating one of the comic's most classic roles, that might not sound like your typical Robin Williams film.While managing to throw in his own unique touch to the role.Proving he was better to portray the voices in great poetry as an English teacher. He molds his class an elite prep school students through the teaching of poetry,thanks to Whitman, "O me! O life!... in 'Dead Poets Society' in 1989.
Robin Williams was the age of the '90s brining his magic in movies like "Hook," a spin on the Disney classic, he plays an adult Peter Pan who must return to Neverland to rescue his children, who were kidnapped by Captain Hook. While he revisits his own childhood,with a little help from Tinkerbell played by Julia Roberts and Wendy by Maggie Smith, all while Robins star shines without stealing another actor's spotlight.
Watching him reclaim his youthfulness in the movie "Jack,was more fun than watching Williams grow up in the body of an adult. Or in the body of a British nanny in "Mrs. Doubtfire," Robin was also great with a basically all child cast in "Jumanji".
A trip down Robin Williams memory lane can't be complete without revisiting his first and only Academy Award role which Robin Williams left his gold seal, as as the impressive counselor not the outrageously loud funnyman, Sean Maguire in 'Good Will Hunting' in 1997,also known as the film that started the careers of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Robin showcased more a more laid back side of his acting prowless. As Maguire, Williams perfectly captured the kind of father figure we look up to, a man who could change the way we think about life. All without making us laugh, but still made us smile.
Susan Schneider, the actor's wife,pubicly said the following;"This morning, I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings. I am utterly heartbroken. On behalf of Robin's family, we are asking for privacy during our time of profound grief. As he is remembered, it is our hope that the focus will not be on Robin's death but on the countless moments of joy and laughter he gave to millions."
Robin in your long and powerful career, you contributed many a funny verse, but now that the powerful play we call life just goes on, And now your spirit is left with us,your many movies may continue to contribute a verse or two in our life. Your verse will always be,that you were here to help our life exists.
For sharing your life with us, Thank you Robin Williams, like the magic from the Genie in "Aladin", you made us laugh,while helping loving our life more.
Robin R*I*P!


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Chair Hog + Crowded Ship = Deep-Seated Anger
April 15, 2012 | By Cruise Critic | 32 Comments
32 Responses to "Chair Hog + Crowded Ship = Deep-Seated Anger"
Lily Pad
April 15th, 2012 @ 4:40 pm
A party of 20???? I already hate chair hogs, but that is just insane! I would have welcomed that woman to stand there and stare at me all day, if she liked. I would read my book & order a drink right in front of her, not paying her any mind. LOL.
Mary Douglas
April 15th, 2012 @ 6:47 pm
Just another set of reasons why I won't sail on Carnival. I would have probably jumped ship if I had to endure that much bad behavior. Doesn't upper management understand that not everyone on board wants a Walmart type cruise?
April 15th, 2012 @ 8:33 pm
I just KNEW it was a Carnival ship before I even read it!!! LOL
April 15th, 2012 @ 8:41 pm
she should have called over a Carnival employee and called the other "lady's" bluff. After all – she did offer to relinquish her chair of her 20 friends showed up!
April 15th, 2012 @ 8:59 pm
Could have happened on any cruise line!!!
Scott Lara
April 15th, 2012 @ 9:03 pm
I was on Carnival Fascination March 19 2012. Several chairs were
eserved at 8:00 am. Very sad that people do that. Scott
April 15th, 2012 @ 9:10 pm
I also knew it must be Carnival. I have sailed all the major cruise lines and sorry to say will never sail Carnival again. Yep they are the Walmart of cruise lines. Lol
April 15th, 2012 @ 9:12 pm
Alright Carnival haters I really don't think this just happens on their ships. I for one hate chair hogs but that's no reason to say bad things about Carnival.
April 15th, 2012 @ 9:41 pm
Everyone save chairs for their families, I do not consider this chair hogging. Maybe you just have to get up a little earlier to get your chairs. On my last cruise people were coming down to the pool deck at 12:00pm and wondering why they could not find a seat.
April 15th, 2012 @ 11:22 pm
It happens on all cruises.
April 15th, 2012 @ 11:56 pm
I have to say while on the NCL Epic in the suites portion there was a couple who showed up every sea day and put towels down in the courtyard in the front row. I don't know if they had a suite or if the Epic had sold them slots to non-suite guests, but that was absolutely disgusting to me, we are not around the main pool area and pay not to have to put up with this bad behavior. No it did not impact me personally my husband and I use that area before anyone gets up and out.
April 16th, 2012 @ 12:25 am
I can see if you are sitting down and saving a few chairs, or saving a couple while you go get a meal, but 20 is crazy. I've sailed on 5 different cruise lines, and I've seen stuff like that happen on all of them. On a sea day, I even got up one morning at 0500 and went on the deck all bundled up to finish my nite up there! (i'm a night owl so 0600 am is still nightime!)
April 16th, 2012 @ 1:00 am
OMG. I read the whole review. What a whiner. While I agree with the chair hog bit, the rest shows a person who has a complete sense of entitlement. "I paid therefore I deserve everything to be the way I want things to be."
Next time, I hope the person decides not to book during Spring Break or any other time there are other people on the cruise. They might just be happy then. No one else will interfere with their good time.
April 16th, 2012 @ 4:02 pm
I discovered on my first cruise how to avoid the whole deck chair issue- PAY FOR A BALCONY and enjoy your own private chair in the sun!
April 16th, 2012 @ 9:19 pm
I don't think this person is whining, just expressing their disappointment with aspects of their cruise. They did have positive things to say, too. She obviously did not get the Family vibe from Carnival, which could be a consequence of the spring break time frame, but maybe that's the only time they can cruise? They paid for a forward balcony to avoid smoke and were unable to enjoy it. I would be mad too! Especially woken up at 3AM by drunks in the hallway! That is not MY idea of a vacation! Bloodstained linens are gross-would you want to sleep on that?!
April 18th, 2012 @ 3:13 pm
I'm in my late 30s and have sailed RC and HAL and have NEVER encountered chair hogs. I think this chair hog problem does have a lot to do with the cruise line you sail.
April 18th, 2012 @ 5:39 pm
My family was on the Carnival Dream recently and my review of the cruise was the worse I have written and my wife and I were on our 38th cruise. Carnival has all kinds of rules in place but enforce NONE of them except keeping kids from hanging out in the casinos. Chair hogging, smoking areas, saving seats for shows, kids in the hot tubs, etc., etc. They have cut back on employees to the point where there is no one to police anything.
We had several other complaints also but won;t bore you with all the details. Just suffice it to say that, our 10th Carnival Cruise may very well be our last.
And to the one that says they haven't seen it on RCCL or HACL just wasn't looking. It happens on every cruise line (other than the very upscale lines), it's just worse on some than others.
Craig Cannon
April 18th, 2012 @ 6:30 pm
We have made 20 cruises altogether and have yet to encounter anything like I have seen here. I have never cruised on Carnival and don't feel like I have missed anything at all! 9 of our cruises have been on Princess and can't really complain!
April 18th, 2012 @ 7:44 pm
We have sailed 22 times on Celebrity, Princess, and Royal Carribbean and Norweigan combined. There were chair hogs on every cruise. The worst group of people were on a Royal Carib cruise during a Winter break. Kids running wild all night long with security trying to catch them without luck, teens throwing food over inside balconies over the promenade, kids in hot tubs with babies in diapers, teens pushing and shoving each other and into passers by and riding elevators , as they lay spread across the floors hitting all the buttons all night long. It was not the cruise line…it was the lack of consideration on the passengers/parents. The crew could not wait for the cruise to end and these yahoos to get off.
April 18th, 2012 @ 9:55 pm
It does not matter what cruise line you use uou will encounter rude and ignorant people everywhere.They believe they are the only ones paying.
Blind rid
April 18th, 2012 @ 10:13 pm
Combine whiner and wants an upscale experience on Carnival. It doesn't happen that way. Crib – I'll give it to you. Smoke on balcony, I won't. Chair hog – give it to you but you need some bal*** to hold your own. Spring break noise – you picked it.
Princess won't be any different if you want to complain.
I prefer NCL but all mainstreams are alike.
Pay the big bucks and go upscale.
Rich Pierpaoli
April 19th, 2012 @ 10:04 am
Chair hogs are a pain. The pool staff on the Celebrity Solstice was great on our cruise to the Eastern Caribbean in March however. They would literally remove towels, magazines and bags from beach chairs if they were unoccupied for like an hour. Actually happened to us! We went in for lunch, a long lunch, and when we came out our stuff was gone and others were in the chairs. I asked a pool attendant about it and they quickly got us our stuff and helped us find new spots. That is the way to do it.
April 20th, 2012 @ 4:43 pm
It's so simple, really. The cruise lines need to empower and REWARD employees who enforce the rules and not let the job fall to the rest of us. Diapers and non-toilet-trained children in pools/hot tubs (including family pools, where they DON'T belong according to policy; they only belong in "splash zones") is my personal peeve because it affects health and not just comfort/fairness. But ALL the rules NEED enforcement.
Uncle Dave
April 20th, 2012 @ 4:57 pm
I refuse to travel ANYWHERE Spring Breakers are! I found that you will almost always find what you are looking for….noisy drunks during Spring Break and reasonable quiet and relaxation most other times. I do like that I can get a better room on Carnival for the same money. We normally have a mini-suite or decent balacony and have ALWAYS received excellent room service by simply treating the room steward with respect. You will find miserable people everywhere and on any cruise line…so we prefer to ignore them and focus on the fun we are having. We have some awesome memories and pictures from our cruises and 2 more booked already…best bang for the vacation dollar!
April 20th, 2012 @ 5:56 pm
I don't know if it is that ship or what, but two years ago we sailed on it and had the same experience. Due to that fact I avoid Carnival at all costs. It may be cheaper but I guess you get what you pay for. Although, we did sail Carnival Sensation this past fall and it wasn't as bad. The other passengers and staff were better. This ship didn't have gum under the tables on the lido deck as much as the other one.
April 20th, 2012 @ 6:43 pm
Chair hogs are on NCL and RCCL also!!
April 21st, 2012 @ 7:49 pm
It's not just Carnival, folks! Happens on Celebrity too. Just came off a cruise on the Millennium and witnessed it first hand. Chairs with towels sat empty starting at 8AM and were still empty well after lunch! Really bad behavior, if you ask me – no matter what cruise line you are on. I really believe people should just start removing the towels and sitting there themselves. As far as I am concerned, if the cruise lines continue to condone this type of behavior, it will go on forever. It's really too bad.
April 23rd, 2012 @ 12:18 am
Here is a suggestion for Carnival about the smoking on the balconies. Why not make one side of the ship non-smoking balconies? Then all the smokers can be on one side and the non-smokers can enjoy the fresh ocean breeze on their side.
April 24th, 2012 @ 11:45 am
What the cruise lines need to do to discourage this type of behavior is not lay out the chairs ahead of time. They need to manage it like a beachfront property. When you want a chair you go to a chair stand and the attendant retrieves your chair for you and places it where you want it. When you are done, you let them know and they retrieve the chair and put it back in the pile…..Then at least there is not obvious chair saving.
May 8th, 2012 @ 1:22 pm
We just got home after a 14-day cruise on the Celebrity Constellation. I initially thought there was a log of chair hogging, then realized that the pool attendants were putting rolled-up towel on every chair early in the morning. The most sought after chairs were in the partial to full shade, but then most of the passengers were well over 55 (65?).
This was our 19th cruise,with most of the others on Princess, which I believe has lost a lot of it's quality since Carnival bought it. It is true that you get what you pay for; however,so we have started to take longer cruises – 10 days or more. The cost per day is about the same or less, but the passenger are a bit older, better mannered and more respectful of rules, from reserving pool chairs to dress in the dining rooms.
May 11th, 2012 @ 4:49 pm
chair hogs & rude people are on all cruise lines, in fact in all aspects of life & I think the ones downing carnival is some of the worst !!! I have been on several different lines & its basically the same problems on all, just different people.
July 27th, 2012 @ 7:58 pm
My solution to chair hiogs is , I remove the towel & sit down with my book. If anyone shows up , I simply say , " you went over the 30 minute limit." When they object , I tell them to prove I'm wrong or go hog another chair.
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TEMPE- Ariz.- Arizona State volleyball (6-0) heads to the Illini Classic in Champaign, Ill. Thursday, Sept. 12 to take on Youngstown State (3-3) at 6 p.m. CT/4 PT. Friday brings a challenging schedule with matches against No. 14 Illinois (3-2) at 10 a.m. CT/8 CT followed by an evening match against No. 2 Texas (4-1) at 5 p.m. CT/3 PT.
The Sun Devils have posted their best record since 1995 with the 6-0 start, going 18-0 in sets so far this season after the sweep of Gonzaga, UNLV and Seattle in the Gonzaga Invitational this past weekend.
About the Youngstown State series-
The game Thursday marks the first meeting between the Sun Devils and Penguins. The Penguins are coming off of two-consecutive losses against Tulane and Toledo. Missy Hundelt leads YSU with 82 kills and 106 digs.
Big Week for @SunDevilVB. Excited to see how we do against 3 great teams this weekend @IlliniVBall— Jason Watson (@sundevilvbcoach) September 9, 2013
About the Illinois series-
ASU is down, 0-1, in the Sun Devils' only meeting with the Illini where they fell 3-1 against the Illini in 1987. The fighting Illini have three wins this season over ranked opposition (Florida State, Kentucky, Iowa State), and falling only to No. 14 San Diego and Long Beach State. Jocelynn Birks leads Illinois with 87 kills, averaging 4.58 kills per set.
About the Texas series-
Arizona State is 0-4 in the series against the Texas Longhorns, with their last meeting dating back to 2005 when the Longhorns swept the Sun Devils, 3-0. Texas was preseason No. 1 before the Longhorns fell, 3-1, to Hawaii in the first game of the season. However, the Longhorns are coming off two-consecutive wins against No. 3 Penn State and Pac-12 rival No. 8 Stanford. Bailey Webster and Haley Eckerman lead the Longhorns with 61 and 58 kills, respectively.
MVP Macey
After an impressive performance in all three of ASU's wins in the Gonzaga Invitational, Macey Gardner earner her second Tournament MVP crown in two weeks. The sophomore has 107 kills over 18 sets, averaging 5.94 kills per set, which is the best in the nation. Her performance also scored her the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week. This is Gardner's first Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and Arizona State's 17th all-time honor. Gardner also scored Pac-12 Freshman of the Week twice in her debut 2012 season for the Sun Devils.
Macey Gardner of @SunDevilVB leads the country in kills per set. Good thing she's a Sun Devil.— Jason Watson (@sundevilvbcoach) September 10, 2013
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Arizona State, as a team, ranks fifth in the country in kills per set with the Sun Devils averaging 15 per frame.
Gardner ranks second in the country in points per game with her average of 6.39 per frame.
Senior Stephanie Preach comes in at 28th in the country in digs with her season total 93, averaging 5.17 per set.
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San Diego-based Epic Sciences Inc., a private biotech company that develops cancer diagnostics, announced it has completed a $13 million Series B equity financing, which includes new investors Domain Associates, Roche Venture Fund, and Pfizer Venture Investments, in addition to undisclosed individual investors. In conjunction with the financing, Kim Kamdar, Ph.D., will join Epic's board of directors.
Epic is developing diagnostic tests that molecularly characterize circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood to provide a better way to detect cancer and to monitor and personalize cancer treatments. CTCs are cells that escape from solid tumors, enter the bloodstream where they travel and eventually cause cancer metastasis. Today, solid cancers are first detected by biopsies, which cannot be used repeatedly and are ineffective in understanding metastatic risk, disease progression, and treatment effectiveness. A blood test that can accurately detect and profile biomarkers on CTCs can be conducted repeatedly and can give essential, real-time information about disease status to tailor treatments to a patient's specific tumor.
"Epic's technology has achieved an unprecedented level of sensitivity in detecting circulating tumor cells to develop crucial cancer diagnostics for the millions of patients who need to understand whether their treatment is working and the status of their disease," said Dr. Kamdar, partner at Domain Associates. "With deep vertical integration of expertise in engineering, computation, pathology and oncology, we see that Epic's technology will not only have a major impact on clinical cancer treatments but also on the development of new cancer therapeutics and companion diagnostics."
With the proceeds from the financing, Epic will expand research and development operations and capabilities to commercialize the company's CTC platform, the basis of which has been exclusively licensed from Dr. Peter Kuhn's laboratory at The Scripps Research Institute. Epic is currently working with seven pharmaceutical partners to create companion diagnostic products for oncology drug candidates. The partnerships include a number of Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials ultimately involving more than 1,500 patients.
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Top Bronx Detective Accused of Sexual Harassment, Sending Schmaltzy Texts
Apparently he's a 'Twilight' fan.
NYPD Deputy Chief Michael Gabriel, the top detective in the Bronx, is in trouble for trying to win the love of Detective Dawn DelValle-Sanchez with, among other unwelcome advances, Twilight-referencing texts. DelValle-Sanchez has accused Gabriel of sexual harassment for his inappropriate obsession with her cleavage and repeatedly rubbing her neck after she suffered a herniated disc. When DelValle-Sanchez got mad, Gabriel evoked Edward and Bella to set things right:
"I ask for ur forgiveness and another chance (Think Bella forgiving Jacob)"
"I will accept any penalty; hard labor, probation, a time out. ... Do werewolves kill humans just like vampires?"
We're not sure what's worse, the official trouble he may get in with the NYPD or the fact that the entire force now knows how familiar he is with Twilight.
Bronx NYPD commander is a wolf in cop's clothes: Detective accuses boss of 'Twilight' harassment [NYDN]


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Well, apparently I missed some things! Minutes after posting my first event round-up this month, I received notices of other items I should have included. (At least that tells me folks are reading!) And here they are, the second half of the second half of April literary events! This is not to exclude the initial listing of events, so the dates do overlap a bit.
Monday, April 15
Literary Witnesses presents Zen poet Jane Hirshfield, 7:00 pm
Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet Ave
Prize-winning poet, translator and essayist Jane Hirshfield will join the ranks of writers featured in this august series curated by James Lenfestey. Hirshfield is the author of seven poetry collections, and in 2004 was awarded the 70th Academy Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement by The Academy of American Poets, an honor previously held by such poets as Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and Elizabeth Bishop. This event is co-sponsored by the Loft Literary Center and Rain Taxi Review of Books. There is plenty of free parking, and the event is free and open to the public.
Wednesday, April 17
WordLab, 7-8:30 pm
MCAD Main Gallery, 2501 Stevens Ave S, Minneapolis
This new reading series explores the latest experiments in creative writing. Curated by award-winning poet Lightsey Darst, it features writers reading in five-minute slots. Anyone can sign up for the open mic, which goes from 7 to 7:30. Featured readers begin at 7:30, and this month will include Jeffrey Skemp, Sun Yung Shin and Andy Sturdevant. Free and open to anyone.
Thursday, April 25
Two Poets Talk Connections, 7:00 pm
University Club, 420 Summit, Saint Paul
In this evening of conversation, poet Dobby Gibson will converse with Leontia Flynn, as part of the celebration of her O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry. Their conversation will center around "Wireless Connections: How Poetry Communicates." Gibson is the author of three books of poetry, all published by Graywolf Press, and has twice been a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award. Presented by the University of St. Thomas Center for Irish Studies and the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. Free and open to the public.
Friday, April 26
O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry Reading, 7:30 pm
OEC Auditorium, UST, Saint Paul campus
Poet Leontia Flynn of Belfast, Northern Ireland, is the recipient of the 17th annual Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry. She will read from her work at this event on the main campus of UST in the auditorium of the O'Shaughnessy Educational Center. Flynn has published two books of poetry and is currently a research fellow at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry in Belfast. The Poetry Award carries a $5,000 prize and was established in 1997. It honors Irish poets; previous prizes have gone to Theo Dorgan, Leanne O'Sullivan and Gerard Smyth, among others. This event is free and open to the public.
Presented by the University of St. Thomas Center for Irish Studies and the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. For more information on these two events, visit the website of the Center for Irish Studies.
Monday, April 29
Pundamonium! The Twin Cities Pun Slam, 8:00 pm
The Republic – Seven Corners 221 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis
What a cool, fun idea. Get people thinking. It's a simple premise: 20 players are given a prompt, and then have thirty seconds – just thirty seconds! – to come up with a pun and two minutes to execute the pun. They will be judged by five audience members. There will be prizes! Admission is $4 for students, $6 for everyone else. Sponsored by the Loft Literary Center. Organized by Art Allen, who says that puns are alivelicious.
And you know, if you do attend any of these or the myriad other literary events going on around the Twin Cities, you should leave your recap on Litseen.org. It's all about the events, everything and then some. And if none of the above grab you, just check out the Twin Cities Literary Calendar put up by Rain Taxi – you are sure to find something you like! Of course, I'd always welcome your comments below.
Since there are so many event listings now, I am toying with the idea of giving up this column altogether. I've found it a great forum for getting to meet people and find out more about the great Twin Cities literary community – doing profiles on bookstores, publishers and authors, reviewing books and just plain getting to talk about books. I have heard many people say that they like these event round-ups, but the numbers just aren't there. If you do like this, please do share it with those whom you think might be interested. It takes a lot of time to put this together, and I'd love to share it with more people. So if you enjoy the profiles, reviews, round-ups and event talk, please let me know. Many thanks.
I do aim to cover The Twin Cities for bookish sorts!


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"We have gone through that training so we can let a client know, 'Hey, keep an eye on this,' or 'You may need to see your vet,'" Bost said. "We want to help our clients with overall care and be the full-service mobile grooming salon for the community."
The official expansion and grand re-opening of the mobile business is April 21, and the phone lines are open for booking appointments for that day on. The first appointment available is at 9 a.m., and they book until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
With three groomers and two mobile salons, Bost is confident she will be able to serve more clients more often and in more areas. "We're really excited for the new horizons and what we can offer, like more appointment availability and more flexibility with current clients," she said.
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NEW YORK — People are talking about your laundry business. Do you know what they're saying?
The answer can spell the difference between success and failure. Positive reviews on Internet message boards help boost revenues and fatten your bottom line. Negative reviews can spike your best business plans.
"People are increasingly putting reviews online as the Internet becomes more social," says Daniel Burrus, a business consultant based in Hartland, Wis. "All of the reviews are in the cloud and available for anyone to read."
And read they do: For many businesses, social media are quickly becoming the best sources of new customers. Just a few of the most popular sites are Yelp, Twitter, Angie's List, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. A recent study from Harvard Business School revealed a direct correlation between star ratings on Yelp and revenues at a business.
Why the upturn? A big reason is technology's growing heft. "Our main computing device is shifting from the laptop to the smart phone," says Burrus. "And unlike our laptops, our smart phones are always with us." Smart phones are constantly getting faster at processing data. That helps people quickly post reports on their business experiences while searching for the most highly ranked providers of goods and services.
Watching for reviews about your laundry business on social media sites poses a challenge. Monitoring them all would take a lot of time, and time costs money.
What to do? Set up an automated search to alert you whenever your business is reviewed. Google offers the most popular of such alerts. "Google Alerts are easy and free," says consultant Bob Phibbs, Coxsackie, N.Y. "You can create an alert that sends you an e-mail every time your business name is mentioned online." If such alerts are too numerous, you can specify that Google send you a consolidated report once a day. (Google Alerts is at google.com/alerts).
You should also set up an alert in Twitter to let you know when your business is mentioned in a Tweet. Twitter is especially important for your online reputation because people with smart phones use Twitter all the time. Your customers are most likely already using Twitter, and you want to pay attention to what they say. (For information, go to twitter.com/alerts.)
Bonus tip: Ask your customers what Internet sites they use to find businesses like yours.
Every business will get some negative reviews. "People gripe for a lot of reasons," says Phibbs. "Maybe they did not get waited on fast enough, or maybe a coupon expired and you didn't honor it."
When your business receives a negative review, it's important to respond with an online message that prospective customers can see, says Phibbs. "Posting a response shows you are listening to your customers and taking action."
Avoid impersonal or canned posts. Compose your posts in words that directly address the complaining customers' concerns, suggests Phibbs. "Personalize your message with words such as 'I own the business with my wife Mary and we are sorry to hear you had a bad experience.'"
Your responses should also note that you are attempting to improve whatever areas the customers found lacking (cleanliness, customer service, employee friendliness, etc.). "Finally, invite the customer to contact you," says Phibbs. "Include an e-mail address or phone number."
Carefully written responses can turn a negative situation into a positive one. Paying attention to customers and taking action on complaints can build loyalty. You can even turn an angry person into a raving fan.
From time to time, you will run into a review that, while legitimate, comes from a customer who is simply being unreasonable. "You often have outliers on the negative side, because the unreasonable customer can be very vocal," says Greg Sterling, a San Francisco-based Internet analyst.
"While most consumers are reasonable and will look at the consensus and not ascribe too much weight to a single negative review, it still has to be addressed," says Sterling. Post a response in terms that illustrate the importance you place on the area the customer has addressed. Emphasize that you intend to do better in the future.
Bonus tip: Look at negative reviews as informal customer surveys that help you identify and rectify business problems.
Social media have their dark side: Not all negative reviews are legitimate. What do you do if you suspect a negative review has been posted by a competitor, or by a disgruntled former employee?
One thing not to do, says Burrus, is stir the pot. "Don't create a fight and don't incense people in ways that make them do more negative things."
Stay positive, even in the face of unfair practices. "If the poster is a competitor, post some evidence to the contrary underneath what they wrote," suggests Burrus. "You might say something like, 'Here is a link to 50 customers who disagree with you.'"
And what if the poster is a former employee? "Have your lawyer contact the person to let them know they must cease and desist," suggests Burrus. "Let them know they cannot smear a reputation without ramifications." A legal letter can convince the person to remove an offending review.
The challenge is even greater for sites that allow anonymous postings. If a review is blatantly unfair (for example, a personal attack on an employee), you can contact the site and ask that it be removed.
Finally, there are the gold diggers. "Some people will give you bad reviews in hope that you will contact them with deals such as half off a future purchase," says Phibbs. Don't take the bait. Instead, post a reasonable response that conveys the actions you are taking to provide quality service.
Your good business will likely get a lot of positive reports. "It is just as important to respond to good reports," says Phibbs. A simple "Thanks so much for the compliment" may do for a general report, but take time to address any specific topics the customer has mentioned. (It's not necessary to respond to every favorable report once you start getting more than a handful).
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Google Alerts, as already mentioned, is a great service for getting a heads up on the lowdown. But you may want to invest a little more time and effort into managing your reputation. That's where online reputation tracking services come in. "Most small businesses don't know about the many online reputation tracking services, and just search their business names once in a while," says Sterling. "Yet the specialized services can give you important information."
You can have reviews sent to your mobile phone and have message threads with negative reviews tracked in real time, giving you granular control over responses. This can be particular helpful when damaging disputes break out about your business. In contrast, says Sterling, e-mails from Google Alerts do nothing more than inform you that a post has been made, and even that information arrives after a time lag.
Be aware that Yellow Pages and newspapers may include reputation-monitoring tools in advertising packages. That can reduce your costs considerably.
Maybe reputation monitoring seems like more trouble than it's worth. Keep in mind, though, that your business is at stake: More people than ever are turning to online reviews for help deciding what business to patronize.
Indeed, every online review site is a valuable suggestion box for your business. "There is a great deal you can learn from reviews," says Sterling. "They can help you think of new products and services for your customers. Be open and embrace them."


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A Detroit, Michigan witness reports UFO activity on filed on 18 June 2012 with the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database. Detroit is the largest city in the American Midwest state of Michigan which borders Canada.
Both the ancient Pagan Gnostics and Jacques Vallée suggest that many UFO sightings may be the result of the "weaponizing" of the human mind by artificial life forms that have been referred to as "Archons". By accessing the human mind, "Archons" are apparently able to manifest or "project" many UFO sightings as part of a "spiritual control system" against the human psyche.
The witness described his or her experience as a UFO witness.
"As an amateur stargazer, I'm pretty familiar with the night sky."
The witness indicates what he or she was doing before the sighting.
More information? Go to: http://www.examiner.com/article/ufo-detroit-witness-reports-huge-triangular-entity?cid=db_articles


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sahana martin 06.19.2013 at 1:48pm #
Reminds me of something :
" You'll be given love
You'll be taken care of
You'll be given love
You have to trust it
Maybe not from the sources
You have poured yours
Maybe not from the directions
You are staring at (..)
All is full of love
All around you "
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it is sometimes difficult to comprehend
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love ,
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SOUTHAVEN — Now that Olive Branch has enacted a partial smoking ban for its restaurants and businesses, that leaves Horn Lake and Southaven as the last two of the five cities in DeSoto County that have not adopted any type of anti-smoking laws.
In Southaven, the third-largest city in the state, Mayor Greg Davis tells The Commercial Appeal he doesn't believe government should interfere in the private sector on this issue.
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Mac mini (mid 2010) reviewPosted on June 18, 2010 | No Commentsdigg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Mac_mini_mid_2010_review_Engadget'; The Mac mini has long been the oddball child of the Mac family: it's the only consumer-level machine from Apple that isn't a fully-integrated experience, and it's the only Mac to have had a sub-$1,000 sticker price in some time. But people love this little weirdo, and they love to do weirdly awesome things with it -- we've seen Mac minis stuffed into everything from old G4 Cube shells to volleyball-playing robots to pianos to... DeLoreans. Yes, DeLoreans. And, of course, people have longed been connecting Mac minis to HDTVs and using 'em as a media players -- it's small, quiet, relatively powerful, and it's a real computer, so it can play virtually any video file you throw at it. And now it's gotten even more attractive as a home theater PC, since Apple's given the newest Mac mini a striking unibody makeover, NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics, and -- a first for any Mac -- an HDMI port, making it a dead-simple addition to your HDTV. On the flip side, the base price of the only stock consumer configuration has gone up to $699, and to be blunt, much cheaper PCs have had HDMI ports forever. So is the mini worth the premium? Is it the ultimate small PC for the living room -- and beyond? Read on to find out.
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Mac mini updated with HDMI, aluminum unibody, and SD card readerPosted on June 15, 2010 | No CommentsHDMI-out is finally included, along with an SD card reader, 802.11n wireless, a Mini DisplayPort jack, and what Apple claims is a doubling of graphics performance thanks to an NVIDIA GeForce 320M chip inside. Then again, when you double a little, you still end up with not much. The newly polished nettop is a minimalist 1.4 inches tall, but manages to fit all the power circuitry inside, which means (yay!) there'll be no power brick to spoil your hipster desk space.
Don't fret if you were looking to drop the optical drive, Apple retains the config option that allows you to add in a second HDD in lieu of its DVD burner. You can grab two 500GB plate spinners, Snow Leopard Server (we thought Apple only had one OS version?), 4GB of RAM, and a 2.66GHz Intel chip for $999. Finally, the new enclosures will come with user-accessible memory slots courtesy of a removable panel at the bottom of the case. Neat that the designers didn't take the unibody idea too literally.
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TiVo Desktop Software hits version 2.8.1, adds folder view from PC, export for iPad, Pre & morePosted on June 11, 2010 | No CommentsTiVo Desktop software is official, and it's added a few new features in both its free edition and the upgraded Plus package. The basic software has added a few additional settings, but the most notable is the ability to view folders on a PC from the DVR itself. Those paying $24.95 for TiVo Desktop Plus should notice increased video quality on PSP TiVoToGo exports, plus new profiles for the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, DROID, Pre and several Blackberry models. Dave Zatz has already gotten his hands on the latest version, reporting some issues connecting to a TiVo Premiere; hit the download page for your own copy and let us know how it works.
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iPhone 4 does 720p HD video, iMoviePosted on June 7, 2010 | No CommentsA backside-illuminated 5 megapixel sensor is about to grace the new iPhone's rear, equipped with an LED flash and 720p / 30fps video recording. Tap to focus will also be rolled out in the iPhone Quattro, and Steve Jobs is keen to impress on us all that although the megapixel count has grown, the quality of images has apparently improved. That's what they all say. The added functionality of iMovie won't come for free, however, with Apple asking a $4.99 tithe for granting access to its more sophisticated video editing options. This is moving things along, to be sure, but why is the upper limit of storage still 32GB? A more generous apportionment of memory would've gone very nicely indeed with that HD video mode.
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