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Australia's most powerful trainer, John Hawkes, will put the Golden Slipper credentials of highly rated filly Mnemosyne on the line in Saturday's $300,000 Reisling Stakes at Rosehill, with the juvenile needing to finish in the first two to secure a berth in the March 19 feature.
Mnemosyne, which won on debut last November before running second to Flying Pegasus when resuming in the Kindergarten Stakes, is 21st in the order of entry for the Golden Slipper, but holds second billing in markets for the $3 million dash behind last Saturday night's Skyline Stakes winner Snitzel.
"She's OK and has improved on her first-up run," Hawkes said of Mnemosyne yesterday. "We might as well send her around on Saturday and see what happens. She should run well."
Mnemosyne will clash with Gai Waterhouse's unbeaten filly Fashions Afield in the Reisling, with Chris Munce out to make it three from three on her.
The Lee Freedman-trained Queen Of The Hill will also line up, with Glen Boss expected to take the mount.
Queen Of The Hill, which won brilliantly on debut at Flemington, heads north after failing at Caulfield earlier this month. Freedman could find nothing amiss with Queen Of The Hill after her last-start flop.
"She's done well since the Caulfield run so we thought we'd push on and give her a crack at the Reisling," Freedman said. "If she runs well in that then we could keep going, but if she's not going to measure up then she will be heading for a spell."
While Hawkes was unable to repel the charge of Flying Pegasus with Mnemosyne when they clashed at Warwick Farm, his Silver Slipper winner, Domesday, will attempt to defeat the David Payne-trained colt when they meet again in the Todman Stakes.
Domesday, which is unbeaten in two starts, powered home to defeat Flying Pegasus over 1100 metres in the Silver Slipper last start. "Domesday should be very competitive again on Saturday, he is a good colt," Hawkes said, while confirming Darren Beadman will ride Mnemosyne and Domesday.
Corey Brown is expected to partner Flying Pegasus in the Todman before Melbourne-based jockey Danny Nikolic takes over the reins in the Golden Slipper. Waterhouse's $1.3 million colt Assertive Choice, which ran third in the Kindergarten Stakes on debut, will line up against Flying Pegasus and co in the Todman, with Munce aboard.
Hawkes said he was impressed by the effort of Snitzel at Canterbury, and the winning performance of the Tim Martin-trained Al Samer in the Black Opal Stakes at Canberra last Saturday.
"Snitzel can only do what he's done so far," Hawkes said of the colt's four wins from five starts. "He's a very good colt and has certainly proven he is going to be competitive in the Golden Slipper. Al Samer is definitely a chance [in the Slipper], too, now. His was a good effort at Canberra and he's an improver."
Meanwhile, Freedman confirmed Alinghi would have her next start in the group 1 Newmarket Handicap at Flemington on Saturday week following her emphatic win in last week's group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes in Adelaide.
"The plan is to next go to the Newmarket and then we'll get her to Sydney," he said.
Alinghi will clash with Fastnet Rock in the Newmarket. Earlier this month, Alinghi ran second to Fastnet Rock in the Lightning Stakes. The colt is on course to sweep the Victorian sprinters' triple crown after winning last Saturday's Oakleigh Plate.
Freedman said dual Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva would miss Saturday's Ranvet Stakes at Rosehill and remain in Melbourne for another clash with Elvstroem in the Australian Cup on March 12 before heading to Sydney for The BMW on March 19.
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text: Tigers Beat Baltimore Behind Verlander, Avila By Stu Allen April 6, 2011 10:24 PM Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Detroit Tigers got their second win of the 2011 season tonight, beating the previously unbeaten Baltimore Orioles 7-3 behind the stellar pitching of Justin Verlander and the slugging of catcher Alex Avila. Verlander struck out 9 in 8 innings of work in picking up his first win of the year, while Avila drove in 5 runs with a double, homer and a single. For good measure he also stole a base. Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez also hit solo homers for the Tigers. The Tigers wind up thier road trip with another game against the O's tomorrow before coming home to take on Kansas City in the Home Opener Friday afternoon at Comerica Park. Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Filed Under: alex avila | baltimore orioles | comerica park | detroit tigers | justing verlander | kansas city royals | miguel cabrera | victor martinez Category: Sports Share on Facebook Share on Twitter More Leave a comment Send to a friend! Print this page Pin it! Reddit This! Share on Tumblr! Best of Cars 108 Nixon Haunts Trump in Grim New 'Simpsons' Short Gregg Allman Dies Overturned Semi Closes I-75 Southbound 10 Things to Do in Mid-Michigan This Weekend — May 26-29 Recommended for You ZergNet Best of the Web ZergNet

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As shadow housing minister, Grant Shapps was vocal on his vision for housing. Now he has the job proper and, in his first in-depth interview since the election, Stuart Macdonald finds out if he'll deliver.
Grant Shapps is nothing if not a populist. Finally 'no longer the shadow housing minister' as he puts it, Mr Shapps has made several interventions in his first weeks in office. Each has been carefully calculated to make maximum impact with the national press. 'The housing fat cats' screamed the Daily Mail and '50 housing bosses get more than PM' The Sun, after Mr Shapps chose to rehash Inside Housing's annual salary survey of housing association bosses earlier this month. Then, wearing his local government minister hat, there was Mr Shapps' call for killjoy councils to let people fly their country's flag in the street during the football World Cup.
Play with fire, though, and eventually you will get burned. Witness the mauling Mr Shapps received at the hands of The Mirror for flying his private plane to make a last-minute appointment in Swansea on Radio 4's Any Questions. Then, closer to home, Mr Shapps thought he was aiming for an open goal last week when calling for an age of homeowning 'aspiration' before an audience of house builders. This might have rung true had Mr Shapps' boss, communities minister Eric Pickles, not written to English councils the week before to tell them regional house building targets were being scrapped and revealing nothing of what might replace them. Mr Shapps' audience was not slow to point this out.
A source close to the housing minister says all this simply shows the 41-year-old is 'very ambitious and wants to be very visible'. Another commentator, Simon Randall, Conservative party member and consultant at law firm Winckworth Sherwood, says Mr Shapps is 'appealing very much to the mainstream in the party' with his housing policies and 'striking a strong blow for localism'.
Others in the housing sector, however, question whether the minister is as passionate about housing as he claims or is simply using his first government role as a springboard to a bigger job, without much regard for the consequences of his actions. As one housing association chief executive puts it: 'He is a typical minister - all ego. He simply does as he is told by those higher up the food chain.'
True or not, one thing is certain: as housing minister Mr Shapps will be expected by the man at the top of the food chain, prime minister David Cameron, to deliver more homes.
The job in hand
The MP for Welwyn Hatfield, re-elected last month for the second time and with a majority of more than 17,000, brands the fall in annual completions under the previous Labour government - down from a peak of 174,900 to 118,000 at the last count - as 'incredibly damaging'.
But would he do any better? The housing sector is deeply sceptical and uses Mr Pickles' letter as evidence. 'There are two areas in which it is pressing for Mr Shapps to deliver: changes to the planning system in terms of abolishing central targets and bringing in the incentives plan he has discussed,' says Richard Capie, director of policy and practice at the Chartered Institute of Housing. 'Unless we have a clear timetable for this we will end up with a housebuilding vacuum.'
Sitting comfortably in shirtsleeves (the blue tie is donned later for the photographs) in his large corner office in the Communities and Local Government department's central London HQ, Mr Shapps is calmness and confidence personified in the face of such doubts.
'We have to take housing, which is one of the most inflexible and least responsive products to market pressure in the country, and make it much more responsive so you actually get homes where homes are needed,' he says. 'I think it is enormously important to build more homes.'
Mr Shapps highlights three areas which must be tackled to make this happen. 'The question is why won't there be more housing started? And the answer is that we've got this big national deficit which is holding the economy back. We've got problems with people borrowing the money to buy a house and get mortgage finance. And then we've got the massive inflexibilities in the market place, which are to do with planning and inflexibility of planning and land assembly and all those types of things.'
So just how will these inflexibilities be addressed? Like his colleague Greg Clark (the minister for decentralisation with whom he rushes off for lunch after our meeting), Mr Shapps is a disciple of localism and the planning reforms espoused by the right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange.
'I don't think it is terribly helpful to have a government that is trying to centrally plan housing numbers and targets,' he says. '[For example] the question is, does the relatively free market in toaster provision allow you to easily and affordably buy a toaster? And in housing has the increasing centrally planned system where we have targets and regional spatial strategies helped to deliver?
'My analysis is that the approach that says we need to make supply and demand flexible in order to meet each other is likely to be much more successful than saying we need to sit here in this office and dream up a number which we then claim we can deliver on the ground…So all of those things need to go and instead we will replace it with a system which I hope will be much more market responsive.'
It is certainly bold. But Mr Shapps refuses to be drawn on what level of house building he believes would constitute a more balanced housing market. He simply says: 'Success will look better than today.' He adds that he expects to see 'rapid progress' in improving affordability and cutting the 'disgraceful' numbers of people on social housing waiting lists.
No housing professional will disagree with a strategy that reduces the 1.8 million households on council housing waiting lists. However many struggle to see how the more benign times talked of by Mr Shapps will arrive when one of the minister's first acts has been to call on social housing investment body, the Homes and Communities Agency, to slash its budget by more than £600 million. This translates into some 9,000 homes that will not be built, according to the National Housing Federation. While Mr Shapps admits that the savings which have to be found in a 'myriad' of schemes will be 'painful', he disputes this is pain of his making.
'We have been left with, straight up, a £780 million deficit for the housing budget in this department,' Mr Shapps says. 'Not only did my [Labour] predecessor John Healey say he had the money but he also by and large committed it. This is why I have been going through all of the department's projects this year to see what I can claw back. It's absolutely extraordinary.'
Delete the quangos
Another area where the minister is keen to save is housing regulation. In opposition Mr Shapps made no secret of his distaste for the Tenant Services Authority and this opprobrium continues now he is in office accusing the TSA of 'failing' tenants with a sweeping, national approach.
'My intention is to use the 2010 decentralisation and localism bill to delete the quango,' he says. 'I think it was set up as a very expensive way to do some reasonably straightforward things. One is to look after the needs of tenants and the other is look after the economic viability of housing associations.'
The minister's plan to replace the TSA involves splitting the regulatory role in two. The HCA - or Housing Corporation mark II given its resemblance to the former quango it took over from as watchdog - would take on responsibility for governance and financial regulation because 'obviously I'm keen to ensure that institutional investors [continue to] feel safe with their money'.
Meanwhile, the framework developed by the TSA to ensure the provision of excellent tenant services will remain - indeed, Mr Shapps claims to 'agree with virtually every word' in the 86-page document which he describes as 'great work'. However, complaints that cannot be resolved by a landlord will escalate to an elected local official such as a councillor or MP, before heading to the, existing, housing ombudsman service as a final resort.
Mr Shapps admits that several details of this new system have yet to be worked out so it is unclear whether the ombudsman would take on any statutory powers, or rather refer intractable cases to the CLG and Mr Shapps. ' I think there is a system of tenant empowerment here that could go way beyond the incredibly complex structures that the TSA envisages,' he says, 'and would bring power back home for tenants.'
Political partners
Those hoping that the political dogma Mr Shapps showed as shadow housing minister might be tempered by the coalition with the Liberal Democrats look set to be disappointed. Mr Shapps swears that he and junior housing minister, Lib Dem MP Andrew Stunell, have 'not had a single cross word'. On anything. Those who bemoaned the lack of choice between the mainstream parties at the recent general election will be unsurprised to hear Mr Shapps claim that, from scrapping the housing revenue account to axing home improvement packs, there are 'a whole load of areas we agreed on'.
This despite Mr Shapps effectively losing out on a cabinet seat when the need for a deal with the Lib Dems became clear. Mr Shapps responds to this suggestion with good humour and candour, yet you can tell that satirical tweeter GrantSchlepps isn't too far from the truth when he suggests in his Twitter postings that the minister was somewhat miffed to miss out.
It is unlikely the sparky Mr Shapps will need help picking himself up after this setback. However, if he does he could take comfort from the fact that he seems to be in tune with the national zeitgeist. Returning from our meeting I pass a social housing refurbishment project in south east London. Following that morning's intervention by Mr Shapps, builders are busily draping its scaffolding in England flags. He is far from losing the popularity contest yet.
Three things you didn't know about Grant Shapps
- The new housing minister had the most followers of any Conservative MP on Twitter 'until William Hague joined earlier this year' and he still 'tweets' at least once a day.
- He founded his own printing business aged 22 after completing a business course at university in Manchester
- His departmental office is effectively a building site with a development of 'what I hope is affordable housing' being completed metres from his office.
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As we come to the end of the summer, the weather has been just wonderful. Once again Rockaway gets the shaft with a number of our beaches closed due to no lifeguards. As we all know, most of the lifeguards who work on the beach are college students who return to college during the last week of August.
Keeping that in mind you would think that Deputy Commissioner of Parks Liam Kavanagh would have put together a contingency plan The Parks Department could stagger assignments to keep some beaches open in all areas. Instead he said that the weather is usually bad at the end of the summer and there is no need for lifeguards.
Why is Rockaway considered the dumping ground of the city? Why do we always get the shaft? We urge you to call Councilman Addabbo's office (318-6411) to remind him that we need lifeguard coverage until 8 P.M. next summer.
This week as school is opening remember to shop locally. The Busy Bee Learning Store has educational supplies for teachers, parents and students. They will welcome you at 113-24 Rockaway Beach Boulevard.
We are getting closer to our annual Dinner Dance on Thursday October 21, at the Beach Club on Beach 116 Street from 7:00 to 11:30 p.m. Dinner, live music, raffles and 50/50 will be available We are honoring outstanding community leaders including Dr. Kathleen Cashin, Regional Superintendent of Region 5, James Mahoney, Business Agent of Local 580 Ornamental and Architectural Ironworkers, Charlotte Kulovany, Community Activist, Steven Greenberg, Chairman Breezy Point Cooperative and outgoing School Board 27 President, May Hegarty, Community Activist (Miss Rockaway), and Grace D'Agostino, Community Activist. Tickets are $60 per person or $720 for a table of 12. RSVP by October 1.
Our next trip to Atlantic City will be on Saturday September 18.We leave at 5:30 P.M. and return at 8 A.M. The cost is $32 with $20 returned and a free 100 minute phone card. Bagels and cream cheese courtesy of Beach Bagels will be served. A surprise movie will be shown on the bus. Reservations are a must. Call my office at 945-1216 now.
I would like to give a special thanks to Tom Hart who presented me with a beautiful Rockaway windbreaker. I purchased one of his shirts, the Rockaway Playland shirt, at the Sunset Diner. While you are enjoying a great meal at the Sunset Diner pick up one of Rockaway's famous shirts, jackets, sweatshirts or sweaters. They are available for men and women. Thank you Tom for the wonderful gift. I will wear it wherever I go.
This weekend was Mardi Gras weekend starting on Friday night. Mardi Gras countdown is held every year on Noel Road by the Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department. This year all funds raised will help to keep the current firehouse open and to build a new one.
On Sunday afternoon, thank God it was not too hot. I marched once again in the Roxbury Mardi Gras. For the last 6 to 8 years I marched with one particular group, which includes Bill Prichet and former NYC Buildings Commissioner Richard Visconti, who now works as a private registered architect. He has loads of knowledge if you need an architect.
During the week Bill Prichet had called me to say our group would be called the Unconventional Conventioneers. When I got there to march I laughed hysterically. They had Lew Simon for President. The motto was four more beers.
As we marched through the Roxbury community, the wonderful applause and welcome we received makes you feel like you lived in the Roxbury community. They have always welcomed me like one of the family and I thank them from the bottom of my heart.
They said I was a very good sport for allowing them to do so. I was very honored that they chose me. Thanks to this wonderful group. I love each and every one of you.
On Sunday we participated in the annual Broad Channel Mardi Gras which I think was one of the biggest and best in a long time. I must give special thanks to John Kearney for his vintage white Cadillac with red interior. As we rode down the Boulevard I felt like a million dollars or a celebrity with this wonderful treatment the residents of Broad Channel always give me. It is absolutely wonderful to represent this community because they are the best of the best.
On Monday evening we attended the West End Temple's annual Labor Day barbecue. Members of the West End Temple Social club are warm and welcoming. Ed and Florence Spierer, Harold and Marilyn Kramberg and Stan and Elaine Gelda and members of the West End Temple throw a wonderful end of summer bash.
It is always great to see a wonderful woman who I respect and have learned a lot from, Teddy Brooks. She has advised me many times on issues, appearance and behavior. She is a very special person and we love her. Another dear friend is former school board member Ronnie Schwab, who has always been there to advise me on educational issues in our district.
One special lady, Beatrice Schofield, was my sister's first grade teacher. She is an absolutely brilliant and amazing woman. God bless her. She should live and be well and live to 120.
It is always great to sit with Sara Berger, president of our Democratic club, and her son Richard and his girlfriend Johanna Mazza, my left and right arm. It is always great to see Dolly Sachs smiling. she is one of the most wonderful people you could ask to meet.
STAR real estate tax exemptions are available to most residential property owners in New York City. Call 311 or Department of Finance Tax Exemptions at (212) NEW-YORK. Information may also be available from the office of Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin at (718) 762-6575. It is important to have STAR to get the promised tax rebates.
As we come on the third anniversary of 9/11, which is fresh in our hearts, we are saddened by the loss of all the great people, firemen, police officers, EMS, stockbrokers and all of our wonderful neighbors and friends who were killed for no reason on 9/11. My best friend and treasurer, Stephen Lefkowitz, was lost on that day. My heart goes out to Sara and her son Daniel, and to all the many families who have lost a loved one. We must light a candle and pray for all the people we have lost and say never again.
Please keep these many innocent people and their families in your prayers.
To all my Jewish constituents and readers L'Shana Tova, Happy New Year, to you and your family.
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Gradkowski played well when he has had opportunities, and he often gives his team a chance to win. If the Raiders let him walk, his experience and resume could give him a shot at a starting gig for another team. If he doesn't fit in as a starter anywhere, he should end up as one of the league's most reliable backups.
Matt Moore (CAR)
Moore is one of the more seasoned free agent options at quarterbacks, but his ceiling is considered rather low for a starter. Moore was miles better in 2009 than he was in 2010. It remains to be seen whether the league has figured him out or if the talent around him was insufficient. Either way, he would come relatively cheap and would seem to fit in well in New England.
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Thigpen has very good athleticism and has not been a serious liability when he's been asked to step under center. While it would probably take him some time to grasp New England's system, he could likely step into the game in a pinch.
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Feel free to insert your hot tub jokes here. A good portion of Leinart's problems have been related to his attitude and work ethic, and I'm pretty sure the New England coaching staff would beat those problems out of him in the first three weeks. If he can get his head and attitude straightened out, he'd make an intriguing option to back up Brady.
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The former Heisman winner has plenty of warts that have kept him on the sidelines, but it is possible he could improve with the right coaching and with enough talent around him. He struggled in San Francisco last season, but he showed a reasonable level of competence when he had more tools to work with in Baltimore.


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EY comments on PAC report: Tax avoidance, the role of large accountancy firms
John Dixon, UK managing partner for tax at EY, commenting on today's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report, Tax avoidance, the role of large accountancy firms, said:
"The UK tax system is not broken, but we absolutely do need to rebuild the confidence of the public that the tax system is operating as Parliament intended. Greater transparency is fundamental to creating that confidence, as is the simplification of the UK tax code, which everyone agrees has become extremely complex.
"Greater voluntary disclosure by companies is something we have long supported and on which we gave evidence at the PAC hearing in January. This includes the provision of more information regarding an organisation's tax profile in order to give better quality insights for all stakeholders.
"UK corporation tax is only one of the taxes paid by companies. Consideration of the contribution of multinationals to the UK needs to include non-tax factors, such as additional employment and economic growth through substantial investment, as well as the other taxes and levies that are paid.
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This is a discussion on Creepy nut casing my house today within the Carry & Defensive Scenarios forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; This has got me on high alert and I'm looking for some suggestions. A little background on my neighborhood. Nice, suburban, middle class town. Walking ...
This has got me on high alert and I'm looking for some suggestions.
A little background on my neighborhood. Nice, suburban, middle class town. Walking distance to schools, stores, banks, L.I.R.R. etc. Pretty quiet and normal except for a wave of skateboarder type kids that have been doing some minor vandalism and graffiti lately.
My house is the last house on a dead end street. The dead end turns into a field that the town maintains. Kids use the field as a shortcut on their way to and from school, people walk their dogs or jog through it etc. The house is also pretty close to the street....like 25-30 feet.
First, I have no idea if this is related or not but, my phone rang 3 times at 2:15am Thursday. Woke me and my wife but I just shrugged it off as a wrong number and went back to sleep. It's highly unusual for me to receive calls at that hour but I figured if it was an emergency they wouldn't have hung up so quick and/or just called back.
My wife left for work at 8am and I didn't have to split until 12:30 so, it's me and the dog hanging out. The dog is big...85-90 lbs, Shepherd/St. Bernard mix and is a terrific watch dog.
She's out on the front porch and I'm inside reading the paper and having coffee. She starts barking and I can tell she's not playing...she's spooked. I get up to go check it out and see this guy walking in front of my house that had just come through the field. Mid to late 20's, jeans and a black hooded sweatshirt with the hood up.
I watch him for maybe 3 seconds and I'm about to go back to the paper when he stops. Complete stop. He turns and faces my house and just stares at my house and dog. It struck me as so odd that I just stood there puzzled. He did this for 5 seconds then starts walking again. So I keep watching as he takes about 5 steps and stops again, turns in place and faces the house...I can see him talking to the dog.
The dog is going absolutely nuts. LOUD barking, drool is flying and she's trying to get over the gate to get at him....he should be scared and moving but he's not. My pistol was on a nearby counter in its holster (IWB clip on). I grab it tuck it in at 1:00, pull my shirt over it and head out to bring the dog inside.
When I get outside he's 2 houses down, stopped and staring at my house. I give him a, "You need some help?!" and he just turns and walks away. He makes it to the end of the street and stops, turns and stares at my house for 20 seconds, turns and walks off.
I really hope that I am conveying just how....weird...this whole scene was. I didn't want to leave because I was afraid for my dogs safety. Is that strange?
Anyway, I get home tonight and my wife says, "I'm so glad you're home." I knew exactly what she was going to say and was like, "No XXXXXXX way. Did he have jeans and a black hooded sweatshirt?" Her jaw dropped.
She goes on to tell me that he walked past our house 3 times since she had been home doing the same exact routine that he did in the morning. He was saying, "Shhhhhhh" to the dog while smiling at my wife. She told me the guy actually started to approach the house and try to engage the dog. This guy really freaked her out and I'm seriously pissed off and don't know what to do.
Right now I have my camera by the front door and plan to take some pics of this dirtbag in the morning if he comes by again. Gonna give my neighbors a heads up and ask them to keep an eye out for him. I also plan to tell him to leave the damn dog alone. It's like he's trying to "get to know" my dog so she'll be at ease around him or something. All I can think of right now is threats and ass kickings. I don't want to escalate things especially since this XXXX knows where I live.
Guys, any ideas?
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Yup... report it to the police!
Sleep light tonight and believe your dog.
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Call the local PD non-emergency line to have car drive by for a suspicious character?
I do not know how such things are looked at by law enforcement in New York, but I would believe that a report of a "suspicious person," detailing everything you have recorded here to the law enforcement agency of jurisdiction would be in order here in Tennessee. Can you request "extra patrols" of said agency for all dates and times for several days?
Good luck, and stay safe!
the calls in the middle of the night. well do you have your name on your mailbox? Old trick used by 2ND story dudes. get your name look up your ph# call to see if you are home..ETC.. About the guy walking in front of your house. Yes get his picture. call the local pd, Not 911, and report him. could be a BG or just a Nut. Locals will prob check him out. Be careful.
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No name on mailbox but it's pretty easy to do a reverse phone number search by address these days.
Maybe this is silly but, I don't want to become "that guy" to the police. I called them about a month ago in reference to some graffiti like I had mentioned and maybe a year ago to report another suspicious guy hanging out in the field.
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"A superior Operator is best defined as someone who uses his superior
judgement to keep himself out of situations that would require a display of his
superior skills."
with your (and your wife's) detailed description of his behavior, I don't think the police are going to write you off as someone that's just being paranoid. Definately call them or go down to the station to make a report and then stay alert.
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Funny you should mention the "that guy" feeling, somtimes, and i leanred this working apartment security, there is that guy, but othertimes there is just that place that for some reason attracts bad people. Living on the dead end of a street with a field sounds like it could be one of those places that just attracts unsavory people, and the fuzz will recognize this.
I feel for you, definately take the guys picture, he already knows where you live, Caller ID? You can tell yourself you dont want to become "that guy" to the local pd, but if dont report it and something happens later they are going to say "why didnt you call us before" document and make a statement, get a case number, or at least get a copy of the sworn statement, so if an officer comes out later you can show him you were concerned and took legal steps first. I say this because if you tell the guy to leave the dog alone and he escalates it you will have already documented he is a problem, it will help in getting a restraining order or a CTW.
You cant just up and move and the house is gonna have traffic, sometimes unsavory trafic, (I had something similar a few nights back) the dog is a plus, Not sure of the legal status on OC spray in NEW YORK, but if you go out to confront him about messing with your dog you should have some if it is available. Your dog will probably take a bite out of the guy if he comes into your yard and attacks you, from what you have described above, so make sure your dog has its shots, nothing worse than having to pay for a crooks stupidity or having your dog gone for 2 weeks.
You mentioned your wife, dont know her level of training, but this would be a good reason to take her out to the range a few extra times this month.
Hope everything turns out ok.
It's possible he is torqued off at the dog barking at him and is trying to stare her down or something. But as others have said, be on alert, take pictures and report it.
Call the PD, notify your neighbors! Keep it close and make SURE your wife has one and knows how to use it! Is the back of your house easy to get to from the field?
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I think you're doing a good job on watching out for things at your house.......keep it up.
I suppose it is possible that the guy isn't really casing your house. Some people find it challenging to try and become friends with a dog that apparently dislikes them. Of course some people would try to do that for sinister reasons, others try because they feel offended that a dog doesn't like them. Either way this guy shouldn't be trying to affect your "early warning system". I'd definitely stay vigilent, this guy fits the suspicious character group. You might consider talking to this guy and tell him not to stop/and or mess with your dog anymore, that about a year ago she climbed over the fence and chewed on someone pretty bad before you stopped her.
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In addition to the good comments above . . .
The police should be VERY interested if this creep is hanging out near that field that KIDS use to cut thru. The focus on pedophilia these days could work to your advantage if you also mention "your concern" in that regard when you report him. They can't ignore that type of report, as if anything happens, they would get castigated by the media and politicos.


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A dance hall run by a judge on the television program Dancing With the Stars went up in flames this morning in a fire police believe could have been deliberately lit.
The fire caused more than $300,000 damage to the J.A.M.M dance centre in Lower Templestowe in Melbourne's east, run by judge Mark Wilson and his partner Anne-Marie Wilson.
Mr Wilson said he was devastated by the loss but would start again.
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"It's just a bit of a shock to have this happen to you. You don't think you're going to have this happen to you."
Mr Wilson said he could not rule out the fire being connected to his appearance on Dancing With the Stars.
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"I hope the teaching and judging has been OK. The most important thing is no one was in there."
The office and kitchen areas of the centre were completely gutted in the blaze.
Mr Wilson said the expensive dance sport floors were damaged and the rest of the building suffered smoke and water damage.
Firefighters said the building was well alight when they arrived at 1.20am (AEST). The blaze was out by 2am.
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The largest drop and bridge of the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ride in the Fantasyland section of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida
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Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is a steel roller coaster located at Magic Kingdom and Shanghai Disneyland Park. Manufactured by Vekoma, the roller coaster is situated in the Fantasyland sections of both parks.[5] The Magic Kingdom version opened to the public on May 28, 2014, as part of a major park expansion called New Fantasyland,[6] while the Shanghai version opened on June 16, 2016.[1][2] The ride is themed to the Walt Disney's 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first traditional-animated feature film.
The Fantasyland section of the Magic Kingdom underwent a large expansion and renovation from March 2010[7] through May 2014.[8][9] As part of the expansion, the Magic Kingdom's original Snow White attraction, Snow White's Scary Adventures, was permanently closed on May 31, 2012 and replaced with Princess Fairytale Hall, a new Disney Princess meet and greet.[9] A new area themed to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, featuring Snow White's cottage and the new the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train roller coaster, was dedicated on May 2, 2014 and officially opened on May 28, 2014.[3][10][10] The ride soft-opened in the Magic Kingdom on May 21, 2014,[11] fully opening a week later on May 28, 2014.
On June 16, 2016, Shanghai Disneyland Park opened, with the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train among the attractions.[1][2]
The queue hosts a few interactive activities. One is a gem-sorting game where you match up three jewels of different shape but the same color. There is also a spot with barrels full of gems that you spin to create reflective animations of the Seven Dwarfs on the ceiling. If all of the dwarfs are present on the ceiling, an animation of Snow White appears in the middle of the Dwarfs' animations. Finally there are the "musical spigots," a gem washing station with wooden taps carved to woodland animals. There are 12 spigots each representing a note on the chromatic scale.[12]
The ride travels both indoors and outdoors, similar to Frontierland's major attractions, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Splash Mountain. Unlike roller coasters such as California Screamin' and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, this attraction is designed to appeal to a family-oriented crowd with enchanting scenery and cartoonish architecture; it retains details from the original 1937 film.[13] The attraction features a new ride system of a "tilting vehicle." This new technology simulates the swaying and tipping one would expect to experience in a mine cart.[8][14]
Songs from the film, such as Heigh-Ho, are featured in the attraction.[15] Most of the Audio-Animatronics, including the Dwarf figures of Doc, Happy, Sleepy, Grumpy, and Bashful performing their Yodel Song in the final scene are recycled from the demolished Snow White's Scary Adventures attraction. Additionally, the vulture figures from the previous attraction ride are perched on a mining structure early in the ride. Many of the figures within the cave are new designs from the animation team, with the most important and recognizable contribution being Doc's high range of motion, two degree-of-freedom wrist.[15][16]
The ride features two on-ride cameras that provide videos and pictures for guests to buy through Disney's Photopass, which it began doing on September 18, 2014.[17] It is one of only two Walt Disney World attraction to provide videos for guests, the other being The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.[18][19] Unlike the rest of the rides at Walt Disney World with on-ride cameras (with the exception of Frozen Ever After), there are no monitors after the ride to view the pictures and there is no store to buy the pictures in.
On November 1, 2014, falling embers from Wishes fireworks show landed on the fake grass exterior of the ride, causing a fire near the bridge that the coaster travels on just before entering the mine. This caused the ride and the area around it to be evacuated.[20] The fire was first reported around 10:20 p.m. Reedy Creek Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire within minutes, according to eyewitnesses. By 11 p.m., multiple eyewitnesses said the fire was out. There were no injuries reported. The area around it reopened later that night and the ride reopened at 12:30 a.m. that same night.[21][22]
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After looking at it my husband disconnected the battery so they would switch off, when he reconnected the battery an hour later they were still on?
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That's alright, we'll have plenty for you to do when you get back, then you will know what a full on day is.
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Klapisch: Mets' Terry Collins losing grip on manager's job
The countdown on Terry Collins began on the first day of pitchers and catchers and nothing so far has made it any easier to believe he'll be back with the Mets in 2014. Of course, Collins has handled his lame-duck status with grace and maturity — he's an honest guy, good with people — but that hasn't stopped Sandy Alderson from letting his manager continue to drift away from the mother ship.
Collins, no dummy, knows he would've already received a vote of confidence, even in private, if Alderson and Jeff Wilpon were entirely sold on his body of work. Both men know what job security — or its absence — does to a manager's standing in the clubhouse. Without a commitment from ownership, Collins looks like a short-timer on a bad team, a latter-day George Bamberger. The current six-game losing streak, including embarrassing back-to-back losses to the Marlins, doesn't help his cause, either.
So what'll it take for Collins to avoid being fired, even before the end of the season? A more robust roster would help, obviously. In the meantime, he has to prove to the front office that the Mets are listening to him, and that he's relevant enough to relate to the next wave of stars — particularly Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler and Travis D'Arnaud.
Collins' relationship with David Wright is solid, as it should be. But just as Davey Johnson had built-in ties with Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry and Ron Darling, among others, in 1984, it's Wally Backman, not Collins, who has a head start with the 20-somethings who'll be at Citi for the rest of the decade.
The best-case scenario for Collins is to keep the Mets around .500 and then finish out September with a modest surge. The over-under on that algorithm is 82 wins, which might be enough for Collins to get rehired. It's highly improbable, especially as it already feels like the season is slipping away. But, with five months still remaining, nothing is impossible. Not yet.
Part Two of Collins' must-do list is even more critical. He has to become a master tactician, in the same conversation with, say, Buck Showalter, able to get the most out of a below-average club.
Collins had a particularly bad series against the Phillies over the weekend, especially in his choices with the bullpen. On Saturday, the Mets were trailing the Phillies by only a run in the fifth inning, yet Collins summoned Robert Carson, the last pitcher on his staff. The results were disastrous, as Carson instantly surrendered five runs. Collins inexplicably used a mop-up man in a close game and paid dearly.
The following day, Collins flubbed a more complex set of choices, allowing Ryan Howard to beat the Mets with a pinch-hit, two-run double in the seventh. With Kevin Frandsen at the plate in a tie game and runners on first and second, Collins decided Jonathon Niese had reached his limit after his 117th pitch. Collins wanted Scott Atchison, a righty, to face Frandsen, also a righty. But why?
Surely, Collins must've known that Atchison's appearance would prompt Charlie Manuel to use Howard off the bench. Didn't Collins know Howard was a career .421 pinch hitter and was the last guy the Mets wanted to see?
But that's exactly how it played out, because Collins didn't want to bring a lefty like Scott Rice to face Frandsen. Instead, he gambled on Atchison versus Howard, and promptly got smoked. The Mets were swept and haven't won a game since.
These are the ways Collins is being judged from now on. Call it unfair, and you'd be right, because there are so few assets for Collins to draw upon, especially in the bullpen. But like it or not, this is an audition and Collins is already struggling.
NEWS ITEM: Anthony Bosch is not talking.
This can't be good news for Major League Baseball. Bosch, the founder of Biogenesis, the Miami-based anti-aging clinic, is denying any and all allegations that he provided performance-enhancing drugs to Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun, among others.
In an interview with ESPN's Pedro Gomez, Bosch said, "I have been accused, tried and convicted in the media … I've done nothing wrong."
Bosch went on to say he's merely a "nutritionist. I don't know anything about performance-enhancing drugs."
MLB has been investigating Biogenesis with obsessive focus ever since the Miami New Times reported in January that A-Rod was a client of Bosch's. The paper's three-month investigation revealed Rodriguez's name in the company records 16 times from 2009-2012. The Times relied on the information of former employees and included photocopies of hand-written notes about the clientele.
But so far, MLB has been unable to authenticate the documents, and has been unable to compel the principals, like Bosch, to testify. Without any hard proof, and without an eye witness to sign a sworn affidavit to Rodriguez's alleged use of PEDs, the commissioner's office has nothing.
"If they did, believe me, they would've called [A-Rod] in for formal questioning by now," said one baseball executive. "Unless something radically changes, [A-Rod] is going to skate. [MLB] has nothing, zero."
Even news that A-Rod may have attempted to buy incriminating documents from Biogenesis — before the MLB could examine them — has gone nowhere. Selig's investigators have been unable to prove the player looking to destroy the evidence is, in fact, the Yankee third baseman.
Put it this way: If MLB can't lay a finger on Rodriguez, then Robinson Cano shouldn't sweat the rumors, either. A spokeswoman for his foundation, Sonia Cruz, is listed as having been a client of Biogenesis. Cruz denies the connection, but so far nothing has directly linked Cano.


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Check out some great events for children and families happening this May in Brooklyn, including kid-friendly shows, Mother's Day events, and outdoor activities.
A Joyous Jam
Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band's songs are whimsical, comical, and really entertaining, which you already know if you've heard "Blue Bear," currently a #1 on Sirius XM's Kid Place Live show. Diaz and his band are instrumentally minimal-just an acoustic guitar, a bare-bones drum set, tambourine, and lots of sound-effect-like percussion. Their music romps with dance-ability, driven by Lucky's guitar and Alisha Gaddis' bouncing stage antics. Plus the songs are undeniably catchy and giddy, rife for singing along to. Play their new, debut CD, Oh Lucky Day, and watch the kids jump around as the Cheerios fly from their cereal bowls. May 1. 12:30pm. $10. Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Avenue. 347-529-6696.
Dance, Dance...
Dance to the disco beat at Brooklyn Children's Museum's Dance Mania. Take a spin on the dance floor with an awesome DJ and dance facilitators. Do the "freeze," the "limbo," and the "cha cha slide." Spandex and disco costumery is encouraged. May 6 at 5:30pm. $8 plus $7.50 museum admission fee. 145 Brooklyn Avenue. 718-735-4400.
Mother, May I?
Out of nowhere, like a fastball shattering the plate glass window of the chaos known as life, arrives Mother's Day. How to honor Mom? Why not have the kids create a special gift? Here are some places to do so within our great borough.
At Brooklyn Children's Museum, children can visit the Earthworks event, where they'll explore the wildflowers in the museum's garden before making a Mother's Day gift straight from the ground. May 8. 1:30pm. $7.50 museum admission. Brooklyn Children's Museum. 145 Brooklyn Avenue. 718-735-4400.
Kids can create personalized picture frames at the Red Hook branch of the library during Make a Personalized Mother's Day Frame. May 6. 3:30pm. FREE. Brooklyn Public Library, Red Hook Branch, 7 Wolcott Street. 718-935-0203.
Meanwhile, the Homecrest branch of the library plays host to Mother's Day Arts and Crafts, an arts and crafts session with Mom on the agenda. May 5. 4pm. FREE. Brooklyn Public Library, Homecrest branch, 2525 Coney Island Avenue. 718-382-5924.
The whole family can take Mom to the Brooklyn Museum's Mother's Day Brunch and Tour. She and her guests will enjoy a grand brunch followed by a choice of several tours of the museum's collections by women artists. Plus she will get a 15 percent discount at the museum's gift shop. May 8, 10am. $50 per person. Brooklyn Museum. 200 Eastern Parkway. 718-638-5000.
Boy Meets Wolf
Peter and the Wolf is composer Sergei Prokofiev's masterpiece. Conceived as a new musical symphony for young people, it was written on commission for a children's theater school in Moscow 75 years ago. Now, nearly 75 years to the day of its original May 2, 1936 debut, the Little Orchestra Society gives Peter and the Wolf props as part of its Happy Concerts series for ages 6-12. The piece appears within an unusual narrative context where a witch holds the village of Petrograd under a curse that can only be broken with a performance of Peter. Strange perhaps, but this provides a jump-off point to include other Russian composers such as Stravinsky, Shostakovich, and Kabalevsky in the program. A party at the Russian Tea Room follows the concert; call 212-971-9500 for more information. May 7. 11am and 1pm. $12 and up. Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, 20 West 63rd Street, Manhattan. 212-721-6500.
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Grammy-nominated songwriter and performer Brady Rymer, who has built a catalogue of children's music over the past decade or so, had an epiphany one day when he performed at a school for kids with special needs. Rymer was inspired to write a set of songs that captured the quirkiness, frustration, and emotional duress experienced by those children, many of whom were at least partly on the autism spectrum. Love Me for Who I Am brings to light the characteristics of what are considered neurological disorders and "syndromes" - Asperger's, autism, sensory integration, the whole gamut - and celebrates them. Children will relate to songs about being picky eaters or not wanting to wear shoes; parents will relate to a number like "So Many Ideas," which captures the manic exuberance and intellect of children on the spectrum or who have ADHD. Musically, Rymer's modus is rootsy, four-to-the-floor rock that evokes Springsteen, occasionally Tom Petty, gospel vamps, and much more. Catch Rymer as he brings his music and profound message to the concert stage. May 14. 1pm. All ages. $12. Southpaw, 125 Fifth Avenue. 718-230-0236.
Theater Kids
When kids get the theater bug, their energy and enthusiasm can be off the hook. This is evident by watching the productions that emerge from Brooklyn's UpBring Dance Company, who round out every season with a musical fanfare. This year, the show of choice is Annie, a perfect children's vehicle. Upbring's adaption of this Broadway favorite is somewhat condensed but nonetheless features all of the music that helped propel the original show to stardom. Audiences of all ages will appreciate the heart and soul that go into the performers' work. May 15. 1-2pm. $7.50 museum admission. Brooklyn Children's Museum, 145 Brooklyn Avenue. 718-735-4400.
Classic Cartoons
It's 1970 all over again when Hanna-Barbera's "Wacky Races" appears at Big Movies for Little Kids. Join sinister Dick Dastardly and his snickering dog sidekick, Muttley, as they rev up their Mean Machine to try to beat their fellow road racers (including the Gruesome Twosome, Peter Perfect, Luke and Blubber, Sarge and Meekly, and Penelope Pitstop) by any means necessary in the classic animated series. (Color animated shorts; approximately 60 minutes.) May 23. $7. Cobble Hill Cinemas, 265 Court Street. 718-854-9254.
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133 reviews | 4.4 out of 5
Got this for my little trailer and new blow up bed. Sleeping on the cushion are getting me. Plugged in the charger in the afternoon and that night poof the twin air bed was inflated. Only problem is I inflated it late and pump is kinda loud. But worked great and so did the air mattress bought from Walmart. Funny think is my little chorkie sleeps with me and when I rolled out he kinda rose up on the other side of the bed. Major difference between the cushions to air mattress. I also had it charged to use with my inflatable kayak used at Oleta park. Just don't know and will have to test how long the charge will last. Used originally two weeks ago and still has a charge. been sitting in the hot trailer. I highly recommend this product. Can't beat Coleman.
So far so good. Charged it ten hours and it worked like a charm :) For testing I inflated a twin air mattress in well under a minute. Then used the deflation port to return it to flatness just as quickly. I've also pumped up two Coleman kayaks, both which have 3 large chambers and 2 small chambers. Plenty of power. Caution though, this baby's loud. The unit read 103.7 on the decibel tester. It's still too early to give it 5 stars on durability, but I'm betting it will be as good as the last one I bought in 2007. Plus the 2 year warranty for 5 bucks more sealed the deal!
I have owned 3 of these pumps. My first lasted 5 years. My replacement is 4 years old and still going. My third is new this year. I decided with 6 mattresses it would cut time in half with 2pumps. I use these all summer long for camping and pool rings and other floaties and a boat/raft. I can get a raised queen, raised double, reg queen and 2 reg twins on a single charge.
I bought this air pump just recently, i was not sure how good it would do to fill my air matresses, when it came time to use it I was able to pump 2 air matresses in the time my buddy filled his 1 and mine are the big queen beds, his a small queen. Well worth the money.
First let me say, this air pump is excellent!! What a camping convenience, we love it and it works like a charm. It fills our queen mattress in only a few minutes and a twin mattress in less than the same. We charge it before our trip and it always powers up when we need to inflate and deflate the mattresses.
We were surprised at how durable it is because the last night we camped, it poured rain in the window of our tent...I was upset to find the air pump sitting in water the next morning, the box was soaked and the actual pump had water inside it. We sat it out and let it dry as much as it could, when we turned it on, the pump worked and gave no trouble at all. I highly recommend!
I don't normally give 5 star ratings to products I buy. I am very picky and detail-oriented so I can usually find something about a product that I wish were better or different. But this pump is an exception. I love how I can charge the pump at home, go on a trip, pump up my mattress in my tent and then come home and charge it again! It's great! I don't have to trek back to the car to use a pump or bother with expensive batteries. My wife made a cloth bag to put the pump, charger and adapters in so they don't get lost.
This Coleman Rechargeable Air Pump worked super fantastic when it came to inflating our air mattresses. It worked way better than the one I used at another camping trip which required you to plug it into the car-lighter outlet. Deflating the air mattress was also a breeze. With air pumps comes some noise so don't be too surprise that this baby's got some power. We've used this pump twice on two separate camping trips and yet have not charged it... but we will... the investment was great!
I bought this 2 years ago. I followed the directions. I go camping every summer. I took it out of it's box this year. Charge it all night and it's not working. I took great care of it too. I was so MAD!!! I put alot of thought into what I buy. Rechargable is great. But they only last a few years bummer. I would reccomend buy the Colman pump that uses battery. You dont have to worry about that pump going bad since you can replace the batteries yourself. I just threw my pump into the recycle bin. ugh
I used this to air up one queen high rise, two full, and one twin size mattresses and deflated all of them with this pump too. Follow directions on charging and you should have no problem with it. We used it for camping and loved it! Saves you time, great buy!!!!!
This product lives up to its expectations. It is great not having to run an extension cord into the tent just to inflate two air mattresses! I charge it for a few hours before leaving on a camping trip and it is ready to go. It seems to hold the charge for a long time also camping because I've never had to charge it while camping. Being able to deflate the mattresses is a big plus because getting them back into the storage box is next to impossible without getting all of the air out of the mattresses!
Some reviews have said the pump is a little loud and that is true if you just turn it on without actually inflating anything! Otherwise, it is about as loud as any air pump. I highly recommend this product. Thanks, Coleman!
I was browsing the site looking for helpful items for camping, and, came across this pump. I thought it was great that i did not need to plug in. It worked I filled the air mattress with no problem, now i just hope that the pump works next year, because, on the instructions it says that we should recharge every so often to keep up battery, but,knowing myself I'll probably forget.
We had a few of the original ones, the shorter black version. After using it i had stored it with the gear. and it sat there for a year and a half. After that long period of time, it still had an almost full charge. Still using the same one. Loud yes but totally worth it!
The battery is sealed, so you'll have to buy another one and recycle the unit! $30 for an airpump isn't costly....they need to just use rechargeable batteries like cameras, etc do. Will not buy this again.
This is a great pump. It is small and easy to use. I plan to take it on a camping trip to use to inflate an air mattress, Its size makes it ideal to take when I have limited space.
Bought this item in conjunction with a inflatable kayak and it works extremely well. I like the ability to use it to deflate the kayak also.
Mine fizzled out after 3 river trips in 3 weeks. On the 4th trip I reached for it, flipped the switch, and it wouldn't even make a sound. It was fully charged too. I checked it with a volt meter. Obviously the motor just took a dump. In total it inflated maybe 10 inflatable kayaks before keeling over. (It only brought them up to shape. I topped every one of them off with a hand pump so as not to overwork the pump.) Do yourself a favor and buy something else.
This would have been a useful tool for a weekend camping trip... if it had ever charged and turned on! I read a couple negative reviews that they bought the pump, attempted to charge it, and it never worked. Sadly, the same experience happened to me. I attempted to charge it 3 times in 3 different sockets for the recommended time frame, and it never made a sound. Sadly it was returned and we relied on our old 4D battery pump that still works well.
took it out of the box after not using for a few months and ZERO, ZIP ZILCH.
wont charge
wont turn on
wont turn on even when plugged into wall.
worked perfect when used last and has been stored in the hall closet since then. no reason it should fail.
Make sure the little light on the charger is on when charging. We thought we brought a charged pump camping only to find it wouldn't turn on. On further investigation the batter is totally shot.
We used it a total of maybe 4 times...
PS. Don't throw away this pump. Lead-acid batteries like this should be recycled.