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Bullymake Box Subscription Box Review + Coupon – May 2016
Bullymake Box is a monthly subscription box for power chewers. You all have heard about (and seen) some of Nyx's exploits with plush toys from dog subscription boxes so when I heard about this one, I had to sign up immediately. Nyx is definitely a power chewer! You pick your dog's weight in 10-pound increments so this is a box for an 80-pound dog (Nyx weighs about 84 right now).
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The Subscription Box: Bullymake Box
The Cost: $39 a month (save with 3, 6, and 12 month subscriptions)
COUPON: Save $5 off your first box by joining their mailing list (it is a pop-up when I visit the site).
The Products: Toys and treats specifically tailored for heavy chewing dogs (no plushes). You can also choose a "toys only" box. Because of Nyx's dietary issues, I went with the "toys only" box. You can also enter specific allergy information in a box on the checkout screen.
Ships to: USA (free!)
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Because Bullymake Box is customized based on your dog's size, not every item will be the same. But, the information card lists one of the items you will receive.
Jolly Pets Jolly Bone (size L/XL) – Value $8.21
Nyx enjoyed tugging on this and chewing on it although it didn't keep her interest for too long when she realized she couldn't destroy it. I think this would be better if there was a hole or pocket for a treat or something on the end.
Yup! Marrow Chew Bone (size L) – Value $7.95
Nyx has been enjoying this in short bursts. She has been known to completely demolish toys of this sort before, and she is really into this one, so we are taking it slowly.
Rope Tug Toy – Value $7 (?)
Nyx liked this. I have no idea what the brand is or anything like that, since it came without a tag. But rope tugs are usually a good bet.
Spunky Pup "The Hydrant" (size L) – Value $11.99
This has a big hole in the bottom, similar to a Kong. This would be a nice alternative for a dog that's a little tired of the rounded Kong shape. I'm saving this one but will probably put a bit of Nyx's wet food inside it to keep her entertained sometime (she only gets one new toy per day).
Petsport Turbo Kick Soccer Ball – Value $13.59
Nyx was not super into this but she didn't hate it either. It seems to have held up to her so far so I may put it into the rotation of toys she can have in her pen while I'm gone during the day.
Here are some photos of Nyx enjoying one of the toys from the box:
Verdict: I calculated a value of about $48.74 for the May 2016 Bullymake Box. All the items were new to us and most of them were hits with Nyx. No dog is going to love every toy, but these were all size appropriate, which is a big plus. The toys seemed fairly durable for our purposes (your mileage may vary). So this was another good month for us.
What do you think of the May 2016 Bullymake Box? Do you subscribe to any dog or cat boxes?


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Alaska A 14-year-old girl riding in a mountain bike race was attacked in the dark of night by a bear Sunday and severely injured, but she was able to make a brief 911 call that eventually resulted in her rescue.
The girl suffered head, neck, torso and leg wounds. She underwent surgery and was in critical condition Sunday afternoon at Providence Alaska Medical Center, police said.
"The local bear expert said it's probably a sow grizzly," said Cleo Hill, a spokeswoman for the Anchorage Fire Department. "One has been sighted in the area recently."
The attack occurred along a trail in a 24-hour race put on by the Arctic Bicycle Club in Bicentennial Park. Rescuers had to hike in more than two miles to reach the girl.
The park, on Anchorage's east side, borders on Chugach State Park. Wild animals - from grizzly and black bears to moose, wolves and wolverines - frequent the area. The girl was attacked as she reached a trail.
About 60 riders were entered in the race - a circular route that followed groomed trails used by hikers, bikers and skiers. The race began at noon Saturday and was to conclude at noon Sunday but was canceled after the attack.
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During and after World War II, Peron allowed thousands of fleeing Nazis to find refuge in Argentina. U-boats were sighted near coastal towns, and priceless works of art stolen from European victims of war appeared surreptitiously in Buenos Aires auction houses.
Dr. Gerson Asher, a surgeon with a past, and Nicole, a beautiful geneticist, plunge into a deadly cat-and-mouse chase with a ruthless art dealer who is intent on recovering treasures looted by the Nazis and hidden in South America decades earlier. Gerson follows cryptic clues left by Max, his grandfather, who is murdered just before he can tell Gerson the shocking discovery he's made. The vertiginous chase becomes increasingly treacherous as Gerson and Nicole try to evade the members of an organization bent on recovering what they believe to be rightfully theirs.
I wish I could rate the story and the narration separately. The story is excellant - a complex, thriller that is, unfortunately, largely ruined by Cameron Beierle's totally inept narration. As a long-time Audible member, I have to say this is the worst narration I've ever heard. Think John Wayne as Genghis Khan. Wooden, lacking inflection, pauses in the wrong places, no pauses when there should be, stilted pronunciation...... etc etc etc. I thought maybe the narration would improve as he went along, but it has not. Example: His pronunciation of "operative" is "op-era" pause "tiv". It's unbelievable that the publisher accepted this debacle. My sympathies to the author.
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What a shame - such a godd story so badly narrated! I had to stop listening, completely annoyed by this amateurish performance. Sorry, Mr. Kusminsky, you don't deserve what happend to your book - I buy the printed version to finish it!
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This is a very good thriller. However, the reader is awful. For one thing, he uses a mincing little voice to indicate female speech which is very annoying and gives the listener an impression of a weak person rather than a feminine voice. Secondly, he has a strange habit of pronouncing 'a' as AY when usually it would be UH. After a bit, this grates and sends you crazy. Further, he has not done his homework and falls down on placenames. Bariloche in Argentina is bari-lochay (ch as in church) he says barilosh. I will avoid this reader in future.


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Steve McClaren has finally proved himself a great success - on YouTube. McClaren's mastery of the Dutch language, after only five weeks as FC Twente manager, had, by yesterday evening, already garnered more than 200,000 hits.
Here he is talking to an English-speaking journalist for Dutch TV shortly before Twente met Arsenal in the Champions League. "I sort of knew when I came eer - ze Liverpool or Arshenal, one of zem we would draw. We have a young team and to expereinsh bigggggg games [he holds out his hands in a manner common to footballers denoting a particularly large pair of breasts] Championsh Leeegue, at home, ze Emirates, will be fantasteeec for ze playez."
Then McClaren gets into his stride. "I shay I think we are not just - what you call? - Underdogsh, but masheev underdogsh. There is no expectashun."
At first, I assumed it was a cruel dubbing joke. No man, not even an English footballer manager, could speak such ridiculous 'Allo 'Allo Dutch. But, sure enough, a source close to McClaren has confirmed this is no laughing matter. He was being deadly serious.
It's classic McClaren. Smiling beautifully, so eager to please, so desperate to get it right, and the Wally with the Brolly who failed to get England to the European Championship finals, gets it all so wrong again. Poor Steve.
Do foreign footballers and managers come here and do the same - speak their language in a cod English accent to try to fool the natives? Because we are monolingual philistines, most of us wouldn't have a clue if Big Phil Scolari was speaking Portuguese in Mockney, or if Fabio Capello was chatting away about Michael Owen's prospects in cod-Scouse Italian.
But the evidence suggests they don't. In his first press conference, José Mourinho managed to show off his Messiah complex in almost perfect English. "Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one." Meanwhile, in his first public outing when asked if he was also special, Scolari revealed an easy charm. "Yes, I am special for my friends, my family, my country ... but as a manager, so-so."
McClaren was never going to be as cool as Mourinho or Scolari, but has done us all a service - he has highlighted a very British condition: silly accent syndrome. As we British tend not to learn languages because we are lazy and we don't have to, we cover our failings by attempting to imitate what we think the language in question sounds like - like a parrot, but with less skill and ambition. Silly accent syndrome is getting more and more common as fewer and fewer of us learn foreign languages - the percentage of pupils taking a foreign language GCSE in England fell from 78% in 2001 to 48% last year.
Professor Susan Hunston, chair of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, listened to McClaren and confirmed that he does indeed have accent issues. "The speed is slower, there is an imitation of phonological features, he raises his voice at the end of sentences to check he's understood, he's giving equal stress to each word. This is classical Trying-to-Make-Yourself-Understood-to-a-Foreigner English. It's typical of the way English people compensate for the lack of foreign language ability."
Hunston says McClaren could be a working example of what linguists call accommodation theory - if you like somebody, or a nation, you subconsciously change the way you speak to sound like them. "Ten out of 10 for effort, but there is a way of speaking slowly and clearly that doesn't make it sound as if you're treating them like idiots."
Still, at least McClaren is trying. When Ian Rush returned from playing for Juventus, disillusioned and less than fluent in the language, he is alleged to have said: "I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country."


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France can make Ireland choke at Croke
Declan Kidney will be hoping he's got the formula right with his team selection as at 4/7 in the betting his Ireland side host the unpredictable France.
France are available at odds of 11/8 and this looks a fair price. The French have the capability to beat anybody on their day but at the same time can throw in an absolute stinker just as easily.
France can take comfort in the fact that they have an excellent record against Ireland in the Six Nations.
Since 2000 Ireland have beaten France just three times, two of those victories were by one point, and the other was by two points.
This suggests that the bet could be backing France on the handicap receiving three points at odds of 10/11. Ireland meanwhile are 10/11 giving up three points.
History is not always the best indicator of what will happen in International matches however and we are best of judging the team's chances on the squad's they selected.
France look like they will lose out in the pack as they have a lot of slow forwards who simply don't look dynamic enough to trouble the Ireland front men.
Lionel Beauxis has not looked anything special so far this season and he will need to raise his game to really worry the Irish and can be backed at 25/1 to score the first try.
France's strength comes in the shape of their back line comprised largely of Toulouse players who will therefore know each other's games inside out.
Florian Fritz, Yannick Jauzion and Maxime Medard all play together week in, week out and Julien Malzieu who plays for Clermont looks a superstar in the making.
Jauzion in particular is on top form and is 16/1 to get the first try with Malzieu 12/1 and Medard also available at odds of 12/1.
Ireland should win the battle up front with Paul O'Connell an inspiration and the Irish forwards looking a lot more mobile than the French.
The question is whether the Irish backs are still the force they once were. Brian O'Driscoll still has the talent to win matches on his own but age maybe just starting to catch up on him and he hasn't quite looked his sparkling self this season. There is no doubt he will however be popular at 16/1 to score the first try.
Tommy Bowe looks an exciting prospect on the wing at 10/1 for first try with Luke Fitzgerald at 11/1 in the betting.
Ronan O'Gara has for years been one of the most consistently best kickers around and his kicking could play a big part in Ireland's game plan.
Croke Park is not as familiar to him as though as the fortress that is Landsdowne Road and with the bigger pitch his kicking has not appeared to be quite as accurate as it has been over the years.
One thing for sure though, if O'Gara does struggle to get his kicks accurate then Beauxis will struggle for sure. For those that really fancy a different bet this could give a bit of value to the 'no' option of will the first try be converted at 7/4.
The Irish have a host of talent to call on from the bench with the likes of Peter Stringer and Gordon D'Arcy waiting in the wings, that could be the difference later on in the game which make the last team try being scored by Ireland at 4/5 appealing.
This will be extremely close and a winning margin either way of 1-5 could well be the call with odds of 4/1 for that in Ireland's favour and 5/1 in France's favour.
Ireland's best chance of stopping the French totally is stop any ball getting out to their back line and in particular their excellent wingers who could have the measure of the older Irish legs.
If Ireland use their advantage in the pack, in O'Driscoll and O'Gara they have two of the best tactical minds in the game.
This is going to be a belter and is desperately close to call but due to the larger price France are going to be the tentative suggestion to make use of their young but talented back line.
France - 11/8
The first try not to be converted - 7/4
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Sir Sean Connery and his wife Micheline have reportedly been summoned to testify in a Spanish court in relation to a property scandal in the country.
A property company linked to the former James Bond star and his wife allegedly failed to pay $2 million in tax on the sale of development rights to land on the outskirts of Malaga.
In May, Connery was named in a money-laundering investigation stemming from the sale of a seaside villa just east of Marbella, a coastal town close to Malaga.
The actor was said to have sold the property for $9 million in 1999 and it was knocked down and replaced by a complex with 72 apartments – despite laws dictating only five homes could be constructed at the site.
The Madrid and Marbella offices of the law firm which allegedly handled the sale were raided in May and now the city's former chief of urban planning, Juan Antonio Roca, is on trial over the case.
On Thursday it was revealed Connery and his wife have been subpoenaed to testify on 15 October in relation to the proceedings, according to AFP.
Regional newspaper Diario Sur claimed the judge said he "may use all legal means under both the national and international law to compel them (to testify)".
Connery and Micheline lived in Marbella from the 1970s to the 1990s but now reside in the Bahamas.


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One Item, Five Fashionable Ways: Five Coolibar Cardigan Outfits
For this week's One Item, Five Fashionable Ways, sun protection clothing company Coolibar asked me if I was interested in featuring one of their pieces for this post. The choice was mine as to which item I would showcase and I instantly picked their Vera Coastal Wrap. I own this cardigan and love it because it is not just easy and figure flattering, but it is soft, SO soft, in their modal/spandex Suntect fabric. I'm not kidding when I say it may be the softest, most comfortable fabric I have ever had on my body.
Cardigans are no-brainer pieces that every wardrobe should have as functional outfit finishers. On a cool night they give you warmth. Feel shy showing your arms, they offer shy arms security and for a professional-work environment, they replace a jacket.
To get the most out of a cardigan, I like to make sure I have an ample supply of neutral colored ones which is why I chose to style the Vera Wrap Cardigan in Coolibar's taupe shade– a versatile layering piece in a versatile color. Check out the five ways I style this cardigan for some outfit inspiration and tips on how to incorporate a cardigan into your wardrobe
Five Coolibar Cardigan Outfits
Look #1
When an outfit is based entirely in neutrals, like this cardigan look with khaki pants by Vince Camuto and a boat neck top by Modcloth, you have free range to bring in pops in any colors you like. Because it's so trendy and popular at the moment, and because these colors go so well with taupe, I decided to go with pink and tangerine and chose these two-tone Sperry ballerinas and necklace by Stella & Dot. To complete the look, and for some sunny brightness, I chose an orange Fossil handbag and flowery studs also from Stella & Dot.
Look #2
If you're are going to buy and wear colored casual pants this fall, investing in a neutral colored cardigan is a great idea as it will work with all of the colored bottoms you purchase. Here I chose to pair Coolibar's cardigan with an eggplant pair of Boden skinny pants and layered an Anthropologie printed tank underneath. The look is finished with a versatile pair of grey rhinestone ballerinas by Sperry, a purple pair of statement earrings by Blu Bijoux and, for a third punch of color, a grey and yellow handbag from R+J Handbags to make the whole look casually colorblocked for fall.
Look #3
To bring your summer tanks into fall, a cardigan is a great choice. Plus, remember, all Coolibar clothing offers 50+ UVA and UVB sun protection. With their Vera Coastal Wrap you can give yourself some coverage while still wearing a flimsier top, like this one by Zara. Once Labor Day arrives, don't assume that you don't need sun protection. The sun is still shining and you should still be thinking about shielding yourself from the rays of the sun when necessary.
This cardigan works well with a pair of jeans, like this boyfriend style by Levi's. Pop the look with a bright shoe, like coral wedges by Seychelles, to pull in the colors of the print, along with Furla's navy handbag and Privileged Gold coral earrings.
Look #4
A cardigan is a great way to bring a summer dress into fall or to layer some warmth at the office. This flattering print dress by Eliza J. has tones of the taupe right in the print, along with coral. Wanting to maximize all the items used in this post, I chose the same coral wedges and earrings from the previous look. The last component is an off white handbag by Melie Bianco.
Look #5
This cardigan is easy with a pair of camel pants, like these cotton trousers from Ann Taylor. I layered Modcloth's pink top underneath and used the handbag and shoes from previous looks in this outfit as well. The outfit is finished with a Trina Turk disc necklace, Michael Kors studs and Cole Haan skinny metallic belt.
Coolibar is giving away one Vera Coastal Wrap cardigan!
In addition to featuring this cardigan and styling it five ways, Collibar told me that they want to give one cardigan away to a lucky winner. To enter, simply like Coolibar's Page on Facebook and add a comment below about how you would style your Vera Coastal Wrap cardigan! The winner will be chosen randomly and announced in next week's One Item, Five Fashionable Ways post, so stay tuned!


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JUNEAU - In June 2007, Erin McKittrick and her husband, Hig, left Seattle for the Aleutian Islands, traveling solely by human power through some of the most rugged terrain in the world. The couple will be presenting their journey and signing books at 7 p.m. on Dec. 1 at Centennial Hall.
An epic wilderness adventure, their journey is also one of learning and discovery. The McKittricks set out with a desire to better understand the interplay between human communities, ecosystems, and natural resources along their route. By hiking, cross-country skiing, and packrafting, they saw the wilderness in its larger context and gained a unique, on-the-ground perspective. This is the story of their unprecedented trek along the northwest coast and their encounters with pelting rains, ferocious winds, blizzards, and bears, as well as with the tiny communities that dot this wild region.
Whether discussing politics with off-the-grid back-to-the-landers, spooking a grizzly from the underbursh, repairing gear with dental floss, or catching a still-warm pizza falling from the sky, the McKittricks experience a rich and varied coast and a world facing destructive change and they gained hope for a sustainable future.
Entertaining and at times harrowing, theirs is a journey of discovery and insight. So, come and hear readings from the book. See the photos, videos and gear. Ask your burning questions about how and why people would do such a thing and get a copy signed by the author.
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Does a great stage like Cheltenham demand drama or is a spectacle sufficient? The next few Festivals may provide an answer, as Sprinter Sacre so thoroughly outclassed the small band of opponents that was brave enough to take him on in Wednesday's Champion Chase here that his current eight-race winning streak is surely just the start.
It is easy to imagine a long sequence of "1"s stretching off into Sprinter Sacre's future and that, as with Frankel on the Flat in 2011 and 2012, most of the wins will be as straightforward as this one.
There was, admittedly, the hint of a mistake at the fourth-last, which is the same obstacle where Barry Geraghty was unseated from Moscow Flyer in the Champion Chase in 2004. But while Moscow Flyer was prone to the occasional error, there is nothing else in Sprinter Sacre's form to suggest he will ever do anything but gallop, jump and accelerate until his rivals cry enough.
An advance beyond Kauto Star's official rating of 190 also seems inevitable at some stage, as Sprinter Sacre is seven and has only eight races over fences behind him. His prime could well be two years away. Whether he will ever quite connect with the sporting public in the manner of Kauto Star, however, remains to be seen.
It is not the horse's fault – and for all the suggestions that he "knows how good he is", it is worth remembering that in actual fact he does not – but Sprinter Sacre could yet prove to be the chaser with everything except a worthy opponent.
Nor can he go looking for one. Unlike great two-mile champions of the more distant past, Sprinter Sacre is racing at a time when owners and trainers can seek refuge in the Ryanair Chase, over two and a half miles, if they do not feel like competing for second place in a procession.
It is another feature of the modern Festival that horses return with increasing regularity. They have light campaigns, geared around a single race in March, and as a result Sprinter Sacre is already a very worthy odds-on chance for the 2014 Champion Chase. This year's schedule – one race in December, another in January and then on to the Festival – is likely to be the blueprint for as long as Sprinter Sacre is racing.
Kauto Star, too, had light campaigns in his last few seasons but the year when he really connected with the public was 2006-07, when a six-race unbeaten campaign culminated in his first Gold Cup success. If Sprinter Sacre does not travel to Punchestown next month, his season will have amounted to three starts.
"He's had only three races this season because that's more of less what the programme dictates to you," Nicky Henderson, Sprinter Sacre's trainer, said in the winner's enclosure. In fact, he was also declared for a race at Cheltenham in November and then taken out due to the heavy ground and there is the Game Spirit at Newbury in February too but, if the over-riding aim is to maximise the chance of success at the Festival, Henderson is right.
The reaction of the Cheltenham crowd to Sprinter Sacre's victory was interesting. It was not the heartfelt roar that met Hurricane Fly as he galloped up the hill to victory in Tuesday's Champion Hurdle because Hurricane Fly was odds-against and fulfilling the punters' dreams rather than their expectations.
Few racegoers, or betting-shop punters for that matter, will have backed Sprinter Sacre because a 1-4 favourite kills the market stone dead. As a result his reception was the sound of respect and admiration for a horse that had, with the minimum of fuss, done exactly what he had been expected to do. It is likely to be the same as he makes his stately, and sporadic, progress towards next year's meeting, beating tiny fields of no-hopers at 1-10 or shorter.
Cheltenham is a showcase for the finest steeplechasers and Sprinter Sacre has already proved himself to be among the very finest the sport has seen. But it is about entertainment and drama, too, and what Sprinter Sacre needs now is a decent opponent.
On that basis it could be argued that, if he is the most accomplished horse in Henderson's yard – and the trainer now acknowledges that Sprinter Sacre is the best he has handled – then Simonsig, who took the Arkle Trophy on Tuesday, is almost as important.
Simonsig's performance in the Arkle was not as polished as many had hoped and expected but he still appears to be Sprinter Sacre's only credible rival for next year's Champion Chase. The bookies make him a 7-1 chance and beyond that it is then 14-1 bar.
Henderson will be keen to keep them apart until then, in the same way that Paul Nicholls did not pit Kauto Star against Denman until the Festival, and despite his complaints about the paucity of top-class two-mile events, he will probably manage to do so.
If so, it will be this day next year when Sprinter Sacre can properly be judged, not in terms of his rating, the winning distance or the pitiful return on a winning bet but on his ability to engage the hearts of 50,000 racegoers as well as their minds.