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It's over brother.
It's over brother.
Taking this shit, one day at a time.
I've never been a big Michael Bisping fan but I would be the first to acknowledge that his fighting skills are well above average. However, every time he comes up against a real contender he loses.
In the build up to this fight he said something which I thought implied that if he (Bisping) won (actually I think he said "when") that would put paid to Kennedy's hope for a title shot. If that was a correct assumption (whether on Bisping's part or mine); where does that leave Michael Bisping?
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That's not a good thing though because Mike and his carpet carrying style still wants the title.
Taking this shit, one day at a time.
Bispings biggest problem has always been his lack of KO power, top tier fighters are happy to walk through his shots knowing it will allow them to deliver theirs without much worry, mid tier fighters he can use his footwork to pick off, sadly his ceiling has always been determined by that lack of power when coming up against more skilled opponents.
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Was hard to watch tbh. he just didn't look himself for whatever reason, shame tho
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I see this as a James Goyder-level lack of judgement from GAD
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...dy-defeat.htmlShould Michael Bisping consider retirement after Tim Kennedy defeat?
'Go read a fucking book, you piece of shit.'
He's been a great representative for UK MMA, especially at a time when it was looked down upon when compared with other counties & really opened the door for a lot of other UK MMA fighters to get their chance in the Octagon.
Always felt he's looked good against those he should beat, but struggled & often lost when put in with the top guys in the division.
No shame in that, still had a great career & unfortunately not everyone gets to be champion. Still won TUF & mainevented several shows and think he still has saome good fights available to him, sadly i think talk of a title shot has to be forgotten about.
I can't understand why anyone who has had a detached retina would want to continue competing in any sport where there is a good probabiility that you will be hit very hard near your eye
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text: I don't know how many people feel this way, but I'll just throw it out there. Seeing as bt4 has moved to DVD, I think maintaining a cut down CD version of backtrack would be quite useful, in an effort to keep it working on as many machines as possible (think older computers with no dvd drive or boot from usb feature). I don't know if this would be enough, but I think cutting out all the KDE related stuff and compiz in favor of fluxbox would go a long way. How does everyone else feel about this?


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Parked out front is a red 1971 Volkswagen bus with no other place to go.
That's because the garage is filled with garden stuff.
And the garden is full of garden stuff.
At Bob and Ilse Nethercutt's home near Silver Lake, it all becomes garden stuff, even if it doesn't start out that way.
Bob's prized VW will become garden stuff as well on Saturday's Gardens of Merit Tour. The couple's yard is one of eight stops on the tour sponsored by the Evergreen Arboretum &Gardens, with master gardeners in place to answer questions.
The red bus will grace the garden's entrance for men to admire and as a sign of cool sights to come.
The acre of property is an eclectic escape with stone-lined terraces, garden rooms, wildlife and covered swing. The winding paths are paved with elements of color and objects of surprise.
"Not everything has to be visible," Ilse Nethercutt said. "You come around a corner and see something. That's kind of what we like."
She's the green thumb. He's the muscle.
"It's fun to construct things," Bob Nethercitt said. He built the garden shed with potting attachment. He moves around the mammoth clay pots until placed just right, which can take several tries.
"Amazingly, I like to weed, because it gets me in a place where I go somewhere else," she said.
When she isn't digging in the dirt, she does mosaic and stained glass pieces that accent the garden.
Together they have transformed their place on Ruggs Lake in southeast Everett into a wonderland of Japanese maples, crabapples, blueberries, smoke bushes, conifers, garden art and flowers galore.
"It's like painting to me," she said. "I adore the creative process because you are playing with colors. It's like making a mosaic. I go to the nursery and I fill one flat with stuff that hopefully goes together. A lot of times it doesn't work at all. Sometimes you create a container that is just spectacular."
There are lots of containers.
"Last year we counted the potted plants that were sitting around and it was 132. The number shocked us," she said.
"If I see a pretty pot somewhere at a reasonable price I'll buy it to add to the collection."
About 65 empty ceramic pots are in a storage area, waiting for fulfillment.
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The couple met in 1971 when he was stationed in her homeland of Germany. He brought his bride to Washington, and they started a family near Seattle.
They were living in Shoreline, where he was a dispatcher for the school district, when Everett intervened.
"We were looking for vacation property," he said, "and the real estate agent gave us this address, and we sort of laughed and said 'Everett?' We'd never heard of this little lake."
It was home and a hideaway rolled into one: "We looked at each other and that was that: We're moving," he said.
"We never dreamed of having anything like this," she said.
It's still a work in progress.
"Things are always in flux. When a felled tree forced us to redo half of our front yard, we added a water feature as well as a bird feeding station, which has the local squirrel population ecstatic," she said.
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When I was informed that I had Morgellons I continued my search to find a logical cause for my skin lesions and multiple symptoms with as much strength and determination that I could muster. Finally, after 20 years, just as I was about to give up my G.P. referred me to a team of Dermatologists acclaimed to be one of the best in the country based at Salford Royal Hospital. Dr McMullen immediately recognised my lesions and arranged the appropriate blood test. Pemphigoid antibodies were found confirming her diagnoses, of 'Pre-Bullous Pemphigoid Ulcerations'. B.P. is extremely rare and mainly only affects the elderly so it is of no surprise that many doctors did not recognise these lesions, especially as they have not reached the blister stage. I have suffered from these skin lesions all over my face, back etc. Unfortunately, due to my 'multiple drug sensitivities' and Diabetes, modern medicine has nothing that can help me. Knowing the cause of my skin lesions I am now able to help myself to a degree.
I have suffered from Hives since childhood and Psoriasis but it takes a trained eye to differentiate these conditions from B.P. I have also found documentation stating that there is an association with Pemphigoid and Graves disease. Graves disease is common in our family. Pregnancy increases the likely hood of a child being born with thyroid abnormalities such as Cushings disease etc. in a mother with untreated Graves Disease. Studies show that pregnancy exacerbates Graves Disease. I am the sixth child therefore the chances of my thyroid disorders affecting me more than my siblings are inevitable, although my siblings have died prematurely and suffered greatly.
I also have a multinodular thyroid. Recent ultrasound has found that solid nodules with MICROcalcifications. These findings are features of malignancy. Other severe health issues have been found that I believe are connected but I will go into these in more detail in due course.
I also have Diabetes. According to the Professor of Endocrinology treating me, Cushings causes Diabetes. Cushings also causes the frequent and unusual infections that I suffer from. My blood and urinary tests show high Cortisol levels on most occasions. Raised Cortisol is also caused by Cushings.
Cushings could also explain my sudden excruciating bone pain and occasional raised calcium found on blood tests as Cushings causes calcium to leak from the bones. Cyclical Cushings can take months or even years to diagnose.
Cushings causes unusual hair growth. This could explain the course dark hairs that I notice after a severe bout of illness.
An added twist is that my urine changes colour when my blood sugar is low (see the pictures below). I am under investigation for Porphyria and Alkaptonuria. These conditions cause this phenomena. If Porphyria is the cause of my urinary changes, this would explain when my blood sugar is high my urine is clear and remains clear. Porphyria would also explain the reactions that I have had when taking the medications that are on the unsafe list for Porphyria.
ALKAPTONURIA PORPHYRIA? Simple home test
Below are conditions etc. that I have been found/diagnosed with or under investigation for: -
Carcinoid Tumours also known as 'cancers in slow motion' release hormones into the body that can cause multi system disease
Carcinoid Syndrome. They grow so slowly that it can take many years before the tumour is diagnosed. Anaesthetics are known to trigger the release of these hormones. My health deteriorated dramatically after a series of Lignocaine/Lidocaine dental injections. More information coming soon.
Pre Bullous-Pemphigoid ulcerations have been misdiagnosed for decades by the many doctors that I have seen. Eventually a Dermatologist instantly recognised my skin lesions. Pemphigoid antibodies in my blood confirmed this condition.
Chronic Sepsis including Hospital Acquired Infections
Tuberculosis According to doctors the lesions in my lungs found on scans are the result of Tuberculosis that I am unaware I have had.
G6PD Deficiency Investigations into this condition were 'cancelled before completion'.
B12 and or Folate Deficiency These results are also abnormal on occasions
My red and white blood cells results are always found to be abnormal
What are these fibres?
Over the years I have asked Dermatogists to test for Keratin and Collagen but they refused! I believe that I have found the answer to what these fibres are. I am awaiting test results that could provide a logical explanation for this phenonema.
Characterization and evolution of dermal filaments from patients with Morgellons disease.
International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, Bethesda, MD, USA;
Morgellons disease is an emerging skin disease characterized by formation of dermal filaments associated with multisystemic symptoms and tick-borne illness. Some clinicians hypothesize that these often colorful dermal filaments are textile fibers, either self-implanted by patients or accidentally adhering to lesions, and conclude that patients with this disease have delusions of infestation. We present histological observations and electron microscopic imaging from representative Morgellons disease samples revealing that dermal filaments in these cases are keratin and collagen in composition and result from proliferation and activation of keratinocytes and fibroblasts in the epidermis. Spirochetes were detected in the dermatological specimens from our study patients, providing evidence that Morgellons disease is associated with an infectious process.
I have been informed that fibers found on a Morgellons patient were tested and found to be a nylon polymer. Drug polymers (ampicillin) have been found to increase the frequency of allergic reactions. I believe there is a connection between cytotoxic drugs, cytotoxic rubber latex rubber (including medical gloves), fibers found on patients and hypersensitivity. Bullous Pemphigoid is a type II hypersensitivity (or cytotoxic hypersensitivity) reaction.
A Dermatologist found Pemphigoid antibodies in my blood test results. I have been diagnosed with Pre-Pemphigoid Ulcerations...Vaccinations, pharmaceutical drugs including penicillin can trigger Pemphigoid in susceptible people. Pemphigoid can appear as Hives, psoriasis or these ulcerations. I have suffered from Hives since childhood. Eventually the condition will show blisters. I believe that vaccinations, penicillin's etc. have caused major problems to our health
What is 'it' that a doctor at Tameside General Hospital is not a part of?
On 30th of May 2012, the consultant at the hospital diagnosed 'TEMPORAL ARTERITIS'. He arranged an urgent biopsy and blood tests but after reading my medical notes the doctor changed his mind claiming that he is "obviously not a part of it".
Watch YouTube MORGELLONS DIAGNOSIS but DOC refuses to be a part of 'IT' !
What are the plugs in these skin lesions?
My Dermatologist has explained that they are exposed hair follicles that form new hair growth. Do not pluck them out! Ulcerations have extended to deeper layers of the skin exposing the hair follicles.
Bullous pemphigoid occurs when the immune system attacks deeper layers of the skin!
Since at least 1938 patients have been diagnosed with 'Delusions of Parasitosis'. I have reason to believe that many patients have been admitted into Mental Health Units for misdiagnosed physical ailments. Can you imagine the implications including the amount of compensation when the truth is exposed?
To all Dermatologists that diagnose Morgellons sufferers as being mentally ill with 'Delusions of Parasitosis'. Have you ruled out rare conditions known to cause these patients symptoms? What degree in psychiatry do you hold to make such a diagnosis?...
The CDC and many of my doctors including Dermatologists over the years have only performed frontline tests. Why?
An Immunologist has also found that I have low antibodies to common organisms. Low IgG and other abnormal blood test results including an abnormal IgM but no treatment or further tested have been provided.
This website and my book 'MORGELLONS the TRUTH' are a compilation of over twenty years research and documentation, my struggle for health care and what I have found to help the severity of my condition.
MORGELLONS the TRUTH! by Shirley Collinge-Smits
It was late in the evening in August 1992. My body was on fire and my head felt like it was going to explode. The doctor watched solemnly as I plucked a clump of fine hairs from a sore on my leg. He looked closely at this tiny array of multicoloured hairs turning and twisting. I placed them under my primitive microscope and zoomed in. With an inquisitive look on his face he peered into the microscope and almost collapsed in front of my eyes. Without a word he turned and fled out of my house. Now if that scared him, can you imagine what it did to me? Two days later there was something even more sinister under that microscope that put the fear of God into me...
These days we have microscopes that take pictures and videos. We have the Internet so others can see what we see. We also have Morgellons and there are thousands of sufferers all over the world with the same symptoms, the same sores and strange looking unidentified particles and fibres that I have suffered from for twenty years. We also have the same problems with the medical profession. A doctor stated that I was 'mad... a raving lunatic'. I have received an 'unreserved apology' from the N.H.S. Trust involved as I was genuinely physically ill with undiagnosed Ehlers-Danlos a 'rare' genetic mutation of collagen, Bullous Pemphigoid, Diabetes, other immune disorders, severe bowel problems etc.
The C.D.C. findings on Morgellons published on 25th January 2012 states that 'Solar elastosis was the most common histopathologic abnormality, present in 19 (51%) biopsied lesions… solar elastosis, a degeneration of dermal connective tissue and increased amounts of elastic tissue due to prolonged sun exposure'. ELASTOSIS IS A FEATURE OF EHLERS-DANLOS. Read more...A simple test on the plugs in my sores should confirm if they are collagen/keratin. Dr Gilmour a Dermatologist at Tameside General Hospital, Lancashire U.K. did not arrange tests and discharged me still suffering with at least one sore thought to be carcinoma by another Dermatologist and a genetic condition founded and named after two Dermatologists.
A barrister has informed me that my claim for medical negligence is worth over a million pounds. It's too late for me, there is too much money involved. I am in no doubt that I shall have to suffer for the rest of my life, I have nothing to lose. This is why I refuse to hide my identity, say publicly what I can prove to be the truth. I will expose each and every individual involved in cover-ups and lies.
Have experiments got out of control?
Dr. Patrick Steptoe, the pioneer of in vitro fertilization, was my gynaecologist in 1972. The first letter from my G.P. to Gyneacology at Royal Oldham Hospital, says that I am of a low intelligence. My G.P. obviously did not know me but why should intelligence be relevant to a gynaecologist? Rabbits and pregnant mares were used in these experiments for I.V.F.
Coming soon 'MORGELLONS the TRUTH' book by Shirley Collinge-Smits
DEMAND THE TRUTH! There is strength in unity.
Please contact me
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Tornados Fall To Lenoir-Rhyne 40-14 in SAC OpenerSeptember 27, 2008
Freshman Hasan Carriel had two touchdown, while junior Stanley Jones had a game high 21 total tackles.
Brevard, N.C. – The Brevard College men's football team opened up their 2008 South Atlantic Conference season on Saturday afternoon, as the Tornados fell to the Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne 40-14 at Brevard Memorial Stadium.
The loss drops the Tornados to 1-3 on the year and 0-1 in SAC play, while the Bears improve to 3-2 on the year and 1-0 in the SAC.
The Tornados got off to a very slow start in their first home afternoon contest on the year, as the Bears jumped out to an early 14-0 lead after the first quarter by way of two touchdown runs – one by quarterback Justin Sanders and the other by running back Joey Robinson.
The Bears scored again in the early minutes of the second quarter of play, as L-R kicker Colin Corpe booted a 32-yard field goal to put the visitors up big, 17-0 with 11:14 to go in the first half.
BC answered by way of the pass, as quarterback Kye Hamilton connected with freshman wide receiver Hasan Carriel for a 21-yard touchdown pass in the back right corner of the endzone to put BC on the board. The catch was Carriel's first touchdown catch of his career at Brevard College.
After a Chase Henry extra point, the Tornados found themselves down ten at 17-7 with a little over 10 minutes to play in the opening half.
L-R's offense answered as Sanders scored on a five-yard scurry to cap a 6-play, 20 yard drive, all set up by a 75-yard kick return by Barry Tate. The score put the Bears back up by 17 at 24-7.
Yet the BC duo of Hamilton and Carriel would hook up again only six minutes later, as Hamilton connected with Carriel, who was draped by an L-R defender, down the BC sideline for a 49-yard touchdown play with only 1:13 remaining in the half.
With the score at 24-14, L-R again answered with a score, as Corpe connected with his second field goal of the game, a 27-yard kick that sailed through the uprights and gave the Bears a 27-14 heading into the halftime break.
In the second half, the Bears controlled the game as the offense was on the field for close to 21 minutes of the final 30 minutes of play, keeping the Tornados offense off the field and wearing down an already injury depleted BC defense.
L-R's Corpe had a field goal in the third, a 26-yard kick, which proved to be the only scoring in the quarter as neither team could find the endzone for the 15 minutes of play.
In the fourth, L-R's Anthony Silvers scored on a one-yard touchdown run and Corpe kicked his fourth field goal of the game, a 36-yarder, to wrap up the scoring in the second half and give the Bears the 40-14 win over the Tornados.
Offensively, BC was held to only 188 yards for the game with 139 yards coming by way of the passing game. Hamilton was 8-of-16 for 121 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Running back John Compton, who was the primary back due to the absence of injured John Taylor, recorded 23 yards on 11 carries. Backup quarterback Matthew Gaines had 22 rushing yards and 18 passing yards in limited action in the fourth quarter.
Junior receiver Donald Hudson had two catches for 34 yards, while Carriel had a career-day, gathering in three passes for 83 yards and two touchdowns in only his third career game at the college level.
L-R was led by Sanders, as the junior quarterback was 12-of-15 for 200 yards through the air and rushed for 53 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. Running back James Pone had 37 yards on nine carries, while Silvers and Robinson each had one touchdown for the game.
BC linebacker Stanley Jones was everywhere for the Tornados on the defensive side of the ball, as the junior had 21 total tackles on the game, seven solo and 14 assists. Fellow linebacker Brandon Rawls had 12 total tackles and one sack, while senior Justin Jefferson and junior John Hardee combined to have 13 total tackles and a sack on the day.
L-R's defense played strong all day, holding the Tornados to only 49 rushing yards. Defensive lineman Nelson Bullard had one sack, while Tate had an interception, picking off a Hamilton pass. Linebackers Ranzell Watkins and Zac O'Brien led the way as Watkins had six total tackles and O'Brien had four.
The Tornados will continue their tough SAC slate next Saturday night, when BC will play host to the Wingate University Bulldogs at 6 p.m. at Brevard Memorial Stadium. Lenoir-Rhyne will play at home next Saturday, as the Bears will play host to the Pioneers of Tusculum College. That game is slated for a 2 p.m. kick-off.


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The staff here is absolutely wonderful and very friendly! You can ask for suggestions on places to go and things see and to do and they give out detailed descriptions on what you should expect to experience at each destination! The Night Staff was equally wonderful! To my surprise the night guards/security we're very friendly and helpful and happy to give good directions to near by places. The bartenders are cheerful, funny and have great suggestions for local restaurants and nightlife activities. The reception team is outstanding! They are warm and welcoming and available 24/7! They can help you with any delemas or concerns may come up during your stay. On my next trip to Dublin I will stay at the generator and the staff has a HUGE part to play in desire to book a room with the generator again! The only things that I can complain about is the fact that the laundry room often has a line waiting because the dryers take too long to dry. Just for one load it can take up to two to three hours before your clothes become dry, but even then they may not be dry and this leaves people will still be waiting to take their turn while their clothespecially sit soaking wet. Also the bar could be open later.
Easy to feel included and apart of something as a solo traveller. The staff and environment in general make the hostel have a home like feel. Convenient plugs and lights with every bed. Good food at breakfast and for lunch/dinner. Close enough to walk to city center, temple bar area etc but far enough that you feel safe because you don't have to deal with drunk strangers, and the loud streets of the city centre. Beds were comfortable but creaked. Every time you turned or moved, the whole bed would creak and move. Also it was very hot at night due to having a very small window in the room.
I got upgraded to an all female ensuite room, which was fantastic, bright and big. All the bathrooms in the whole building were clean from what I saw, fantastic bar, friendly staff, loved my stay! Each bed came with a huge lockable storage box, if you didn't have your own lock they were 5 euro at reception. The regular rooms were very small and cramped and windowless.
The hostel was very clean and well kept. Had a bar and cafe which made it much easy to find to find food and drinks. The food was reasonably priced. I don't see why I wouldn't use Generator again whether it was in Dublin or somewhere else.
Fabulous value for the money. €52 for two people in a spotlessly clean double private room w bathroom. Right in Smithfield steps away from great restaurants, cinema, pubs cafes and live Irish Music. Right above the Jameson Brewery Tasting Rooms. Laundry facilities, on site pub and cafe and luggage storeage. Room and bathroom were spotlessly clean, warm and quiet. Felt very safe also. Nothing. It was all good!
Based on the price point we got it at, it was a great stay. We stayed in a 6 bed unit which was surprisingly comfortable. The hotel bar was good, and great atmosphere while the Eurocup was on. Overall the place was always clean, lots of staff around which was nice. The demographic was crazy... People of all ages which was fantastic! It couldn't be closer to Jameson. Great bars and restaurants around it as well. It's about a 15 minute walk to temple bar area. 10 minute walk to Guinness. The bar as good as it is, a bit of a tourist trap... It shouldn't be €5-6 for a pint... The rooms were hot as hell, the window barely opened and only at the end of stay did we find out we could request a fan... Not much else to complain about.
Nice room (private with bunk bed). Good price. Friendly staff at desk. Towels and sheets were not changed during stay, though they have been in the room. Train next to room, what can be a bit noisy.
booked for a 6 beds room, been placed in a 10 beds one..No reading light. Only 2 power plugs next to one of the 10 beds..
the room was very nice and confortable and the bathroom was wonderful the kitchen isn't very clean and the pottery isn't enough for everybody...
Such a great atmosphere, net so many amazing people! The staff are great and helpful as well Not as clean as I had hoped but it still wasn't too bad
location not having phones in the rooms
Great location, LCD tv in the room, good heating and electric windows, nice big bathroom. Great value for money and good atmosphere. Breakfast not great...
clean room with nice bathroom and TV. beautiful view to a spire. linen and towels provided. modest but delicious breakfast. good location. It should be a little warmer in the room. Heating was switched on only a few times in the night. So it was hard to get up from bed into "cool morning" :)
It was an even better location than I had expected. It was very convenient to all transportation options including being right next door to the bus terminal which was great for tours of areas outside Dublin proper. Breakfast was in a very cramped location without enough seats for most people to sit. Toast, with jam and butter, and apples were supplemented by tea. Coffee was only instant.
The hostel is very well located, just around the corner from "Busaras", with very helpful and friendly staff. Great services & facilities. Nothing
Good location The staff were rude and had obviously not heard of the concept 'Customer Service'. All guests were treated like young backpackers and we even had to validate the key card daily!
room wad clean and comfortable, and quite central. we had a safe in the room which was brilliant Friday night was very noisy with people coming back late, and when we went down for breakfast, there wasn't any left for us.
staff was great,clean,ad good location
It was clean and tidy, the staff were helpful, lots of information available about Dublin and Ireland in general, catered for all ages and had facilities not normally associated with a hostel (sauna). It was within easy walking distance of the city centre, had a bus station and tram stops just up the road and was good value for money.
I honestly can't think of anything I liked about this place. The showers were cold for 6 days straight. They were renovating the bathrooms on their floor so there were half the showers on the floor. The staff was cold and unhelpful. The renovation was very loud. Breakfast was toast.
It is clean, good budget, well located with good free services. The staff is not particularly usefull and wellcoming, the room was not well furnished and quite small. A bit noisy some times.
location , very near bus station they took money from my credit card for the booking, and when I arrived took cash as well, and 1 week later still have not my refund, they should specify they withold money as a deposit as it is very difficult to get back quickly from bank
Actually I was upgraded to Jacobs Hotel very clean and good comfort tv in room and shower very impressed with ,most definite will use again. Not informed on time for breakfast,WE came down at 9 40 no brekkie.
went for lads weekend, spot on everything was there, couldnt ask for more nothing wrong with the place
I booked the double room and it was lovely. The room was clean and big, the beds were really comfortable. Our room wasn't on the side of the street, so that was nice too. The showers were recently renovated, and there was hot water. It was sometimes a little bit noisy in the morning, because the walls weren't enough isolated.
Hotel location close to city center + warm atmosphere The big issue was the noise during evening and night as walls are not thick enough and some people made trouble resulting in a chaotic night.
Super Friendly & Helpful Staff - Plus the front desk person remembered my name the Next Day. What a great way to feel valued as a guest, well done! Convenient Location, a block from the bus station was the best. From there I could drop my bags and hit the shops and sights, which started just one block away - Perfect! They have a sauna, pool table, library and other lounge in the basement. It wasn't well advertised, as everyone seemed to be on the main floor. Great security - Key cards for every floor and room. Wi-Fi not available in all rooms, so they recommend all guests go to lobby to use wi-fi, which does bring a community feel, but still inconvenient not having it in all rooms. Breakfast could start a little earlier for travelers who have early morning flights or plans. Nightly movie advertised, but not available Sauna available for only 3 hours, 1 for females only, 1 coed, 1 for males only. It was a little uncomfortable having just one naked old man in the sauna when I arrived, so I turned around and left.
The organization, staff, willingness to help, cleanliness, excellent
Stuff A man who slept downside snored loudly and no one in the room can sleep, and the odor filled the room. Noise which trains passed by happened all the time.
the staff was friendly, linen clean and atmosphere nice the kitchen was a bit messy and the breakfast trays smelled really bad
The location! There weren't sufficient electrical outlets in the bedroom (only 1 or 2 for 8 people, and no one in the bathroom), but there are many in the common room!
Well located surprisingly quiet good all round budget accomodation
friendly staff and excellent location.
it was close to main area breakfast
Very friendly staff at reception. Centrally located. Clean. Facilities to lock & store luggage. Easy going. Felt very comfortable there. Will recommend. Breakfast. Expensive Internet access.
very helpful and nice staff, great localization in centre of Dublin, free wifi in all rooms, clean rooms with bathrooms difficult to find... maybe this: the breakfast room and luggage rooms could be bigger, and the rooms were ready only after 3pm, not 2pm, as was in reservation paper.
The people at the front desk were super friendly and one of them even gave us recommendations of where to go and what to see.
pleasantly suprised as years since i stayed at a hostel..very central. Just it was a bit noisy but to be expected with mostly travellers staying..
Near the centre, well comunicated and the staff very nice. The bathroom was dirty
UI liked the Receptionistt during the day who apologised for the appalling treatment we had endured the night before. A traumatic stay. Nothing. Traumatic experience. Good price I guess though
I thought it was an excellent central location. I cannot think of anything i did not like.
Free pint on arrival. Genius
Great location.
Excellent central location but extremely basic accommodation Shower cubicle mouldy and shower lacked power
Location, Atmosphere, Staff otganizing Pub Crawl... Showers. Not many and not private at all.
The room was fine, but the bathroom needed work. Only one of the showers worked properly. It seemed as if the bathroom did not get cleaned very often. The room was very comfortable and the location was awesome! For the cost, it was worth it!
Good location in central Dublin, and good value for money for bed with included breakfast It's in central Dublin, but it's a shame it is just facing a night club... Music was loud !!! Plus, although showers were clean, they were not very practical, with no place at all to leave your stuff (towels, clothes, etc.): broken hook and no shelf.
Myself and my daughter stayed at the waterloo, when we went to the pink concert, we were very impressed and i work for the bank of ireland where i did a recommendation for the hotel, we will be going to concerts again and will us the hotel, very clean, lovely spacious rooms and a lovely breakfast served in friendly atmosphere from the outside it appears hotel does need some work however there is a sign stating that this is ongoing
Nothing was too much. Map of city showing 1-way streets printed off for us. Car parking space reserved. Girl in Breakfast room was exceptionally good with our grand daughters aged 7& 5. Breakfast ..full Irish incl..great. There weren't any.
Good location and great staff No elevator
Pleasant part of town, convenient location to get into city centre,. good selection for breakfast. Pleasant & helpful staff. nothing
Pleasant, friendly staff. Clean and quiet room with a great shower. Inexpensive and more than adequate breakfast. Hotel wasaltogether fine in every way, but a promised parking space was not forthcoming, although apology was received. Website says check-in is from 1.00, but management later said the reason the parking space was unavailable was that check-in was from 2.00. We were clamped as an indirect result. Release fee cost more than the night's accommodation. The parking space did become available, but we weren't told.
Good location, reasonably prices, very welcoming and friendly staff.
At first glance the hotel was a bit old and needed a lot of work to bring it up to scratch. However, it is being renovated and the room I stayed in clean, comfortable and quiet. The staff were terrific.
We were made very welcome and afforded every assistance. we were advised on local sights of interest and transport facilities. the rooms were beautifully appointed and had everything we required for our comfort and convenience. The food was excellent and plentiful. We enjoyed our stay very much!
Very well located, right by the Temple Bar. Friendly staff. I know it's a hostel, but I would expect at least a bar of soap in the bathroom. A bit expensive for what it is. Our room was very close to the kitchen/dining room, so sometimes it was hard to sleep with everyone laughing and shouting.
The easy going atmosphere, the diverse and freindly guests and the whole no waste ethic of the communal kitchen. The rooms need a table (there is nowhere to put anything down like a cup) and if there is a wardrobe it should have hangers in it otherwsie don't bother.
The helpful staff. The hostel is also in the center of town and close to everything we wanted to see/do. It was very noisy, sounded like we had an elephant upstairs all the time. This hostel is connected to the pub next door so you will need some ear plugs. For the price we did not mind so much. Breakfast doesn't seem to be looked over by any staff, its a free for all, we managed to get some toast but the people not speaking much English were taking juice and things to their table and not sharing. Maybe this is common among backpackers but i haven't seen it before.
This hostel was wonderful -- an excellent place to meet people. The rooms were tidy, and the staff was incredibly friendly.
The location is excellent. Pancakes at the weekend were great! Staff were friendly and it seemed very well organised. no problems.
staff was great, room was very very clean Water in the shower would pulsate from warm to scalding hot and back to warm. so I got used to a 15-20 second rinse move, rinse/ move, etc
different nationalities extremely noisy inside and out
Excellent place, the best location and very helpful staff. The beds were so comfortable!
Location, free luggage storage Staff was very unhelpful, when I asked a receptionist to make a local call, I was sent to the street to automat, I asked her to change coins, she said, that she didn't have. The room was dirty & there wasn't any soap. Breakfast (when you stay not at the weekend) is very poor.
Fantastic location ,extremely nice place with a good atmosphere. Would definitely go again!
nice hostel!
Friendly and efficient staff, small but clean and comfortable rooms, quiet location very close to main city centre attractions, close to good public transport links.
Good location, good price, godd breakfast and relly clean kitchen for an hostel
The room and bathroom were clean There is TOO MUCH NOISE at late hours of night, people use the street the hostel is in to go from the bars and clubs to 24 hours restaurants. They pass by completely drunk, screamimg, singing... It was impossible to have a good night of sleep.
Cleanliness of bathroom facilities and room.
I had an amazing time! Second time I've stayed there, and once again was immense :) the staff are so friendly and helpful, and the people there are just he same. Pancakes on weekends, the pub crawl on Thursdays, there's always something to do! Incredible value for money, and in a top location just off st. Stephen's green. Can't ask for more really. If you're going to stay in Dublin either by yourself or with friends, Camden place is where to go!! Nothing :)
Helpful friendly staff. V good beds and bedding. Close to centre and night life
Lots of things. The reception is open 24h/day, they offer free calls to overseas numbers, free wifi, free breakfast (pancakes on weekends), free welcome drinks free walking tour and there was plenty dining and cooking space. The street it was on was quite noisy.
Clean rooms, friendly staff and great breakfast.
The staff is very nice, always ready to give you some advices or just some free hugs :) The people I met are interesting, from all over the world. -
The rate for the room was by far the best part. It was a true hostel experience. It was quite loud at times and there were not enough blankets to stay warm.
It's a hip place, the rooms are clean, and the staff were externally helpful in helping me track down my wallet that I had left in a taxi. Nothing, the place was great. There were some annoying persons staying there, but that's to be expected and it's not the hostel's fault.
Staff were friendly and its really near to the town This is a hostel and not a Hotel as this questionaire constantly refers to. All good for a hostel no good for a dirty weekend away with your next door neighbour's missus!!!!
Comfortablke, clean beds, location in Dublin Bathroom, showeroom
Kinlay house is located in a great area, near many of Dublin's main sights. I would definitely stay here again. Never felt unsafe or uncomfortable. The rooms were a tad cold, as well as the bathroom. The cleanliness of the bathroom was also not the best. Someone had thrown up in the bathroom, and it was left for most of the day.
Nice friendly, helpful staff. Bed was very clean which is most important Main over was quite poor. Gas hob would have been better. Maybe also some sofas to sit on.
The most I like these two blond girls They were really sweet:] bathroom 1st floor was terrible
The staff was fantastically helpful, they guided us to an excellent day trip out at Howth Harbor and even named coffee houses and pubs for us that we thoroughly enjoyed. The pub directly behind the hostel is fabulous as well, and the hostel offered coupons!


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Topic: Post surgery questions
In January, I had my gall bladder, bile ducts, and part of my liver removed. Since then my stomach makes loads of liquid sounds...bubble here, bubble there. Sounds and feels like it is higher than my stomach. I got sick in Scotland while attending a wedding and had my surgery there, no I am back in Sweden with a different doctor who has no real experience with this procedure. He thinks it is just that since I have been replumbed, my small intestine is now closer to my outside than when it was tucked behind all those bits that were removed. He thinks the sounds are normal, but I amm not so sure. Are they? Is anyone else now making their own special effects?
I also feel a bit "acidic" in the area, not quite heartburn as it is a little higher I think, but something similar. Anyone with this? Should I worry?
Also, I just got back from a somewhat incompetant oncologist (first time seeing one since my surgery 6 months ago, please dont get me started on that!). She had no answers for me either. She couldnt even give me the signs I need to look out for that would signal a return of the cancer. Does anyone know what these signs could be? Turning yellow again? From other posts I know weight loss and fever, but anything else?
Anyone know if this type of tumor feeds on hormones? I am 32 and want children. I know that some cancers are terrible for women and return or grow as a result of pregnancy hormones. Is this one of those? Yes, I know that statistically it really shouldnt be a concern, that I should be concerned with a return of the tumor, but I am trying to plan LIFE not cancer if that makes sense.
Any women on birth control pill? Got off it while my liver was growing back as I didnt want to stress my liver. Anyone know if it is possible to get back on it.
Ok, that is enough questions for now. Sorry there are so many but I am an oddity to the wonderful surgon who now is in charge of my care (he is actually very good and caring) and my oncologist was just sloppy and unbelievbly clueless (in the process of getting a new one!)
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Leader: Kim Kaczmarek, Special Education Teacher
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This is the musical toy that combines a simple guitar, a drum set and a 24-key piano in a single device. With the folding neck extended, the toy becomes an easy-to-play guitar, with five buttons on the fret board, and a "strum bar" that plays notes in five styles such as electric rock, country and heavy metal. Sustained sounds can be modulated with the whammy bar, or embellished in a "riff" mode for impressive trills and arpeggios. With the neck folded away, children can either drum away on the four percussive sound effect pads, or flip open the back to reveal the hidden piano, which plays in classic, organ, or synthesizer sound modes. Young musicians can create their own masterworks or play along with their favorite tunes by attaching an MP3 player. Requires 4 AA batteries. Ages 8 and up. 8 3/4" H x 26" W x 2" D. (4 lbs.)
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Can't go wrong
By grama
from Shell Knob MO
It's only April but bought it for Christmas for 11 year old who has everything... except this unique instrument! Plus, how can you go wrong considering the terrific sale price! Battery replacement I can only guess at which is the reason I gave 4 stars vs 5.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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A great gift for kids
By grandma elkie
from New York City
My granddchildren love music and this was the perfect gift.
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By srctofficer
from North Carolina
Great gift and personal item.
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Great toy, bought two; one missing part!
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American journalists who anger someone are likely to get angry emails or nasty web comments posted to their stories. Mexican journalists who anger powerful people might die in a hail of gunfire.
Since 1996, at least 48 reporters and editors have been murdered in Mexico, and no one has been convicted in any of the crimes.
Roberto Ruiz's documentary "Reportero" follows the weekly Tijuana newspaper Semanario Zeta, one of the few news outlets to regularly report on the drug cartels and the politicians who are in league with them.
"They made a specialty of looking at the nexus between organized crime and politics, and it's had deadly consequences," said Ruiz, referring to three staffers who have been murdered.
Certainly, journalists who go into war zones put themselves in harm's way, but being a reporter in Mexico represents a different kind of danger.
"Having covered a bunch of wars, I can tell you there's a distinct difference between deaths in combat and what is happening in Mexico," said Mike O'Connor, the Mexico representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists. "In combat, you pick up a bullet or some shrapnel. In Mexico, you pick up a bullet to the back of the head or clip [from] an assault rifle across the chest because they're looking for you as a journalist. You're quarry in Mexico. They want to get you because of something you did or something you refused to do. That's an entirely different picture."
Or as Robert Rosenthal, executive director for the Center for Investigative Reporting, tells it: "Mexico, obviously, has become killing field."
"Reportero" chronicles people who are committed to the truth and reporting it at their own risk. What's almost as startling as the violence in the documentary is that reporters like Sergio Haro are just regular people who seem to ignore the fact that what they're doing is heroic.
"His job is just to report day in and day out," Ruiz said. "And I think as to why, that's really at the heart of the film. Why does anybody keep doing something like this?"
The newspaper's offices have been attacked with grenades. Staffers have come to work and discovered coolers filled with severed heads out front all of which creates "a constant paranoia."
"It's a very hard life," said Ioan Grillo, author of the book El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Conspiracy. "It's not just the killing. It's the constant threat."
And it's not like they're doing it for personal gain. "Mexican journalists work under extraordinarily primitive labor conditions," O'Connor said. "For the most part, they don't have life insurance. They don't have basic benefits. They're paid terribly. They have no professional organizations and on and on. It's sort of like 18th-century working conditions."
And at most Mexican newspapers, they don't have the support of their bosses.
"I know of reporters who reported to their bosses they received threats and have been fired on the spot simply because the boss doesn't want the company car to get bloodied," O'Connor said.
So why do it?
Grillo said it's because the reporters "have found a mission in life. They feel it is important to tell that story, and that's why they keep at it."
It's an astonishing story, from the frontlines of the killing fields of Mexico.
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The "P.O.V." documentary "Reportero" airs Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 11 p.m. on KUED-Channel 7.


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The restaurant closed in 2011 and has since been fenced up and exterior of the nautical-themed building has deteriorated. The process to tear down the building had been stalled because of issues related to asbestos as wells making sure the electrical and gas lines were properly shut off, said Councilman John Dutrey.
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The wedding bells are starting to chime!
Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union hosted an engagement bash this Saturday at Nikki Beach in Miami. After attending the Reid & Fiorentino Call of the Game dinner hosted by Gabrielle, the pair got together with family and friends to celebrate the pending nuptials with a white-themed party.
Kelly Rowland, Jamie Foxx and Kevin Hart were also on hand to celebrate the couple who got engaged over the holidays. The bash had a white theme, with the servers and the décor in all white. Wade and Union also coordinated with the venue's set up, with the actress rocking a black top and long white skirt, and Wade wearing a white shirt and grey pants.
"They seemed really in love," a source revealed. "He had his hand on her side all night. The party felt very intimate. They spent a lot of time talking to family members."
Gabby even took to Instagram to memorialize the occasion.
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The couple and their guests ate white cake and sipped on champagne and Grey Goose cocktails before leaving at about 3 a.m.
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Knuckleball a lifestyle for Dickey
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R.A. Dickey, 33, with significant big league experience on his resume, is reinventing himself as a knuckleball pitcher, and he is creating a very favorable impression with the Mariners in the process.
The knuckleball almost is a lost art, not that it was ever a particularly prevalent art. It is a pitch that appears to act on whims of its own choosing, making it extremely difficult to hit, but also making it potentially a very trying experience for the fellow who is throwing it.
Dickey is making a full-fledged commitment to the pitch, to the art of throwing it. The commitment is working. In nine innings over four Spring Training appearances, he has an ERA of 2.00, has given up just six hits and three walks and struck out four. Dickey throws his knuckleball harder than most practitioners of the art, and he still has enough conventional stuff to succeed on days when the knuckleball is not at its best. But he estimates he is throwing the knuckler 85 percent of the time. He is a knuckleball pitcher, and there is more to that designation than a mere phrase.
"The knuckleball demands that you be in the moment more than anything I've ever done," Dickey said on Friday in the Mariners' clubhouse at the Peoria Sports Complex. "What I mean by that is my best outings as a knuckleballer are where I am so present with the pitch from pitch to pitch, at the end I'll look up and there's a bunch of goose eggs. But it's almost like the goose eggs are an afterthought.
"My thought is how to throw a perfect knuckleball on every pitch. By committing to that system of belief and staying in the moment with every pitch, being cognizant of the game situation, but not being two batters ahead or two batters behind, really being in the present with it -- when I got that, it started to really be good.
"There is a discipline, a mental discipline in trying to do that. This is my 12th year playing professional baseball, and I'm just now -- the last year and a half -- kind of tapping into what that means. And I don't know that I would have ever gotten it completely had I not switched to the knuckleball."
On a Mariners team that won 88 games last year, is a legitimate postseason contender and greatly fortified its rotation with the addition of Erik Bedard, Dickey could be a valuable, versatile member of the staff. With the knuckleball, he could pitch in a variety of relief roles or as a spot starter, and he could pitch often. In this way and in other ways, he has made a positive impression on the Mariners, who picked him up from the Twins in the most recent Rule 5 Draft.
"He can do any role and you can use him a lot," Mariners manager John McLaren said on Friday. "He brings something to the table where you could possibly take another bench player, because he could pitch every day and it wouldn't bother him.
"He was a fastball pitcher, a traditional-type pitcher, and now he's learning the knuckleball. It's a new dimension for him. He actually throws extremely hard for a knuckleball pitcher. I've been impressed. He's a real professional and a great teammate. I like what I've seen of him."
For the bulk of his career, Dickey had a conventional pitching repertoire, with velocity in the low-to-mid 90s and an effective changeup. He did throw a hard knuckleball, but only occasionally. With the Rangers, his pitching coach, Orel Hershiser, suggested that if he wanted to prolong his career, he could focus on the knuckleball.
After a back injury deprived him of some velocity, Dickey decided in 2005 to take that route. It would not be a nice, steady linear progression, but it would be a journey into a kind of knuckleball self-awareness. A pitcher who heads off in this direction leaves behind the kind of precision he was attempting to achieve with his other pitches and puts his faith in the knuckleball and his ability to persevere through its many vagaries. But don't think about becoming a "master" of the knuckleball.
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"You don't 'master' it," Dickey said with a smile. "That's No. 1. There's no mastery of that pitch. No. 2 is you kind of have a relationship with the pitch. It's not a pitch to be tamed. It's a pitch that you have an idea what to do with and you have an idea how to manipulate it a certain way, but if it doesn't want to go that way, it's not going to go that way.
"There's a lot of real growing pains. It's a transition, even mentally, psychologically, to leave who you were behind completely and really make an investment in being this new person. I knew if I could get on the other side of that, if I could persevere, at least keep pushing to get on the other side of the pain of that, there might be something nice on the other side. And sure enough, it clicked."
It clicked well enough last season with the Brewers' Triple-A Nashville affiliate that Dickey went 13-6 and was named Pacific Coast League pitcher of the year. There are few plying the knuckleball trade these days, but plenty of good advice still is available.
Charlie Hough, who used the knuckleball to fashion a quarter-century big league career, has been a mentor to Dickey. Mariners pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre is an obvious source of wisdom on all pitching matters. And Dave Wallace, Mariners special assistant to the executive vice president, worked extensively with knuckleball specialist Tim Wakefield in Boston.
But at the end of the day, out there on the mound, it's just Dickey and the knuckleball.
"Charlie Hough told me the first day: 'It took me one day to throw a good knuckleball and a lifetime to throw it for strikes,'" Dickey said. "It really does require patience and a lot of humility and the endurance mentally to keep pushing."
Look at those requirements: patience, humility, mental endurance. The knuckleball may open up a new and rewarding chapter in Dickey's career, but this knuckleball lifestyle will demand something significant in return.
"It's a hard lifestyle," Dickey said with a small smile. "My mind wants to go to all the hopes that I have, being like Charlie Hough, projecting myself out four or five years in advance. I have to be disciplined enough to recognize that and bring myself back to, 'Here we are in Peoria, talking to you and trying to do this well.'"
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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How can I use my exe PC programs on the Android tablet? For instance like the 602 tab program. I'm also wanting a MS Paint program for it but can not find one, do you have any suggestions? Thanks
Cheri, PC programs just aren't meant to run on the Android system. Windows and Android are two distinctly different operating systems. An Android tablet will perform most of the functions that a home PC user would want, (Web browsing, e-mail, videos, games, word processing etc…) but it won't do it using your PC programs.
To find programs for your Android device, go to the Google Play store. Sometimes there are are Android app versions of the particular PC program you are using, sometimes not. But you can usually find an app that performs many of the same functions.
Kingsoft Office is a free Office Suite with a spreadsheet program and a quick search of "spreadsheet" in the Google Play Store revealed dozens of apps, both free and paid.
While you won't find MS Paint in the app store, you can find dozens of similar apps, including the free PaintBush and Infinite Design Free (screenshot pictured below). Many of these apps offer a free version with ads and limited features, that you can upgrade to a paid ad-free version.
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Charlie Puth Drops Smooth New 'Attention' Single (LISTEN)
Ladies and gentlemen, Charlie Puth is back! Yesterday (April 20), the singer released his brand new single "Attention."
Puth first stepped onto the scene a couple of years ago on Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again." The smash broke records and even received not one or two, but three 2016 Grammy nominations. Still riding high off of this song's success, Puth's debut album, Nine Track Mind, dropped soon after. This album peaked at the number six spot on the Billboard 200 charts.
Now, Puth is gearing up for his sophomore album's release. "Attention" is the first single off of it. Moreover, he's set to be a part of the Illuminate World Tour, which is being headlined by Shawn Mendes.
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Ten Worst Gifts Bought During the Holidays
It's 'Black Friday' and folks are out in droves looking for that great deal! Beware shoppers, in the all the excitement and Choas of 'Black Friday" you could make some poor choices. Here's a list of some of the "not so good" finds, according to HuffingtonPost.com.
1. Doorbusters that really aren't "all that."
Just because it's cheap and labeled a "doorbuster" doesn't mean you or anyone else wants it. A coffeemaker for $7.99? A sandwich grill for $5.99? You camped out and almost got killed for this?
2. Electric drill
Just because you got it cheap doesn't mean your husband is going to ever fix anything ever. I know this one by experience.
These days it's all about online movie and TV stores like iTunes and Netflix, DVD's are basically in the same boat as VHS was in the '90s.
4. Treadmill
This seems like a great idea after you've eaten yourself into oblivion, but trust me, after a week, you'll use that thing to hold your clothes. This I know guys.
5. Gaming consoles and video games
Personally, I did not play video games, and really don't want too, but the folks in the "know" say if you wait a month or so, you will easily be able to buy a used unit for half price. Trust us on this one guys.
6. Watch
Okay, it's kinda cool if the watch is water resistant, but with that cool feature, we can all check the time on our phones now. In fact, we can check email, tell time, call someone, play games, surf on the web, text etc. … Get the picture?
7. iPad mini
It's just like the iPad 2, but smaller and cheaper, thus no one will be impressed. And isn't impressing people the point of owning Apple products?
8. Self-cleaning litter box
So you're about to pay almost $200 for something your cat is too terrified to use? This could make your cat use your bed for their potty. Think about it. I have three cats and there is no way my cats would "do their duty" in a self-cleaning litter box. I'm sure kitty will thank you by using your bed as a litter box. Plus, who wants to get a litter box as a gift?
9. Anything that's alive
Thinking about taking advantage of those Black Friday deals to get your significant other a pet? If you haven't thought this out – take your time! There are so many animals in shelters because people thought they wanted one, then after the holidays, they take them back. Very sad! But after you have given it thought – great! Head out to your local shelter and adopt a sweet friend.
10. The "Good Intentions" Gifts
What you think might be filled with good intentions could bite ya on the butt! Gifts that might bring out a persons "short-comings" could just bring on resentment. Listen up guys!.
A gift certificate to the newest diet craze, Coaching tapes on how to be successful to someone who is unemployed or in a dead-end job, a month's supply of Nicorette to a chain smoker, Hypnosis tapes for overeaters, smokers, aggressive Type A personalities.
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Vitor Belfort pulls off an amazing spinning heel kick against Luke Rockhold at UFC on FX 8, then declares that he's "stronger than ever," and it's like he's begging us to talk about it. On the broadcast we hear references to his impressive career turnaround, and it feels like they're hinting at the things they can't or don't dare say.
Or maybe they aren't. At least not intentionally. Maybe it's a Freudian slip, or no slip at all. Maybe it's just that when you get an elephant this big in a room this small and when that elephant keeps stomping on the heads of all who come near it anything you say feels like it's either directed right at the damn thing or else conspicuously avoiding mention of it.


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Gordon Hayward, ever a paradox of self-confidence, played his best game of the season, hit the game winner and, somehow, still managed to be self-effacing Friday after the Jazz rallied from 13 down in the fourth quarter to beat Sacramento 104-102 at EnergySolutionArena.
"I really wasn't that hot," Hayward said. "I missed quite a lot of jump shots down the stretch that I shouldn't have missed."
Then Hayward's basketball ego kicked into gear. He said, "I knew I wasn't going to miss that one."
Hayward came off a down-screen by Derrick Favors to shoot an 18-foot jumper with 4.5 remaining. He didn't miss that one.
A floater in the lane by Sacramento's James Johnson missed as time expired.
Hayward finished with a game-high 23 points on 7-of-16 shooting and, more importantly, gave the Jazz (7-6) their third straight win going into Saturday's rematch in Sacramento.
Hayward led a balanced Jazz effort that saw Jamaal Tinsley replace Mo Williams, who was limited to seven minutes after spraining his right ankle in the first quarter, and contribute 12 assists and force a key steal with 12 seconds left in the game.
"I thought we won it," coach Tyrone Corbin said, "with a lot of grit, gut, staying together, understanding the time and moment of the game and what we had to do."
A switch in the starting lineup proved mutually beneficial for both of the players involved. After coming off the bench for each of the Jazz's last two games, Marvin Williams scored 20 points on 6-of-12 shooting. Derrick Favors, meanwhile, scored 16 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in 28 minutes.
Earl Watson made his season debut for the Jazz, finishing with 2 assists in 10 minutes. Watson last played on Easter Sunday for the Jazz before undergoing major knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee. With 9:23 left in the game, Watson found Hayward for a back-door alley-oop dunk, which Watson said was "when I really felt comfortable."
Sacramento led 95-82 with 7:09 remaining after a 3-point basket by former BYU All-American Jimmer Fredette, who was enthusiastically booed by Jazz fans each time he touched the ball. Fredette finished with 10 points and made 3 of 4 3-point attempts in 17 minutes.
However, the Jazz responded to Fredette's jumper with a 19-4 run, keyed by good defense from Favors and others. The Jazz at one point got nine straight defensive stops. They took a 102-99 lead with 58.8 seconds left on a pair of free throws by Al Jefferson, who finished with scored 19 points and 8 rebounds.
Hayward, who came off the bench for the third straight game, continued his hot play. He scored 15 points in each of the Jazz's previous two victories and was even better against the Kings.
"I would say three OK games," Hayward said. "There's still a lot of room for improvement. Missed a lot of shots tonight."
Tinsley, who reached double-digit assists for the third time this season, had no lack of confidence in Hayward, though. With Jefferson, the first option on the play, double-teamed in the post, the veteran waited patiently for Hayward.
"I didn't pick my dribble up," he said. "I knew Gordon was going to come up, and he happened to hit a good shot for us."
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Records • Utah (7-6), Sacramento (3-9)
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About the Jazz • Utah is 2-6 on the road, while having won all five games at EnergySolutions Arena. ... Gordon Hayward scored a season-high 23 points against the Kings on Friday night. ... Jamaal Tinsley has recorded double-digit assists in back-to-back games.
About the Kings • Six players scored in double digits against the Jazz on Friday, including Marcus Thornton and his team-high 18 points. ... The Kings have lost six of their last seven games.


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