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Celtics, Knicks getting into Love mix? | Bulls negotiating Mirotic buyout | Spurs don't think Ibaka will miss series | Report: Knicks want to talk with Fisher first | Bosh disappears in Game 1
No. 1: Celtics leading pack for Love? — Just yesterday, Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski broke the news that Minnesota Timberwolves might be getting used to the idea that Kevin Love might not want to stick around after the 2014-15 season and exercise his early termination option. Once that bit of information came to the NBA forefront, the knowledge of which suitors are most after Love has become more and more known. According to Wojnarowski, the Boston Celtics might present an appetizing deal to the Wolves and as the New York Post's Marc Berman reports, new Knicks boss Phil Jackson could be plotting for a way to bring Love to New York.
The Boston Celtics have emerged as an increasingly intriguing destination for Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward Kevin Love, and the Celtics' draft position coming out of Tuesday night's lottery could be telltale in determining the feasibility of a trade, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
If the lottery percentages hold to form, Boston would draft in the No. 5 slot, which could hold appeal to Minnesota in this talent-rich draft. If Boston moves up and cracks one of the top three spots, general manager Danny Ainge would have a more difficult decision to make on using the pick in a deal for Love.
Love's representatives with Excel Sports are pushing Timberwolves president Flip Saunders to find a trade acceptable to them before the beginning of summer free agency in July – preferably by the June 26 NBA draft, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
Love, 25, wants a chance to play for an immediate contender, but has an open mind about multiple destinations in the league, sources said. In six NBA seasons, Love has yet to reach the playoffs in Minnesota.
The Houston Rockets also plan to make a run at a trade for Love, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Officials believe Love's close relationship and respect for coach Kevin McHale could give the Rockets an edge. Golden State, Phoenix, the Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago are among those also planning to pursue Love deals with an eye on signing him to a long-term extension.
Love has no veto power over a trade, but it is unlikely any team will unload significant assets for him without an assurance he'll re-sign a max contract.
Houston doesn't have the draft picks to offer Minnesota, but does have appealing young players in Chandler Parsons and Omer Asik to include in packages. McHale acquired Love for the T'wolves with a draft-night trade and coached him. Beyond McHale, Houston could offer Love an immediate chance to be part of a contender.
Love's agent Jeff Schwartz and Ainge have a strong relationship and a good working history. Ainge helped another Schwartz client, Paul Pierce, get to a preferred trade destination in Brooklyn a year ago. The Celtics believe they can sell Love on becoming the next big Celtics star, and all the adulation that comes with that for a franchise that has won 17 NBA championships.
And here's Berman's report on how the Knicks are getting into the Love sweepstakes, too …
According to an NBA source, Knicks president Phil Jackson has been plotting to be involved in making something happen with Love via a trade.
However, the report stated rather than the Lakers and the Knicks being Love's top two choices, the power forward is more interested in Golden State and Chicago. It's unclear if Steve Kerr knew Love's preference when he chose to coach the Warriors, but it's very possible.
Adding Love to the Knicks' mix with their 2015 cap space is one of the selling points for Anthony to stay in New York. It's doubtful a team would trade Love for just a rental. Another source said the Lakers also will make a monster push at trading for Love, who played at UCLA.
The Knicks believe they have the expiring contracts — Tyson Chandler and Iman Shumpert in particular — the Wolves might want so Minnesota can keep cap space to go after the star-studded 2015 free agent class.
What do they Wolves have to say about all this chatter? Team owner Glen Taylor told Jerry Zgoda of the Star-Tribune that Minnesota has no plans to deal Love anytime soon:
Amid renewed media reports that three-time All-Star Kevin Love intends to leave Minnesota in July 2015 and the Timberwolves are reconsidering their position, Wolves owner Glen Taylor reiterated on Sunday the team doesn't intend to soon trade him.
The Associated Press, citing two unnamed sources, reported Sunday that, with Tuesday's draft lottery and the June 26 draft approaching, the Wolves are softening their position that they won't trade Love and are open to the idea of doing so for the right deal.
"Not by the draft," Taylor said before Sunday's Lynx home opener at Target Center about such a possibility.
Saunders told WCCO Radio on Sunday morning that he hasn't talked to Love's representatives since the season ended in mid-April.
"We're proceeding the same way, that Kevin is part of our team, that we have," Saunders told WCCO. "You're always trying to get your team better. There have been reports we're actively trying to trade him, which isn't true. What we're actively trying to do is get our team better. When you do that, you look to see what's out there no matter what it is or for anybody. We're a team that hasn't made the playoffs in 10 years. We've got to get better."
No. 2: Bulls to start talking Mirotic buyout — Back in the 2011 Draft, the Chicago Bulls picked up the rights to Spanish league star Nikola Mirotic from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for the 28th pick (which became current Heat guard Norris Cole) and the 43rd pick (former Minnesota Timberwolves guard Malcolm Lee). The Bulls kept tabs on Mirotic as his game progressed overseas with the hopes they could buy him out in the future and add him to a young core that includes former MVP Derrick Rose and All-Star Joakim Noah. It appears that buyout date is nearing, writes K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune:
Mirotic, the Bulls' 2011 draft-day acquisition, is widely considered the best international prospect not in the NBA. Though he finished with 12 points and seven rebounds, he struggled defensively throughout the final and to finish at the rim occasionally.
The Bulls will begin negotiations for the first time this offseason with Mirotic, who has a buyout this summer. Though Real Madrid made noise about possibly signing Mirotic to an extension beyond the one year remaining on his deal, that could contain an out clause should Mirotic opt for the NBA.
"We have built a relationship with him," general manager Gar Forman said at last week's NBA draft combine. "We feel confident he will come over at some point. Whether that's this summer or next, we don't know."
VIDEO: Highlights from Nikola Mirotic's play overseas
No. 3: Spurs don't think Ibaka will miss all of West finals — The Oklahoma City Thunder have designs on making their first NBA Finals since the 2011-12 season, but doing so will require beating the San Antonio Spurs in the West finals without power forward Serge Ibaka. News came out Friday that Ibaka will miss at least the West finals as he recovers from a Grade 2 strain of his left calf. That loss would seem to make the road easier for the Spurs, but the players aren't buying that Ibaka will miss the series, writes Dan McCarney of the San Antonio Express-News:
Oklahoma City announced on Friday that forward Serge Ibaka, one of the NBA's best shot blockers and defensive anchors, will miss the remainder of the playoffs with a calf strain.
The Thunder followed that up by telling the media on Sunday that Ibaka would not travel with the team on their flight to San Antonio in advance of the Western Conference Finals, which begin Monday.
And still, the Spurs remain skeptical to the point of paranoia.
"I don't really believe it," said point guard Tony Parker, who has been cleared to play in the opener after straining his left hamstring in the second round. "I'll believe when I see tomorrow he is not on the court. It's hard to believe. We'll see tomorrow."
Said Kawhi Leonard, "We're still not sure if he's going to play or not, but it doesn't matter. The Thunder are still a very good team."
Given yet another opportunity to collect their fifth championship, the Spurs aren't about to let their guard down in the absence of a player in Ibaka who jammed up their precision-based offense almost by himself as the Thunder won the regular-season series 4-0.
The sweep extended Oklahoma City's run of success against the Spurs to 10-2 dating back to the last postseason meeting, when the Thunder rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win 4-2. Ibaka played in all 12 of those meetings, and almost always well with at least three blocks in nine, and double-doubles in six of the past seven.
The Spurs have no doubt considered every possible contingency in how the Thunder might adjust without him — including, it seems, the extreme unlikelihood that he might actually play. (Again, appropriate fear.) Not that coach Gregg Popovich would ever admit to such planning to the media.
"It's really a waste of time," Popovich said. "When the game starts, everybody will know what's going on and everybody will adjust both ways."
VIDEO: GameTime's crew breaks down how Ibaka's injury affects the Thunder
No. 4: Report: Knicks want to talk with Fisher; Dunleavy, Shaw also on list — The Knicks continue to search for their next coach and, as you'd expect, some familiar and big names continue to be attached to the rumors as to who will get the gig next. ESPN.com's Marc Stein and Ramona Shelburne report that the team is interested in talking to Derek Fisher, Oklahoma City's backup point guard and a former L.A. Lakers player under new Knicks boss Phil Jackson when both were in California. As well as the interest in Fisher, ESPN.com's Chris Broussard reports that the team has former NBA coach Mike Dunleavy on its short list, too:
New York Knicks president Phil Jackson continues to send out signals that he's in no rush to hire a coach until he can seriously discuss the position with Oklahoma City's Derek Fisher, according to sources close to the process.
Sources told ESPN.com on Sunday that Jackson is planning to proceed with a deliberate coaching search after the Knicks, convinced they were getting Steve Kerr, watched their runaway No. 1 candidate choose the Golden State Warriors instead.
Fisher's interest in coaching remains a matter of debate, with Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks telling the New York Daily News over the weekend that it wouldn't surprise him if the 18-year-veteran decided to play on for one more season. Either way, Fisher is trying to deflect all questions about his future — as a coach or front-office executive — until after the playoffs, hoping to limit distractions as the Thunder prepare to face the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference finals starting Monday night.
Sources say that in addition to Fisher, the Knicks still have interest in Denver Nuggets coach Brian Shaw but do not currently plan to ask the Nuggets' permission to speak with him. Because league rules restrict teams to offering only cash or draft picks as compensation for coaches, and not players, sources say New York fears it likely can't meet the Nuggets' demands if it were to try to get Shaw out of his contract.
Jackson's preference since ousting Mike Woodson has been hiring a coach he's worked with in the past, either as a player or a former assistant like Shaw. But sources say that the limited options at his disposal after missing out on Kerr could prompt the 11-time champion coach to start broadening his approach.
ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard reported over the weekend that Jackson has discussed the vacancy with veteran NBA coach Mike Dunleavy. Sources say Jackson has not ruled out a sit-down with Knicks fan favorite Mark Jackson, who has rejoined ESPN as a broadcaster after his dismissal by the Warriors.
No. 5: Bosh disappears in Game 1 loss — Chris Bosh's final stat line in Game 1 of the East finals read as follows: nine points (on 4-for-12 shooting), 0-for-5 on 3-pointers, four assists, two rebounds and a minus-16 overall. Not exactly what the Heat were hoping for from their All-Star forward and as our John Schuhmann details, his horrible game was a large reason why Miami finds itself in a 1-0 hold against Indiana:
The Pacers have not been a great team over the last few months. But they survived the first two rounds and seem to bring their best against the Heat, in part because they match up well. The Pacers have the size to punish the champs inside. The key is to just get their bigs the ball in position to score.
That happened early and often in Game 1. Though the Heat outscored the Pacers 54-38 in the paint, Indiana attempted 22 more free throws. They scored 107 points on just 88 possessions, by far their best offensive performance of the postseason.
"Our defense was unacceptable," Bosh said afterward. "They got everything that they wanted and we need to fix that."
Miami suffered breakdowns all over the place. Bosh was certainly not the only guilty party. But as one of the Heat's primary defenders on pick-and-rolls, it's his job to set the tone defensively. When the Miami defense is at its best, Bosh's activity is the biggest reason.
Not only was he a step slow in recovering to the Indiana bigs on Sunday, but they often outmuscled him in the paint. Bosh defended Roy Hibbert (5-for-13) in the post well enough, but his weak-side help on David West's rolls left something to be desired.
As a roll man, West usually has to try to beat the Heat from mid-range. In the regular season, 21 of his 47 shots against Miami were from outside the paint. But on Sunday, nine of his 11 shots came from inside the paint.
Bosh didn't meet West far enough from the basket, giving the Pacers' power forward too many quick and easy looks. West capped his afternoon by pump-faking Bosh out of his shorts and strolling by him for an easy dunk to put the Pacers up 16 with less than three minutes to go.
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ICYMI of the night: Even though the Heat fell in Game 1 of the East finals yesterday, this was a pretty amazing and-one 3-pointer from LeBron James late in the game …
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A Sandwich a Day: The Godmother at Bay Cities Italian Deli in Santa Monica, CA
A different sandwich profiled every single day.
In this great country of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around the country. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
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In Los Angeles, the prevailing sentiment seems to be that the sandwich has gone the way of our beloved La Brea Tar Pit mammoths: only the skeletal remains of the once-proud beasts live on in the tortas and lavash bread concoctions of our ethnic epicenters. Luckily, there's still one demographic with its mitts on the flaky underbelly of Los Angeles's ghost-like sandwich subculture: the Italians. Since 1929, Eastside Market downtown has been serving up otherworldly meatball subs, but the undisputed sandwich king of Los Angeles is, well, actually a queen.
"The Godmother" sandwich from Bay Cities Italian Deli in Santa Monica is a testament to old-world sandwiches still being done right, as the perpetual line in front of the deli counter can attest. Genoa salami, prosciutto, mortadella, coppacola, ham and provolone cheese are all thinly layered inside a crusty length of Italian bread.
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When you have two sofas or any larger seating arrangement, a big coffee table might seem like the obvious solution. But also consider a pair of matching coffee tables. They will keep the focus off one large piece of furniture and let your eye move around the room more easily. One classic coffee table size is 48 by 24 inches, so you can plan on that when thinking about your furniture arrangement. A large coffee table is often double that: 48 inches square.
If you don't want the coffee table to be the focus of the room, choose one with a glass top and a finish that blends with others in the room, as in this example. This will keep the eye interested in all the items in the room, not just one layer of the design. Metal bases with glass tops are another good choice to keep rooms feeling open. They're also great when you have a special rug and don't want to block views of it. Keep your glass cleaner handy, though, as there is no way around fingerprints. Keep in mind that with most glass tops — if they are not inset — you'll see a green tint on the sides. You can order a speciality glass that doesn't have this tint, but it's more expensive.
Sealers and, of course, coasters can help protect the surface from water damage. Sometimes a coffee table that isn't the standard height or width is exactly what a room needs. In this instance a very low coffee table creates a crisp horizontal plane in the foreground, offsetting the long horizontal line of the credenza in the background. A higher table would have blocked the view of the credenza and competed with it; the varying heights add interest.
First think about what you need your coffee table to do for you, or what your room is missing, then pick a table that provides the solution. Before buying a table, mark the footprint with painter's tape so you can see the scale of the piece in the room and how that affects the surrounding furniture. If you have a very large room and a large coffee table, you can break up the scale of the table by flanking it with pairs of ottomans or benches, as in this example. When there's a party, they can be moved out of the way for better circulation, but for everyday use these extra seats help connect the sofa at one end and the pair of chairs at the other end. Be sure to use a pair of ottomans — not just a single one.


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A 'heartthrob' among the Oscar winners
Robert Pattinson wasn't worried about his dramatic acting chops while making "Water for Elephants," but he is now.
The 24-year-old actor and "Twilight" heartthrob trades his pale skin and vampire fangs for a role as a veterinarian on a 1930s circus train in "Elephants," based on the 2006 best-selling novel, in theaters Friday.
Pattinson plays Jacob Jankowski, a veterinary student who hops a train and goes to work in a traveling circus. He quickly sets his sights on the star of the Benzini Bros. show, played by Reese Witherspoon, but lives under constant watch of her husband, an ambitious and often cruel ringmaster played by Christoph Waltz.
"There are about 15 Oscar winners at every level of the production," Pattinson says. "I had such an incredible time making it. I would love it if you could make movies and they were never released. That would be so cool. That would be the best job in the world. I'm only nervous now."
The soft-spoken British star became an instant international sensation when he was cast as romantic vampire Edward Cullen in "Twilight." He was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" and one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people. "Water for Elephants" is the biggest production Pattinson has appeared in post-"Twilight."
"The only thing you can do is try and work with the best people," he says.
His two Oscar-winning co-stars already have given his latest performance a thumbs-up.
Witherspoon calls him "the heart of this movie."
"I think people will be excited to see him in a different type of role than his 'Twilight' role," she says. "He takes you through and you see the movie through his eyes. It's a really beautiful experience to watch him start as an innocent and become a man through the film."
Waltz, who won the supporting actor Oscar last year for his role in "Inglourious Basterds," says Pattinson's work in "Elephants" is "extraordinary."
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Romney, who at the time hadn't yet declared his first presidential candidacy for 2008, told reporters and editors in Bloomberg News's Washington bureau that the 11 million immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally "are not going to be rounded up and box-carred out." Law-abiding people who pay taxes, learn English and don't rely on government benefits should be allowed to "get in line" to apply for citizenship, he said.
"We need to begin a process of registering those people, some being returned, and some beginning the process of applying for citizenship and establishing legal status," Romney said during the March 29, 2006, session.
The comments contrast with the position Romney took last week when he challenged Gingrich's assertion during a televised debate that the U.S. should have a "humane" immigration policy that allows some people who entered the country illegally long ago, have no criminal record, and have family, civic and religious ties to stay and get legal status. Romney called the approach "amnesty" and a magnet for illegality.
Not 'Moving Them Out'
In 2006, Romney said regarding undocumented immigrants in this country: "We're not going to go through a process of tracking them all down and moving them out."
He suggested that some could stay and pursue legal status while others are deported. "We should have those individuals who are here illegally begin a process either of returning to their homes -- particularly those that are unable to be here without government support or those who are involved in crime --or beginning a process of registering for a citizenship, applying for citizenship and then carrying out the process necessary to get there," Romney said.
While Romney and his campaign say there has been no change in his position on immigration, some strategists close to him say Romney did switch stances in 2007, after traveling to Iowa and hearing the depth of anti-immigration sentiment there. The chief of Romney's 2008 Iowa campaign, Doug Gross, called the shift a direct result of Romney grasping the "political implications" of his immigration stance.
Rift Over Immigration
Last week's exchange between Romney and Gingrich highlighted Republican rifts over immigration, an issue that can drive votes in the early contest states. Bloomberg News polls conducted Nov. 10-12 found that more than one- third of likely Republican caucus and primary voters in Iowa and New Hampshire said illegal immigration was a "critical" factor as they evaluated the presidential candidates. In Iowa, 73 percent said the issue was "critical" or "important," about the same as in New Hampshire, where 72 percent said so.
Gingrich, the former U.S. House speaker from Georgia whose recent poll surge has him competing with Romney for front-runner status, bucked what has become Republican orthodoxy on the issue and said he was "prepared to take the heat" for doing so.
"If you've come here recently, you have no ties to this country, you ought to go home, period. If you've been here 25 years and you got three kids and two grandkids, you've been paying taxes and obeying the law, you belong to a local church, I don't think we're going to separate you from your family, uproot you forcefully and kick you out," Gingrich said.
Amnesty an Incentive
"Amnesty is a magnet," Romney said during the Nov. 22 foreign-policy debate in Washington. "People respond to incentives. And if you could become a permanent resident of the United States by coming here illegally, you'll do so."
Lanhee Chen, Romney's policy director, said Romney "believes that illegal immigrants who apply for legal status should not be given any advantage over those who are following the law and waiting their turn." In a statement to Bloomberg News, Chen said Romney "absolutely opposes" allowing illegal immigrants "to cut in line."
Gingrich's campaign said Romney was trying to obfuscate his stance on immigration.
"Intentionally misleading the same people you're running to lead and represent isn't exactly the best quality for the next leader of the free world," said R.C. Hammond, a Gingrich spokesman. "Newt is being forthright on this. We refer to it as leadership, and we think it's what voters are actually looking for."
Previous Support
In a 2006 interview with the Boston Globe, Romney backed the approach in legislation crafted by Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona and the late Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts that would have created a path to legal status for illegal immigrants. Then-President George W. Bush, a Republican, also championed the approach.
After Romney detected the potency of the issue in Iowa, he changed course and began criticizing McCain during the 2008 presidential primary for pressing such a plan, one strategist close to his campaign said, speaking on condition of anonymity to avoid publicly disputing the candidate.
Gross of Iowa, who was chairman of Romney's 2008 presidential campaign in the state and is neutral this year, gave the same account. "Four years ago, you were coming right off the defeat of the Bush bill that people called amnesty, so a lot of the Republican base was red-hot over the issue -- it came up at every event here," Gross said.
Political Implications
Romney's decision to attack McCain on immigration, he added, "was in direct contrast to a lot of the statements he had made. He sensed the political implications of it, and that's why he was doing it."
Gross said he counseled Romney's aides at the time against making a tough anti-immigration stance a central theme of his campaign. "I thought it would make him look like he was flip-flopping and sort of feed the narrative that he would do or say anything to get elected," Gross said.
Gingrich revived that story line by taking to the social networking Web site Twitter last week to post a clip of a 2007 television interview in which Romney said illegal immigrants should be allowed to sign up for legal status.
Romney told Iowa voters during a Nov. 23 telephone call organized by his campaign that he has always believed that illegal immigrants should be sent back to their countries of origin to apply for such status. "I just don't think that those who have come here illegally should be given a special pathway, a special deal," Romney told a voter who questioned him on the issue.
Another Immigration Skirmish
The Romney and Gingrich skirmish isn't the first time the immigration issue has flared during the 2012 primary.
Texas Governor Rick Perry sparked a backlash among Republican activists when he said during a Sept. 22 debate that those who opposed allowing children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates -- a policy he has championed as governor -- didn't "have a heart." His opponents, particularly Romney, criticized him for the statement, and he ultimately retracted it. Perry still hasn't recovered from his drop in the polls following that episode and other debate gaffes.
A Bloomberg News poll released Nov. 15 found that 42 percent of likely Iowa Republican caucus attendees said past support for a law like the one Perry signed allowing in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrants would be a disqualifier for a presidential candidate. In New Hampshire, 51 percent said it would be grounds for ruling out a candidate.
Defining Issues
Gross said while Romney likely benefited from his strong criticism of Perry on that issue, he faces risks in making a hard-line stance on immigration a hallmark of his campaign given that jobs and the economy are the defining issues on voters' minds.
"What he needs to be careful about is, 2012 is not 2008. Immigration and social issues are not the defining issues for Republican caucus-goers," Gross said. "To the extent that he appears to pander on immigration issues, I think it will hurt."
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the economy, being the main contributors to employment in developing and developed countries. Despite their importance, access to finance is relatively limited when comparing to large firms and is a major operating constraint for SMEs. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) estimates that to satisfy the demand by formal SMEs around the world credit had to increase between 900 and 1,100 billion U.S. dollars in 2011.
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Author Notes: This punch is very easy to assemble, and can be enhanced with a nice cranberry or apple sorbet if you want to make it very festive. I highly recommend Jeni Bauer's Cranberry Royale Sorbet from her book, JENI'S SPLENDID ICE CREAM AT HOME. —Bevi
Food52 Review: Besides being festive and refreshing, Bevi's Sparkling Cranberry Apple Punch deserves kudos for the breathtaking ease which which it comes together! This time of year, we love ease. The only labor-intensive parts are squeezing the fresh lime juice (which gives the punch a nice zip) and making the Lady Apple ice floats, and you could really skip that and go for a regular ice ring to keep the whole thing chilled. We made two versions, one with sparkling apple cider (Martinelli's organic), which we had on hand, and the other with Knudsen's sparkling apple juice after we found it. We actually preferred the version with the cider as it was a bit less sweet. Love this punch for a party! —wssmom
Serves: 15-20 people
bottle dry prosecco or champagne
bottle 25. 4 oz. of sparkling apple juice (I like Knudson's)
bottle 25.4 oz. of sparkling cranberry juice
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- The night before or several hours prior to assembllng the punch, place lady apples in a few round containers, or in a bundt pan and fill with water. Freeze.
- Pour cold prosecco or champagne and both bottles of sparkling juices in a large bowl. Stir well, and then add lime juice gradually according to your taste preference.
- Run warm water over the frozen containers to loosen the ice floes. Place in the bowl to keep punch cold.
- Serve with a small dollop of sorbet in each glass if you desire.
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Mikie Poland does what he wants, and that is awesome. Some might read this and think that it's juvenile, but in a world where most people play a passive role in their own lives – I'm truly inspired by someone who is willing to pursue their passions with everything they have at their disposal. Poland is on the road about half the year touring with one of the two bands he plays in (Giving Up or State Champion), and spends much of his remaining time working odd jobs and helping to promote Sophomore Lounge Records in whatever way he can. As the web manager, primary art director, and right-hand-man of the label's creator (Ryan Davis) you might wonder where he finds time to do much else. As it turns out, there is a good amount of "downtime" in the van in between gigs, and Poland often spends this time productively. Whether he is drawing posters for upcoming shows or clever illustrations referencing everything from Jazz to Dracula – Poland stays busy.
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The High School Football season begins Friday for the majority of the area schools. Every year is different and every team is different but tradition and tradition of success remains. After looking at the schedules and knowing what each team has back I like the prospects of St. Cloud Tech in 2012. I expect the Tigers to finish the regular season with with record of 7-1 and be the #1 seed in their newly formed section.
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St. Cloud Tech 7-1 (Running back Jake Peterson too much for the rest of the CLC)
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My business partner and I are bor Ivy League MBA's starting an online dating site. We believe that the timing is right to create a cool, hip and trendy online product that will attract a superior dating pool, utilize traditional matchmaking practices (events, pre-verification etc), adopt social networking aspects (community) and use cutting edge technology (mobile apps, semantic web etc) to create instant connectivity currently missing in competitor products.
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I've been working on raising a seed round for my startup, Teamly, and it's become really clear to me from my experiences and from speaking to other entrepreneurs that the UK really lacks a culture of seed investing and this is starving potentially great companies from creating jobs and wealth. There's no shortage of schemes to encourage and accelerate entrepreneurship, but what's being done to get more people to get involved in angel investing here?
There's dozens of campaigns, competitions, online resources and organisations all geared towards encouraging and supporting entrepreneurship. A handful of the more notable ones: StartupBritain, BusinessZone, Business Link / Business Gateway, Global Entrepreneurship Week, If We Can You Can, Entrepreneurs Forum, Smarta, Prince's Trust / PSYBT, SmallBusiness.co.uk, The National Enterprise Academy, Startups.co.uk, Shell Livewire, Entrepreneurs Business Academy, School for Startups and [London] Entrepreneurial Exchange
But what exists to encourage angel investing? Should we be encouraging people to set up businesses when there is a lack of capital to help nurture and develop these new businesses?
Perhaps you're an individual of high net worth and you've heard about the excellent Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) tax breaks, if you went on to the HMRC website you wouldn't exactly feel inspired. Even if you manage to find the official British Business Angels Association you will find just a one page introduction to angel investing. Come on guys, you can do better!
I have an example of the type of person we should be encouraging to angel invest: he is the founder of a very successful online retailer who recently exited for multi-millions to a publicly listed company. After 15 years of hard work this entrepreneur has bought a million pound house in the countryside and is sitting on the rest of his money while he relaxes. This is someone who has valuable domain expertise, and could really play a part in funding and advising the next generation but has opted out from that. This wouldn't happen in silicon valley, where money is far more likely to be recycled, and a new generation of entrepreneurs and businesses are created with help from the advice and money of those who have gone before. I know there are countless other examples of successful entrepreneurs that somehow get into angel investing. It's definitely a virtuous circle, if you received angel funding you're more likely to subsequently become an angel.
It's not just that we need more capital in the system to seed companies, but we need better quality angels as well. One unintended consequence of the EIS scheme is that it perhaps encourages those who aren't really cut out to be an angel to look at it as an alternative to a deposit account. Dragons' Den is perhaps a double-edged sword, while it definitely raises the profile of angel investing and entrepreneurship I cringe at the thought of the imitators across the country trying to be all hard nosed and dragon-like. (I met one such individual… shudder… not a fun meeting).
The existing angels we do have are also spoiled for choice because they are getting the opportunity to invest for equity on deals which ought to be funded by bank debt. This is down to our non-functioning banks who won't lend even to established businesses with proven track-records. If you are an angel, with limited resources (money) and limited capacity (time) for doing deals, which would you rather go for? The seed stage startup doing something new and innovative which could be huge, but so far hasn't delivered any revenue, or the long established company in a traditional sector you understand which just needs some additional capital to generate more revenue and profits?
What about VCs, are they seed funding startups? According to BVCA figures quoted in Management Today, funding for startups declined from £125m in 2009 to just £46m in 2010. This is another area where our friends in silicon valley do much better as there are far more VCs doing seed deals, and some that specialise in only these type of deals. The underinvestment in seed stages though makes it less likely the VCs will find those juicy later stage deals, because less companies will get to that stage without an influx of early capital. Without an infusion of capital early on many great companies are dying before they've even had a chance.
What needs to happen:
1. We need to raise the profile of angel investing and share best practice.
2. We need to encourage more "smart" angel investors to enter the system.
3. We need to encourage newer investors and other sources of "dumb" money to invest alongside "smart" money so that the money goes further and can help more startups.
4. We need to ensure the banks lend to the businesses that are bankable so that angel's risk capital can be freed up for the deals it ought to be funding.
5. We need to encourage more VCs like Passion Capital to be set up and invest at earlier stages.
But who can make any of this happen? Fortunately this Government is listening and responding to matters involving the economy and job creation. Last night at an event organised by SkillsMatters I put some of these suggestions to Eric van der Kleij, the head of Number Ten's new Tech City Investment Organisation and I was delighted with his positive response: He genuinely loved the idea to encourage more angel investing and said it's going to the "top of the list", and seemingly reading my mind said "there must be a TV show in this!"
Do you have an idea for how we can encourage this new wave of seed investing in promising UK startups?
Please contribute in the comments!
Here's 3 ideas of mine to get the ball rolling:
1. Reach out to high net-worth individuals you know and ask them to consider angel investing.
2. Encourage smart, experienced angels to register on AngelList.
3. Start an angel syndicate (Eric called out for someone to create the Tech City Angels – great idea!).


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Energy: Commission sets out new safety standards for offshore oil and gas operations
Brussels – 27 October. The likelihood of a major offshore accident in European waters remains unacceptably high. With a stringent safety regime it is possible to bring the risk of such an accident down to the absolute minimum. Damage done to the environment and coastal economies can be significantly reduced if an effective emergency response plan is put in place beforehand. This is why the European Commission has proposed today a new law which will ensure that European offshore oil and gas production will respect the world's highest safety, health and environmental standards everywhere in the EU.
Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger said: "Today, most oil and gas in Europe is produced offshore, often in harsh geographical and geological conditions. Given our growing energy demand, we will need all the oil and gas from beneath our seas. But we need to prevent accidents like Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico from happening. Securing best industry practices in all our offshore operations is an undisputable must. Today's proposal is a crucial step forward towards safer offshore activities to the benefit of our citizens and our environment".
Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said: "We have learnt our lessons from last year's Deepwater Horizon accident. Today's proposed regulation will help us prevent such future crises from happening in all marine waters which fall under EU Member States' jurisdiction. This safety update is good news for the environment, but it's also good news for business which will be able to deploy its operations in a predictable framework. There is ample evidence from past accidents that prevention is better than cure."
The new draft regulation sets clear rules that cover the whole lifecycle of all exploration and production activities from design to the final removal of an oil or gas installation. Under the control of the National regulatory authorities, European industry will have to assess and further improve safety standards for offshore operations on a regular basis. This new approach will lead to a European risk assessment that upgrades continuously by taking into account new technology, new know-how and new risks. It introduces requirements for effective prevention and response of a major accident:
Oil and gas have been extracted from beneath the seabed in Europe since the 1970s. Today, over 90% of oil and over 60% of gas produced in the EU and Norway comes from offshore operations. There are more than 1000 offshore oil or gas installations in operation in European waters. Whilst most production is from the North Sea region, and most of the oil come from the UK and Norway, interest is developing throughout the EU offshore provinces and 13 Member States (UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Malta and Cyprus) have awarded offshore oil and gas licences.
The offshore industry in different Member States operates to different environmental, health and safety standards. To date EU legislation does not cover all the aspects of the offshore oil and gas industry and national legislation is very different between Member States. Despite action by some Member States to reform their systems after disasters in the North Sea in the 1980s there is still a significant risk of severe accidents in the EU. Past events show that at least 14 major offshore disasters – such as well blow-outs and total loss of production platforms - have occurred around the world in the last 30 years, 5 of them in the last 10 years. Possible consequences of a major accident are extreme. They include loss of lives, major environmental damage, and collateral damage to coastal and marine livelihoods. In financial terms, as we have seen, an event on the scale of the Gulf of Mexico disaster can cause damages of Euro 30 billion.
In conjunction to this legislative proposal, the Commission is putting forward a proposal for the EU to accede to a Protocol of the Barcelona Convention that protects the Mediterranean against pollution from offshore exploration and exploitation activities (see IP/11/1261).
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A wind farm which opened in this week in West Virginia marks an important milestone in wind energy — the farm is using a battery system to store energy and improve performance. Laurel Mountain wind farm, which consists of 61 turbines spread out over 12 miles, is designed to be more grid friendly, smoothing out the bumps in energy production, which will hopefully allow it to be more profitable. The battery bank is not an exotic new technology, but a string of 1.3 million D and C cell Li-ion batteries which can store a fraction of the farm's output.
The battery technology developed by A123 and implemented by AES Corporation is roughly a mega sized version of the battery packs used in things like cordless tools. The car company Tesla had a similar idea when they produced the Roadster. Rather than waiting on a new battery technology, using existing off-the-shelf products and engineering the systems around the basic lithium ion battery cell is provin to be a very potent way to realize real world systems.
One of the great debates on converting to renewable energy is of course the problem of storage. The grid needs a very specific amount of energy at any given time, but the variability of wind makes it more difficult as the total energy produced grows and potentially destabilizes the grid. The 32 MW battery bank can only store about 15 minutes of peak energy from the 98 MW farm, but that is enough to make the power easier to be sold to the energy suppliers market thus adding value. The system can also better match the 60 cycles on the grid, making better use of the wind turbine's energy when they ramp up or down.
The grid performance of using batteries at scale may even potentially outperform currently technologies like natural gas turbines which are often used to quickly supply electricity. Batteries provide instant power on demand and give either renewable energy or carbon based sources a chance to catch up.
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Verdict in Fla. attorney's trial could affect other cases in alleged $300M gambling scheme
ORLANDO, Fla. – No matter how a jury decides the fate of a well-known Jacksonville, Fla., attorney charged with operating a gambling network under the guise of a veterans' charity, the verdict in Kelly Mathis' trial will affect the two dozen or so co-defendants still waiting for their cases to be resolved, some defendants' attorneys say.
Jurors at Mathis' trial were to resume deliberating Friday on whether he committed any crime in his work for his client, Allied Veterans of the World. Jurors deliberated for five hours Thursday. Prosecutors said Internet cafes operated by Allied Veterans were a front for a $300 million gambling operation that gave very little to veterans' charities.
An acquittal of Mathis would likely cause many of the remaining defendants to seek to have their charges dropped since "the judge doesn't want to try the same case again" if a jury already has acquitted a major defendant, said attorney Don Lykkebak, whose client, Allied Veterans defendant James Hill, reached a deal with prosecutors last month.
A conviction, on the other hand, would likely have defense attorneys seeking plea deals for their clients, said attorney Cheney Mason, whose client, Allied Veterans defendant Anthony Parker, also reached a deal with prosecutors last month.
"I would suspect those lawyers and clients by that point in time will be encouraged to make deals," Mason said.
But statewide prosecutor Nick Cox was adamant Thursday that Mathis' verdict will have no effect on the other cases.
"People think that if there's an acquittal, we're going to stick our tail between our legs and run. We're not," Cox said. "If people think I'm going to wholesale dismiss these cases, it's not going to happen."
Mathis was the first of 57 defendants to go on trial in the Allied Veterans case that led to the resignation of Florida's lieutenant governor and a ban on all Internet cafes in the state earlier this year. Former Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll's public relations firm once represented Allied Veterans. She was not charged with any wrongdoing.
Roughly half of the defendants have reached deals with prosecutors and the others have yet to resolve their cases.
Mathis is charged with 104 counts, including racketeering, conspiracy, helping run a lottery and possessing slot machines.
The heart of jurors' deliberations lies in determining whether gambling or promotional games were operated at the nearly 50 Internet cafes operated by Mathis' client, Allied Veterans of the World.
Mathis, a former president of the Jacksonville bar, said he did nothing wrong. During closing arguments for the defense, his attorneys said prosecutors misinterpreted what was a gaming promotion and labeled it as gambling.
"They haven't proven it's gambling, number one, and they haven't proven that Mr. Mathis was a part of the organization, number two," defense attorney Mitch Stone said Wednesday.
Prosecutors said Mathis and his associates built the operation by claiming the stores were businesses where customers could buy Internet time, when in reality most customers played slot machine games with names such as "Captain Cash," ''Lucky Shamrocks" and "Money Bunny."
"None of these people wanted to come here for Internet time because they were selling games," Cox told jurors Thursday during a prosecution rebuttal in closing arguments. "The Internet time was a sham, a complete sham."
Mathis and his firm made $1.5 million a year doing work for Allied Veterans. He should have known Allied Veterans was breaking the law, and that the owners of the affiliates relied on his advice that what they were doing was legal, Cox said.
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Brace yourselves. I'm about to come out in favor of infidelity.
Not marital infidelity, of course, or even brand infidelity. (I believe once you choose a type of coffee, you and that beverage must remain forever bound, as the gods of capitalism intended.)
But fidelity to your employer is another matter. Ambrose Bierce, a 19th century author and journalist, wrote that fidelity is "a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed."
Never has that been more true than in today's workplace, where many of us are one bad earnings report or one lost client away from joining the swollen ranks of the unemployed. A recent USA Today/Gallup poll found that American workers are expressing near-record-high concerns about the stability of their jobs and income — 3 in 10 say they worry they could be laid off soon.
I've received several questions from readers — some worried about their jobs going away, others unsatisfied with their career paths — asking when to start looking elsewhere. Should I stay put given the state of the economy? Should I just be happy to have a job?
Answers came to me in a surprising setting: in the basement of a Catholic church on the South Side of Chicago, speaking to a support group for unemployed people. One of the group's organizers asked me to come, and I said I would, if I could bring someone who actually knows what she's talking about. That person was Karen Goins, a career coach and head of the consulting firm KS Goins & Associates.
As Goins spoke, it dawned on me that the advice she was giving to people looking for work could — and perhaps should — be followed by the employed as well.
Distilled to its essence, Goins said you should never stop looking for a job, even if you have one. You should always have your eyes open, always be networking and asking around about other opportunities, and never accept that you're stuck in a job for life.
"When you stop believing that you're a valuable person and that someone can benefit from having you, that's when hopelessness and fear and stress move in," she said. "And once they move in, they're hard to get out."
So if you're looking for work, you can't let yourself give up, or you're dead in the water. And if you have a job you're not crazy about, you can't stop believing you're worthy of something better.
Goins asked one woman in the group what kind of work she was looking for. The woman said: "I'm looking for a job, hopefully, in accounting or accounts receivable."
Goins stopped her and pointed out that she had used the word "hopefully."
"Is that what's really in your heart?" Goins asked.
"I don't know," the woman said. "I'm older and I know I can change, but I'm not really sure what I want."
It was a teachable moment.
Goins said everyone in the room needed to take some time — away from the computer, away from the day-to-day slog of a job search — and focus on what they truly want to do for a living. Identify the jobs that would bring them joy and fulfillment and make them feel excited.
"Don't look for what you've always done and have hated," she said. "You can spend as much time looking for something you hate as you can spend looking for something you love. It's up to you."
Again, this applies as much to the out-of-work folks at that meeting as it does to the person in the cubicle watching the clock tick away the days and wondering whether it might be time to make a career move. Even in a rotten job market, nobody needs to feel stuck. If you're lucky enough to be working, take advantage of the fact that you have a steady income and use your time to carefully consider a next step — and then chart a path to get there.
Goins' primary tactical message to job seekers is to network. In fact, she gave the people in that church basement an unusual assignment: Stay away from the computer for three full days.
As expected, this brought gasps and near-immediate signs of withdrawal. But her point is sound and, again, applicable to the employed and unemployed.
The computer has become a networking crutch. It is endlessly useful for researching companies and careers, and identifying industry trends and areas of opportunity. But electronic networking and purely electronic job searches are not the way to go.
"I call the computer the black box," Goins said. "It's like a slot machine that you have in your house. And that's about how much it's worth. You can apply for 400 jobs on the black box, and you won't hear anything back about any of them. You have to get off that black box and get out there and network face to face."
Think about the way you stay connected with most people. It's very likely through Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media networks, maybe through email. Half the time I communicate with co-workers via instant messaging rather than walking 50 feet and talking to them.
In a working world in which job security is dodgy at best, our dependency on electronic connections is risky. Whether you're out of work, in work and not happy, or in work and happy, it's foolish not to aggressively meet with people.
Go out to lunch with friends who work in other industries, grab a beer with former colleagues. Go to community meetings, hit industry conferences. Talk to people on the train (except for the ones who look like they might bite).
"The world is full of great people who want to help you," Goins said. "You just can't be afraid to get out there and meet them."
And you can't be afraid to flirt with other opportunities. You think your company wouldn't do the same thing behind your back, possibly ogle a younger employee who might do your job for less pay?
Get out there and play the field. Have a rendezvous with a recruiter. Keep a wandering eye, no matter how good your job has been to you.
This ain't love, it's business. And if you happen to find something that makes you happier, go for it.
Just tell your employer the truth: "It's not you, baby. It's me."
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Marquinhos' agent has rubbished rumours that his client is about to sign for Barcelona, after reports emerged of the Spanish giants' interest.
The 19-year-old has had an impressive season at the heart of Roma's defence and it was thought that Tito Vilanova was close to agreeing a deal that would bring the Brazilian to the Nou Camp.
"The interest of Barcelona? He is a Roma player and he remains at Rome," said Marquinhos' agent Roberto Calenda.
Calenda confirmed to Radio Sportiva that the combative centre-back is still very committed to his current club.
He said: "It is inevitable that there are interests for a player so young and already regular in an important team.
"He still has a four-year contract with Roma and then I would not do fantasy flights."
Barcelona are known to be in the hunt for defenders as their current back-line is sparse in numbers and they have been forced to experiment with putting the likes of Alex Song in at centre-back to cover for absentees.
They also tried to promote Marc Bartra to the first-team towards the end of last season, but it is thought that they still want to add more players to cover this position during the summer transfer window.
Marquinhos made 26 appearances for Roma last season after his signing from Corinthians and it is understood that Rudi Garcia's side are keen to keep hold of their young asset.
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CHICAGO -- A loss for 24 Hour Fitness is Bally Total Fitness' gain. Bally announced today it has appointed Michael Sheehan as its new chief executive officer, effective July 1. Sheehan had been the chief operating officer at 24 Hour since 2005 and was with that company the last seven years, also serving as an executive vice president.
Bally has not had a CEO since Barry Elson stepped down as acting CEO on May 31, 2007. Elson had taken over for Paul Toback, who was ousted as Bally's chairman and CEO in August 2006.
Don Kornstein had been serving as Bally's interim chairman since Toback's departure and was named chief restructuring officer after Elson's resignation. Kornstein left his post last November and is now serving as Bally's non-executive chairman of the board, a spokesperson said.
Bally filed for Chapter 11 protection in July of last year but emerged from bankruptcy just two months later. After time on the New York Stock Exchange and later on the Pink Sheets exchange, Bally became a private company.
Before Bally filed for bankruptcy, Michael Feder, a managing director at financial advisory firm AlixPartners, joined the company as its new chief operating officer. Feder replaced John Wildman, who became Bally's interim chief marketing officer and senior vice president for sales.
Feder is pleased with Sheehan's hiring.
"Our board of directors was committed to hiring a CEO who was the best possible fit for the role, and they have certainly achieved that goal," Feder said in a statement. "We believe that Mike has the ideal blend of experience, leadership skills, creativity and commitment to health and fitness. I am confident that under Mike's leadership, Bally will thrive."
Sheehan, who also will serve on Bally's board of directors, had previously played operational, finance and sales roles with multi-unit consumer retailers, including management roles with Pepsico, Nestle and Yum Brands, a food service holding company with well-known brands including Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut.
"I am looking forward to joining the Bally team and I am eager to add value to this established brand," Sheehan said in a statement. "For many years, Bally has been a leader in the fitness industry—Bally's facilities, fitness programming and personnel are among the best in the business. Under my leadership, Bally will continue to focus on providing high-quality comprehensive fitness experiences to our members."
In an interview with Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro in March, 24 Hour CEO Carl Liebert said that he relied heavily on Sheehan's expertise as he increased his knowledge about the fitness industry. Liebert came to 24 Hour after serving as executive vice president of The Home Depot.
After learning of Sheehan's departure, a 24 Hour company spokesperson said: "While we are disappointed by Mike's decision, 24 Hour Fitness will continue to execute our plans for growth and maintain our position as the recognized leader within the industry."
Sheehan's departure is the latest personnel move for 24 Hour this year. In January, 24 Hour founder Mark Mastrov resigned as chairman of the board. Soon after, four other executives left the company: Tony Bakos, vice president and general counsel; Mike Feinman, vice president; Don Harbich, vice president; and Adam Loew, vice president of new club development. Feinman resigned to become the chief operating officer for Gold's Gym International.
"I have known, worked for and partnered with Mike for over 10 years in both the quick-service restaurant and fitness industries," Feinman said in an e-mail. "He is a hard driving, bright executive. I wish him the very best of luck in his new endeavor."
Two other 24 Hour executives, Jim Rowley and Steve Clinefelter, either resigned or retired in the spring. Chief Financial Officer Colin Heggie replaced Clinefelter as president of California Fitness in Asia. Dan Benning, who had served as 24 Hour's senior vice president of club operations, replaced Rowley as north division president. Jeffrey Boyer was appointed the new chief financial officer, and Tony Wells was promoted from senior vice president of marketing to chief marketing officer.
In today's statement, Bally said it has 352 facilities operating under the Bally Total Fitness and Bally Sports Clubs brands. When the company filed for bankruptcy last year, it had more than 375 facilities in 26 states plus Mexico, Korea, China and the Caribbean. Two years ago, Bally boasted at least 400 clubs in operation.


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There are lots of well-known celebrities who love gambling in casinos. Sharon Stone is well known for playing poker regularly in casinos. You might do a double take if you saw her in a casino simply because she famously played a gangsters moll in the Martin Scorsese classic 'Casino' which is probably the most famous casino film ever made starring legendary actor Robert De Niro.
Stone, like many other A listers, lives in Hollywood. Hollywood is extremely close to Las Vegas, so lots of celebrities make that short trip from Hollywood to Las Vegas to enjoy all it has to offer on a regular basis. She particularly likes going to Caesar's Palace, the Bellagio and the Palms. Sharon Stone owns a ranch in Australia, so she goes there quite often. When she is in the country, she always makes a visit to the Crown Casino in Melbourne.
Sharon Stone is not the only actress who is good at poker through. Jennifer Tilly and Shannon Elizabeth both take the game very seriously and have been competing in tournaments for years. Shannon Elizabeth was instrumental in the opening of a new dedicated poker room at the Caesars palace casino. This room has been complimented for its design, and many other casinos have taken inspiration from it. Both have taken up poker full time at different points in their careers moving back and forth between acting and gambling as their main source of income and enjoying the ability to do so.
Some celebrities are more successful than others when playing casino games. Tobey McGuire has taken part in many live tournaments over the years too, and his winnings are said to be something in the region of $10 million dollars. Many poker professionals have spoken highly of him, so he is well respected in the casino world.


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Simply put, Ian Ruhter is an inspiring human being. His start in the snowboard industry wasn't exactly a promising one, as a pro rider known as the "Green Cowboy" and thought of as a rowdy, misguided kid. But over time Ian put down the snowboard, picked up a camera, and climbed his way through the ranks of snowboard documenters to being one of the few really pushing the limits of what could be done with a camera. Recently parting ways with his position as lead staff photographer for Forum, Special Blend, and Foursqure Ian has found another way to break the boundaries with his "Silver & Light" project. Dropping everything and following his passion, Ian managed to turn an entire truck into one giant camera. Through one of the original photographic processes known as wet plate collodion, he is making a name for himself on a whole other level.
I caught up with Ian as he cruised through Los Angeles with his photo truck and put together the video below. Learn more about his career in snowboarding and his latest project in the interview the follows the video. – Laura Austin
L: Tell us a brief history of your career leading up to now… you used to be a pro rider right?
I: I grew up in Lake Tahoe and I started snowboarding since I was surrounded by mountains, and than I got good at it and got sponsored, and the next thing you know people are wanting to take pictures of me for magazines. As time went by that all came to an end, but it really sparked an interest in photography with me, in those photographers. Like Bud Fawcett was a big influence, Chris Carnel, and Justin Hostynek, to name a few. I probably missed some dudes.
L: Kevin Jones also played a big part in your career didn't he?
I: Oh the biggest, the biggest. When I got I started, I was on LaMar and that's how I met Kevin. In snowboarding I was really rowdy and just misguided. People probably didn't have a lot of faith in what I could do, cause I was just really wild. So then going into photography and taking that serious as a career, no one at that point had faith that I would ever do anything with it based on my prior experiences in snowboarding. But Kevin Jones and Jimmy Halopoff, the first year I said "Hey I want to take photos," they really took me under their wing, and they were like "Ok Ian". I remember being so broke that I couldn't even afford to buy film, and those two guys bought me my first hundred rolls of film. I mean that was huge, and then Kevin Jones was like the greatest snowboarder of all time at that point. And he brought me out to shoot with him, and it was a favor, but his career was in my hands. If I didn't capture these tricks and these things he was doing than his career was going to suffer, so there was a lot of faith in that.
L: In snowboarding I remember you as the photographer who was always pushing the boundaries of what could be done with snowboard photography… What made you want to go above and beyond and put in the extra effort to make something different?
I: At the time, the guys that I was working with were pushing snowboarding to the next level. With the tricks they were really pushing it, so I felt it was my obligation to push as hard as they did in my photography. It wasn't just like "Ok whatever," and exploit it. We were all pushing that hard to really give back.
L: Do you have a most memorable snowboard shot or shoot that you have done?
I: Oh wow, there's so many. One that comes to my mind, is a shoot I did a shoot for Transworld in Chile, and it was one of the only times in my whole career that it was strictly just a photo shoot, no filming. And what was a summer trip turned out to be like a photo annual cover and a spread in there, and it was really cool to be able to work on that level with people and JUST focus on photography and nothing else. It was really cool that Forum let me do that.
L: To go along with that… do you feel like photography has taken a backseat to video these days?
I: I could only really speak to my experience. I think just in general that photography, as of right now because of the internet and everything, everyone wants content so fast. So I think the quality of photography and the video work has kind of been modified to fit these needs of just pushing things out so fast. I think it affects both you know.
L: You shot the whole Foursquare campaign using the wet plate process. Can you tell us a little bit about that?
I: I didn't tell Foursquare at the time, I know like Knox and Keller knew, but I didn't even have the process completely figured out at that point. They just went out and really trusted that when it was time to deliver, I would deliver. And there's a lot of stuff that no one had ever done with wet plate photography level, no one, and especially not on the snow. No one had even come close to using artificial light to freeze action with a wet plate camera. It was really one of the scariest moments in my career. They really invested in me with the budget and everything that I would deliverer, and it was really intense to be able to make that happen.
L: And are you happy with how those photos turned out?
I: I'm super happy with it. The reason why it worked is because it was a collaboration between so many guys. Even the riders, to the people helping at Mammoth, everyone pitched in, it wasn't just the efforts of me. And that's how things get done, is when you have a really good group.
L: What made you want to branch out from working specifically in snowboarding?
I: Well, ahh lets see… I'll put it into snowboard terms so people can understand. It would be like if for the past ten years you only could ride the park, you know, and you get bored with that and want to go out in the backcountry. I want to explore more avenues and more things, it's just about continuing on that spirit of pushing myself.
L: With digital photography so accessible right now, what influenced you to go in a complete opposite direction… even to make your own camera, and out of a truck no less?
I: Yea, I feel like in the last ten years I had been learning and growing, I didn't have any formal schooling, so everything I had done was just learning. I got to a point where I wanted to have my own signature and my own style. So to do that, I felt like I needed to make my own film and my own camera that would take photos the way that I wanted to take them. I created this whole project around the way I wanted to photograph things.
L: So you just felt like everything else looks the same and you wanted to make something that was completely unique to yourself?
I: Yea, people think I hate digital and I don't. It's more like I had a vision in my mind, how I see the world, and there wasn't the tools and pieces for me to make those images, so I dreamt up this whole thing to produce what was in my mind and in my heart.
L: It looks like the process involves a lot of chemicals. Are any of those dangerous?
I: Yeah, its dangerous. But it's no more dangerous than going out on a snowmobile standing on a slope wondering if an avalanche is going to take you out, its just part of it.
L: What is the general idea of the project you're doing now "Silver & Light".
I: What we'd like to do, and I believe we can do, is connect everyone, and not just America, in the world through this project. Were using the social networking sites to connect everyone. When we shoot them through photo and video, we use those people to link to the next person in the project.
L: What's your biggest struggle with this project so far.
I: We are really trying to work on getting financing and sponsors for the project cause it's become quite expensive, so that's our only limitation as this point.
L: What do you want this project to lead into? Do you plan on making a book, a movie, an art show, all of the above?
I: We are currently releasing pieces on the internet. But we're also filming in a way that, over the next couple years or however long it takes, to release a larger documentary about America. Then the photos would be put into a book that accompanies that.
L: What do you hope people take away from what you're doing, obviously not everyone can go out and make their own camera, but is there a bigger picture that you want people to take away from what you're doing?
I: The bigger picture is, no matter what you're doing, it's important to take time out and follow your dreams. You know, if you dreams are snowboarding or learning a new trick, or if your dream is to have a family or whatever… it's important to step aside and try to really follow some of your own dreams. That's the message behind the whole thing.
L: Was it scary for you to decide to take that step? To drop everything, and put all your resources into this project?
I: Yeah, this is by far been the scariest thing I've ever done in so many different ways. When it started I was investing in something that I didn't even know if it would work. I didn't know if we could make the camera, or make images to that size, or if we could even travel on our first trip. By far on every level, financially, emotionally, like you go down the list, its been the most terrifying thing that I've ever done, but also the most rewarding.
To keep up with what Ian is doing follow his Tumblr and his Facebook Page.


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COLD SPRING, Ky. (WKRC) - Police say that a 13-year-old boy led them on a chase in a stolen vehicle and eventually crashed into a patrol vehicle.
At 3:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Cold Spring and Highland Heights Police in Kentucky became involved in the pursuit of a stolen vehicle.
The suspect reportedly stole his mother's vehicle and was driving at over 100 miles per hour on 471.
After three minutes, the teen driver lost control at the intersection of University Drive and Nunn Drive and struck a Campbell County Police Patrol vehicle, causing airbag deployment and injuring an officer.
The officer and suspect were both taken to Saint Elizabeth Fort Thomas Hospital.
The collision report is being handled by the NKU Police Department and the teen's arrest is being handled by Cold Spring Police.