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So i had this plan i was going to go to NY and see the sites take a million pics and post them all here. I was going to write about how the light of Chanukah shines through no matter where you are.
I was going to show off pictures of Rozie with her favorite guy, Uncle Moishy. I was going to snap away as my little ones played the huge piano in Fao Schwarz. I was going to record Rozie's face as she walked into the American Girl doll store for the first time. Well none of this happened. Rozie got a fever as soon as we touched NY soil. We also discovered she has a horrific fear of her favorite child singer, and huddled in fear from good ol Uncle Moishy. We never made it to Fao Schwarz, or the American Girl Doll store because this mommy forgot that it was x-mas on Sunday and all our favorite spots would be closed, but have no fear folks Starbucks was open. Needless to say things didn't turn out the way i planned, and we left early to bring a sick baby home to the comfort of her own bed and her own doctor that knows my little girl like the back of his medically blessed hand. I did have one awesome highlight to the trip i got to meet my favorite singer and online friend in real life. Can you guess who it is? Here is a hint......
Now im wishing NY was a bit closer. Great meeting you Chanale till next time....
This Chanukah was a learning experience for me. Remember here I told you guys i was trying out the gift a night thing for my kids for Chanukah this year, and i have to say it was a huge mistake. I had this plan that my kids would get this cuddly warm feeling about the gifts, and we would all light Menorah together open a gift and bask in the glow of the days of light.
Instead my kids only wanted to light the Menorah so we could get to the present part. They even started getting a little chutzpah towards the end about what they got, and asked for things to be returned when they didn't like them. The presents became somewhat of a obsession and i was biting the inside of my cheek not to lose it with them. The last straw for me was when my middle one got some gelt ( money) and he wanted to go right away to buy more toys with the money. I kept telling him to be patient and we would go later but he wouldn't let it go and asking me on an hourly basis when we could go. Im telling you i turned around to see my sweet boy sitting in a pile of new toys whining to go to the store to buy more. Ok that really didn't happen but it felt like it did,and i wasn't recognizing who my kids had become.
Next year we are not doing the scheduled present thing. Not sure what i will do but this year will not be replayed. Its amazing how quickly a little over consumption can change a person. The strange thing was i didn't go overboard. Its not like i bought them a PlayStation and new bikes.
It was little trinkets like a harmonica and a little doll bed the size of a small shoe box. It didn't matter they liked the idea and they wanted and wanted more. The last night i was so fed up that i gave Dovie a candy Lolly he always asks for in the market and a tiny tea set for Rozie i bought in the Rite Aid dollar section. Dovie looked at me and said this is it , and i looked back and said ya if you don't want it im sure Rozie would. Not one of my prouder parenting moments, but i was fed up. Rozie happened to love her tea set that had tea cups big enough to sit on the tip of my finger.
I had one just like it as a child and i cherished it. I really think i could of split the set up and given her a piece of the set each night and she would of been happy. Oh next year, next year. So between NY fevers, Uncle Moishy fear, over gifted kids, and a not so happy mommy this has been a Chanukah to remember. With all that said i was sad to see it go. I am sad to put the Menorahs away and take the Menorah off the car.
Chanukah is like that a golden path that even if the steps of the way are a little hard to walk on, and you slip on the shiny substance, it is still easy to see what is ahead. This is Chanukah, a light and it glows no matter what else is in its path. I hope each and every one of you found your Chanukah path and filled your hearts with the glow.Till next year my friends!


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"I have to share with you some disturbing news," says Virg Bernero, the Democratic nominee for governor. "We've also learned another one of Mr. Snyder's companies has created jobs in China as recently as a couple of months ago."
And they were off.
Bernero began the hour-long debate Sunday by charging that a Rick Snyder company is taking jobs to China. It's a claim Snyder dispels as a gross exaggeration.
"It's a small office with a card table on it to sell to the Chinese," Snyder says. "Where our research is based, as I said in the debate, in Ann Arbor, Michigan."
This was the first time we've seen the men debate each other. They touched on many topics, from the economy to education.
"Instead of putting a bandaid on something, instead of addressing a symptom, let's address the issue-- let's eliminate the Michigan Business Tax," says Snyder.
"People ask me, what's the next big thing in Michigan?" Bernero says. "The next big thing is in the mind of a child sitting in a class in Detroit."
There were some tense moments, like when Snyder talked about the creation of the Michigan Business Tax.
"It's just like Lansing went to the video store and rented Dumb and Dumber," Snyder says.
"It's funny my opponent talks about Dumb and Dumber-- he's got one of them working for him. One of the guys who authored the MBT he wants to eliminate is actually Brian Calley, his Lt. Governor," Bernero comes back.
Snyder-- who has gone on record saying he doesn't like debates because they're usually soundbites and bickering--weighs in on this one.
"There were points of thoughtfulness, but in many respects-- how much time was spent going back and forth talking about things that weren't about creating jobs and keeping our young people here?" Snyder says.
"Perhaps people can see now why he [Snyder] doesn't want another debate. Because when the truth comes out, we scratch beneath the veneer," we don't know who he really is, Bernero says.

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CLEVELAND -- The A's went down meekly to the Cleveland Indians 1-0 on Tuesday night despite a masterful job by Tommy Milone, who became just the second pitcher in Oakland history to pitch seven innings or more, allow no earned runs and no walks and lose.
More than that, the A's have lost right fielder Josh Reddick for at least a few days and possibly a good deal longer. And they're asking, "What now?"
This is a team that leads the American League in runs scored but also is tied for the lead in being shut out the most (four times). Given that kind of Jekyll and Hyde performance, Oakland needs to make some changes.
The A's built the roster in the offseason to give themselves plenty of outfield depth. But with Reddick joining Coco Crisp and Chris Young on the unable-to-perform list, three-fifths of that outfield depth is sidelined.
Oakland could be looking at bringing up Shane Peterson. The outfielder has been up once already and is hitting .304 at Triple-A Sacramento.
Daric Barton could be another possibility. He was taken out by the River Cats in mid-game in Memphis Tuesday, but he's not on the 40-man roster, meaning a move with him would be more difficult to make.
Barton, if recalled, could play first base, which would allow Brandon Moss to move back to the outfield, which is where he played until moving to first base last year.
Prospect Michael Choice has good numbers at Sacramento with a .298 average and six homers, but the A's don't want to bring him up until they know their 2010 first-round draft pick is ready to stay.
The plan for Reddick on Tuesday was to take some swings in between shots of xylocaine (for numbness) and cortisone (to reduce inflammation) to his right wrist. It did not go as planned.
"I wouldn't call them swings," he said. "It was maybe 50 percent motion, three swings at most."
Reddick said he's been trying to play through the pain, but in the last few days it got to be too much. He had a similar injury on his left wrist in 2011 in Boston, and trying to play through the pain resulted in postseason surgery.
"I don't want to go through that again," he said. "Maybe it will settle down in a day or two. Maybe it means the disabled list. If it's five or six days, I don't want to be rotting on the bench taking up a lineup spot."
The A's have been shut out before, but this one hurt more than the others because Milone gave the Indians nothing. He began the season with a 3-0 record and a 3.86 ERA. Since then he's 0-4 with a 2.60 ERA.
"Tommy was great, he pounded the zone all night," said second baseman Eric Sogard, who made one of the two crucial errors that led to the game's only run in the fifth. "It hurts that he pitched that well, and we weren't able to help him."
Carlos Santana's grounder to first went off first baseman Moss' glove for one error. Sogard tried to grab the ball and throw with one hand, didn't get a good grip, and his error got Santana to second base. That set up Yan Gomes' sacrifice fly.
The A's had one last shot when Yoenis Cespedes singled with one out in the ninth against Indians closer Chris Perez, but for the second time in six games this month he was caught stealing in the ninth inning of a one-run game.
"I wanted him to go," manager Bob Melvin said. "(Perez) was slow to the plate. (Cespedes) got a better jump the first time than the second time, but Moss fouled off the first."
At least Cespedes made an effort for second base. None of his teammates made it that far against Zach McAllister, who allowed five singles and one walk in 72/3 innings.


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RAVENSWOOD - Century Aluminum is not planning to restart its Ravenswood smelter under the ruling made last week by the West Virginia Public Service Commission, company officials said Tuesday.
The company attempted to obtain a utility rate structure through the commission that would have allowed for the restart of the plant and allowed for operation for several years to come.
"Century Aluminum has reviewed the PSC's rate case decision," Century spokesman Lindsey Berryhill said. "The order includes several positive elements but, as it stands, is not sufficient for a smelter restart at this time. As previously stated, Century is seeking an enabling power contract that would allow us to operate the plant continuously, well into the future.
"We regret that the current order does not meet that need. Century is in the process of discussing modifications that would permit a restart at this time, and we plan to file a motion for reconsideration with the PSC," she said.
Officials with Appalachian Power were concerned the proposed rate would be adjusted based on the global price of aluminum. If the prices for aluminum drop, more than 500,000 residential, and commercial, customers would pay more for electricity to offset what the plant uses.
Century recently revised its proposal to address some of these issues, but officials with Appalachian Power still had concerns over possible impacts to its customers.
The PSC said in its decision last week the risks for opening the plant would be shifted from power customers to the company and requires Century to ensure the payment of any shortfalls with Appalachian Power.
The electricity rate would have been based on the price of aluminum and after 10 years, overpayments up to $200 million would be used for rate reductions for Appalachian Power's other customers; overpayments above $200 million would be split 75 percent to the company and 25 percent to reduce power rates.
Something can still be worked out as Century is planning to appeal the decision and is working through options, Ravenswood Mayor Michael Ihle said.
''Those folks will be going back to the table,'' he said. ''I respect the delicate nature of the process in providing what is, in effect, a bulk rate for Century Aluminum.''
Ihle said Century's Ravenswood plant was West Virginia's largest electricity consumer when it was fully operational.
''At a time when burdensome state and federal government regulations and market forces are changing the state's coal industry forever, all West Virginians have a vested interest in the restarting of what has been one of the region's largest employers,'' he said. ''In achieving this goal, the Public Service Commission must respect the equal rights of all citizens and guard against the temptation to ask other rate payers to provide corporate welfare.''
Jeri Matheney, spokesman for Appalachian Power, said it cannot comment on Century's decision because officials do not know the reasons the company will be citing in its motion for reconsideration.
Officials with Appalachian Power are continuing to analyze the PSC's order with plans to file a petition to reconsider over "concerns over potential risks to Appalachian Power,'' she said.
U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., called Century's announcement Tuesday "deeply disappointing news."
''The West Virginia Public Service Commission took a very serious look at this issue and created a path to allow Century Aluminum to reopen its Ravenswood smelter, but unfortunately, Century Aluminum is still not moving forward,'' he said.
''I urge Century to do everything that it can to achieve what we have all been working toward reopening the plant, putting people back to work, and restoring health care benefits that workers and retirees have earned."
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said there needs to be two major priorities throughout this process: first, fighting for every good job in communities throughout the state and second, making sure the public is not on the hook.
''I respect the PSC for doing their due diligence throughout this process and for offering a fair proposal,'' he said. ''Any time that both parties are still talking to each other, there is a reason for hope.
''And I hope for the good of the community and the good of this state that both sides can reach an agreement."


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Monday, Jan. 14, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The bad guys have a new scam targeting senior citizens and it's affecting folks in the CSRA.
Gigi Turner with the Better Business Bureau of the CSRA says she received lots of calls from seniors in the Augusta area pretending to be representatives from Medicare.
"What they well tell them is that they are from Medicare and that the card is in the mail and in order to make sure their funding is going into their account, they need to verify their account information," Turner said.
She also warns they ask for seniors to "verify" their Medicare number, which is often the same number as your Social Security number.
"Identity can be stolen with the use of a Medicare number, so that number should never except the person who provides your physical care," she warned.
Paul Dyer, 90, was almost a victim of a scam but thought quick enough before giving out his information.
"There are a lot of people that prey on old people. Hang that phone up just as quick as someone starts talking to you and wants to know something you know they shouldn't know. Hang that phone up," he said.
If you suspect you have been victim, call the Federal Trade Commission at (877) 438-4338.
The BBB also recommends NOT carrying your Medicare card in your wallet. Treat it like a Social Security card and keep in a safe place in your home.


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So this morning's trip to the doctor for the big fasting blood test was not a pleasant one to say the least. Normally cheerful people aren't cheerful when they're forced to take a number and wait in line before being allowed their first cup of coffee. While waiting for my turn with the vampire, I came up with what I consider an ingenious idea. Why not have a cup of coffee waiting right there by the stack of needles, vials and rubber gloves, and then as soon as you're a good girl and you've given up a half gallon of your blood to the lady who had to poke you eleventy thousand times, you'd be handed a steaming cup of coffee as a reward for your patience and dedication to your health. Everyone's happy now, yes? (All you healthcare providers out there, see what you can do about getting this program started pronto in your own offices, K?)
Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Hash
2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed into 1/2" cubes
2 TBSP olive oil, divided
salt and pepper
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
1/2 onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
2 TBSP chopped fresh parsley
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. Place sweet potato cubes into a bowl and drizzle with one TBSP of the olive oil. Stir well to coat. Season with salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin, oregano, garlic powder and cayenne pepper. Stir again and spread sweet potatoes on baking sheet in a single layer. Roast in preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and stir so they'll continue browning evenly. Return to oven and roast for another 15-20 minutes or until browned and fork tender. Remove from oven and set aside.
In a large skillet heat remaining TBSP of olive oil. Add red pepper and onion and season with salt, pepper and crushed red pepper flakes. Saute until onion is translucent, 5-6 minutes. Add garlic and saute for another minute or two. Add roasted sweet potatoes and stir well to combine. Add chopped parsley and allow everything to heat thoroughly before serving.


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S & K Electronics presents six-figure check to Tribal Council
The Tribal Council got to handle some big cash on the receiving end for a little while July 26, when S & K Electronics' general manager Jim Paro presented them a $173,734.25 check in payment of a Tribal loan.
"The loan isn't due until August," said Paro, "so we're actually paying it off a little bit early." He added that when this year is over, the company will be
almost worth what the Tribes has put into it so far.
"We used to sit up here and shudder everytime S & K came before the Council," said Poison district's Pat Lefthand. "Realizing [S & K] has gone through some hard times, Jim Paro has to be commended for doing a good job."
Paro has been the general manager for nearly two years. Under his management the company has made a significant comeback from a large deficit.
"I have to appreciate the guts the
Council had," Elmo district representative Laurence Kenmille said as he reflected upon past Council approval for more and more financing. "We could have sold it down the drain long time ago," he said. "It would have been easier."
Paro agreed, saying the last $550,000 the Council approved gave them some room to get into a comfortable position. He said the Tribal Council and the S & K board of directors should all be commended for their efforts.
Grizzly sighting prompts McDonald closure
The sighting of a four grizzly bears ~ a male, a female and two cubs ~ two weeks ago led Tribal officials to order McDonald Peak in the Mission Mountain Wilderness closed to humans, effective June 21.
Tribal Fish and Game has been monitoring the area since 1981. Closures have been ordered in five of the past seven years after bears, or signs of them, were noted, to decrease the chances of confrontations with humans. Wildlife biologists believe the area is an important pre-winter feeding site, attractive to the animals because of the large quantity of ladybugs and Army cutworms that hatch there every summer.
All trails to the area have been posted with warning signs. The closure is expected to remain in effect until sometime in September.
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slytje The hostel was ok, the personnel was friendly. The location was not that far from the center, but we still had to walk in a dark and smelly path to get to the center. The price was not that bad. However, we have also booked a hotel for only 10 euro's more in Kata beach in Phuket and that was much better.
wxtspring The worst resort we've stayed in Thailand and it's the dearest one.(we are poor backpackers haha) Tooooooo far from the pier as Phi Phi is so small. For mountains and many trees behind the resort, toooooo manyyyyyyy animals in the room, such as mice and cockroaches, I really don't think they are cute...
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EIA: U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions Declined 7% in 2009
A new analysis from DOE's Energy Information Administration (EIA) demonstrates that an economic downturn is good for one thing, at least: reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the United States declined by a record 7% in 2009, partly due to a 2.4% decline in U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). The record drop in carbon dioxide emissions, totaling 405 million metric tons, was also caused by the ongoing trend toward a less energy-intensive economy and a decrease in the carbon-intensity of the energy supply. The carbon intensity of the U.S. energy supply, that is, the amount of carbon dioxide generated per unit of energy consumed, declined by 2.3%, thanks in part to the greater use of renewable energy, but also because of fuel switching from coal to natural gas. And despite the drop in GDP, the energy intensity of the economy, expressed as the energy consumed per dollar of GDP, declined by 2.4%. A key factor in that drop was that the output from energy-intensive industries, such as primary metals and non-metallic minerals, fell much faster than the total U.S. industrial production. U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are dominated by energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, so they generally follow the same trends. See the EIA press release and analysis.


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21 August 2005
We (or, well, I) will be taking a break until September 1. Got a bunch of things that need to get written between now and then, multiple piles of books to read, an apartment to clean before I am smothered by dust and cat hair, money to extort, friends to blackmail, gods to offend, etc. etc. etc.
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- Anonymous8/22/2005 12:22 PM
Not acceptable.ReplyDelete
Dance, damn you! Dance!
What Jeff said... even though he, too, is taking a break from the dancing (and his evil monkey a that).
What makes you think you're allowed a break?ReplyDelete
(Lord knows, I don't get one, and if I can't, neither can you.)
Finally! Now I can catch up with your former posts! Enjoy your break--take your time.ReplyDelete
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Texas A&M – Corpus Christi will serve as the host of the Southland Conference Volleyball and Tennis Championships in the 2013-14 school year, the league announced. It will be the first time that the Islanders have hosted the volleyball championship and the third time for the tennis championship.
"We're excited that the Southland selected us to host the championships in these two sports," Director of Athletics Scott Lazenby said. "The Dugan Wellness Center and Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center are among the finest facilities in our league in any sport, and to have an opportunity to showcase them in this manner is outstanding for our institution as well as our athletic department. It will also give us a chance to showcase the city of Corpus Christi as a destination city to fans within the league's geographic footprint."
The Dugan Wellness Center, opened in 2009, recently completed its third season as the home of Islanders Volleyball. The Islanders saw a record average of over 550 fans for their 12 home matches a year ago, with a tremendous turnout from student fans and the Blue Crew. The 2013 season will also see head coach Tony Graystone's first true recruiting class playing their senior years for the Islanders.
"It's really exciting and it is going to be a real treat for the community and students," Graystone said. "Especially for our seniors, it is something we are definitely looking forward to. Dugan is just a great place to play; when the place is full and we have good student crowds, there is nothing like it. Incoming teams are going to be really happy about playing there when they come in for the event."
Opened in the summer of 2011, the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center gives the Islanders one of the finest venues in the region for college tennis. With 12 courts and an eight-pole Musco lighting system, the Southland will have an outstanding home for its spring 2014 Tennis Championship. The Islanders tennis teams have made their mark on the Southland Conference as well, with the men's team having won the tournament title four times in Steve Moore's six seasons as head coach and the women's team having recently concluded its finest season in school history. The team also saw ove r 100 fans for all of its matches during the 2012 spring season.
"The Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center is one of the finest facilities in the area, and it will be a magnificent venue for the Southland Tournament," Moore said. "I know the Corpus Christi and university tennis communities will come out in full support for that weekend, and it should provide us a tremendous atmosphere for college tennis. It will be a major benefit for the city with respect to hotels and restaurants having an influx of people visiting from out of town. Also, it was events like this that got me involved in tennis at a young age, and hopefully it will have the same effect on the youths of Corpus Christi."
The Islanders hosted the 2009 and 2010 tennis championships at the HEB Tennis Center, and have also played host to Southland Championships in baseball (2009 and 2010), golf (2011) and cross country (2007 and 2009) since joining the league in 2006-07.
The league also awarded 2013-14 championship hosts to McNeese State (cross country and soccer), Southeastern Louisiana (softball) and Central Arkansas (baseball). The basketball tournament will remain in Katy, Texas, at the Merrill Center, while the outdoor track and field meet, which is awarded on a rotational basis, will be held at UCA.


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NFC business cards come embedded with a tiny microchip. When the cards are touched by a smartphone, the microchip asks the phone to take an action you've specified it to request.
The action requested by the card could be anything from downloading images from your online portfolio, firing up a specific web page, opening up a Google map pointing to an exact location, providing a special coupon code, or saving your personal contact details to the phone's address book.
Here's the really cool part: You can update and change what you want your NFC cards to do whenever you'd like, meaning that what your cards do to today can be completely different than what they do tomorrow.
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As I write emails, website content, proposals and other documents, I regularly use the ubiquitous bullet symbol. For years, out of sheer laziness, I always copied the bullet symbol from somewhere else or used Word's "Insert Symbol" functionality to drop one in as I was typing.
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"Harder." She reached up and gave the chopsticks a sharp twist. I winced as I heard hair snap, but her face showed no pain. "I want to look my best when I die."
"Mama, don't say such things."
"I'm dying and you know it. No sense pretending. When I'm gone, you have to keep the family together. Someone has to keep your brothers from killing each other." She nodded toward the other room. Through the thin wooden walls, we could hear them already arguing about inheritance.
"How can I? They won't even give me the time of day."
"I know you can do it. You have to be strong." She patted my hand.
I felt her slip away. "Mama!"
"I love you all." As the light left her eyes, her head bent forward. The motion jarred the bun loose and the chopsticks clattered to the floor. I reached for them and tried to do her hair again, but there was no strength left in my shaking fingers. A door slammed shut, and my family was no more.
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Category: Resources / Portfolios,
Posted: Nov 10th 2011
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Below are a list of printers that are suitable for printing your portfolio in Sydney. They provide digital printing and the machines and the quality of print they produce will differ from printer to printer.
It is recommended that you speak with your lecturer for further advice and recommendations before printing. Another great tip is if you have sufficient time to do some test prints before printing your entire folio out. Perhaps send the first few pages.
This is the final hurdle to the course, it makes sense to invest what you can in your folio printing, because it's quality says something about you and why spend hours in a pice of design if the printing doesn't show it off.
Triple check your artwork is all correct before sending files otherwise you might end up having to pay to print it again.
Traditionally for Full-time students may be advised of a specific printer to use and the entire classes files sent at once. This is usually done midday on the Tuesday before Friday graduation to ensure that the prints return in good time. Printing as a group will keep the cost down to minimum as you don't have to pay the setup cost.
Currently Full-time are being printed by Carbon8 in Alexandria they use an HP Indigo digital printer which uses ink rather than toner giving a much higher quality feel than alot of other short run digital machines which could be equivalent to a Xerox colour copier quality.
Printers in Sydney:
Carbon8 Ground Floor, 36 Wyndham St, Alexandria, NSW 2015
Tel 02 9212 1313
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Quality: Indigo Machine, great quality need to request this machine. Great Standard, would recommend for price and quality.
Turnaround: TBC (a few days)
Size: Oversize A3 Max Print Size 450×310mm
Cost: If printing as a group with class (as a single PDF). $2 an A3. And the setup cost will be split ebtween class.
If you are organisning your own print check on the turnaround time and cost. They may not be the cheapest printer but they are definitley up there as one of the best.
They offer an excellent service beyond the standard 4 colour printing. After you leave you might be interested in checking some of the offerings such as embossing, die cutting, pantone printing, spot UV, foiling and singer sewn binding.
Tel 1300 377 377
Email firstname.lastname@example.com
Turnaround: TBC (a few days)
Tel 02 9279 3991
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DaveAustralia, Sydney | Nov 14th 2012Thanks! Very helpful:)
Tabris ChenAustralia, Sydney | Oct 8th 2012Also, check out http://www.whirlwindprint.com/


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Published: Saturday, July 6, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
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Like many of you, I'm frustrated and embarrassed by the Lakeland Police Department sex scandal and the other apparent failures of departmental leadership. The credibility of the Lakeland Police Department and the City Commission has been seriously damaged.
As expressed by our legislative delegation, we can't wait any longer. As I shared on June 28, we must bring in an independent third party to evaluate the department.
If the City Commission is unable or unwilling to agree upon a third-party investigator, I am confident that our legislative delegation will surely continue to pursue this option.
There is no confidence that we are moving toward an acceptable communitywide resolution to our problem. Too much is at stake to leave this entirely to an internal investigation.
I strongly urge Chief Lisa Womack to reach out to State Attorney Jerry Hill to resolve their differences. They must continue to work together to protect our citizens, as well as all of the innocent and dedicated employees of any of our agencies.
It's appalling that our community has had to endure this scandal. I pledge my full support to do whatever it takes to help restore the confidence of our community in the fine men and women of our Lakeland Police Department and the City Commission.
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OMFG, my step-father was right! All those liberal, bike riding hippies are a secret plot to steal our tax dollars! Maybe Toyota was Detroit's demise after all (and not rocketing petrol prices kicking down the house of cards that the full-size SUV built). Next thing you know, the Japanese will be landing wave after wave of these Communist bikes, like this one in Hatagaya.
I got a recent comment about a road rain bike and rack capability. I've ridden a ton of different bikes, and I can say with some certainty that I will never put a rack on a road bike again. With a pure road bike, the handling is thrown off badly by a rear rack and it just looks off to me. If you want a rack - get a touring bike. Something with long chain stays, comfortable geometry, and mounts intended for that use. Something that will be less effected by having 30lbs dragging off your rear end. There are a TON of good companies out there making very nice bikes intended for that use. I'm sure plenty of folks disagree, but I'm holding my line here!
Iris took me to a couple of the night markets in Taipei. These are spectacles that shouldn't be missed. For one reason, there's the food, which is both really good and really cheap. Another is the atmosphere of the Taiwanese passing the time, leisurely winding their way through narrow passageways, and the shop people in their semi-busy routine that must have been formed through countless nights just like this one.
In between eating treats of squid legs and yam fries and shopping for handbags, I spotted this work bike. It's a longtail trike, single speed with what appears to be a frame mounted brake lever. I would see these trikes here and there but never in the new Taipei core around the 101 tower. As the city is almost pancake flat, nestled amongst mountains and dressed with good pavement, the trikes need only be sturdy and simple. Chances are that these trikes were manufactured long ago, and yet despite the onslaught of motorscooters and autos, they live on because of their economy and durability.
I found this picture of a Gios mini velo and someone's grandma. I'm pretty sure this is Taiwan and not Japan, so I guess that maybe these bikes are imported to Taiwan. Or maybe they never left Taiwan since I'm certain that these bikes aren't made in Japan. Either way, Gios mini velos are much more common in Tokyo than Taipei.
Also, I'm a bit jealous if this grandma actually owns and rides that bike.
Video from Bike Kill – sort of like Thunderdome on bikes, hosted by the Black Label Bicycle Club.


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The basket's been moved on #7. The new placement makes the hole about half as long. They even changed the tee sign with the new distance.
I'm guessing the guy who lives on the hillside got tired of having people wade through his bushes for discs and asked the PD to move the basket.


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Valitar horses focus of bankruptcy case
SAN DIEGO Where are they now?
That's the question that a bankruptcy court in San Diego is trying to answer about dozens of horses that were once part of Valitar, the human-equine acrobatics show that flamed out last year after just a handful of performances at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
When Valitar closed in late November, dozens of performers, employees and vendors were left unpaid. Equustria Development, the company founded by Rancho Santa Fe resident Mark Remley to produce the show, declared bankruptcy Dec. 14.
Many of the company's assets — including the massive tents that housed the show — have since been sold. Meanwhile, the animals that were the centerpiece of the show have taken center stage in the bankruptcy proceedings.
Marketing material touting Valitar said the production had a cast of 54 horses. Not quite half of those animals belonged to performers who appeared in the show, and the rest belonged to Equustria or to Mark Remley and his wife, Tatyana.
Several of those horses, worth thousands of dollars each, are missing and still more are caught in a legal tug of war between Remley and his creditors — many of them cast and crew members.
On Wednesday, attorneys for both sides met in a creditors' meeting in San Diego to discuss the whereabouts of the horses and who actually owns them. Horses owned by the production company can be sold to reimburse creditors, but horses owned by Remley would remain his personal property.
Greg Akers, the trustee appointed in the case, is ultimately responsible for determining who owns what.
In paperwork that Valitar attorneys initially submitted to Akers, only two horses were listed as belonging to Equustria. However, in subsequent amendments the list has grown to more than 20 horses.
Victor Vilaplana, an attorney for Equustria, said it takes time to gather the necessary information to determine which horses belong to the company and which belong to Remley.
"This is a process," Vilaplana said after Wednesday's meeting.
Others say Remley is deliberately dragging his feet.
"They've been very slow in complying," said Suzanne Porrazzo, an attorney for some of the Valitar performers.
Porrazzo said that at least one Valitar horse, named Zeus, was taken to Hawaii, where Remley and his wife now live. Remley — who said he has taken several of his own horses to Hawaii — argued Wednesday that he bought Zeus with his own money in 2011 and that the horse belongs to him, not Equustria.
Porrazzo said the Remleys should not have taken the horse before the case is settled.
"I think it's shocking that they (the Remleys) would take this horse to Hawaii when it was in the Valitar production," she said.
Last month, Remley attempted to take two other Valitar horses to Hawaii, but Akers intervened and told Remley not to ship them until he and his attorneys can submit proof of ownership.
The bankruptcy court has since put together a list of dozens of Valitar horses to determine who owns what. At Wednesday's meeting, Akers read each name on the list asking Remley if he recognized the horse.
Remley said he sold seven of the horses to a horse ranch for $1 each. He said the sale was a way of paying off the owner of the ranch for boarding costs associated with his horses.
On several instances, Remley said he didn't recognize the names of the horses, but was then told by Akers that the court had gathered evidence that Equustria had purchased the horses.
When asked if he knew where those horses were, Remley said he did not know.
Remley also said that the fact he did not recognize the names did not mean they did not belong to Equustria. He said some of the names of the horses were changed after they were purchased.
Akers said that determining which horses belong to Remley and which belong to Equustria is "tricky" and may take some time, "but we are making progress."
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In June of last year, Patrick Hop poured his life savings -- $30,000 -- into Tesla Motors (TSLA) stock, then trading at about $32 per share. When the stock hit $115 this July, he dumped all his shares and invested in options on Tesla stock, which are high-risk bets on the stock's future performance.
Now Hop, a 22-year-old senior from Millbrae studying applied math at UC Berkeley, estimates he's made about $250,000 -- at least on paper.
"I have a high risk tolerance, but I don't think the stock is that risky," he said.
Hop is far from alone in being bullish on Tesla, which has developed a cultlike following not seen since the early days of Apple (AAPL). The company's stock has skyrocketed nearly 300 percent this year thanks to a string of successes, from a rave review in Consumer Reports to better-than-expected sales of the all-electric Model S sedan and, this week, five-star safety ratings in federal crash tests. The Palo Alto-based electric-carmaker, whose stock closed Wednesday at $147.86 per share, now has a market cap of about $18 billion, and some analysts say shares could double again within the next three to four years as Detroit races to play catch-up.
Along the way, scores of individual investors have placed heavy -- and extremely risky, many experts would warn -- bets on Tesla's stock, which is one of the most volatile on the Nasdaq.
Some bought Tesla stock as a way to finance their purchase of the Model S, which has a base price of $70,000. Many are convinced that Tesla is the next big growth stock, like Apple or Google (GOOG), and they don't want to miss out, pouring their life savings into the company against the advice of family, friends and financial advisers.
The Tesla Motors Club forum, an online bulletin board for Tesla owners and fans, is filled with posts and message threads about the "Teslanaires" -- those who have realized $1 million in paper gains through Tesla stock trades.
"There is a bull market in Tesla right now, but don't confuse a bull market with genius," warned Manny Schiffres, executive editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine. "As long as Tesla keeps going up, people will think they aren't vulnerable. A year ago Apple peaked at $705; now it's around $500. You should never put a disproportionate amount of your wealth into one stock."
Many Tesla investors, like Hop, engage in options trading, which involves pledging to buy or sell stock at a specific price by a specific date. Timing is everything, making options trading a risky bet that can rack up big gains or gut-wrenching losses.
"Options are derivatives," Schiffres said. "You have to be right on the company, the direction of the stock and the duration, because options expire. It's very much like being in a casino. Trading options is pretty much like gambling."
Financial consultants typically advise against heavily investing in one stock, yet it is advice easily ignored by Tesla fans like Rod Stelling, a 69-year-old retired microbiologist who lives in Napa Valley.
Stelling paid $40,000 to reserve a Model S three years before the car was built, got the 64th vehicle off the Fremont assembly line, then promptly had it custom-painted chocolate brown. He has "100 percent confidence" in Tesla and says that two rides in the Model S are all it takes to be convinced that CEO Elon Musk and his executive team know what they are doing.
"As soon as I could buy stock, I bought stock," said Stelling, who got in close to the IPO price, which was $17 in June 2010. "My brother-in-law is still convinced they are going to fold. My money manager thinks I am crazy. He says we should diversify, but I'm not going to do that. I've made $250,000 on this. My car is paid for. Of course you haven't really earned anything until you sell, but I'm holding on. The stock may go over $200 this year."
Another Tesla bull is Jonathan Jivan, an Iraq War veteran who lives in a suburb of Akron, Ohio. He describes his lifestyle as modest: He works as a videographer at Kent State University and drives a 10-year-old Nissan Altima.
But Jivan purchased $2,500 worth of stock in Tesla Motors in April 2011, when it was trading around $25 a share. In January of this year, when it was trading in the $30 range, he invested another $5,000. Now Jivan has seen his original investment balloon to more than $100,000.
"I just had a hunch that electric cars would be the future," said Jivan, 30, who spends countless hours researching Tesla. "Back in January, I knew Tesla's stock was going to go up because they were saying they were going to become profitable. When companies become profitable, the stock always explodes. That's the point where people realized that Tesla actually knows what it's doing."
His biggest splurge so far: a new LCD television.
"I've made twice my yearly salary in six months," Jivan said. "My wife doesn't even know how much money we have."
Kevin Weng, 40, a software architect who works in Palo Alto and owns a Model S, invested a significant chunk of his self-directed retirement account in Tesla when it was trading at $35 a share in March and now is a member of the Teslanaire club.
"I spend a couple of hours a day researching the company," Weng said. "Sometimes I get up at 4 or 5 a.m. just to read about the company and then think about how I want to manage the trading that day."
Bob Gotchall wanted to buy a Model S but couldn't justify the cost to his wife. So he figured that if he invested $50,000 in the stock and doubled his money, he could then afford to buy the car.
"I figured if the car was a good buy, the stock was an even better buy," said Gotchall, 40, of Austin, Texas. As the stock began to rise, Gotchall started adding more and more Tesla options to his portfolio. "I started to have days where my balance would go up by $10,000. I sold and bought, panicked and re-bought and watched a ticker way too much during the day."
Gotchall recently had to come clean with his wife.
"I said, 'I don't want to alarm you, but we have hundreds of thousands of dollars more than we did last week,' " he told her in May, after Tesla reported its first quarterly profit in 10 years.
Gotchall, who on some days now is a Teslanaire, said the good days for Tesla are far from over.
"The stock is still totally cheap," he said. "It's a growth stock. Buy the stock in a retirement account and just let it go."
Contact Dana Hull at 408-920-2706. Follow her at Twitter.com/danahull.


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I know the Boston Celtics have won 19 games games in a row and have NBAS best record at 27-2 and nba record after 29 games. Are their any streaks out there in High school or college that are impressive in the past?
UCLA had that 88 game win streak from '71-'74. A young Digger Phelps coached the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame to the upset win that ended the streak. Something people might not know is Notre Dame was down 17 at half and was losing 70-59 with 3:30 left to play. The Irish won 71-70.
UCLA was dominant under coach Wooden. 88 wins is 2 and half seasons without a loss. Now Digger Phelps is doing broadcasting and his daughter is married to Jamie Moyer of the Phillies.
they also won seven straight titles from '67-'73 and 11 out of 13. those are pretty amazing streaks.
I think we will never see a streak like the Bruins again. It was a huge deal with Florida winning back to back championships. Thats just a feat these days.
I know this is bball site, But the North Carolina womens soccor team won 169 straight games from '86-'90. That is rediculous.
That is a crazy winning streak. De La Salle football in CA won 151 games in 12 years. They doubled the previous best record for consecuctive wins.
I also heard of another amzing little streak in the little known sport of Division 3 lacrosse. The Salisbury University Seag Gulls won 69 consecutive games before blowing the streak in the championship just like South Panola.
Salisbury?? Is that in Delaware??
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There is a town on the Delaware and Maryland border, A magical town called Delmar - "the town too big for one state". Get it, Delaware and Maryland combined to one word. Any way, this team is amazing. It is like they are one giant superpower of a team. they are combining kids from two states into one school. Slower Lower meets the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Rated 25th best small town by Farmers Tan Monthly
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That a greay fact gerolz. I wonder if they have any high schools with some great winning streaks or just pumpin chunkin streaks.
I have attended a pumkin chunkin spectacle. Its a great time. Pumkins are just sent flying across a field. not to mention plenty of adult beverages
cherokee parks has attended the pumpkin chunkin??? and now an active member on the basketball power forum??
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RECORDS: Stanford 8-1, 6-1 Pac-12; USC 7-3, 4-2.
KICKOFF: 5 p.m. at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
SERIES HISTORY: USC leads 58-29-3, but Stanford has won four in a row overall. Its last loss in the Coliseum was in 2005.
STORYLINES: Stanford is two wins from clinching the Pac-12 North title while USC is one game out in the South race. ... A matchup of two rugged defenses: Stanford is second in the conference in scoring and third in total defense. USC is second in total defense and third in scoring. ... The teams will lean on sophomore quarterbacks: USC's Cody Kessler has completed 81.6 percent of his passes the past two games; Stanford's Kevin Hogan played well against Oregon but has struggled on the road. ... USC has as first-rate pass rush. If Hogan doesn't have time to throw, the offense will stagnate (as it did at Oregon State).
INJURY UPDATE: Stanford -- DE Ben Gardner (pectoral) is out. USC -- TB Silas Redd (knee) is out. TB Tre Madden (hamstring) is probable.
MATCHUP TO WATCH: USC WRs Marqise Lee and Nelson Agholor, perhaps the best tandem in the Pac-12, against Stanford CBs Wayne Lyons and Alex Carter. The Trojans rely on the downfield passing game more than any team in the conference except Oregon State. Lyons and Carter must keep Lee and Agholor from getting deep. ... Stanford's goal is to limit big plays and force the Trojans to move the ball a few yards at a time, play after play.
STATS THAT MATTER: Stanford has won 16 of its past 18 games in November. ... USC is last in the conference in third-down conversions (32 percent) but No. 1 in third-down defense. Stanford is second in defending on third down. ... USC kicker Andre Heidari converts only 61 percent of his field-goal attempts. ... Stanford's Ty Montgomery leads the nation in kickoff returns (33.6 yards per return). USC's Agholor returned two punts for touchdowns against Cal. ... USC TB Javorius Allen is averaging 7.9 yards per carry.


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Faulty premises shatter budget
Here Connecticut goes again. To cover the big shortfall in the state budget, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposes to reduce services to the mentally disabled and the autistic. (There's no collective bargaining for them, just for state employees.) Poor children on state medical insurance will take a big hit, too. (Binding arbitration doesn't protect their health, just that of state employees.) Also being cut is respite care for the families of victims of Alzheimer's disease. (The governor never gave them a "concessions agreement" protecting against concessions, as he gave the state-employee unions.)
This is only the beginning, just $170 million of the $365 million that has to be cut to bring the budget into balance. Almost $200 million more has to be cut, requiring the legislature's authorization. Then the governor and legislature will confront a likely deficit in next year's budget of more than $1 billion, maybe 5 percent of state government's annual expense.
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Definition of consonant in English:
1A basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable. Contrasted with vowel.
Example sentences
- The accumulated differences in the vowels, consonants, and syllable lengths gives dramatic speech a totally different pace.
- After blending consonants and vowels, syllables are blended into words and words are used in meaningful sentences.
- The word spilled out of her in a hushed stream of syllables, that awful combination of consonants and vowels that spelled shame and death for any woman in what was politely called the 'entertainment' business.
1.1A letter representing a consonant.
Example sentences
- The children were asked to match speech sounds to written consonants and vowels, and they practiced related skills.
- Each syllable is written as a combination of consonants and vowels, plus the tone mark.
- Then they learned to read by pronouncing nonsense syllables formed by combining consonants with vowels, such as ba-he-bi.
1Denoting or relating to a consonant sound or letter: a consonant phoneme
More example sentences
- From about 1600, however, they were gradually separated over a period of more than two centuries into the vowel letters i, u and the consonant letters j, v.
- But the language doesn't have a lot of syllables that crucially have to be written ending in a consonant letter.
- The consistency of pronunciation of the consonant ending can be illustrated with the words ending with s.
2 (consonant with) In agreement or harmony with: the findings are consonant with other research
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- For instance, SWAP'S support of alternative research methodologies is consonant with the multiplicity of methods used by members of the History and Theory Section.
- Even when the editor's observations are not consonant with the latest research (a rarity) they can become new starting points of discussion.
- Dick doesn't like to fly, and he had no particular desire to go there, and since we had pretty consonant views and I wanted to go to England anyway, we decided to write a joint paper.
in agreement with, consistent with, in accordance with, in harmony with, compatible with, congruous with, in tune with
2.1 Music Making a harmonious interval or chord: the bass is consonant with all the upper notes
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- There is a misconception here, since Wagner's practice was rather to use such unstable sonorities to enhance the music's eventual arrival at points of tonal clarity and consonant harmonic stability.
- In the 6th century B.C. Pythagoras observed that simple ratios of lengths of strings determine consonant musical intervals.
- And chords are groups of more or less consonant sounds which counterpoint has united!
- Example sentences
- There is verse here and fable, both equally creative in consonantal calisthenics and comic content.
- His work on reading Arabic, another mainly consonantal Semitic language that uses diacritics to disambiguate homophonous strings, also indicates a facilitating effect of pointing on readers mediated by context.
- He kept separate the constituents of consonantal clusters, relishing sibilants and fricatives as much as plosives and liquids, and studied the duration of pauses as carefully as the duration of syllables.
consonantly adverb
- Example sentences
- It is the destination of human life to develop consonantly according to basic natural laws.
- Depending on the conservative's particular agenda, it either fits in consonantly with the whole program, or it is an essential feature in it.
- Rather then consonantly defend their lives and individualism, too many Americans simply concede the altruistic view of man idealized by the Mother Teresa's of the world.
Middle English (in the sense 'letter representing a consonantal sound'): via Old French from Latin consonare 'sound together', from con- 'with' + sonare 'to sound' (from sonus 'sound').
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Samsung Names New Mobile Design Head
Samsung Electronics named a new head of mobile design, a move it described as a "realignment" that frees up the current head to pursue long-term design strategy across all of the company's businesses.
In an emailed statement, Samsung said Lee Min-hyouk, a vice president, will now lead Samsung's mobile design team. The previous occupant of that role, Chang Dong-hoon, an executive vice president, will "focus more on his role as head of design strategy team," which oversees long-term design strategy across all of the company's businesses spanning mobile phones to home appliances and televisions.
Lee, 42 years old, designed Samsung's Galaxy S3 smartphone. The design team is part of the mobile business and final say on smartphone designs ultimately lies with Samsung co-chief executive J.K. Shin.
A Samsung spokesman declined to provide further details about the changes.
Chang said his team was responsible for some of the features on the Galaxy S4 smartphone, including eye tracking technology that can detect when a user is looking at the phone, according to an article on the website of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where Chang got his master's degree and is a member of the board of governors.
In an interview with the magazine Fast Company last year, Chang said he tried to inspire his design team by taking hot air balloon rides in Africa, among other things. He was involved in the design of several Galaxy smartphones and the Galaxy Note series, according to local media reports.
Samsung's latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, went on sale last month to mixed reviews, though the company says that initial sales are outpacing those of its predecessors. The company periodically shuffles executives, and is in the middle of a shift now.
The change comes as Samsung faces a slowdown in its mobile business, its biggest profit generator.
Last month, Samsung's first-quarter earnings showed that its smartphone margins remained flat from a year ago, highlighting the need for the South Korean technology giant to keep costs low amid uncertain demand for its new flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone.
Update: This post has been updated to include additional information about Lee and Chang.


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- May 7:
- Golden State Warriors hardly demoralized after devastating loss
- Golden State Warriors break Sports Illustrated cover drought
- Golden State Warriors look for late-game answers
- Golden State Warriors blowing big leads a dangerous playoff trend
- Poole: Warriors depend on Curry and Thompson
- Third quarters belong to Warriors' Stephen Curry
- Warriors missed Klay Thompson's defense
SAN ANTONIO -- Why does Mark Jackson trust Jarrett Jack so much, so often, and so fervently?
Simple answer: Because Jack trusts himself as much as any player on earth, through triumph, struggles, forced shots, lost leads and unforgettable, unforgivable defeats.
And Jackson, of all people, believes in the value of soaring point guard self-confidence.
So while Stephen Curry is the Warriors' life and breath and Andrew Bogut is their muscle, Jack is the player who matches the way Jackson views and attacks the NBA world.
Basically: Unless you have the guts to take the clutch shot, you will never make it.
That faith has often lifted the Warriors, because they need a swaggering playmaker to ease Curry's burden and take big shots at the end of games.
And it can hurt them, too, as seen in the mind-boggling conclusion to Game 1's double-overtime loss to San Antonio on Monday when Jack was given the ball and couldn't stop fueling San Antonio's huge fourth-quarter comeback.
"Hindsight is always 20-20 -- I had some great looks, I thought, that I normally make that didn't go down for me," Jack said after Tuesday's practice. "Had some plays that now, looking back at it, I probably could've gone to or situations we could've put ourselves into."
The essential truth of the Jackson-Jack relationship is that they live-and-die with each other, and if that exasperates Warriors fans, that's the way it goes.
Everybody wants Curry to shoot almost every time, but that's not entirely possible. And when nobody else can get a shot, Jackson knows Jack can and will.
"He's a gamer, and he competed," Jackson said of Jack's 10-point, two-assist, 5-for-15, three-turnover performance in Game 1. "I thought he handled it well. Like everybody else, made some mistakes. But he's a gamer, and he's hard on himself ...
"Jarrett is going to have the basketball and is going to have to be a playmaker for us, and we're totally fine with that."
Curry is a combo guard who can't run the point every possession and gets double-teamed in the fourth quarter. Klay Thompson is a pure shooter.
So the Warriors need Jack to attack the defense in pressure situations. It's just that in Game 6 against Denver and Game 1 on Monday, he didn't do it very well.
But Jackson's point: If Curry is overplayed, who else has the talent and fortitude to try?
"He doesn't have to tap me on the shoulder," Jack said of his coach's support. "I know what he expects of me. I know what my teammates expect of me. I'm just going out there with no worries and no second thoughts."
Of course, Jackson is often second-guessed in areas that don't involve Jack. There's his belief in small lineups and various other strategic wobblings, and now, blowing a 16-point lead with 4:31 left in regulation.
Jackson is a flash point; there's also no way the Warriors are in this position without him, and that's no minor thing in the locker room.
"The main reason why we're here is Coach," Bogut said. "It's not just the players. ... So for people to be making those judgments is just absolutely stupid.
"There's a lot of bandwagon fans and media that will just jump on certain things or what's popular to write about."
They're jumping on Jackson now -- and that, in part, is a coach's plot in the playoffs.
Win, and every move is genius. Lose, and you're a late-game clown. Somebody has to take the responsibility, right?
"I don't care about that," Jackson said, referring to the criticism. "People are entitled to their opinion. I'm not buying into it.
"Coach (Gregg) Popovich is an all-time coach. Even when he was down 16, to me I wasn't questioning anything he did. I gave credit to what we did."
It's the job and the responsibility -- somebody has to have the ball, and Jack and Jackson aren't running away from any of it.
They're in this together, they think alike, and if they miss, they will miss while believing in themselves and each other every millisecond of the way.
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The Coast Guard is upgrading its fleet of MH-60J Jayhawk Medium Range Recovery helicopters with new avionics, communications, navigation equipment and flight instruments, converting them to MH-60Ts.
The HH-60Js, which first entered service in 1990, are equipped with avionics hardware that is obsolete and becoming unsupportable due to a lack of production components and discontinued manufacturing sources. Equipment software support for current aircraft systems are no longer economical to maintain or available. With dramatically improved reliability and mission performance, the MH-60Ts will remain in service through 2027.
The MH-60T is being upgraded in phases or discrete segments. Although the MH-60T's outward appearance will not change significantly from previous versions, on the inside these will be completely new aircraft.


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The ancient tree of life is a Haitian hallmark, a representation of the interconnectedness of all living beings. Made from recycled steel oil drums, this intricate piece brings the soul of Haiti right to your home.
In Haiti, where recycled steel oil drums are a valuable source of metal, the artisans of Croix des Bouquets fashion amazing works of metal art that leave no carbon footprint. 55-gallon drums dumped there have been turned into art supplies by the residents since in the 1950s. They're cut and purified with straw fires that burn out the residue. Once cleaned, the artisans use hammer and chisel to work them by hand, as the lack of electricity during the day makes power tools impossible. The result is greenest of green arts and the chicest of the eco-chic...and a keepsake entirely unique.
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- Feb 6:
- Jamaican team 'cool' running at Sochi Olympics
- Evgeni Plushenko helps Russia take charge in Winter Olympics' team figure skating
- Purdy: Sochi citizens taking no fear approach to Olympics
- Mercury News editorial: Olympics reveal true character of participants -- and hosts
- Purdy: Is Sochi ready for Winter Games?
- Hannah Kearney sizzles in moguls qualifying
- Course tame as men's slopestyle begins
- Winter Olympics: Your Thursday update
- Team skate competition begins
- Downhill practice runs halted over safety concerns
SOCHI, Russia -- One brisk December day in 1990, I embarked on a ski trip in the Caucasus Mountains with Russian friends. The 54-mile, 3 ½-hour trip commenced on roads as rough as raw leather. Here is what I wrote in the Seattle Times seven years later:
"When we finally reached the Spartan-looking ski center, it was closed. My Russian friends didn't seem too surprised despite waiting hours in line the day before to buy enough gas for the trip.
"It's normal," Marina shrugged, offering the universal Russian expression at the time to explain her country's inefficiency.
That's a calm way of saying, "You-mean-I-drove-three-%$#@ -hours-on-a-barely-passable-road-only-to-discover-there-will-be-no-skiing-today?"
No problem. I'll get back there some day.
As soon as the road improvements are finished.
The roads are finished. They've got an electric train to the mountain resorts, too. And a whole bunch more.
I'm back.
This once-remote region that was the czar's private hunting grounds has been transformed into a modern resort city that I don't recognize despite visiting here in 1987 and the aforementioned winter trip in '90.
Everyone I told about my Sochi experience has a simple question: Why?
Why would anyone in their right mind choose this place for a holiday?
I came in '87 as part of a summer tour that included Moscow and then-Leningrad. During that trip I met some Russians, so I returned to visit them in winter.
Why I would cross an ocean to visit a subtropical seaside summer resort town in winter remains a mystery even to me.
But I can say that even a quarter century ago, Sochites -- are they Sochians? -- entertained hopes of playing host to the Winter Olympics. They had a bid committee stationed at a cardboard table in the "lobby" of my hotel.
I introduced myself to the babushka manning the table. She spoke no English. A receptionist at the hotel front desk helped translate. I gave her my information and she promised an official would call me.
A week later, I was told to report to the makeshift table at a designated time. There, I found a younger woman who spoke broken English. She handed me some Soviet-style brochures about the greatness of Sochi that were useless for any journalist needing real information.
But that was that.
I walked away chuckling, "the IOC is never coming here."
The thousands descending upon this seaport just cannot fathom how much has changed in 24 years.
In those days, the only places to get out were at the beach resort hotels such as Dagomys, which is 15-minutes from downtown.
Walking through the central district this week I couldn't stop shaking my head at the shopping malls with Apple, United Colors of Benetton, Ecco and other international brands. The women stride around town in the latest fashions. Cafes and restaurants are filled.
I can't recall ever finding a restaurant roaming downtown Sochi years ago. I encountered little mom and pop grocery stores with empty shelves. Now the stacked markets look like anywhere on the European continent.
Another reason the idea of having an Olympics here seemed ridiculous was the lack of infrastructure. Let's put it simply: the roads.
Sochi is one of the longest cities in Europe, stretching 90 miles in length in a spaghetti-thin strip of fertile land between the sea and mighty mountains.
It had one two-lane road going north and south like Highway 1 through Big Sur. We drove it south across the Georgian border to a ski resort in the now separate republic.
At lower elevations we worked our way through farm animals and horse-drawn carts that plodded along the road. As we came around a bend with rain spitting against the windshield, Marina leaned toward the front seat and pronounced, "You are now going to see our Road from Hell."
Hell has to have better engineers than this. We drove through knee-deep mud puddles while worrying that a truck might be descending while the road narrowed to a half lane, our side inches from a 1,000-foot drop.
Once we reached the higher elevations the horray frost on the trees looked like something out of a scene from Dr. Zhivago. The mountain scenery is magnificent.
But the Winter Olympics?
The airport had nothing on the roadways. It had one meager landing strip where passengers had to debark on the tarmac to reach the small terminal. Baggage claim was a simple conveyor belt out the back in the open.
Located in Adler, which at the time was more like a village, the facility looks like an international port now.
Like the airstrip, Adler also has grown up with a bustling downtown and high rises. I saw the old road we took through Adler and remembered the one resort hotel sitting prominently near the village. Nothing else looked familiar.
Many of the Russian sanatoriums were located between Sochi and Adler in lush hillsides in this subtropical zone. These vintage 1930s structures turned the area into a health center and eventually a major domestic resort they called the Russian Riviera. One of the more plush places -- Sanatorium Ordzhonikidze -- has become a luxury hotel.
The government has invested a reported $51 billion into the Putin Games.
Media reports have not exaggerated the problems with hotel construction and the like. But they didn't build Rome in a day.
Sochi could not be completely rebuilt in seven years.
But this time I expect to see some skiing.
Contact Elliott Almond at 408-920-5865. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/elliottalmond.


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James Franco shooting film in Winston-Salem
Published: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 12:18 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 12:18 p.m.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Actor-director James Franco is shooting "The Garden of Last Days" in Winston-Salem starting next month.
The Winston-Salem Journal reported (http://bit.ly/11N7hlj) that an open casting call is planned Sunday.
The film is based on the bestselling book by Andre Dubus III, who also wrote "House of Sand and Fog." The film is described as a contemporary thriller set in the seamy underside of American life.
Filming is scheduled from July 10 to Aug. 6. It was not clear how much of the film is being shot in the Winston-Salem area.
Franco may co-star in the film. He currently is appearing in "This is the End," an apocalyptic comedy.
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They are raising their voices about a cause that is highly overlooked though is one that affects so many of our children in the world. I urge you to go to their website www.childrensjusticecampaign.com to learn more
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