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My great grandmother was at this nursing facility. It was not the best facility, however, even though the surroundings were not the best, there were some staff nurses who truly did care about the residents. Watching my grandmother in Ashley Manor was a very difficult one, but I knew, thanks to Trisha, she would be taken care of with respect and dignity. Ashley Manor did not have the best Director at hand at the time, but since then, it has come leaps and bounds. I use to visit her quite a bit, take walks with her, talk to the nurses on staff there and make sure she was getting the utmost care. Unfortuneately, there was just not enough staff like Trisha on hand. There as staff members who mistreated patients there and it simply broke my heart. They were rude to patients, and made them feel as an inconvenience. This should not be the case at all. When meds were being passed, the nurses would tease the patients and say "Stewart, you think you would live til tomorrow if I didn't give you your medicine". Those things are the reason why the family chose to finally remove my greate grandmother. She spend her last days at home and passed peacefully in the care of her own family.
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(Bloomberg) -- Chesapeake Energy Corp. fell to the lowest since April 2000, making it the worst-performing stock in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index Tuesday, on investor concern that sinking oil prices would hurt the company's ability to repay debt.
The stock fell 13.5 percent in New York, anchoring an average 4.4 percent decline on the Standard & Poor's 500 Oil and Gas Exploration & Production Index. The $3 puts expiring Feb. 19 were the most-traded Chesapeake option Tuesday.
"The market is not very kind to the whole group and especially to companies with high debt and very limited financial flexibility," said Fadel Gheit, managing director at Oppenheimer & Co.
ConocoPhillips was the second-worst performing oil and natural gas producer in the S&P Tuesday, as its shares fell 7.5 percent to $36.40.
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Redford, founder of the independent film festival, was among those at the screening of Riding Giants, from director Stacy Peralta.
"We're here because we love what we do, and it's the thrill of doing what we do that gives us such pleasure," he said.
The festival, which runs until 25 January, is showing 255 films including Redford's new thriller The Clearing.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the festival.
It is featuring a raft of other long-awaited films. Friends actress Courteney Cox-Arquette stars in November as a photographer who struggles to cope after her boyfriend is shot dead.
Other entries include We Don't Live Here Anymore, starring Mark Ruffalo and Laura Dern in the story of a man's affair with his best friend's wife.
Introspective films
Kevin Bacon and his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, play alongside hip-hop artist Mos Def in The Woodsman, about a convicted child molester trying to rebuild his life.
Thirteen of the 16 entries in the dramatic section are directors' debuts, according to US website Variety.com.
Festival director Geoffrey Gilmore said many of the films made since the 11 September attacks on the US were more introspective, and featured characters unsure of their identity.
"The audience is not sure what the characters' search is
really for, but all of those are outward searches and not
inward. It's about trying to find one's place in the world and not one's self," he said.
The Sundance list includes several films made by African-American directors, including Vondie Curtis Hall's Redemption, the true story of a gang member giving up violence.
Mario Van Peebles' Baadasssss! tells the story of his father Melvin's 1971 film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.
Organisers said they were expecting a busy year after the success of the 2003 event.
"Of the major acquisition festivals of 2003, including Cannes and Toronto, Sundance was by far the busiest," said Tom
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Musical acts holding concerts in Park City during the festival include hip hop star Nelly, soul diva Macy Gray and singer-songwriter Jason Mraz.
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Dog-friendly West Yorkshire, 1 People & 1 Beds
This grand Jacobean manor built in 1633 has been owned and run by the Pearson family since 1963. Holdsworth House stands in stunning, secluded gardens, just three-miles north of Halifax within easy reach of West Yorkshire's dramatic landscape.
Bedrooms: 1 Sleeps: 2 people, 1 dog This stone terraced holiday cottage lies in the popular village of Holmbridge, on the A6024, 1 mile from Holmfirth with its amenities. Holmfirth – or Little Hollywood as it is affectionately referred to locally - is best known as the setting for the TV comedy 'Last of the…
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Harper Creates After Sales Service & Commissioning Group
March 20, 2001
In keeping with dramatic growth in recent years, Harper International Corp. has created a new Commissioning Startup and After Sales Service Group within its Engineering and Project Management Department. This group will consist of both new hires and seasoned professionals well versed in various aspects of Harper technology and field problem solving skills. The group will include individuals trained as process engineering specialists, mechanical engineers, and electrical and programming professionals, aided by an able and experienced field execution and startup crew.
To aid this effort, Phil Nowicki has joined Harper International as service manager. John Sroka, a veteran technical professional at Harper with over 20 years experience, has joined the group as business manager technology commercialization. Javier Garcia, Dennis Mckown and Bill Parker have been added as senior electrical and programming specialists, and Jim Kwapich will join the group as technical writer to provide field service and instruction manuals. Greg Przywara will continue his role as field service technician.
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THE BOONDOGGLES ADVENTURES Will Preview This Weekend
Creating Arts Company's original show The Boondoggles Adventure will preview for one weekend only at The Historic Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica this weekend, July 26th and 27th, 2014. The show will run from 3pm-4:30pm and is recommended for then entire family, children ages 4 and up. Tickets are on sale now. This original show was created and written by local performing artists Shannon Sukovaty with music and lyrics by Dan Sugi.
"We wanted to create a show that showed diversity of characters and empowered children to overcome any obstacles." Said Creator Shannon Sukovaty. The shows characters are truly unique while very familiar. There is a deaf fairy, a cowboy, a clumsy ninja, a overly nice monster, a strong princess, a diva and many more, all of which are imaginary friends living in their own world. Sukovaty explains "Boondoggle Central is the place where imaginary friends end up when they've been discarded and their creators [children] don't want them any longer, for whatever reason." The story is about Colton the Cowboys arrival into Boondoggle Central, where he finds himself lost and sets out on a journey to find a way back to the real world to find his boy Michael. Sukovaty wrote the show as an episodic, with the ending that closes the first adventure but set's up The Boondoggles 2, Into the Real World.
With a book that has heart-felt plot points that adults will love just as much as children, this musical is strong enough to stand on it's own for any age. The music and lyrics are truly extraordinary with large dance numbers and ballads. Dan Sugi , who wrote the score and is also the lyricist wanted the music to capture the magical quality of the characters.
The Boondoggles Adventure received critical acclaim when it previewed in 2013 by critics and audiences alike. The 2014 preview has been reworked with new songs, character and plot development and is sure to leave audiences on their feet. The show time runs one hour and thirty minutes with no intermission and is partially interactive. It is part of Creating Arts Company's Jr. Broadway series. For more information visit www.creatingarts.org. You can follow Creating Arts Company on facebook.com/CreatingArtsCompany and twitter.com/CreatingArtsCo.


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Joseph Young, 88, of Cambridge, died Thursday (May 2, 2013) at his home.
He was born July 19, 1924, in Rutland, son of the late Joseph A. Young and Dulcie (Martin) Young.
He was a 1942 graduate of Middleport High School, where he was a member of the football team for four years and he also played one year of basketball. He attended Ohio University in Athens and the Zanesville branch. He did additional study at Parkersburg Community College and Franklin University. He was a graduate of the State of Ohio Environmental School of Environmental Health and The Ohio State Peace Officers Training School. He was a registered sanitarian and was employed as such with the Meigs County Health Department. He was later named director of environmental health for the Vinton County Health Department. He was a past president of the Southeastern Ohio Sanitarian's Association.
Mr. Young served more than three years in the U.S. Army following his graduation from high school, earning five battle stars in Europe in General George Patton's Third Army.
He was deeply involved in community services with Rotary, being elected twice as president of the Middleport Rotary Club and named a Paul Harris Fellow twice. He was also a member of the Cambridge Rotary Club and was a past president of both the Woodsfield and Cambridge Kiwanis Clubs. He was a life member of the Guernsey County Chapter of the Ohio Horsemen's Council; an honorary member of the Appalachian Riding Club of Jackson; a past member of Monroe County's Circle M Riding Club; a life member of the Ohio Consumer Loan Public Relations Association; a member of the old Guernsey County Buggy Wheel Riding Club; and he served as co-advisor for the Rough Riders 4-H Club in Woodsfield.
Mr. Young served one term on Monroe County's Republican Executive Committee and two terms as a village councilman in Middleport. He was a long time member of Middleport American Legion Post 128 and a member of Woodsfield VFW Post 5303. He belonged to the New Concord Mounted Police.
He did some minor high school football officiating under the membership of the Athens County Chapter of the OHSAA and was a member of the Ohio Valley Approved Football Officials in Wheeling, W.Va. He held memberships in the Marietta and Pomeroy Beagle Clubs. He was past Chancellor of the Woodsfield Lodge, Knights of Pythias, a 50-year plus member of Harrisonville 411 and Monroe Lodge 189, Woodsfield. He was a Master Mason, serving more than 50 years as a 32nd Degree member of Valley of Cambridge Scottish Rite F&AM.
He was a great Pittsburgh Steelers fan and a fan of the NFL. He started Biddy League football in Woodsfield and continued working with them for many years.
He was an avid vocalist, having sung in church choirs in the Middleport Church of Christ, St. Paul's United Church of Christ of Woodsfield, and Disciples Church of Christ of Cambridge. He also sang with The Cambridge Singers, The Voices of Liberty in Meigs County, and more recently with the Traveling Country Christian Choir and the Muskingum University Chorale Society of New Concord.
Mr. Young served on the GNC Board of DD in its earlier days and was a member of the Gallia, Jackson, and Meigs counties Board of Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services.
His life's motto from Rotary - "Service Above Self."
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a great-grandson, Elijah Joseph Bintz.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Rowena E. (Warren) Young; a daughter, Melanie (Dan) Bintz of Cambridge; a son, Joseph W. (Jane) Young of Portsmouth; two granddaughters, Amanda (Joe) Shockley and Andrea (John) Britton; two grandsons, Josiah (Elizabeth) Young and Jacob (Carissa) Young; seven great-grandchildren, Sydney, Alex, Dalton, Trystan, Steele, Emmett, and Cecilia; and two sisters, Jeanne Anne Bradbury of Syracuse and Jane Young of Alpharetta, Ga.
Family and friends may call on Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Cambridge, where funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 7 at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Jack Welch officiating.
Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Middleport.
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I imagine they are talking about visual voicemail. I don't see an app for faxes in the market except for what you already mentioned. Google voice may do it but you have to wait for an invitation and there appears to be a visual voice mail for free in the market but I don't know if it will show up or if it will do what you want.
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I have just downloaded a service for visual voice mail. So far, so good. It is called phonefusion voicemail.
I was having problems with Verizons visual and got no real help via their support. I got htis FREE app. They even offer a dedicated fax number for $1.50 a month unlimited.
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Three Mitchell businesses fail alcohol check
Three Mitchell businesses on Monday failed an alcohol compliance check by the South Central Alcohol Task Force.
This is Jack's Sinclair's second failure within a 24-month period and a first failure for both Freedom and M&H.
The task force checked 13 other businesses that passed -- Amstar, Corn Palace, Casey's General Store, Coborn's, Easy Come Easy Go, County Fair Food & Fuel, Phoenix & Dragon, Cubby's West, Kwik Phil, Cubby's East, I-90 Travel Center and Highland Travel Plaza.
On a first offense, if a business that sells alcohol to a minor has passed a certified alcohol management class, the state can fine that business $500.
On a second offense within 24 months, the business is fined $1,000. If the seller has not passed the class, the fines are doubled.
For a third offense in a 24-month period, the South Dakota Department of Revenue can suspend the business' liquor license for up to 14 days.
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The Merger of EveryWare Global, Inc., and ROI Acquisition Corp.
EveryWare Global, Inc., a leader in the foodservice supply and consumer tabletop industries, and ROI Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, announced on January 31, 2013, the execution of a merger agreement for their business combination transaction. The transaction, when consummated, will provide the post-merger company with access to the public markets to support its next stage of strategic growth initiatives, including international expansion, product line extensions and strategic acquisitions.
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1.8M People In Ohio Fall Below Poverty Line
New census figures show that the number of Ohioans who fall below the poverty line is around 1.8 million.
The Census Bureau reports that Ohio's poverty rate stayed steady at 16.3 percent in 2012. It was just a slight change from the 16.4 percent rate in 2011.
Only six other states had more people in poverty.
Around the state, 36 percent of the people living in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County had income below the poverty level. Franklin County in central Ohio was at 22 percent while Hamilton County and Cincinnati were just under 20 percent.
Montgomery County was at 37 and Lucas County came in at 30 percent.
Ohio's median household income in 2012 was just under $47,000, an 11 percent drop over the past dozen years.
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Organizers billed it as a Folklorama-style cultural event, but protesters called it something very different -- an illegal fundraiser for one of the most repressive regimes in the world.
About 20 protesters greeted cars and vans as they inched their way into the parking lot of the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church hall on College Avenue Saturday night. Inside the hall, the Walta Cultural Group, an Eritrean band, was performing as part of a "mini-festival."
Protesters with the Eritrean-Canadian Human Rights Group of Manitoba said the band is a military one and is touring Canada accompanied by Zemhret Yohannes, the minister of research and documentation for Eritrea's ruling party. The tour is a fundraiser for Eritrea's military-backed dictatorship, disguised as a cultural event, they said.
A monitoring group's report to the UN earlier this summer red-flagged such festivals, and local human rights lawyer David Matas says the African country has been involved in financing groups associated with terrorism. Allowing the country's leaders into Canada to pass the hat is unacceptable, he said late last week.
In 2010, Canada adopted a UN Security Council resolution prohibiting anyone from providing money to Eritrea for military activities.
Ottawa also made members of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front inadmissible to Canada. The law says it is an organization "known to have engaged in acts of subversion and terrorism."
Still, dozens of local Eritreans paid $35 to attend the event Saturday night. Protesters said many did not realize where their money was going or were simply homesick for Eritrean culture. Or they feared bucking local agents of the Eritrean regime.
"We escaped from these people and now they're in our backyard," said protester Bereket Yohannes, no relation to the minister.
Protesters questioned whether the RCMP or the Canada Border Services Agency was investigating the event and its organizers, and how the minister and the band gained entry into Canada.
They also questioned why officials with St. Joseph's church allowed the group to rent their hall for the event.
Officials with the church and with the Archdiocese of Winnipeg could not be reached Saturday.
Four security guards, local members of the Eritrean community, kept the protesters at bay and ushered cars into the parking lot.
They would not allow a reporter into the event, even with a ticket. Security guards said no one from the event would speak to the media, and would not say where money raised from the event was going.
"It's a cultural event," said one security guard. "You need to leave us alone."
The guard denied the minister was attending, though protesters said the minister attended similar events in recent days in other cities, including Edmonton and Toronto.


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A recent report released by a blue ribbon panel of transit experts has suggested several solutions to the D.C. regional transit system's looming financial crisis. The most popular idea is a regional sales tax that would be assessed in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Metro has long suffered from a lack of dedicated funding and has instead placed more fiscal burden on farebox revenues. This strategy forces the transit authority to "throw itself annually on the mercy of partnering governments." After 25 years of service, Metro has exceeded ridership expectations and is a centerpiece of regional transportation and development. However, the bus and rail system is "literally falling apart" without the necessary funds to make capital improvement to meet future demand. Transit bureaucracy in the Washington region is unique in that it requires the coordination of two states and the District of Columbia on all matters from operations to budgets.
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The British sensation performs a stripped down version of Houston's 1985 hit song during his visit to SiriusXM Hits1 in New York City.
Sam Smith amazes the world again, this time with his cover of Whitney Houston's classic "How Will I Know". The British singer performed a stripped down version of the 1985 upbeat song during his visit to SiriusXM Hits1 in New York City on Friday, June 20.
Smith emotionally sang the track while being joined by a keyboardist and a guitarist. Despite having come out as a gay, he opted to change the line "how do I know if he really loves me" into "how do I know if you really love me."
"A Whitney Houston song that makes me happy - it's a feel-good song," Smith told Rolling Stone of the track. "I love the juxtaposition of a melancholy lyric with an upbeat sound. People forget that's how she rose to fame. The more mature Whitney, like 'I Will Always Love You', came later."
This has been a great year for Smith. The 22-year-old star released his debut album, "In the Lonely Hour", in his home country last month and it peaked at No. 1 on U.K.'s Albums Chart. On June 17, the record arrived in the U.S. and has been projected to open at No. 2 on Billboard 200 this week.


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I am afraid of small frogs that can "fly" but i always have one stuck on door and when i open the door in the evenings it gets in to the house and make me call my neighbours to come and remove it. Does anyone know how I can repel frogs from my door?
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I think maybe you should use a shotgun and blast the heck out of it. If it lives it will go and tell all the other little froggies, that your on p.o.ed momma and run.
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Duct tape a very large snake to your front door , that should keep the frogs away and also the neighbors .
your local French restaurant is the place to call. They'll send Pierre over right away to collect the new addition to the dinner menu.Bon Appetite.
Make frog soup and eat them...
Without seing the little door hangers I acnnot identify them, but am thinking they are small tree frogs, or peepers. Take soem clear motor oil(synthetic), or light vegetable oil, and give your door base a good coating. This wil help till the cold drives them into hibernation later in the month. They will not be able to stick to the door, and so will slide off , as there little pads will not adhere. Sort of like the cat sliding down the glass door in the TV commercial with the birds. They sense the heat inside, and are looking for a warm hold over due to the impending winter.
The old amphibian ambush manuver. Don some camo and paint your face black. Hide in the bushes at the edge of the porch with a high powered BB gun with a night vision scope. Pick the buggers off one by one as they crawl up. Pump the gun at least eight times as some frogs are tanacious.
I like to spray all the frogs around my house with heavy duty mace, it works wonders. I could'nt afford the flame thrower.


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Back as far as its turn-of-the-millennium origins, Markus' alter ego was always conceived as a channel through which he could explore the darker and more devoutly club side of his mind.
"To me the audio that Dakota presents and the music which I put out under my own name stand totally apart. It's an entirely separate set of tempos, sound-ranges and FX rules. To have this studio 'other self' with which to produce this type of music is more important to me than ever", he says.
The first 'Thoughts' long-player proved nothing short of a revelation, drawing Schulz's productions into the CDJs of an entirely different type of DJ. Two years on and its sequel is on final approach. A fully floor-equipped, 14 track album, 'Thoughts Become Things II' again explores every cleft and crevasse of the prog/trance/techno/house panoply.
Stylistically 'Thoughts II' picks up precisely where the first album left off, in the deeply trenched progressive of 'Gypsy Room'. From there the unmistakable churning, techno glint of 'Red Star' and the shadowy atmospherics of 'Where It Went Wrong' continue to build the bridge between the two albums. Each one a Dakota device purpose built to send strobe-lit underground dance spots unrelentingly towards critical mass.
Expanding its style sheet further is the house-led thematic of 'Terrace 5AM. Recalibrating Moroder's immortal, discofied 'I Feel Love' bassline to 2011 levels, its set to become a much-demanded spin at Schulz's new Space Ibiza residency. Equally 80's inclined is 'Tears', who's poignant, film-noir channels Vangelis' enigmatic 'Blade Runner' theme.
Every bit as redolent is the low-tempo industrial roll of 'Katowice's dystopian main line, the flowing transcendental melod-prog of 'In a Green Valley' and 'Apollo' – the expansive, epic album dénouement.
Dakota fans' first contact with 'Thoughts II' will inevitably have come through the propulsive twin-turbines of its first two singles… Together, over the last three months, 'Sinners' and 'Sleepwalkers' have nitro-injected Schulz's sets time and time again. The latter has already developed its own early cult status, when its emergence during his set at ASOT500 pushed Schulz into Twitter's worldwide trending top 10.
'Thoughts Become Things II' holds back its toughest sonic punches till last, with a closing track triumvirate. The gated synthery of 'Miami', the hard-ratcheting white-knuckle-tension of 'Cape Town' and stridently riffed, big-room suspense of 'Saints' all collectively producing the album its mighty endgame.
As with its first instalment, 'Thoughts Become Things II will have resonance with DJs of numerous electronic dance disciplines. With barely a track over the 130bpm mark and referencing many a dance sub-genre, it is this summer's most intrepid, creative long-player.
It arrives in shops and download stores bright and early on the 1st of July 2011.
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|01. Gypsy Room
|02. Red Star
|03. Sleepwalkers
|04. I'm Where It Went Wrong
|05. Sinners
|06. Terrace 5AM
|07. Katowice
|08. Tears
|09. Suggestion No. 5
|10. In A Green Valley
|11. Miami
|12. Cape Town
|13. Saints
|14. Apollo
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Pure CSS Horizontal Menu
Today I want to break down the steps of creating a pure CSS horizontal navigation menu. You see a lot of sites using them and while some are very creative, others are way off base as far as functionality is concerned. So without further ado, let's begin to create a horizontal navigation menu.
Here is our blank document we will use and reference to throughout this tutorial:
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Let's start off by creating a container for our navigation by using a div box. I will give my div box an id of "navigation", but you can name it whatever you like as long as it corresponds to our CSS that we will write here in a second.
Ok now that we have a simple container for our navigation links, we can begin to add some style rules to it. In order to give style rules to our navigation, we will need to make a style area that will contain all of this tutorials CSS (For tutorial purposes, all styles are inline and not on an external stylesheet).
Let's now start styling our navigation container by giving it a width, height and background color.
If you are unfamiliar with writing CSS, I strongly suggest you read up on some CSS basic tutorials.
So let's look at what we have done to our container.
Nothing special looking yet, but we now have our container setup to move forward in creating our navigation menu.
Now let's add our menu items to our navigation container by using the unordered list method. Go back to our navigation container and add the following.
Here is what our navigation menu should look like now.
You might be wondering how this is going to be a horizontal menu when our list items are ordered like a vertical menu. Well we still need to create a few more rules and styles to turn our menu into a horizontal look.
Go back up to our CSS and add the following rules:
(#navigation ul) points to any
- in our navigation container.
- in our navigation container that is a child of
- .
- , lets add some property's to these guys.
Add these styles to your two new rules:
#navigation ul {margin:0px; padding:0px;} #navigation ul li {display:inline; height:30px; float:left; list-style:none;}
What we have done here is we first told our
- to have a margin and padding to have a 0px.
- and add a left margin.
#navigation ul li {display:inline; height:30px; float:left; list-style:none; margin-left:15px;}
Here are our results.
Much better now, we can clearly see where each menu item starts and ends.
Let's now turn our menu items into links by adding the following to your menu's markup:
(We will not worry about where each item links to because this is out of the scope of this tutorial.)
Here is the results of each list items text being wrapped around the anchor tag ():
YIKES, that's just plain ugly looking right?
First, our menu items now have a solid blue color that is standard for all links. Second, each link now has an underline decoration. It's very common for links to be styled with something more suitable for your sites theme, rather then use browser default styles.
So how do we fix these two issues? We first point to these links in our see by setting up two new rules like so:
#navigation li a {} #navigation li a:hover {}
Our second rule is a hover rule. Hover rules (pseudo selector) allows us to dictate when the underline should appear below our links.
Here are our rules with their new styles:
#navigation li a {color:#fff; text-decoration:none;} #navigation li a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
Now our links should have a white font color, but no underline if we are not hovering over them.
If we do hover over links though, then our links should receive a text decoration of underline.
Here are our results:
Our menu is looking great now, but you might be asking yourself. "Self, what if I want to have sub menu items? How would I go about creating something like that?"
Good question, let's look at how we can create a sub menu's for each menu item that is displayed only when a user hovers over our main menu items.
Let's start to create our sub menu.
- sub menu item 1
- sub menu item 2
- sub menu item 3
- sub menu item 4
You now might be asking, "Where do we put this second unordered list of sub menu items?". Well believe it or not we actually put it within each of our main menu items
- .
Make your code look like the following.
Let's look at the results of adding our sub menu items to our overall menu:
YIKES AGAIN! What happen to our menu, it's all messed up now? We still have to create a few more CSS rules to get the look we are trying to accomplish.
Before we begin to write our new CSS rules lets think about how the whole thing is set up as far as parent to child elements are concerned.
#navigation -> ul -> li -> ul -> li
We have our navigation container, and its list of menu items. In each menu list item we start another list of menu items. So we need to create CSS rules that point specifically to our sub menu items.
Add the following to your CSS:
#navigation li ul { } #navigation li:hover ul { } #navigation li li { }
Here we are setting up rules that say, "if our navigation container list item has a sub unordered list and list items in it, then use these CSS rules". We are also set up a hover rule so when a user hovers over a first level list item, it will hide or display its child sub menu.
Add these styles to our new rules:
#navigation li ul { margin:0px; padding:0px; display:none; } #navigation li:hover ul { display:block; width:160px; } #navigation li li { list-style:none; display:list-item; width:100%; }
We set our sub menu
- to have a display rule of none to hide our sub menu from the users.
Next we set a hover state to our main menu list items that says, "If a user hovers over any one of our main menu items, then indeed display it's sub menu to the user".
Finally we have to style our sub menu items to be listed in a vertical fashion, instead of following its parent's rule of the horizontal look by setting them to be a display of list-item. Our sub menu items also need to have a width of 100%, this ensures that shorter combinations of link lengths under our fixed width of a sub menu, do not stack side by side, but rather always stack above and below each other.
Let's see what our results look like now:
We in fact have our sub menu list items styled correctly, and our sub menu only displays when we hover its parent. The problem we now have, is that the sub menu is not being displayed directly under its hovered parent. We also have no background colors set for our sub menu, this makes it look a little weird and hard to read.
How do we fix these two issues? Well to position our sub menu correctly, we have to go back to our main menu list item's rule we wrote a while back, and add a position property to it.
So make your main menu list item rule look like the following:
#navigation ul li { display:inline; height:30px; float:left; list-style:none; margin-left:15px; position:relative; }
This is preparing our submenu to be positioned absolute, but relative to our main menu items. So now add the a another position style, but this time to our sub menu:
#navigation li ul { margin:0px; padding:0px; display:none; position:absolute; }
When giving an element a position absolute, you are breaking the element out of the flow of design and searches for a stopping point in its parents. (hence giving the first level list items a position relative)
We not only have to add a position of absolute to our sub menus, but also a left and top in order to stop the browser from trying to guess where to place our sub menus.
All this left rule is saying is that we want our sub menu to be position left by 0px, and top by 20px to our relatively positioned parent list item:
#navigation li ul { margin:0px; padding:0px; display:none; position:absolute; left:0px; top:20px; }
We also wanted to fix our sub menu's background color, so let's add this and make it the same color as our main menu.
#navigation li ul { margin:0px; padding:0px; display:none; position:absolute; left:0px; top:20px; background-color:#999; }
Let's again take a look at our results.
Excellent, we have a great responding sub menu that pops up when you roll over our main menu items! But hey, how come our sub menu items have a font color of black, and they don't have any text decoration? Well in short, we again need to wrap our sub menu items around anchor tags () and write our last CSS rules.
Make each sub menu's markup look like the following:
And finally, add the following CSS rules and styles:
#navigation li li a {color:#fff; text-decoration:none;} #navigation li li a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
Here we are pointing specifically to our sub menu links, and saying "If a link is not being hovered, then have no text decoration, if it is being hovered though, then add a text decoration of underline".
Here are our final results:
And that's it folks! You have now created a pure horizontal CSS menu that has a pop out sub menus.
This method of a horizontal menu is both cross-browser friendly and also the best method for a SEO approach.
Enjoy! Devin R. Olsen
We do this to remove any browser default margins and paddings that comes along with
- tags.
Next we point directly to our list-items and give them styles of display, height, float and list-style. The display and float styles are used align our list items in a horizontal fashion. We also set the height of each list item to 30px to match the height of our over all menu. Lastly is the list-style rule, we set it to none in-order to remove our browser default list-item bullets that come natively with the ordered/unordered lists.
Great! Now we are on track to creating a horizontal menu, but hmm it looks kind of bunched up. Its hard to tell where one menu item starts and another menu item ends.
To space out list items out, lets go back to our CSS rule for our
- and add a left margin.
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Family memorabilia fills Randy Curtis' office at Heights Lumber and Supply in Harker Heights. Photos of grandparents, siblings and Curtis' young grandchildren adorn the walls of the business Curtis and his family have operated for almost four decades.
Heights Lumber will celebrate its 36th anniversary in June. Last week, Curtis sat in his office and reminisced about his father, who entrusted him with the business he started with a group of business partners in 1960 in Killeen.
"He was a strict disciplinarian and instilled a strong work ethic in me," Curtis said about his father, A.H. Curtis
The elder Curtis began working at William Cameron Lumber in Killeen in 1942 and opened Curtis Lumber, now 195 Lumber, in 1960.
Randy Curtis, who grew up in Troy, worked for his dad while he was in high school and graduated from University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in 1971. He and wife Martha married in 1974.
Randy Curtis became general manager of Heights Lumber in 1977 at its current location on Farm-to-Market 2410, staffing four employees. That number grew to 30 and now includes his son, Andy, and his daughter, Kelly.
Andy Curtis, assistant manager, said exemplary customer service and giving back to the community has helped Heights Lumber survive and with large chain stores.
"Competitors give us a challenge, but they can't do what we do in a cost-competitive way," he said.
Kelly Curtis Eakin, who has worked at the store since age 15 and has never had another job, enjoys working with family members.
"It is good to work together for a common goal," she said.
Don Ferrick of Cameo Homes is one of Heights Lumber's loyal customers. He believes the Curtises are "salt of the earth kind of folks."
"I was a competitor in the lumber business at one time and found them good and fair competitors," Ferrick said. "They are honest and run a first-class operation."
As he reflected on the history of his business, Randy Curtis returned to the one person who influenced him most in life and gave him the best advice.
"My dad told me not to talk about myself too much," he said.
When they're not at the store, the Curtises spend time on their ranch, The Grove, and enjoy hunting, fishing and exploring the area. They are also longtime members of Central Christian Church in Killeen.


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The short: Mark is the attorney you want on your side. PERIOD.
The long:
The amount that Mark has done for my family can not be put into words. There were times he walked along side me, and there were times he carried me through the journey, but never once was he not honest, true to his word, or ethical.
With over 9 opposing lawyers I've seen all types and Mark is the one you want on your side. He's extremely well known and respected for very good reasons and that makes a huge difference. Walking down the hallways of the courthouse you feel like you are walking with royalty and it shows not only with other lawyers but the judges and support staff. Everyone respects Mark and respects what he stands for. During one hearing, the commissioner politely explained to the opposing counsel that her remarks against Mark were out of line because
Mark is extremely ethical and would never do what she accused him of. Mark's reputation stands on his history and when he stands beside you, it carries an enormous power. When other lawyers walk up after a hearing and shake Mark's hand congratulating him, you know you have the right guy on your side.
Mark is a family man, gets what it means to be a dad, a father, a husband, and a person, and stands up to wrong doing. Mark will not steer you wrong, and if you follow his advice and do what you need to do, the end result will be best that can be.
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Mark was notable especially in contrast with the attorneys my ex hired – they routinely took outrageous positions and even brought my children into routine financial issues.
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Marks bills were clear and well within expectations – I myself am an attorney and review bills routinely and have a basis for stating that. Mark's courtroom skills are impressive - he is well versed in procedure, law and the facts of my particular case. Having been in courtrooms before, I was impressed with Mark.
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Mark was compassionite but direct, and fully transparent about the issues, our chances, and our options. He was also truthful and open to the opposing counsel, which I can't say about them. He intimiately understands King County family court, the various judges, and of course all of the other firms / attorneys which is of course key.
Because the geography was complicated, he also helped with those issues.
I cannot recommend him highly enough.
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Posted by anonymous
Mr. Olson was incredibly responsive to my request for his counsel. Not only was I living out of the country when the proceedings began and our communication was mostly via email, he was able to scan and forward all documents to exchange for my case. It made my processing and decision-making very easy. I had as much information as needed to make periodic decisions about my process and his team kept me abreast with what I needed to expect and/or do as we progressed through the case. Once back in the US, he was available to meet with me so outstanding questions/issues were dealt with in a professional manner. The culmination of my case was also handled in an excellent manner. He made extra effort in wording the final documents so the conclusions and summary included all necessary stipulations.
I would recommend Mr. Olson to any prospective client.
Posted by anonymous
Mark, as much as it is possible, in going through divorce, made it a pleasurable experience. He exhibits all the traits of a seasoned professional; knowledgeable , effective, grounded, efficient . However, Mark is also humane, compassionate, has a great sense of humor and is cost effective. Mark has also assembled a fine staff of sincere, hardworking, courteous professionals that know how to get things done quickly. I have no hesitation in recommending Mark to anyone, save my Ex.


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To update our earlier story about talents returning to EWNCW, we can exclusively confirm that Krysys has decided to return. We can also confirm that Abel and Cayne have opted to not return to the historic promotion. Abel had this to say: "I haven't been very happy with how I have been booked in EWNCW. I am literally the largest guy in the feds but I jobbed out like Kofi Kingston. I'm tired of the misbooking, so I've decided to leave for the time being."
Powellson's Power Take: With Abel's size, there possibly could have been more done with him. But I wish him the best in what he does next.
We can also confirm that Abel is on a date by date basis with HWA at the current time. There is no contract in place, and Abel does not know how long he will continue working in the promotion.
Powellson's Power Take: It seems to not be Abel's week. No longer in EWNCW, and no contract with HWA, leaving him on a handshake deal. Hopefully something can get worked out between the pair.
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I'd heard good things about Specialty's months ago, but until the downtown location opened, I hadn't had a chance to sample their cookies. Overall, the shop does several things right (including having iPod ordering stations, free (validated) parking, wi-fi, and plenty of seating) but their Monday-Friday hours mean only workday cookie cravings can be satisfied. Luckily, the downtown location is just far enough from work to count as going for a walk, and there are plenty of tempting sweets on the menu (in addition to the standard lunch fare like soups, sandwiches, and salads).
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1MDB a giant Ponzi scheme or strategic investment fund?
Last week, 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) a government-owned entity closely-linked to premier Najib Abdul Razak had a change at its helm.
Hazem Abdul Rahman has now taken over the chief executive officer (CEO) role from Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, who has joined the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu).
Surprisingly, no announcements were made and it was via a news report that the update was disseminated.
For a high-profile government-owned body which has made billions of ringgit in investments and issued large amounts of bonds, we would have expected more.
At about the same time last week, Bloomberg reported that 1MDB had issued US$3 billion (about RM9.4 billion) in debt papers on March 19, on the quiet.
According to Bloomberg , 1MDB already has issued RM10.8 billion in debt papers, taking total bonds issued to over RM20 billion.
"It's a wonder why things are so opaque at 1MDB... they should just announce the change, announce a bond issue, announce anything material.
"It's not very good being so secretive. When it's a government-owned unit, there is a need for transparency," a market watcher said.
In July last year it was the same, 1MDB issued US$1.75 billion in 10-year debt papers, with yields just shy of six percent.
Shrouded in secrecy
And strangely enough, it was guaranteed by International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC), an Abu Dhabi government investment fund.
A fund manager added, "God knows what they are doing there (at 1MDB), so much in debt papers have been issued... and it's clearly Najib's baby... wonder what will happen after he steps down or is no longer in power?"
Much of what 1MDB does is often shrouded in secrecy, and leaves many questions unanswered. Why did it issue bonds at such a favourable rate to buyers?
Who is PetroSaudi and what has it to do with it 1MBD? Why the Middle East investors?
Why is 1MDB getting government land cheaply and then bringing in foreign partners to develop it? Why the tax concession for developers who undertake projects on these lands?
Why buy power assets, some of them about to expire even?
But to understand all that, one needs to venture back in time and analyse the history of 1MDB, which is in itself quite interesting.
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The 61st Cannes Film Festival begins today with anticipation running high ahead of Sunday's premiere of the new Indiana Jones movie.
The fourth instalment in the series sees Harrison Ford once again teaming up with director Stephen Spielberg and cracking the whip at the ripe old age of 65.
Meanwhile, the power players of the film world are getting ready to do big money deals and sip champagne in the sunshine of the French Riviera.
But what about the films?
Well, there are plenty of them. Over 100 will be screened here in the next 12 days.
You're almost guaranteed to be able to go and see a film any hour of the day - and there's certainly a broad range on show.
The new epic Che, starring Benicio Del Toro as Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevara, is four and a half hours long and could scoop the prestigious Palm d'Or prize.
Then you've got Kung Fu Panda, an animated tale of martial arts and animals featuring vocals from Jack Black and Angelina Jolie.
There are also two interesting sport films about the lives of Maradonna and Mike Tyson.
And if you're feeling a bit old school, you can always go and see some of the classics like Enter the Dragon, Dirty Harry or Loony Tunes.
But the one the world's media will be most focused on is sure to be the Indiana Jones film.
When Harrison Ford rocks up here for the premiere on Sunday, this place is going to be bedlam.
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Tired of eating and making unhealthy food all the time? Try out something fresh and healthy. Make salad in Salad Maker – a fresh new take on the 'maker' genre by Nutty Apps, the leading kids' games maker on Android!
Prepare tasty and healthy-to-eat salads using farm fresh vegetables and fruits. Spice them up with dressings if the salads are too bland for your taste buds. Serve them in a fancy bowl, or in a plate. Cook the ingredients, season them in some tasty sauce or simply eat them fresh – every salad you make in Salad Maker will be a new experience.
Make salads entirely out of vegetables, or make juicy fruit salads. How you make your bowl of salad is entirely up to you – which ingredients you choose, where you place them, which dressing you soak them in; you decide everything.
You've got farm fresh potatoes, pineapples, apples, sweet corn, lettuce leaves, tomatoes, carrots, radishes, capsicums and many more ingredients at your disposal when making your salad in Salad Maker. Choose from several seasonings to sprinkle over your salads, and plenty of dressings to cover them in. You can even melt cheese and pour it on top for a pasta-like salad.
Help your friends stay in shape; lean and fit. Share your salads with friends via Facebook. You can even save them to your phone and then share or mail it to your friends and family however you want, or as references for salad recipes when making real salads. Salad Maker is fresh, healthy fun for all!
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When laying on left side sometimes feel a heavy pressure that turns into pain in lower center chest - under sternum. Feels like a huge air bubble that wants to explode -- pain/pressure will wake me from sleep. The pressure/pain radiates up through the center of my chest and detours to the right side of my neck ending just behind my right ear. The pressure eases a few minutes after I change position. Is this indigestion? or could it be a precurser to a heart attack?
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|Reviews for Here Comes the Bride
| Radiohalo chapter 1 . 10/11/2014
I'm crying right now.
| Gir Crazy chapter 1 . 7/6/2012
Oh man, that was hilarious. XD
| Were-Weasel chapter 1 . 1/31/2012
LOL! I clicked on this because I had know idea what it was. I'm glad I'm clueless, this was CUTE!
| CandyIsYummyNomNom chapter 1 . 1/29/2011
THIS IS *almost* MY OTP! Next to FordxBacon...
| Alicia Jewel chapter 1 . 11/22/2010
Wow... I sure didn't see that one comin'. If you need me, I'll be in the other room laughing my ass off.
| METALCHERRYTREE chapter 1 . 4/6/2009
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THAT WAS AMAZING! best story i have ever read! im showing this to all of my Psychonaut buddies! great work!
| Charlett chapter 1 . 2/8/2009
Very nice. I totally didn't see it coming.
I wish I knew what else to say, but this story's short, so unfortunately the review is going to be short as well. I hope you don't mind.
(Congrats. This is the first Psychonauts fic I've deigned to review~)
Keep it up~
| unseenstar223 chapter 1 . 12/18/2008
| vespertineire chapter 1 . 12/7/2008
I didn;t see that coming.
How funny!
| MalkyTop chapter 1 . 11/16/2008
So is the bag the bride? Or the tag?
Either way, this is yet another competitor in my OTP list. (The other one is Raz/Rainbow Squirt.) Give yourself a pat on the back. Or get yourself a publishing agent. Or something.
| Eliza chapter 1 . 10/24/2008
Nicely done. I actually didn't see this one comming.
| Kadigan chapter 1 . 10/18/2008
And here I was expecting Milla/Sasha... Hilarious!
| OveractiveImaginer chapter 1 . 10/11/2008
Oh my God I totally loved this! You have to write more of these! :D


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The Constitutionality of Massachusetts' Legislation to Ban Data Mining
Sean Flynn
July 17, 2008
Today the Massachusetts state House passed a healthcare bill which includes a ban on data mining – the process by which pharmaceutical firms purchase prescribing records to hone their marketing to specific doctors. Similar bans on data mining have been passed in other states, most recently Vermont.
Opponents of the Massachusetts ban on data mining claim that it violates the First Amendment rights of data miners. Similar laws have been challenged in New Hampshire and Maine, and two district courts have ruled the bans unconstitutional. However, the rulings are both under appeal, and health advocates supporting the bans are confident that the rulings will be overturned. Lawmakers in Massachusetts carefully considered the legal arguments and acted out of a conviction that these laws will ultimately be upheld.
Laws banning data mining are not
unconstitutional due to a key distinction between commercial speech and
consumer surveillance. Only the former is protected by the First Amendment. The
commercial speech doctrine serves consumer interests in being fully informed of
products and services on the market by providing limited protection to
advertisements and other speech to consumers proposing a commercial
transaction. Pharmaceutical companies engage in commercial speech when they
advertise their products through media and in-person sales calls to doctors.
The commercial speech doctrine does not extend protection to use of information
by private firms that does not communicate with potential buyers. The
plaintiffs are not communicating with potential buyers when they monitor the
prescribing practices of physicians, and therefore this practice is not
accorded protection under the First Amendment.
Indeed, the First Amendment calculus weighs strongly on the other side – of protecting the autonomy right of individuals to decide when to speak and to whom. Massachusetts's law provides a mechanism for prescribers to choose whether to share their prescribing information with pharmaceutical marketers and therefore serves rather than limits important First Amendment interests.
Even if the trade in prescription records was deemed to be speech, there are overwhelming societal justifications for its regulation. When governments require the disclosure of personally identifying information, such as that required on prescription records, privacy interests demand that governments ensure that the information is safeguarded from unwarranted disclosure. In addition, an abundance of social science evidence demonstrates that undue influence of pharmaceutical marketing over the prescribing choices of physicians and other health professionals compromises a central value of our health system – that medical decisions be based on evidence, not on personal relationships, marketing influence or the hope for pecuniary reward. Permitting pharmaceutical marketers to track prescribing choices and use that information to tailor commercial messages and target gifts and enticements exaggerates undue influence of pharmaceutical companies in our health system that raises health care costs, promotes irrational drug selection, threatens professional integrity, compromises patient privacy and increases the prevalence of harassing marketing practices. States have an overriding interest in combating these social ills.
For information on the debate over data mining and state efforts to ban it, see the PIJIP webpage on the topic.


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The Sigg company keeps coming up with more and more fabulous, fun designs! This one in blue and green called the Earth Sigg Water Bottle is really big, like 33 oz. big! By filtering my own water and filling up a Sigg instead of purchasing water in a plastic bottle, I'm not only saving myself money, I'm helping to save the environment!
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MORE Kiwis are calling Australia home, but some of those venturing across the ditch are finding the so-called lucky country not so lucky after all.
The latest census figures show 483,400 people living in Australia were born in New Zealand, about 2.2 per cent of the total population.
It's an increase of almost 100,000 people since the last census in 2006, and it means there are now more Kiwis living in Australia than there are living in either Wellington or Christchurch.
Meanwhile, figures from this side of the Tasman show about 1000 Kiwis are heading to Australia each week, with intentions of staying there long-term.
Many of those who leave New Zealand shores do so because of the promise of more jobs, better pay and warmer weather.
Jacques Poot, Professor of Population Economics at Waikato University, says the integrated trans-Tasman labour market means workers are more mobile and more likely to move to where the jobs are.
Most of the migration has been to Australia because "Australia has generated more jobs over the last several decades than New Zealand", Prof Poot says.
However, the economic realities are starting to bite for some.
"The Australian dollar is really high, because of that, if a New Zealander converts what they could earn in Australia to New Zealand dollars then it looks like it could be quite a gain," Prof Poot said.
But, there's a catch.
"If they use that current exchange rate as a measure for whether they're going to gain, they are probably going to be disappointed because particularly right now they will under-estimate the cost of living in Australia."
And some are finding it tougher than expected.
The New Zealand High Commission in Canberra and the New Zealand Consulate-Generals in Sydney and Melbourne have noticed an increase in the number of Kiwis wanting help to return home, a spokesman for the High Commission told NZ Newswire.
Most New Zealanders who enter Australia are issued with a non-protected special category visa, which means they can live and work in Australia as long as they wish, as long as they remain of good character.
However, this particular type of visa means New Zealanders have limited access to Australian health, disability, social and education support and have no entitlement to unemployment or sickness benefits, or to student loans.
For young people - university graduates with no assets and limited family ties in New Zealand - hopping across the Tasman is easy, Bank New Zealand Head of Research Stephen Toplis says.
But it's not so easy for others.
"If say, for example, you're in your mid-40s, married, couple of kids, own your own house and a couple of assets in New Zealand, well it's hellishly difficult to move to Australia," he said.
"You're going to swap your million dollar house in Auckland and have to buy a three million dollar house in Sydney to be equally as well off, and then the cost of your kids' education over there and all the rest."
The wages might be higher in Australia, but Mr Toplis says "you're probably going to have to work five or 10 years to pay back the difference".
With the exception of the mining sector, Australia has felt the bite of the recession.
"Western Australia is doing well because of the money that spins off the back of the mining sector," Mr Toplis said.
"I think you'll find that businesses that have New Zealand and Australian operations in the domestic economy are probably more worried about their Australian businesses than they are their New Zealand businesses."
For Kiwis venturing across the ditch, Australia might not be the land of milk and honey after all.
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Playoff surprises (so far)
Earlier, I evaluated a few players who have disappointed in the playoffs so far. Now, on to cheerier matters: five players who have exceeded expectations despite the heightened pressure of the playoffs, with a general focus on those whose teams remain alive.
One note off the top: Stephen Curry has been omitted on the grounds of ample exposure and sheer ridiculousness. Even after a season that made him a fringe MVP-ballot candidate (for selection in the fourth/fifth spot, not to actually win the award), Curry has improved to such an incredible and obvious degree that he needs no praise from me.
Nate Robinson, Chicago Bulls
There have been times in this postseason when a 5-foot-9 cast-off guard playing on a veteran minimum deal legitimately could not be stopped. He has been defended well in spots, bumped in others and hindered by his own shot selection at times, but Robinson is in such an undeniable groove that few forces on the planet could rightly prevent his shots from going through the net.
And better yet: Robinson has used his offensive success to lure opponents into swarming him before slinging passes to an open Joakim Noah or Carlos Boozer, who then makes the ensuing pass to Marco Belinelli or Nazr Mohammed. It's beautiful basketball from a player who, at times in his career, has frankly seemed incapable of it. He's still largely the same Nate who jacks up long two-point jumpers after taking a step in from the pick-and-roll, but a version of that player who converts several of those shots and understands the stress that accuracy puts on defenses.
That's no small thing. Robinson has long been a gifted scorer, but his inability to make correct determinations on those kinds of judgment calls has prevented him from taking a bigger role or claiming a bigger contract. Getting this hot from the field makes those decisions simpler by attracting extra attention and opening up passing lanes, and Robinson deserves credit for turning this into productive and intelligent decision making. As a result, Robinson has been a transformative offensive player in these playoffs. Robinson was the only Bull who could consistently create off the dribble this year, and through that skill he has proved even more valuable in the context of a seven-game series.
Draymond Green, Golden State Warriors
Green ends up with the ball in his hands quite a bit by design of the defense, but the rookie forward has made the Nuggets and now Spurs pay often by reading the situation perfectly and completing the play. The gamble there is understandable; Green shot miserably from the floor (32.7 percent overall, 20.9 percent from three-point range) in the regular season, and if nothing else he is a far preferable alternative to Curry or Klay Thompson finding an open look elsewhere. Something has to give when defending a team with such potent shooters, and Green is very often the least dangerous player on the floor. But Green has converted 50 percent (9-of-18) of his three-point tries in the playoffs, nearly doubled his assists, to 3.1 per 36 minutes, and appeared undaunted as defenders scramble back in his direction.
All of which is a big break for the Warriors, who were so badly in need of ways to account for the absence of David Lee. Carl Landry has played a big role there and balanced Golden State's scoring with some nice work from the interior. Rookie center Festus Ezeli has played important minutes against San Antonio, too, largely as a spot defender against Tim Duncan. And rookie forward Harrison Barnes has also moonlighted as a big man in some of the Warriors' smaller lineups. But Green allows coach Mark Jackson to walk the line between big and small, as Green has stretched the floor and moved the ball well while having the frame of a more conventional big man.
It's rare to find players who are both as strong and nimble as Green, a combination that enables him to play a significant defensive role to complement his offense. He navigates the defensive interior quickly and intuitively, giving Andrew Bogut the necessary help when he's drawn away from the basket. The Warriors missed that back-line assistance all season with Lee and Landry filling most of the team's power-forward minutes, but it stands as one of the more underrated factors in this playoff surge.
Iman Shumpert, New York Knicks
In a general sense, Shumpert's spot scoring, irksome defense and displays of athleticism all fall within the range of reasonable expectation. He showed these skills as a rookie last season before tearing his ACL in the playoffs.
But there have been enough flourishes in Shumpert's game of late to appreciate him on entirely different levels, beginning with the way he challenged the bigger and stronger Paul Pierce in the first round. Pierce's errant shooting (36.8 percent overall, 26.8 percent on threes) can by no means be attributed solely to Shumpert, but the Knicks' go-to defensive stopper contested Pierce's every step and didn't bail him out by biting on pump fakes. Being so disciplined against a great isolation scorer in the face of such a notable size disadvantage demonstrates an impressive comprehension of one-on-one defense. Shumpert is still learning how to best guard opponents off the ball, but he's incredibly reliable when it comes to shuffling his feet and attacking his opponent's dribble in face-up situations.
On offense, Shumpert isn't much of a shot creator anymore. He's been relieved of that duty by the orchestration of Raymond Felton, Pablo Prigioni and Jason Kidd, not to mention the simplified isolation pursuits of Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith. That's probably for the best; Shumpert could certainly expand his game to include more off-the-dribble elements, but his explorations in that area a season ago proved erratic. On this particular team, Shumpert makes far more sense as a cutter and spot-up shooter, with the latter role proving to be quite fruitful this postseason. Shumpert is second on the team in three-point shooting at 46.2 percent (12-of-26), and it's not for nothing that Shumpert's threes -- as has been the case with many of his big plays -- have largely come at crucial times.
Harrison Barnes, Golden State Warriors
I find myself continually impressed by the postseason decision making of Barnes, who has picked his spots beautifully to pressure defenses at just the right times. It would seem easy for Barnes -- who has connected on 37.2 percent from long range -- to fire threes in many of his semi-open opportunities, looking to shoot over the top of a hard-closing defender. But Barnes has done a fantastic job of driving to attack the close-out and throwing the defense into a jumbled mess. He's limiting his attempts to only those situations in which he has a clear advantage, whether it be wide-open threes, available lanes to the basket or in the post against undersized defenders.
With improved shot selection, Barnes' effective field-goal percentage (which accounts for the added value of a three-pointer) has jumped from 48.1 during the regular season to 54.1 in the playoffs. Barnes has filtered most of the showy mid-range pull-up jumpers out of his game, seeking to move the ball when an open look isn't immediately available. He wasn't a particularly selfish player in the regular season, but he's been a perfect cog in a well-oiled postseason machine, scoring and making plays without the kind of hesitation that allows a well-trained defense to recover.
Francisco Garcia, Houston Rockets
In a matter of months, Garcia went from trade fodder (his contract helped to round out the Rockets' deal for Thomas Robinson) to valued playoff contributor. He may not have cracked the top half of the Rockets' rotation if not for injuries to Jeremy Lin and Carlos Delfino, but Garcia made the most of his opportunity by instantly creating value on both ends. In an offense largely driven by James Harden's off-the-dribble work, Garcia wasn't asked to create often or do anything too dynamic. But he thrived in a specialized role, and in the four games that he played significant minutes, Garcia attempted -- and made -- threes in bulk. Benefiting from open looks created by Harden's penetration and Houston's ball movement, Garcia made 45.5 percent of his 8.3 long-range attempts per game in those four contests (15-of-33 overall). Those marks were team highs even on the three-happy Rockets.
Defensively, Garcia drew the unfortunate assignment of covering Kevin Durant -- a matchup in which he surrendered every physical advantage imaginable. But Garcia played an incredibly active part in bothering Durant at the top of the floor and complicating his new life without Russell Westbrook. When Garcia was on the court, Durant shot a decidedly mortal 46.7 percent from the field and only 22.7 percent from beyond the arc. The Thunder's general disarray and Houston center Omer Asik's readiness to cover for teammates' mistakes aided Garcia, but this was still a spirited defensive showing to complement Garcia's unexpected dose of tidy, role-conscious offense.Statistical support for this post provided by NBA.com.


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Win Tickets to The Ultimate Thriller The Michael Jackson Tribute Concert
Listen to Big Jim & Stacy Lee all week to score you tickets to "The Ultimate Thriller The Michael Jackson Tribute Concert" at Toyota Center June 15th. Big Jim & Stacy Lee will play a backwards music clip on the air if you identify the correct song title you'll score tickets to the show. Tickets are for rows 1-5.
The Ultimate Thriller is based on Michael Jackson's "Dangerous" and "Bad" concert tours and features iconic songs like "Black or White," "Beat It," and "Billie Jean." Fronting the show is Italian Superstar, Fabio Morda', who has been portraying Michael for more than 10 years.
Morda' is supported by an expert dance squad choreographed by Jackson's own beloved dance experts and friends Mic Thompson and LaVelle Smith Jr. Together with an electrifying band and Jackson's personal audio consultant Michael Prince, this world-class troupe is working hard to keep Michael Jackson's legacy alive and live up to his standards of perfection.