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NEW YORK (AP) St. John's coach Steve Lavin called a timeout when the Red Storm's 16-point lead over Seton Hall had been cut one with 4:21 to play. He was surprised with what he saw.
``The kids looked despondent. They looked like we just lost the game or were down 25,'' he said. ``I said, `Fellas, this is the Big East. I would have liked to see the lead go to 25 or 30 but inevitably teams make runs.' Part of a young team is teams get down on themselves. We have to remind them to not be concerned with what just happened. Go for the win, but don't get carried away.''
One player who heeded Lavin's advice was sophomore D'Angelo Harrison, who scored 10 of the Red Storm's final 12 points in a 71-67 victory over Seton Hall on Sunday at Madison Square Garden.
Harrison finished with 24 points and seven rebounds and freshman JaKarr Sampson added 19 points as St. John's won its fourth straight game.
Harrison, who is second in the Big East in scoring with a 19.6 average, started his burst with 9 minutes left and helped keep the Pirates, who closed within one point with 4:21 to play, at bay.
``That's our captain stepping up and doing what he does best,'' Sampson said of Harrison. ``He scores the ball in tough situations.''
Seton Hall used an 11-2 run to get within 60-59, but Harrison took over, hitting two jumpers and two free throws in the final 2:24.
``He plays all 40 minutes. He plays hard and makes free throws which is so important,'' Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard said. ``What's tough about him is he can score off the dribble. He's a heck of a guard.''
Phil Greene had 10 points for St. John's (13-7, 5-3 Big East) while freshman Chris Obekpa, who leads the nation with 4.6 blocked shots per game, had four blocks. He finished with four points, the last two a tip-in with 41 seconds left that gave the Red Storm a 67-62 lead.
Eugene Teague had a career-high 22 points for Seton Hall (13-7, 2-5), which has lost five of six. Fuquan Edwin, the fifth-leading scorer in the conference at 17.2 points per game, was hounded by the Red Storm into a 4-for-15 game from the field, including making one of six 3-point attempts. He finished with 14 points and nine rebounds.
``Fu's taking a lot of shots. He has to take better shots,'' Willard said. ``If you don't double-team him he'll abuse you. He'll be back. He's the least of our worries.''
Seton Hall had won three straight over the Red Storm and four of the last five. This was Seton Hall's first game against St. John's in Madison Square Garden since 2006.
St. John's closed the first half on a 17-4 run and the Red Storm scored the first six points of the second half for a 44-33 lead. The Red Storm's biggest lead was 16 points, the last time at 53-37 on a jumper by Greene with 14:46 to play.
``We haven't started or finished halves well,'' Willard said. ``With all we're talking about, we shouldn't have been down 16.''
Lavin said the winning streak, which also includes wins over Notre Dame, DePaul and Rutgers, has been filled with games which have been a lot alike.
``The last four games have had similar themes,'' Lavin said. ``There have been stretches where we play brilliantly and stretches where teams will make runs on us. There are plenty of things we can improve upon both offensively and defensively. I'm most proud we found a way after Seton Hall went on a run. We went on a run of our own. That's the trend that is emerging now.''
The Pirates made eight of their first 10 shots from the field and was ahead 29-21 with about 9 minutes to play. The Red Storm started their closing 17-4 run with a by Harrison who ended it with a 3 at the buzzer. He was standing alone near midcourt letting the clock run down and with 5 seconds left took a step back then dribbled across to his right and hit the shot at the buzzer for a 38-33 lead.


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NBA suspends Nuggets' Arron Afflalo one game for elbow to the head ejection
The NBA on Sunday suspended Nuggets guard Arron Afflalo one game without pay for his elbow to the head of the Jazz's Gordon Hayward on Friday in Utah.
Afflalo was ejected for the foul, saying: ""It was a bad play on my part. I just kind of got frustrated with the game a little bit and tried to battle a few possessions here and there."
Stu Jackson, NBA vice president of basketball operations, announced the suspension.
The Nuggets will be without Afflalo tonight when they play the Timberwolves in Minnesota.

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BMW 650i Gran Coupe Drive Belt Idler Pulley Replacement Cost
Know what price you should pay to get your vehicle fixed.
What is a drive belt idler pulley?
The term "Drive Belt" is a generic term used to describe a set of belts that are used to run engine accessories such as the alternator or power steering pump. These belts must be routed in a manner that prevents contact with other belts or components, necessitating the use of an idler pulley. This helps locate the belt, while allowing it to spin freely.
How does the drive belt idler pulley work?
While the engine is running, the crankshaft pulley is constantly spinning. This provides drive to other mechanisms by means of a belt. The belt will be tightly wrapped around the crankshaft pulley and the accessory pulley, so the belt is unable to slip. Manufacturers use idler pulleys to route the belt around various engine accessories.
What are the symptoms related to a bad drive belt idler pulley?
If the drive belt idler pulley fails, there will be a very audible chirping noise from the front of the engine. This is because the idler pulley bearing is no longer smooth, and rotating causes metal to grind at high speeds. If it is not changed immediately, there is a chance it will become dislodged, or allow the drive belt to slip off. If the belt falls off, the accessory that it drives will no longer function. For instance, if the alternator belt idler pulley fails, the alternator may stop functioning. Also if the pulley begins to wobble, allowing slack in the belt, it will make an extremely loud squeaking or screeching noise, especially on cold starts. This is the belt slipping on the crankshaft pulley, and will require belt replacement once the idler pulley is replaced.
Can I drive with a drive belt idler pulley problem?
Depending on which belt breaks, driving the car may be hazardous or impossible. The power steering belt and air conditioning compressor belt will not disable the vehicle, but the vehicle may be unpleasant to drive. If the engine cooling fan belt breaks the engine may overheat, causing further damage. If the alternator belt is broken or missing the vehicle will need to be towed, as battery power will only last a few short minutes.
How often do drive belt idler pulleys need to be replaced?
Idler pulleys tend to last quite some time. However, driving style and operating environment may affect part longevity. The majority of vehicles will surpass 100,000 miles before idler pulley replacement is needed.
How are drive belt idler pulley issues diagnosed?
If the pulley is making sufficient noise to be suspected, it will be physically inspected to verify the diagnosis. The drive belt will be relieved of tension, and the pulley turned by hand to feel for vibration, resistance, grinding, or looseness. If any of those symptoms are noted, it will be replaced.
How is a drive belt idler pulley replaced?
When replacing a drive belt idler pulley, the remaining parts of the pulley system will be inspected to ensure they are free from defects that will lead to damage of the new belt or idler pulley. If there are no defects, the belt tension will be released, and tightened once the new idler pulley and belt are in place. Proper belt tension is mandatory to prevent belt failure.
RepairPal Recommendations for drive belt idler pulley issues
When one drive belt component fails, it is typical to notice the others in need of replacement as well. The belts should all be removed and inspected, as cracking or fraying may be hard to detect while on the vehicle. While the belts are removed, the idler pulleys and belt tensioners should be inspected and replaced if faulty. If the drive belt is broken or missing, all pulleys and components for that belt should be inspected for proper alignment and functionality.
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The NES are set out in the Fair Work Act 2009 and comprise 10 minimum standards of employment. Each standard is covered in detail in separate fact sheets, but in summary, the NES involve the following minimum entitlements:
- Maximum weekly hours of work – standard 38 ordinary hours per week, plus reasonable additional hours.
- Requests for flexible working arrangements – an entitlement allowing parents or carers of a child under school age, or of a child under 18 with a disability, to request a change in working arrangements to assist with the care of the child.
- Parental leave and related entitlements – up to 12 months unpaid leave per employee, plus a right to request an additional 12 months unpaid leave, plus other forms of maternity, paternity and adoption-related leave.
- Annual leave – four weeks paid leave per year, plus an additional week for certain shift workers.
- Personal/carer's leave and compassionate leave – 10 days paid personal/carer's leave, two days unpaid carer's leave as required, and two days compassionate leave (unpaid for casuals) as required.
- Community service leave – unpaid leave for voluntary emergency activities and leave for jury service, with an entitlement to be paid for up to 10 days for jury service.
- Long service leave – a transitional entitlement for employees as outlined in an applicable pre‑modernised award, pending the development of a uniform national long service leave standard.
- Public holidays – a paid day off on a gazetted public holiday, except where reasonably requested to work.
- Notice of termination and redundancy pay – up to five weeks notice of termination and up to 16 weeks severance pay on redundancy, both based on length of service.
- Provision of a Fair Work Information Statement – must be provided by employers to all new employees, and contains information about the NES, modern awards, agreement-making, the right to freedom of association, termination of employment, individual flexibility arrangements, union rights of entry, transfer of business, and the respective roles of the Fair Work Commission and the Fair Work Ombudsman.
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COLUMBUS, Ga. - The 19th-ranked Lady Cougars of Columbus State used a pair of strong pitching efforts to cool the smoking-hot Georgia Southwestern Lady Hurricanes Wednesday evening to earn a shutout sweep in the Peach Belt doubleheader at Lady Cougar Field.
GSW came into the contest fresh off a sweep of Lander that saw the Lady 'Canes put up 31 runs off 33 hits on the day.
Game 1: CSU 1, GSW 0
The opening contest proved to be a pitchers' duel as Georgia Southwestern's Allison Pastor and Columbus State's Mollie Russell battled it out on the mound as both pitchers had dominant outings.
CSU's lone run came in the bottom of the first inning off an RBI single by Kristen Carr to put Columbus State (26-11, 7-2 PBC) on the board.
That run proved to be the difference in the game as Georgia Southwestern (22-21, 6-9 PBC) failed to get anything going offensively.
GSW's red-hot bats were cooled thanks in part to Russell (14-6) who earned the shutout victory allowing six hits while striking out nine Lady 'Canes.
Pastor (10-7) was credited with the loss off a strong effort as the junior threw a complete game allowing one run off three hits.
Janna Anderson and Jordan Miller paced the Lady 'Canes offensively as the pair accounted for two hits apiece for the Blue and Gold.
Game 2: CSU 8, GSW 0
While GSW continued their offensive struggles, Columbus State broke out of their slump in the second game as the Lady Cougars scored eight runs off nine hits to earn the easy 8-0 shutout victory in five innings.
Columbus State (27-11, 8-2 PBC) used a four-run third inning off two Lady Cougar-home runs to help distance themselves from GSW (22-22, 6-10 PBC).
Southwestern's starting pitcher Ashley Cavender (7-9) was credited with the loss for the Lady 'Canes as the sophomore pitched 2.1 innings allowing six runs off six hits.
Taylor Turner (8-3) continued CSU's strong pitching effort as the right-hander threw a complete-game shutout allowing four hits while striking out three for the Lady Cougars.
Georgia Southwestern will return to action Saturday, March 30, as GSW returns to Lady 'Cane Field for a PBC doubleheader against Augusta State starting a 12 p.m.


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On a recent sunny day in Australia, a group of people got it into their heads that they should attempt to shatter the current world record for cars doing burnouts at the same time. This is because Australia is perhaps the last place on Earth where this kind of behavior is acceptable, and even encouraged. (We know it probably wouldn't go over too well in London.)
And you know what? The Aussies may have just pulled it off, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The newspaper reported that with 69 cars participating in the mass burnout, it most likely broke the old record of about 50 cars.
Only one of the cars died in the middle of the burnout, which coated 10,000 fans in tire smoke for about 15 seconds. The Herald figures that comes out to 138 spinning rear tires and a combined 30,000 horsepower. Hoon-tacular job, mates!
Even the Guinness World Records official present at the burnout, Chris Sheedy, said that Australia was the most likely contender to shatter such a record. "I can't think of an event anywhere else in the world where it would be more likely to be broken," he told the Herald.
Hoon of the Day? More like Hoon of the Year. And it's only early January.
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DAMASCUS, Syria, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad, critical of Turkey's stance on the unrest in Syria, warned Monday the "fire" in Syria threatened to spread to Turkey.
Also Monday, a Russian flotilla docked at the Syrian port of Tartus to demonstrate solidarity with the Assad regime, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported. Syria's defense minister visited a Russian aircraft carrier Sunday.
The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet quoted Assad as saying: "If there is a fire in one room of the house, it will spread to the other rooms. To stop the fire from spreading to the other rooms and harming our brothers and sisters, we must work together to put it out."
A crowd gathered at Monument Square in Deir Ezzor to condemn a series of explosions the government said were terrorist-sponsored, the government-run Syrian Arab News Agency said. Participants also voiced rejection of the foreign interference in Syria's affairs.
On Friday, 26 people died in an explosion in Damascus that activists said was caused by the government but the government blamed on terrorists. On Sunday 11 Syrian soldiers were killed in attacks south of Damascus, in the town of Basr al-Harir rights observers reported.
Anti-government activists on Sunday flocked to Arab League observers the Jabal Zawiya region of Idlib to determine whether the Assad regime was ending its violent crackdown against the protesters. Video posted by activists showed league monitors wearing yellow vests surrounded by chanting protesters.
Activists also posted an Internet video that seemed to show a heavy army presence in Darkoush in Idlib on Sunday.
Arab League monitors in Syria should receive reinforcements soon after league ministers were told the controversial mission needed more time and resources to observe escalating violence, The Guardian said. However, no agreement was reached on whether the mission should seek U.N. "technical assistance" to improve its performance.
Syria has denied it hid anything from the observers after the league urged the Assad regime to improve cooperation, end violence and protect civilians.
"We let them move freely anywhere," Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said after the league issued an interim report on the observers' mission. "We have provided all the things they need."
The observers, who the report said were subjected to "harassment" by the government and the opposition, also believe Assad failed to honor his regime's promise to end the violence, the report said.
But Qatari Prime Minister Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, who led a Sunday league meeting in Cairo, said the mission had succeeded in reducing the level of killing.
Hamad, who is also Qatar's foreign minister, said he expected the violence would lessen further by the time the league issues its final report on the observer mission Jan. 19.
"If the killings continue, then the mission's presence will be useless," he told reporters.
Six army and law-enforcement personnel were buried Sunday. SANA said the officers were killed by armed terrorists Damascus and Homs.
SANA reported armed gunmen kidnapped and killed a chief warrant officer in Harasta.
Officials in Harasta also reported confiscating a vehicle they said was loaded with rifles, ammunition, night-vision goggles, military uniforms, driver licenses and loudspeakers.
More than 160 people have been killed since the observer mission began Dec. 26, the umbrella anti-government activist group Local Coordination Committees of Syria said.
Death tolls and other accounts cannot be independently confirmed due to restrictions imposed on journalists by the Syrian government.
The United Nations estimated last month the Syrian death toll topped 5,000. Estimates of detainees run from 15,000 to 40,000.


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Well here we are 3 years ago we started this journey I knew it wasn't gonna be easy but not once did I ever imagine it was gonna be this hard and we would still be childless After Iui's, IVF's and all sorts of tests I don't feel we are any closer to our dream. And of course the witch arrived today and I'm home sick any way with allergies. I just feel that it's never going to go right for me. I know ladies go through way more than we have gone through but somedays I don't know how to keep moving down this road. I feel like just saying hell with it all and we aren't going to be parents but that thought breaks my heart more so than this road. I wonder will it ever go right and we will finally get pg.
Part of me wants to move on to the road of adoption and just walk away from our last frozen embie but I know there's no way I can do that. I think looking down the adoption road will make it less of heartbreak if the embie doesn't work in a few months when we do our FET. I just want for one month to work and we could just get pg without heartaches, scheduled sex or any pain.
Sorry to vent just having a bad day today. Think it's time to take some more meds and go back to bed. Maybe sleeping the day away will make the pain less.


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5 I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:
My loved one had a vineyard
on a fertile hillside.
2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones
and planted it with the choicest vines.
He built a watchtower in it
and cut out a winepress as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
but it yielded only bad fruit.
3 "Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
4 What more could have been done for my vineyard
than I have done for it?
When I looked for good grapes,
why did it yield only bad?
5 Now I will tell you
what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
and it will be destroyed;
I will break down its wall,
and it will be trampled.
6 I will make it a wasteland,
neither pruned nor cultivated,
and briers and thorns will grow there.
I will command the clouds
not to rain on it."
7 The vineyard of the Lord Almighty
is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed;
for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.
8 Woe to you who add house to house
and join field to field
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.
9 The Lord Almighty has declared in my hearing:
"Surely the great houses will become desolate,
the fine mansions left without occupants.
10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath[a] of wine;
a homer[b] of seed will yield only an ephah[c] of grain."
11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning
to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
till they are inflamed with wine.
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
pipes and timbrels and wine,
but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord,
no respect for the work of his hands.
13 Therefore my people will go into exile
for lack of understanding;
those of high rank will die of hunger
and the common people will be parched with thirst.
14 Therefore Death expands its jaws,
opening wide its mouth;
into it will descend their nobles and masses
with all their brawlers and revelers.
15 So people will be brought low
and everyone humbled,
the eyes of the arrogant humbled.
16 But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice,
and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.
17 Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;
lambs will feed[d] among the ruins of the rich.
18 Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit,
and wickedness as with cart ropes,
19 to those who say, "Let God hurry;
let him hasten his work
so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One of Israel—
let it approach, let it come into view,
so we may know it."
20 Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and clever in their own sight.
22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine
and champions at mixing drinks,
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
but deny justice to the innocent.
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw
and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay
and their flowers blow away like dust;
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore the Lord's anger burns against his people;
his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,
and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets.
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.
26 He lifts up a banner for the distant nations,
he whistles for those at the ends of the earth.
Here they come,
swiftly and speedily!
27 Not one of them grows tired or stumbles,
not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt is loosened at the waist,
not a sandal strap is broken.
28 Their arrows are sharp,
all their bows are strung;
their horses' hooves seem like flint,
their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,
they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize their prey
and carry it off with no one to rescue.
30 In that day they will roar over it
like the roaring of the sea.
And if one looks at the land,
there is only darkness and distress;
even the sun will be darkened by clouds.
6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another:
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory."
4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
5 "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty."
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."
8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
9 He said, "Go and tell this people:
"'Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.'
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.[e]
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed."
11 Then I said, "For how long, Lord?"
And he answered:
"Until the cities lie ruined
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted
and the fields ruined and ravaged,
12 until the Lord has sent everyone far away
and the land is utterly forsaken.
13 And though a tenth remains in the land,
it will again be laid waste.
But as the terebinth and oak
leave stumps when they are cut down,
so the holy seed will be the stump in the land."
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
To God's holy people in Ephesus,[a] the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he[b] predestined us for adoption to sonship[c] through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, 9 he[d] made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
11 In him we were also chosen,[e] having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 12 in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. 13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory.
15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God's people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.


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Zazzle is committed to protecting your privacy. They have taken great efforts to keep your information confidential and secure at all times within their system. Zazzle is not an "information broker." They do not engage in the selling of the habits, behavior, buying patterns or demographic information of their users. Zazzle uses the information they collect about you to process orders, pay royalties and provide the best service possible. Zazzle may revise this Privacy Policy occasionally.
What information does Zazzle collect? How do they use it?
When you place an order, Zazzle needs to know your name, mailing address, billing address, email address, credit card number and its expiration date. All of this information is necessary for Zazzle to complete the transaction and notify you of your order status. If you are ordering for the first time, Zazzle also requires that you choose a user name and password so that they can create your account. Finally, Zazzle maintains a history of the products you have ordered.
When you register a My Account account with Zazzle, you must choose a username and password to access your account. You must also provide your name, street address and email address so that Zazzle may contact you, when necessary, concerning activity that is relevant to your account. Finally, in order to comply with The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), you must provide your date of birth to confirm that you are 13 years of age or older.
Children's Privacy
If you are a child under 13 years of age, Zazzle and COPPA require that your parents be informed of your intent to create an account at Zazzle. You will only be able to enter a username, password, and your parent's email address. Your parent will be contacted via email and must give permission for you to register an account at Zazzle. If Zazzle does not receive your parent's permission in a timely fashion, your username, password and parent's email address will be deleted and you will not have a Zazzle account. If Zazzle receives your parent's permission, you may create a Zazzle account. As with all personal information collected at Zazzle, your data will be kept confidential and will never be sold, shared, or leased to any third party.
How does Zazzle protect customer information?
When you place orders or access your account information, Zazzle offers the use of a secure server. The secure server software (SSL) encrypts all information you input before it is sent to Zazzle. Your My Account information is password-protected for your privacy and security.
What about cookies?
A cookie is a small text file on your computer which a web site uses to store information. Zazzle uses cookies for the sole purpose of uniquely identifying their users and securing their personal information. Actually, the information itself is never retained in the cookie. Rather, the cookie stores a token which uniquely identifies a particular user at a particular time. That token is then linked to the user information in Zazzle's secured databases.
Will Zazzle disclose the information it collects to outside parties?
Zazzle does not sell, trade or rent your personal information to outside parties. Zazzle may release account information when they believe, in good faith, that such release is reasonably necessary to (i) comply with law, (ii) enforce or apply the terms of any of our user agreements or (iii) protect the rights, property or safety of Zazzle, our users, or others.
How can Zazzle account information be changed or updated?
Any or all of your Zazzle account information can be changed in the My Account section of the site under Account Settings.
Your consent and changes to the Privacy Policy
By using the Zazzle web site, you consent to the collection and use of your information as Zazzle has outlined in this policy and to Zazzle's User Agreement. Zazzle may decide to change this Privacy Policy.
Who do I ask for additional questions?
Feel free to contact Zazzle with any additional questions that you may have at email@example.com or 800-980-9890. The current version of the Zazzle Privacy Policy was adopted effective as of 7/13/2004.
Squarespace Privacy Policy
Last updated: April 15, 2013
Thank you for visiting Squarespace. Squarespace is committed to honoring the privacy of our members and visitors. This privacy policy, part of our overall Terms of Service ("Terms of Service"), covers personally identifiable information shared through Squarespace.
This privacy policy applies to www.squarespace.com, owned and operated by Squarespace, Inc. ("Squarespace"). This privacy policy describes how Squarespace, Inc. collects and uses the personal information you provide on our web site: www.squarespace.com. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.
Squarespace, Inc. has been awarded TRUSTe's Privacy Seal signifying that this privacy policy and practices have been reviewed by TRUSTe for compliance with TRUSTe's program requirements including transparency, accountability and choice regarding the collection and use of your personal information. The TRUSTe program does not cover information that may be collected through downloadable software. The TRUSTe program covers only information that is collected through this Web site, www.squarespace.com.
TRUSTe's mission, as an independent third party, is to accelerate online trust among consumers and organizations globally through its leading privacy Trustmark and innovative trust solutions. If you have questions or complaints regarding our privacy policy or practices, please contact us at email@example.com. If you are not satisfied with our response you can contact TRUSTe here.
Squarespace, Inc. complies with the U.S.–E.U. Safe Harbor framework and the U.S.–Swiss Safe Harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal data from European Union member countries and Switzerland. Squarespace, Inc. has certified that it adheres to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement. To learn more about the Safe Harbor program, and to view Squarespace, Inc.'s certification, please visit http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/.
Squarespace takes your privacy seriously. We will not sell, lease, or exchange your personal data to, or otherwise share your personal data with, third parties in ways other than described in this Privacy Policy. By using Squarespace, including services available at the squarespace.com domains, you are using a service provided by Squarespace, Inc. (collectively, the "Service") and you agree to be bound by the Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy. Some capitalized terms used in this Privacy Policy and not otherwise defined may be defined in the Terms of Service. This Privacy Policy only addresses activities from our servers.
The Squarespace Service requires a login in order to provide you with a personalized account. During our account registration process, we will collect an email address, your first and last name, and a password from you. You must provide all of this information in order to obtain an account. After completing our registration form, you will receive a welcome email describing your new Squarespace account, and how to access that account. You may, at your option, also store your social media credentials as part of your account with our Service.
Communications with Squarespace
We use third party service providers to assist us in managing and administering communications and emails sent to us through the Website and through some Squarespace managed sites. Any personal information disclosed through such communications will be governed by such third party vendors' privacy policy.
Account Subscriptions
If you choose to continue service with Squarespace via a paid account, Squarespace will collect the following personally identifiable information from you: credit card number, credit card expiration date, and zip code, and keep this information on file in our secure server in order to process your recurring invoices. You may, at your option, also provide your company name, full billing address and phone number. This information is used to verify credit card authenticity, and process payments as per your applicable service agreement. Upon discontinuation of Squarespace service, your credit card information will be destroyed on our billing system. If we are unable to process your subscription for a given month, this information, along with your account information, may be used to contact you.
Third Party Payment Processors
Squarespace uses third party payment processors to assist it in processing your personally identifiable payment information securely. Such third party processors' use of your personal information is governed by their respective privacy policies which may or may not contain privacy protections as protective as this privacy policy. Payments are currently processed and managed using the third party vendors below. We will inform you which payment processors are used when processing your payments.
- Authorize.net - privacy policy
- NewTek - privacy policy
- Litle - privacy policy
- Zuora - privacy policy
- Stripe - privacy policy
Tell-A-Friend Tools
Squarespace provides a number of tools that will allow you to promote your website (or articles on your website) over email. Email addresses entered into these forms are not stored in our database, but may be stored in our system logs in text format to assist us in tracking down abusive users (users flooding the system), or using these tools for spamming. We will never contact addresses logged in this manner. The email sent through any of these mechanisms is a one time email only.
Hosted websites
Users hosting websites with Squarespace are given tools that may ask you to optionally enter your email address when making comments on their website, or contacting them through their website. Since users on Squarespace can manipulate the HTML code on their site directly, there are opportunities available for a malicious user to inject code that would log your information before it reaches our system. In addition, once in our system, website owners will have the opportunity to review and modify any information entered into their website. Since we do not have full control over how members run their individual sites, this privacy policy does not apply to any hosted Squarespace website that you do not own. You should check that you trust the owner of a particular website before submitting personally identifiable information on that site.
Squarespace uses the services of Peer1 Hosting for the Website and for Squarespace managed websites. Personal information hosted by or through Squarespace is subject to Peer1 Hosting's privacy policy which may or may not contain terms as protective as this privacy policy. A copy of Peer1 Hosting's privacy policy is available here.
Server Logs
When accessing web pages on the Website, Squarespace may log your IP address, access URL, time of access, geographic location, browser type, and referral URL in order to provide us with internal information regarding site traffic statistics. This information may also be used to identify users who are using the service for spam or other activity that is deemed in conflict with our Terms of Service. Otherwise, this information is used in the aggregate, and is never linked back to any personally identifiable information.
Comments and User Content Posted to the Website
If you post any Comments or User Content on the Website, you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you choose to provide there may be read, collected, or used by other users of the Website, as well as other third parties. We are not responsible for the information you choose to submit in these forums. We cannot guarantee that other users have not made copies of and/or will not use such information outside of the Website. We are not responsible for information you choose to post in this forum.
Social Media
The Website provides users the opportunity to interact and post content through various social media sites including, but not limited to, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Dropbox, Tumblr, foursquare, Flickr, YouTube and Vimeo. Your interactions with such tools, and any information you provide in connection with these interactions are publicly viewable outside of the Website domain. Each social media site has its own privacy policies which may be more or less protective than this Policy. If you do not wish for this information to be disclosed, then you should not use these tools. We are not responsible for information you choose to post in this forum.
Our site also includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook button and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
Squarespace collects the aforementioned personally identifiable information in order to provide you with a service that allows you to maintain an online presence. Various features in our Website management system will, at your discretion, display your name, or adjust the date and time of events based on your locale. The Squarespace Website Manager interface will always give you an option before any piece of your personally identifiable information is presented on your website, and situations where information will be published is made clear in various spots in the interface (for example, your name is tied to welcome emails you send out from our system, and notice of this is given to you within the interface for that tool).
Squarespace also uses information collected through its Service to send out notifications regarding service related issues (such as maintenance periods, billing problems, account expirations, and other items that may impact service). We do not send contact information unless the matter is deemed urgent, and most communication will occur through your Squarespace Website Manager interface. We also may use and disclose your information to our third party service providers in order to send you messages regarding new services or other products from Squarespace.
Information collected through our service logs is used only to identify potential cases of abuse and establish statistical information regarding Website traffic. This statistical information is not otherwise aggregated in such a way that would identify any particular user of the system.
Squarespace, Inc. is the sole owner of information collected on http://www.squarespace.com/. Your information is never shared, leased or given to any third parties in ways other than disclosed in this Privacy Policy.
We store all user information in secure databases protected via a variety of industry-standard access controls. Secure passwords, SSL encryption, disk-based encryption, firewalls, and other measures are in place that helps us to protect your data. However, no company, including Squarespace, can fully eliminate security risks associated with the transmission of personal information through online transactions, and you do so at your own risk.
If you have any questions about security on the Website, you can send us a customer care request.
Changing Information
All information that Squarespace stores related to your account, including any subscription billing information, is accessible through your Squarespace Website Manager interface. You may use this interface to correct, update or delete your information at any time, and we encourage you to keep this information up to date so that your customer service requests and billing processes operate efficiently. We will respond to your request to access within 5 business days.
Removing Information
To remove your personally identifiable information from our system, submit your account for deactivation. Your personal information will be removed immediately, though your actual login name will remain reserved on our system until re-collection. If you wish to only remove your billing subscription information, cancel your paid account. Both of these removals can be accessed through your Squarespace Website Manager interface.
Data Retention
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Service-related Announcements
We will send you service-related announcements on occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might send you an email. Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you have the option to deactivate your account.
Other Messages
With your permission, we may also send you messages from time to time about new features or services that we will offer to our users. You may opt-out of these communications at any time by clicking on the link at the bottom of our communications to you, or by changing your preferences in your profile as further described below.
Customer Service
Upon issuing a customer support request to Squarespace, we may use your information and email address to contact you regarding your inquiry.
Opt Out
Only non-promotional service announcements, as described above, will be issued without prior authorization. If you do not want to receive promotional announcements from Squarespace about new products or services, you may contact us and we will not send you further promotional announcements.
Upon deactivating your Squarespace account, you will receive no further communication from us (service announcements included).
Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
We share aggregated demographic information about our user base with our marketing partners. This information does not identify individual users. This information contains statistics related to traffic and the geographic location of our customers. We also may share aggregated user information with third parties who help us to analyze our user base to improve the Service.
Other than as described herein, we do not link aggregate user data with personally identifiable information.
Personally Identifiable Information
Squarespace employs third-party service providers to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include credit card processing, email service providers, analyzing data, providing customer service. These service providers have access to personal information needed to perform such functions on our behalf and authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
In the event of a business transfer or sale by Squarespace, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the commitments made in any Squarespace pre-existing Privacy Policy (unless, of course, you consent otherwise).
We may release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; enforce or apply our Terms of Service; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Squarespace, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.
As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.
We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer websites, to track users' movements around websites and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We do not link this automatically-collected data to personally identifiable information.
Like most websites, we use small bits of data called cookies stored on users' computers to simulate a continuous connection. Cookies let us 'remember' information about your preferences and passwords and allow you to move within our Service without reintroducing yourself. Members who disable cookies will not be able to use the Service, as they are required to maintain your login to our service within a browser session. Disabling cookies does not prevent you from accessing websites published under our system, though some features of those sites may be degraded.
These cookies can be tied back to personally identifiable information only in the event that you are logged in to our Service. If you are logged in to our Service, the cookies on your computer will uniquely identify your account within our system.
This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Squarespace, Inc. only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) use cookies on our site. We have no access to or control over these cookies.
Canadian Visitors to the Site
Canadian citizens, except under circumstances defined by law, are entitled to access their own personal information collected by Squarespace by writing to: 459 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY, 10013. Squarespace may ask you to pay an administrative fee for accessing or copying your personal information, but will inform you of the anticipated charges and confirm that you want us to proceed before processing your request. If you believe that the personal information about you that we have collected is incomplete or inaccurate, we will correct the information upon verification of the omission or error and of the identity of the person requesting the change. If you wish additional information about our personal information management, to access, correct or have us investigate any matters in relation to your personal information, please contact us.
California Residents
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits users who are California residents and who have provided with "personal information" (as that term is defined in Section 1798.83) to request certain information about the disclosure of that information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident with questions regarding this, or how the Squarespace reviews and processes any request from you to amend your personal information, please contact us here or in writing to Squarespace, Inc., 459 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY, 10013
Notice for Visitors to the Website Outside of the United States
You should be aware that the United States and other countries have not harmonized their privacy regulations. Because Squarespace and its servers are located in the United States, Squarespace has written its Privacy Policy to satisfy United States regulations. By using Squarespace.com, you agree to the level of privacy protection set out in our Privacy Policy.
If you use a bulletin board or chat room on the Website, or on any Squarespace member website, you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other users of these forums, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these forums. To request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.
Certain information, such as your name and IP address are logged by our system when posting messages, and are made available to the owner of the website you are posting on. These items may be displayed to readers of the site you are posting on, depending on the settings of that particular site. If you would not like to have these details disclosed, refrain from posting messages to any Squarespace bulletin board or chat room.
We display personal testimonials of satisfied customers on our site in addition to other endorsements. With your consent we may post your testimonial along with your name. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us at email@example.com.
This Website contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by Squarespace, Inc. Please be aware that we, Squarespace, Inc., are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.
We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. You will receive a notification when you leave Squarespace.
This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by this Website.
In the event Squarespace, Inc. goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred. You will be notified via email of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on us, our subsidiaries, affiliates, employees or agents.
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will not materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers.
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice within your Squarespace Website Manager interface prior to the change becoming effective.
Squarespace is not directed to children under 13 years of age and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personally identifiable information, we will delete such information from our files.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us by using our support system.
Squarespace is located at:
Squarespace Inc.
459 Broadway 5th Floor
New York, NY 10013
All correspondence should be sent to:
Squarespace Inc.
Re: Privacy Concern
459 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10013
To speak with a Zazzle Customer Service Representative, please call 888-8ZAZZLE (888-892-9953).
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The final countdown to your big day is finally here. You're most likely busy right now doing last minute changes. You definitely want your body to take its toll from those last minute changes, too. Rejoice, because it's never too late! As a matter of fact, a month is quite enough to shed these extra pounds and get all toned up for your wedding.
This challenge is designed to get you in the best shape within a month. And the best part about it is that there is no specific order. So if you stumbled upon the challenge in day 20, don't think it's too late. No more excuses.
f anything is too easy for you, you can always add weight. But if you're a beginner, you can do only 2 times of each rep and do not push yourself but don't get too comfortable either. Bit by bit, you can do more counts or reps. For the advanced version, do 5 reps instead of 3.
Day Ten:
Warm Up:
25 Juming Jacks
10 Superman Flies
10 Push Ups
25 Crunshes
(All x3 - Take a 1 min break before each rep)
12 Burpees
12 Squats
12 V Push Ups
12 Tricep Dips
(All x3 - Take a 1 min break before each rep)
Don't forget to stretch in the end!


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It's a new year for catching East Texas lunker bass
January is not the most pleasant month to be out on East Texas lakes casting for bass, but hey, it could always be worse, like, uh … February.
But on the bright side of things, this is a month that a lot of anglers begin their hunt for lunker bass on East Texas lakes, specifically Fork and Sam Rayburn.
I've fished quite a bit on most of the big East Texas reservoirs. But the best, bar none, is Sam Rayburn. Rayburn covers plenty of bass habitat like fallen timber, brush, willows and all sorts of aquatic vegetation. During the summer months, hundreds of acres of water will be covered with hydrilla. Conversely, during cold winter months all that vegetation is knocked back to several feet under the water's surface.
So where do you fish on Big Sam during January? The creek channels are like magnets to bass here. And the adjacent flats are where you'll find a lot of the big bass on warm, sunny afternoons.
Regardless of what lake you'll be fishing on right about now, you'll usually do best on the side that's being drenched in sunshine. That's where the water on the creek channel flats will warm up in the afternoons. And that's where you'll find bass moving up on the flats and running shad along the drops.
I love to fish cranks in cold water, specifically on sunny afternoons. But there are days when you can't beat pitching a jig for bass along the old Angelina River channel and in the many creeks. That's where you'll likely find lure maker and pro bass angler Lonnie Stanley.
"I like to pitch jigs to the willows along the river channel and in the creeks in January," said Stanley. "That's a natural year-round holding area for scattered big bass. What I like to do is pitch a jig so that it falls straight down beside the tree. The trick is to watch your line. If it suddenly stops set the hook. Or if it runs off to one side, set the hook. You have to be alert. But this technique is one that has put a lot of big bass in the boat for me."
You can't go wrong with a 1/2-ounce Stanley jig in black/blue or black/brown. Add some sort of trailer and you're good to go.
Don't forget that a lipless crank is always good to use on Rayburn. A crawfish colored 1/2 ounce Super Spot is death on big bass holding in grass that's about 8 to 12 feet deep.
Fishing on Lake Fork is always good. I don't care what time of day, week, month or year it is. If you can get to this lake, GO. It's produced more 13-pound-plus bass than any other lake in Texas.
Located 5 miles west of Quitman and 15 miles south of Sulphur Springs, Fork covers 27,690 acres. That's small when compared to Rayburn, but the bass fishing speaks for itself.
Regardless of where you fish on Fork, the potential for a state record bass is as good as it gets in Texas. January is not the ultimate big bass month to be fishing here, but it's when some monsters have been caught, specifically the current state record bass weighing 18.18 pounds. That lunker was caught on Jan. 24, 1992. It's a good reason to think about fishing live baits deep. This particular bass was caught on a live minnow by a crappie fisherman.
I'm not too big on fishing live baits for bass, or for anything else. But if you absolutely and positively have to catch a state record, you might want to rig up with a live minnow and fish deep structure along the many creek channels and pond dams at Fork.
Other good structure on the lake includes extended points, creek channel flats, ditches, roads, fence lines and along the edge of any type of submerged vegetation.
Fishing a 5/16-ounce Stanley jig along creek channel structure is a very good option. A black and blue jig with pork frog trailer is perfect. I've done well with Carolina-rigged worms in plum/red flake.
The water temperature will likely be in the 50s, so don't expect bass to be super active on Fork. It's going to be a slow, soft bite. But persistence usually pays off. And when you're fishing Fork, you never know if that next tap is going to be a monster bass.
Regardless of where you might be fishing in January, don't forget to keep a close eye on the weather. Cold fronts are a fact of life for Texas anglers right now. And many a fisherman has been caught in open water when a blue norther comes rolling through. Play it safe. Keep the lifejackets on or handy, watch the weather and always let somebody know when you'll be off the water.


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I have been using LaTeX to write scientific articles for about 6-months now. I know quite well now how to manipulate and create great content but don't really understand the formatting/style side to Latex. I need to submit a document soon which I want to make it look really good and professional much like this Nature article:
I want to know more specifically how to:
- Colour titles
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I know this question is very general but any help or pointers of how or where I could find out would be much appreciated! Are there templates on-line which you can download and just apply to your document for these sort of things?


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The Baird government has succumbed to public pressure over the controversial new bail laws by instigating a review only a month after they came into effect.
The backflip followed a media backlash in Sydney newspapers and on talkback radio to the bail reforms in the past fortnight.
The outcry over alleged wife killer Steven Frank Fesus being granted bail last week increased when former Comanchero bikie boss and alleged Sydney Airport murderer Mahmoud "Mick" Hawi walked out of Lithgow Jail on Wednesday night.
"The Attorney General and I have become concerned that some recent bail decisions do not reflect the government's intention to put community safety front and centre," Mr Baird said.
Attorney-General Brad Hazzard was doing the rounds on afternoon radio defending the system as recently as Wednesday afternoon.
The new risk-based approach replaced the presumption against bail for serious offences such as murder and were designed to reduce a complicated, inconsistent system.
Former Attorney-General John Hatzistergos will lead the review and is due to report back to the government by the end of July.
Mr Hatzistergos is to examine whether the Bail Act strikes the right balance between protecting the community and the justice system's integrity.
The about-turn continues a testing opening two months in the job for Mr Baird.
Only a fortnight after becoming premier following Barry O'Farrell's shock resignation for misleading the corruption watchdog, Mr Baird lost police minister Mike Gallacher to corruption allegations.
This month Mr Baird was forced into a compromise over the multi-billion dollar partial sale of the electricity network to keep coalition partners, the Nationals, happy.
Mr Baird exempted country-based Essential Energy from the sale and a number of guarantees surrounding the sell-off, including protection for workers within the power sector.
Opposition leader John Robertson said Labor welcomed the review but panned the Baird government's handling.
"The government promised that community safety would not be compromised when they introduced their new bail laws," he said.
"However, we have seen something completely different with widespread community concern about a number of cases."
The criticism of the laws comes after Pauline Wright, from the Law Society of NSW, said the reforms made the system "tough but fair".
"Our criminal justice system is based on the principle of presumed innocence," she said this week.
"Unless there is something to suggest that you're going to be a risk to the community, or that you're going to be a risk of not going to court to answer the charges … then you're entitled to bail."


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Andrew Borodin's Rat-Powered Pro Touring '70 GTO
Andrew Borodin has always been into Pro Touring cars, even before they acquired the name, and when this GTO came along in April of 1986, he knew the Pontiac would be a perfect candidate for conversion. Work began in earnest in 1998 and took until October of 2002 before the car was completed. As with most Pro Touring approaches, Andrew wanted a car that he could drive comfortably over long distances yet still attract attention when he dropped the hammer. The RSE win certainly underscores the fact that he achieved his goal.
Andrew decided that a crate engine would shortcut the rebuilding process, so he contacted GM Performance Parts and made a deal for a 502ci big-block Chevy short-block. With this as his foundation, he added a hydraulic roller Lunati cam and a pair of Holley rectangle port aluminum heads all fed by a complete Holley EFI system controlled by the Commander 950 system. Even with the engine's conservative 8.75:1 compression, this thumper still manages to crank out over 500 rear-wheel horsepower on the chassis dyno.
But there's more to road-going success than just power. Andrew also wanted his machine to cruise comfortably, so he bolted in a complete Centerforce Dual Friction clutch assembly covered with a Lakewood scattershield and then backed with a
Richmond six-speed overdrive transmission. he also retained the 12-bolt, fitting it with Strange axles and a set of 3.73 gears along with an Eaton limited-slip.
Since Andrew's approach is more than just blasting in a straight line, he decided those tight, twisty turns deserved serious attention as well. For this, he called upon Global West Suspension for a set of tubular upper control arms, QA1 adjustable shocks, and Bell Tech spindles along with an AGR fast-ratio steering box connected to a Flaming River steering column. The rear suspension is also Global West and QA-1 equipped.
Once Andrew had completed the chassis and drivetrain, it was time to turn his attention to the interior. Most guys would just restore what they had, but this is where he again raised the bar with a serious approach to reducing the sound level inside the car. The GTO is a rolling testbed for sound-attenuation techniques using sound-deadener material from Cascade Audio under the carpet, inside the trunk, and in the doors.
Along with all that, he also added a Detroit Speed and Engineering instrument panel, Auto Meter Ultra-Lite gauges, and a complete Boston Acoustic, Xtant, and iPod sound system that can supply great tunes you can easily enjoy with the windows up at highway speeds with the Vintage Air system that Andrew thoughtfully added. This is in addition to the black leather Corbeau seats and recovered rear seats performed by Addison Auto Interior in Addison, Illinois. he brought this same attention to detail to the exterior as well. Brian Vonbargen performed the bodywork and paint, applying the Viper Red paint over painfully straight body panels.
The Real Street Eliminator event was not this GTO's first event, either. Andrew attended last year's Bristol Bash and also put the goat through its paces at Road America's expansive road course that can quickly point out any deficiencies in power, handling, or braking. This merely reinforces the concept that this is not a garage queen. He built this GTO to perform as well as it looks, a goal that he has clearly attained. So if you see some guy with a goatee wearing a jacket with a large Real Street Eliminator emblem on the back and a winner's grin, that would be Andrew.
Car Craft Q&A
Car Craft: When we went on the ride and drive, the entire staff was impressed with how quiet your car is at speed.
Andrew Borodin: I spent a lot of time adding sound-deadener to the floors, the trunk, and inside the doors to make this car quiet enough that you don't have to yell to be heard over the engine.
CC: We really didn't think you had much of a chance to win RSE after you broke the rearend on Saturday, but you never gave up.
AB: I want to say how humbled I am by the efforts of others who helped me. The irony of the situation was not clear until the very end, when the very people who helped me, Jerry and Erik, got Second Place. If they had not helped me, they would have won the event. It certainly speaks volumes about their character.
CC: Anything else you'd like to add?
AB: Only that everyone deserves to be recognized for having the balls to beat the hell out of their car. I had a total blast. I remember reading the Real Street Eliminator stories back in the '80s when I was in high school. I always dreamed of competing. Thanks again.
The Details
Car: '70 Pontiac GTO
Owner: Andrew Borodin
Engine: GM Performance Parts 502ci short block, 4.446×4.00-inch bore and stroke, iron 4-bolt main block, 1053 steel forged crank, 4340 steel rods with 7/16-inch bolts, and forged 8.75:1 pistons, Hooker headers, Torque Tech 3-inch exhaust, and a Dr. Gas Y-pipe
Heads: Holley aluminum rectangle port heads, 310cc intake ports, and 2.25-/1.88-inch stainless steel valves
Induction: Holley Commander 950 multi-point fuel injection package with single-plane intake, 1,000-cfm throttle body, and Commander 950 EFI controller, and Innovate Engineering LM1 wide-band oxygen sensor
Camshaft: Lunati hydraulic roller with 230/240 degrees @ 0.050-inch tappet lift and 0.550/0.575-inch lift, 110-degree lobe separation angle
Rearend: GM 12-bolt with 3.73 gears, Strange axles
Transmission: Richmond six-speed, Lakewood scattershield, Centerforce Dual Friction 11-inch clutch, GM nodular iron flywheel, Suburban Drivetrain driveshaft
Front suspension: Bell Tech spindles, Hotchkis 1 ¼-inch sway bar, AGR 12:1 steering box, Carrera 550-lb/in springs, QA1 adjustable shocks, Global West tubular upper control arms, Del-A-Lum bushings
Rear suspension: QA1 adjustable shocks, Global West lower control arms, stock upper control arms, H.O. Racing 140-lb/in springs
Brakes: Coleman rotors and Wilwood six-piston calipers, front; C4 Corvette rotors and calipers, rear
Wheels and tires: Kinesis 18×8-inch with Nitto 555 255/45ZR18 tires front, Kinesis 18×10.5 with Nitto 555 295/45ZR18 tires rear. Mickey Thompson E.T. Street 26×10.5 tires for dragstrip
Interior: Corbeau seats and harnesses, Flaming River steering column, Detroit Speed instrument panel, Auto Meter Ultra-Lite tach and gauges, Momo steering wheel, Centech wiring, Boston Acoustic, Xtant, Diamond, and iPod sound system
Body: Bodywork and paint by Brian Vonbargen of Windsor, Colorado, added shaker scoop to steel hood, Dodge Viper Red
Weight: 3,933 pounds without driver
Performance: 12.05 at 117 mph best quarter-mile,155 mph (estimated) 512 rear-wheel hp at 5,700 rpm, 520 rear-wheel torque at 4,200 rpm


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Ahead of G20 summit, Obama camp says Romney crossed the line with Europe policy critique
Obama senior advisor David Plouffe ripped the Romney campaign Sunday for criticizing President Obama's foreign policy -- in a German newspaper.
There's a longstanding tradition that politics "stops at the water's edge," when it comes to U.S. foreign policy, but Plouffe said Sunday that Romney stepped over that line with the publication last week of a column that criticized the administration's approach to the Euro crisis.
"It was remarkable," Plouffe said on ABC's This Week. "It was a remarkable thing to see and really unprecedented...
"Europe doing the right things here to stabilize their situation is important to our small businesses, our workers, the middle class here, and overall economy," Plouffe said. "And to inject yourself in this for some short-sighted partisan gain, perhaps, is really unbelievable."
For his part, Romney said on Face the Nation that he wished Obama "would have taken action to rebuild the basis of our economy, its foundation, get it on such a strong footing that the challenges in Europe, if they occur, wouldn't have a significant impact as they might otherwise."
The Romney piece by senior economic adviser Glenn Hubbard, ran in Handelsblatt, a German business newspaper. It took the administration to task for what Hubbard called an "unwise" strategy that showed "ignorance of the causes of the crisis and of a growth trend in the future."
The administration -- which has increasingly cited Europe as a drag on the U.S. economy -- has encouraged European leaders -- German chancellor Angela Merkel in particular, to embrace some growth measures along with the austerity programs it has implemented.
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World champs pushed hard by US qualifiers in Moscow
The Dutch pair eventually won 2-1 (19-21, 21-15, 18-16) in 56 minutes.
It was a relatively quiet day in the men's draw, with one match on the opening day of competition, but it quickly became apparent that the Dutch pair would have their hands full after they lost the first set.
However, they fought back in the second set and while Hyden and Bourne saved four match points, Meeuwsen and Brouwer claimed victory with the fifth.
"It was hard. We lost the first set, but it was good to get there in the end," Meeuwsen said. "It was a tough match and we needed to be really focused especially in those last few moments at the end of the match and it became a case of who could focus the best."
Meeuwsen and Brouwer were the shock victors and completely surpassed their best result when they won the 2013 World Championships.
They admitted at the time that their aim for the season was a Grand Slam quarterfinal finish, which would guarantee them a higher level of national funding and they then added another FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour medal with silver at the Xiamen Grand Slam.
This season their progress has been hampered by a knee injury to Meeuwsen. However, with the 206cm blocker close to full fitness they are beginning to look forward to the rest of 2014 in a positive manner.
"It feels a lot better now," Meeuwsen said. "This is the third tournament we've played; we played two European tournaments and the (CEV) European Championships and physically it is going really well.
"The only thing missing is a lack of rhythm and a lack of practice, but it is getting better every day and we are fighting harder every day. Every ball touch is good, so the more the better and mentally this match was good too, we had to fight to win."
Polish pride
Also starting with a win were Mariusz Prudel and Grzegorz Fijalek, who defeated Brazilian veteran Ricardo Santos and Alvaro Filho.
Poland's number one team beat the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships silver medallists, but had to fight back from losing the first set to win 2-1 (18-21, 21-13, 15-11).
"We won a really tough game against Ricardo and we are happy we did it," Prudel said. "In the first set we didn't play well, our serves and blocking were good, but there was no sideout. By the third set though, we played really well."
Prudel and Fijalek have made a slow start to the season, but having reached the European Championships quarterfinals a week ago they are hopeful that they can find their best form ahead of a period of seven World Tour Grand Slams in eight weeks.
"We've played two or three tournaments and we played good," Prudel added. "Hopefully we can continue like that in this tournament."
The double-gender US$800,000 FIVB Moscow Grand Slam runs from Wednesday, June 11 through to Sunday June 15. It is the sixth event and the second Grand Slam on the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar that features nine Grand Slams and 11 Open tournaments.
The 2014 World Tour began at the Fuzhou Open in China in April and concludes at the Durban Open in South Africa in December. Next up on the World Tour calendar is the Berlin Grand Slam which runs from June 17-22.


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Timing is everything, in product launches as well as in life. When the product development team at Generac Power Systems Inc., Waukesha, Wis., launched the DG 50 generator early last year, they were understandably proud of the product. Powered by natural gas and offering remote control and monitoring, the DG 50 generator offers small retail and commercial users a "one-two" punch — 50kW of backup power during blackouts or power interruptions and an on-site power source that can help them slash their electrical bills by managing their power consumption and feeding excess power to the utility grid. Generac also wanted a quiet unit with a small footprint that blended unobtrusively with a building's exterior.
Not long after the launch of the DG 50, California's power crisis came on the radar screen, and it boosted interest in generators and other forms of distributed power generation. "The publicity surrounding the power situation in California is nationwide," said Mike Carr, Generac's manager of marketing communications. "The publicity has created an awareness of the need for reliable power from the grid and in a standby situation."
Frank Wedel, Generac's chief electronics engineer, is a 16-year veteran who manages the company's electrical department. He worked with four electrical engineers and up to three mechanical engineers to design the product. He said technological issues in the generator market made timing of the DG 50 launch opportune.
"We wanted to offer a standby system or a load-management system where customers could have under their control some distributed generation that would allow them to control some of their utility costs. We felt it was absolutely mandatory that it was easy to install and easy to be understood by the customer base."
"The existing technologies were somewhat cumbersome, and it's difficult for the average user to install, maintain and cope with and service. We were looking for a completely self-contained system where the user could simply pour a pad, set the unit down on the pad and bring natural gas and the utility to it and they would be done, unless they wanted to get elaborate. We also wanted the unit to be very innocuous, to sit out there and look just like your air conditioner…We wanted to have an appliance-like feel to this thing."
Wedel said while the unit is primarily designed to be a stand-alone generator for small users, the company wanted customers to be able to add other generators to their electrical system when or if they needed them. With this goal in mind, Wedel's product development team modified the Gen-Link communications software that Generac uses to remotely monitor and control its larger generators to fit the DG 50.
"You can bring online a number of generators at one time via the Internet or whatever SCADA system that you want to put together," he said. "If you have one 50kW generator out there, thats not any big deal, but if you have 100 of them spread around the city of Chicago, that's a lot of power."
Wedel said the early feedback from customers on the DG 50 is positive, and that the unit's backup power capabilities have already helped some customers make it through power outages. "People who have installed them are very much in love with them. The DG 50 can carry them through a power interruption and save their computer system. This thing will run 50kW from morning until night. Some customers are also marrying them with UPS systems and doing power management."
Another feature that has proven popular with customers is the fact that the unit is very quiet, he said. "The mechanical guys (on the design team) deserve a real pat on the back in terms of the unit being environmentally friendly. You can stand right beside it and have a conversation."
Carr likes to think of the unit as a backup power generator that has the brains to help customers slash their electrical bills with customizable power management. For instance, in markets where utilities hit customers with premium rates during certain times of the day, the DG 50's peak-shaving features will tell the unit to start generating power during these times so these rates do not kick in. He gives the example of a restaurant owner who could program the unit to supplement his power supply during busy meal times, such as when his kitchen is running at full capacity and using a lot of electricity during a time period that coincides with the utility's peak demand cycles. In addition to this benefit, some utilities offer cash incentives to produce power off the grid.
"The distributed generation options allow you to take control of your own energy costs. We think small businesses and small commercial users will find this particularly useful," Wedel said.
Carr said that same restaurant owner who uses the DG 50 for backup power will come to rely on it as a competitive advantage, too. For instance, if the power goes down on a busy Friday night because of a lightning storm, that facility can tap into the DG 50 for backup power, where a competing restaurant down the block without a backup power supply might have to shut down.
While distributed generation can help end users save money on energy costs and produce backup power, they first have to tie these units to a utility's grid, and that sometimes can be an obstacle. Different utilities often have different methods of tying on-site power their equipment, and Carr said at times it can be "a bit of an uphill battle convincing them that this can be a good thing." "They can be overly protective of their equipment," he said. "We want to work in concert with them."
Carr and Wedel agree that while the California power crisis raised public consciousness on distributed generation and created additional sales inquiries for generators in the Golden State, environmental hurdles there complicate the installation of new power sources.
"We are getting a lot of inquiries out of California, but it has been a notoriously hard place to do business because of the length of time to get a generator installed compared to other states. There are lots of entities to comply with — city, state, etc.," Wedel said. "It's one of the reasons that California is where it's at." Adds Carr, "California is a world unto itself because of the regulations they have for generating equipment and emissions. It has always been more stringent."
Still, said Wedel, "It's a good time to be in the power generation business, as long as you are on the selling side and not the buying side."
But he said it takes more than the power crisis or the increasing public awareness of distributed power or generators such as the DG 50 to successfully market a new generator — it requires tight communications with potential customers. "We know very well that it doesn't matter what you design, if it isn't what the customer wants, it doesn't matter how good it is or how little it costs."Tech specs on the DG 50
The DG 50 distributed generation product is much more than just a 50 kW standby generator set — though it's designed for that role whenever power outages occur. An added feature is its ability to allow businesses to avoid peak demand charges imposed by their utility during high usage periods, and keep electricity costs under control.
In the face of those costly surcharges, or the uncertainties of interruptible power agreements, the DG 50 allows users to generate some or all of their required power on a regular schedule or upon demand. This avoids extra expense and prevents service interruptions and loss of business.
The DG 50's integrated paralleling switchgear gives users the flexibility to parallel with the utility in a base load or peak shave configuration. The DG 50 is rated at 50 kW of output, and is especially suited for commercial establishments like restaurants, food stores and retail outlets. The fully enclosed package is compact and quiet, with a footprint of just over 20 sq ft and a sound rating of only 58 decibels at 7 meters. Other key technical specifications include a natural gas fuel system, remote control capabilities through Generac's GenLink software and a self-contained transfer switch inside the power module.


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Taking a stand
FORT MYERS, Fla. — No word on whether this game between the Red Sox and Jays is going to actually be played. Word quickly swept through the park that Boston's players were going to boycott the game — possibly the trip to Japan even — after word that the coaches and staff members weren't being given shares for the journey overseas.
The players from the Red Sox and A's are receiving $40K each for the Japan tour, but apparently the coaches are not getting any flow. That wasn't the case in 2004, when the Yankees and Devil Rays had Opening Day in Japan. Prior to the game, Jays team rep Vernon Wells met with Boston's Kevin Youkilis to talk about the matter.
"They're looking out for their coaches and the staff and the manager," Wells said. "That's part of baseball, looking out for each other. When the Yankees and Devil Rays took their trip, everybody got their share and everybody was happy. You just have to treat everybody the same no matter what your label is.
"With the World Series shares, everybody gets the same thing. This should be no different. Obviously, they're trying to take a stand and they're going to make it known that it's not fair to those guys. We'll see what happens."
At exactly 12:08 p.m. ET, the PA announcer here at City of Palms Park had this to say: "The game today is delayed because of a dispute between the Boston Red Sox players and the Major League Baseball Players' Association and Major League Baseball…" At that, the fans here erupted in a hearty chorus of boos.
If the issue isn't resolved by 12:30, the Red Sox said they'd come out and sign autographs for fans down both the first- and third-base lines. From my seat in the pressbox, I can see Wells in the dugout without a uniform on yet. He's the third guy due up. Hmmmm.
Stay tuned for more…
UPDATE — 12:51: First pitch has been scheduled 1:10 and the Red Sox starter will be David Aardsma. Dice-K has moved over to the Minor League complex and will make his start there. No word on what kind of resolution was made here, but looks like it's game on.
Today's lineups:
TORONTO (7-12) at BOSTON (7-12)
at 1:10 p.m. ET at City of Palms Park
David Eckstein, SS
Shannon Stewart, DH
Alex Rios, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Scott Rolen, 3B
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Aaron Hill, 2B
Gregg Zaun, C
Reed Johnson, LF
PITCHING: LHP Brian Tallet, LHP John Parrish, RHP Randy Wells, others
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Kevin Youkilis, 1B
David Ortiz, DH
Jacoby Ellsbury, LF
Mike Lowell, 3B
J.D. Drew, RF
Kevin Cash, C
Coco Crisp, CF
Julio Lugo, SS
PITCHING: RHP David Aardsma
NOTES: Reports are that LHP B.J. Ryan felt fine during his normal throwing routine (flat ground, long toss) on Tuesday and felt fine today. Still, manager John Gibbons and bullpen coach Bruce Walton couldn't confirm if Ryan was scheduled to pitch as scheduled on Thursday. … RHP Armando Benitez is barred from pitching in a Grapefruit League game until he obtains a proper working visa. No word on when that might be. … RHP Casey Janssen underwent surgery on his throwing shoulder on Tuesday and a team spokesman said the operation was a success.
QUOTABLE: During the lengthy delay during the little labor dispute this morning/afternoon, and no word if there was going to be a game or not, Red Sox staffers began tossing out foam fingers to appease the fans. "They're giving the fans the finger," quipped Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star.
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Jordan, if you come across Orel Hershiser today, would you remind him that the Jays no longer play on Astroturf? I'm watching the game on ESPN and he keeps bringing it up. I realize nobody from ESPN has been to Rogers Centre since 1999, but a little research would be nice.
Great blog, by the way.
Maybe Tallet heard the rumours he would be replaced in the bullpen. 4 K's of some big hitters today in two innings.
graphiceditor: Its been annoying me as well. If you ever see a sample of astro turf next to a sample of the new field turf, its like the difference between apples and bananas from mars.
Kudos to the Bosox players.It makes me shake my head that it even had to come to this.A team with one of the largest payroles in the league cheaping out on it's support staff.For shame!
Not just that, all the season previews I have see from ESPN, or Foxsports.com talking about the Blue Jays have Adam Lind as our number 1 outfielder. (Not knocking Lind) The American Media doesn't know JACK about our ball club. I think this year, the Jays need to show them a thing or two about Baseball North.
Not to mention the fact that the scrolling team reports at the bottom of the screen kept listing Casey Janssen as the Jays' #5 starter this year.