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'impressive-sounding nonsense words' means, big words. Words that you might think make you sound 'smart' but, nonetheless, words that the reader probably isn't familiar with (e.g., Sam is garrulous = Sam is talkative).Originally Posted by NewHope
The author is saying that it's important to know your audience. Use words the reader knows. The reason being, you want the reader to be able to understand what you are saying. If you use words that are too complicated--for a given audience--, you'll lose your reader. Know your audience. :D
Techincal terms are not 'big words' if they are used to refer to specialized language (e.g., Waste Management Engineer = garbageman/garbagewoman).
All the best, :D
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The Events Surrounding the Third Evacuation and the Tassajara Five's Return
An Account of the Tassajara 2008 Basin Complex Fire
By David Zimmerman, Tassajara Director,
with assistance from Colin Gipson, Graham Ross, Mako Voelkel, Steve Stücky and Stuart Carlson
Wednesday, July 9: Day 17 since the first evacuation of June 23
The Indiana fire crew, under the direction of Branch Director Jack Froggatt, continues wrapping select buildings with protective heat-resistant material after breakfast. In the late morning Matthai Kuruvila, a reporter on religion for the SF Chronicle and Lance Iversen, a photographer, come in to interview residents on how we are practicing with this particular adversity and photograph the community during our fire preparations.
After lunch we invite the Indiana fire crew to join us for a work circle gathering in the courtyard, where we all say our names and the sangha expresses its gratitude and concern for the crew's well-being. We then take a photo on the moon lawn with the Indiana crew and the partially-wrapped gatehouse in the background.
At approximately 1:30 pm, as we start our afternoon work assignments, Jack informs us that the fire has picked up considerably in the Church Creek and Tassajara creek confluence area, and that he has been instructed to pull out the wrap crew immediately due to the road possibly being compromised within hours. As quickly as they came the crew departs, with the wrapping work not quite finished. The Chronicle reporter and photographer call their office and are told they too need to leave, despite their wish to stay. Ironically, while all this is happening, an IP satellite technician is here working with Graham Ross and Aliyu Turaki to switch our system to a new satellite. Because of this our phones are down except for the radio line which is only passably usable. The satellite switchover is taking longer than anticipated, but Jack feels he needs to wait to make sure the technician gets out safe, so he stays behind a while intending to escort out the technician. As the repair drags on, Jack decides to wait instead at Lime Point so he can keep an eye on the fire. (Later, after the technician finally leaves, escorted by Graham, we discover that only one of the two satellite phone lines is working properly. The next day the fire damages the radio phone connection, leaving us with only one operational phone line.)
Leslie James calls in from Jamesburg on the radio phone to say that John Bradford, the District Ranger in King City, called her while Peggy Hernandez, Head of U.S. Forest Service and Deputy Supervisor Ken Heffner were in the room with him to let us know that they are pulling their people out and to once again ask us to leave because they cannot provide any ground crew support. Leslie thanks them for their concern but tells them we're committed to staying, and that we have the help of off-duty professional firefighters.
The sangha of 20 continues fire preparations as usual. During this time Stuart Carlson, (an off-duty fire captain for CalFire, who has been with us for the last two weeks during his personal vacation time offering his guidance on fire preparedness and engagement), Kim Leigh (a former firefighter) and Colin Gipson hike over the hogback, where they have a better view up Tassajara Creek. They see fire coming down the creek valley, and Stuart estimates the flame lengths to be as high as 60 feet. At this point Stuart confers with Kim and then sounds the fire alarm. He instructs the sangha to begin spraying down the flats area and to activate the sprinklers. David Zimmerman calls George Haines, the CalFire Unit Chief several of us had met with the Saturday before, to let him know fire has been spotted upstream and to inquire whether George has had any success in encouraging ground support for Tassajara. George says he hasn't been able to arrange anything. David conveys this message via walkie-talkie to Stuart, who in response asks that the message be conveyed to George that "if he says 'go', we'll go." George doesn't see a need to do so yet, but asks that we keep him informed of the situation, and he will likewise stay in contact with us.
Concerned about the viability of the road, Stuart, Colin and David then make an excursion up to Lime Point to assess the fire's progress. On the way up, Stuart is listening to his fire captain's radio and hears on the forest service frequency a "red flag" warning and prediction for 25-30 mile winds, which means that fire will travel faster through ridge "chimneys" and low saddles. He also hears that there is significant spotting occurring, which happens when a "thrown" ember starts another fire ahead of the current fire line. Once at Lime Point it becomes obvious that the fire is coming in strong through the Church Creek valley. Stuart sees fire behavior that makes him very uncomfortable. It becomes apparent to him that a number of conditions are coming into alignment to make for a very dangerous fire.
The three decide to return to Tassajara. On the way back down we hear Jack say over Stuart's radio that the fire has jumped and is going to soon compromise the ridge. Paging Jack directly over his radio, Stuart inquires as to how long we would have to evacuate before the ridge is compromised. Jack, apparently misunderstanding, seems to hear Stuart say we are deciding to evacuate. Jack tells Stuart to let him know what we were going to do when we get back to the monastery so that Jack can arrange to cover our departure with air support. David clarifies with Stuart that the staff decision-making team needs to discuss the situation first and that it's premature to say we're evacuating. But Stuart's call has set the ball rolling, and air command starts arranging for tanker planes to water bomb the road to keep it open for our egress.
The three get back to Tassajara and the staff team immediately meets with Stuart in the Stone Office to discuss the latest development. Stuart again says "we have to leave and leave right now!" because our only way out by the road is about to be cut off and the weather tomorrow is predicted to be 110 degrees, with strong down canyon winds expected. Under these conditions the fire is not going to come in slow as he originally anticipated, Stuart says, but rather rush in. He has become extremely concerned for our safety because he now believes that, given these new conditions, the fire will come in too intensely for our inexperienced community, even with the fire fighting preparations we have done. Co-Abbot Steve Stücky asks Stuart about his sudden change of mind regarding our safety and the defensibility of Tassajara. Stuart clarifies that it's clear now to him that neither George Haines nor Jack Froggatt are able to arrange for any onsite help from CalFire or the Forest Service. We simply don't have the capacity to fight a fire in these conditions by ourselves, he reiterates. We need to leave immediately because the forest service is keeping the road open with tanker planes for our safe passage. Two staff members point out that the core team (prior to Steve's arrival) had agreed to follow Stuart's direction (given his professional experience) when and if it came to the moment of deciding on another evacuation, especially if there wasn't any other fire crew stationed here. Other members bring up the possibility of a smaller core group staying behind to keep the pumps and sprinklers running, but Stuart seems intent on everyone evacuating.
Reluctantly the staff decision is made for everyone to evacuate. There is no time for a larger group process. The evacuation announcement and within minutes everyone is grabbing their prepacked personal belongings and heading to the awaiting vehicles. The Gandaran Buddha is removed from the main altar in the zendo, wrapped in blankets and buried in the bocce ball court in a hole dug days earlier. Dharma Rain, the jury-rigged sprinkler system on many of the buildings, is turned on as are the Wisconsin and Mark III pumps, which should operate for 3 hours before running out of gas. If the fire comes afterwards, no one will be here to refuel and keep the pumps running.
David calls Jamesburg to let them know we're heading out. While on the phone he gets repeated urgent requests over his walkie-talkie to come to the parking lot immediately as everyone is waiting on him to leave. Just as David is about to exit the office co-Abbot Paul Haller calls in. He's heard about the evacuation and asks for clarity around the reasons and whether anyone is staying. It's all unclear, David tells him, but nevertheless Steve has said that we are to heed Stuart's advice for now and therefore everyone needs to leave. David promises that he and Steve will call Paul to discuss next steps when everyone has arrived at Jamesburg.
Within 30 minutes after the initial evacuation announcement we're heading up the road. Steph Wenderski does a final head count of everyone in the vehicles over the walkie-talkies. Steve and David, in Steve's CRV, are the last to leave, intent on being the final vehicle in the convoy. Colin is in the lumber truck just ahead of them. The abbot and the director discuss the situation in the car. It feels wrong to them, wrong to go after all this preparation. Wrong to leave Tassajara abandoned and unattended. They're also unclear about Stuart's sudden change of mind about the defensibility and safety of Tassajara during a forest fire, even while they appreciate his obvious concern for our safety. Both Steve and David consider turning around but are unsure how to communicate to the others such a drastic step. (Mako and Graham have a similar discussion between them in their vehicle.) Stuart stops on the road just below the second overlook and waves Steve and David on, but they decline to pass him and again insist on being the last car.
At the bulldozer slope, at a sharp bend just above the ruins of the bathtub, the convoy stops to meet Jack Froggatt who is waiting for us. Though he relayed the evacuation request, Jack expresses surprise at our sudden departure. He then tells us that this is the last chance to stay, that once we leave we won't be able to return without a forest service escort. Hearing this, six members of the staff team convene on the road while the rest of the convoy waits. (David radios Shundo Haye, the seventh member of the staff team, but he is too far ahead in the first vehicle of the convoy to be included in the discussion.) After a brief reflection on Jack's announcement, five of the staff team—Abbot Steve Stücky, Director David Zimmerman, Tenzo Mako Voelkel, Plant Manager Graham Ross, and Head of Shop Colin Gipson—decide (completely of their own accord) to return to Tassajara and stay there through the fire to at least keep the sprinklers and pumps running until the danger has passed. David and Steve consult briefly on whether to inquire among the rest of the evacuees about who might want to return, but decide there is simply no time to convene with all 20 evacuees for a group process and decision-making consensus. Jack is urgently requesting that the rest of the convoy continue on immediately as the tanker planes are holding off the fire for our safe passage. (According to Jack, the planes had been deliberately diverted from the south end of the fire to cover our egress. This, as we later discover, is apparently the only direct air support Tassajara will receive throughout the fire.)
Stuart, understandably, is very unhappy with the five's decision to return to Tassajara. Nevertheless, he advises Colin to coil up a number of hoses for ready defense in front of the Stone Office, to engage or bear out the fire from this designated safe space as long as possible, and—if we couldn't take it any longer—to jump in the creek until the fire passed. (A week after the fire, Stuart explains to David that he had mixed feelings about the Tassajara five staying behind. He wanted to be with us, but couldn't. He recognized that we each made the decision to stay by our own measure, and was also proud of us for doing so. While he knew we had safe areas at Tassajara, he wasn't willing to subject people to the bad fire conditions that he foresaw. These weren't the same conditions he had witnessed at Tassajara in the preceding weeks, when he thought that the fire would quietly walk-in and therefore be easily engaged. Stuart said he willingly would have taken on these new circumstances had he had the support of a professional engine crew positioned at Tassajara. He confessed that, up until the afternoon, when he learned that George Haines had been unsuccessful in securing onsite personnel for the community, Stuart had still been hoping that the U.S. Forest Service would send assistance to Tassajara.)
After hugs and well-wishes for the five staying behind, the convoy continues on its way to Jamesburg. The five remaining monks split up between Steve's CRV and the lumber truck, turn the vehicles around, and head back down the road.
Once back at the monastery, the Tassajara five meet to discuss priorities for the evening: 1) refuel and maintain the pumps and Dharma Rain, 2) set up night patrols, 3) continue preparing the Stone Office as a safety bunker, and 4) eat dinner. We also discuss the obvious conflict of interest that Stuart must have struggled with in his decision to have us evacuate. It made sense to us that Stuart wanted everyone to leave because he didn't want to see anyone hurt because of his counsel if we decided to stay and engage the fire. We felt it was appropriate at the time to act on his advice to evacuate, despite our misgivings about what it meant for Tassajara, and that by having initially followed his counsel, we were now able to exonerate him of any responsibility for our turning around once encountering Jack Froggatt on the road. We jointly express our gratitude for all the support and guidance that Stuart had shown us over the last two weeks, and hope his efforts would not be in vain.
After dinner, Colin goes to check the view from Lime Point while Steve speaks with Paul Haller and Robert Thomas on the phone about the situation. Robert and Greg Fain express the desire to come in to help defend Tassajara, but the safety of the road is now uncertain. David, Steve and Mako start preparing the Stone Office as a safety zone by cutting protective wrapping left behind by the Indiana crew to staple on doors and windows. At 8:00 pm David and Colin start the first shift of night patrol. Around 9:00 pm David reports being able to see from the Carbaga bridge a huge fire up the road. Graham and Mako drive to the first overlook at 10:40 pm. The mountain ahead of them looks like a volcano, so they turn around as it seems too dangerous to go further. Once back they call Jamesburg to report what they saw and thereby interrupting a discussion going on about whether some people would drive in either tonight or in the morning to join the five at Tassajara. Mako and Graham then take up the next four-hour patrol shift. During his early morning patrol, Steve drives up the road at 4:00 am and gets as far as ½ mile past the bathtub before deciding it's too dangerous and turns around. He sees the entire flank of the ridge west of the road is aflame, and the fire is moving up the slope below Lime Point. David calls Jamesburg at 5:00 am to report what Steve has seen. Greg and Robert, both now at Jamesburg, are still determined to come in over the road despite advice otherwise. They only get as far as the Nason's ranch when they are stopped by the sheriff and forced to turn back. It appears no one else will be able to make it in to join the five at Tassajara before the fire arrives.
The next installment: The Day the Fire Arrived.
Here is a brief account of the 17 evacuees who arrived at Jamesburg.
Photos courtesy of Shundo David Haye and Mako Voelkel. All photos are linked to on-line photo albums that contain higher resolution images as well as images not displayed here.


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Kelly Swanson
This is a special delight because it's the first conference call of the New Year, and we're excited today to talk about the first Golden Boy Promotions show on SHOWTIME of the year, which will take place Saturday, January 25 at the DC Armory in Washington D.C., a big show with Lamont Peterson and Dierry Jean and also with Jermell Charlo and Gabriel Rosado. We have all four guys available today to talk to you, but we will first start with Jermell and Gabe. And in order to make the proper introductions and talk a little bit more about the show I'd like to introduce Richard Schaefer, Chief Executive Officer of Golden Boy Promotions. Richard?
Richard Schaefer
Thank you, Kelly, and welcome to all the media members to the first Golden Boy call of the year. Happy New Year to all of you and your families, much health and happiness, and I'm excited to work with all of you in 2014, another sensational year for the sport.
What we've done in 2013, particularly is two things, we put together evenly matched fights, fights where you don't know who is going to win, and we put those into places, into venues and cities where they belong, and I think the results were outstanding. I think it was easily the best year in boxing for boxing in many years.
And one big thank you goes to the fighters. They have agreed to fight each other in competitive match ups, and that's exactly where this card here on January 25 fits in. It's at the right place in D.C., the Armory in Washington D.C. Washington fight fans are great fight fans. They will come out in large numbers. We already have sold a lot of tickets. So I do anticipate a sell out in Washington on Saturday, January the 25th.
Tickets are still available at $25, $50, $75, $150 and $250. So yes, you heard right, 25 bucks to see this amazing card, which again is SHOWTIME televised fights and the fights which will be televised on Showtime Extreme starting at 7 p.m. Eastern/Pacific. There will be some great undercard fights there like Anthony Peterson will be on there as well, Raynell Williams, Dominic Wade, Rau'Shee Warren, Robert Easter, Jamel Herring. So it's going to be a great lineup of exciting fights and fighters.
A big thank you to Showtime for agreeing to televise this first card of the year. It's going to be the first Showtime card as well, and I know it is the first of many, since I am actively discussing with Showtime some future exciting programming. So let's kick it off here with a fight between two very, very exciting fighters, Jermell Charlo versus Gabriel Rosado.
Gabriel Rosado, "King" Gabriel Rosado with the record of 21-7-13 KOs. He's certainly one of the entertainers in the sport, always comes to fight, a veteran of nearly eight years on the program, has wins over people like Jesus Soto Karass, Sechew Powell, Kassim Ouma, Charles Whitaker, has been in the ring with Golovkin and Angulo, J'Leon Love, and others, and in his last fight was an incredible effort against Peter Quillin.
I think it was a very close fight. Some people felt that he won the fight. It was certainly a very, very close fight, and it showed that Gabriel really wanted this and he belongs right there at the top, at the top of the Junior Middleweight Division. So on January the 25th he'll return to the Junior Middleweight Division to 154 pounds, and he is on the road to show that he wants to get another world title opportunity in the near future.
I'm going to hand it over to Gabe now to make some comments, how his camp is going and please welcome "King" Gabriel Rosado.
Gabriel Rosado
Hey, thank you Richard. I'm having a great training camp. I just got to Puerto Rico on Monday for the second part of my training camp, and I'm training in Caguas right now, and I just have great sparring out here and the weather's great so it's helping me get down in weight.
I'm just excited for this opportunity at 154 to make a statement. I kind of have unfinished business in this weight class, giving up my number one ranking when I went up to fight Triple G. So I'm just excited to go back down at 154. I think I'm going to be bigger and stronger, and I'm just ready for it.
R. Schaefer
Thank you, Gabe. The man he is going to be facing is somebody who has over the last couple of years made a lot of noise in the pros. He has a very stellar amateur background clearly for an amateur start, 23 years young, 22-0 with 11 knockouts. He's coming from the great fighting state of Texas, Houston, Texas.
He had an active 2013 where he won three times, defeating Harry Joe Yorgey, Demetrius Hopkins and Jose Angel Rodriguez. So on January the 25th he will put his undefeated record on the line in clearly the biggest and most dangerous fight of his career against Gabriel Rosado. He obviously hopes to make a statement here to the boxing world that he is going to be in line and ready for the world title shot as well.
Please welcome now Jermell "Ironman" Charlo.
Jermell Charlo
I appreciate that, Richard. I'm going to jump right into this. This is a great opportunity for me and Gabe. It's a good fight. It was well matched, and I appreciate Golden Boy for putting this fight on. This is my time. It's my season, and in order for me to do what I have to do and make noise or just period be the fighter that I need to be in boxing, I need to stand up and step out and this is what this fight's going to do for me.
I'm ready at 154. This has been my weight. I'm going to own it. I'm claiming it now. So I appreciate Gabe for coming down from 160. Hopefully he makes weight on time and he makes weight good, that we get this ball rolling.
R. Schaefer
Thank you very much to Gabe and to Jermell. We're going to open it up now to the media for questions.
Hey, Gabe, how you doing? Since this is your fourth straight fight on premium television, what do you think makes you so attractive to be on TV so much?
G. Rosado
I think that boxing is a sport but it's also entertainment, and at the end of the day it's about being an entertainer and I think the type of fights that I bring to the table are entertaining to the fans. You see knockdowns. You see blood. You see controversy, of course in my last two fights.
I think the fans are just-they respond to the controversy and they voice their opinion. I think Gordon Blake acknowledges that and Showtime. When you're putting it all on the table and you're just fighting, I think that's what people want to see. So I think that's why I'm back on Showtime. I appreciate it, the opportunity that Showtime and Golden Boy's given me to be back on Showtime again.
And how much have you benefited from being on TV?
G. Rosado
A lot, man. The love and the support is great. People are knowing me everywhere I go and things like that. So a lot of times when I run into people a lot of people feel like I'm kind of like the modern day Gatti in a way. It's exciting. I'm having a good time right now.
Even though in 2013 I officially didn't have a win, it kind of was a good year for me in a way. I took the positive out of it. Even though I didn't get to win a fight I took the positive out of it, and it's 2014 so I feel like this is a fresh start for me as a new weight class. So I know what I got to do in this fight. It's no secret. I have to knock Charlo out, and this is going to happen.
Thank you. Hello, everybody. My first question for you is for Gabe. Gabe, because you're coming back down to junior middleweight for this fight after the fights you've had recently in middleweight, looking back do you at all regret the fact that you did give up that mandatory position to go and fight Golovkin, which then you had those other fights that didn't go your way in the middleweight division or are you happy you made the move and now you're comfortable coming back down?
G. Rosado
It's funny how things play out. I think everything happens for a reason. I really don't regret going up and giving up my number one spot in the IBF. I think when I went to middleweight to fight Triple G I wasn't naturally a middleweight. I think I was still a small guy, and then I kind of grew into the middleweight division once I fought Kid Chocolate and I felt real comfortable at middleweight. But I could still make junior middleweight. I'm a big guy, but I could still make junior middleweight.
So I don't regret it, man. I think everything happens for a reason. Like I said, even though I didn't get a win on my record for 2013, I won the fans over and the fans got my back and I'm getting a lot of support and they're backing me up. So in a way it was a great year, and I just plan on 2014, I just plan to being a world champion in 2014.
My other question for you, Gabe, is about the cuts that you've suffered, the fight with Quillin ended on a cut and the Golovkin fight ended because of a cut. I don't know if they were the exact same place, but they seemed to me that they were in similar areas. Can you tell me; first of all, were they in the same basic spot where the two cuts occurred? And secondly, because they seemed to cut fairly easily are you at all concerned that even though you can hang with these guys, obviously, that's going to be become a problem, that's not going to let you get to those goals because your skin is just not going to hold up for you?
G. Rosado
It's a different cut. It wasn't the same cut from the Triple G fight. And in the Triple G fight I felt that those cuts were a lot worse than the Kid Chocolate fight. I felt that the cuts early in the Triple G fight made it difficult for me to fight, but I just felt that the stoppage with Kid Chocolate was a premature stoppage. I felt that I was the one coming on. I had some momentum. I was applying the pressure. I felt that I could've knocked Kid out in that round or in the next round.
So I just felt like it was something-cuts are a part of the game. It's a part of boxing. Miguel Cotto, he's been cut multiple times. Manny Pacquiao's been cut multiple times. You got guys like Marquez. In the last card on Showtime, I believe it was the last card; all the guys got cut. Alexander got cut. Cotto got cut. You just go on and on. So it's a part of boxing. I think a fight needs to be stopped when it's affecting a fighter. When a fighter's taking punishment from a cut, I think that's when it should be stopped. So I felt that my stoppage was just premature. I'm not focusing on that, because when you focus on something like that it becomes a problem. I'm not thinking about it. I'm going into this fight with a lot of confidence. I went to a surgeon to get my eye checked, and he looked at it and he said it's healing really great and everything should be great. So right now it's not in my head.
Okay, thank you for that, Gabe. I have two questions for Jermell. You mentioned in your opening comments this is obviously an important fight for you, your first time being on a main Showtime card, taking on an experienced veteran opponent who's fought for world titles in the past. Do you feel like-you are undefeated, you are considered one of the prospects, rising contenders, however you want to phrase it, in the division, but do you view beating an opponent like Gabe Rosado, who has had experience, as the last hurdle you need to clear before you can get a potential world championship fight?
J. Charlo
Yes, absolutely. Defeating Gabriel Rosado will be, I want to say, the ladder that you finish climbing. I want to get to that point where you compare me to the greats and you compare me to the best in the weight division.
Right now with this fight in place this is, like I said earlier, my time and timing is everything. I want to say would've, could've, should've, that's for the birds. Everything that could've happened before, I'm a different fighter. I'm thorough.
I'm going to come through this fight. I'm going to make it happen. We've got multiple game plans. We can handle adversity. We just haven't been able to show much in these last recent fights because the fights is only been to where it's been. So I'm here to get it on and do what I do best and that's win.
Regarding getting the cuts that Gabe suffered that ended two of his last three fights, is that something that you talk about in camp, that you may target that eye because it seemed a little soft in those two fights and it did cut open somewhat easily even though Gabe talked about how he felt it wasn't that bad in the last fight?
J. Charlo
I'm hitting everything. I'm not focused on just hitting just the eye. We come to destroy. It's not about hitting an eye and busting an eye open. We come to demolish.
My first question is for you, Gabe. Could you talk a little bit more about the dropping of your weight, because you did say, I think, after the last weigh-in for the Quillin fight that you were done at 154? Could you talk about, and Jermell asked if you were going to make the weight comfortably-could you elaborate on why you feel comfortable coming back down in weight?
G. Rosado
Well, I talked about coming down to 154 thinking that I would beat Kid Chocolate, and which I felt like I was leading to that, but it's all about opportunities and situations. Obviously I didn't get the call for Kid Chocolate. So now I'm just in a situation where I was just waiting for an opportunity to come my way, and 154, I look at this as a great opportunity being so many names in the weight class, Angulo, Canelo, Lara, Trout. You name it. It's a lot of talent in the division. So I just looked at it like an opportunity.
I don't know what's going on right now as far as the titles that Charlo's holding on to because he has a WBC Americas and then he has the USBA, and the USBA didn't approve me, which to me was a joke and then now we're waiting on the WBC. My thing was I'm dropping to 154 thinking this is a championship fight. When I signed the contract I signed the contract for a 12-round fight.
So I don't know what's going on right now. The USBA didn't approve of me because I'm not coming off a win, but the main event, no disrespect to Lamont Peterson, it was Lamont Peterson who lost that fight, and even though it was at a catchweight he still lost, but he gets to defend his world title and I don't get a shot to get in the rankings. So I just don't understand that.
NOTE: Charlo vs. Rosado is now a 10-round fight for the WBC Continental Americas Super Welterweight Title.
Richard, can you elaborate on that, what this win could do for Gabriel given the fact that he's been in so many high profile, exciting fights?
R. Schaefer
Well, I would certainly think that the winner of this fight has a strong case and a strong possibility to fight for one of the world titles. The fact is that we are promoting most of the world champions at 154 within Golden Boy. So I think the winner of this fight definitely has a shot at one of the world titles. That's the idea.
So there is much, much at stake. Both fighters know that, and I think that is one of the reasons why Gabriel Rosado decided to move down to 154 as well. And as I said in my opening remarks, he is returning to the 154 pound obviously with the idea to take another world title opportunity. That's the whole idea here. And that's going to be up to me to secure that, and I feel confident that I can and I will.
The same is true for Charlo, for Jermell; that he knows that he has diligently worked towards that title opportunity. There is this one big hurdle ahead of him, in front of him. His name is Gabriel Rosado, but he knows that if he is able to beat Gabriel Rosado that he is in line for a world title shot. So there's no question about that, and I think that's one of the reasons why this makes this fight so intriguing.
Jermell, when you hear Richard, it's one thing to know that but to hear him say that right now, what does that mean to you, that this win right here could put you right there on the doorstep to be with those other guys that have been fighting for those titles?
J. Charlo
It's a great thing, but I believe in one man and he works through R. Schaefer to put me in a fight that I need to be in. So as of right now, my focus in on January 25th, this win, and go from there.
My last question for you, how does Gabriel stack up against the guys that you've faced? Obviously he's been in some big fights, but he's very resourceful and he was in all three of his last three fights. Is he the toughest guy you've faced? Is he possibly the most resourceful? Kind of characterize the challenge that's in front of you.
J. Charlo
That's a question I'll have to answer after the fight. I don't know if he's the toughest guy I've faced. With his resume and his background he has put up something. He has put up and shut up a little bit. So right now I can't just say, "He's the toughest guy," but I know comparing him to the other fighters that I've fought I know that this is a fight that I have to be on all Ps and Qs and be triple eight. So that's it.
This question is for Gabriel. Can you please explain the reason why you decided to do the second part of training in Puerto Rico? Have you done it before? Will you continue to do it in the future?
G. Rosado
I've done training camps in various places like Phoenix, New Mexico, Florida. The plan on going to Puerto Rico and training in Caguas is because in Philadelphia we got hit with a major snow storm, which was making it difficult for me to do road work and things like that. The temperature just dropped extremely low. It was like ten degrees. So I just needed to go somewhere where the climate was hotter and where I was able to focus a lot better.
So we came to Puerto Rico and everything's great. Within the couple of days that I've been here I've already dropped six pounds. So the weight's coming off quick, and there's a lot of great talent in the gym. I'm getting great sparring. So it's just kind of like just a boost. It's playing out great, and I'm having a great camp out here.
Now you spoke about staying at 154. What do you see in your immediate future after this fight?
G. Rosado
This is a fight that I'm looking at that I have to really be impressive, make a statement and go for the knockout. The old timers say, "Don't ever go for the knockout," and I understand that, but I think when you look at my last two fights I pretty much had no choice but to go for a knockout. This is not a fight where I can go there and be confident in boxing or doing things that I could do. I just got to be a killer. I got to be a beast. I got to go for the kill.
I'm not happy with my last two fights, as far as the outcome of them, so I'm kind of going to take it all out on Charlo on the 25th. I'm on a mission to knock him out. That's my mission. That's all that's on my mind. There's no game plan. There's no nothing. It's just go in there and knock him out. That's my attitude. And from there, I plan on hopefully getting a fight with either Lara or Canelo. I would love to fight either of those guys.
Okay. And, Jermell, how are you? Thank you for this opportunity. Gabe is mentioning that he wants to win by knockout. How do you respond to that?
J. Charlo
Just go and knock him out. He can't knock me out. I'm going to do what I got to do in the ring, and that's all I'm going to say. I'm not going to do all the little trash talking, like the little Twitter trash talking. I'm training right now. I've been training for about a week and a half and I'm ready to fight. I've been ready to fight.
One question for both of you guys, since this will be the first fight of 2014 for you guys, how aggressive are you going to be this year to get the world title shot that you both deserve, that you feel that you deserve?
G. Rosado
I'm going to be extremely aggressive in this fight, and I'm going to be smart. It's not going to be reckless pressure. It's not going to be taking four shots and laying one type of pressure. It's going to be smart pressure. Charlo says that he can face adversity, but you really can't say that when you haven't been there. It's a whole different story when you're in a fight and you're cut and you have to fight through a cut and you've been down and you got to get up and fight through it. He hasn't been through that. He really doesn't know what he's talking about, and by him saying that is-
J. Charlo
I've been through a whole fight with my eye completely shut. There's no way you could say that.
G. Rosado
I'll test Charlo, and we'll see if Charlo's really built for that. But he's saying that he can go through adversity, but he really don't know that. He'll find that out himself on the 25th. He's not sure of it. He'll find out. Just like everybody else is going to find out, he'll find out the 25th if he's really built for that.
So he really is not sure of it. He can say he is, but you can't say you could do something when you've really never been through it. So he has to experience it first before he can say he's going to face adversity on the 25th.
Charlo, for you a spin off of the same question, the talent level Gabriel fought his last three fights with were three undefeated fighters, world champion fighters. How aggressive are you going to be, since the talent that you-you've fought some good fights, but coming into this fight you haven't fought the title fights that Gabriel has fought. So its 2014 and this fight in the ring on January 25th, how about that fight for you?
J. Charlo
I'm going to be aggressive of course. That's the thing. You never go into a fight not being aggressive. You come to kill. That's what every boxer should want to do, but I'm going to outsmart him. My skills are way better than his. So I'm going to beat him at whatever he's trying to do. So if he's trying to come in aggressive, I'm going to beat him at being aggressive. I'm going to take his game plan away from him, and that's what's going to make me victorious on the 25th.
Gabe talked about me not being tested, it's just obvious. It's obvious that he gets cuts and he bleeds and all of that. He don't know what I went through and he don't know the issues and the situations that other fighters went through when they was fighting. Everybody has problems. You don't know until somebody goes out and lashes out and say it or complains about it. That's when you actually say, "Oh, this was the issue." You don't what adversity they fought through.
So just to put that out there, I had surgery on my eyes in March and fought in June. Who says that I complained and said, "Oh, this was an issue." No, bro, I fought through that, and that's when I fought Demetrius Hopkins and that's the same fight that you're studying. So you're studying the wrong game plan anyways.
R. Schaefer
All right, I'd like to thank both Gabe Rosado and Jermell Charlo for being available on this call. I know they're in the middle of their training and training camps. I think one thing which came clearly across in this call is how excited and fired up these two guys are. It's going to come down to desire and will to win. Both of them, I think, demonstrated very well on this call today what this fight means for them and to them. I can't wait to watch this fight and good luck to both guys.
R. Schaefer
Thank you. Well, talking about will and desire and entertaining, I this next fight, the main event of that Showtime doubleheader, the Junior Welterweight World Championship between World Champion Lamont Peterson and Dierry Jean, I think, has a bit of all of that sprinkled in as well.
With Dierry Jean we have an undefeated fighter with 25-0, with 17 knockouts. He is an exciting fighter, a smart fighter, a very dangerous fighter and certainly is not one, as we often see of these mandatories, which somehow have become mandatories and people have to scratch their head, "How does this guy deserve to be a mandatory to a world title?" Dierry Jean is certainly one of the best junior welterweights out there, and just because maybe he's not that well known here in the United States doesn't mean he doesn't belong there.
He's a native of Haiti, who moved with his family to Montreal and Quebec in Canada as a child. He is obviously ranked the number one and is the mandatory for the world title. He's probably representing his adopted home country of Canada. Winning a national amateur championship before turning pro back in 2006, he has been waiting for this world title shot. I know he will be ready, and I'd like to introduce to you now Dierry Jean.
Dierry Jean
Hello. How is everyone? My training camp is very good, so far so good. We're in the best shape of my life. We're going to go out there to do the job. Our mission is to go out there and win the belt.
R. Schaefer
Thank you, Dierry. Now Lamont Peterson is certainly a fighter who always comes to entertain, who always comes to fight, will to win, I think, is right there next to his name. He is an exciting fighter and has a lot of fans, has a big fan base in Washington D.C. as well. We saw that when he fought Amir Kahn back in December 2011, which was a great night of boxing in Washington D.C., and for him to be fighting in front of his home crowd I think is just added incentive.
We all know he got caught in his last fight when he fought Lucas Matthysse back in May 2013, but real champions, big champions, real fighters, they come back from this and they are ready, and I know that Peterson is ready. He has a great team with Barry Hunter and everyone behind him. I think he's going to show the world what he is all about and that the May fight with Matthysse was what I just said, he got caught and that happens and that happens to the best. He is very charismatic and always fun to watch. So I can't wait for this fight as well, for the Junior Welterweight World Championship, and it's a pleasure for me now to introduce to you the World Champion, Lamont Peterson.
Lamont Peterson
Hey, how everybody doing? Pretty much don't have to say much about my background or how I train. Everybody know I come to fight. I come in shape, and I'm just looking forward to January 25th.
Thank you, hello, everybody, once again, my first question is for Dierry. It's good to talk to you. My question for you is you got this title shot by scoring a pretty big knockout against Pendarvis in your eliminator, and now you've come into this fight against an opponent in Lamont who got knocked out in his last fight even though it wasn't a world title fight. Do you feel like the best case of action for you is to sort of try to jump on him to make him remember the way it was when he fighting Matthysse in his last fight?
D. Jean
Yes, it's a great opportunity for me because I think in his mind he's not 100% okay. So it's going to be a great opportunity for me to strike him again, for me to catch him again, to remind him the nightmare he took last time.
And can you also talk a little bit about your boxing background? Richard mentioned in his introductory remarks you came from Haiti. I don't know how old you were when you moved from Haiti to Canada, but what was it like for you growing up there and how did you get involved in boxing?
D. Jean
I came at like ten years old with my big brother. We grew up there. I started boxing at 18 years old, with an ex-boxer who brought me there, and then since that day I'm still boxing. I dreamed that I was a boxer, and then the next day he came to me and asked me if I want to box. I said, "Yes, for sure, I dreamed that I was a boxer so why not?" It's a dream come true.
What are your thoughts, very quickly, as far as this fight being that you're going to travel to Lamont's hometown where he enjoys good support, he's been successful in the past and has fought a couple of his last two or three fights in Washington D.C.? You're going to be the guy on the road in this one.
D. Jean
For sure. It's okay. It doesn't matter. For sure I would prefer to be in my crowd, but it's going to be okay. I can deal with pressure, and he's going to be the only one guy in the ring with me. I'm not going to be against the fans. So I'm very good to deal with pressure.
All right, very good, thank you for your answers. I appreciate it. My question for you, Lamont, is we know what happened in the fight against Lucas Matthysse. I'm wondering, from your point of view, how difficult is it to overcome that loss?
Some guys, they come back off of a fight like that, they may go into a smaller fight, an eight-rounder, maybe not a TV fight. You're jumping right back in against your number one challenger in the main event in front of the home crowd. How was it like for you to get over that knockout loss and to be right back into a somewhat significant fight in the next match?
L. Peterson
Getting over the loss, that happened in one day. Who cares about the knockout? It's part of boxing. That's what happens. You pick yourself up and you move on. At this point, it's in the past. Who cares? As a fighter, you have to block that out and you keep moving. As far as me moving on, I'm a fighter. At the end of the day, I had to focus on January 25th. I train hard, give it my all, and we go out there and we fight. It's always going to be the same with me. Who cares about what happened in last fight?
So does that mean, Lamont, that even though you got beat in the last fight, but you still have the title because-
L. Peterson
Who cares?
No, no, I understand that. I understand that, but you were at the catch weight. Do you still feel like a champion even though the last fight was a defeat?
L. Peterson
At the end of the day the belts mean nothing. It means a lot to ya'll, but it means nothing to me. I just love to fight. I go, I bust my ass in the gym, I go and I fight. I give it my all in the ring. Who cares about who's number one, who's number two, who's pound for pound, who has this belt, who has that belt? I care less about that. So whether you look at me as a champion or not, it doesn't make a difference. The only thing it was is we fought at a catch weight, and me having a belt allows me to have this opportunity to fight Dierry Jean. That's it. That's all that belt means.
I understand that. The one other question that would be, you said who cares about a loss and I can certainly appreciate that mentality of just moving on to the next thing, but I'm sure you realize that when you lose it has a tremendous and dramatic impact on the money that you can earn. Isn't that right? Do you ever think about that?
L. Peterson
Yeah, of course of know that. It's not my first loss so I know that. It has happened before, but at the end of the day, as a fighter, my mentality has to be who cares? Who's going to sit around thinking about their last fight, if it didn't go the way they wanted it to go?
All right, fair enough.
L. Peterson
The best thing to do is to pick you up, forget about it, move on. I know I can still fight. I'm still a good fighter. I have to forget about it.
Happy New Year. A question first to Mr. Jean, what do you see in Lamont Peterson that you feel that you can, without giving your game plan, but what do you see that says you will win this fight and win the title on the 25th?
D. Jean
I see a better fighter. I'm more vicious. I can hit harder than him, and I want it more so I own everything to earn that title.
Okay, good enough. And for Lamont, my question also, fighting in your hometown again and one of the things that I've noticed in the fights you've had here, I should say, you have gotten off to a little bit of a slow start against Khan, against Holt especially, how important is it for you to get off to a real fast start on the 25th?
L. Peterson
Whether I start off slow or fast it doesn't make a difference. At the end of the day, my job is to win the fight and that's what I'm focusing on. If I want to start off slow, then let me start off slow. If I want to start off fast, then I'll start off fast, but at the end of the day it's all about a 12-round fight and winning that contest. So that's what I'm focused on.
Okay, good enough. And a quick question for Mr. Schaefer if he's there, when we will know the match ups from the under cards, speaking particularly about the fighters from the Washington D.C. area, Dominic Wade and D'Mitrius Ballard? When will we know the match ups for those particular bouts?
R. Schaefer
Well, with for Anthony Peterson, Lamont's brother, we are working on finalizing that. Dominic Wade, I believe is fighting Deshawn Johnson, and D'Mitrius Ballard, my match makers are working on finalizing that. So hopefully within the next week we have all of that lined up.
Hey, guys, how you doing? Hey, Lamont, I just have one question for you. I don't think I've ever heard anybody open up a conference call by talking about you the way he did, and I know you're usually a very even-tempered guy. When you hear somebody talk about you like that and you're the champion, what does it do? Does it arouse your competitive juices, and I know you're going to be fighting in front of your hometown crowd, which is always very supportive and you seem energized by that?
L. Peterson
Who cares about what he thinks, what he says? At the end of the day I have to get in there and show him. So it's not going to make me feel no type of way. He can say what he want. It's all his perception at this point. he have to go in there and show me.
One other question, how does he stack up against the guys that you fought? Has he fought anybody on your level or any other guys that you fought on their level?
L. Peterson
I'm not sure, but we're going to find out January 25th.
Hey, Lamont. Hey, Dierry. Hey, how you doing? Hey, my question's for you, Lamont. I've seen you train and everything. Coming off the Matthysse fight are you going into this fight a little harder, training a little harder than you have with any other fight because of coming off of a loss?
L. Peterson
Not really. I always train hard. I always give my best. So how could I train harder when I give it my all every time? So at this point, you go back, regardless of win or lose, you go back and you work on things you feel like you need to work on. You move on. You go the next fight. So that's exactly what we did.
Maybe I'm not talking about the training aspect, but mentally did you know, do you know, "I must win this fight, because if I lose it's an opportunity?"
L. Peterson
Well, before I went in there and fought Matthysse I felt that way. So I'm definitely going to feel that way now. It's not going to be anything else, but I train hard every training camp. I'm not just talking about physical training. I'm talking about mentally. I always do what I'm supposed to do, no hanging out, no family. I stick to a strict diet and a strict lifestyle, and that's every fight.
Dierry, coming into this fight knowing that you're fighting a tough fighter that Lamont Peterson is, with his background, the fighters that he's been fighting against, how are you coming into this fight? What's your mental state, as far as not conditioning but mental state to make it through this fight and in order to win this fight?
D. Jean
This fight means everything for me. I've been working so hard to get there, and now I'm there. It's to go conquer the belt. It's a lot for me. For so long, I start at 18 years old, and now I'm 31. I think I deserve it now. I work so hard from the bottom of my heart. So now it's time to go get that belt. It's my time now. Lamont did his time. Now it's now my time.
Dierry, Lamont Peterson has faced a lot of experienced fighters like Tim Bradley, Victor Ortiz. What do you have in your box to prove that you are of world champion caliber?
D. Jean
I got good sparring partners like them who can throw punches, who can take punches. I've got Steven Butler. I've got all good sparring partners, so welterweight and super welterweight, and by background too you can see the last fight and very exciting. So that means I can hit, and when you can hit it's very dangerous for another fighter who just came from a big knockout. So I think the win is going to be on my side.
Do you think you faced the most adversity in your career at this time and now it's like more easy work for you?
D. Jean
No, for sure it's going to the most adversity of my career, because Lamont Peterson is actual champion. He did his work. He did his job. So he's there. I got to give him respect. So now, just like I said, it's my time. So I'm going to go out there and go grab that belt.
R. Schaefer
Thank you to Dierry Jean and to Lamont Peterson. A much anticipated world championship fight. It's going to be a great night in Washington D.C. I know the fans are going to come out and support their fighters and the card and boxing. These are evenly matched fights, and again, thank you so much to Showtime for showcasing this fight.
I do want to make one last comment, and it is that Lamont Peterson will hold an open media workout in Washington D.C. next Monday on January 13. A media alert with details was sent out earlier today.Thank you so much, and I see you all in Washington D.C. on January the 25th.
Peterson vs. Jean, a 12-round fight for Peterson's IBF Junior Welterweight World Championship, will take place Saturday, Jan. 25, at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C. The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Corona and AT&T. The live SHOWTIME telecast begins at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) and will be available in Spanish via secondary audio programming (SAP). In the co-featured bout, Junior Middleweights Jermell Charlo and Gabriel Rosado square off in a 10-round fight for the WBC Continental Americas Super Welterweight Title. Preliminary bouts will air on SHOWTIME EXTREME® at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
Tickets priced at $25, $50, $75, $150 and $250, plus applicable taxes, fees and services charges, are on sale and available online at www.ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster locations, or by calling (800) 745-3000.


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Teach Young Students to Draw with Everything Butt Art iPad App
Teaching young students how to draw with Everything Butt Art iPad app builds their confidence and ability to express themselves. Everything Butt Art is an iPad drawing app that teaches kids how to draw zoo animals . . . with a twist.
Everything Butt Art shows young students step by step how to create the drawing, and it starts with a butt shape. It's really just a rounded lowercase w, and of course, it isn't really about derrieres. That's just the hook the app uses to engage children to learn how to draw. And it works.
When you first open the app, you have the option of creating a profile that will give you certain benefits, including saving and sharing, earning badges for drawing accomplishments, and getting e-mail notifications — or using a guest profile. Tap your selection and proceed to the next screen.
The home page of Everything Butt Art presents a menu of four choices — Draw, Read, Butt Hunt, and Gallery.
Everything Butt Art is an engaging way for kids to learn how to draw simple animals, and younger kids are sure to get a giggle out of the whole butt gimmick. It's quite simple and easy to master, and although it has limited use, it's still a nice start to developing the skill of drawing.
Draw with Everything Butt Art iPad App
When you tap Draw, you see a screen full of animals. Choose any one that you'd like to draw by tapping it and following the step-by-step instructions. You can also tap the Freestyle button at the top-right corner, which takes you to an empty page where you can use drawing tools and draw anything yourself.
To draw an animal, follow these steps:
Tap Draw.
You will see a selection of animals and animal packs to choose among. Three animals come free with the app, and two add-on packs of six animals each can be purchased separately. (Each comes with step-by-step drawing, book pages, and shape search game.)
Tap an animal to select it.
The next screen displays your animal and step-by-step directions for the final drawing on the bottom. You are presented with two choices: Show Me and Draw.
Tap the Show Me button to see an animated demonstration as the animal is drawn onscreen for you. The Draw button starts the step-by-step drawing process.
Tap the Draw button.
You'll see the steps numbered in a row under the drawing. Your notebook page will be blank except for the outline of the starting butt shape.
Select the Pencil tool and a color, and trace the outline.
When you're done, tap the next step to display the next set of outlines.
Continue until you have completed the drawing.
Note that as you tap any of the tools, such as Pencil or Paintbrush, you get a pop-up slider that enables you to set the width of the strokes.
To color in your drawing, tap the Paintbrush icon, and select a paintbrush color.
This generally is the last step. The paintbrush layer is underneath the pencil layer so that when you color it in, you don't cover the drawing lines.
Once you have tried it a few times and feel like you're getting the hang of it, try a more challenging task and draw the animal without tapping each step to add the tracing outlines.
You may find that some fingers aren't made for drawing on a touchscreen. Invest in a stylus, and use it for writing and drawing. Also, pay a few extra dollars to get one that's responsive and accurate.
Read with Everything Butt Art iPad app
Tapping the Read option on the main menu takes you to an illustrated page with fun facts about one of the animals. This page includes an illustration of the completed animal plus the step-by step drawing instructions — this time including the body.
Tap the speech bubble icon at the top-left of the screen to have the facts read out loud using the voice of a child. The facts are usually informative and entertaining. Who knew how many pounds of bananas a gorilla eats every day?
Tap the arrows in the bottom corners to turn the page. Each animal has an illustrated page. Tap the star button on the top right to pop up the Home Menu option.
Butt Hunt with Everything Butt Art iPad app
The Butt Hunt option leads you to an illustrated page where you can search for hidden butt shapes.
Have your students turn down the volume before they start this activity. The background jungle noises aren't quite as cute when they all go off at full volume.
Ready for your butt hunt? Tap the Start button to begin as the child narrator challenges you with that question for the ages: "How many butts can you find?"
Tap the butt shapes in the illustration as you find them, and they highlight while a scoreboard keeps track of your finds.
If you signed up for an account, the drawings are saved to an online gallery that can be set to public or private. If you elected to remain a Guest, the Gallery remains in the app.


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SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Zito pitching gems is becoming routine. Yawn, he delivered another sparking performance Wednesday as the Giants won for the 16th consecutive time with Zito on the mound.
The new wrinkle in this latest Zito triumph, a 10-0 romp over Colorado in which he threw seven shutout innings, is the pitcher going Tony Gwynn in the win. Zito had the first multihit game of his major league career with a pair of opposite-field singles between third and short.
On a day when several Giants medicated their batting averages against Rockies pitching, Zito also drove in a run and scored twice, and for good measure, dropped a successful sacrifice bunt in the middle of a five-run second inning.
Suddenly, No. 75 is hitting .750 for the season (3 for 4) after hitting .075 last year. And he seems to have mastered that "oppo" stroke to left. Counting the hits he had in his last two playoff starts in October, he actually has a four-game hitting streak.
"He's going to have a shift soon, probably," said Buster Posey.
Zito even had to tag up and run from second to third on Marco Scutaro's sacrifice fly in the second.
"That's a first for me, just tagging up in general," he said. "That's something we don't do a lot of as starting pitchers. But I felt like I executed my slide pretty good."
As for the hitting part, Zito maintained he's just trying to impact the game some way at the plate. Every little bit helps, he thinks.
"I just try to put up good at-bats and put the pressure on the pitcher to throw strikes, foul off balls with two strikes, and then put it in play," he said.
Manager Bruce Bochy mused that Zito being able to consistently find the left-side hole may have something to do with his bat speed, but then turned serious in assessing the pitcher helping himself at the plate.
"It gets back to competing," Bochy said. "It doesn't matter what you're doing in this game — pitching, swinging the bat, playing defense, it's all about competing, and he's as tough a competitor as I've been around. With all he's been through, to be doing what he's doing now and last year shows how tough this guy is."
Zito's pitching was once again marvelous. In virtual total command of his four primary pitches, Zito allowed seven hits and a walk and struck out four in running his scoreless-innings streak to start the season to 14. He also has a personal streak going of 11 straight winning decisions.
"I think it starts with his preparation," said Posey. "He has a great game plan going into every game, and he's been able to execute it. When you combine those two things together, you're going to have some success."
Speaking of success, Posey had a little himself as the Giants completed a three-game sweep of the Rockies. He had a triple and a double in his first two at-bats against Colorado starter Jeff Francis, and after a fifth-inning single, he came to the plate needing a home run for his first-ever cycle. He was well aware of it, too, but he was backed off the plate by an Adam Ottavino inside pitch and then hit a lazy fly to center.
"After a little chin music, it wasn't the most comfortable at-bar," he said. "I was just out in front a little bit."
A number of struggling Giants got it going at the plate during the 16-hit attack. Andres Torres also had three hits, while Scutaro, Brandon Crawford and Brandon Belt each had a pair.
Thursday's game
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Benedictine monk of Santa Maria dei Fonti, Italy. Hermit on the island of Gallinaria in the Gulf of Genoa, Italy. Bishop of Albenga, Italy in 870.
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- relics enshrined in a chapel dedicated to him there in 1409
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HARTFORD — The big storm heading for the Northeast is already disrupting air travel.
The aviation tracking website FlightAware shows United Airlines is already canceling more than 350 flights for Friday in advance of the storm, which is predicted to dump up to two feet of snow in parts of the Northeast. American has scrapped 43 flights.
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The summer had inhaled and held its breath too long
The winter looked the same, as if it never had gone
And through an open window where no curtain hung
I saw you, I saw you comin' back to me
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Small things like reasons are put in a jar
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Our resident fishing cat biologist friend, Namfon Cutter, was kind enough to give us permission to share her first-ever photo of a mama fishing cat with kitten in the wild. This is a rarely witnessed event!
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I'm responding to the worst loss of my life. First, I looked at myself. Over and over, I asked why? Why didn't we have a fair opportunity to prepare for trial? Why have so many people suffered as a result of false allegations? What's the purpose?
"They can take away my life, they can make me out as a monster, they can treat me as a monster, but they can't take away my heart," he told the radio station. "In my heart, I know I did not do these alleged disgusting acts. My wife has been my only sex partner and that was after marriage."
penny lane wrote:^ mcqueary didn't do his future any good by turning his back to a child's welfare and going to talk to this dad about the situation. I can' t get past his leaving a child in the showers with sandusky.
count2infinity wrote:I'd love to be in his head for 20 seconds just to see if it's a front or if he truly believes the stuff coming out of his mouth.
Bioshock wrote:count2infinity wrote:I'd love to be in his head for 20 seconds just to see if it's a front or if he truly believes the stuff coming out of his mouth.
He believes it. No way he does that and then requests to be put in with the general population at the prison he is going to if he's at all lying.
mac5155 wrote:Yeah he definitely picked the most inept counsel alive.
(or was it appointed for him??)
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Spanier likely to be charged with perjury
The sources said the deputy state prosecutor handling the case said that Paterno did the right thing, and handled himself appropriately in 2002 and during the three-year investigation that ended Friday.
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Here's a nice item if you want an Atheists Doing a Good Thing Just Because It's a Good Thing thing. We need some of those right now.
Atheists of Maine jump in the freezing water to raise money for Camp Sunshine.
For those of you that don't know, I have waded in the icy waters of our ocean to benefit Camp Sunshine for the past two years. This year, I'm mixing it up a bit: I'm looking to form a team to take the plunge with me. My goal is 10 people, including myself. That means you.
The minimum per person is $100 but last year I was able to raise over $700 with only $100 of it being my own. The goal I've set for the amount of money we raise is $1,500 which is entirely within the realm of possibility so I'm hoping to over deliver!
Camp Sunshine supports children with life threatening illnesses and their families. The camp has the distinction of being the only program in the nation whose mission is to address the impact of a life threatening illness on every member of the immediate family—the ill child, the parents, and the siblings. Since its inception, Camp Sunshine has provided a haven for over 30,000 individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds.
You can join in, or you can donate.
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Not one for frigid waters and just want to donate? That is just as important and don't worry if it's just a dollar, every amount helps. Just go to the Team Page and click on the big blue "Donate" button on the top right corner and it'll guide you through the steps to donate with your debit or credit card.
The date is February 9, 2013.