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There have been six women's tournaments played to date, four official Women's Rugby World Cups (Amsterdam 1998, Barcelona 2002, Edmonton 2006 & London 2010) and two unofficial Women's Rugby World Cups (Cardiff 1991 and Edinburgh 1994).
The staging of the first women's 'World Cup' – albeit unofficial - in Cardiff in 1991 was a pivotal moment. The event broke new ground and for Deborah Griffin and her small team of organisers the project was a massive challenge. To this day, Griffin is held up as being a leading light and pioneer for the women's World Cup movement.
Held in 1991, the first women's event had clashed in the rugby calendar with the second men's Rugby World Cup in the UK and in order to avoid a recurrence of that problem the next tournament was brought forward a year to 1994.
The full backing of the International Rugby Board was given in time for the 1998 event, therefore it became the year of the first 'official' Women's Rugby World Cup.
Women's Rugby World Cup
2010: NZ bt England 13-10
2006: NZ bt England 25-17
2002: NZ bt England 19-9
1998: NZ bt USA 44-12
1994: England bt USA 38-23
1991: USA bt England 19-6
WRWC 2010 Captains - Photo credit rugbymatters.net
The Women's Rugby World Cup 2010, the premier 15-a-side tournament in the women's game, was played from August 20 to September 5, in England.
The unprecedented qualification process, which saw 16 teams compete for the six places available outside the automatically qualified teams, was completed when Kazakhstan defeated Japan 43-5 to claim a place in Pool B, while Sweden join Pool C in its first appearance on the Women's Rugby World Cup stage since 1998.
Pool A: New Zealand, Wales, Australia, South Africa
Pool B: England, USA, Ireland, Kazakhstan
Pool C: France, Canada, Scotland, Sweden
New Zealand, England, France, Canada, USA and South Africa all qualified directly, with Wales and Ireland qualifying through the Six Nations, Sweden and Scotland from the European qualifiers in May, Australia as the Oceania qualifier and Kazakhstan from Asia.
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- A crowd of 13.253 watched New Zealand beat England 13-10 in the final at the Twickenham Stoop with Kelly Brazier's penalty 14 minutes from time proving the winning kick.
- Carla Hohepa of New Zealand was named the IRB Women's Personality of the Year 2010 in association with Emirates Airline after the final. The other nominees were Australia wing Nicole Beck and England duo Maggie Alphonsi and Danielle Waterman.
- The Black Ferns have now won 19 consecutive World Cup matches since their only defeat, a 7-0 loss to USA in the 1991 semi finals.
- The three-point winning margin is the closest any team has come to beating New Zealand in their four World Cup winning campaigns since.
- New Zealand's victory margin at The Stoop is also the smallest in a Women's Rugby World Cup final. The biggest, by contrast, is 32 points from the 1998 final when the Black Ferns beat USA 44-12 in Amsterdam.
- Thirty thousand fans attended the 30 matches at Women's Rugby World Cup 2010, be it at Surrey Sports Park or the Twickenham Stoop.
- New Zealand end the tournament as the leading point scorers with 186 - an average of 37.20 per match. England are the next more prolific point scorers, helped by their 82-0 defeat of Kazakhstan in Pool B.
- England conceded the fewest points with 23 across the five matches, 10 fewer than champions New Zealand. Kazakhstan conceded the most at 203, with Scotland, South Africa, Sweden and Wales all leaking more than a century of points.
- A total of 202 points were scored on the final day, bringing the total for the tournament to 1193. This is 14 points more than were scored at WRWC 2006 in Canada.
- The honour as the leading try scorer of the tournament is shared between Black Ferns flyer Carla Hohepa and Canada wing Heather Moyse with seven. Moyse matched her tally of seven four years, which made her the top try scorer then.
- Nine players scored four tries at WRWC 2010 with Ireland number 8 Joy Neville the only forward among them.
- Kelly Brazier's title-winning penalty means she ends Women's Rugby World Cup 2010 as the leading point scorer with 48, taking her above Canada fly half Anna Schnell by two points with USA No.10 Christy Ringgenberg third best on 44 points.
- Champions New Zealand end the tournament as the leading try scorers with 30, five more than next best England. Kazakhstan and Sweden scored the fewest with four across the five matches.
- Hosts England conceded the fewest tries with just three across five matches with defending champions New Zealand having their try-line breached four times. Kazakkhstan conceded the most tries with 30.
- For the second matchday running there were no hat-tricks. This means there have been five hat-tricks at WRWC 2010, scored by Kelly Brazier (New Zealand), Carla Hohepa (New Zealand), Heather Moyse (Canada), Fiona Pocock (England) and Charlotte Barras (England).
- The average number of points per match at WRWC 2010 is 39.77 - 22.07 in the first half and 17.70 coming after the break.
- There were no drop goals at Women's Rugby World Cup 2010.
- Twenty-nine tries were scored on the final day of Women's Rugby World Cup 2010, bringing the total for the tournament to 182 - three more than were touched down at the previous edition in Canada.
- A total of 35 penalties were kicked at Women's Rugby World Cup 2010.
- Kazakhstan and Sweden were the only sides to average less than a try a match.
- The average number of tries per match at WRWC 2010 is 6.07, with slightly more cxoming in the first half - 3.23 to 2.83 after the break.
- Only 89 of the 182 tries scored in the tournament were turned into seven pointers.
- Inaugural World Cup winners USA remain the only nation to break through the 1,000 point barrier with New Zealand failing to score the 31 points in the final that they needed to follow in their footsteps.
- The average number of penalties per match was 1.17.
- Ninety-six players scored tries at Women's Rugby World Cup 2010.
- Canada fly half Anna Schnell kicked the most conversions in the tournament with 14, one more than her English counterpart Katy McLean. Nicole Beck of Australia, New Zealand's Kelly Brazier and Christy Ringgenberg of the USA were the next best with 11.
- Sweden were the only side not to taste victory at WRWC 2010.
- Schnell also ended WRWC 2010 with the most penalties on six, one more than Sweden's inspirational captain Ulrika Andersson-Hall.
- Six nations - France, Kazakhstan, Scotland, South Africa, Sweden and Wales - end the tournament with a negative point differential.
- A total of 65 yellow cards were handed out across the 36 matches with Kazahstan receiving the most at 10, one more than South Africa. By contrast England and Scotland had only one player sin-binned in the duration of the tournament.
- Eight players received two cards in the tournament in Phaidra Knight (USA), Lorinda Brown (South Africa), Marie Louise Reilly (Ireland), Phumeza Gadu (South Africa), Jenny Ohman (Sweden), Svetlana Karatygina (Kazakhstan), Namhla Siyolo (South Africa) and Anna Yakovleva (Kazakshtan).
- Kazakhstan received the tournament's only two red cards with scrum half Amina Baratova's against South Africa and then second row Svetlana Karatygina in their victory over Sweden.
And finally ...
With the 12 teams housed at Surrey Sports Park for the duration of the tournament, some interesting statistics emerge from the quantities of food to cater for them all.
- The number of meals prepared were 31,500.
- Over 25,000 eggs were used.
- More than 30,000 yoghurts were consumed.
- Over 10,000 mushrooms were used in the cooking.
- The players munched their way through more than 6,000 bananas.
In 2006, the Women's Rugby World Cup broke new ground with Canada becoming the first non-European nation to host the pinnacle tournament in the Women's Game, one which saw South Africa grace the stage for the first time. The first African nation to compete in the tournament, South Africa were on the end of some heavy losses, but will have learned plenty from the experience.
One thing evident was that the bar had been raised yet again from 2002, the winning margins on the whole generally smaller with sides more competitive. However, it was the usual suspects who would contest the semi finals once more with New Zealand determined to retain their stranglehold on the trophy, England eager to avenge their 2002 final loss and France and Canada targeting a first ever title showdown.
A try by Amiria Marsh in the first minute was an ominous warning sign for France of the Black Ferns' intent and five tries later a 40-10 victory had been secured in Edmonton. England had a tougher task to reach a fourth final against the hosts Canada, two tries from Charlotte Barras ultimately seeing the former champions secure a tight 20-13 victory.
England immediately took the game to the defending champions, but tries from Monalisa Codling and Stephanie Mortimer edged the Black Ferns into a lead before a period of sustained pressure was rewarded with a penalty try to leave the champions with only a 15-10 advantage.
The score remained that way for a while before Victoria Heighway and Helen Clayton traded tries to cut the deficit to just three points with only as many minutes remaining. There was to be no fairytale comeback for England, Marsh easing any nerves with another try to extend the Black Ferns run to 14 victories in a row on the WRWC stage and send captain Palmer off into retirement in style.
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New Zealand have been crowned Women's Rugby World Cup champions for an unprecedented third time after a hard fought but pulsating 25-17 defeat of England at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada.
A try by full back Amiria Marsh in the final minute eased any nerves that may have been setting in for the Black Ferns after England kept alive their hopes of snatching victory with a 77th minute try by replacement Helen Clayton.
However it was not to be their day again - just as it was not four years earlier when they lost 19-9 in the final - as the New Zealand celebrations began to mark not only three in a row, but a 14th straight Women's RWC victory that ensured captain Farah Palmer lifted the trophy again before retiring.
It was England who drew first blood in the match with a third minute penalty by fly half Karen Andrew, their reward for taking it straight to the two-time defending champions and signalling their intentions for the game.
Black Ferns scrum half Emma Jensen missed a ninth minute penalty before a knock on metres from her own line by full back Amiria Marsh put her side under pressure. England though could not turn it into points and New Zealand stole the ball to clear their lines.
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Andrews missed the chance to stretch England's lead with a failed penalty attempt after 16 minutes, allowing Jensen to leave the score with her first successful kick of the game seven minutes later.
A second penalty miss by Jensen seemed to mean the half time score would be locked at 3-3 with neither side willing to give the other an inch in a fiercely competitive match which highlighted the strengths of the women's game.
However a wonderfully deft cross field kick by Marsh, who had a few minutes earlier received lengthy treatment on what appeared to be a hip injury, found a gap on the right and it was worked through for Monalisa Codling, playing in her third Women's RWC final, to run to score the opening try of the showpiece.
Jensen added the conversion to make it 10-3 and a long range penalty miss by Andrews for England meant that was the half time score. It would not remain that way for long though, as in the opening minute Melissa Ruscoe found wing Stephanie Mortimer who had the pace to cross.
England though came back at the Black Ferns and were rewarded for some intense pressure on their line when referee Simon McDowell awarded them a penalty try, sparking celebrations among the England front row.
Nailbiting finale
That brought the score to 15-10 and it remained that way for some 20 minutes of end to end action, although Mortimer came close to grabbing a second try but put a foot in touch before being bundled into the flag by an desperate England tackle.
The New Zealand pressure finally told though when lock Victoria Heighway collected off the top of the lineout and was driven over by her fellow forwards for her second try of the tournament, stretching their lead to 20-10 after Jensen's conversion came back off the post.
England though, desperate to avoid another bitter final defeat, continued to fight and got the try they craved when replacement Helen Clayton was pushed over, the flanker twisting round to touch the ball down behind her.
Shelley Rae's conversion brought them to within three points with less than three minutes remaining and as the possibility of an extra time forcing score came to mind, New Zealand had the final say with a break by Mortimer finding Marsh with the pace and space to score.
Jensen missed the conversion, but it didn't matter as within seconds the celebrations were under way for the Black Ferns with a 14th straight Women's RWC victory and, more importantly, a third world crown to send captain Farah Palmer into retirement with.
New Zealand coach Jed Rowlands: "When I took over after the last World Cup I was thankful Farah and some others chose not to retire. I think it was important to have continuity on our squad. We worked very hard and were lucky to have two tours to Canada to give our younger players some experience.
"I'm very please with our team's performance in the tournament. The other countries are getting better and England was disrupting our ball. We had to adjust at half time, which is a testament to the higher standards in the game.
"Scoring at the last instant was a great way to finish the game and have that be the last play. We came here to score tries and we did that. For us, it's the best way to finish."
New Zealand captain Farah Palmer: "I don't think the other finals meant any less than this one just because it was my last for New Zealand. It's a great way to finish my career as a Black Fern, but as our coach says it's just a game like any other. I need to lift my standards to every game equally.
"I felt this final was a lot tougher than the last. We were on defence much more than in previous World Cups. England were hitting us really hard and it was an intense match.
"We put a lot of pressure on ourselves because we have high standards. We know everyone is working at how to beat us. People at home expect a win, but that's why we play an elite sport. We love the pressure.
"The key moment in the match for us was coming out in the second half to score right away. It really lifted our spirits because our call at half time was to be patient. We've been used to scoring on breakaways and we needed to set up some phases. It's hard to be patient, but it's very important."
England coach Geoff Richards: "We were turning over a lot of ball in the first half and our body height was miles too high. At half time we talked about that and slowing their ball down. Just to keep going. I knew we could make a contest of it.
"Our strategy was to stop their pace out wide. It's difficult to defend when you are constantly defending phase after phase after phase. They were camped on our line for so long and we kept them out. Eventually, the dam wall burst and they made it through.
"We wanted to take them in the scrum and I think we did. Our set pieces worked really well. Unfortunately, you need primary possession to win games. We had it in the first half, but not in the second. We need to look to control the ball and recycle under pressure.
"From here, we'll regroup. We've got an exciting young crop of players coming through, some of whom were here today to start that. We have system in place and our programs are really producing rugby players who can take on best in the world. We will go back and work very, very hard.
"Obviously we are just really devastated at the final. To not come up with the result is difficult after all our effort and work. Our girls gave all they had and more."
England captain Jo Yapp: "It means an awful lot to play with a team like we've got behind us. They are such a great bunch of players. We play for each other and have great team spirit. To come here with that kind of team behind us is really special.
"We gave everything we could. New Zealand never gave up. I think it was a really hard fought contest. We'll look back and say it was a good final. Our ability to keep going under pressure and the pressure we put on them was really great. We never gave up for 80 minutes. We always believed we could do it and that belief was there until that final try."
England centre Sue Day: "To be honest, once you get on the pitch anything that's gone on before is out of the picture. It's all about giving it everything you can on the day. I think it was a pretty good rugby match today. Obviously New Zealand are a very, very good side."
WRWC 2006 Captains - Photo credit IRB
31/08/2006, 12:00 Spain 0-24 Scotland St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton 31/08/2006, 14:30 Kazakhstan 5-20 Samoa Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton 31/08/2006, 14:30 Australia 68-12 South Africa St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton 31/08/2006, 17:00 France 43-0 Ireland St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton 31/08/2006, 17:00 England 18-0 USA Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton 31/08/2006, 12:05 New Zealand 66-7 Canada Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton 4/09/2006, 12:00 Ireland 11-24 USA Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton 4/09/2006, 12:00 New Zealand 50-0 Samoa St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton 4/09/2006, 14:30 Kazakhstan 17-32 Scotland St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton 4/09/2006, 14:30 England 74-8 South Africa Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton 4/09/2006, 17:00 Australia 10-24 France Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton 4/09/2006, 17:00 Spain 0-79 Canada St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton 8/09/2006, 12:00 Spain 14-12 Samoa Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton 8/09/2006, 12:00 Ireland 37-0 South Africa St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton 8/09/2006, 14:30 Australia 6-10 USA St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton 8/09/2006, 14:30 Kazakhstan 45-5 Canada Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton 8/09/2006, 17:00 New Zealand 21-0 Scotland Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton 8/09/2006, 17:00 England 27-8 France St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Edmonton
12/09/2006 - Semi finals
12/09/2006, 14:30 New Zealand 40-10 France Ellerslie Rugby Park 12/09/2006, 17:00 England 20-14 Canada Ellerslie Rugby Park 12/09/2006, 17:00 Scotland 11-10 Ireland St. Albert Rugby Football Club 12/09/2006, 14:30 USA 29-12 Australia St. Albert Rugby Football Club 12/09/2006, 12:00 Samoa 43-10 South Africa St. Albert Rugby Football Club 12/09/2006, 12:00 Spain 17-12 Kazakhstan Ellerslie Rugby Park
16/09/2006 - Consolation finals
South Africa 0-36 Kazakhstan Ellerslie Rugby Park 11th/12th 16/09/2006, 14:30 Samoa 5-10 Spain Ellerslie Rugby Park 9th/10th 16/09/2006, 17:00 Ireland 14-18 Australia Ellerslie Rugby Park 7th/8th
17/09/2006 - Finals
Scotland 0-24 USA Commonwealth Stadium 5th/6th 17/09/2006, 14:30 Canada 8-17 France Commonwealth Stadium 3rd/4th 17/09/2006, 17:00 New Zealand 25-17 England Commonwealth Stadium 1st/2nd
Women's Rugby World Cup 2002 held in Spain is regarded as a watershed in the short history of the Women's Game. The final between New Zealand and England set new standards of excellence in terms of skill, fitness and comprehension, firmly placing the Women's Game on the map.
Samoa made their debut on the WRWC stage and enjoyed a dream first match, beating Ireland 22-0 in Santboiana, but from the opening round where New Zealand crushed Germany 117-0 and England brushed aside Italy 63-9 they again seemed destined for another head to head in the final.
The mouth-watering final duly arrived and neither side disappointed, producing not just a good women's match, but an excellent display of rugby by anyone's standards, a fabulous mix of tactical awareness, gritty forward play and attacking rugby.
The Olympic Stadium in Barcelona was a fitting backdrop for a final which was screened live in the middle of the night back in New Zealand, not to mention witnessed by an 8,000 crowd in the stands. The Black Ferns were worthy winners, tries either side of half time from Monique Hirovanaa and Cheryl Waaka taking them out to a lead that England were never able to rein in, losing 19-9.
Final: New Zealand 19-9 England
3rd/4th: France 41-7 Canada
5th/6th: Australia 30-0 Scotland
7th/8th: USA 23-0 Spain
9th/10th: Samoa 17-14 Wales
11th/12th: Kazakhstan 20-3 Italy
13th/14th: Ireland 23-3 Japan
15th/16th: Netherlands 20-19 Germany
1 New Zealand 117-0 Germany Cornella
2 Australia 30-0 Wales Santboiana
3 USA 87-0 Netherlands Santboiana
4 France 31-12 Kazakhstan Santboiana
5 England 63-9 Italy Cornella
6 Spain 62-0 Japan Cornella
7 Canada 57-0 Ireland Girona
8 Scotland 13-3 Samoa Girona
9 Germany 0-75 Wales Girona
10 Netherlands 10-37 Kazakhstan Girona
11 Italy 30-3 Japan Santboiana
12 Ireland 0-22 Samoa Santboiana
13 New Zealand 36-3 Australia Cornella
14 USA 30-0 France Girona
15 England 13-5 Spain Cornella
16 Canada 11-0 Scotland Girona
17 Germany 0-18 Ireland Girona
18 Japan 37-3 Netherlands Girona
19 Wales 35-3 Italy Santboiana
20 Samoa 9-5 Kazakhstan Santboiana
21 Australia 17-5 USA Girona
22 Scotland 23-16 Spain Cornella
23 New Zealand 30-0 France Cornella
24 Canada 10-53 England Girona
25 Germany 19-20 Netherlands Zaragoza
26 Japan 3-23 Ireland Girona
27 Italy 3-20 Kazakhstan Santboiana
28 Wales 14-17 Samoa Santboiana
29 USA 23-5 Spain Santboiana
30 Australia 30-0 Scotland Girona
31 Canada 7-41 France Olympic Stadium
32 England 9-19 New Zealand Olympic Stadium
By the time 1998 came around, the first tournament officially under the auspices of the International Rugby Board, in Amsterdam, it was apparent that the returning New Zealand side, led by their inspirational captain Farah Palmer, would be the main side to challenge the previous champions.
With a field extended to 16 teams, the tournament produced some compelling rugby with New Zealand, England, USA and Canada living up to their billing as title contenders by reaching the semi finals.
Defending champions England ruthlessly swept aside Sweden, Canada and Australia to set up the semi final everyone wanted to see against New Zealand, the Black Ferns having been equally impressive in beating newcomers Germany - by a WRWC record 134-6 - along with Scotland and Spain.
The other semi final was an all North American affair, Canada having recovered from that loss to England to beat France 25-7 in the quarter finals to face 1991 champions USA, the 25-10 conquerors of Scotland in the last eight.
Palmer's side had been expected to reach the final, but the manner of their victory was surprising, the Black Ferns ending England's reign as champions with an emphatic 44-11 triumph to signify the beginning of their dominance on the international stage. USA were equally impressive in their own semi final, dispatching Canada 46-6.
However, despite playing in their third successive final, the USA women were powerless to stop the Black Ferns claiming a first title with Vanessa Cootes grabbing the headlines by running in four of New Zealand's eight tries in a 44-12 victory.
Final: New Zealand 44-12 USA
3rd/4th: England 85-15 Canada
5th/6th (Plate Final): Australia 25-15 Scotland
7th/8th: Spain 22-9 France
9th/10th (Bowl Final): Ireland 10-26 Kazakhstan
11th/12th: Italy 10-12 Wales
13th/14th (Shield Final): Netherlands 67-3 Germany
15th/16th: Russia 3-23 Sweden
May1st Canada v Netherlands 16 – 7
May 2nd Spain v Wales 28 – 18
NZ v Germany 134 – 6
France v Kazakhstan 23 – 6
USA v Russia 84 - 0
England v Sweden 75 – 0
Australia v Ireland 21 – 0
Scotland v Italy 37 – 8
May 5th Canada v England 6 – 72
USA v Spain 38 – 16
France v Australia 10 – 8
NZ v Scotland 76 - 0
Netherlands v Sweden 44 – 0
Russia v Wales 7 – 83
Kazakhstan v Ireland 12 – 6
Germany v Italy 5 – 34
May 9th England v Australia 30 – 13
USA v Scotland 25 – 10
France v Canada 7 – 9
NZ v Spain 46 – 3
Netherlands v Ireland 18 – 21
Wales v Germany 55 – 12
Kazakhstan v Sweden 47 – 5
Italy v Russia 51 – 7
May 12th England v NZ 11 – 44
USA v Canada 46 – 6
Australia v Spain 17 – 15
Scotland v France 27 – 7
Ireland v Italy 20 – 5
Wales v Kazakhstan 13 – 18
Netherlands v Russia 61 – 0
Germany v Sweden 20 – 18
Finals Russia v Sweden 3 – 23
May 15th Italy v Wales 10 – 12
Netherlands v Germany 67 – 3 Shield
Ireland v Kazakhstan 10 – 26 Bowl
May 16th England v Canada 31 – 15
France v Spain 9 – 22
Australia v Scotland 25 – 15 Plate
New Zealand v USA 44 – 12 Cup
Three years later the teams converged on Edinburgh with Kazakhstan and Ireland making their first appearances on the Women's Rugby World Cup stage. The competition threw up some interesting results, but it was clear from early on that defending champions USA and England were the sides to beat.
Both sides cruised through to the final again, although this time England exacted revenge for their 1991 defeat, producing a superb performance to triumph 38-23 in a hugely entertaining contest to determine the champions.
April 11-24 1994, Edinburgh
Pool A USA 111 Sweden 0
Sweden 5 Japan 10
USA 121 Japan 0
Pool B England 66 Russia 0
Scotland 51 Russia 0
Scotland 0 England 26
Pool C France 77 Scottish Students 0
Scottish Students 5 Ireland 18
France 31 Ireland 0
Pool D Canada 5 Wales 11
Wales 29 Kazakhstan 8
Canada 28 Kazakhstan 0
Quarter Finals USA 76 Ireland 0
England 24 Canada 10
France 99 Japan 0
Wales 8 Scotland 0
Semi Finals USA 56 Wales 15
England 18 France 6
FINAL England 38 USA 23
3rd/4th Playoff France 27 Wales 0
Shield Semi-Finals Canada 57 Japan 0
Ireland 3 Scotland 10
Shield Final Scotland 11 Canada 5
Shield 3rd/4th Japan 3 Ireland 11
Plate Round Sweden 20 Russia 13
Robin Scottish Students 0 Kazakhstan 27
Sweden 14 Scottish Students 12
Russia 0 Kazakhstan 25
Sweden 12 Kazakhstan 31
Scottish Students 12Russia 24
Plate Final Kazakhstan 29 Sweden 12
Twelve teams contested that first tournament in Cardiff from 6-14 April in hosts Wales, Canada, England, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, USA and the USSR.
England and USA booked their places in the inaugural final by shutting out France and New Zealand respectively, with the women from North America getting their hands on the silverware with a 19-6 victory.
April 6-14 1991, Cardiff
Pool 1 New Zealand 24 Canada8
Wales 9 Canada 9
New Zealand 24 Wales 6
Pool 2 France 62 Japan 0
Sweden 0 France 37
Japan 0 Sweden 20
Pool 3 USA 7 Netherlands 0
Netherlands 28 USSR 0
Pool 4 England 12 Spain 0
Italy 9 England 25
Spain 13 Italy 7
Semi Finals New Zealand 0 USA 7
England 13 France 0
Final USA 19 England 6
Credit: Much of the text on this page is credited to the IRB.
A database of Women's International match results 1982-2009 supplied by John Birch can be found here.


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Must be those medical advances we seem to get back to.
It wasn't lower in the 1950's and 1960's. On the big scale of time this was rather recent.
I see one common denominator between 3000 years ago and the 50's and 60's. That would be heavy by-products of combustion. Granted its only a theory, but it is a common link.
Once we have an association that warrants further investigation, it becomes time for science to prove the hypothesis.
You keep saying it was higher in the 50s & 60s, I don't know if you seen the latest data from the NIH as provided by the CDC;
This just does not match what you keep posting.
The 1950's and 60's were the two decades that were the heavy smog decades.
The advent of the internal combustion engine shortly after 1900, and the rapid increase in production of these engines for Automobiles and aircraft, etc.
Industry was also on the upswing, with oil refineries increasing to meet the demand of fueling all those engines spewing out raw exhaust.
By the 50's and 60's, we had a real problem with smog. It was damaging crops it was so bad. This served as proof that smog could damage plant leaves.
The by-products of combustion from cigarettes, automobiles and indoor fires 3000 years ago are related with many common chemicals. They all produce toxic particulate very similar.
Positive changed took place in the USA after 1968. Not only did smoking decline, but also emissions declined.
The good news is America's smoking rate has declined from around 50% in 1968 to around 18% today, with strict public smoking laws reducing second hand exposure.
Cars burn 95% cleaner thanks to emissions equipment, and industry emissions have improved as well.
Something else cleaned up America's air. Shipping manufacturing jobs overseas. Factories in China are inducing heavy pollution in China. Beijing is experiencing rising cardiovascular problems.
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I don't think I can agree with that.
Today's air in the States is great compared to where we were 50 years ago.
The article speculates indoor fires and oil lanterns as a possible cause of atherosclerosis in these 3000 year old mummies. Its a hypothesis and nothing more.
I simply connected the dots of the Article's hypothesis, and the 50's high air pollution with higher rates of heart disease. Really nothing more than that.
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Whats happened in the last 3 years does not change history from 1900-1997.
What about the first 10 years statins were on the market? We actually lost ground in the battle against the decline rate in heart disease.
The straight line averages over time demonstrate no change.
Bottom line:" Nothing changed that wasn't already happening before statins"
In either case, if the population is growing by 1% per year and less people are dying of CVD since 2000 then there has been a huge change.
The other issue is your use of the heart disease only line. In this line you are including all the diseases not related to atherosclerosis. If we are keeping more people alive that would have died from things like LVH or cardiac arrest then isn't likely that there has been a shift up in atherosclerosis related deaths? After all, it is in the "other" disease that there has been much more progress in medical treatment. Here's the chart excluding all genetic and non-atherosclerosis related deaths from 1979 thru 2008;
Note the big decline around 1987, this certainly does not look like a constant line to me.If you spread any data line out over 100 years it will lose the detail especially if you include additional data that in general is fixed. These are the filtered numbers so we're only looking at atherosclerosis related deaths, not all heart disease inclusive.
Here it is over a longer period;
The decline in atherosclerosis related deaths only start much later. The reason for the decline is still subject to interpretation.
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Founded in 2004 by Rabbi Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture at The Jewish Theological Seminary, Ohel Ayalah reaches out to people, especially those in their twenties and thirties, who are not already connected to the Jewish community or its institutions,
The seders will be led by Rabbi Hauptman and Ben Rosner, a cantorial student at JTS. Participants will delve into a new Haggadah that combines traditional texts with stimulating activities, contemporary musings, and traditional songs. The Haggadah, which was prepared specifically for the Ohel Ayalah community by David Arnow, author of Creating Lively Seders, includes the Hebrew text, English translation, and transliteration. Participants are invited to bring questions they would like discussed during the course of the evening.
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- Place carrots into a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain.
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This is also good if you roast your baby carrots. Just toss with a little melted butter or EVOO, bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, then toss with grated parmesan. It's one of our favorite side dishes.
I loved this recipe, but did it baked/roasted. I just cut baby carrots in half (or bigger carrots into little pieces) and put them in a bowl with 2 tablespoons of melted butter and 1/4 parmesan cheese. After mixing it together, I put them in the toaster oven for 20 min and they were delicious! Yum!
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VERY good! While the title "implies" baby carrots are the star ingreident, I don't see the point, considering the recipe submitter's instructions are to chop them.... As Sara Jo did, I also roasted my carrots - and prep couldn't have been easier! I only had one hiccup (completely my fault since I didn't follow becky's instructions). It took FAR longer than 25 minutes / 350 degrees for my carrots to cook thru. I'm not sure if Sara based her roasting timeframe on using whole or chopped carrots (which obviously makes a difference - I roasted whole baby carrots), so I'll just consider it a "loose" guideline. :) My carrots took nearly 45 minutes to cook, but it was WELL worth the wait! Roasting is just plain AWESOME - it brings out the natural sweetness that you lose with other cooking methods, IMHO. NOTE: I sprinkled my carrots with cheese AFTER they were out of the oven, but wish I would have tossed them with it (and the EVOO I coated them in) beforehand. What didn't adhere to my carrots ended up as clumps of partially melted cheese, but was delicious nonetheless. :) Served alongside chicken Parmesan, a PERFECT pairing! Thanks for sharing, becky! I now have a new way to enjoy one of my favorite vegetables! :-)
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It would also be nice tho have a day here and there where a nap wasn't a necessity. Where I could forgo one all together or when it would be a luxury.
Of course I am still in the trial and error phase in finding out what works for me so I do hold out hope that there are better days ahead just waiting for me.
A good day is when I can do things past noon and not have to rest awhile.
A good day is where I can spend time with friends and family and not worry about my pain level going up.
A good day is when my pain level stays lows enough so I can enjoy the outdoors all day.
A good day is when I don't feel like crying when the pain is too much to bear.
A good day is when I feel free from the pain, even if only for a few minutes.
A good day for me used to involve skiing and swimming and biking, now it involves getting out into nature for walks and/or hiking. It hurts but I keep at it because it so helps me deal with stress, etc. And a good day often includes time spent with my sons, daughter-in-laws, grandchildren, or good friends. Laughter is still the best medicine.
Having enough energy to clean at least one room in my home.
Being able to watch my daughter march in her last year of high school band. Even when it is cold out.
Writing a letter to my some in the Navy and actually being able to read it..
Waking up to find my husband who knows I am hurting and exhausted, who worked 12 hours shift just the day before and he still gets up early to handle the morning rush so I can get a few hours more sleep because he know I need it..
to me those are just a few things of my good day!!!
In my "pre-Fibro" days (I use the term loosely because I was symptomatic in my 20s), a good day was going to work, working 12-17 hours, falling into bed, and waking up six hours later to do it again. Those days are long gone, lol!
I also used to build walkways and patios in a weekend...I worked at demolishing houses for a while and would take out the foundations with a sledgehammer. I did tons on stonework and built so many gardens from scratch, and was always hustling to get things done. I did so much back then! Now I look back and wonder how on earth I managed any of it. It seems like a lifetime ago.
Now, a "regular" good day for me (meaning one where I'm not dealing with these injuries) means getting the housework done in stages and not fretting about what isn't done. It means looking at a big yard project and planning it out in advance, doing a couple of steps and then resting. I can still get plenty done as long as I pace myself, which is easier said than done, of course. I am not so frantic about finishing everything right away and I think that's actually an improvement.
But on my good days I can find the strength to get out of bed and get my coffee in... and find a little relief from all the stiffness by 11 am after my second bout of exercises... lol... and then I can smile and keep on loving first myself then others... and find good in me no matter the pain... And I can pray without asking why or asking to be taken from this world... I can look around and see the blessings I have in my life and ignore the pain of sitting here and being with you...
That's a good day... love... Jan/Dakota
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I'm glad that good days still are out there.
A good day for me is where I have accomplished something, even if it's small. A good day includes having a positive outlook or at least being able to fight off the negative thoughts. It would include doing something for someone else, even if it's just giving words of support. I enjoy having some good conversation with my husband and cuddle/play time with my dog.
Most of my days, even if they're hard to get through, end up being good because the above is possible most every day. Letting go of self-inflicted expectations took a long time and I still struggle to do so, but has made coping with FM much easier.
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The very words "faith-based" became controversial during the Bush administration, yet Barack Obama has retained the faith-based centers in 11 federal agencies that his predecessor created. And within weeks of assuming the presidency, he announced priority areas for his own White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships — including economic recovery and poverty reduction, abortion reduction, responsible fatherhood, and global interfaith dialogue. In a live, public conversation, we meet the 26-year-old political strategist, Pentecostal minister, and trusted associate of the president who will lead this charge.
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A feedlot experiment was conducted under commercial conditions in the Texas Panhandle using 3,757 feedlot steers (average of 94 steers/pen) to evaluate the effects of feeding zilpaterol hydrochloride with or without monensin and tylosin on feedlot performance and carcass characteristics. The experiment was conducted using a randomized complete block design. Treatments were arranged as a 2 (no zilpaterol vs. zilpaterol) x 2 (monensin and tylosin withdrawn vs. monensin and tylosin fed during the final 35 d on feed) factorial. Steers were fed for a total of 161 to 167 d, and treatments were administered during the final 35 d that cattle were on feed. When included in the diet, zilpaterol, monensin, and tylosin were supplemented at 8.3, 33.1, and 12.2 mg/kg (DM basis), respectively. Zilpaterol was included in the diet for 30 d at the end of the finishing period and withdrawn from the diet for the last 5 or 6 d cattle were on feed. Cattle were harvested and carcass data collected. There were no zilpaterol x monensin/tylosin interactions (P >0.12) for ADG or G:F. Feeding zilpaterol increased ADG (P < 0.001) by 0.20 kg and G:F (P < 0.001) by 0.029 kg/kg during the last 35 d on feed. Likewise, when feedlot variables were measured throughout the entire 161- to 167-d feeding trial, ADG (3.4%; P < 0.001) and G:F (3.9%; P < 0.001) were increased. Feeding zilpaterol increased (P < 0.001) dressing percent and HCW and decreased (P < 0.001) total liver abscess rate compared with controls. In addition, zilpaterol increased (P < 0.001) LM area by an average of 8.0 cm2. There was a zilpaterol x monensin/tylosin interaction (P = 0.03) for marbling score. Zilpaterol decreased (P < 0.001) marbling score regardless of monensin and tylosin treatment, although withdrawal of monensin and tylosin for 35 d decreased marbling to a greater extent (31 vs. 17 degrees). Zilpaterol decreased (i.e., improved; P < 0.001) calculated yield grade regardless of monensin and tylosin treatment, but feeding zilpaterol in combination with the withdrawal of monensin and tylosin for 35 d decreased calculated yield grade to a greater extent (0.49 vs. 0.29) compared with the zilpaterol, monensin, and tylosin combination treatment (zilpaterol x monensin/tylosin interaction, P = 0.03). Results suggest that monensin and tylosin can be withdrawn from the diet during the zilpaterol feeding period (final 35 d on feed) with minimal effect on animal performance, although feeding zilpaterol in combination with monensin and tylosin seemed to moderate effects on carcass quality.
J. L. Montgomery, C. R. Krehbiel, J. J. Cranston, D. A. Yates, J. P. Hutcheson, W. T. Nichols, M. N. Streeter, R. S. Swingle and T. H. Montgomery. Effects of dietary zilpaterol hydrochloride on feedlot performance and carcass characteristics of beef steers fed with and without monensin and tylosin. J. Anim Sci. 2009. 87:1013-1023. doi:10.2527/jas.2008-1169
Toxic endophyte-infected fescue influence on sperm characteristics
Sixteen (mean age = 1.1 ± 0.1 yr; mean BW = 478 ± 34 kg) Brahman-influenced bulls were used to determine the influence of fescue type on sperm characteristics and serum concentrations of prolactin, cortisol, and testosterone. Bulls were blocked by BW, scrotal circumference (SC), and pregrazing sperm characteristics and randomly assigned to graze toxic endophyte-infected (EI; 4 bulls/pasture; 2 pastures) or novel endophyte-infected (NE; 4 bulls/pasture; 2 pastures) tall fescue for 121 d. Semen was collected by electroejaculation, and SC was measured and blood samples collected monthly. Sperm were evaluated for motility and morphology with an integrated visual optical system. Overall mean concentration of prolactin was decreased more (P < 0.01) in EI bulls than NE bulls from May to August. Scrotal circumference was not affected by fescue type (P = 0.58); overall SC averaged 36.7 ± 2.3 cm. Percentage of live sperm was not different (P = 0.24) between NE bulls (80%) than EI bulls (67%) in July and August. Bulls grazing NE fescue had more (P < 0.06) motile sperm than EI bulls in July and August. Percentages of progressive (57 vs. 38%, NE and EI, respectively; P < 0.06) and rapid (67 vs. 46%, NE and EI, respectively; P = 0.04) sperm were greater from bulls grazing NE than EI bulls in July and August. Average velocity of the smoothed sperm path and progressive velocity in a straight line from the beginning to the end of the sperm track were slower (P < 0.09) in EI bulls than NE bulls and were slower (P = 0.04) in August compared with July. Mean width of head oscillation as the sperm swims was less (P < 0.06) in August than July. Concentrations of cortisol and testosterone were not (P > 0.10) influenced by fescue type. Semen from bulls grazing EI had reduced motility and morphology than bulls grazing NE. Detrimental effects of toxic fescue may not be mediated by cortisol, testosterone, or both. Semen quality of bulls grazing toxic EI tall fescue was decreased with increased maximum ambient temperatures.
M. L. Looper, R. W. Rorie, C. N. Person, T. D. Lester, D. M. Hallford, G. E. Aiken, C. A. Roberts, G. E. Rottinghaus and C. F. Rosenkrans, Jr. Influence of toxic endophyte-infected fescue on sperm characteristics and endocrine factors of yearling Brahman-influenced bulls 2009. J. Anim Sci. 2009. 87:1184-1191. doi:10.2527/jas.2008-1258
Effect of number of cows in confinement on estrus behavior.
Mature Angus and Angus x Hereford cows were used to determine the effects of confinement area and number of cows in estrus on estrous behavior. During each of two replicates, 32 nonpregnant, nonlactating cows were maintained either in a drylot (60 x 100 m) or a pasture (12 ha). Estrous cycles were synchronized with two injections of PGF2 10 to 14 d apart at the initiation of the experiment. Thereafter, PGF2 was administered between d 6 and 18 of the estrous cycle so that 1, 2 to 3, 4 to 6, or 7 cows were estrus at the same time. Concentrations of progesterone were quantified in plasma at treatment to ensure cows had a normal response to PGF2 . Duration of estrus and the number of mounts received during estrus were recorded by HeatWatch. If any part of estrus for a cow occurred at the same time as estrus for another cow, the cow was considered to have concurrent estrus with the other cow. Cows in the drylot had a shorter (P < 0.02; 61.8 ± 3.1 h) interval to estrus after PGF2 compared with cows on pasture (72.8 ± 3.3 h). The interval to estrus was longer (P < 0.07) when cows were treated with PGF2 on d 10 to 13 (76.7 ± 3.3 h) of the estrous cycle than when treated on d 6 to 9 (62.3 ± 4.7 h) or d 14 to 18 (62.9 ± 3.6 h). Increasing the number of cows concurrently in estrus increased the number of mounts each cow received per estrus (P < 0.001) and the duration of estrus (P < 0.01). When only 1 cow was estrus, she received 11.0 ± 6.2 mounts during 11.6 ± 1.5 h. When 7 cows were in estrus at the same time, each cow received 50.4 ± 3.2 mounts during 17.3 ± 0.8 h. Cows in drylot were estrus longer (P < 0.04; 16.4 ± 0.8 h) than cows on pasture (14.2 ± 0.7 h). Duration of the longest interval between mounts received decreased (P < 0.002) as the number of cows in estrus at one time increased (5.3 ± 0.7 h for 1 estrous cow; 2.6 ± 0.3 h when 7 cows were estrus). We conclude that increasing the number of beef cows in estrus at the same time will increase the number of times a cow is mounted and the duration of estrus. The increase in estrous behavior associated with more cows in estrus could increase the number of estrous cows detected with infrequent visual observation.
L. N. Floyd, C. A. Lents, F. J. White and R. P. Wettemann . Effect of number of cows in estrus and confinement area on estrous behavior of beef cows. Published online first on February 27, 2009 J. Anim Sci. 1910. doi:10.2527/jas.2008-1380
Vaccination of seronegative bulls with MLV BVDV vaccine.
The objectives were to vaccinate peri-pubertal bulls with a modified-live vaccine consisting of cytopathic BVDV strains Singer and 296 and evaluate the resulting: (a) transient shed of modified-live, cytopathic BVDV in semen; (b) risk of prolonged testicular infection; and (c) protection against subsequent testicular infection due to viral challenge. Seronegative, peri-pubertal bulls were vaccinated subcutaneously with a standard dose of vaccine (n=11) or were maintained as unvaccinated controls (n=11). Forty-nine days after vaccination, all bulls were intranasally inoculated with a noncytopathic field strain of BVDV. Semen and testicular biopsies collected after vaccination and challenge were assayed for BVDV using virus isolation, reverse transcription-nested PCR, or immunohistochemistry, and the identity of viral strains was determined by nucleotide sequencing of PCR products. Vaccination of peri-pubertal bulls with this vaccine caused a short-term, transient shed of only the type 1a strain of modified-live, cytopathic BVDV in semen for up to 10d after vaccination. The vaccine did not cause prolonged testicular infection. Vaccination with this product prevented development of prolonged testicular infections after subsequent exposure to a field strain of BVDV.
M.D. Givens, K.P. Riddella, Y. Zhanga, P. Galika, P.H. Walza, B.W. Brodersenb, J.W. Johnsona, T. Passlera, P. Widelc, R. Tremblayd. Safety and efficacy of vaccination of seronegative bulls with modified-live, cytopathic bovine viral diarrhea viruses. Theriogenology Volume 71, Issue 6, Pages 975-983 (1 April 2009)
On arrival versus delayed vaccination for clostridial and MLV viral vaccines.
Stress, commonly associated with weaning, marketing, and shipment of feeder cattle can compromise immune function, and vaccine administration during immunosuppression may reduce vaccine efficacy and calf growth. Four treatments were compared in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement to evaluate the effect of on-arrival (d 0) vs. delayed (d 14) administration of clostridial (CLOS) and respiratory (RESP) vaccines on health, performance, bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) antibody titers, and physiological immune measurements of high-risk, newly received calves. Crossbred bull and steer calves (n = 263) were weighed (239 ± 1.2 kg), stratified by gender, and randomly assigned to vaccination treatment: 1) arrival CLOS, arrival RESP (ACAR); 2) arrival CLOS, delayed RESP (ACDR); 3) delayed CLOS, arrival RESP (DCAR); and 4) delayed CLOS, delayed RESP (DCDR). Body weight and blood samples were collected on d 0, 14, 28, 42, and 56. Average daily gain did not differ (P 0.34) averaging 0.98, 0.93, 0.95, and 0.91 kg/d for ACAR, ACDR, DCAR and DCDR, respectively, for the entire 56 d trial. Vaccination timing did not affect morbidity (P 0.23); however, there tended to be a CLOS timing effect (P = 0.07) and RESP timing effect (P = 0.09) on days to initial bovine respiratory disease (BRD) treatment. Average days to initial BRD treatment were less for ACAR (6 ± 0.8 d) compared to DCDR (8 ± 0.8 d; P = 0.01). Greater white blood cell (WBC) counts were observed for DCDR than ACDR (P = 0.01), with ACAR and DCAR being intermediate. Serum cortisol concentrations were greater on d 0 than d 14 (P < 0.01) or d 28 (P = 0.01) but no treatment x day interaction (P = 0.21) was observed. Timing of RESP administration affected (P = 0.001) serum BVDV type I titer levels, with greater (P < 0.01) levels in calves receiving RESP vaccine on arrival. Delaying CLOS or RESP vaccination did not affect gain or morbidity in high risk, newly received stocker calves. Calves administered RESP vaccine on d 0 developed antibody titers to BVDV type I earlier than delayed RESP treatments. Total WBC count was greatest when RESP and CLOS vaccination were delayed (DCDR).
J. T. Richeson, E. B. Kegley, M. S. Gadberry, P. A. Beck, J. G. Powell and C. A. Jones. Effects of on-arrival versus delayed clostridial or modified live respiratory vaccinations on health, performance, bovine viral diarrhea virus type I titers, and stress and immune measures of newly received beef calves. Published online first on March 13, 2009 J. Anim Sci. 1910. doi:10.2527/jas.2008-1484
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---- — As the son of a licensed nurse practitioner, it strikes a nerve every time I read stories about our health care system leaving patients out in the cold.
Such was the case when we learned that over 100 residents of Countrywide Care Center, the former Delaware County-owned nursing home sold to Leatherstocking Healthcare Llc. in 2006, faced eviction after Leatherstocking decided to abruptly close the facility instead of rectifying dozens of care "deficiencies" cited a month earlier by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
For some, such coarse cost-cutting measures are a matter of life and death, which makes it especially hard to reconcile them with a health care system that wastes a staggering $750 billion each year – more than the entire annual Pentagon budget – according to a study published in September by the renowned Institute of Medicine, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences.
The oft-maligned and woefully inadequate law signed by President Barack Obama in 2010 has been scornfully dubbed "Obamacare" by Republicans, but the president has recently embraced the term, pithily rebutting: "I do care." And Obama's harangues for Congress to reform a system that provides the nation with little bang for its buck were sincere and commendable.
But because U.S presidents are largely limited to signing or vetoing legislation – as opposed to the prime ministers of parliamentary governments – Obama had to rely on venal lawmakers from within his own party, such as Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, to get a bill passed. As the Senate Finance Committee chairman, Baucus steered the bill during its embryonic stage into the pockets of the same lobbyists who at the time had contributed just under $4 million to his campaign.
"There are no enemies and villains here," Baucus said Aug. 4, 2009. "Most companies, industries, want to reform the system because they know we have a lousy system. We have to work together to find out … a uniquely American solution, which is public and private."
In another life, Baucus might have done well as a snake-oil peddler's shill in the American West, a planted huckster in the crowd insisting those transient quacks really have our best interests at heart. Only a bribe-taker such as Baucus could ignore that the United States spends a far greater share of its gross domestic product on health care than any other country – despite being one of the few industrialized Western nations still lacking guaranteed coverage for all its citizens.
The truth is that for decades, some have been riding a "uniquely American" gravy train; the same folks who've been buttering Baucus' bread. And they'll get an even more lucrative windfall in 2014 once the purchase of private health insurance becomes mandatory.
Baucus' paymasters – who quashed a public "Medicare-for-all"-style plan that would have provided competition – were harshly excoriated by Wendell Potter, a former public relations chief for health care giant CIGNA, in a must-read 2009 interview with health reporter Trudy Lieberman.
"A public plan could offer the same benefits as a private plan at less costs because it would not have the high administrative costs, which include sales, marketing and underwriting expenses," Potter said. "It would not be under constant pressure from Wall Street to reward shareholders."
Potter, to his credit, left CIGNA after what he described as his "road to Damascus" moment.
"A couple of years ago I was in Tennessee and saw an ad for a health expedition in the nearby town of Wise, Va. Out of curiosity I went, and was overwhelmed by what I saw," he said. "Hundreds of people were standing in line to get free medical care in animal stalls. Some had camped out the night before in the rain. It was like being in a different country. It moved me to tears. Shortly afterward, I was flying in a corporate jet and realized someone else's insurance premiums were paying for me to fly that way."
But in its attempt to capitalize on opposition to an Obama-backed law whose passage stunk to high heaven, the Republican Party badly misread myriad polls that showed many Americans actually thought "Obamacare" didn't go far enough to rectify the excesses of an industry that too often treats patients as revenue streams first and human beings second. Vice-presidential hopeful Paul Ryan's plan to privatize Medicare by 2022 has been aptly skewered by critics as "Vouchercare" because it's just another poorly disguised attempt to redirect public money into the pockets of private interests under the banner of "reform." Nor does the GOP do its credibility much favor with its attempts to blame the long-awaited demographic strains Baby Boom retirees pose to Medicare on some mythical "Obamacare" spending binge.
Unfortunately, neither party seems serious about improving our embarrassingly inefficient system. We've all heard the refrain that government bureaucrats shouldn't stand between patients and their doctors, but perhaps the same should be said for parasitic Wall Street shareholders.
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- Never thaw foods at room temperature. Instead, thaw them in the refrigerator, in cold water, or in the microwave, and cook them immediately.
- Wash your hands with soapy water before preparing food. Wash your hands, utensils, cutting boards, and other work surfaces after they come in contact with raw meat and poultry.
- Never leave perishable food out of the refrigerator for more than two hours. If the temperature in the room is over 90 degrees, the food shouldn't be left out for more than one hour.
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Jean Carol Franse
July 2, 1948 - July 8, 2013
Jean Carol Franse, 65, of Memphis, Tenn., was born July 2, 1948 in Jackson County, the daughter of Elmer R. and Shirley E. (Hancox) Loucks. She died Monday, July 8, 2013, at her home in Memphis.
Funeral services were July 18 at Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville. Burial was in Freeman Cemetery.
Arrangements: Dickey Funeral Home, 2401 E. Mechanic St., Harrisonville, MO 64701; 816-884-6244.
Marian Eileen Griffith
Dec. 10, 1937 - July 15, 2013
Marian Eileen Griffith, 75, of Adrian, died Monday, July 15, 2013, at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler. Eileen was born in Greenwood, the daughter of Robert Glenn and Mary Maria (Kennedy) Hamilton.
Funeral services were July 19 at Atkinson Funeral Home in Adrian, with burial in Crescent Hill Cemetery.
Online condolences, atkinsonfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements: Atkinson Funeral Home, 142 E. Main St., Adrian, MO 64720; 816-297-2211.
Donald Ray Cameron
Oct. 26, 1937 - July 16, 2013
Donald Ray Cameron, 75, of Archie, was born Oct. 26, 1937, in Amoret, the son of Roscoe and Nina Opal (Lawrence) Cameron. He died Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at Saint Joseph Medical Center, Kansas City.
He was united in marriage to Gayla Faye Barnard on Sept. 3, 1960, at Austin Baptist Church, Austin.
Donald was a dairy farmer until his retirement 1997. He was a member of United Methodist Church, Archie. Donald enjoyed playing cards, listening to blue grass music, watching NASCAR racing, attending tractor pulls and spending time with his family and friends. He grew up in Amsterdam, before moving to the Austin Community near Archie in the early 60s.
Besides his parents, Donald was preceded in death by his wife, Gayla on Sept. 19, 2006; his son, Shane on Oct. 15, 2010; a brother, Lloyd Cameron and his sister, Pat Jones.
Donald is survived by two sons, Dale Cameron and wife, Vicky and Danny R. Cameron, all of Archie; daughter-in-law, Terri Horn-Cameron, Harrisonville; five grandchildren, Kyle, Kevin, Alexa, Eliza and Sydney; a brother, Lawrence Cameron, Amoret; other relatives and a host of friends.
Funeral service were at 11 a.m. July 20 at Dickey Funeral Home, Garden City, with interment in Austin Cemetery near Archie.
The family suggests memorial contributions may be made to American Diabetes Association.
To send the family online condolences, please visit www.dickeyfh.com.
Arrangements: Dickey Funeral Home, 711 Old 7 Hwy., Garden City, MO 64747; 816-862-6345.
Randall Eugene Ashley
May 26, 1957 - July 17, 2013
Randall Randy Eugene Ashley, of Freeman, died at his home Wednesday, July 17, 2013.
Randy was born May 26, 1957, to Calvin Eugene Ashley and Beulah Darlene Tschabrun Ashley, of Clinton.
He worked most of his life for Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). Besides his family, his greatest love was fishing.
Survivors include two sons, Brian Ashley (Jessica) of Kansas City, Kan., and Eric Ashley (Melissa), of Pleasant Hill; a sister, Patti Culver (Randy) of Mesa, Ariz.; a brother, John Ashley, of Kansas City; a step-mother, Ruth Ashley, of Clinton; a grandson, Calvin Eugene Ashley, of Pleasant Hill; several aunts and uncles; and a host of friends.
Preceding him in death were his parents.
There was a memorial service conducted at Consalus Funeral Home, Clinton, at 10 a.m. July 23. An inurnment will follow at Englewood Cemetery, Clinton.
The family has requested memorial contributions be made to MO Conservation Heritage Foundation and left in care of Consalus Funeral Home, 209 S. 2nd St., Clinton, MO 64735.
Condolences may be left online at www.Consalus FuneralHome.com.
Arrangements: Consalus Funeral Home, 209 S. 2nd St., Clinton, MO 64735; 660-885-3421.
Marianne Seelinger
June 28, 1947 - July 17, 2013
Marianne Seelinger, 66, of Pleasant Hill, was the daughter of Clarence and Anna Blanche Beasley Veach. She died Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at Kansas City Hospice House.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 27, at the funeral home. Visitation will be at 9 a.m. at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.stanley- dickeyfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements: Stanley- Dickey Funeral Home, 203 N. Armstrong, Pleasant Hill, MO 64080; 816-540-5550.
Ret. Lt. Col. Leroy B. Ewing
Oct. 25, 1929 - July 18, 2013
Leroy Bennett Ewing 83, of Urich, died Thursday, July 18, 2013, under the care of Continua Hospice and the staff at Carnegie Village in Belton. Lee was born south of Urich, one of 13 children of James and Lillian Ewing.
Funeral services were July 22 at First Christian Church Urich, with burial in Mullin Cemetery, Urich.
Arrangements: Dickey Funeral Home, 711 Old 7 Hwy., Garden City MO 64747; 816-862-6345.
Robert Lester Gardisky
July 30, 1936 - July 20, 2013
Robert Lester Gardisky was born July 30, 1936, in Antigo, Wis. He died Saturday, July 20, 2013.
There was a Celebration of Life Visitation 7-8:30 p.m. July 24 at Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville.
Arrangements: Dickey Funeral Home, 2401 E. Mechanic St., Harrisonville, MO 64701; 816-884-6244.
Phyllis Irene Ewing
Oct. 3, 1950 - July 21, 2013
Phyllis Irene (Henderson) Ewing, 62, died Sunday, July 21, 2013, at her home in Pleasant Hill. She was the daughter of David William and Mildred Irene (Bagley) Henderson.
Funeral Services were at 11 a.m. July 25 at Wallace Funeral Home, Pleasant Hill. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Arrangements: Wallace Funeral Home, 422 N. Lake St., Pleasant Hill, MO 64080; 816-987-2127.
Donald P. Hueben
Feb. 21, 1924 - July 21, 2013
Donald Paul Hueben, 89, of Overland Park, Kan., died Sunday, July 21, 2013.
There will be a memorial service at 11 a.m. Friday, July 26, at Church of the Holy Cross, 8311 W. 93rd St., Overland Park, Kan., of which he was a founding member. The family will receive friends 10-11 a.m. at the church.
Arrangements: Wallace Funeral Home, 422 N. Lake St., Pleasant Hill, MO 64080; 816-987-2127.


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Buffet employee posts video showing prepared meat placed next to dumpster covered by fliesThe video was taken by Brandon Huber, an employee at the Golden Corral on Taylor Road in Port Orange, and shows him in his work uniform filming as he walks toward an enclosed area for garbage outside the eatery.
Huber points to trays of raw hamburger meat, bacon, babyback ribs and other food stacked in the June heat near a Dumpster. On the video, Huber says the restaurant was going to be inspected and his employer put the food outside.
Eric Holm, the franchisee who owns the Golden Corral as well as 27 others in the Orlando-Atlanta area, issued a short statement Monday that did not dispute the video. Holm said the manager was fired and the food was thrown away and not served to any patrons.
"None of these items were served to a single customer. All were destroyed within the hour at the direction of management. Brandon Huber, the employee who made the video, participated in the disposal of the food," wrote Holm with Metro Corral Partners.
In the last line of the statement, Holm also wrote: "The manager involved in the improper storage was terminated for failing to follow approved food handling procedures."
Holm, the restaurant owner, called Port Orange police on July 1 and complained that someone had posted the video on eBay and was asking $5,000 for it, a police report shows. He told a detective he was concerned someone was trying to blackmail his business.
When Investigator Jeff Wenzel viewed the video with Holm, he told the restaurateur that no crime had occurred because there was no indication that anyone was trying to elicit anything from Golden Corral. Rather, the video was "posted to the public for whomever wished to have the information," the report states.
The elder Huber told the investigator that his son works at the restaurant and was very concerned about the eatery's "mishandling of food prior to serving it to customers." William Huber said he attempted to broach the issue with management at Golden Corral, but "they would not listen to him," the report states. The father said he wanted to make the public aware of the situation and he felt the only way to do that was to post the video on eBay. William Huber said he put a dollar amount on the video in order to garner attention from the public, according to the report. The father then removed the video from eBay, the report states.
The investigator told William Huber that posting it on eBay probably was not the best way to air his concerns about a possible mishandling of food at the restaurant. The investigator suggested William Huber call state officials who are responsible for inspecting restaurants, according to the report.
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Easy and long lastingI bought this on a recommendation and have really loved using this. I have fair skin so I have to be careful with bronzers because they can look muddy or orange on me. I bought this in the shade 03 and it works well for me. A little goes a long way, but it isn't tedious to apply at all. The formula is actually quite forgiving. There is no shimmer so this is great for contouring the face. I s...read moreee this little compact lasting me a very long time. Although this is a powder, it is rather moisturizing which is what I think makes this so long lasting. Sometimes bronzers can go patchy as the day goes on but I have not had that issue with this at all. I have to dock some stars just because this is a $50 bronzer which seems exorbitant. Luckily, it doesn't seem that I will have to repurchase this for quite some time. — 1 year, 10 months agoHeathRene | 274 reviews
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Gorgeous, flawless powderThis powder works for all skin tones. I am Black with medium-dark golden skin and I look fabulous with this bronzer. I ALWAYS get compliments on the golden tone I have, but mind you, you have to use sparingly. A little goes a long way with this product which just adds to the value. I'm bummed that they hiked up the price though. Highly recommended!!!!! — 6 years agoladyjuliana | 2 reviews
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Not just any bronzer!This is probably the best bronzer I have ever used. It goes on smoothly and looks natural. I couldn't get along without it. It concerns me that more department stores do not carry the Guerlain line. — 6 years, 5 months agocarolanwil | 11 reviews
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