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Don't underestimate this week's jobs data.
Initial jobless claims — the number of folks filing applications for jobless benefits — inched up for a second week in a row, according to the Labor Department. Claims rose by 4,000 to 372,000 in the week ended Aug. 18, the highest level in about a month, underscoring the uneven nature of the labor market.
Specifically, the most recent jobless claims numbers fall inside the "survey week," that is the week that includes the 12th of the month, which is used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to help calculate the almighty monthly numbers.
"The increase in the most recent week matters," says Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG, noting the figure "supports the idea that monthly job additions in August will be relatively muted."
The Dow is down 80 points, or 0.6%, at 13092, on pace for a fourth straight down day. Major stock benchmarks have hit some resistance lately, struggling to break through their highest levels since December 2007. Today, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing and Intel are leading the declines.
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The labor market has shown hints of improvement lately, including the U.S. economy adding 163,000 jobs in July, the best monthly gain since February. Jobless claims still remain under the key 400,000 threshold, which is typically considered the dividing line between job gains and losses. They have been mostly trending lower throughout much of the summer.
But claims still remain high enough to suggest any job growth on a monthly basis won't be anything to cheer about.
The recent uptick in claims, combined with the upcoming monthly jobs report, could have broad implications to the Fed's decision of unleashing QE3. In yesterday's FOMC minutes, the Fed sent its strongest signal yet that it's preping to take new steps to bolster the economy.
But there is still a great debate over whether QE3 is justified right now, or if it will even have a big impact on the actual economy.
The August jobs report is scheduled for Sept. 7, with the next FOMC meeting beginning on Sept. 12. You can bet the Fed will be closely eyeing that monthly figure, combined with the recent claims data, as key determinants for what it elects to do next.
"For those betting on additional easing, the minor weakness in today's jobless claims report could be pretty important," Greenhaus says.
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Two Europeans and two Asians will officiate the rematch between RING light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins, who will clash May 21at the Bell Centre in Montreal, fightnews.com reported.
Refereeing the bout will be Ian John-Lewis of the UK. Thejudges are Rey Denesco of the Philippines, Guido Cavalleri of Italy and Anek Hontongkam of Thailand.
Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 knockouts) hopes to become the oldest world champion in boxing history at age 46 by defeating Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KOs).
The two fought to a 12-round majority draw in December, as two scorecards were even, and Steve Morrow, a California judge, saw it 114-112 for Hopkins.
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In the wake of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's real-life 21st Century breakdown, how is the band's new album "¡Uno!" faring with critics and fans?
Last week,Armstrong launched into a profanity-laced tirade at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas and Green Day later announced that their lead singer would be "seeking treatment for substance abuse" and that the band would postpone some promotional appearances.
"¡Uno!," the first in an ambitious trilogy of albums that Green Day plans to release in quick succession, may suffer without the band in action to push it. It's currently No. 8 on the iTunes bestselling albums chart, behind releases from Mumford & Sons, No Doubt and Pink.
Green Day had been on a commercial and creative roll. The group's 2004 concept album "American Idiot" was a smash with fans, and the stage musical it spawned earned raves on Broadway. But the band, as it has throughout its existence, has been taking heat for not being punk rock enough–Armstrong had recently announced that he'd be joining "The Voice" as a mentor on pop diva's Christina Aguilera's team.
It's tough to come up with one good album, let alone three. The Clash pulled off a triple play successfully with its 1980 triple album "Sandinista!" and the Smashing Pumpkins scored a winner with "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness," released as a two-CD or three-LP set in 1995. But even good groups typically only have about 10 good songs during any creative cycle. Can Green Day pull off a punk rock hat trick?
A survey of what the critics are saying about "¡Uno!":
–"If by definition punk is (or was, or should be) about breaking rules, "¡Uno!" breaks about as many as the new Carly Rae Jepsen album — or appearing on a Vegas bill alongside acts such as Taylor Swift, Linkin Park, Usher, Swedish House Mafia and other hit makers to do a quick-turnaround set at the behest of Clear Channel. Every chorus is telegraphed, every bridge comes when it should, and every chord feels crafted by the streamlining experts at Ikea," Los Angeles Times.
–"Where their heroes the Clash channeled a surge of creativity into 1980′s eclectic, sprawling triple album Sandinista!, Green Day's new trilogy of single albums – ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! – will arrive at two-month intervals…The pace doesn't vary and the recent social commentary has given way to more teenage concerns, but references to "running out of time" and being "too young to die" suggest a growing obsession with mortality. Thus, pushing 40, the spiky threesome have made a very decent fist of sounding like their twentysomething selves," The Guardian.
–"Uno!" may be wall-to-wall fast, hard and loud, but much of it also feels forced, conforming and dutiful. It's punk comfort food, the ultimate contradiction in terms. Billie Joe Armstrong — who checked into rehab over the weekend after an onstage meltdown — doesn't show the vocal nuance here that he has managed on past efforts. He enters the verses, and soars through the choruses, in arcs predictable enough to numb. Where he used to find a way to shade even the most blunt phrasings, here he seems stuck in a single sneer," The Daily News.
–"After the Quadrophenia-like weight and worry of 2004′s American Idiot and 2009′s 21st Century Breakdown, ¡Uno! feels like plain relief. There are strong whiffs of Green Day's biggest seller, 1994′s Dookie, in the honed buzz of Armstrong's and Jason White's guitars, Dirnt and Cool's airtight gallop, and Armstrong's lyric emphasis on girl troubles and starting the party that never stops. There is also a hipper, richer grip in the details," Rolling Stone.
–"More than any stylistic flourishes, it's the breadth of emotion on ¡Uno!, from first-date tenderness to pre-rehab rage, that makes the album feel like it's supposed to be part of a trilogy: There aren't any plinking pianos or Hollywood strings, but the music still goes big the way we've grown to expect from Green Day. Armstrong literalizes that sense of expansiveness in "Sweet 16," one of the album's most straightforward tunes, zooming "from the Midwest to the beach," then "from California to Jane Street." Even as his guitar longs for the basement, his troubled heart roams free," Spin.
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On July 2, Marlow Fire Chief, Ryan Hall was asked about grassfire calls the department had received. Hall said none had been reported, he looked around and knocked on wood.
Wood-knocking didn't work, and from the 3rd to the 6th, MFD responded to 10 calls – half due to fireworks.
"It was real quiet until the third, then it started for us," Hall said. "We battled grass fires every day until Saturday."
In May, Marlow received 4.99 inches of rain. June was drier with only 2.43 inches recorded by the Oklahoma Mesonet. For nearly a month, Marlow has seen nothing more than a trace of precipitation. For the year, the area has received 19 inches of rain, slightly ahead of the average.
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"There is still green grass, so the fires are slow moving right now," the chief said. "If we don't get more rain, it's not going to be long where a burn ban will be here again."
The recent grass fires were not limited to one area. There were fires reported inside and outside city limits.
It is illegal to shoot fireworks in town, but through either ignorance or defiance of the law, fireworks can still be heard and seen around town. When that happens, the police department is notified.
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Picture this: August 13, 2013, a rainy Tuesday, 7:00AM, two acres of my own personal paradise west of Shawnee, Oklahoma.
The garage door had just rattled to a close after the departure of Sweet Hubby. He was on his way to the job that supports my gardening addiction and all that this entails.
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I intended to be outside for just "a couple of minutes" to take pictures for my blog post so saw no need to change out of my pink Tweety bird pajamas. A fine mist was falling when I opened the back door thus I was almost bowled over by two anxious German shepherds coming through the mud room/laundry area on their way to the garage; over several years' time this has become their "safe haven" during thunder storms or fireworks. I gazed at them with pity, thinking, "Where is your spirit of adventure? You don't know what you're missing. The thunder isn't THAT loud and it's barely raining." After getting the cowardly dogs settled in the garage—with fresh water and an oscillating fan-- I proceeded on with my task. Outside, as I strolled along brick pathways that Sweet Hubby and I constructed last year, I thought I needed to exercise the gray matter as well as the body. Each time I noticed a plant I would think about how it made its way into my garden:
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Above: The only person who appears on Media Watch more than me
There is an argument that responding to Twitter trolls just gives unnecessary attention to vindictive people with a tiny audience. The same could be said of responding to Media Watch but in the interests of editorial consistency let's give it a go anyway.
Media Watch has an agenda against the Telegraph. One of many humourless ironies about the program is that it is guilty of the same editorial bias it constantly accuses others of having.
That much is fine: It can think whatever it wants. The problem is that Media Watch presents itself as an impartial arbiter of journalistic standards and some naive and sequestered people in the community—such as my mum and the Gillard Government—actually believe it.
The reason I know Media Watch distorts facts in order to pursue a particular vendetta is because for a long time they pursued one against me. I don't say this to fish for any sympathy, but just to give some context to the show's latest canning of the Tele on Monday night.
My love affair with Media Watch began in 2007 when a ``researcher'' called asking for a contact number for a family in a story I'd written. The yarn rapped Fairfax over the knuckles for running ads that praised a cult leader accused of child sex abuse. I happily handed over the number only to discover that when Media Watch ran the story it did so as though it had discovered the outrage itself and did not credit the Telegraph article that prompted it, let alone the paper's assistance.
I wrote to them saying I thought this deeply unfair and they responded with words to the effect that it was not their job to report on the media every time it got things right.
The following year Media Watch attempted to score points off the deaths of six people in a Sydney Harbour boating accident. It accused the Telegraph and other outlets of wrongly referring to one of the victims by her second name instead of her first and even suggested that this mistake caused distress to her grieving family.
As it happened the young woman was a friend of a friend of mine and so I sent the program a letter telling them that, like Gough Whitlam and Paul McCartney (and indeed one John Joseph Hildebrand), she was in fact known by her second name. Media Watch later corrected the report but offered no apology to us—or the family whose distress they were once so concerned about.
It was not long after this second interaction that Media Watch suddenly took an intense interest in my reporting.
Half-baked smears included suggesting that I had invented swine flu projection figures that were in fact contained in an official NSW Health report and which were confirmed by two independent experts _ one of whom later backflipped after the government tried to hose down the story.
In another report I did on measures which reduced P-plater deaths by a quarter, Media Watch accused me of saying all but a quarter of P-platers died on the road.
A third involved an error made by another reporter in an item I was told to put in a gossip column I used to do. Not willing to dob in a colleague, I placed a correction in the column the following week saying only the error had occurred during production and was not made by me. In a nudge-nudge wink-wink way Media Watch hinted that I was lying. Nasty, biased and wrong.
Again, I say this only to provide concrete examples of Media Watch manipulating facts in an effort to fuel prejudice against this newspaper and its writers.
Which brings us to this week's hatchet job. As all readers will know, The Telegraph has been waging a campaign against trolls and cyberbullying on social media. A huge number of people support it, some do not.
The problem for Media Watch is that it couldn't just say it disagreed with the campaign and accepted online abuse as a price of free speech. It couldn't admit that in recent years the show has gone from digging up genuine media scandals to pontificating from behind a desk like a televised version of Crikey.
Instead it tried to claim that we had somehow got it wrong or were hypocritical or deliberately omitted facts.
First it suggested that we had failed to advise our readers to block trolls. This is just rubbish. Even before the launch of the campaign we ran a story whose very headline ran ``Deny trolls attention and they fade away''. Two days later we said: ``Social media sites advise users who are attacked online to block trolls or simply switch off'' but added that some users found this difficult. The same day a page three article quoted a Twitter spokeswoman's advice: ``If there is something that you don't agree with, or find insulting, it's best to block that user.''
On Saturday a story in the sports section—which perhaps nobody at Media Watch has ever read—was headlined ``Sign off from abuse''. On Monday, the very morning Media Watch went to air, we ran a column by UTS psychologist Rachael Murrihy across almost an entire page that concluded: ``Block the person and contact the ISP host to have posts removed if possible.''
Media Watch failed to mention any of this. Either it didn't do its research (again) or it deliberately ignored it.
Even more cute was that it clumsily attempted to perform a little bit of wedge politics by playing a grab from my esteemed colleague Tory Maguire from The Punch telling Sky News she disagreed with the Tele's campaign. In a refreshing departure from the usual conspiracy theory that News Limited staff are all working in concert to advance some sinister agenda, Media Watch suggested that because some News Limited staff had a difference of opinion this weakened our position.
Fine. Except what Media Watch didn't say was that I was sitting right next to Tory on that very same show, at the very same time, discussing the very same topic. Seconds after Tory spoke I outlined exactly the point of the Telegraph's campaign, encouraging abuse victims to block trolls and also explaining why sometimes blocking did not work.
But did Media Watch show even a token grab of that? No. Did it even tell its viewers I was there? No.
The purpose of the Telegraph's campaign is to support victims of cyber bullying and abuse and bolster protections where merely blocking and reporting is either not enough or comes too late. It is not just about celebrities—or improbably handsome celebrity columnists—but even more so ordinary people who are less equipped to handle it. Like other anti-bullying campaigns we have simply utilised celebrities to spread awareness and let other victims know that they are not alone.
It does not call for new laws, it does not call for censorship and it does not, as Media Watch suggested in a link so tenuous it would make a Hollywood screenwriter blush, have anything to do with Andrew Bolt.
All of this we could have easily explained to Media Watch and saved them the embarrassment of their confused, selective and erroneous story. But as far as anyone at this newspaper can tell they made no attempt to contact us for a response.
All over the country ever-shrinking newsrooms struggle to keep up with the 24-hour media cycle and the ever-increasing demands of media's brave new world. Journalists are working harder than ever to hold on to their jobs and keep news and information flowing to a hungry public. Media Watch, meanwhile, has a dedicated staff of 11 people whose sole job it is to hang shit on them for 15 minutes a week.
You'd think they could at least do a better job of it than that.
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Joe,always look forward to your postings.
I find It sad that you are now targeted by our intellectual betters.
I find It sad that our ABC has so brazenly moved to the left and so many people have not noticed.
Tue 18 Sep 12 (08:24pm)
Tue 18 Sep 12 (09:48pm)
I don't think it's so very "brazenly" moved to the left, though it does lean that way.
Wed 19 Sep 12 (10:31am)
While it's not just a matter of 'left' or 'right'..... MW should in fact be impartial..........it's the dishonesty and distortion that has in recent times become the hallmark of many 'left' oriented commentators.
Many people don't notice either, because the so called 'intellectual elite' are setting the agenda for them, and they don't need to think. In other words...intellectual laziness.
Wed 19 Sep 12 (11:02am)
I suspect that after the next election, poor Tony Abbott will be forced to do some cost cutting in order to bring the country back into the black. At the top of his list should be the Department of Climate Change and the ABC IMHO!
I don't mind them being left, I just want them to be right.
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Tue 18 Sep 12 (09:25pm)
Funnily enough, I consider Media Watch more light entertainment to warm me up before Q&A;, much like the esteemed Tommy Dean does to the live audience before the show.
Media Watch could be so much more, I almost wished it was when I worked for our dear old Aunty and had ambitions for being a part of it; I'm glad I didn't!
Tue 18 Sep 12 (09:45pm)
Wed 19 Sep 12 (10:29pm)
Because self-appointed political activists like Holmes are blissfully unself-aware, they're unable to see than people of average intelligence - I believe they call them "the audience" - are watching MW doing these hatchet jobs with astonished disbelief. The MW numpties think it is their job to tell the dumbo peasants how and what to think, unaware the public is way ahead, looking back, laughing at Jonathan doing his endearing toff cabaret act.
I've stopped watching Media Watch (a few years ago) because of the obvious bias. It's like watching Today Tonight for leftwingers… its warped by its obvious "doing a hatchet job". I wouldn't worry if they try to set you up Joe… those that think its dinky die "gotcha" are very dumb indeed if they can't detect the bias (political or otherwise) in their hatchet job stories.
Tue 18 Sep 12 (09:48pm)
Wed 19 Sep 12 (08:59am)
I wouldn't worry if they try to set you up Joe
Hear, hear.
Wear it like a badge of honour.
Joe, I really enjoy the vast majority of your columns. This isn't one of them.
I saw Media Watch on Monday, and honestly thought they did a pretty good job of analysing the media coverage of a complex, unusual issue. Coverage that left a lot to be desired - not just on News Limited's part, but across the board. Media Watch should have contacted the Tele for comment, but their analysis was otherwise reasonably fair.
It's also worth noting you didn't get a mention at all (see the transcript here - http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3592056.htm). But I can understand your desire to defend the paper's campaign.
My issue with the Tele's campaign, and the surrounding coverage on TV and radio, is it gave the trolls everything they desire, and plenty more. Oxygen, and attention. The ABC's Nick Ross puts it better than I can here - http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2012/09/17/3591761.
That said, the campaign's aims are admirable, and hopefully it shines a light on the issue of cyber-bullying.
Tue 18 Sep 12 (10:23pm)
Wed 19 Sep 12 (09:40pm)
Here in Viet Nam I choose to read the MW transcript rather than have the tonal stuff that does tend to drive folks up the wall. However Dan of Orange seems to be pretty close to the mark. Joe's article doesn't gel with what I read. I did get the impression that perhaps the Tele was miffed that it got caught with a less than popular campaign which just might indicate that some readers can actually think a little more than Ray & Alan's audience.
Having watched Media Watch I think you deliberately distorted their report, which spent more time criticising governments and Ray Hadley than it did the Telegraph, in an attempt to show your bias against Media Watch and to try and score a few points against them.
Tue 18 Sep 12 (10:34pm)
Isn't there a special Walkley Award for not being mentioned once at all in an entire year by Media Watch?
Tue 18 Sep 12 (10:44pm)
Media watch is wrapped in a blanket of smug that makes it immune from criticism.
Tue 18 Sep 12 (10:52pm)
Thu 20 Sep 12 (06:39pm)
Oh so well said!
Smug and self righteousness.
Joe love your work.
Holmes is aptly described above - like Crikey on the telly.
Like the trolls you suggest we ignore, Holmes has become a troll himself and when he appears on my screen...I just switch him off.
Very satisfying it is too.
Wed 19 Sep 12 (12:21am)
Well Joe, as a Jew you have to accept persecution from any given avenue. You are a Jew right? Are you sure about that?
Gave me one of the best laughs I've had in agggggeeeeesssssssssss
This post has no relevance to the above whatsoever and if you don't understand the facetious nature of the comment don't assume I'm being racist.
Wed 19 Sep 12 (12:56am)
By the time you pulled the "poor journalists" bit out I was back on Media Watch's side.
Wed 19 Sep 12 (01:09am)
Why are people so unkind?
Go postal!!
Wed 19 Sep 12 (02:08am)
Well said, Joe. I can only tolerate reading their transcript online so I don't have to deal with the pompous presentation of their "stories". I've also been in positions which mean I've received one of their polite "Reply to us by 5pm or we'll run our version of events anyway" emails. MW could serve a genuinely useful purpose, holding the media accountable for poor reporting, but as you say they are just as guilty as anyone for that. What irks me is that their criticisms appear to be made without empathy for the actual work journalists do. Tossers.
Wed 19 Sep 12 (04:45am)
Joe, I wouldnt worry about the sneering cesspool that is the offices of Media Whitewash. The only person in the known universe who is more self congratulatory than Holmes is...actually, nobody. What a tiresome little peanut he is.
Wed 19 Sep 12 (07:39am)
Are you sure you are not an 'handsome celebrity columnist'? Are you sure? That's had me sniggering all day.
As for Media Watch, ha ha ha. They're a laugh, eh? Actually it's rather sad that it's so easy to pick apart their failings, plus they are completely unable to 'watch' themselves.
Wed 19 Sep 12 (07:42am)
They brought what you felt was genuinely the right thing to do in each case, into question. You are right and they are wrong. That's worked out satisfactorily if not for them, at least for you.
I imagine there would be questions about this report as well!?
Wed 19 Sep 12 (08:41am)
Thu 20 Sep 12 (10:25am)
Jonathan Holmes responds to Joe, but see that the Tele is fighting back with more ammo (in light of MW suggesting you had failed to advise readers to block trolls) for its "Stop the Trolls" campaign with Twitter coming to the party agreeing to deal directly with Aust police.
Good on you Joe. Sock it to 'em.
This mob is nothing more nor less than a vestige of immature, thought deprived cretins stuck in an adolescent timewarp from which it continues to produce the sort of smartarsery tolerated in the pages of Honi Soit and Tharunka years ago. At least in the old days, the contributors to those publications sometimes showed some wit and originality.
How the ABC manages to get ever increasing appropriations from government budgets on the back of this sort of unprofessional and agenda driven drivel is a national embarrassment.
Wed 19 Sep 12 (08:56am)
It wouldnt suprise me in the least Joe if the Federal Government itself was complicit in much of what Media Watch does as has recently been discovered in the USA with their version of Media Watch - Media Matters where the Department of Justice routinely sent emails to producers there telling them to do pieces on entities with opposing views as a means to either deligitimise an organisation by stealth.
You may discover as years go by that exactly the same thing is happening here.
Wed 19 Sep 12 (10:26am)
Joe.Now you are a "Multi Media Personality" (Jewish ?) you should not get sucked into responding to the biased clowns on the ABC. It just gives them more oxegyn.Just ignore them like most others do. It goes with the territory
Wed 19 Sep 12 (10:27am)
Thu 20 Sep 12 (12:05am)
Joe - you are a multi-faith journalist!!
You are a journalist aren't you?
Are you sure??
Media Watch has lost its relevance. Just another waste of public fundsfor the benefit of a few.
The sanctimonious Jonathon Holmes is beyond understanding.
Wed 19 Sep 12 (10:28am)
Do you think that Media Watch is run by 11 professional trolls? Just wait until they expose Michelle Grattan's bias.
Wed 19 Sep 12 (10:31am)
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Streetsboro -- Streetsboro businessman Brett McClafferty and his father, Thomas McClafferty, have filed counterclaims against Pulp Smoothie & Juice Bar owner Chris Muraco, saying a legal action Muraco filed against them is frivolous.
Muraco's legal complaint, filed in December, is, effectively, a refiling of a complaint dating to 2011 which alleged Brett McClafferty falsified sales figures of Pulp Smoothie & Juice Bar, which Muraco purchased in Sept. 8, 2010.
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Brett McClafferty filed a counterclaim individually against Muraco Jan. 16, and Thomas McClafferty filed a separate counterclaim on his behalf Jan. 15, individually, and on behalf of Mac & Mac Properties.
Both counterclaims allege Muraco's complaint is a "frivolous" action. The counterclaims deny many of the individual allegations made in Muraco's December 2012 complaint.
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Thomas McClafferty's counterclaim also states he shouldn't be party to the complaint and that the "corporate veil" shouldn't have been broken in this case.
According to evidence found during the discovery phase of the 2011 case (which was voluntarily dismissed in December and refiled), "defendant Thomas McClafferty never made any representations to plaintiffs, played little or no part in the negotiations or sale of the Pulp store, did not participate in the daily operations of the Pulp store and did not exercise control over the business," states the elder McClafferty's counterclaim.
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A special group of athletes arrived on the North Coast Section swimming scene four years ago, and the assault on the record books was on.
They schooled their elders from the start of their high school careers and cheered each other on through some impressive showings at last June's Olympic trials.
Indeed, the class of 2013 is something special in the pool.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- It's one thing to be eager. It is another thing to be too eager.
And it is way too much of a crazy thing to let Ben Eager be way too much Ben Eager. As the Sharks learned here Wednesday.
Eager does not receive total blame for the 7-3 loss to Vancouver's Canucks in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals. The Sharks were having trouble with the Canucks' north-south speed and skillful puck movement even before Eager turned the game into a festival of scrums and misconduct that no real lover of hockey wants to see.
"When the score is 7-3, not many people played well," Sharks center Logan Couture noted properly. "It's embarrassing. When you're in the conference finals and you put out an effort like that."
So, yes, there was plenty of blame to go around. But you could certainly say that Eager was the train engineer when the Sharks went off the rails. When he began running around in an overheated fashion and racking up 20 penalty minutes for six rules violations, he blew up any chance the Sharks had of overcoming a 3-2 deficit they faced at the beginning of the third period.
Suddenly, two power-play goals by Vancouver turned a one-goal lead into a three-goal lead. From there, it was a boat race of discombobulated fracas until the final horn, with the Sharks losing their cool and concentration.
And it all began late in the second period when Eager took an unnecessary boarding penalty by ramming into Vancouver's Daniel Sedin, several seconds after he had passed the puck and turned his back on the play.
Or maybe not, if you believe Sharks coach Todd McLellan, who might have hurt his back by bending so far backward to defend his player.
"I think that's oversimplifying," McLellan said about the Eager penalty. "Ben Eager's hit, it started a bit of a frustration level on our team. We didn't handle it very well. It obviously grew from there. "... We lost composure, we were frustrated. "... When you're second, you tend to be frustrated."
What does McLellan expect of Eager?
"He's one of our faster forwards, one of our more physical forwards," McLellan said. "I think he has the ability to win battles and create scrums. I do believe the other team knows when he's on the ice. The fact that Ben played a lot more minutes tonight was rewarding for us. Now the negative: He can't march to the penalty box on an ongoing basis. The trade-off obviously didn't work in our favor tonight. I'd like him to play that game, without going to the penalty box. Simple as that."
Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault, as you might expect, was quietly satisfied by the whole episode and said he expected that the NHL office might discipline Eager.
"When their fourth"'line player took a run at the NHL's leading scorer, possibly the MVP, we stayed focused, we stayed disciplined," said Vigneault, who added: "We're confident the league will do the right thing."
Eager's response: "I'm sure I'll get a phone call. I always do."
Naturally, he didn't think he had done anything wrong with the Sedin hit.
"It's playoff hockey, Western Conference finals," Eager said. "I don't know if it's the appropriate call there. He sees me coming. I'll take that one. We killed that off."
But they didn't kill off two others. And from appearances, they started to think more about retribution instead of solutions, at least in terms of solving the Canuck mystery. Eager, a stocky bear of a man at 6-foot-2 and 255 pounds, was acquired from the Atlanta Thrashers in January to lend physical heft and sandpaper to the Sharks' lineup. And he did just that. But he also carried a reputation of going over the edge, which, when he was with Atlanta, resulted in a four-game suspension for an alleged sucker punch. We saw an unhealthy dose of that Eager on Wednesday.
Even when he did something well, Eager simultaneously did something loopy. He scored the Sharks' third and final goal of the game with less than three minutes left -- but in the celebration managed to take a roughing penalty after seeming to taunt Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo after scoring what amounted to a meaningless goal.
Was he sending a message?
"Did it look like I was sending a message?" Eager asked. "I scored a goal. I was happy."
Trouble was, Eager was infectious. By night's end, four other Sharks had visited the penalty box. Ryane Clowe was given a 10-minute misconduct for too much rough stuff. And of course, there was Patrick Marleau, who earned five minutes for fighting.
Yes, you read that last sentence correctly. Marleau, who has not fought anyone since December 2007 and is generally one of the least-penalized players on the Sharks, dropped his gloves and started an altercation with Canucks defenseman Kevin Bieksa.
Shortly thereafter, perhaps as retaliation, Eager took his run at Sedin -- which would follow the hockey code. After the game, Eager then called Bieksa a "phony" for goading Marleau into a fight instead of going after Eager or Clowe or a more feisty Shark.
Bieksa laughed off Eager's taunt, as a player on the better end of the final score usually does.
"If they want to worry about that kind of stuff, that's fine," Bieksa said. "That's to our advantage. Our power play did a great job tonight of making them pay for some of their penalties. Our focus is on winning a series. That's the important thing."
Would someone please tell the Sharks that? They are down 0-2 in the conference finals for the third time in three tries. They have not proved they are a better team than Vancouver in any real sense. The Sharks play again Friday night at HP Pavilion. Here's some advice for them: Be more smart than Eager.
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A.M. Vitals: U.S. Officials Say Food is Safe From Radiation
Food Safety: Federal public-health officials said yesterday that the safety of the U.S. food supply isn't threatened by the Japanese nuclear power plant disaster, the WSJ reports. While fish with higher-than-normal radiation levels have been discovered in Japan, there are no contaminated fish in the U.S. or in U.S. waters, and officials from the FDA, CDC and EPA said a monitoring system was in place to detect any such contamination in domestic and imported fish.
Trying for a Relaunch: Novartis is trying to bring back its Prexige pain medication in Europe, four years after the drug was pulled over concerns about liver damage, Bloomberg News reports. The pharma company is asking the E.U. to approve the drug under a new name, Joicela, BN says, adding that Novartis had once also planned to re-submit the painkiller in the U.S. Novartis and the FDA wouldn't comment on the drug's current status here.
Timing is Everything: The hormone replacement therapy picture is even more complicated now that a large NIH-funded study has shown that taking estrogen alone is potentially harmful to older, but not younger, women who have had hysterectomies, the WSJ reports. Women who began taking estrogen in their 50s appeared to suffer no ill effects, according to the study of more than 10,700 women who had their uterus removed, while those who started in their 70s showed a higher risk of chronic diseases, colorectal cancer and early death, the paper says.
Value of Screening: New stats that show 1 in 44,000 NCAA athletes die each year from sudden cardiac death — more than previously thought — could add to the case for screening at least some student athletes with an electrocardiogram, the Los Angeles Times's Booster Shots blog reports. Last year, a study put the cost of screening high school and college athletes at $42,900 per year of life saved, similar to kidney dialysis or public defibrillators, but the new data would mean that cost would be lower, the LAT says.
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Shannon Burton was not only the 2006 Miss Tallahassee, but she is also a president's honor roll, dean's list, and much more. She was raised by a single Mother who was a Marine--making her eligible to receive aid from the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. Shannon says she has earned $34,000 dollars from the foundation by applying each year. She is now a senior at Florida State University.
"Because my mom served her country, I'm able to benefit from that and have my tuition paid for and be able to enjoy college because with out this scholarship I wouldn't have been able to do half the things I've done in college." said Burton.
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Friday, 21 September 2007
Thank you
Thank you for trusting me with this commission Sheye it's been an absolute pleasure working with you and a big virtual hug to all the wonderful people that have been so touched by Ava's story. We have raised a lovely sum of money for the Mater Hospital and I know this figure will just keep on growing.
I'd like to share with you a quote from Sheye's blog "When I imagine them up in rooms all around the World, it truly makes me smile"
If anyone would like to send me photos of their Ava prints in their new homes, I'd love to have a little on line exhibition.
It's been a busy month both emotionally and physically. As well as all the Super Princess orders I had quite a number of repeat wholesale orders and a lovely large order from Art Star in Philadelphia (I literally jumped around the living room when they got in contact, yay me!)
I nearly came to blows with my neighbour about an extension that I wanted to have built. Russ & I now BOTH work from home (a 1 bedroom flat) so the thought of a second bedroom/studio was super exciting.... but I now except (pouty lip and crossed arms, just like a little madam doll!) it wasn't to be! Plan b is now back in action... converting the garage. Encouragingly an article in the Guardian last weekend wrote about the virtues of a garden workspace, lets hope so, I'll keep you updated.
Anyway I worked like a mad woman up until last Sunday and then...... HOLIDAY!
First stop North Devon, our friends are the proud owners of a red speed boat, with sexy cream leather seats, its very miami Vice! Russ went wake-boarding but unfortunately (ehem!) I'd forgotten to pack my wet suit!
Next stop St Agnes, Cornwall
to stay in a beautiful thatched cottage that we had rented with friends, 2 mins walk from a sandy surf beach, which has its own bull seal called Barry! Russ and I stayed in the pretty yellow room, which secretly I thought of as Milly molly mandy's room, I find the thickness of the walls so comforting.
This summer has been the wettest on record in Britain, so it was an utter fluke that we happened to go on holiday a week the sun shone every single day.
We packed a summers worth of fun into 5 days. Large lazy breakfasts,
reading but mostly chatting on the beach, snacking on naughty cheesy chips and Champagne and then home to log fires and more delicious home cooked food. One of our friends that we were away with is an illustrator by day & cordon bleu chef (almost!) by night...perfect mmmmmm.
The holiday ended with a spur of the moment decision to take a scenic flight along the Cornish coast
and then Russ and I snuck in a bonus night back in Devon. We stayed in this fabulous, very English B&B,
these kittens put a big smile on my face!
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Oooh! I love the photo of the 'yellow room' and the fact that it just looks like Milly Molly Mandy's room. I just adored those books when I was little. I was fortunate enough to inherit my mothers and I still have them. Thanks for sharing that photo - it makes me want to read them all over again.ReplyDelete
Glad you enjoyed your holiday.
Hi mandy,just dropped by to see if you'd blogged and was thrilled to share in your beautiful holiday snaps. The room does just look like Milly Molly Mandy's window wow! what gorgeous weather i'm so pleased that fell when it did and it made the coastline look even more inviting.Fab to see a pic of you too as dont think we have before, you look great and very relaxed. Great news about your wholesale order.congrats. Had a small taste of how thrilling it is to get an order when a boutique took 6 of my lace cuffs last week. So i felt like jumping about too! except we went for a celebratory drink in Starbucks instead,well it was only 3 oclock in the afternoon after all!and starbucks happens to be one of my fav places even though i dont drink coffee, smiles....speak to you soon, Kat xx ps oh and i will send a picture of my Ava picture by email soon,lovely ideaReplyDelete
What great photos...looks like fun! I am in love with your drawings and am not surprised others are too! We actually live only an hour or so away from Philadelphia and I was excited to hear they found you also! I posted about you last week after looking for about a month and one of my regular readers said she bought a print right away after seeing your etsy site! Much luck...you deserve it!ReplyDelete
Oh that sounds so wonderful. I love the yellow room window and all the photos you shared. Everything looks so lovely. Glad you had a break. BTW, even when you have a large house with three children and a business, it never seems as though there is enough room!ReplyDelete
i just found your work and it is AMAZING! really unbeliveable and beautiful and romantic and incredible and someday i will own one of your pieces!ReplyDelete
So glad you had a relaxing holiday Mandy..I kept staring at the yellow room - I can't believe rooms like that actually exist!! I've never seen anything like it here!ReplyDelete
I love the idea of seeing Ava's prints up - I really hope people will take the time to email you a photo - it would mean so much..
I too have to say thankyou so much to every single person who has bought Ava's prints and let me know how beautiful they are. They look gorgeous here but it's not until you're holding them you get a real sense of their magic.
I'm thinking up new ones for you to do already!!!
Love Sheye
Loving the pics. St Agnes is gorgeous. Those breakfasts look yummy too. Glad you're back and blogging though.ReplyDelete
Hi hun, have finally got round to setting myself up a user name, loving the pitcure of the Cats. Was great to see you guys last weekend thanks again for coming to visit love your little sister xReplyDelete
I am so excited your blog is being featured on Tangled and True! I look at your etsy shop all the time, I am determined to buy something for my girls rooms, but I love everything so much I just can't decide. I think I may have decided on some of the Ava prints after reading her story though. I will be checking your blog often. I am so happy to have found the blog, I had no idea you had one!ReplyDelete
Hi there Mandy...ReplyDelete
I have pictures of Ava's prints up on my blog, I'm too frazzled to email atm but feel free to copy and use the pictures.
Thanks again, the pics are gorgeous!
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FITCHBURG -- Family and friends of an
expelled Fitchburg State University student arrested on Tuesday for
allegedly possessing a semiautomatic rifle ammunition belt say the belt
is fake and nothing more than a fashion statement.They also say that Andrew K. Despres is being discriminated
against for his punk appearance and that the ammunition possession
charge and the $50,000 cash bail set at Fitchburg District Court on
Wednesday are the result of heightened emotions in response to the
recent school shooting in Newtown, Conn.Andrew Despres, 20, of New Bedford, was arrested on Tuesday for
trespassing and possessing ammunition without an FID card as he
attempted to remove his belongings from his FSU dorm room following his
from the school on Monday for alleged infractions including possessing
marijuana and other items prohibited on campus, including firecrackers
and a box cutter. A buck knife found in his room was found to belong to
his roommate, John Lafirira, 19, of Loudon, N.H., who said Friday the
charge was dropped against him and the knife has been returned.Doreen Despres says her son bought the fake ammunition belt at a website called crustpunks.com about two years ago, and that he's worn it nearly every day since, including on campus at FSU and to all of his classes."I'm disgusted with the whole situation because everybody knows that it's fake," she said in a telephone interview on Friday. "Everybody
who could see or touch it knows it's fake. Anybody can buy one at Hot
Topic. Andrew doesn't own a gun and he never has."Andrew Despres was expelled from the university on his 20th birthday
and will now spend Christmas in a jail cell, Doreen Despres said. She
said the entire family is in shock, because he's "just a regular kid"
who has no prior record and has never been in any trouble in his entire
life."He doesn't conform to what anyone else is wearing, but he
doesn't do anything bad," Doreen Despres said. "It isn't a crime to look
different."She hopes a bail hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. on Wednesday at
Worcester Superior Court will be able to straighten everything out, that
the ammunition charge will be dropped and her son will be released on
personal recognizance.An outpouring of support for Despres has appeared on Facebook and
in other arenas, with more than 300 friends and fellow FSU students
pledging their attendance at a Wednesday event called "Free Day Day,"
which is Despres' nickname."If he was so terrorizing, why would all these hundreds of kids support him?" Doreen Despres said.She made a Facebook page for the first time on Friday to be able
to see all of the support for her son, which she called "the one bright
spot" she's had over a rough few days.Lafirira said the box cutter and Xacto blades found in his
roommate's belongings are art tools he uses to make stencils, and the
belt is just part of his attire."He has worn it on campus for a year and a half now, with no
problem with it until this arrest," Lafirira said. "I believe this
charge is tacked on to hold him as long as they can, and make him out to
be a monster or a school shooter."Alyssa Almeida, a friend of Andrew Despres for five years, said the accusations regarding his mental state are "out of line.""To say he's mentally unstable for having a bad attitude towards a
school that kicked him out over two miniscule things on his birthday?
Can you blame him?" she said. "He's being discriminated against, it's
very clear."In an email sent out to students, FSU President Robert V.
Antonucci maintains that the university's safety protocols and vigilance
were effective, and said that Andrew Despres was not carrying a gun nor
was he a risk to other students during the incident leading to his
arrest."Insuring the safety of our campus community is a responsibility I
approach with the utmost level of seriousness," Antonucci wrote.
"Indeed, that is why the student was swiftly expelled and barred from
campus -- and why he currently resides at the Worcester County Jail."Michael Vanderpool, 20, of Hopkinton, the creator of the "Free
Day Day" event, wrote on the page that Andrew Despres is no stranger to
being stereotyped by others who take one look at his dyed hair and
patch-covered clothing and think he's trouble."
"Andrew never cared about being accepted, and therefore he was
alien," Vanderpool wrote. "People see the alien in him and they respond
in one of two ways, they think he's a fake, or they think he's a
criminal."Vanderpool said the reaction of campus officials and the court
were made out of "misplaced fear" for the potential of a similar
occurrence to the Newtown shooting to happen here.
"These shootings are tragic and horrific events and recently they
have been brought way too close to home," Vanderpool wrote. "However, a
boy is in prison for wearing a belt with inactive ammunition and
trespassing on state property only to move his belongings back home. He
is still waiting for his chance to go home, that's all he wants. He
doesn't want to hurt anyone. Right now he is alone and scared in a
prison wondering why his life fell apart."
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Judge Jay Delaney
presiding Nov. 16, 2010
Penny N. Fryman, 1976, motion hour; motion to set aside conviction granted.
Leonard P. Henry, 1952, probation revocation hearing; probation violation; in lieu of probation revocation hearing by agreement to be placed in program.
Judge Barbara Paul
presiding Nov. 24, 2010
Amy Carol Hixson vs. James Robert Hunt, domestic violence; no finding of domestic violence.
Cassie Lee Cooper vs. William Spencer Kearns, domestic violence; finding of domestic violence, no contact for 6 months except visits of child as in paternity case.
Tracy Regina Whitt vs. Shannon Keith Whitt, domestic; motion to amend child support sustained, motion to amend maint. overruled.
The following information from the Harrison County Sheriff's Office indicates drivers and/or owners whose vehicles were involved in accidents.
Nov. 19 – At 8 a.m., a non-injury accident. Mark Posey, 42, reported that his car was ran off the road by another driver.
Nov. 20 – At 5:04 p.m., a non-injury accident occurred when Debra Kelly, 49, was driving on KY 36 and missed her turn and ran off the road and became stuck in a ditch.
Nov. 19 -- Haley A. Diamond, 16, was issued a warning on Ladish Road for disregarding a stop sign.
Nov. 19 -- Christopher D. Woolums, 17, was issued a warning on Church Street for having no taillights.
Nov. 19 -- Sarah B. Moore, 33, was cited on U.S. 27 South at KC Provisions for speeding 10 mph over the limit.
Nov. 19 -- James R. Roland, 57, was cited on U.S. 27 South at KC Provisions for speeding 10 mph over the limit.
Nov. 19 -- Shannonn K. Whitt, 37, was arrested on Pleasant Street and charged with second degree wanton endangerment.
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Births announced this week are: Bryson Nathaniel Lemons, Dec. 1, son of Wade and Angela Lemons; Trevour McKay, Nov. 14, son of Amber Ashcraft; Dalton Clay Morris, Nov. 13, son of Terry and Terra Morris; Madison Nicole Johnson, Nov. 8, daughter of Amanda Richardson and Ray Johnson Jr.; Nathan Tyler McRoberts, Nov. 11, son of Maggie Jean McRoberts.
Harrison County court proceedings delayed due to four bomb threats made to the courthouse Monday.
Landon Gunnar Thomas was born to Drew and Brittany Thomas of Falmouth, Ky. on Nov. 17, 2010 at St. Elizabeth North. He weighed 9 lbs. 1 oz., and is welcomed by his sister, Addison Jo.
Maternal grandparents are Rick and Pam Yelton of Morgan, Ky.
Paternal grandparents are Jackie and Joy Thomas of Butler, Ky.
Great-grandparents are Jack and Pat Yelton, Cecil and Dottie Alsip and Brenda Thomas of Cynthiana and the late Jack Thomas.
Hunter Raymond McElfresh was born to Robert and Kendra (Earlywine) McElfresh, formerly of Cynthiana, on Nov. 23, 2010 at Community East Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind. He weighed 6 lbs. 1 oz. He is welcomed by his sisters, Kayleigh May Thompson and Jaden Thomas Fryman.
Maternal grandparents are Kimberly (Duke) Richardson and Jeffery Earlywine; maternal great-grandparents are Charles Raymond Thompson and Sandra Darlene Thompson.
Paternal grandparents are Robin (Kiskaden) Joseph and Eric Joseph; paternal great-grandparents are the Late Bob and Della Kiskaden.
Nicolette Nave'lay Feehan was born to Emily Morris and T. J. Feehan on Sept. 23, 2010 at Patty A. Clay Hospital in Richmond, Ky.
Maternal grandparents are Greg and Debbie Morris of Cynthiana; maternal great-grandmother is Wilma Hurt of Campton, Ky.
Paternal grandparents are Connie Carter of Cynthiana and the late Thomas J. Feehan of New Jersey.
* Cynthiana Democrat, Dec. 20, 1934 -- "Rohs Theatre, Walnut Street, coming Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 26 and 27, Special Pre-Release Showing Shirley Temple in 'Bright Eyes' - A Fox Picture with James Dunn. Also "Popeye, The Sailor Man." (Movies are not showing at this Walnut Street location, but there is lots to see here. Open on Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.).
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Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry
September 24-27, 2014
James Madison University
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The Furious Flower Poetry Center at James Madison University invites you to submit a proposal for a paper or panel on African American and black diasporic poetry and criticism for our third decade-defining conference. The three-day conference will examine the significance and development of black poetic expression over the last century, assess the current conversations and controversies in the field, and suggest new avenues of inquiry. The conference will examine the impact of African American poetry on poets and scholars around the world, with an emphasis on emerging voices. Marking the twentieth year since our historic 1994 conference, this conference asks, whats next for black poetic expression.
Major conference themes include
The Emerging Writer: How MFA programs, poetry workshops, and literary collectives are making way for emerging voices
The Changing Same: What the changing, yet ever-prevalent influence of music and the oral tradition suggests for the future development of black poetry
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Queer Poetics: The ways in which the voices of black writers challenge cultural mythologies and stereotypes of sexuality and gender
The Black Avant-Garde: How poets have made homes for themselves under both the banner of experimental writing and of black writing while confronting questions about authenticity and allegiance
Hard-won Freedoms: How the gains of the Black Arts Movement created spaces for aesthetic diversity
Gendered readings: The ways in which the contested terrain of representations of black bodies is shaped by trauma and memory
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What is CWD? CWD is a naturally occurring disease of the brain and nervous system in deer and elk. It attacks the brain of deer and elk, producing small lesions that eventually result in death. CWD was first recognized in the late 1960s in a herd of captive mule deer in Colorado. Although the disease was discovered over 30 years ago, it recently has received much media attention because of its discovery in free-ranging deer in southern Wisconsin and western Colorado. Only four species, mule deer, white-tailed deer, moose and elk, appear to be naturally susceptible to CWD. Domestic livestock and humans are not known to be susceptible to CWD.
Where is CWD found? Prior to 2005, the disease had only been found in North America west of Illinois. In 2005, CWD was documented in captive and free-ranging herds in New York and in free-ranging herds in West Virginia. Since then, it has also been discovered in several other states. CWD has not been found in Connecticut or New England. States and Canadian provinces where CWD has been confirmed include: Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Montana, South Dakota, Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska, Oklahoma, New York, West Virginia, Michigan, Virginia, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.
What is CT doing about CWD? Connecticut, along with many other states, banned the importation of live cervids (species in the deer/elk family) across state lines. In 2005, Connecticut passed an emergency regulation banning the importation of whole carcasses or parts thereof of any deer or elk from wild or captive herds from other states or Canadian Provinces where Chronic Wasting Disease has been confirmed. The ban on importation did not apply to meat that was de-boned, cleaned skullcaps, hides or taxidermy mounts. The regulation became permanent in 2007.
Since 2003, the DEEP Wildlife Division has been testing hunter- and vehicle-killed deer as part of a nationwide CWD monitoring and surveillance program. To date, no evidence of CWD in Connecticut's deer herd has been detected.
How do I know if an animal has CWD? As the disease advances, infected animals begin displaying abnormal behavior, such as staggering or standing with very poor posture. Infected animals become emaciated and appear to be in very poor health. The only efficient method to diagnose CWD is to dispatch the animal and examine the brain tissue for lesions. Anyone observing a deer exhibiting symptoms of CWD should notify the DEEP Wildlife Division (860-424-3011) or the DEP's 24-hour TIP hotline (1-800-842-HELP). If the animal is dispatched, the head should be kept intact so that a brain sample can be collected for testing.
Should hunters be concerned? No known link exists between CWD and humans, however, health officials advise hunters not to consume meat from animals known to be infected with CWD and recommend boning out meat. As usual, hunters should continue to employ normal precautions when field dressing deer, such as wearing rubber gloves. Concerns about CWD should not keep hunters from participating in Connecticut's deer seasons.
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Offers to spend a week in Tuscany in June or July, in our little corner of paradise.
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I couldn't think of anything new to write on this month's topic of the Italy Blogging Roundtable, so I tried to write something that will hopefully be useful for some travellers to Tuscany. Don't abandon your pets!!!
Not many people choose to visit Tuscany in winter, but those who do are rewarded by its beauty and quiet at this time of the year!
There are several wi-fi hot spots in Pisa. And they are free.
June is the first month of summer. The fields take on the typical golden color of the hot months, and poppies, lavender and yellow broom tinge the countryside. Bars and restaurants open their outdoor spaces and sagre and festivals animate villages and towns. Besides, June is definitely the month to be in Pisa.
Just because you didn't rent a car doesn't mean you should miss out on the many pretty towns and villages surrounding Pisa. Here is a guide on how to reach them via public transportation.
We call March "pazzerello", meaning "somewhat crazy". Indeed warm, sunny days can alternate with cold wintery days and temperatures change abruptly. But it is the month of the fruit trees in bloom and of course of asparagus!
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