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Edwin 'La Bomba' Rodriguez carrying on
Massachusetts boxing tradition
Mar. 17 vs. Donovan George in Theater at MSG, HBO Co-Feature
WORCESTER, Mass. (February 24, 2012) – From John L. Sullivan and Sandy Saddler, to Rocky Marciano and "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, Massachusetts has been home for some of boxing's all-time greats. The 21st century, though, has been somewhat lean, quantity-wise, to the point that Bay State boxers in particular, New England fighters in general, have been unfairly given a bad rap for being built-up against inferior opposition, overrated and protected.
Dominican-born super middleweight contender Edwin "La Bomba" Rodriguez, who moved to Massachusetts like Hagler, will carry on the Massachusetts fighting tradition on March 17 in his HBO debut against Donovan "Da Bomb" George, live from the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The 10-round, non-title fight between the International Boxing Federation's ("IBF") No. 3-ranked Rodriguez (20-0, 14 KOs) and No. 11-rated Donovan (22-1-1, 19 KOs) with world title shot implications for the winner, potentially threatens to steal the show from the Sergio Martinez-Matthew Macklin main event on the DiBella Entertainment-promoted St. Patrick's Day show, THE REAL Middleweight Championship – Get Your Irish Up.
Like many Mass. fighters before him, Rodriguez left the comforts of his Worcester (MA) home for training camp in Houston, taking advantage of superior sparring partners and warmer weather for outdoor training, as well as to avoid distractions associated with family members and friends. In short, they leave Massachusetts to better their careers, and today Edwin serves as a role model for younger Bay State fighters to emulate on their individual boxing roads.
In the recent past, several Massachusetts boxers have distinguished themselves on a grand stage, as Edwin plans to do Mar. 17 on HBO, including two-time World Boxing Association ("WBA") heavyweight champion John "The Quietman" Ruiz (Chelsea, MA), three-time "Fight of the Year" participant Irish" Micky Ward (Lowell, MA) and Mike Tyson-conqueror Kevin "The Clones Colossus" McBride (Boston).
"I never believed any of that talk," Rodriguez' head trainer Ronnie Shields spoke about negative reputations for Massachusetts fighters. "Look at Micky Ward – he fought three hellacious fights with Arturo Gatti. Ruiz fought Holyfield three times when he was good. And McBride sent Tyson into retirement. There are other good fighters from there, too. A lot of people who downgrade fighters from there don't know what they're talking about. The guys I'm talking about are real fighters. Edwin is the leader of the next wave of Massachusetts fighters."
"Sooner or later, you have to leave the nest," Ruiz said. "Massachusetts fighters go all over New England to fight, maybe travel to New York City or Philly, and then go away to train. That's what they have to do to improve their career. Edwin is a good fighter who has done very well so far. He'll have to get over a case of the nerves in his first HBO fight, but he'll get past that and do his job. If he keeps the drive he has, he'll go a long way in this sport, hopefully becoming world champion and representing Latinos like I did."
An exception to the rule was Ward, who fought outside of New England for most of his pro fights, but he has stayed in Lowell to this day. Rodriguez, according to many local boxing experts, has the best left hook to the body since Micky.
"Edwin's a highly-ranked super middleweight who can really punch," Ward remarked. "A good left hook to the body like his is a great equalizer. For me, it pulled out a few fights that I was losing. Edwin's a natural athlete and a humble guy."
"I've seen Edwin fight a few times and he's a good fighter," McBride added. "I wish him luck in a tough sport. He's going to get recognition fighting on HBO, something I never had the opportunity to do. Edwin's stepping up the ladder fast. If he keeps doing what he's been doing, he will be rewarded."
Tickets are priced at $505, $355, $205, $125 and $65, and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased through the Madison Square Garden Box Office or through Ticketmaster, at ticketmaster.com, or by calling (866) 858-0008. Call DiBella Entertainment at (212) 947-2577, or visit www.dbe1.com and @loudibella on Twitter for more information.


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ESPN's College GameDay crew will be on the Vanderbilt campus on Saturday as the Commodores play host to Auburn, ESPN officials said Sunday.
The popular weekly show, hosted by Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard, will make its first appearance in Nashville. Kickoff for the game is 5 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN. Tickets are sold out.
"This is tremendous for our university, Coach (Bobby) Johnson's program and this great city," said David Williams, Vanderbilt Vice Chancellor for Student Athletics and University Affairs. "ESPN's decision to bring College GameDay to Vanderbilt speaks volumes about the outstanding job Bobby Johnson had done during his tenure and the student-athletes he has attracted into our football program. We're extremely pleased and excited about this announcement."
Added Johnson: "I think it's great for our university, our fans, and our players and coaches. It's definitely going to add to the excitement level as we prepare for an important SEC game."
Vanderbilt, 4-0, will attempt to reach 5-0 for the first time since World War II on Saturday. Auburn, 4-1, is oming off a 4-12 win over Tennessee on Saturday.
Vanderbilt moved up to No. 19 Sunday in the latest Associated Press and USA Today coaches' polls. It matches the school's highest ranking since 1984.

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Deepti Naval breaks her silence, criticizes media on Facebook
A tiff between the actress and other members of her housing society was blown out of proportion by tabloids.
No one would associate Deepti Naval to any kind of mis-deed. And that's why perhaps, when Mumbai Mirror article stated that how the actress was not running a prostitution racket at her place in the headline, eyebrows were raised.
In what seemed to be a tiff between the actress and other members of her housing society in Versova, Mumbai, was suddenly all over the tabloids and blown out of proportion. After keeping mum for a long time, the actress spoke about the entire incident and cleared the entire picture in a recent post on her Facebook page.
While promoting her last release, 'Listen Amaya' with actor Farooque Shaikh, the actress was shooting with CNN-IBN's Rajeev Masand at her Versova resident in Mumbai. The shooting was disrupted by angry residents of her apartment complex who threatened to complain to the police.
While the shooting was wrapped up, a humiliated Naval decided to move out to her Madh Islan house. In a statement on Facebook, Naval recalls how few days later a journalist called her up to find out the details. "A week / eight days ago a journalist friend asked me what I was doing sitting in Madh - and I gave vent to my frustration. I told him over the phone that -'The Society treated me so badly and kept threatening me with "WE'LL CALL THE POLICE, WE'LL CALL THE POLICE", as if I'm running a racket here!' Next day it was out in print - in Mumbai Mirror - the sensational headline -'I'M NOT RUNNING A PROSTITUTION RACKET" - and the story about the society fiasco, stating how badly insulted I was by the members of my building."
According the actress, the entire incident was blown out of proportion by the Press and she suddenly found herself embroiled in a controversy about running a prostitution racket from her house.
While Naval was upset about the way she and her colleagues were treated by the residents of her society, the actress in her statement also lashed out at the Media for misconstruing facts.
Here is the entire statement that Naval posted on her Facebook page.
I've been pretty upset the last few days over something that the print media has been distorting hugely . . . each one of you on Facebook has been totally silent about it - no comment whatsoever - and I appreciate that - and since I know you people care, I'd like to, to explain what has really happened -
Just before the release of 'Listen Amaya' me and Farooque Shaikh were doing an interview for Rajiv Masand in my Versova terrace flat. I had been keeping unwell those days and had requested Rajiv's camera team to cover over to my house instead of me having to go to his studio. Rajiv came over with his three camera setup and we were in the middle of this interview when three members from the Society barged into the flat and demanded that we stop this activity - they thought we were making a movie - I explained to them that they can sit here and watch - we are not making a movie, we are doing an interview - but they threatened to call the police on me. Rajiv, Farooque and my director Avinash Singh and his wife Geeta were all very embarrassed hearing this sort of conversation. We tried to wind up fast. Then one neighbor Mr Rajan Khurana was sent up to convey to me that the Society has threatened to call the police if we don't stop 'this activity' right away. I explained again but to no avail. After that I got a call from the Secy of the building who was very irked and repeated that 'We'll have to call the police on you'. We cancelled all other interviews after that.
I was hugely embarrassed; I apologized to my colleagues and they quietly left.
I felt so humiliated and felt my rights as a resident were violated. I decided to pack my stuff from the Oceanic residence and come and stay at my Madh Island house.
I am an artist and have always given interviews in my own home - all artists do that all the time - there is nothing illegal about it - it is their right.
Never mine, now this is what follows the incident.
A week / eight days ago a journalist friend asked me what I was doing sitting in Madh - and I gave vent to my frustration. I told him over the phone that -
'The Society treated me so badly and kept threatening me with "WE'LL CALL THE POLICE, WE'LL CALL THE POLICE", as if I'm running a racket here!'
Next day it was out in print - in Mumbai Mirror - the sensational headline -
'I'M NOT RUNNING A PROSTITUTION RACKET" - and the story about the society fiasco, stating how badly insulted I was by the members of my building. Nothing wrong with the contents of the article. But this is what follows . . .
Other papers have picked up the SENSATIONAL HEADLINE and implied as if the Society has ACCUSED me of running a prostitution racket. I've neen appalled! I will post those articles so you all can see how the press distorts everything to make eye-catching news! One of the tabloids has said -
A dear friend, she called me - appalled at reading the contents in a Calcutta tabloid - 'What is all this? Who has been accusing of running a racket?'
I explained to her that no one is ACCUSING me of running anything like that - it is the PRESS that is IMPLYING . . .
Of course I've been back at Oceanic in the last days and have conducted my meeting there as well - I'm a little confused - should I take action against the print media or should I let it go. If I let this go, then there are people who've said -
'KUCH TO HOGA NA . . . AISE HIS TO NAHIN SOCIETY ITNA OBJECT KAR RAHI' - Imagine?
Friends from the industry feel 'let dogs bark . . . you carry on'
I was sitting there at my terrace flat - after Farooque and I had spent a whole day going to various radio stations giving fresh round of interviews before the re-release of the old Chashmebaddoore on April 5th - and I was looking around at my beautiful spacious home where I sit and dream, do all my writing work, invite friends, spend quality time with myself - and I was in tears . . . this sanctuary of mine to be called a 'PROSTITUTIO DEN' - in my heart, I apologized to my father who is no more in this world, and quietly prayed, -
'I'm sorry, Piti, see what all this has catapulted into? Please help me learn to ignore it and move on - but I will not disappoint you - I will fight for my right!'
Thank you for bearing with me - I can't go around explaining to the whole world but I can . . . to a few of you who I know, care . . .


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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Next time we call on our grandson and his remote car!
That was so cute! I am still chuckling.
What a kick that is! Thanks for the fun!
Never regret growing older, its a privilege denied to many.
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
A new way to exercise cattle! Really cute.
Udderly adorable! Thanks for the giggles!
Certified basketcase
Very funny.
Is this for real? I guess a few cowboys will be out of job!;
I hope you dance!
Lol...I would have been worried they would have trampled it
Blessings from Janice
Gee! We always had to walk out to chase the cows home for milking.....


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The Luxury Visionaries 2016
With fine wine investments seeing 275 per cent growth in the last 10 years, wine estates around the world are garnering significant interest among high net worth individuals.
Gone are the days when well-paid couples from London left the rat race to dabble with making wine in France. Now, France's vineyard market is dominated by buyers who are already in the trade – and a fast-growing number of Chinese and Russian investors who see the pound signs in wine.
"The economics of a 'hobby vineyard' don't stack up in a region like Bordeaux, unless the buyer is willing to subsidise the winemaking activity on an ongoing basis. What many people forget is that while buying a vineyard involves purchasing the land and buildings – notably a large, attractive chateau – you are essentially buying a business," says Alexander Hall, who runs Vineyard Intelligence, a search and acquisition agency for French vineyard estates.
"The important considerations aren't how many bedrooms the chateau has and whether there's a swimming pool, but the quality of the soil, vines, equipment and the reputation of the brand," says Hall. "Most people have heard the story about how to turn a large fortune into a small fortune – you buy a vineyard. So while some buyers are looking for trophy assets, most need to make sure it's a financially viable exercise. Money can transform a house, but it can't transform the intrinsic quality of the 'terroir'."
With fine wine investments seeing 275 per cent growth in the last 10 years, according to Knight Frank, wine estates around the world – which have the benefit of being bought as a business and hence not liable to capital gains tax – are garnering significant interest among high net worth individuals.
"Vineyard interest is definitely growing with a wide and diverse international market, both commercially and as part of a residential estate," says Knight Frank's associate, Edward de Mallet Morgan, who is working on Knight Frank's new vineyard index. The last, in 2011, shows Bordeaux as the world leader in vineyard values, with an average $642,000 (£400,000) per hectare. California's Napa Valley comes second at $296,000 (£185,000), followed by Montalcino in Italy at $259,000 (£162,000).
"France and Italy are both set up in a way that you can get involved with the production, or there are plenty of local wineries that can take the hassle out of it by managing the vines and production," says de Mallet Morgan. "Wine is a passion and, to some, an obsession. There is also healthy tax relief associated with vineyards."
Chinese buyers are famously buying up French vineyards – with the Brazilians, Eastern Europeans and Americans starting to get in on the act. Such foreign interest in its vineyards is a source of concern for the French authorities, who are scrutinising potential money laundering among Chinese and Russian vineyard buyers in particular.
But they seem an unstoppable force. In the Gironde alone last year, which includes the prestigious Saint Emilion and Pomerol districts, Chinese investors bought 27 vineyard estates – mainly 20+ hectare estates in less prestigious areas for $2-5m (£1.6m-4.2m), which produce around 130,000 bottles of AOC Bordeaux red a year, according to Alexander Hall.
In Italy, where Russians used to buy properties in famous seaside resorts such as Tuscany's Forte dei Marmi and Sardinia's Emerald Coast, now they are moving inland and buying estates with vineyards, according to Diletta Spinola, head of sales for Tuscany Sotheby's.
"They are looking for vineyards with important villas where they can entertain business partners. Then they like the idea of owning their own label, mainly in Chianti, Montalcino or in the Super Tuscan wine areas around Bolgheri," says Spinola.
Chinese buyers, she adds, are less interested in the property; they want large vineyards from which they can then export the wine directly back to China. In Southern Spain, Lucas Fox estate agency is seeing a similar trend among Indian buyers whose main concern – despite having beautiful fincas on their wine estates – is to export concentrated grape juice back home.
The romance of living among the vines, it seems, has gone. It's no longer a case of raking the warm Mediterranean soil for today's vineyard buyers, but of raking in the hard cash.


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SUBMITTED: Wednesday, February 26, 2014POSTED: Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Dear potential clients,
My name is Jeve Sukhdeo, owner of Jeve's Pet Care. We have been in business, successfully providing love and care for pets in London since October 2005. We have hundreds of happy, healthy client pets who we care for. We love our jobs, and we love animals.
These "Reports" about our business are COMPLETLY FALSE! None of them are real. NONE OF THE INCIDENTS, SITUATIONS OR PEOPLE are real. It is believed to be done by an individual who was fired for gross negligence, lack of proper care and having a destructive and horrible attitude. The "reports" will verify the latter.
PLEASE NOTE: All the "Reviews" are done within a two week period; some minutes apart, with no real names or contact info, and are all written with the same hatred, anger and disgust. If they were real, we would work with the person to resolve any issues, as we take our profession and business seriously.
Jeve's Pet Care is a well respected community oriented business, and take pride in ourselves by providing exceptional care, and love for all animals. We are highly recommended by many of our local veterinary clinics and doctors, pet stores and clients alike who know about us, our services and our reputation. They are happy to do so, so please feel free to contact as many as you want. I'm sure you will get exceptional reviews about our professionalism, care, dedication and love for our clients. THAT WILL NOT CHANGE.
A little about me:
Animal lover
Volunteer with a Wildlife Rehabilitation & Education Centre for over 7 years, and still there.
Was the President of The London Dog Owners Association
Recommended by Chatham OSPCA, where I volunteered to help with the animals.
Have 2 cats of my own
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If anyone wishes to further investigate these complaints, please do so. I'm sure you will come to the same conclusion.
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Tags / mochi
A discussion about personal philosophy and identity. Tea and snax provided.
AI PC's Mochi Mic Night- 11/2/14
Program created to showcase the talents of residents in front of their residence halls community. Free mochi will be provided for participants and attendees. We hope to create an atmosphere for this program of a poetry/jazz cafe.
November 2nd, 7pm AI PC's - Mochi Mic Night
This program is designed for residents wanting to showcase their talents in front of the residence halls community. Free mochi will be provided for participants and attendees. The atmosphere for this program will be that of a poetry/jazz cafe.
Mochi Mic Night
This program is an open mic night in which resident will get the chance to express themselves in front of their peers. Elements that we hope to add are free mochi in boba for the residents that attend and watch the performances.
Individual-"Mochi in Minutes!"
For my individual program, I would like to make mochi with my residents. I will provide them with the necessary ingredients and teach them a fun and easy way to make a tasty treat with just a microwave. I would also like to teach the residents where mochi originated and why it is so popular.
Come get mochi! Take a relaxing trip to bubbies.
Take-to: Bubbies!!
Mochi ice cream and sweet treat delights at Bubbies! We're all stressed out a bit from midterms, so let's get some delicious and affordable ice cream treats on a study break! Cash Only!
Post-Finals Bubbies Celebration!
As we did at the beginning of the semester to get to know each other, let's go to Bubbies to celebrate finals being over! Nostalgia!
Back to Bubbies
At the beginning of the semester my residents and I went to Bubbies for ice cream. Now that it's the end of the semester we'll go again and reward ourselves for our hard work and get ready to study for finals.
Bubbie's Trip
Residents will be taken to Bubbie's in order to be exposed to one of the most awesome sites close to campus.
Bubbies Night!
Come join your RA and friends in a much needed night out to Bubbies! We will meet in the Lobby at 7pm and will walk over together! Remember to bring cash!
Learn how to make mochi, one of Hawaii's favorite snacks. The quick and easy recipe to mochi will be given out, as well as information about the traditional way to make mochi
Made In Hawaii trip
We are going to take the No. 6 bus and go to Made In Hawaii on King Street. Residents will be able to purchase delicious fresh made mochi!


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Sir Victor Blank ("Business must start a giving revolution", 24 February) raises a timely issue but does not go far enough.
If in conversation I say I have made £20 profit, we each understand what I mean, but if I say my company made a difference in the community, we have no agreed standards by which we measure this. It is vital that business accepts the principles of the UN's Global Compact, while at the same time moving to "triple bottom line" accounting, whereby it is not merely the cash profit on which one reports, but one's effect on the social, environmental and economic health of the community in which one operates.
That Nirvana will be some time coming. In the meantime, to take Sir Victor Blank's plea one step further, payroll giving should be automatic in every company (supported if need be by Government incentive, as it once was), each company should commit to a minimum of 1 per cent of its profits going to charitable activity, and the fiscal infrastructure should be adapted to make it easier to give, whether by company or person.
In that way, we might just drag ourselves out of the disgraceful situation where, in modern Britain, older people die as a result of winter cold, and both child poverty and homeless numbers are rising. We might give some truth to the mantra "we are all in this together".
David Fitzpatrick
Chief Executive, SD Consultancy,
Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
David Cameron now talks of businesses as if they were charities or social enterprises ("PM accused of hypocrisy after attacking critics of big business", 24 February). But let's be honest: the fundamental aim of a private business is not to "create jobs", grow the economy or contribute wealth to society, but to generate profits for its shareholders. Indeed, this very principle of private greed is precisely what makes capitalism work.
As our more responsible corporate citizens are keen to point out, this does not necessarily prevent them from behaving honestly and decently, treating employees and customers fairly, producing useful products and services or looking after the environment; but nor does it necessarily discourage businesses from behaving abominably.
Only strong democratic oversight can provide the balance of restraint and encouragement that is needed. Alas, successive governments have conspicuously failed in their duty of regulating businesses, fairly and sensibly, in the public interest. Until he does that, Mr Cameron can surely expect criticism of corporate delinquency to continue.
Andrew Clifton
Edgware, Middlesex
With reference to Emma Harrison, RBS bonuses, and all the rest that we know and don't yet know about, do we really have to listen any more to people telling us that a small minority are "worth" the huge sums of money they give to themselves.
Is a banker or the boss of a failing agency really "worth more" than, say, a doctor or teacher or care worker. Say's who? If worth is measured in contribution to society than bankers are worth about minus £100trn and counting.
Why don't we pack all these greedy individuals and their worthless apologists off to a rock in the sea where they can spend all day telling each other how valuable and essential they are? Surely this gross parade of greed and the claptrap that accompanies it has got to stop.
David Martin
The Government could give us all a feel-good factor by bouncing the bonus cheques "due to insufficient funds".
Craig Hall
Great Harwood, Lancashire
Toothless care watchdog
The Government has claimed the public's voice is at the centre of its reformed health and social care system, and Healthwatch is the vehicle that will make this possible. Healthwatch will seek the public's views on health and social care, in order to influence providers, commissioners and regulators. Evolving from the current Local Involvement Networks, its volunteers will have powers to inspect services with or without notice.
To be credible, it is essential that Healthwatch be independent from those it will scrutinise, yet the Government's proposals mean this now looks unlikely. The Government wishes Healthwatch England, the national body, to be made a committee of the Care Quality Commission, and its chair to be a non-executive director of the CQC. Further, each local Healthwatch, tasked with monitoring social care provided by a local authority, will be funded at the discretion of this same authority. In both cases there is a conflict of interest. Will local Healthwatch dare speak up against its funder? Can Healthwatch England be an effective critic of the CQC when it is a part of it?
Local Healthwatch must be accountable to those who use or may use health and care services, not those who provide them. Healthwatch England must be answerable to the public it represents, via elections from local Healthwatch. We urge the Government to reconsider, and allow the public voice to be heard as clearly as it claims it wishes, and the House of Lords to assist by amending the Bill accordingly.
Jeremy Ambache, Ann Bisbrown-Lee, Chris Boote, Michael Hewins, Anita Higham, Nicholas Kennedy, Jim Kerr, Mike McNulty, Dag Saunders, Jane Stubbings
(Elected representatives of Local Involvement Netwoks on the Healthwatch Advisory Committee)
Malcolm Alexander, Ruth Marsden
(National Association of LINk Members)
London EC2
Are GPs, or at least their professional bodies, in danger of becoming the new bankers in the public's eye?
The BMA has called a strike ballot to defend publicly funded final salary pension schemes that are built on top of one of the most generous pay awards in recent times, for reduced service delivery.
Doesn't this sound familiar? Some of these are the same voices opposing the Health and Social Care Bill to increased competition from new providers contracting to the NHS. Little-known by the general public, GP practices in London are already managing a large range of franchise services and practices. There are still massive gaps in quality services within the more deprived boroughs. The position of the BMA, and if they are not careful, its members, at best really does look opportunistic, at worst, like base protectionism.
Philip Astley
London SW12
When airline pilots nod off
The trickiest human factors problem for aircrew is that of fatigue, which can be defined as debilitating tiredness ("Pilots admit they nod off", 23 February). A not-too-tired pilot will be able to perform his or her tasks properly, taking extra care to compensate for lack of freshness. But the very ability to self-monitor is degraded by fatigue, and herein lies the danger. A fatigued pilot might not be aware that he or she is performing badly.
There is a degree of protection in the presence of the other pilot in the crew, one of whose primary duties is to draw attention to errors or omissions made by his or her colleague. If both pilots are fatigued the implications for flight safety are obvious, particularly if their workload is compounded by factors such as technical problems or bad weather, or making an approach into a difficult airport.
The current rules already allow a two-pilot crew to undertake such tasks as UK to Sharm-el-Sheikh, and return, in a single duty period. If the rules are relaxed, it is likely that air passengers will be more exposed to incidents and accidents related to crew fatigue.
Julien Evans
(Retired Boeing 757 Captain)
Chesham, Buckinghamshire
The profits of energy
Your claim about the profit made by EDF Energy per household (report, 18 February) is inaccurate and misleading.
Our profit in 2011 came largely from our nuclear generation division, which includes energy sales on the wholesale market to other suppliers, who then sold it on to millions of other customers. The rest of the profit, around 12 per cent, came from non-nuclear generation, which again includes sales on the wholesale market, major business and large industrial user sales and our residential supply business. The majority of the revenue from sales to our own customers comes from businesses, not residential customers.
Your formula of dividing overall profit for the company by just one group of customers and ignoring all others is therefore flawed. In published figures, reported to Ofgem, our residential supply business has made a loss over the past two years.
Any profits should be viewed within the context of our massive investment in meeting Britain's future energy needs. We have already invested £17bn in our UK business. Last year, we invested £1bn in our nuclear fleet, gas storage and new generation capacity. In the coming years, we plan to invest billions of pounds more in nuclear and other forms of low-carbon generation, creating thousands of jobs and providing a major boost to the UK economy and to local communities.
Paul Spence
Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs, EDF Energy, London SW1
Geography and languages
German and French degrees cannot now be studied in the North-east or Eastern England, according to your report "The tuition paradox" (23 February). My daughter, happily settled at Durham University studying French and German, would be surprised to read this, especially since, having also studied Geography at A level, she would have no difficulty in locating Durham in the North-east of England. Her friends at Newcastle University, not a million miles up the road, studying these same subjects, would be surprised too.
Cherry James
London SW8
Dolphin duties
Max Gauna (letter, 24 February) has, most eloquently, put the case for our treatment of dolphins, and, I would add, other cetaceans and other species. He has, however, failed to challenge the irrational assertion of Dr Shand, in his original letter, that "rights" automatically produce "responsibilities". This is patently untrue in most human societies. We give rights to many members of our own species, such as one-day-old babies and Alzheimer's sufferers, but do not expect, that they have any consequential responsibilities for their actions.
Roy Hicks
Koran question
William Morton's letter (25 February) raises the issue of how the US should learn to take care of the Koran. I have a practical question. I bought a copy of the Koran to find out what it was all about. I now wish to dispose of it. How do I do it safely?
J Matthews
WAREHAM, Dorset
Pushed aside
Good luck to Robert Heys (letter, 25 February) if he hopes to stop cars parking in cycle lanes. Pram-pushers across the land have been forced into the road, by cars parked on pavements, for at least the 36 years since the birth of my first child.
Debbi Wilson
Cui bono?
It makes sense to ask jobseekers to work for their benefits (letters, 24 February), but why should large commercial organisations such as supermarkets gain from this? The jobseekers should work on government or local council initiatives so that the gains go to the taxpayers who pay their benefits.
Paul Martin
Kenley, Surrey
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|Bruins crush Flames, 9-0, behind Tuukka Rask's latest shutout
|01.05.12 at 9:27 pm ET
Since losing to the Stars on Saturday night, the Bruins may have developed a habit of blowing teams out of the water. They did so for the second straight night Thursday, crushing the Flames, 9-0, behind Tuukka Rask's third shutout of the season.
This one was never close following Tyler Seguin's tally 74 seconds into the game, and the Bruins weren't afraid to pile it on once again. Patrice Bergeron and Nathan Horton each had two-goal nights, while the B's also received goals from Milan Lucic, David Krejci, Chris Kelly and Daniel Paille.
The Bruins picked up the win without forward Brad Marchand, who was out with flu-like symptoms. The B's certainly made due without the 23-year-old, as Bergeron's line still produced three goals.
The Bruins will next play on Saturday when they host the Canucks in a rematch of the 2011 Stanley Cup finals.
— No Marchand? No problem. Pouliot was superb in filling in for the ill winger on the second-line, getting four shots on goal and assisting Seguin and Bergeron's goals. Benoit Pouliot did a nice job of stealing the puck in the neutral zone, feeding Seguin to set top Bergeron's goal in the second period. He now has 13 points (seven goals and six assists) in 31 games this season. He got secondary assists on Seguin's goal and Bergeron's second tally.
The three assists for Pouliot matched a career-high, and it doubled his assist total this season.
— More of the same from Rask. The B's backup lowered his league-best goals-against average and save percentage with the shutout, and has now allowed just one goal over his last five games. Scary to think that this is a guy who might not even get a start in the postseason.
– Good to see Paille score a shorthanded goal on the breakaway. Very quietly — a secret that's been kept off the stat sheet for the most part — Paille has been putting together a heck of a season. He now has seven goals on the season, and if he had a better finishing touch he could easily have double that.
— Joe Corvo was a plus-4 on the night despite not picking up a point in the game with a game-high seven shots on goal. His plus/minus was best among the Bruins, while Flames defenseman Chris Butler was a horrific minus-7. In Butler's case, Wednesday's game could ruin him in that category for the season.
— Given how many goals the B's scored on the night, of course it was another night in which the Bruins scored goals within a minute of each other. Bergeron's first goal and Kelly's tally came 47 seconds apart, marking the 13th time this season the B's have scored two goals in less than a minute.
— Nothing.
|Mike Milbury on D&H: B's should consider trading Tim Thomas
|12.08.10 at 12:56 pm ET
NESN and NBC Sports hockey analyst Mike Milbury made his weekly appearance on the Dale & Holley show Wednesday to talk about the Bruins and the NHL. To hear the interview, go to the Dale & Holley audio on demand page.
Asked about the aborted Marco Sturm trade, Milbury speculated that the Kings must not have been aware of Sturm's injury situation when they apparently agreed to the deal. "Why would you trade for a guy that's still six weeks from being ready and pay him for that long a time when he's making, what, $3 1/2 [million], $4 million, whatever he's making?" Milbury said. "It didn't make any sense to me at the time that they were picking him up them, unless the compensation was impacted by Los Angeles' pickup of the money.
"I just think the ball got dropped on Sturm's ability to come back and play, and that's going to hold it up. I still think it's a possibility, but all bets are off for now, anyway."
Milbury noted that he has a positive opinion of Sturm. "I think he's a solid player," he said. "He's sort of a 'tweener, second and third line, for me. On a great team, he's a wonderful third-line player. But he can certainly play up to the second line. I don't think he's a top-three forward on any really good team, but a very useful guy who can play in all sorts of situations. Nice to have his versatility. A little bit prone to injury, but it's a tough sport."
Touching on the Bruins' goalie situation, Milbury continued to push for Tuukka Rask to get more of a chance, while acknowledging how well Tim Thomas has played. "[Thomas has] been spectacular," Milbury said. "The numbers are what they are. The save percentage, astounding. The goals-against, astounding. The win-loss record, everything's wonderful. He's still, what is he, 37 [actually 36]? The future is now for Thomas, and I mean right now.
"I think Tuukka Rask is going to be a wonderful goaltender. I'm worried for the first time that he may be impacted psychologically over this thing, as down to earth as he is. There are a lot of people out there that wonder what they could get if they traded Tim Thomas. Now, wouldn't that be gutsy? But it's a thought. But it would be really hard to do right now.
"Tim Thomas is not going to be this good three years from now. That's just the biological clock speaking. Yeah, he's the No.1 guy now, you can't deny it. It's a wonderful story for Tim Thomas. And I think the Bruins count their blessings that they have a guy of the caliber of Tuukka Rask sitting on the bench. I worry for him that he gets discouraged at some point. That would really be a crime. Because 10 years from now, when he's in his early 30s and his prime ' he's not even close to his prime right now, and he had a spectacular season last year.
"It is what it is, and I can understand it. But there's a part of me that says, particularly in the salary cap world, can you afford to do that? Can you afford to have two primo assets in that position, and should they think about trading one? And the only one that they could possibly trade, for me, is Thomas. I know right now that's sacrilegious speaking."
|Mike Milbury on D&H: Milan Lucic 'can't lose that edge'
|12.01.10 at 1:05 pm ET
NESN, NBC and Hockey Night in Canada NHL analyst Mike Milbury made his weekly appearance on the Dale & Holley show Wednesday. To hear the interview, including Milbury talking about whether he would consider a return to coaching, go to the Dale & Holley audio on demand page.
With the Bruins struggling, Milbury was asked what the team needs to do to turn things around.
"I haven't seen the intense forecheck, except when they get desperate," he said. "That's not a good thing. You want to get on the forecheck. You want to get in and create some havoc. And when you're doing that, that means physical play. And if you've been watching the Bruins for the last five or six games, you're not seeing a ton of that. And I'm not talking about fighting. I'm talking about in-fast, pressure forechecking, intimidating not only with your bodychecking, but with your speed and intensity to cut down the time the defenseman has to move the puck. They're sort of blah. '¦ The Bruins have to play at a far higher pace to be successful."
Asked if Zdeno Chara needs to set the tone for the team, Milbury said he'd first like to see players such as Milan Lucic provide more of a physical presence.
"I think Lucic has to be more involved physically," he said. "And I'm not talking about fighting from him. The 10 goals are well and good. But harken back to a couple of years ago when this kid made a mark on this city and this franchise. It was with his purposeful forechecking. It was like nonstop, Terry O'Reilly-type forechecking. I haven't seen that. I know he's going to mature and settle in and use his energy more efficiently and conservatively. But you can't lose that edge. And right now, I don't think he's got it.
"Chara can take care of it in his own zone, and I think he needs to do a little bit better job of being on the edge and nasty in order to make sure people on his team see that, feel it, feel the intensity," Milbury added. "That's what's missing. Those are two key players in the scheme of things. But you need it from [Brad] Marchand. You need it from [Gregory] Campbell. You need it from guys that can get there and pressure defensemen, and that's their role. They're not expected to be huge offensive contributors, but they set the tone. They set the passion level for this team."
Milbury noted the Bruins' lack of speed is an issue as well.
"I think they need quickness. I think they need some speed," he said. "I don't want to go back to the [Phil] Kessel deal in a big way, but they miss his speed, they miss his penetrating speed off the wing. '¦ It's the kind of speed that gets defensemen second-guessing themselves, thinking about, 'Jeez, where is this guy? Where's he going to go?' "
|The Hat Trick: Bruins can't save the work for the third
|03.15.10 at 10:43 pm ET
Before we go any further into the Bruins' 3-2 loss to the Devils on Monday night, let's get one thing straight: This wasn't a Jacques Lemaire or Pat Burns-coached team that the Bruins fell to Monday night. It wasn't a fall-behind-by-one-and-the-game's-over scenario, as many who have followed the Bruins have grown accustomed to when it comes to playing the Devils. And while the Devils are a very viable Cup contender this year, this wasn't a throwback to the mid-'90s-on torture that the black and gold have fallen victim to.
This was a struggling team going against a struggling team (the Devils, currently fourth in the conference, entered the evening 4-5-1 over their last 10 games) and struggling.
On Monday night we saw plenty of the Bruins' flaws highlighted. Whether it was the painful uncertainty in net that led to Tim Thomas being yanked after 20 minutes of decent play accompanied by bad luck and big rebounds (for what it's worth, only Zach Parise's goal can be blamed on Thomas ' Scott Niedermayer's was the result of a screen and David Clarkson's a breakaway), a missed opportunity at physically setting the tone (Milan Lucic's dasher to the face) or the lack of consistent offense, it was all there in a rough night for Claude Julien and the gang.
The Bruins are still hanging onto the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference by just one point, with their 72 points narrowly edging the Rangers' 71. Still, in a prospective matchup with the top-seeded Capitals (who are 2-0 against Boston this year and have outscored the Bruins by a margin of 8-2 in their two meetings), the playoffs might just be a formality ' a quick stop on the way to yet another offseason filled with questions of how the Bruins can return to prominence for good.
It wasn't all bad, though. The offense, aside from being snakebitten when it comes to getting multiple tallies in the third (see below), peppered New Jersey netminder Martin Brodeur with 15 shots in the final 20 minutes, and after being outshot 22-21 through two periods, ended the game having outshot the Devils, 36-28. Here is the hat trick of lessons learned in close-but-not-close-enough match at the Prudential Center.
|Canadiens come back to down Bruins
|02.04.10 at 9:45 pm ET
Summary — The Bruins had a solid overall defensive game against Montreal on Thursday but relinquished a two goal lead to the Canadiens in the second period en route to a shootout loss in front of a sold out crowd at TD Garden. Brian Gionta scored the game-winner in the shootout to give Canadiens the two points. Tuukka Rask took the loss for the Bruins with 23 saves and Jaroslav Halak was decent in stopping a barrage of 45 Boston shots in the win. The nine-game losing streak is the longest since the Bruins lost 11 straight from Dec. 8, 1924 to Feb. 17 1925.
Former Bruin Glen Metropolit got the Habs on the board at 17:06 when he crashed the net off his own shot and stuffed the puck past Rask. 39-seconds later Roman Hamrlik beat Rask again with a shot from the left point to erase the Boston advantage and send the game into the third tied at two.
The Bruins got on the board in the first period at 15:48 when Derek Morris set up a nice lead pass for Dennis Wideman to wind up and slap a shot from the point on Halak. Mark Recchi, as he has been known to do in his career, was camped in front of the net and deflected the puck just enough to get it into the net and give Boston a 1-0 lead heading into the second period.
Blake Wheeler scored his 13th goal of the year in the second period when he put a rebound off a David Krejci shot of Halak's shoulder and in at 5:25. Krejci's assist gives him a goal and two assists in the last three games.
Through three periods and overtime the Bruins outshot the Canadiens 47 to 25.
Three Stars
Jaroslav Halak – The Canadien's goaltender stood up to the barrage and stared it down to the tune of 45 saves.
Mark Recchi — The Bruins veteran forward does what he has done so many times in his career — camp in front of the net and deflect pucks past goaltenders. Recchi scored his 11th of the season in the first period for the first goal of the game.
Scott Gomez — The Canadiens center was credited with assists on Montreal's two goals late in the second period to give him 30 helpers on the season.
Turning Point
Boston defenseman Matt Hunwick took an interference penalty at 16:08 in the second period that helped Montreal back into the game. The Canadiens scored their first goal 58-seconds later and would tie it less than a minute later to erase the Bruins two goal advantage and sully what had been a solid defensive effort to that point. It was the Bruins first penalty of the game and their tied-second penalty kill could not keep Montreal off the board.
Key Play
Gionta went to the backhand against Rask in the third round of the shootout to nail down the victory for the Canadiens. Gionta was the only player to score in the shootout as Tomas Plekanec and Gomez were stuffed by Rask while Krejci, Michael Ryder and Marc Savard missed for the Bruins.
|Sobotka strikes gold in win over Oilers
|10.31.09 at 3:14 pm ET
It isn't going to get the fans jumping out of their seats or snag them many trophies at year's end, but the Bruins are rolling up their sleeves and getting to work. Game by game the Black and Gold are sinking deeper into the disciplined, layered, exacting system of defense installed by the B's coaching staff, and that brand of hockey was fully on display in Saturday afternoon's 2-0 shutout win against the Oilers.
The Bruins were led by the gritty Vlad Sobotka, who finished with a goal and an assist — and had another tally wiped away when it came a second after the buzzer ended the second period.
"Our team without the puck is getting better," said Claude Julien. "Vladdy [Sobotka] is starting to find his game again with us that we saw a few years ago. [A game] we really liked. He's an in-your-face type of player, but he's also capable of making some good plays, doing the right things and scoring some goals. He's been much better the last three games, no doubt."
Missing two of their biggest guns due to injury, it's going to take a simplistic, scaled-down approach to the game and an abundance of slim victories in the near future for the Black and Gold. That was exactly what the team received from their whole team, and the Blake Wheeler/Sobotka/Daniel Paille line finally exploded in the third period with two goals en route to victory. With a two-goal lead suddenly in hand, the Bruins defense and goaltender Tuukka Rask clamped down to preserve the shutout over the final 10 minutes of hockey.
The Bruins are still activating their defensemen to keep pressure in the offensive zone as much as possible and rolling their lines, but it's clear that there's some offensive skill missing from the roster. That's why a gritty goal by Sobokta — busting his way through Theo Peckham and Fernando Pisani with the puck to set up Wheeler's score — was exactly what the hockey doctor ordered. Wheeler setting up Sobotka minutes later for the two-goal lead was just icing on the cake.
Andrew Ference missed wide right on a one-time bomber opportunity while pinching down from his defenseman position during a first period flurry. Marco Sturm embarked on a one-man rush up the left side in the second period and earned a clear attempt at the net, but missed high to the top right corner with his slap shot..
The Bruins put heavy pressure on at the end of the second period when Wheeler, Sobotka and Daniel Paille fired off a bevy of shots at the Edmonton cage, and it appeared they broke through when Sobotka whistled an attempt past Nikolai Khabibulin. But the attempt clearly skipped past the goalie following the second period buzzer and whistle indicating the period was over. There was no goal and a scoreless first 40 minutes of action prior to the Sobotka and Wheeler finally putting up some in-regulation fireworks during the final period.
YOU'RE THE BEST AROUND, NOTHING'S EVER GONNA KEEP YOU DOWN:Vladimir Sobotka has looked increasingly impressive since a pep talk with Claude Julien prior to the Ottawa game last weekend, and it finally showed up on the scoreboard Saturday afternoon. Sobotka broke a scoreless deadlock when he fought through both Theo Peckham and Fernando Pisani with the puck, and dished a beautiful backhanded pass to Blake Wheeler. Wheeler slammed the shot past Nikolai Khabibulin and victory was Boston's. Wheeler and Sobotka teamed again minutes later to give Vlad the Scrorer his first goal of the season.
GOAT HORNS:Marco Sturm and Andrew Ference both missed golden scoring opportunities earlier in the game, but there was a great deal to like about the effort and execution in an air-tight win over the Oilers. The Bruins kept putting on the pressure, and finally worn down Edmonton in the final 20 minutes. No goats on Saturday.


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Alive and well at the Dead Sea
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Our first stop was Kerak Castle, one of the better preserved and more important castles on the "Crusader Circuit" in the Middle East.
Next on the agenda was a dramatic descent to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth and the saltiest body of water, too
We were disappointed because we all had wanted to take a dip in the Dead Sea, but the driving wind and intermittent rain made the prospect less than appealing. Apparently, the waters of the Dead Sea make a person very buoyant (we saw pictures of people floating easily on their backs while raising their arms and legs out of the water), and they have healing properties, as well, although entry can hurt like a #!$%^* on cuts or open wounds. Our driver stopped the car by one precipitous cliff looking down to the waters. Below we could see salt-incrusted rocks sitting above the waterline (the sea loses a couple centimeters as year to evaporation); they looked like jagged, enormous snowballs hugging the coast. Above we could see slender rock formations, jutting jauntily into the sky; our driver explained that local legend has it that one of these formations is Lot's wife, who turned to a pillar of salt after flouting God's warning not to look back as her family evacuated Sodom and Gomorhha
Our next stop called for a brief visit to Mt. Nebo, reputed to be the final resting spot of Moses and an important church for the many Christians still living in the area. When we arrived it was raining cats and dogs, so we and Ana Maria demurred, but Andrew, super-tourer as he is, ran in to grab a few shots of the place. You might be able to find them on his website, www.Andrewday.com. When he returned, Ana Maria dubbed him our hero, which we agreed was a deserved title given the downpour.
Finally, we pulled into Madaba, a small town well known for its Christian churches and Byzantine-era mosaics, the most famous being the Orthodox church of St. George. St. George has just a small sanctuary but a very large tile mosaic built into the floor, some of which has worn away over time. Some portions, however, are well-preserved, and they depict the known world at the time of the mosaic's creation, including many of the places we had visited or planned to visit in the next few days. The holy land featured prominently but the mosaic also stretched as far north as Greece and as far south as Egypt. Clearly, we were walking through the cradle of civilization, or at very least the cradle of the civilization from which our Western perspective was born.
The balance of our day consisted of a drive into Jordan's less than stunning capital city preceded by a few administrational stops. Andrew, and more specifically Andrew's luggage, had been very unlucky on this trip. On the 7 flights he took during his visit to the region, his checked baggage was located at his destination only 4 times. Fortunately the airport was on our way into the city, so Andrew persuaded the cab driver to make a short detour to the folks at Royal Jordanian so that he could be reunited with his luggage. To our collective surprise Andrew's rescue mission went off without a hitch, and after another 30 minutes or so we were in the out-skirts of Amman.
Before entering the city, however, we had to make one more stop. Anna had become friends with a Jordanian living in Athens and had been in communication with a mutual friend in Amman who insisted on hosting her while she passed through. This was another needle in a haystack type arrangement, but again after only 15 minutes or so of cell phone coordination and waiting around, Anna met up with her host and we parted ways. We panned to meet up with her the next day for a trip to Jerash and we were also interested in learning about Amman through her host family. Our plan was to meet up the next morning at a hotel we had selected and continue our adventure into Northern Jordan from there.


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|Jimmy Howard admits Red Wings were 'pretty lucky' to beat Bruins
|04.18.14 at 11:20 pm ET
It was the key moment of Game 1.
Jarome Iginla fired a centering pass from the right side boards to Milan Lucic with just over three minutes left in regulation. Lucic got a clean piece of the puck for a redirect on Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard. It appeared to be the perfect pass and perfect chance in a game that had precious few of each.
But instead of the puck finding it's way past Howard, the Detroit goalie got just enough to flick the puck wide of the goal mouth and out of harm's way.
"It was a fortunate save," Howard said. "It was pretty lucky. [Lucic] stuck his stick out and got a lot on it and it sort of just spun off my glove and I was able to get just enough on it. I was pretty lucky."
The momentum swing didn't end there. The pendulum, as it often does in a game like Friday night, swung completely the other way leading to a Red Wings rush up the ice. Wings veteran forward Pavel Datsyuk came across the Bruins blue line and, using the collision of Justin Abdelkader and Bruins defenseman Dougie Hamilton as a screen, fired a shot that beat Tuukka Rask on the far side for the game's only goal and a 1-0 Detroit win.
"He was by himself there so I'm just thinking a shot there and then he drags it across and releases from our D's legs so you just try to get the puck in your eyes and I couldn't," Rask said of Datsyuk's shot. "It squeaked by me. Usually he tries to make a pass but I thought he was by himself there. I just couldn't see it.
"It still went through me so I thought I should have it. But I didn't see it."
Every Stanley Cup playoff series got a head start on the Bruins and Red Wings. Now, on Friday night, Patrice Bergeron and the Bruins get their chance to show how ready they are after a league-best 117 points in the regular season.
"It was great to have those games and get in the mode of playoff hockey and watching it all helps to get a focus," Bergeron said Friday morning after participating in a light optional skate before Friday's Game 1 at TD Garden. "I was getting antsy just watching, for sure. You want to get out there, you want to get going. It's nice that it's finally tonight.
"I'm not rooting for anyone except us right now, so I'm just watching games and, like I said, it helps me getting focused just by watching it and being ready for tonight."
The biggest break for the Bruins and the Red Wings is that they've had a full four days off since the regular season ended on Sunday.
"I think it's good for everyone, just with the schedule we've had after the [Olympic] break," Bergeron said. "It was pretty crazy so it was good everyone to get ready and now we're looking forward to it."
|Claude Julien on Marathon bombings a year later: Way city came together is what I'm trying to remember most
|04.15.14 at 3:46 pm ET
Zdeno Chara spoke for an entire organization when he responded to the question Tuesday of what the one year anniversary of the most painful day in Boston history meant to him.
"I'm not born and raised but I feel a part of the city," the Bruins captain from Slovakia said with pride. "I'm always going to call myself a Bostonian. It's just one of those things that it feels like a home. You try to respect the city and what it represents."
The Bruins held practice Tuesday morning at TD Garden, getting ready for their playoff opener on Friday against the Detroit Red Wings. But after practice, coach Claude Julien, Chara and Jarome Iginla all recalled what they were feeling one year ago to the day when Boston was terrorized and attacked by the bombings at the Boston Marathon and the weeklong manhunt that nearly shut down the city.
"Anybody who doesn't know this is the anniversary isn't paying attention," Julien said. "But it's got some good and it's got some bad obviously. It's sad what happened but for us, I look at how the city just came together and how everybody helped each other and did everything they could to help one another so that's what kind of sticks in my mind.
"But at the same time it was a tough few days from the lockdowns and everything else, those are the things that are coming to mind and some games that were postponed, rightfully so. So some of it isn't great memories but some of it ' certainly the way the city came together is what I'm trying to remember it the most for.
Julien and Chara were getting ready to play Iginla and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, April 19 at TD Garden when a manhunt for the two bombers centered in Watertown shut down the entire city. The game between the Bruins and Penguins was eventually called off on that Friday night and rescheduled for the next day.
The Bruins had two games rescheduled due to the bombings and the manhunt. On April 15, the Bruins postponed their game against the Ottawa Senators to the last day of the season.
On Tuesday, the Bruins reflected on that day in 2013, and how sports and the Bruins helped the city heal.
|Jake McCabe explains his hit on Daniel Paille: 'I wasn't trying to be dirty at all'
|04.12.14 at 4:07 pm ET
Early in the third period of Saturday's game between the Bruins and Sabres, Buffalo defenseman Jake McCabe laid out Bruins winger Daniel Paille with a shoulder hit to Paille's chest in front of the Sabres' bench that knocked Paille out of the game. Paille immediately went to the ice and then wobbled as he tried to get back up on his skates. McCabe said afterward he was just trying to execute a shoulder-to-chest hit.
"My intentions were shoulder to the chest," McCabe said. "I don't think I raised my elbow at all. That was my thought as soon as it happened.
"I got called for interference. I don't think it was too late. He tried to go through me. I kept my hands down. It was just kind of an unfortunate play. His head was down. It's too bad."
McCabe was hit with a five-minute interference call and a game misconduct, and was immediately escorted to the Sabres dressing room.
"I saw him drop," McCabe said. "I knew right away that it probably didn't look good that he dropped like that. I hope the guy is OK. I think the guy has a concussion history in the past. A couple of guys were telling me. Best wishes for that but I wasn't trying to be dirty at all. I was trying to play hard.
"This is the first time I've experienced it here. I experience it in college and you have those big hits and more often times than not you're going to get called for something, whether it be an elbow, apparently an interference tonight. Whatever it may be, you have to keep your hands down as best as possible and just try to play smart."
|Milan Lucic plans on covering himself – and the Bruins – in Old Time glory
|04.07.14 at 8:05 pm ET
In 2011, it was an old Bruins Starter jacket that the No. 1 star of the game wore after each Bruins playoff win.
Last year, Andrew Ference continued his own tradition by using an Army Rangers jacket to serve the same purpose, paying tribute to veterans of the battles in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Bruins can thank a legend from their past for the newest tradition, a heavily-worn "Old-Time Hockey" jacket.
"This is the new game jacket. It's from Johnny Bucyk, so this is the new look from here on in after a win, and hopefully we can pass it along for a long time," Milan Lucic said.
Perhaps the greatest significance of the latest tradition is honoring the past, specifically Bucyk and the Big Bad Bruins of the 1970s, a team the current Bruins are trying to emulate with a second Stanley Cup title this spring.
"There's a lot of respect for those guys, the past of this franchise and the people that have been here, and it's Johnny Bucyk's jacket — he gave it to Looch because he doesn't fit it in anymore," coach Claude Julien quipped over the weekend. "So otherwise, he probably would have had to buy it, right? So he's been real good to us, and we felt that this was a great opportunity for him to continue to be a part of our group, which he is, and donate something that I think the players are finding really important right now.
"And again, it's an homage to those guys that have been here and done so well, and I think our players, as I said, have a lot of respect for those guys and they want to continue the tradition. So they're going to wear that jacket."
Ference might be gone, but the tradition of honoring the player who symbolizes what it means to be a Bruin each game continues, thanks to captain Zdeno Chara.
"Being the captain, he stepped up and carried the tradition of a game jacket," Lucic said.
|Patrice Bergeron again showing he's best two-way player in hockey
|03.28.14 at 8:06 am ET
The last time Patrice Bergeron scored 25 goals in a season, he was a 21-year-old sensation out of Quebec Junior hockey, with lots of speed, playing for a Bruins team out of the playoffs. It was the 2005-06 season and the Bruins under Mike Sullivan finished 29-37-16.
A lot has changed and evolved since.
The 28-year-old won two Olympic gold medals, one Stanley Cup, reached another Stanley Cup final, won the Selke trophy as the best defensive forward in the game.
After watching him put on a two-goal display Thursday night against the team he faced in the finals last season, it's hard not to come to the conclusion that he is in line to win another Selke Trophy this season. He finished second in the race last season and has finished in the top-5 in voting for the award in each of the last four seasons. This will be the fifth straight. As DJ Bean points out, it will be a race between Bergeron and Chicago's Jonathan Toews, who was a minus-1 in Thursday's 3-0 Bruins win at TD Garden.
Not only did Bergeron score twice, he won 15 of 21 face-offs and helped lead a defense that shutout the highest-scoring team in the NHL for just the third time this season. He has an NHL-best plus-38, two better than when he won the Selke in 2012. The Bruins have given up just nine goals in their last nine games.
"It's not something you really are always thinking about," Bergeron said. "It is something that is part of our game as a team as a whole. We are a defense type of team and we get some offense with playing defensively sound and stuff like that. So I think we have to keep that going."
Listen to Bergeron and you get a glimpse of what makes him so special – a two-way player who doesn't take a shift off.
"Every shift is important," he said. "You can't really sit back or take a breather because obviously they're going to turn it up against you. They're a team that relies a lot on speed I think and their transition as well. I thought once we played a little tighter in the neutral zone and also in our fore check, it gave us some success."
All of the above was great before but now he's scoring at a Sidney Crosby pace, at least for the last five games, in which he has six goals, at least one goal in five straight.
"The puck's going in I guess," Bergeron said, showing his typical humility. "There's not much to say about it. It's just you get those chances sometimes during the year and it doesn't go in and now it is. Obviously it's great any time I can chip in offensively and keep my two way game, I'm happy with it."
|Johnny Boychuk says 'everything is OK' after once again sacrificing his body
|03.15.14 at 5:42 pm ET
He could laugh about it after the game but Johnny Boychuk knows full well he was very lucky to even be standing in his electric blue pinstripe suit after Boston's 5-1 throttling of the Carolina Hurricanes Saturday afternoon at TD Garden.
Midway through the third period, he lost an edge as Carolina's Patrick Dwyer reached with his stick for the puck. Boychuk went careening feet first into the boards behind the Bruins net and lay prone on the ice for several minutes clutching his right leg.
Training staff came out and Boychuk immediately got to his feet and swatted away a helping arm so he could get on his skates and test his banged up right leg. He eventually conceded help, with teammate David Krejci helping him off the ice and down the tunnel. Just five minutes after going to the dressing room, Boychuk was back in front of goaltender Chad Johnson, blocking a shot with his skate on the same leg that had just suffered a nasty collision into the unforgiving corner boards.
"I'm a little sore," Boychuk said with a painful grin. "I'm just glad everything's OK."
Indeed, Boychuk appeared to have escaped serious injury, as he had no walking boot on his right leg after the game and didn't show any noticeable limp while walking. He did need about 30 extra minutes of treatment postgame before speaking to reporters.
Boychuk said he had x-rays on the leg but didn't have the results immediately available.
As for what happened, on the play into the boards, Boychuk said it was just an unfortunate case of losing his balance.
"I was going for the puck," Boychuk said. "I was looking left and right to see where my guys were and I went to [make a] hit and then all of a sudden, I'm going into the boards and just went feet-in kind of awkwardly, I guess."
"I think the part is that we're happy he's not injured," Julien said. "The way he went into the boards with both feet could have been a lot worse. So, kind of happy that he was able to come back and that shot on the foot is nothing compared to how hard he went into the boards, but you know what our team has always been made of those kind of players and guys that gut it out and certainly it helps our team get some, I guess, some energy, and some momentum at a certain point of the game where we needed it."


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The Florida Keys Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (FKSPCA) will host a festival dedicated to pit bulls and pit mixes from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 7 at the animal shelter on Stock Island.
"Adopt a Bull," will feature a vaccine and microchip clinic from 12 to 2 p.m. and a shelter open house. Each vaccine and microchip is $10.
The shelter also will present a book-signing by author Cammeron Batanides, who wrote "Meet Panda." Free refreshments and face painting for children will be offered. For more information, call 305-294-4857.
New early-voting hours adopted
Monroe County will hold early voting hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct 27 through Nov. 3 in advance of the Nov. 6 general election, the assistant supervisor of elections announced.
The county will offer the following early voting sites starting Saturday, Oct. 27: The Supervisor of Elections Offices in Key West, Marathon and Key Largo; and the public libraries in Big Pine Key and Islamorada.
County Supervisor of Elections Harry Sawyer was the last hold-out in Florida to adopt the new schedule, which has the same number of hours in fewer than 12 days. Sawyer, a Republican, conceded only after the U.S. Justice Department approved the new plan but believes 12 days is better for voters.


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George Hegamin. The name always creeps back into the consciousness every time the rationalization of Andy Reid being a "great coach" takes on a certain personal flavor.
The debate can rage on forever between Eagles fans who can't stand the guy for reasons they understand and the rest of the nation who loves the guy for reasons they really don't even know aside from that they seem to fit in nicely with classic clichés.
The facts are, Big Red is in his 14th season with Philly's NFL franchise, has been in charge of the entire operation almost the word go, and can claim five NFC championship appearances and one Super Bowl showing. Color that pro or con or however you like, that's the deal.
He's accomplished some things, and not others.
Like him or loathe him, it's all there in the record books.
But the sainthood slant most of his supporters seem to bequeath onto him in unabashed reverential fashion … it's just never made sense – because of Hegamin. We get the "good" with Reid – family guy, religious man, giving, personable, players' coach, smart. All of that is apparent. As is the tragedy he endured this summer when his oldest child died from a drug overdose.
But he's a little selective on the personable, saving his best for those he can woo outside the Eagles' realm, and with being a players' coach.
Indeed, with Hegamin, Reid showed his hand there, and he did so within months of taking over as Eagles head coach in 1999.
A nondescript player who could have been labeled, depending on one's perspective, overrated or an underachiever, Hegamin drew Reid's ire by acting the petulant child after a demotion from first string. The offensive lineman left training camp, headed to his agent's house … and was promptly told it might be a good idea to return.
He did, and Reid made an example of him – not to the team, but the media.
Huh? The crossed-wires thinking of that still boggles the mind.
Instead of having Hegamin own his "mistake" to those who mattered – the guys he went to battle with every day – the coach made a point to show outsiders that he rules with an iron fist.
Talk about a bully pulpit. By parading the big fella out to the practice field and having him drive the blocking sled, relentlessly, the length of the field for all who carried pens, paper, tape recorders, cameras and cared to notice, the coach took low to a new low. It was pointless and pathetic, a personal attack on an individual who was no threat to Reid.
It was a dog-and-pony show, a predetermined act to humiliate a player, to prove that he had the authority and the gumption to do so, to show he was that darn tough.
That's not tough. That's fake tough, and that's exactly the kind of character he brought into the fold prior to the 2011 season with the hire of defensive line coach Jim Washburn. "Old school" in a way that not only should remain in the past, but retired for good now that he finally got canned following Sunday night's defensive debacle in Dallas, Washburn created a divide in the locker room with his arrogance and ill-advised autonomous dedication to his beloved Wide 9 scheme … and Reid allowed it to happen, to fester, to build to the point where his own future with the franchise is in peril.
Bullies tend to bow down to fellow bullies, especially older ones with a saltier tongue. With reports surfacing that Washburn not only was insubordinate to Reid, but disrespectful to others within the organization, to the point he'd refer to former defensive coordinator Juan Castillo as "Juanita," most wonder why Reid didn't keep that door revolving as soon as Washburn walked through it. They shouldn't. Castillo, a true-blue soldier under Reid's reign, was cast aside first … because, well, it was easier. He'd take it like a man and actually be thankful for his time with Reid and the Eagles.
Washburn? Completely bereft of "team concept" beliefs, he threatened to quit after his prize recruit, defensive end Jason Babin, was dumped a week ago for his cancerous effect as much as his lack of production.
Now, as the end seems to near, his proponents continue to pitch that Reid should remain in charge until the end of the season, if only as a show of respect, the type of respect they believe he deserves.
Meanwhile, Reid himself keeps options open as to whom to blame next for his team's current 3-9 state … after, of course, making his weekly hollow proclamation of "I take responsibility."
Coach, you're still in charge and you're pointing the finger elsewhere.
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Usage-Based Insurance Onboarding: It's All In The Packaging
Posted by Ellen Carney on April 23, 2014
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Alright, I admit it. I'm not necessarily the most loyal insurance customer. I like mixing things up to test out different experiences, which means that if you're my insurance company, I'm going to talk about you in my job...a lot.
Back in 2012 when I was writing the US Secure Auto Insurance Site Rankings report, I changed my car insurance to Progressive (so underwhelmed was I by their predecessor, I can't remember the name of the insurer, just that I got from my agent). And I not only changed to Progressive, I also switched from a traditional auto policy to the company's usage-based insurance coverage, SnapShot.
A few days after signing up, I was surprised to get this box in the mail--note the SnapShot logo on the packaging tape (and trust me that there's a Progressive logo on both ends of the box). Best of all, there was a compelling call to action on the box: "Plug In Today!"
And inside the shipping container? This smaller box, about the size of...the box an engagement ring might come in. Oh my! I felt like I was about to go with Flo on a Thelma and Louise-like adventure, assuming that we'd be safer drivers than they were, at least when the movie ended.
The box itself opened like a flower, and swaddled in a comfy nest of orange tissue paper was the device that I was going to plug into my Mini. And there were even more messages imploring me to "Plug It In" and "The Key To Savings Is In My Hand". In very small print in one of the "petals", there was a message that this was the property of Progressive and that they'd whack me for 50 bucks if I didn't send it back.
The device itself? A masterful execution of Jetson space-age industrial design. Note the Progressive blue winglets on the silvery, rounded sides, ostensibly flying my driving data back to all the Big Data scientists in Mayfield Village. And plugging it in? Meh--not quite so fun for a 56-year old pair of knees that got up close and personal with my stone driveway, and my same-aged neck that had to crane to install it under the steering wheel of my Mini.
Fast forward to 2014. With a four-report series on usage-based insurance and an update of the US Mobile Auto Insurance Benchmark that will include three new auto insurers on the docket for 2014, I returned to my wanton insurance shopping and switching ways. Beguiled by their campaign about quotes in about seven minutes (and actually, it was multiples of that to quote and bind, but more on that in another report) I said good bye to Flo and SnapShot and said Hello There to Esurance and DriveSense.
With Esurance's hipster cool marketing (who can forget the Super Bowl non-ad!), I couldn't possibly imagine what the Esurance version of the device delivery (aka "on-boarding) experience would be like. Thirteen days later (Mike, the agent in the South Dakota call center said it would be about 10 days), this is what comes in the mail:
...a plain brown box. Why, I had to put on my old lady glasses to see if it was the carburetor for my tractor or something from the Medical Marijuana Business Daily (which really is for my job and also ships in a plain brown wrapper). I thought "Those saavy Esurance guys--why waste an extra dime on the shipping package? Let's pull out the stops and invest in what's IN the box."
My anticipation only mounting, I cut the packing tape to reveal:
Instead of my jewelry box-like packaging, I got an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper folded in half with a message telling me that "...you're now playing an even larger part in Esurance's exciting and innnovative approach to car insurance." Really???? I never would have used "exciting and innovative", based on the packaging. The call to action was this: "Please promptly insert the device into your car's on-board diagnostics (OBD) port using the following installation instructions." Where was the message about my savings (which Esurance was admittedly about $400 less than I was paying for SnapShot, even after my 30% discount, mostly because my one and only speeding ticket in my life was a non-issue by the time I switched).
And the Esurance device did look like a tractor part--square, flat, and BIG, which doesn't bode well for me, since I regularly dislodged the smaller streamlined SnapShot device getting in and out of my Mini's cramped driver compartment. BIG and more surface area for me to knock doesn't promise me fewer re-installations and re-seatings with the Esurance device, plus it stays in my car all the time, not just the 6 months of SnapShot.
So, what's the takeaway? If you have to send me something in order to become a customer, you might as well be clever. In my case, one did it in an engaging and enjoyable way with a clear call to action. The other? Not at all, leaving me disappointed in how I was on-boarded and skeptical about how they'll engage with me as a customer.
Want to know more about the state and future of usage-based insurance? We have two reports (US and European landscapes) coming out this quarter; a Canadian landscape this summer; and our future of in Q4.
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Today is the transit of Venus, when that planet passes in front of the sun. Hopefully the bad weather blanketing much of New Zealand doesn't preclude at least some people from observing the event. Observing the transit was one of Captain Cook's primary objectives for the Endeavour expedition, and this was done in Tahiti in… Read more »
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Will you be Te Papa's 20 millionth visitor?
During the month of May, we are expecting to reach the milestone of 20 million visitors since opening in 1998. We are so excited that our partners and sponsors want to celebrate this with us, and have put together a great prize package for our 20 millionth visitor. The prize will be presented as they… Read more »
New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt gifted to Te Papa
The New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt and associated archive has been gifted to Te Papa, and is now housed in the museum for posterity. The Quilt is a profound and significant taonga – representing the many people who died of AIDS in New Zealand during the devastating epidemic in the 1980s and 90s. The Quilt… Read more »
Upcoming lecture: War Brides
In conjunction with the exhibition Unveiled: 200 Years of Wedding Fashion from the Victoria & Albert Museum, Dr Gabrielle Fortune will present an illustrated lecture on how wartime austerity impacted on wedding fashion at Te Papa this Sunday at 2pm. Specifically, she will be looking at the wedding dresses of women who married New Zealand servicemen… Read more »
Unveiled: Wedding Dress of the Week
This week I am deviating from my own rules, as this Friday's Wedding Dress is from neither the V&A's or Te Papa's collection. It is from Vinka Lucas' Wedding Empire! The marvellous Vinka Lucas is the topic of Lucy Hammond's Unveiled lecture on Sunday 18 March at 11am. Vinka, pictured below, is one of New Zealand… Read more »
Black in Fashion
While Unveiled unpacks the influence of the colour white on wedding fashion, another exhibition has just recently opened in Wellington that explores fashion's long term obsession with black. Black in Fashion is a 'pop-up' exhibition curated by former fashion designer Doris de Pont. Doris and her creative team have populated a raw and empty shop… Read more »
Costume and Textile symposium: call for papers
The Costume & Textile Association of New Zealand has just announced that its 2012 annual Symposium will be held in Nelson in late July. Hosted in conjunction with the Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, this event promises to deliver two days of entertaining speakers united by their enthusiasm for all things fabric and frocks. Dates will be… Read more »
January in History
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Unveiled events programme kicks off!
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Everything you need to know about Aereo, the Supreme Court and the future of TV. "In one of the biggest cases of the year for tech, a young start-up is taking on TV broadcasters in the Supreme Court," writes the Switch's Brian Fung. "Depending on the outcome, the battle could either solidify TV networks' grip over their content or throw the doors open to a future where consumers will be able to get traditional, over-the-air programming over the Internet instead."
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Watch the guy Newsweek thinks created Bitcoin thank the community for their bitcoins. Remember Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto? He has a very special video message for bitcoiners who donated cryptocurrency to him in the wake of the Newsweek cover story that turned his life upside down.
iPhones and Macs get fix for extremely critical "triple handshake" crypto bug. Dan Goodin in Ars Technica writes about the latest cryptography issue to hit Apple devices. "The flaw resides in the secure transport mechanism of iOS version 7.1 and earlier for iPhones and iPads and the Mountain Lion 10.8.5 and Mavericks 10.9.2 versions of Mac OS X, according to advisories here and here. The bug makes it possible to bypass HTTPS encryption protections that are designed to prevent eavesdropping and data tampering by attackers with the capability to monitor traffic sent by and received from vulnerable devices."
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Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson: International Engagement
The international engagement of the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson (UCMH) is primarily focused in two projects.
An English as a Second Language Program
The congregation's involvement with English as a Second Language (ESL) began in 2004 with some deep thinking by its recently re-energized social action committee. During that year the congregation had committed to provide a full "tithe" of its membership contributions to its social action committee, a committee that had previously operated on a shoe string. The committee set out to evaluate the needs of its community, and to get involved in a project which would provide a long-term difference in people's lives. In their analysis they considered that both Marlborough and Hudson—the two communities that the congregation serves—have large immigrant populations that are underserved, particularly by literacy programs. They discovered that, In fact, multi-year waiting lists for ESL programs were common.
The committee took the point of view that there are serious economic and social ramifications caused by the lack of literacy programs for the region's immigrant population, and decided to find a niche in this work where they could be helpful. They decided that the most effective role they could play would be to help an existing ESL organization increase its capacity, rather than spend energy developing a new program. The organization they chose to partner with is "Literacy Unlimited" which supports four hundred literacy students with four hundred literacy tutors. The congregation initially provided $3000, volunteer assistance, and donated the use of the church assembly room for the training of volunteer literacy tutors.
A year or so later the church learned that the Marlborough library needed assistance to translate a brochure about local resources into Portuguese. The church's social action committee made it possible for the library to accomplish this project, and continues to partner with the library by supporting its literacy program. Current efforts to expand the availability of ESL include discussion between the church's social action committee and the Hudson Maynard Adult Learning Center. Optimism about the future is high.
Supporting Habitat for Humanity International
In the Spring of 2007 members of the church learned that Habitat for Humanity would soon be getting involved in their local community, and they quickly became involved. The church has provided $8,500 in grant money to the local project committee, donates meeting space, has committed to provide volunteers when construction begins, and, has offered a highly visible location (the church green) for Habitat's "fundraising thermometer."
UCMH is a small congregation (approximately sixty members) with an expansive vision. It demonstrates that international engagement can occur in very local ways. The core religious values of "hospitality" and "justice-making" are fulfilled in a very effective way through the literacy programs that serve an international population. And, in addition to the local impact of the church's support for Habitat for Humanity, a tenth of all donations that go to the local project committee will be sent to an international Habitat for Humanity International affiliate where its impact will be immense.
Key participants in the church's international engagement through these projects are: Johanna Ambrosio-LePlant, former Social Action Committee chair and current congregational president, Bruce Crawford, liaison to Marlborough library, Wendy Cohen, liaison to Habitat for Humanity local project committee, Reverend Stephen Shick, parish minister, and a congregation of people committed to a "Sixth Principle" vision.


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