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BLUE BOOK - Cook Chill for Foodservice and Manufacturing: Guidelines for Safe Production, Storage and Distribution
Are you involved in, or planning, cook chill food production in your foodservice operation?
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Following on from Guidelines for Food Productions Systems, including Food Safety Program, published by the Australian Cook Chill Council in 2000, this book has been revised and updated to reflect new food safety and production information and the growth in the cook chill market for both foodservice and retail sectors.
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BIRTH OF A PROFESSION: History of the AIFST
'Birth of a Profession: a History of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology' is the story of the founding and first four decades of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology.
The history has been compiled by Dr Keith Farrer OBE, 2nd AIFST President (1969-71), Jack Kefford, 3rd AIFST President (1971-73), and Past Food Australia Editor, and Emeritus Professor Ken Buckle, 15th AIFST President (1995-97) and Past Public Officer.
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GREEN BOOK: Currently out of print.
GOLD BOOK - Spoilage of Processed Foods: Causes and Diagnosis
This publication covers a full range of foods, processing methods and spoilage organisms with contributions from more than 40 of Australia's leading food scientists and microbiologists from research and teaching institutions, laboratories and the food industry.
Following an Introduction on food spoilage, Section 2 reviews the technologies, aspects of the preservation of foods using heat, chilling, water activity, fermentation, preservatives, non-thermal processes and packaging. Section 3 covers the spoilage of various food classes and includes 14 major food groups. Section 4 deals with procedures for investigating and interpreting both microbial and non-microbial spoilage. The final section looks at the organisms themselves, and covers the physiology, ecology and taxonomy of spoilage organisms and methods for their detection and identification. Ten different microbial groups are covered.
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Steel Rope Hook, which can let Raven follow other air mech units (Banshee or Phoenix), and catch up with their speed, for a while, maybe for 15-25 seconds.
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Storied 'Great American Race' gets new wrinkle: stages
RELATED: See the stages for every 2017 race DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Daytona 500 turns 59 on Sunday, just one year shy of a solid, round milestone number. But the otherwise ordinary anniversary has a momentous wrinkle thrown in. For the first time in its history, the "Great American Race" will be run in three stages -- 60, 60 and 80 laps -- with points incentives to the top finishers in each segment. It's an infusion of a new-school format, transposed against the backdrop of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series ' most prestigious event. The significance isn't lost on the 40 drivers who will take the flag in Sunday's 500 (2 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), and neither is the bounty of bonus points that will be available. It's a tantalizing carrot, one that could alter teams' approaches as each race plays out this season. RELATED: Format enhancement fast facts "I think that's the biggest thing -- it's going to change the strategy," said Kevin Harvick , the 2007 Daytona 500 winner. "I think there is going to be a lot of strategy involved. Late cautions in (stages) or the timing of the (stages) … if there is an early caution … do you stay out and gain the points and pit later? There's going to be a lot of strategy that will mix the field up more than we've seen in the past. … "There's really no time to relax and I think that's going to create a bit more of a chaotic atmosphere for the fact that there is so much to get and if you don't aggressively go out and try and get those things, you're going to get behind really fast." The lure for drivers at the end of the first two stages are regular-season points awarded to the top 10, plus a bonus point for a stage winner to carry into the playoffs. That format will be in place for all 36 points-paying races through the season. The scoring system is no different for the other 35 events, but Sunday's opener has the weight of the Harley J. Earl Trophy and a career-changing victory at the end of the third stage. RELATED: Changes in NASCAR for 2017 "I'd love to get those points, obviously, at the end of each stage, but I do feel like there's going to be people that wreck at the end of the stages," said Austin Dillon , who won the Daytona 500 pole position in 2014. "So, I don't know. If I'm running in the top three and I keep in my position, I probably won't pull out of it." While on-track discretion will remain in play, the format may have an unintended effect on restrictor-plate racing at Daytona and sister track Talladega in potentially discouraging the play-it-safe tactic of laying back of the main pack. Joey Logano , the 2015 Daytona 500 winner, said he imagines that stage strategy will evolve for crew chiefs over the course of the season, but that for him, there's little strategy to dither over. "For me as a driver, nothing changes because I'm as wide-open as I can be," Logano said. "I don't have a slower gear. It's high speed all the time and I'm gonna try to pass everyone every time I can, so that part doesn't change for me." </p>
Kaz Grala sneaks by last-lap 'Big One' for win at Daytona
RELATED: Race results " Series standings " Detailed breakdown DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- In the space of 100 laps, Kaz Grala went from youngest NASCAR national series pole winner at Daytona International Speedway to youngest NASCAR national series race winner at Daytona. What happened between the first green flag and the checkers, however, could fill volumes. Miraculously, Grala slipped through a wild wreck on the backstretch on the final lap of Friday night's NextEra Energy Resources 250 to win the first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race contested in stages under NASCAR's new competition format. That final wreck, ignited when Ben Rhodes spun from the outside lane off the bumper of ThorSport Racing teammate Grant Enfinger, wiped out veteran contenders Johnny Sauter , Timothy Peters and Matt Crafton . RELATED: In-car look at last-lap melee But Grala -- 18 years, 1 month and 26 days old -- drove through the melee as trucks bounced off each other like pinballs on either side of him. Grala claimed the trophy for his first national series victory and the five playoff points that go with a race win under NASCAR's new scoring system . Austin Wayne Self took the runner-up spot, followed by Chase Briscoe, and the father-son combination of John Hunter Nemechek and Joe Nemechek in fourth and fifth. "That was freaking awesome! I can't believe we won Daytona," Grala said in Victory Lane. "I couldn't see a lot there. I knew it was a little bit risky. It was the last lap, and we had to do what we had to do. "I saw coming out of (Turn) 2 it starting to get crazy. There wasn't going to be any way I was going to be lifting (off the accelerator). I was just going to go low, cross my fingers and close my eyes a little bit. "Luckily, it worked out for me. I just can't believe it. It's so surreal." Self put it much more succinctly. "When all hell broke loose, we were in the right spot." The race didn't wait until the last lap to get crazy. On the second lap, Briscoe, racing for the first time in the Truck Series, gave Noah Gragson's Toyota an off-center tap on the rear bumper, sending Gragson bouncing off the outside wall in Turn 1 and out of control. By the time the smoke cleared, 17 trucks -- one more than half the field -- had sustained varying degrees of damage in the wreck. RELATED: One lap in, wreck shakes up Daytona field Gragson, Austin Cindric and Ryan Truex couldn't continue. Same for Ross Chastain and Clay Greenfield . John Hunter Nemechek stayed on the lead lap but fell victim to a flat tire as Stage 2 of the race came to an end with Sauter in the lead. "I took a few hard hits out there," said Gragson, who was unhurt in the wreck. "Just a bummer. I didn't want to end the race like this, but I had a good time for the lap I got. "Felt like the 29 (Briscoe) hit me in the wrong part of the bumper going through the tri-oval. It just got me loose, and it got pointed into the outside wall." In the final 60-lap stage, all four GMS Chevrolet pitted early on Lap 68. Though Spencer Gallagher and ultimate sixth-place finisher Scott Lagasse Jr. drew speeding penalties while exiting pit road, Sauter reclaimed the lead, with Grala trailing him, when Christopher Bell 's Toyota got loose in Turn 4, slowed and spun off the bumper of Timothy Peters ' Tundra. Sauter, the defending series champion, looked to be in control of the race until John Hunter Nemechek 's spin off Turn 2 on Lap 95 of 100 caused the fifth and final caution and set up a chaotic two-lap run to the finish. Wrecked on the backstretch, Sauter was credited with a 15th-place finish but collected two playoff points for winning both the first and second stages, each lasting 20 laps. Bell, one of the preseason favorites for the championship, sustained heavy damage in three wrecks, including the last one, but his seemingly indestructible No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra made it to the finish line in eighth-place, salvaging a respectable result from a potentially disastrous night. </p>
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Cain: Bigger and more memorable at Texas
RELATED: Gallery of memorable moments at Texas " Full weekend schedule FORT WORTH -- From track "weepers" and multicar inaugural-lap pileups to a winner's circle confrontation between two Indianapolis 500 champs, Texas Motor Speedway has been the site of some of the most remarkable, memorable and bizarre story lines of any circuit on the NASCAR circuit. The 1.5-mile oval outside Fort Worth celebrates its 20th year hosting a NASCAR race this week with Saturday night's Duck Commander 500 (7:30 p.m. ET, FOX, PRN, Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.) And for those of us around at the very beginning, it seems a fitting time to reminisce a bit about the facility's famously storied early history. As they like to remind you in Texas, everything is "bigger" there. And it has been. The track's early trials and tribulations have only contributed to its great character and esteem. In my 25 years of sports journalism, the opening races at Texas Motor Speedway still remain among the most unforgettable times of my career. Never before and never since have I covered a specific beat that provided as much sensation, controversy and must-see-TV as TMS in the early years. Two decades later, the track located at the intersection of an interstate and two major Texas highways has evolved into one of the sport's most prestigious venues. It boasts the largest HD screen, named "Big Hoss," fantastic spectator seating and the most condominiums of any track on the circuit. Plus really great racing. Nearly 195,000 people showed up for the inaugural Texas race in 1997 and most of those who were ticket holders then still are, two decades later proving they are as faithful and optimistic as they were devoted. It turns out those have been good traits for this endeavor. MORE: Paint scheme preview for Texas I had just started work at The Dallas Morning News newspaper in the spring of 1997 a few weeks after Jeff Burton took the checkered flag for NASCAR's first Cup series race at Texas in April. The new facility was considered the "home track" to cover. After reporting on the Indianapolis 500 in May, I was immediately back home in Dallas, ready for the Indy Racing League's night-time debut at TMS the next week. There, a 26-year old future three-time NASCAR Cup champion Tony Stewart put on an open-wheel show for the ages, racing wheel-to-wheel lap-after-lap with Buddy Lazier. Stewart -- who went on to win two Cup races at Texas (2006 and 2011) -- led a race-high 100 of the 208 laps only to suffer an engine failure that night. But toward the end of the race there were questions regarding the scoring shown on the monitor in the press box. And soon after making my way down to the infield to prepare for a super-tight Saturday night newspaper deadline, the real craziness began. While trying to get post-race quotes from the apparent first-time winner Billy Boat ( XFINITY Series driver Chad's dad) and Boat's team owner, Texan A.J. Foyt, I was standing a few feet away when driver Arie Luyendyk confronted Foyt in Victory Lane. After questioning the results, challenging Foyt and suggesting he was actually the legitimate race winner, Luyendyk tumbled into the victory flowers. Boat and Foyt hoisted the trophy. It was surreal. I was on a crazy tight deadline. But the next day in a hastily called press conference, Luyendyk was declared the winner after USAC conceded a scoring error. After USAC officials suggested problems with the track's scoring system , TMS President Eddie Gossage took the press conference podium and strongly reminded that the speedway wasn't responsible for the scoring . "I got home at 3 in the morning knowing we gave the trophy to the wrong winner and had a press conference for 8 in the morning," said Gossage. "I go in to the press conference with two hours of sleep and I'm sitting in the back row and the head scorer for USAC says that the speedway's timing and scoring equipment didn't work. "He says it again and then a third time so I just walked up on stage and stepped up to the podium and eased him to the side and said, " Texas Motor Speedway doesn't own a stop watch. ... People have a right to know when they leave the race track who the winner is and we all didn't get what we paid for." Then after a dramatic exit and door slam, Gossage recalls, "My dad called from Tennessee and said, 'You were raised better, acting like an idiot on television for all the world to see, embarrassing me and your mom.' I said, 'What?' He said, 'You didn't know it was live on ESPN?' "I didn't. And then I was like, 'You're right, sir. I'm sorry. I know better.' " Gossage has a good laugh recalling the whole ordeal now. Foyt, who still disputes the result, kept the trophy and Luyendyk was given another one. A year later, Boat recalled of the evening, "We went into Victory Circle knowing nothing about a scoring error, only that someone was talking derogatory about our race team. You don't do that in a big Texan's Victory Circle." Luyendyk, of Holland, said the incident -- replayed repeatedly all over the world at the time -- actually made him and the Texas Motor Speedway more famous overseas. MORE: Gossage and drivers try to draw state of Texas And then in 1998 came NASCAR's second Cup try. After two multi-car accidents in the inaugural race, conventional wisdom promised this one just had to go down more smoothly. NASCAR's biggest stars such as Rusty Wallace, Ernie Irvan, Dale Earnhardt and Mark Martin were among those who crashed in the opening race. Darrell Waltrip finished last after being involved in a 13-car wreck on the very first turn of the very first lap of Cup competition there. And Burton ended up winning by 4 seconds. Surely, everyone figured, the second race would be smoother. It wasn't. "Weepers" became a familiar word. The water seeping through the track caused qualifying to be completed a day late. And of all things, there was a huge 10-car accident on the second lap of the race. Jeff Gordon and yes, Waltrip, were collected in that melee. Mark Martin won the race by a half-second over Chad Little and Robert Pressley. Shortly after, TMS went through a re-paving and re-fitting, track owner Bruton Smith and Gossage committed to correction. "The first year it was just terrible and everything seemed to go wrong," Gossage conceded this week. "And the second year, obviously you try to improve so all of a sudden here's these weepers that came through. "I remember driving into the infield and in the rearview mirror saw Lake Speed knock the wall down in Turn 1 in qualifying. I thought, 'Oh no.' "I'm always the worst critic," Gossage said, logging the long hours readying for the weekend's big events. "There are things other people might not have noticed but I did. For some reason things worked really well in 1999 when Terry Labonte won and it's been better since then. That's the way a race weekend was supposed to go." Not only has it been better, it's typically a discussion point in every season review. In 2005, Texas finally got the second date it had longed for since I worked at the Dallas paper nearly a decade earlier. And the facility -- big enough to fit every Texas sporting stadium in its infield -- is also a big-time player in the Chase for the Sprint Cup . It's still providing those jaw-dropping, television highlight moments seemingly born with the track. Dale Earnhardt Jr . scored his first Cup win at TMS in April 2000. And Chase Elliott got his first XFINITY Series win here in 2014 driving for Junior at JR Motorsports. Gordon, who won this race in 2009, has starred in a couple TMS highlight reels, too. He was involved in a pair of high profile skirmishes from taking on Burton on-track after a wreck in 2010 to a crazy pit road scuffle with Brad Keselowski in 2014. "You have to be honest," Gossage said. "And looking back, it's just how things occurred. I wouldn't trade any of it, if it is what got us where we are. I'll take where we stand in our success as the most successful major market speedway in the history of this sport. I'll take that. "I won't trade my job with the guy running any other race track because I'm just so proud of what's been accomplished here."
The Rundown: Las Vegas
Analysis of all 43 cars in Sunday's Kobalt 400 Play: NASCAR Fantasy Live RELATED: Full race results " Updated series standings 1. Kevin Harvick , No. 4 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing . An 18th-place start was only a temporary stall for the defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, who surged to take the lead on Lap 91. He paced the field for a race-high 142 laps and persevered through "an uncomfortable last run" to earn his first Cup win at the 1.5-mile desert oval and his third straight top-two result of the 2015 season. Harvick, now the points leader, has won his past three contests at Phoenix International Raceway , the next stop on the Cup circuit. " WATCH: Harvick discusses the win in Victory Lane 2. Martin Truex Jr ., No. 78 Chevrolet, Furniture Row Racing . Truex overcame a loose-handling condition midway through the race to record his best LVMS result and earn his third straight top-10 of the year. " READ: Truex's inspirational drive 3. Ryan Newman , No. 31 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing . As the temperatures increased on the 1.5-mile desert track, the handling of Newman's Chevrolet initially disappeared. He rallied to finish third and capture his best career LVMS result. " WATCH: Newman discusses Vegas finish 4. Dale Earnhardt Jr ., No. 88 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports . Junior showed strength driving the high line, but his late-race lead was cut short by a hard-charging Harvick. "Second, fifth, fourth -- it don't matter (where you finish) if you don't win," said Earnhardt, who now ranks second in the points standings. " WATCH: Junior weighs in on late-race gamble 5. Denny Hamlin , No. 11 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing . The left-front of Hamlin's Toyota sustained damage early while he tried to navigate a congested pit road. The impact was enough to affect his initial speed but not his overall performance. He is the biggest mover from the race weekend, improving 11 spots to eighth in the standings. 6. AJ Allmendinger , No. 47 Chevrolet, JTG-Daugherty Racing. The single-car outfit continues its ascent after Allmendinger wheeled his way to his second straight top-10 result. Allmendinger picked up three spots and now ranks fifth in the standings. 7. Brad Keselowski , No. 2 Ford, Team Penske . A tire vibration and subsequent pit road violation could have spelled doom for Keselowski, but he caught a break in both cases. First, the competition caution gave his team a chance to address the vibration. Much later, Jimmie Johnson blew a tire, which prompted the caution and enabled then-beneficiary of the free pass Keselowski to return to the lead lap. The 2012 Champion picks up six spots in the standings, improving to 16th. 8. Kyle Larson , No. 42 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing . Larson's pit crew performed well, helping the Cup sophomore nab his first top 10 of the season. 9. Matt Kenseth , No. 20 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing . Kenseth scored his second top-10 of the year after working with his team to solve a loose-handling condition. Another big mover, Kenseth improves eight spots to now rank 10th in the points standings. " See the full Sprint Cup Series standings 10. Joey Logano , No. 22 Ford, Team Penske . Two pit road speeding penalties couldn't keep Logano down, as the driver led the opening 27 laps prior through the competition caution. The Daytona 500 champion rallied to post his third straight top-10 of the year and ranks third in the points standings. 11. Jamie McMurray , No. 1 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing . McMurray just missed recording his first top-10 of the season and improves seven positions to 25th in the driver standings. 12. Paul Menard , No. 27 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing . Menard, who narrowly avoided being collected by Carl Edwards ' incident on Lap 195, improves four spots in the points standings to 13th. 13. Brian Scott , No. 33 Chevrolet, Circle Sport Racing. Scott benefited from the beneficiary of the free pass after a caution on Lap 187 and went on to claim his best career Cup finish. 14. Greg Biffle , No. 16 Ford, Roush-Fenway Racing. Biffle started strong, but encountered a loose-handing condition that hindered his forward progress. Still, he improved two spots in the points standings to 11th. 15. Brian Vickers , No. 55 Toyota, Michael Waltrip Racing . Vickers, in his first race back since open heart surgery, began Sunday's race by thanking his team for not giving up on him. He surged quickly through the field after starting 28th. 16. Regan Smith , No. 41 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing . Smith weathered an early pit road penalty and returned to the lead lap as the beneficiary of the free pass after Carl Edwards ' accident on Lap 195. Smith was running fourth with 17 laps to go and was among the leaders trying to hold out for a late-race caution during the long green-flag stretch. 17. Kasey Kahne , No. 5 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports . Kahne could seemingly run any line he wanted at Vegas on Sunday and spent the first half of the event racing inside the top five. His luck faded, though, on Lap 195 when he was traveling the high line and Carl Edwards forced him into the wall. " MORE: Kahne, Edwards clash in Kobalt 400 18. Jeff Gordon , No. 24 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports . Gordon, the Coors Light Pole Award winner, had to start from the rear of the field after being involved in an accident with Danica Patrick during final practice. The highs and lows continued for the veteran in his final Vegas race. He improved to crack the top 10 by Lap 143, but sustained critical damage to the nose of his car after bumping Jeb Burton 29 laps later. Burton was trying to avoid being collected when Jimmie Johnson blew a tire. " MORE: Tough day for Gordon in Las Vegas 19. Ryan Blaney , No. 21 Ford, Wood Brothers Racing . Blaney recovered from early issues to find speed late in the race and post his best result so far of the 2015 Sprint Cup Series season. 20. Austin Dillon , No. 3 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing . Dillon improved 15 spots to crack the top 10 on Lap 75, but later was dealt a pit road penalty that impacted his team's forward march. 21. Clint Bowyer , No. 15 Toyota, Michael Waltrip Racing . Rear grip was a problem for Bowyer in practice and on Sunday, he constantly reported a tight-handling race car. His team gambled on pit strategy by staying out during late-race, green-flag stops, but Bowyer ultimately had to stop to make it to the end. 22. David Ragan , No. 18 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing . Despite qualifying 13th, Ragan started from the rear of the field after slapping the wall during final practice. The team made consistent gains and ran steadily inside the top 25. 23. David Gilliland , No. 38 Ford, Front Row Motorsports . Crew chief Donnie Wingo reminded Gilliland that Las Vegas had a history of getting looser as the race continued and encouraged Gilliland to use the driver-adjustable track bar feature. 24. Sam Hornish Jr ., No. 9 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports . Late-race gains improved the handling of the No. 9 Ford, and he held on to score his best result at LVMS since 2009. 25. Casey Mears , No. 13 Chevrolet, Germain Racing . Although handling was an ongoing issue, Mears' top-25 result keeps him inside the top 10 of the points standings. He is ranked ninth going into next week at Phoenix International Raceway . 26. Aric Almirola , No. 43 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports . Almirola ran as high as ninth on Sunday and raced inside the top 20 until he was clocked going too fast entering pit road at Lap 197. 27. Danica Patrick , No. 10 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing . Patrick's team salvaged her starting spot after she was involved in a last-minute accident in final practice. She reported aero issues on Sunday, which she said made her car easy to turn sideways in traffic. 28. Trevor Bayne , No. 6 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing . Bayne struggled to find balance all race long in his Ford, which shifted from a tight- to loose-handling condition as the race unfolded. 29. Ricky Stenhouse Jr ., No. 17, Roush Fenway Racing . Stenhouse's Vegas run was complicated after he made contact with the wall and then hit a loose tire on pit road. He worked with his team to persevere through the damage. 30. Michael McDowell , No. 95 Ford, Leavine Family Racing . McDowell narrowly avoided colliding with Michael Annett , when Annett lost the handle on his car around Lap 150. Still, McDowell held on to earn his best LVMS finish. 31. Justin Allgaier , No. 51 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports . Allgaier struggled to make forward progress after being penalized three times throughout the race by the new pit road scoring system . " MORE: Allgaier's car too light in post-race inspection 32. Cole Whitt , No. 35 Ford, Front Row Motorsports . Although Whitt's team struggled to find the right combination, he held on to achieve his best Las Vegas result. 33. Tony Stewart , No. 14 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing . A steering box issue compounded initial handling woes for Stewart, who also was dealt an uncontrolled tire violation during a Lap 84 pit stop. 34. Josh Wise , No. 98 Ford, Phil Parsons Racing. Wise kept his nose clean during Sunday's race and quietly steered the No. 98 machine to his best result at the 1.5-mile desert track. 35. Landon Cassill , No. 40 Chevrolet, Hillman Smith Motorsports. An early pit road violation wasn't insurmountable for Cassill, who went on to post his best Vegas finish. 36. J.J. Yeley, No. 23 Toyota, BK Racing . Yeley finished 16th in Saturday's NASCAR XFINITY Series race, but struggled to carry that momentum over into the Cup scene. 37. Brett Moffitt , No. 34 Ford, Front Row Motorsports . Moffitt opened the race with promise after posting an eighth-place finish last weekend at the intermediate track of Atlanta Motor Speedway . He qualified 36th and struggled to make up much ground, ultimately brushing the wall as he concluded his first outing at Las Vegas. 38. Brendan Gaughan , No. 62 Chevrolet, Premium Motorsports. The only Las Vegas native in the race -- given the absence of the Busch brothers -- was clocked too fast entering pit road on Lap 76 during green flag stops. 39. Michael Annett , No. 46 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports . Early in Sunday's contest, Annett wiggled exiting Turn 4 and made hard contact with the wall. Tire smoke prompted him to make an unscheduled pit stop. 40. Jeb Burton , No. 26 Toyota, BK Racing . The lone Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate in the field, Burton slowed to avoid Jimmie Johnson 's first incident when he received an inadvertent nudge from behind by veteran Jeff Gordon . 41. Jimmie Johnson , No. 48 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports . Johnson led 45 laps during the first half of Sunday's race and appeared poised to contend for his fifth Las Vegas victory when tire issues arose. Two blown tires within 14 laps of one another sent Johnson to the garage at Lap 186. " MORE: Tire trouble ruins Johnson's day at Vegas 42. Carl Edwards , No. 19 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing . Edwards' promising run was cut short Sunday when his car slid up the track and made contact with Kahne. Edwards almost saved his car from a subsequent spin, but ultimately retreated to the garage with a busted oil cooler. " MORE: Edwards, Kahne clash at Las Vegas 43. Alex Bowman , No. 7 Chevrolet, Tommy Baldwin Racing . An engine issue on Lap 28 dashed Bowman's hopes of continuing the momentum he started last week at Atlanta Motor Speedway . MORE: READ: Latest NASCAR news PLAY: Sign up for Fantasy Live WATCH: Latest NASCAR video FOLLOW LIVE: Get RaceView today FULL SERIES COVERAGE • Latest news • Standings • Schedule
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Updated deterrence system aims to 'police within the event'
RELATED: Stage lengths revealed for 2017 races NASCAR competition officials issued an updated deterrence system Thursday for its three national series, shifting toward an officiating process that penalizes pre-race infractions within a given race weekend. The updated system is months in the making, with the sanctioning body and teams working concurrently on the new procedures. The move was one of several fundamental changes made to the penalty structure ahead of on-track activity this week at Daytona International Speedway. The new system replaces the P1-through-P6 penalty classification which had been in effect since the start of the 2014 season. The new structure grades significant penalties into Levels 1 and 2, both of which involve points deductions and crew chief or team member suspensions that increase with a given violation's severity. Elton Sawyer, NASCAR Vice President of Officiating and Technical Inspection, said that in the event that less severe infractions are found before a race, teams or crew members would be disciplined from a menu of penalty options available to NASCAR's three series directors. Those range from the loss of practice time to loss of lap(s) at the start of a race. "Our goal was to be able to, more like football or basketball or any sporting event to where we could officiate and police within the event," Sawyer told NASCAR.com. "I think the real message is that we want to get these infractions, the smaller infractions, we want to get them corrected at the race track. "It's very similar to a 15-yard penalty. If you can get three 15-yard penalties and you can still win the game or drive down and score a touchdown, then good for you. If we can issue these penalties and you lose pit selection or you start at the back or a drive-through (penalty), and you can still come back and win the race, well then we feel like what that infraction was, the penalty fits the crime." A chief reasoning behind the updated policy is to mete out potential penalties more closely to the time – and at the event – in which they occur. "The Tuesday penalties, they wouldn't necessarily go away," Sawyer told NASCAR.com. "We're hoping that we don't have to write those penalties. That's not what we look forward to. We want all the positive storylines to be around the excitement of the race, and as the stewards of the sport -- or the umpires, if you will -- we want to kind of be in the background. But we have a role and responsibility in this as well to make sure it's a level playing field for all." RELATED: Tire limits among '17 rules updates " Learn about the rules package The updates also detail the schematics of a new pre-race inspection protocol, which requires that vehicles must proceed through all four inspection stations, regardless of whether issues are found in any stage in the process. Fixes must now be made in each team's garage stall, rather than off to the side of any given station, and then vehicles must proceed through all four inspection sites again. Sawyer said that the additional time it takes to make a full inspection pass serves as a deterrent for teams, which could miss portions of practice or qualifying in the event of an issue. Eliminating repairs made off to the side of inspection stations also tightens up any gray areas on the fringes of the garage. "I think it's fair to say that if we make them go back to the garage, then that's a central location for all cars to be fixed," Sawyer told NASCAR.com. "They know they have to come back through every station again, so it does put the deterrent back on the teams and puts the responsibility back on the teams to present their vehicles in compliance with the rule book." RELATED: New participation guidelines put limits in place for 2017 Among the other highlights from Thursday's updates to the rule book: • The penalty structure for violations that rise to the L1 or L2 level were unveiled, subject to enforcement at the following event(s): L1 penalties concern areas of minimum heights and weights, the Laser Inspection Station (LIS), gear ratios, and flagrant lug nut violations where 17 or fewer are properly secured. L2 penalties involve more egregious infractions concerning tampering with the three "no man's land" technical areas of tires, engine and fuel. Major safety violations, the use of telemetry or traction control, plus breaches of the testing policy also fall under the L2 designation. Penalty options for all three NASCAR national series call for the deduction of 10 to 40 points for L1 violations and 75 points for L2 infractions. In the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, L1 penalties call for crew chief or team member suspensions for 1 to 3 races, plus a $25,000 to $75,000 fine. L2 penalties in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series come with a six-race suspension and fines ranging from $100,000 to $200,000. The disciplinary action is scaled back in the other two national series. In the NASCAR XFINITY Series, L1 penalties will result in the same one- to three-race suspension range, but with fines from $10,000-$40,000. L2 violations in XFINITY events also come with a six-race suspension guideline, but a $50,000-$100,000 range for fines. In the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, L1 penalties carry a one- or two-race suspension with fines from $5,000 to $20,000. L2 infractions will result in a four-race suspension with monetary penalties of $25,000 to $50,000. • Specific penalties were outlined for lug-nut and LIS violations in the Monster Energy Series. LIS infractions discovered after Coors Light Pole Qualifying will result in a team's time being disallowed. Post-race, the violation falls under an L1 heading with a three-race crew chief suspension, a $65,000 fine and the loss of 35 championship points. Teams with one improperly attached or missing lug nut post-race are subject to a $10,000 fine. That fine doubles and includes a one-race suspension for the crew chief if two lug nuts are improperly attached or missing. If three or more lug nuts are in violation of the rules, the penalty rises to the L1 level with three-race suspension for the crew chief, a $65,000 fine and the deduction of 35 championship points. • "Encumbered" finishes -- a rules concept introduced before the Monster Energy Series' playoffs last year -- will remain in effect this season for post-race L1 and L2 violations. The rules allow a victory to stand in the event of an infraction, but a winning team will be stripped of the benefits associated with the win. • The list of pre-race penalties within a race weekend at the series directors' disposal, in order of increasing severity: Loss of annual "hard card" credential, loss of practice time, loss of pit selection position, tail of the field penalty, a green-flag pass-through on pit road after the initial start, a green-flag stop-and-go in the pits after the start, and lap(s) penalty. • Sawyer said that NASCAR competition officials will continue the practice of taking select cars back to the R&D center for further inspection after a race weekend. </p>
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Setting the stage: Racing renewed under new format
MARTINSVILLE: Stage 2 has thrilling ending Just six weeks into the 2017 season, the implementation of stages for all three NASCAR national series has grown from mild concern to garage-wide positive reviews. The format change, announced Jan. 23, provides two pre-determined breaks in each championship points event and rewards those drivers running in the top 10 at the end of each stage with additional championship and playoff points. The format is used in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, XFINITY Series and Camping World Truck Series. The move does more than just generate additional opportunities for drivers to earn points -- it also creates more up-on-the-wheel moments throughout the course of each event. "I don't think any of us went into it thinking that we were going to have incredible action at the end of every single stage," Scott Miller, NASCAR Senior Vice President of Competition, told NASCAR.com on Wednesday before Martinsville. "But I think we have produced enough stages that were intriguing and compelling. One of the things I think has been really good for us -- scoring in that top 10, a lot of times we'll find a pretty intense battle for seventh, eighth, ninth just to get some more points built up. That's something I don't think we would have seen had we not had the stages laid out as they are." Additional points earned in-race, a change in the end-of-race points structure and playoff points for not only stage "wins" but also race wins created a lot of questions. But once the cars got on the track at Daytona in February and the system was put into play, concerns and any confusion began to abate. "I think it's a huge plus for our sport," said Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. "At no point will you ever hear that stage racing has made the racing worse. There are only positives that come out of it." Drivers inside the top 10 at the end of Stage 1 or Stage 2 receive between one and 10 points (10 for first, 9 for second, etc.) based on their running position. A driver that runs in the top five all day, for example, might actually earn more points than the race winner. That was the case at Phoenix earlier in March when Kyle Larson finished second in the race, and also was second in the first and second stages to earn more points (53) than race winner Ryan Newman (42), who earned only two stage points. Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing) has earned 70 stage points through five races, the most of any driver in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. He has been running inside the top 10 at the end of the first two stages of all five of this season's races. Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott has earned 63 while Team Penske's Brad Keselowski has earned 58. Twenty-two drivers have earned one or more stage points; 16 have yet to collect, including Kasey Kahne, Aric Almirola, Paul Menard and Daniel Suarez. RELATED: Complete list of 2017 stage points " Fast facts: Race enhancements "It does bring some intensity that wasn't there in the past," said Hendrick Motorsports driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. "Especially if you are in that eighth, ninth, 10th spot coming down to those last few laps. You are like 'Man, I don't want to give up any points. I really want these points.' That was never the case before. We never had points to race for, so we were just kind of getting through the day hoping to be there at the end to get the points and now we are having to worry about points throughout the day." This weekend, the series is at Martinsville Speedway for Sunday's STP 500 (2 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Hamlin, a five-time Martinsville winner, says the stages will have big impact at the .526-mile track. "I think there are various strategies that could play out on this track; you don't always have to pit at this track," Hamlin said. "We saw at Las Vegas the varying strategies, some played out OK for the guys and some of them didn't work at all. "I think at this track, if the caution falls at the right time, you could see someone who potentially dominates the race end up having to go back to 20th position and have to make up all those positions before the stage is over." The lengths at Martinsville are 130 laps for each of the first two stages, with 240 laps making up the final stage. Stage lengths vary for each race depending on the length of the race. For the season-opening Daytona 500 at the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway, stage lengths were 60, 60 and 80 laps each. Miller said stage lengths were determined based on several elements, not the least of which was fuel mileage. "There's a lot more that meets the eye than maybe where the stages breaks are located," he said. "A huge concern as we laid out the stages was not to place a stage where it immediately became a fuel conservation event to make it to the end of the stage. "We had to make the stage long enough to where they absolutely had to stop for fuel or short enough to where they (all) could make it. It's worked out different on different length tracks, like Phoenix they could make the stage ends (on fuel) but at the mile-and-a-halves and Fontana they couldn't make the stage ends. "So to get three stages to work out to where you don't set any of them up to be a fuel mileage event is a little bit tricky, and I think we've done a good job at that." Miller said officials will continue to look at the stage lengths, but that there are "no plans on the near horizon to change anything up." </p>


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Kennedy Center Honors 5 in the Performing Arts
By BARBARA GAMAREKIAN, Special to the New York Times
Published: December 5, 1988
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4— The worlds of entertainment and politics merged tonight as five artists were saluted and celebrated, first by President Reagan at a White House reception, then with a performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
After 10 years of presiding over the presentation of the Kennedy Center honors, Roger L. Stevens, the theatrical producer and guiding force behind the establishment of the Kennedy Center, was himself honored, along with the choreographer Alvin Ailey, the comedian George Burns, the actress Myrna Loy and the violinist Alexander Schneider.
The best thing about his new role, said Mr. Stevens, was that it required no speeches. ''You just sit there and let the praise roll over you,'' he said.
And indeed, the plaudits were plentiful at the White House tonight. ''For the past eight years, we've had the pleasure of joining with the Kennedy Center in honoring - 57 now - artists whose contribution to our national culture is a more precious asset than rubies,'' President Reagan said in the East Room. ''Performers are judged by an exacting standard, and those who rise to the very top are special. They have made it because the world has judged them and their talents and their energies and has determined in the court of public opinion that they are great.''
Among those who nibbled shrimp and drank white wine at the White House reception were the musician Cab Calloway, the lyricists Betty Comden and Adolph Green, the actresses Faye Dunaway and Angelica Huston and the actor Gene Hackman.
The laurels - gold medallions on rainbow-colored ribbons - were presented to the artists Saturday evening at a dinner given by the Kennedy Center board of trustees at the State Department. Praise for Myrna Loy
A fragile and lovely Myrna Loy, a cane at her side, held court on Saturday night as celebrities like Garson Kanin and Cicely Tyson offered congratulations. ''There is something magical about her work,'' said Miss Tyson.
Mr. Ailey, wearing a cloth Kinte scarf knotted over his black tie, arrived with his mother, Lula Cooper, who swooped down on Mr. Burns. She made off with Mr. Burns's cigar, announcing, ''I told my pastor that I would get it for him.''
Mr. Burns then announced, ''I've got two more right here,'' patting his breast pocket.
Charles Z. Wick, the director of the United States Information Agency, admonished: ''Don't get up. Don't get up,'' as he stopped to shake hands with Mr. Burns. Mr. Burns replied, ''I can't get up.''
In an adjacent reception room, Agnes de Mille and Katharine Dunham, both of whom have been honored by the center, sat in quiet converation. Were they speaking of the dance? ''No,'' Miss Dunham said. ''Life.'' Stars Honor Stars
At the Kennedy Center, the honored guests sat adjacent to the Presidential box as they were celebrated on stage by a roster of stars, including Helen Hayes and Isaac Stern, who have been honored previously, Bob Hope, Hal Holbrook, Ann Reinking, Tommy Tune, Bobby Short, Kathleen Turner and Fredrica von Stade.
Walter Cronkite was the master of ceremonies, and for his introduction he characterized those being honored this way: ''A choreographer who helped free blacks from the cage of tap-dancing. The first woman on screen who was vulnerable, witty, sexy and a good pal, all at the same time. An entertainer from New York's Lower East Side who has made America laugh from the days of vaudeville to the era of videotape. And a quiet impresario who became a sustaining force of the American theater.''
Some of the stars of the Washington political firmament attended, including Vice President-elect Dan Quayle and his wife, Marilyn; Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas and his wife, B. A.; Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Ethel Kennedy and Jean Kennedy Smith.
Dancers from the Alvin Ailey troupe performed excerpts from Mr. Ailey's ''Revelations.'' For George Burns, Ms. Reinking and Tommy Tune danced and sanged ''The Old Soft Shoe.'' Mr. Short played piano and sang, among other tunes, ''Isn't It Romantic'' for Miss Loy.
As a tribute to Mr. Schneider, Mr. Stern and other musicians performed the second movement of Bach's ''Brandenburg'' Concerto No. 3. In honor of Mr. Stevens, Mr. Holbrook called dozens of performers and writers to the stage who have worked with him. A Surprise
The high note at the Kennedy Center came with the evening's closing moments when the performers and a combined military chorus joined to surprise President and Mrs. Reagan by serenading them with ''Auld Lang Syne.'' Suddenly, unannounced, President-elect George Bush stepped from the wings and recited in tribute to the Reagans: So here's a hand my trusty friend. Give me a hand of thine. We'll take a cup of kindness yet For auld lang syne.
The Kennedy Center Honors program, produced by George Stevens Jr. and Nick Vanoff, is to be shown on Dec. 30 on CBS.
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Event: Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Vidya Balan and many others gorgeously pose for shutterbugs at 57th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011.
Guest List: Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Asin, Deepika Padukone, Dia Mirza, Chitrangada Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Shazahn Padamsee, Sonal Chauhan, Udita Goswami, Lisa Haydon, Mahie Gill, Vidya Balan, Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Monica Dogra, Anjana Sukhani, Sophie Chaudhary, Urmila Matondkar, Farhan Akhtar, Adhuna Akhtar, Kalki Koechlin, Anurag Kashyap, Neha Dhupia, Vidya Malvade, Tanushree Dutta, Parineeti Chopra, Vivek Oberoi, Priyanka Oberoi, Alka Yagnik, Bhushan Kumar, Divya Khosla Kumar, Zoya Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani, Ganesh Hegde, Madhur Dixit, Dr. Nene, Manish Malhotra, Chunkey Pandey, R Madhavan, Sarita Birje, Raveena Tandon, Shreya Ghosal, Sridevi, Boney Kapoor, Vir Das, A.R. Rahman, Anu Malik, Karan Johar, Smitha Thakrey, Rekha, Akshat Verma, Amol Gupte, Anuradha Paudwal, Aruna Irani, Bosco Ceaser, Vidyuth, Imtiaz Ali, Jitesh Pillaai, Kabir Bedi, Kiran Juneja, Ramesh Sippy, Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Mr.Tarun Rai, Kunal Kohli, Madhur Bhandarkar, Mohit Chauhan, Shakti Kapoor, Usha Utthupp, Yash Chopra, Parveen Dusanj
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No. 43 Pit Crew Shines in Competition Runner-up Finish Continues Improvement at Petty Enterprises The "Helping Hands" Pit Crew for the No. 43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge got their all-star weekend off to a rousing start Wednesday night at...
No. 43 Pit Crew Shines in Competition
Runner-up Finish Continues Improvement at Petty Enterprises
The "Helping Hands" Pit Crew for the No. 43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge got their all-star weekend off to a rousing start Wednesday night at the annual NASCAR Nextel Pit Crew Challenge. They finished runner-up in the team competition, finishing close second (three-tenths of a second) to the No. 12 crew. Rear tire changer, Daniel Rankin, and rear tire carrier, Bryan Rockwell, won the individual award and the $10,000 check for having the fastest time in the rear tire category.
At the beginning of 2007, the "Helping Hands" Pit Crew had a new look. Tim Sheets was brought in to change front tires and Rankin was new on the rear. Front tire carrier, Austin Craven continued his role as did jack man Tony Martin, gas man Steve Mitchell and catch can man Tommy Chandler. Petty Enterprises has since seen a marked improvement in their pit crews. This will serve them well as the Nextel Cup season grinds on.
With driver Bobby Labonte on hand to lend support, the crew blazed through the first two rounds with flawless pit stops. They defeated the No. 99 team in Round One. Then they took care of No. 48 team, the defending Nextel Cup champions. In a new twist, the competition committee added a "Call Out" round after Round 2. This allowed the higher seeds to pick who they want to go up against for Round 3. The No. 11 crew was first to pick and they immediately called out the No. 43. This proved to be a mistake as another perfect stop sent the "Helping Hands" crew into the semifinals.
Their opponent in the semifinals was the No. 01 crew. In a close race, another flawless stop by the No. 43 proved to be the difference. This setup a showdown with the No. 12 crew. This one also came down to the wire, with the No. 12 crew winning by only three-tenths of a second.
"We have been working hard on our pit stops, not just for this competition, but for pit road as well," said Rankin. "We were really confident coming in here. We knew that we would be a little bit of an underdog, but that was fine with us. We just didn't make any mistakes."
"Ricky (Thomas, pit crew coach) and Wes (Newsome, trainer) deserve a lot of credit for this," said Rockwell. "We have really been coming on here lately. This is basically a new team for this year. We are starting to really come together right now."
The competition will be broadcast on the SPEED Channel this Saturday at 12:30 p.m. (ET).
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Emma is a character I can really relate to. She works in conferencing and her job requires her to set up and oversee a health conference but her working hours, the length of her commute and the sedentary nature of her job, added to the availability of buffets and client lunches means that her waistline is ever expanding.
The book takes you through the various presentations given by the various speakers. There's discussion on evolution (and how our metabolism has yet to evolve to suit modern lifestyles), the food industry's devious marketing tactics and use of fat, sugar and salt to trigger our bliss point, and also why dieting sets us up for failure.
I particularly liked the metaphor used by one of the speakers at Emma's conference; she asked everyone in the room to hold their breath for a period of time, and noted that when the time was up, everyone took a gasp of air in, to make up for the air they didn't take in while they were holding their breath. This is exactly why many diets fail - people restrict their calorie intake for a period of time, and then when they finally permit themselves to eat a little more, they feel compelled to over do it to compensate for the food they've been depriving themselves of.
Another interesting point raised in the book was the controversial topic of promoting plus size in popular media (such as the music video for Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass), and whether this is encouraging body acceptance or encouraging complacency towards obesity - the complete polar opposite to the effect of photoshopped, underweight models found in magazines. I think this topic alone could be turned into a book of its very own!
The novel is set across the time span of one day, starting with Emma checking her morning emails in bed, right through to the conference and finishing with her getting home from work. At the end there is a food diary showing what she ate throughout her day, including her total calorie intake and at which point in the day she exceeded her recommended daily allowances. I think her food diary is very similar to that of the typical office worker and hopefully this book will help readers view their own workday habits in a critical manner.
Reading some of the debates in the book gave me a sense of 'it's me Vs the food industry' - in a strange way, its somewhat relieving to know that it's not entirely the fault of the individual. For me, this makes me determined to try and beat the food industry by cooking meals from scratch rather than cave into the ease of pre-packaged meals and takeaways. I just can't stand the idea of someone profiting from ill health and I find it easier to fight against someone else, than myself. For this reason, it's been refreshing to read a book that takes this approach, rather than one which places the blame solely on the individual.
You can find Overweight - So Whose Fault Is That? on Amazon.
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There has been a significant number of licensed and unlicensed merchandise related to Little Shop Of Horrors, some which are better than others, lots of them, though are hard to find.
Licensed Merchandise
1960 Movie Merchandise
Welcome to The Little Shop Of Horrors comic
Released in 1995 by Roger Corman's Cosmic Comics, this short series was a direct comic adaption of Roger Corman's 1960 black comedy The Little Shop Of Horrors.
1986 Movie Merchandise
Audrey II Coin Bank
This coin bank is a rare tie-in to the movie, when you put a coin in Audrey II's mouth, and push it in, it makes a weird sound[1] as it slides into a compartment that you can open to retrieve your coins.
Audrey II Candy Dispenser
At one point, Topps (Creator of sports cards) sold this Pez-like candy dispenser, shaped somewhat like Audrey II.
Story Cards
Topps released cards for Little Shop of Horrors that told the story once you got the whole set. They also featured pictures of scenes that are later changed or deleted, such as the beheaded Dentist or the 20 Min cut ending assembled from the cards.
1986 Movie Comic Book Adaption
When the 1986 Movie released, DC released a one-shot comic written by Michael Fleisher and art by Gene Colan and Dave Hunt, and converts the songs into monologues. The comic featured the ending that was cut from the movie.
Unlicensed Merchandise
1960 Movie
Trading Cards by Attic Cards69 Cards were printed for this Kickstarter project that featured signed cards by Jonathan Haze and Jackie Joseph.[2]
1986 Movie
Feed Me GamePossibly the most well known product obviously related to Little Shop Of Horrors, this game by Milton Bradley had players feeding the flytrap (supposed to be Audrey II), black and red marbles. Whoever didn't make the plant snap shut won.
- ↑ "Audrey II" a Flytrap bank http://andeverythingelsetoo.blogspot.com/2011/12/audrey-ii-flytrap-bank.html
- ↑ The Little Shop Of Horrors Trading Cards https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1763021694/the-little-shop-of-horrors-trading-cards/description


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Grosse Pointe Woods Max Montpetit, center, is flanked by his parents, father, Gregory Montpetit, and mother, Lisa Montpetit, during one of his rowing events in the spring. Photo courtesy of Gregory Montpetit
August 23, 2012
Grosse Pointe Woods resident Max Montpetit was part of Northeastern University's freshman 8+ crew that won a silver medal at the Eastern Sprints at Worchester, Mass., in mid-May.
The 20-year-old Orchard Lake St. Mary's graduate put together a strong first year of collegiate rowing, ending with the silver-medal performance.
Montpetit and his teammates posted a time of 6:04.801, second to Harvard's 6:02.621. However, Northeastern powered past Cornell, Brown, Princeton and Navy. Only Cornell was close to Northeastern, losing by less than three seconds.
The squad put together a bronze-medal performance the weekend of June 2 in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Men's Rowing National Championship Regatta at Cherry Hill, N.J.
The nine members had the third-fastest 8+ boat in the country. This time, they beat Cornell, Brown, Penn, Columbia and all of the east coast Ivy League squads.
Washington won with a time of 5:31.902, followed by California at 5:35.659 and Northeastern at 5:43.629.
His teammates were Connor Wortley (cox), Sean Crowley (stroke), Riordan Morrell, Kyle Erlandson, Cameron Buchan, Colin Schaap, Dale Jordan and Bill Tomlinson (bow).
"It was a lot of fun and a nice accomplishment to earn medals in those races," Montpetit said. "We have a nice team and the hard work paid off."
Montpetit didn't relax and relish in the success. He continued to work out and row, improving each and every day.
"I have to be strong and be at the top of my game," he said. "Everyone who comes into our program is hungry and has been working out hard. I have to stay focused to stay in the lineup."
Northeastern finished its season 6-2, winning three competitions on its home course, the Charles River in Boston.
"It's such a beautiful site," Monpetit said. "Sometimes I take a step back and look around and admire the beauty."
John Pojednic is the head coach and Ted Benford the associate head coach. Richard Schroeder is the rigger, while Dan Boothby is the strength and conditioning director.
Northeastern 2007 graduate Will Miller and his teammates competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
"It's great exposure for our program," Monpetit said. "I hope more recruits look at our program."
Monpetit was one of more than 30 rowers. Only a few graduated and several newcomers start in September.
"Our rowing program is increasing, which is great for us," Monpetit said.
Northeastern dropped football as a varsity sport and the money invested in that went to rowing.
He was satisfied with his freshman year academically, finishing with a 3.2 grade point average.
"Year one was a good one and the transition from high school went smoother than I thought," Monpetit said. "I received a great college prep education from St. Mary's, so the class work wasn't too challenging.
"It was some long days with rowing practices and a full load of classes, but overall I did the best I could and I enjoyed myself."
He is ready for his sophomore year academically and athletically.
"We're very proud of Max and to watch him do well on his grades and on the rowing team," Montpetit's mother, Lisa, said. "It's been nice to have Max home for a while before he leaves for school in a few weeks."
"St. Mary's really prepared Max for college and he has a lot of confidence after achieving a solid freshman year," his father, Gregory Monpetit, said. "He works hard and he should have a nice sophomore year, too."
Montpetit returns to Boston in a few weeks and immediately prepares for his fall class schedule and rowing season.
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Serves 6*
1 8 oz. round of brie
1/4 cup fig preserves (preferably sweetened with fruit juice)
2 TBSP walnut pieces
Zest of 1 large clementine (or 1 TBSP fresh orange or tangerine zest)
1 TBSP coarsely chopped dried cranberries
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Place brie on parchment paper on a cookie sheet.
3. Spread brie with fig preserves, and sprinkle with clementine zest and walnuts.
4. Bake 15 minutes or until warm and soft.
5. Sprinkle with cranberries.
6. Serve immediately with Simple Mills Fine Ground Sea Salt crackers.


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