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Canadians on the Western Front 1
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05 min 31 s
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The Canadians had fought a bitter battle in August 1917 for Hill 70, on the outskirts of the industrial city of Lens in northern France. Although the Corps engaged in terrible battles elsewhere (most notably Passchendaele), it returned to the Vimy-Lens sector of the front and, fortunately, was not in the direct path of the Germans' great offensive drives of 1918. The Lens sector nonetheless was horrid, a tangled mess of ruined buildings, homes and mines. This clip shows the wreckage and includes scenes of the "Green Crassier" a slag heap over which the Germans and Canadians had fought bitterly in the summer of 1917.
Pieces of History
Artillery: The Great Killer
Tim Cook
Historian, Canadian War Museum
In 1914 and 1915, artillery proved it was the great killer. For those caught in the open, shrapnel and high explosive shells wreacked havoc. Thousands were left rotting on the battlefields. However, artillery guns were vulnerable to small arms fire, and they could be driven away from the front. But the guns were soon firing indirectly from hidden positions several kilometeres to the rear, still causing terrible damage. Soldiers were forced to find safety in trenches, digging beneath the ground to escape the murderous fire.
As trenches were strengthened with barbed wire, deep dugouts, and machine -guns, an enormous weight of fire was needed to smash the enemy defences and support the infantry. But there were not always enough shells in the early years to feed the guns. And so the infantry were killed in the tens of thousands as they attacked undamaged enemy trenches in frontal assaults. As the war lengthened, artillerymen received nearly unlimited supplies of shells through the enormous production of munitions factories. New tactics were also developed to improve the accuracy of the guns.
Artillery shells contained high explosives, shrapnel, and, later in the war, poison gas and smoke. Both the high explosive and shrapnel shells were timed to detonate in the air above a target. High explosive shells blasted holes in the trenches and the concussion alone could kill, as lungs collapsed under the force of the explosion. Shrapnel shells were equally deadly, consisting of more than 300 rounded metal balls that exploded downward in a cone-shaped rain of whirling metal. As well, the casing of the shell was designed to explode outward, creating jagged, uneven shards of steel that tore through flesh.
By 1916, commanders believed that massive artillery shoots, involving hundreds of thousands of shells, would annihilate the enemy defenders. This would allow the infantry to punch a hole through enemy lines and restore mobility on the Western Front.
However, it was often hard to hit, and then destroy, the narrow and well-fortified trenches. The problem also lay in the shell fuses. Earlier types were not sensitive enough to explode on contact, especially with shells tasked to clear barbed wire. As a result, many of the shells exploded in the ground, killing very few of the enemy, leaving the infantry to fight their way through defences-in-depth. By the end of 1916, newer, sensitive fuses that exploded on the slightest contact harnessed the destructive power of the artillery and, equally important to the infantry, cleared barbed wire from in front of enemy trenches.
Tactics again changed during the later phases of the bloody battles of the Somme in the last half of 1916. The gunners would never be able to destroy all of the German defences, and even one machine -gunner could kill hundreds of attacking infantry. Instead, the artillery sought to suppress enemy fire through a "creeping barrage," and give their own attacking infantry enough time to cross the killing zone of nNo Mman's Lland.
Gunners fired their shells to create a "creeping" wall of fire that slowly moved forward over the enemy lines at fixed intervals: 50 yards (46 m) every couple of minutes, less for muddy ground, more for open warfare. In effect, it was a screen of fire and explosives. As this moving wall of shrapnel and high explosives chewed up the ground in its path, the infantry were told to "lean into the barrage" and stay as close as possible. Although friendly fire was expected and occurred, the casualties would still be lighter than if the creeping barrage moved off and allowed German machine -gunners, waiting in the safety of deep dugouts, to get to the top of their trenches before the infantry crossed nNo Mman's lLand.
At the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917, the gunners had perfected the creeping barrage. Yet enemy gunners still took a fearful toll as they laid down their own counter-barrages to catch the follow-on waves of infantry. The enemy guns had to be stopped, or slowed, but it was exceedingly difficult to identify, target, and destroy camouflaged guns several kilometeres away.
Accurate intelligence was essential, and new and refined forms of science aided the gunners. The Canadian Corps was lucky to have Brigadier-General Andrew McNaughton, commander of the counter-battery office for much of the war, who embraced new technology and tactics. A prewar professor at McGill University, he turned to science to save his soldiers lives.
The Canadian Counter Battery Office (CCBO), established in February 1917, gathered intelligence and processed information on the enemy to assist in knocking out his guns. Aerial reconnaissance from the Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force) was of great assistance as airmen photographed the front from great heights. Later in the war, observation aircraft circled the battlefield, passing real-time information to the gunners through letter drops and primitive wireless radio.
As the CCBO developed after April 1917, this information-gathering and target-selection became more sophisticated, with new technology, like sound-ranging and flash-spotting, assisting gunners to find and destroy enemy targets.
Flash-spotting involved the coordination of observers. At least three posts were needed, usually spread out along several kilometeres. When an enemy gun position was spotted by the revealing flash as the shell left the barrel, the observers were telephoned by headquarters to turn their attention to that spot. After studying the flash of the gun, the observers would hit a key that was connected to a lamp at headquarters. From the observers' bearings, and by triangulating their estimates, enemy guns could be located with high precision.
Sound-ranging worked on a similar principle. Listeners sat two kilometeres behind the line with their microphones. Additional posts were manned well ahead of these positions. As long as there was not more than one shell per second being fired, on hearing the crash of an enemy gun, the forward listening post pressed a key that started an oscillograph, an instrument that recorded on film the sound of the shell in flight as it reached each microphone in turn. The time-intervals between the microphones allowed the CCBO to analyse the information and, if conditions were optimal, pinpoint enemy guns to within twenty-five 25 yards (23 m). All available counter-battery guns would be aimed on that spot to deliver a destructive shoot of 50-100 shells. Chemical shells were also used to kill or force the enemy gunners to wear debilitating respirators that severely affected the rate of fire.
In the last year of the war, artillery had perfected the creeping barrage and was steadily improving its counter-battery work. Further tactical refinement allowed gunners to fire more complicated barrages, like a box barrage. The box barrages set up a wall of fire and explosives around an enemy position —-- usually a trench —-- which effectively isolated it from reinforcements. It allowed assaulting Canadian infantrymen to capture and consolidate a position without fear of immediate counterattack.
By war's end, 43,914 gunners had served in the Canadian artillery, and 2,565 had lost their lives from disease, injury, and battlefield wounds. They had fired tens of millions of shells, reducing the landscape to a desolate wasteland, and an estimated 60% of all wounds were inflicted by shell fire. The First World War was indeed a gunner's war.
Selected Bibliography
Cook, Tim. No Place to Run: The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1999.
McNaughton, A.G.L. "Counter-Battery Work." Canadian Defence Quarterly 3, 4 (July, 1926).
McNaughton, A.G.L. "The Development of Artillery in the Great War." Canadian Defence Quarterly 4, 2 (January, 1929).
Nicholson, G.W.L. The Gunners of Canada: The History of the Royal Regiment of the Canadian Artillery, Vol. 1: 1534-1919 Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1967.
Rawling, William. Surviving Trench Warfare: Technology and the Canadian Corps, 1914-1918. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.
Swettenham, John. McNaughton, Volume I. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1968.
Other Materials
The Assault on Hill 70, August 15 1917
The final Canadian objective was a series of old German trenches which formed an arc around Hill 70's lower eastern slope, stretching for two miles from Cité Ste. Elisabeth to Bois Hugo. This and two forward trench lines on the hill, with deep old-style dug-outs, the enemy now used only as shelter from shellfire and rain; but in the eyes of the Canadian planners the position was far enough to the east to protect the artillery observation posts which they proposed to establish on the summit. The hard chalk subsoil, in which the men could quickly dig serviceable trenches, would lend itself to early consolidation against the inevitable counter-attack, which must be made under close observation and for this the Canadian artillery would be well prepared.
The Germans were expected to accept the temporary loss of their lightly held forward position and to fight the main defensive battle from machine-gun posts and shell-holes immediately to the rear, counter-attacking with fresh troops from assembly areas in and about Cité St. Auguste. To meet this latter threat heavy and divisional artillery would shell probable lines of advance from these areas, while aerial observers watched for German troop concentrations farther back. As far as possible Hill 70 was to be a killing by artillery. The main assault was to be supported by nine field brigades - five with the 1st Division on the left, and four with the 2nd Division. Their barrage would be supplemented by the fire of 160 machine-guns. Rehearsals for the attack, carried out on ground resembling the actual battlefield, repeated the tactics that had proved successful at Fresnoy. There was emphasis on immediately mopping up the captured area and bringing forward the machine-guns-48 with each assaulting brigade-as soon as the objective was taken. Each machine-gun position would then become the centre of a platoon strongpoint manned by at least 25 infantrymen.
The two assaulting divisions each had two brigades forward - from north to south the 3rd, 2nd, 5th and 4th - totalling ten battalions. Their objective was marked off in depth in three stages. The assaulting battalions would take the enemy's front trenches in their first stride. The Blue Line ran along the German second position, on the crest of the hill. The Green, the final objective, marked the enemy's third line, on the lower reverse slope, some 1,500 yards from the starting position. From north to south it followed in succession "Hugo" and "Norman" Trenches and "Nun's Alley", their chalky course showing a dead white in air photographs. Opposite the 2nd Division's right flank the Green Line lined south-west along "Commotion" Trench, to bend sharply westward along "Chicory". In the centre, where the 2nd Brigade had the greatest distance to cover, the intermediate Red Line formed a chord to the curve of the final objective.
The assault went in at 4:25 on the morning of August 15 1917, just as dawn was breaking.
Special companies of the Royal Engineers began firing drums of burning oil into Cité Ste. Elisabeth and at other selected targets in order to supplement the artillery fire and build up a smoke-screen. The 18-pounders, 102 to each Division, laid down their rolling barrage "with beautiful accuracy". Four hundred yards ahead 4.5- and 6-inch howitzers fired a jumping barrage, while still further forward known enemy strong points were blasted by heavy howitzers.
The Germans holding Hill 70 were the 26th and 165th Regiments of the 7th Infantry Division. On the previous night, in anticipation of the Canadian attack, they had moved their reserve battalions up to Mortar Wood (600 yards north-east of Cité St. Auguste) and to the brickworks at the south-west corner of the Cité. They had detected tie assembly of our troops at 3:00 a.m., and three minutes after zero their artillery brought down defensive fire at widely scattered points. Our counter-batteries were ready, however, and quickly neutralized the German guns. Under cover of the barrage and the thick oil smoke the Canadians advanced rapidly, overwhelming trench garrisons as they went. In the more difficult sector on the right the brigades of Major-General Burstall's 2nd Division made their way through the debris of Cité St. Edouard and Cité St. Laurent without losing pace. Within twenty minutes, both divisions were on the Blue Line, having covered an average distance of 600 yards. Another twenty minutes passed while the 18th and 21st Battalions of the 4th Brigade made of Chicory Trench a defensive flank facing the northern edge of Lens; the 20th then resumed the advance through the ruins of Cité Ste. Elisabeth to secure the remainder of Commotion Trench. To the right of centre, the 5th Brigade passed the 24th and 26th Battalions through the 25th and 22nd to overrun Cité St. Emile and take Nun's Alley. In spite of heavy machine-gun fire from Cité St. Auguste and the adjacent brickworks, the 2nd Brigade closed with the Red Line - the 7th Battalion on the left and the 8th on the right. The 3rd Brigade continued its advance to Hugo Trench with its three original assault battalions (the 15th, 13th and 16th) remaining forward.
Brig.-Gen. Tuxford's battalions suffered some casualties from machine-guns in Bois Hugo before bombers closed in on these from the flanks. A medium trench mortar with all-round traverse fell to the 15th Battalion; 500 rounds which lay beside it were subsequently fired into the north-east end of Bois Hugo. By 6:00 a.m. the 2nd Brigade was at the intermediate Red Line, and in the other brigade sectors the Green Line was in Canadian hands.
In Major-General Macdonell's sector there remained the 2nd Brigade's advance to its Green Line objective, which included Norman Trench and a large chalk quarry abreast of the northern outskirts of Cité St. Auguste. After a halt of twenty minutes prescribed by the artillery time-table Brig.-Gen. Loomis sent the 7th and 8th Battalions forward in this final phase. Unfortunately, during the delay the oil smoke-screen had largely cleared and the enemy had been able to rally his remaining garrison. Machine-gun and rifle fire swept the eastern slope of Hill 70, slowing the advance to "individual rushes from shell-hole to shell-hole", in which all benefit of the barrage was lost. Only the flank companies of the two battalions reached their objectives. The 7th, on the left, found the quarry toughly garrisoned and well covered by enfilading machine-guns. Rifle grenadiers of one of the attacking companies wiped out a strongpoint manned by thirty Germans, and then covered a second company's assault from the northern flank. Knocking out a machine-gun post at the entrance, the latter rushed into the quarry, and seized close to fifty prisoners, setting up posts which they were able to hold until the early afternoon. The remainder of the battalion was forced to retire up the slope to the Red Line, being joined on the Brigade right by the 8th Battalion, whose attack had lost momentum and petered out in the shell-holes.
On General Currie's right flank a diversionary operation mounted by the 4th Canadian Division at Lens had proved its worth. As the main attack went in, 200 gas bombs were projected on to enemy strong points and dug-outs opposite Avion, while artillery and machine-guns not involved at Hill 70 fired the conventional barrage. The simulated assault by the 12th Brigade on the divisional right drew much more retaliatory fire than did the main operation. Four hours later, on the 2nd Division's immediate right, the 11th Brigade pushed strong fighting patrols towards the centre of Lens, preparing to reinforce and exploit their success should the enemy relax his hold of the town. But the Germans were not ready to abandon Lens, and a renewal of local counterattacks across the 4th Division's front drove the Canadian patrols back to the city's outskirts.
Adapted and used with permission from Nicholson, G. W. L., Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1964, p.260-263.
Wartime Letter from Captain Bellenden S. Hutcheson
This letter is transcribed from a rough draft found in an old trunk in 1989. Probable restorations of illegible characters are enclosed in brackets.
Dear Captain Gwynn;
Replying to your first series of questions, concerning the 76th Brigade of Royal Field Artillery:
The 76th Brigade was supporting the Canadian Infantry which was holding the line in front of Vimy. The brigade consisted of four batteries of 18 pounders (field guns) and one battery of 4.5 inch Howitzers. The cover of the guns, while poor was, I suppose, as good as that usually occupied by field guns in position only a few days, and the quarters of the gun that crews were in cellars near the guns, but the shells thrown at us were eight inch, and armour piercing. At least the artillerymen said that they were armour piercing, and after viewing the effects of their explosions I was in no position to argue with them. After several dugouts had been blown in, some of the uninjured personnel set to work digging out the injured while the bombardment was in progress and it was this rescue work which was carried out under scanty or no cover.
The bombardment lasted from 1 p.m. until 10 p.m., with a few periods of lull, and was apparently counter battery work on the part of the enemy. Our guns were not in action.
As you surmise, the gun crews had taken refuge in cellars, not anticipating a bombardment of such intensity with heavy stuff. Gas shells and high explosions were intermingled. My work consisted in dressing the wounded, checking hemorrhage, giving a hypo of morphine when necessary and seeing that the injured were evacuated to the rear. The gas used that day was the deadly sweetish smelling phosgene. It was my first experience with gas in warfare and I wore a mask part of the time and instructed the men to do so whenever there was a dangerous concentration. You ask about my own reaction. It was of course very disconcerting to endeavor to dress wounded while shells were showering debris about, and the possibility of being in the next few seconds in the same plight as the terribly wounded men I was dressing, occurred to me every now and then. The whole thing seemed rather unreal, particularly when it occurred to me, busy as I was, that the killing was being done deliberately and systematically. I felt particularly sorry for the young artillery men, (and many of them were about 19) who were being subjected to the ordeal. I remember one man who had a ghastly wound which would obviously prove fatal in a short time, pleading with me, amidst the turmoil of explosions, to shoot him. Every soldier who has seen action since knows that it requires the highest type of stamina and bravery for troops to lie in a trench and take a heavy shelling without being demoralized and panic stricken, therefore I shall always remember the orderly rescue work carried on by the officers and men of the artillery in the face of the concentrated shelling that occurred that afternoon.
You ask about the work of the artillery officers. They very bravely and ably directed the men in the work of rescue and tried to keep gun crews intact as nearly as possible, in order to fire at any time, should orders to do so, be received.
During the trench tours in front of Lens, I usually had a deserted gun pit or cellar communicating with the support trench as a dressing station. The actions about the G[um] Crossin and La Coulotte, though attended by heavy casualties, were more in the nature of raids or diverting attacks, than holding attacks, therefore, I did not accompany the attacking parties. During a trench tour I stuck close to the dressing station if the enemy was active, in order to look after the injured, if things were quiet I visited the different headquarters of the platoons and companies holding the line. Going into the line was sometimes the most disagreeable part of the tour, because of the darkness, danger of getting lost, the mud, and the shelling of the roads just behind the line. The Passchendaele Campaign was carried on in a sea of mud. I have never seen a drearier sight than the salient in front of Ypres -- churned up mud with mucky shell holes and never a tree as far as the eye could reach. It was necessary to march single file on duck walk because of the mud for a distance of five or six miles when going in for a tour. We were machine-gunned and bombed from the air and subjected to a terrific shelling on the way in and nothing like a real trench system was possible, the line being held by a series of posts in shell holes. My dressing station was located beside a concrete "pill box", an old German strong point. Captain Dunlap, medical officer of the 102nd Battalion, who was later killed, shared the dressing station with me. I had never met Dunlap before and when he appeared at our rendezvous, with four days growth of black beard on his face, a torn tunic and string like remnants of puttees, he looked so much like a stage hobo that I burst out laughing in his face. He was a fine chap and we became good friends.
The stretcher bearers had a very difficult time. The whole area was subjected to continuous shelling by the enemy. The pill box afforded shelter on one side for the dressing station and sheets of camouflage and canvas formed the roof. When no wounded were coming in Dunlap and I would crawl into the pill box for greater security. We kept no enlisted personnel with us as there was literally no place where they could stand without sinking to their knees in mud and the number of wounded men was not so great but that the two medical officers could do all that could be done. When we were relieved by the medical officer of the English unit that took over; Dunlap and I, with Captain A.A. Gray, adjutant of the 75th, started back towards Ypres, over the duckwalk. The different platoons of our battalion had trickled back as they were relieved. The two way duckwalk was, as usual, shelled heavily. We were passing the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders coming when a shell got a direct hit among them about 200 feet ahead of us. Their dead and wounded, lying in grotesque attitudes, were being cleared away by their comrades with feverish haste as we dog trotted past the smoking shell hole. We did not stop because their own medical unit was on the job, they had plenty of help and each unit was supposed to take care of its own casualties.
Regarding the citation for the Military Cross: "The open ground" mentioned consisted of the wheat fields and other flat unwooded ground through which we passed between Beaucourt and Le Quesnel on the immediate left of the Amiens-Roye road. As we advanced we were frequently under direct observation by enemy balloons directing artillery fire. When one shell landed half a dozen others were pretty sure to land in a very short time within a radius of 50 yards or so of where the first one did, consequently when the first few caused casualties they had to be attended in a shower of debris caused by the explosion of succeeding shells.
It was necessary to pass through the streets of Le Quesnel several times during the barrage in order to find the wounded who were scattered throughout the town. I supervised their collection, during lulls in the shelling in a cellar I used as a dressing station. The platoons furnished stretcher bearers. My medical section, consisting of a sergeant, corporal and two privates were with me part of the time, or were in the dressing station when I was out, or they themselves were engaged in looking for wounded.
Excerpted and reproduced with permission from Veterans Affairs Canada website http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/
Teaching Materials
How We View the Past
Grade Level: Secondary 9-12
Time Allowance: 45 minutes
Films: Canadians on the Western Front 1, August Offensive 2, Canadians Advance East of Arras 2, Bourlon Wood
Summary: Students consider the differing viewpoints of Germans and Canadians on World War I.
World War I generated massive changes. The Russian, German and Austro-Hungarian empires collapsed. Communism transformed Russia into the Soviet Union. Canada moved closer to being an independent nation within the British Commonwealth. Conscription deepened the French-English divide. Women gained the vote at the federal level. The value of Canada's manufacturing output equalled the value of our agricultural output. Medicine was improved. Radios and cars became common. The United States became the world's richest nation, and the League of Nations, the forerunner of the United Nations, was created. Most of these changes are indisputable. But how people interpret these changes - how they judge their meaning - varies.
Your Task:
Watch the films. You are employed by the United Nations as a historian who is developing materials to be used in schools in Germany and Canada. Your first job is to determine how each country has interpreted what has been captured on film and what is known about the war in general.
Fill in the chart using the statements below. You may place a statement on one or both sides.
a) Treaty of Versailles, 1919, was humiliating.
b) British blockade preventing food from entering Germany was inhumane.
c) German aggression made war inevitable.
d) Bombing of London by airships was a major atrocity.
e) Treaty of Versailles, 1919, was hard but fair.
f) The Kaiser abdicated; it was right to allow the new government into peace talks in Paris, 1919.
g) Both sides were equally to blame for war.
h) Canada achieved a great victory at Vimy Ridge.
i) Submarine warfare was necessary to stop the blockade.
j) The war resulted in economic advances.
k) The war resulted in economic collapse and misery.
German View
Canadian View
Deeper Analysis:
Textbooks often illustrate different viewpoints on history. Write an overview of important events in World War I that includes both German and Canadian points of view.


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According to President Obama: "He'd be the first person of enlisted rank to serve as Secretary of Defense…." Nope. According to the Navy:
James Vincent Forrestal was born on 15 February 1892, in Matteawan (now Beacon), New York….World War I interrupted his career in finance, however, and he enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a seaman second class on 2 June 1917….President Harry S Truman selected Forrestal as the first secretary of defense.
So, Forrestal ran the Pentagon as the first Secretary of Defense (the Pentagon had been built during the Roosevelt administration). Forrestal's rank of "seaman" was one of the lowest enlisted ranks in the U.S. Navy. My Dad was one. (No jokes, please, about "Seaman Hyman" or about my own rank in the Army, which was "Private Hyman"!)
I don't have any position about the Hagel nomination, pro or con, though I share many of the concerns reported in the media. It's not encouraging that his former enlisted status is being puffed up in a historically false way. This is not to diminish Hagel's heroic military service one bit, or to suggest that he's the one who decided to sweep Forrestal under the rug.
Of course, the deep researchers and independent thinkers in the mainstream media have been exposing the truth to their usual degree:
Linda Feldmann, CS Monitor: Hagel "would be the first enlisted man, and the first Vietnam veteran, to head the Pentagon."
Mark Memmott, NPR: Hagel "would be the first former enlisted man to lead the Pentagon…."
Teresa Welsh, US News & World Report: "he would be the first enlisted man to serve as secretary of defense."
Blah, blah, blah.

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Royal Wootton Bassett coach Alan Low was not satisfied with his team's performance despite their 47-6 win over Milton Keynes.
Bassett made a successful return to their Southern Counties North campaign after a long lay off due to the recent bad weather.
Milton Keynes had beaten the Ballard's Ash side earlier in the season, and Bassett were without Phil Bardwell, Tim Gallimore, Will Hooper, Duncun Fulling and Carl Grant on Saturday.
Despite several forays into the visitors' 22, Bassett were unable to capitalise on their chances and only went into the break with a 7-3 lead.
Low gave his side a some harsh words at the break and was insistent that his team cannot expect to perform for just 40 minutes.
He said: "Our performance wasn't fantastic by any way shape or form. The first half was woeful.
"It had been four weeks since we last played a competitive match and it showed; we made an awful lot of very basic mistakes and should have built up a decent lead before the half."
A much more physically dominant Bassett started to finish their chances in the second period - securing the bonus point by the 65th minute. Bassett continued to press home their advantage, and finished off the match with a flurry of three tries in the last five minutes.
Low said that he didn't just reserve his home truths for half time but spelled it out for his players at the end of the game as well.
He added: "It was a little bit of a shock for some of them. I gave them a rollicking at the end and it is something they need to take on board as we push the club forward.
"We've got such a young squad and talent coming through. We need to get to the mentality right in the seniors.
"One of the big bits for me was they started celebrating like footballers, for me that's no-no, we need to keep trying to perform as the jobs not done, that attitude is not acceptable."


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HUNDREDS of campaigners want the speed limit in their road reduced following a string of accidents.
More than 240 people have signed a petition calling for change in The Fairway, Leigh.
The busy street has been the site of nine incidents since 2010 and residents want the 30mph speed limit cut to 20mph or the entire road removed from a list of trunk routes to combat the problem.
But Southend Council chiefs say there is not enough evidence of a common cause between the incidents to take action.
Cheryl Hindle-Terry, Southend Council's traffic management team leader, said: "Where isolated collisions occur and data does not indicate any common factors, intervention is exceptionally difficult.
"It is also important that, with the limited budgets, intervention is prioritised and targeted at those locations where there is a clear indication and statistical evidence that collisions can be reduced through such interventions and the impact will be positive."
Residents sprang into action following an incident in July last year.
However, council staff had been keeping tabs on the road since 2010 and recorded nine collisions, including one in which a cyclist was left severely injured after biking into the path of a car.
Residents want a 20mph limit for 750m either side of Fairways Primary School, or the delisting of the road from the authority's designated distributor routes.
The routes show the major paths through the borough for traffic and The Fairway is listed as a main connection to the A127.
However, council chiefs said delisting the road would not have any appreciable effect, as most motorists rely on sat navs or their own knowledge to find their way around.
They pointed out a warning sign - which lights up when speeding vehicles approach it - had already been installed in the street and it could also be targeted by new, mobile versions.
A final decision will be taken by councillors at the traffic and parking working committee tomorrow. However, Ms Hindle-Terry called for caution.
"Removing The Fairway from the designated distributor route would adversely impact on the traffic movement and is not considered appropriate," she said.
"Similarly, introducing 20mph speed limit is unlikely to have any impact on any collisions, as speed is not a contributory factor in accidents."


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Irvine, CA, US
Cocktail Culture: Ritual and Invention in American Fashion, 1920-1980 is the first multi-disciplinary exhibition to explore the social ritual of the cocktail hour through the lens of fashion and design.
Organized by the RISD Museum of Art's Department of Costume and Textiles, Cocktail Culture featured stunning fashion apparel from Balenciaga to Schiaparelli, jewelry, textiles, decorative and fine art, film, photographs, and more. More than 220 objects are included, drawn from the Museum's vast holdings and loans from other museums and private collections.
Watch a video about the exhibition here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSUtaR1lp-c
Status: Built
Location: RISD Museum, Providence RI
My Role: Exhibit designer
Additional Credits: NADAAA Inc.
1920 Washington St #2
Boston MA 02118


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….the problem with young folks today
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This recipe was adapted from one I found in How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman, a book that I've used over and over since I got it. I only made a few minor changes to the recipe, but I substituted my macadamia nut oil for the olive oil, and the rice was delicious. I did increase the amount of cashews in the recipe, so if you're following the South Beach Diet you should not have nuts for a snack on the day you're eating this.
Brown Rice with Cashews and Herbs
(Makes 4 servings, recipe slightly adapted from How to Cook Everything.)
1 1/2 T Macadamia nut oil (or use olive oil)
1 small onion, finely diced
1 cup long grain brown rice (I used Basmati)
1 cup whole cashews (measure before chopping, then chop coarsely with chef's knife to equal 3/4 cup chopped cashews)
2 bay leaves
1/4 tsp. (or more) dried thyme
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste (don't add extra salt if using salted cashews)
2 cups chicken stock
Add coarsely chopped cashews and saute one minute. Add herbs, salt, pepper, and chicken stock and bring to a boil.
After 45 minutes, check rice. It should be slightly chewy with all the liquid absorbed when it's done. Add more liquid if needed to cook longer. When rice seems done, turn off heat and let stand 10 minutes. Serve hot.
P.S. According to Mark Bittman, cookbook writer extraordinaire, who knows about such things, nut oils should be kept in the refrigerator.
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Tuesday marked the start of the filing period for candidates interested in running on May 14 for city treasurer.
Redondo Beach was forced to call the election because former Treasurer Ernie O'Dell decided to retire last month with more than two years left in his fifth term.
At the time, O'Dell said he'd hoped an election for his replacement could coincide with upcoming municipal races. May 14 is the same date runoff elections would be held if no candidate in the March municipal races captures a majority vote.
The filing period for the upcoming treasurer's race closes at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 15.
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I'd love to see postgame media feeds. Anybody know if the interviews are being broadcast anywhere?
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They match up better with Miami than any other team in the East. But the question is can they get to the ECF to get there. That game at Miami on March 10th will be interesting. Very interesting.
I'm not sure Job Barry is biased. Just ignorant. He knows the Heat team because he has to cover them all the time. Therefore, it is easy for him to comment on them.
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
Granger will make this team much better especially on the road.
We have Miami's number with the emerging Paul George.
Imagine if he played like this during the playoffs last season...
Granger's injury has been a blessing in disguise for us.
Btw, I hope West resigns with us for about 8-10 million a year would be nice!
I'm not one to boast or trash talk after a win but
suck itttttttt heatttttttt!!!!
follow me @TruenoPanda - lets talk Pacers!
My favorite thing about our match ups with the Heat is they absolutely can not stop TYLER. How many teams can you say that about?
Watching games on ESPN remind me how much I'm glad we don't get too many nationally televised games...
Man, I miss Chris Denari's voice lol #LeaguePassUserProblems
We've appear to have taken step one toward making a legitimate claim to being deep playoff contenders (ECF/NBAF), which is to dominate your home floor.
However, I think the true legitimacy comes by complementing that with decent road success, and we haven't quite taken that step yet. We are not necessarily that far off, so it could happen. Maybe it doesn't even really coalesce until the playoffs.
But, if and whenever it happens, that's the only thing the will have me truly confident we are legit contenders.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
Best game of the year, IMHO.
Had an answer for everything. They just grinded the entire time, slowly building up the lead. Maimi's weakness is that they are SOFT. Every player not named LeBron is soft as charmin. They can't handle smashmouth. They can easily be outworked.
Last year was a pretty fun year, this year is shaping up to be really special. I'm not saying a title, I'm not saying an ECF. But whatever happens, this team is gonna fight til death. I'm not sure any other team can really match that, besides the Bulls. Gonna be fun to watch it play out.
This is why the NBA is so great. The long story lines.
Lance continues to show why he is a special talent. With his recent success I just hope he can embrace the 6th man role and truely be great at it.
David West knew what he had to do tonight. No one on miami can deal with his strength and nobody has the length to change his shot. I hope this is a message to the HEAT that the pacers are coming to knock you off.
I bet Lebron knows who Lance is now!
As to this game itself, I say that there is nothing more satisfying than beating those prima donna, LeWade led pricks. Just sensational. Well played all the way around. Even better than the last Heat whipping if that's possible.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
I'm with Since. I was in section 2 row 32 with maybe six Pacer fans in the entire section and it was great to have Miami fans quiet the entire time. One of my favorite games of the past few years and I haven't missed one. We controlled the game. Fantastic.
Are we 3-0 on National Television?
Beat the Knicks on TNT, won at Memphis on MLK day, and of course beating Miami tonight on ESPN.
Oh we lost to the Nets on NBATV idk if that counts.
Either way great team win. Contributions from a variety of players was awesome. I hate to bring up a complaint after an awesome game like this, but Hill and Stephenson dribble the ball waaaaay too much. Get the ball to the front court!
Wish we could prepare and execute every game like we were playing the heat...guys we have a real chance at something special this year and beyond (if we can keep the team intact) I know it's only one regular season game but damn don't it feel great!
I know we won handily and all, but i think espn should show another ten replays of the Wade to Lebron alleyoop. Oh, and did we win?
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
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What an impressive!
Thoroughly enjoyed the Pacers dismantling the Heat.
we lost to the jazz on nba tv too ...3-0 on espn 0-2 on nbatv
Lifelong pacers fan
I kept waiting and waiting. This is the NBA, right? You get up by 17 in the 3rd and early 4th and you have learned by now to expect "the run". The thing is, Miami's run lasted all of what, 6 points? You are exactly right. Everything they threw at us, we had an answer for. Either Miami is not as mentally strong as I thought, or we have grown so much ourselves in that area since last year. What am I talking about, duh? The answer is obviously the latter.
We will continue to slip up here and there throughout this season. But, one can't help to be stoked about how far we've come. All I have to say once again is "Thank you, Larry... and Frank".
Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Injury update: George Hill is day-to-day with a left shoulder contusion.
Knowing Hill I expect him not to play, shoulder injuries are a b**** too, I hope he feels well soon.
Orlando Johnson is looking like a really good pick for the 2nd round
Can't wait to hear some reports from the game.
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Hello. I read that artichoke extract lowered cholesterol. Is this true and if so does it have any side effects? Thanks.
The following is an excerpt from a recently published review of the literature on Artichoke Leaf Extract (ALE). It certainly seems like it`s worth a try. "Few data from rigorous clinical trials assessing ALE for treating hypercholesterolaemia exist. Beneficial effects are reported, the evidence however is not compelling. The limited data on safety suggest only mild, transient and infrequent adverse events with the short term use of ALE. More rigorous clinical trials assessing larger patient samples over longer intervention periods are needed to establish whether ALE is an effective and safe treatment option for patients with hypercholesterolaemia."
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Plouffe, Arcia sit out with minor injuries
OAKLAND -- Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe and outfielder Oswaldo Arcia were both held out of the lineup against the A's on Sunday due to injury.
Plouffe fouled a ball off his left foot in his first at-bat in Saturday's game but remained in the game. His foot felt progressively worse as the game went along and he got precautionary X-rays Sunday that came back negative. Plouffe said he doesn't believe the injury is serious and he's listed as day to day.
"It's pretty sore today," Plouffe said. "I wouldn't be 100 percent to play today. But I don't think it's anything more than that. It's a bruise."
Arcia, meanwhile, said he tweaked his lower back while taking a swing in his final at-bat in Friday's game against the A's. He tried to take batting practice in the cage before Sunday's game, but he still had issues with his back and could hit the 15-day disabled list Monday if it doesn't improve.
"It's a little bit sore," Arcia said. "It feels better today."
With Plouffe out, Eduardo Nunez made the start at third base, while Chris Parmelee started in Arcia's place in right field.
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Yes! Yes! Yes! The Raw Review - London 2013
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It's been one year since I first wrote this blog, and this time last year I had just returned from my second visit to The O2 in London to see Raw. That night was a decent show considering it was a part of their European tour and WWE often uses their talent sparingly on such occasions, but tonight I literally felt the ground beneath me shaking.
Entrance H, Level 2 was where I was sat (in a place which, at this year's WrestleMania would have left me watching a pillar all night) with an incredible view of everything which happened, and I think it speaks volumes that I am sat here trying to catch my breath (and my voice – I chanted A LOT!) whilst still pumping with adrenaline. My only real regret is that I somehow lost most of my videos which I recorded on my iPhone – including my once in a lifetime, and literally bone-chilling experience, of The Undertaker's entrance.
Since this week's blog comes to you from my live experience, I can honestly say a lot of it is a blur until I watch the show back on Sky. The highlights of the night were the chants, which from where I was sat seemed to at least rival those of New Jersey.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
Going into this experience I fondly remembered how London was the place where Daniel Bryan named his Yes! Lock, and I was disappointed at how, in recent months, the fans' chants of "Yes! Yes! Yes!" had died out.
Not in London.
To say the Yes! Chant is a thing of the past is, to quote one of many chants I started in my section (you'll have to take my word for it, but I was responsible for the initial "JBL!" chant, an "ECW!" chant, and various others throughout the night), "bull****". I don't know, at this point, how it will translate on TV, but literally every fan in my view had their arms raised chanting the signature word which inspired the title of this blog. As well as the "Yessing" and chants of "Undertaker", the only advertised match for this Raw did more than deliver.
It was, by my account, one of the two matches of the night. I'd go as far as saying that it, as well as the Chris Jericho/Dolph Ziggler match, was good enough for WrestleMania (and probably should have been a part of it).
Obviously my opinion is biased in that I was there and I made the most of my annual live Raw experience, but it was a back-and-forth match which truly engaged the crowd. It also gave us more heading into Extreme Rules.
The Shield (despite being incredibly difficult to spot entering the arena) are still in a winning way, and if what I've read (accidentally, I really hate reports from so-called "backstage sources") about them being the ones to dethrone Team Hell No atop the tag team mountain is true, WWE is handling it very well. Momentum is what any team would need to topple the seven-month reign of Daniel Bryan & Kane. That and Bryan to lose regularly in the build to Extreme Rules and create a rift in Team Hell No.
If a Tag Team Championship match is on the cards, I hope it at least lives up to what we saw tonight. Also, it is REALLY hard to come up with catchy chants for The Shield!
The Chris Jericho/Fandango saga comes to London
Perhaps "saga" is an overstatement when it comes to this rivalry, but tonight it is one of the things which got a huge reaction. With Jericho being considered a legend across the world, and Fandango's theme song being taken to number 9 in the UK Indie Top 40 a couple of weeks back, a London crowd was never going to consider these two as an upper mid-card affair.
WWE responded accordingly to this, and gave us fans the chance to "Fandango" whenever possible (I can honestly say tonight was the first time I've gotten out of my seat to dance during a wrestling event at The O2), and put him into a match with the ultimate London crowd favourite of William Regal.
Jericho's business for the night involved stealing the show with Dolph Ziggler (a match which featured countless awesome chants and even a Mexican wave, unforgettable) in the match which should have happened at WrestleMania.
It was his appearance later in the night which I want to shed light on, however. Throwing Fandango from the stage and dancing with his dancer for the evening, a current NXT diva whose name escapes me at this moment, was what their rivalry needed. Since this rivalry started, Jericho has been jumped, attacked post-match, and embarrassed by Fandango on the grandest stage.
I want to see these two compete at Extreme Rules in a match which takes things to a new level, and mockery is Jericho's best weapon in angering a superstar who takes pride in the way people pronounce his name, even if he has trouble setting the standard himself…
Super Cena saves the Ryback
The bar was set incredibly high by New Jersey, and if my lost voice and exhausted-after-two-hours cousin are anything to go by, tonight's crowd should have been all but dead for the closing segment involving Ryback, John Cena, The Shield, and the legendary Mick Foley (I think the London crowd were collectively honoured to have received a "cheap pop" from the Hardcore Legend, I know I was). But at this point in the night I was running on adrenaline and so was the rest of The O2 by the sound of it.
Despite the enthusiasm I put into booing Ryback (I can't believe I did either…) and Cena (I'm fairly sure the ratio of Cena fans to Cena haters has shifted to include more haters since last year; that or the Cenation is a very quiet bunch in London), this segment disappointed my when I think about the events that transpired.
I'm all for The Shield attacking whoever they want, whenever they want, but I don't see what the point in Cena helping Ryback was. Why did he not let Ryback get attacked and then hit him with the AA? Better yet, hit it on the steel chair that he placed on the ground? Don't get me wrong, no part of this is a complaint. Cena shouldn't be buried in this feud and neither should Ryback, and neither really are. As far as I can tell, Cena is standing by his "Hustle, Loyalty, Respect" mantra, whilst Ryback is saving his best ever in-ring performance for Extreme Rules.
I look forward to their Extreme Rules confrontation, but I just hope it gets a gimmick match rather than standard Singles rules.
Before I close this blog out, I will apologise for the longer entry tonight. I'm sorry, perhaps we could make like Team Hell No and hug it out?
I want to finish by doing my normal routine of saying what I want from next week's Raw, but it seems like the wrong thing to do tonight. Instead, I'm going to tell you that no matter where you sit when the Undertaker enters an arena you will literally feel the heat of the fire which accompanies his entrance. I was honestly star struck experiencing what I did in those four minutes, and if I still had the video my silence would support that claim.
If for no other reason, tonight was more than worth it and I'm glad I've spent the last year writing this blog and that I have an audience who might appreciate my experience to share that thought with.
Thank you for reading, and I hope I can count on your support next week also.
The question I ask you this week is this; what is the best experience you have personally had at a live WWE event?
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Hello Survivors and Caregivers!!!
My name is Brittany and my story is about my best friend Joanne. In July of 2011 she went in to have a CT scan. She was diagnosed with Uterine cancer two years earlier and had a Hysterectomy. Dr. Smiley said it had been a couple of years since her last scan and said lets do one just to make sure nothing has popped up somewhere else. Well it did!!! She had a tumor the size of a grapefruit in her liver close to her Inferior Vena Cava. So she meet with Dr. Johnson (a gastro oncologist at West Clinic) he basically told her that the only cure was a transplant so her sent her to Dr. Campos (a liver transplant surgeon at Methodist University in Memphis). Dr. Campos told her that with this particular type of cancer that she would not be a candidate for a transplant. So here we go - Plan A!!!!! After reviewing her scan he said that she possibly could have a resection but was skeptical if he could do it because he was afraid that the tumor had wrapped itself around the IVC. The only way that he would know was to open her up. So in September the surgery was scheduled. Well our worst fear happened he opened her up and closed her up, called in the family and basically told the family she would be here for thanksgiving but not christmas. This man had no bedside manners what so ever!!!!!!!! Not once out of this whole situation did he say that she could start any type of chemo and possibly put this at bay till some other option came available.
Ok Plan B!!! She went back to West Clinic and met with Dr. Johnson he immediately started her on chemo consisting of Tarceva 100mg, Cisplatin, Gemzar. During that time he sent her file out to various surgeons and scheduled a scan in 6 weeks. After her scan the chemo was working and the tumor was shrinking. Dr. Alexander Parikh a surgical oncologist at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center responded to her file and wanted to meet with her.
Plan C!!!! Joanne met with Dr. Parikh and he was very confident that he would be able to do the resection. He scheduled the surgery in Feb. of 2012. The surgery was successful!!!!! The tumor had not wrapped itself around the IVC but instead penetrated it so the Dr. was able to repair the sidewall. So Joanne was on the road to recovery. After nine days in ICU she was able to go home and start her recovery. After meeting with Dr. Parikh on a follow up visit she was told that she had positive margins and needed to start Radiation mixed with Xeloda. 27 treatments!!! It liked to have killed her literally!! The radiation ulcerated her esophagus and she developed Hand Foot syndrome. With her esophagus being ulcerated she had a had time swallowing and was limited to what she could eat!!!Which was tuff because her body was still trying to recovery from surgery. Joanne went for a scan in May 2012 and the scans where clear. Then she went for a scan in August 2012 and Dr. Parikh found 3 spots on the left side of her liver. Which the doc said wasnt surprising to him considering that her Hormones where in hypermode to help her body heal. Which as we all know that is what the chemo feeds off of. He told her to go back and meet with Dr. Johnson about starting chemo again.
Plan D!!!!! When we meet with Dr. Johnson and gave him the scans from Dr. Parikh the spots didn't show up. We were baffled!!!!!!!!! So Dr. Johnson ordered an MRI and what it showed was very saddening there were spots on the left side and spots in the new growth and a spot on a lymph node between the liver and kidneys. Dr. Johnson pretty much told her to go home and get your affairs in order!! Not again!!!! That was the hardest news to hear and the talks that we had afterwards. Funerals wishe, promises that friends make for each other, going through the emotions of not being able to see her granddaughter (who will be two in dec) grow up, or to watch her children start families of their own.
So the next day I woke up with a new attitude and so did Joanne!!! She wanted to fight this with everything she has!!! So I started doing a lot of research to see what was out there and I found this website. The information that is on here has given insight has to the options that are out there. She has since started chemo again and has a scan in 6 weeks in the mean time we go to Vandy next week to meet with Dr. Parikh and Dr. Laura Geoff to see if there are other options. Also she she is possibly looking at going to M.D. Anderson in Houston.
One of the things that Dr. Johnson mentioned was chemoembolization.
Has anyone had that done and was in successful? Also is there anyone out there that has had this same situation happen and what where your options/treatment?


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The Cleveland Indians have been awarded the Best in Class for Workforce Diversity, Large Corporation, at the annual meeting of the Greater Cleveland Partnership.
Additionally, the Indians organization was recognized as a strong contender for Supplier Diversity recognition. Both awards were presented by the Commission on Economic Inclusion, a program of GCP.
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"The Cleveland Indians are proud of our organization's diverse work force and a supplier base that continues to grow more diverse," said Sara Lehrke, the Indians Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Diversity Officer. "In the Spirit of Larry Doby, we are honored to be recognized as Best in Class for Workforce Diversity and will continue to represent his legacy with our commitment to diversity."
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Hedo Turkoglu of the Orlando Magic has been suspended without pay for 20 games after he tested positive for methenolone, according to the NBA.
"Hedo unknowingly took a banned substance," said Orlando Magic General Manager Rob Hennigan said in a statement released by Orlando Magic. "There are more than 125 banned substances on the NBA List, and we spend a lot of time educating our players on the contents of that list and will certainly continue to do so moving forward. We believe this was an honest mistake."
Turkoglu violated the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program, NBA officials said. His suspension started Wednesday when the Magic hosted the Atlanta Hawks at home.
"While I was back home in Turkey this past summer, I was given a medication by my trainer to help recover more quickly from a shoulder injury. I didn't know that this was a banned substance and didn't check before taking it," Turkoglu said in a statement released by Orlando Magic. "I take full responsibility for anything that goes into my body. This was a complete error in judgment on my part and I apologize to the Orlando Magic organization, the league, my teammates, and the Magic fans. I know I have let down a lot of people and I am truly sorry for my mistake."
Turkoglu is making about $11.8 million this season. He has one more year remaining on his current deal, but it is only partially guaranteed. He was picked as the NBA's Most Improved Player in 2008 while with Orlando.
The Magic came into Wednesday night's game with a 15-36 record in their first season of rebuilding following the departure of All-Star center Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers this past offseason.
Asked about Turkoglu's future, Hennigan said it is yet to be determined.
"I think we're going to get through this step. We'll worry about the summer when the summer comes," Hennigan said. "Contracts are what they are. We have to make decisions about a lot of different things in the summer and certainly the Hedo situation will be one of them. But we're not able to comment now on what the decision will be."
Turkoglu said he is focused on serving his suspension.
"I've had my best years in Orlando and I've tried to play as much as I can here. Certain situations are out of my hands," Turkoglu said. "So like Rob said, we'll wait for the summer to come and we'll see what happens. Right now I want to deal with this and get it over as quick as I can."
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"Shoppers have become very smart over the past few years, forcing intense rivalry among popular manufacturers. This year, we expect to see an uptick in product wars and especially fierce competition around new product releases in the categories of mobile phones, tablets, DSLR cameras and 3-D televisions," stated Laura Conrad, president of PriceGrabber. "We expect all of the products on the PriceGrabber top products list to succeed in winning the consumer dollar during the 2010 holiday shopping season."
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Key-Whitt battery reunites at Rogers Centre
TORONTO -- Rogers Centre is as exciting a place to watch baseball as any in the big leagues right now. Its tenants, the Blue Jays, opened June on a five-game win streak and carried a division lead of 5 1/2 games into the opener of a three-game Interleague set Friday evening against the Cardinals.
The dome that hosted back-to-back World Series championships in 1992-93 is certainly due for a party in its honor. Now rebranded as the Rogers Centre, the SkyDome celebrated its 25th anniversary prior to first pitch on Friday night.
"You never really get an advantage in here as a pitcher, but it's a great place to hit, and I think it's a great place for fans," former Blue Jays pitcher Jimmy Key said before the game. "They've got a perfect night every night. If it's bad, you shut the roof. If it's beautiful like it is tonight, you open the roof, and it's a great ballpark."
Key won the decisive Game 6 in Toronto during the 1992 World Series, and he noted the Game 4 victory against the Atlanta Braves as his most memorable moment on the turf. On Friday night, the four-time All-Star with a career spanning 15 years took the mound to toss the ceremonial first pitch to his former catcher Ernie Whitt. Key was on the mound on June 5, 1989, for the stadium's first big league game, with Whitt behind the dish.
Canadian band Glass Tiger performed on the stadium's opening night, and lead singer Alan Frew returned Friday to perform the national anthems. Also on hand was former manager Cito Gaston, who led Toronto to its World Series titles and began a brief second stint as skipper when he replaced current Blue Jays manager John Gibbons in 2008. He received a standing ovation when he delivered the lineup to the umpiring crew.
With the dome open, the 2014 roster entered play against the Cardinals with a .607 winning percentage -- the club's highest mark this early in a season since 1992 (38-23), Key's last year as a Blue Jay.
Steph Rogers is a contributor to MLB.com This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The seven-time Grammy award-winning trio Lady Antebellum will headline the US Cellular Summer Jam concert series at the Nebraskaland Days Wild West Arena on June 27.
The group, which was scheduled to perform for last summer before lead singers Hillary Scotts pregnancy, made good on their promise to play the date this year when they had to cancel a year ago.
Were really pleased to see Lady A come back to North Platte, Nebraskaland Days concert chairman Hans Julius said. Many of our patrons were disappointed when the band had to cancel last year.
Hillary Scott gave birth to a girl, Eisele, on July 22, with husband Chris Tyrrell, the band's drummer.
This year's Lady Antebellum tour is named for the band's No. 1 single, Downtown, off their newest album, Golden. The band did some touring last year, and said they spent considerable time backstage writing for their album Golden, so they were focused on songs that connect with fans in arenas, according to Charles Kelly of the band.
We definitely learned a lot about ourselves as live performers and the type of catalog we wanted to have, so that we could go out and try to give the fans the best show they've ever experienced," Kelly said.
"All of that was the jumping off point for this tour, and now it's time to take it to the next level," he said.
On the next night, country music star Billy Currington will perform. Currington just scored his seventh No. 1 single Hey Girl, which is the first single to be released off his fifth studio album.
Opening acts for both shows will be announced later.
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Fans who buy a ticket for Lady Antebellum can buy a ticket to Billy Currington for half price. For general admission, that means both shows can be seen for less than $80.
We tried really hard to find a combination that we thought people would be able to enjoy at a price point that would be affordable, said Julius.
Tickets for Lady Antebellum and Billy Currington go on sale to fan club and sustaining members at 9 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 4, and to the general public at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6.
One night only tickets for Lady Antebellum are $99 in the golden circle right in front of the stage, $59 for general admission and grandstand seats. Handicapped seating is $49.
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