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NEW YORK RANGERS vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Sunday, Feb. 17, 6:00 p.m.
Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Rangers: 7-5-1 (15 pts)
Capitals: 5-8-1 (11 pts)
The Rangers will face-off against the Washington Capitals at Madison Square Garden (6:00 p.m. — TV: NBC Sports Network; Radio: ESPN 98.7), in the second game of their three-game homestand. The Blueshirts currently rank third in the Atlantic Division standings, and rank eighth in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 7-5-1 (15 pts). The Rangers enter the contest having been defeated by the New York Islanders, 4-3, in the shootout on Thursday at Madison Square Garden, to end their three-game winning streak. The Blueshirts have now registered at least one point in eight of their last 11 contests (7-3-1) after dropping the first two games of the season. The Capitals enter the contest with a 5-8-1 (11 pts) record to rank 15th in the Eastern Conference, and have won their last three games. Following the contest, the Rangers will conclude their three-game homestand when they face-off against the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Madison Square Garden (7:00 p.m.), in an Original Six matchup.
RANGERS vs. CAPITALS:
- All-Time: 85-86-18-5 overall (47-38-9-2 at home; 38-48-9-3 on the road)
- 2013: Tonight is the first of three meetings this season, and the first of two meetings at Madison Square Garden
- Last Season: New York was 2-2-0 overall (1-1-0 at home; 1-1-0 on the road). The Rangers out-shot the Capitals, 129-87, including a 47-24 advantage in the third period. Ryan Callahan led the team with four assists and five points in the season series, while Brian Boyle and Ruslan Fedotenko tied for the team-high with two goals. Henrik Lundqvist was 2-1-0 with a 3.00 GAA, and Martin Biron was 0-1-0 with a 4.01 GAA.
- The Rangers have won five of their last seven regular season games against the Capitals, out-scoring Washington, 26-14, over the span
- New York is tied for fourth in the NHL with a 5-2-1 (11 pts) record at home; Washington is tied for 22nd in the NHL with a 2-4-1 (5 pts) mark on the road
- The Rangers are 2-0-0 vs. the Southeast Division this season; the Capitals are 1-2-1 vs. the Atlantic Division this season
- New York lists two former Capitals on their roster: Steve Eminger (2002-03 – 2007-08); Jeff Halpern (1999-00 – 2005-06; 2011-12)
- Washington lists two former Rangers on their roster: Tom Poti (2001-02 – 2005-06); Wojtek Wolski (2010-11 – 2011-12)
INDIVIDUAL CAREER LEADERS vs. CAPITALS:
Henrik Lundqvist — 22 GP, 13-7-2, 2.77 GAA, 3 SO
Martin Biron — 23 GP, 11-9-1-2, 2.56 GAA, 1 SO
Brad Richards — 50 GP, 8-27-35
Ryan Callahan — 18 GP, 8-7-15
Rick Nash — 9 GP, 7-5-12
Marc Staal — 17 GP, 1-6-7
The Blueshirts' penalty kill has held opponents scoreless in each of the last four contests (12 times shorthanded). New York has posted a record of 3-1-1 when holding opponents scoreless on the power play.
Power Play: The Rangers tallied one goal in four power play attempts (6:58) on Thursday vs. the Islanders. New York ranks 29th overall (5-48, 10.4%) and are tied for 25th at home (4-28, 14.3%). The Rangers are 1-6 (7:05) in five-on-three situations (last — 2/14 vs. NYI), and 0-0 (0:00) when four-on-three. Shorthanded goals allowed (0).
Penalty Killing: The Blueshirts held the Islanders scoreless in one attempt (2:00) on Thursday at Madison Square Garden. New York is tied for 10th overall (44-53, 83.0%) and ranks 14th at home (28-34, 82.4%). The Rangers are 2-2 (3:12) in three-on-five situations (last — 1/29 vs. PHI), and 2-2 (1:57) when three-on-four (last — 1/31 vs. PIT). Shorthanded goals for (1): 1/20 vs. PIT (Nash).
Four-on-Four: New York did not tally/yield a goal in one four-on-four situation (5:00) on Thursday vs. the Islanders, and are now minus-1 in 10 four-on-four situations (18:35) this season. Four-on-four goals for (1): 1/23 vs. BOS (Gaborik). Four-on-four goals allowed (2): 1/20 vs. PIT (Letang); 1/23 vs. BOS (Horton).
The Rangers have posted a record of 17-3-2 in their last 22 games against Southeast Division opponents, including a 15-3-2 mark against the Southeast Division last season. The Blueshirts have out-scored their Southeast Division opponents, 75-45, over the span.
Rangers' rookie J.T. Miller notched two goals while making his Madison Square Garden debut on Feb. 7 in a 4-1 win against the New York Islanders. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last Ranger (rookie or otherwise) to tally multiple goals in his MSG debut was Chris Kontos in a 6-2 win against Detroit on Jan. 3, 1983. Miller (19 years, 330 days) is the youngest Ranger to tally multiple goals in a single game since Alex Kovalev posted a hat trick on Dec. 27, 1992, at the age of 19 years, 307 days.
The Rangers have registered at least a point in every game when scoring the first goal this season, posting a record of 5-0-1 in those contests, compared to 2-5-0 when allowing the game's first goal. The Blueshirts have posted a 5-0-1 mark when leading after the first period, and are 5-0-0 when leading after the second period.
The Blueshirts have posted a record of 4-1-1 when out-shooting their opponents, which is tied for eighth in the NHL. The Rangers are 3-4-0 when being out-shot by their opponent.
The Rangers rank second in the NHL in hits (388) this season, led by captain Ryan Callahan who is tied for eighth in the league with 43 hits. Brian Boyle ranks second on the team and is tied for 14th in the NHL with 41 hits, while Marc Staal leads all Rangers defensemen and is tied for 24th in the league overall with 36 hits.
The Blueshirts have had eight players make their Rangers debut this season — Jeff Halpern, Rick Nash, Taylor Pyatt, Brandon Segal, Arron Asham, Benn Ferriero, Darroll Powe and J.T. Miller.
The Rangers have registered at least one point in eight of their last 11 contests (7-3-1) after dropping the first two games of the season
The Blueshirts enter the contest with a four-game point streak (3-0-1), and have out-scored their opponents, 16-9, over the span
The Rangers' penalty kill has held opponents scoreless in each of the last four games (12 times shorthanded)
Henrik Lundqvist — is 6-3-0 with a 2.10 GAA and a .922 Sv% in his last nine games; has held opponents to two goals or less in five of his last eight games (5-3-0, 1.99 GAA, .926 Sv% over the span)
Carl Hagelin — enters the contest with a three-game point streak (four goals, two assists over the span), including a career-high, three-game goal streak, and has tallied eight points (five goals, three assists) in the last six games
Dan Girardi — enters the contest with a career-high-tying, three-game point streak (one goal, three assists over the span)
Rick Nash — enters the contest with a three-game point streak (one goal, three assists over the span), including a three-game assist streak
Marc Staal — four assists in the last four games
Ryan McDonagh — three points (one goal, two assists) in the last four games
Marian Gaborik — 10 points (seven goals, three assists) in eight home games
Ryan Callahan — 6 assists from 100th NHL career
Michael Del Zotto — 5 points from 100th NHL career
Steven Eminger — 4 points from 100th NHL career
Darroll Powe — 1 game from 300th NHL career
Brad Richards — 8 points from 800th NHL career
Marc Staal — 6 points from 100th NHL career
Anton Stralman — 7 points from 100th NHL career
Michael Sauer (concussion, 12/5/11) – 13
Total Man-Games Lost: 24
Feb. 13 — Assigned defenseman Steve Eminger to Connecticut (AHL) for conditioning
Feb. 15 — Assigned forward Chris Kreider to Connecticut (AHL)
Feb. 16 — Recalled forward Chris Kreider from Connecticut (AHL)


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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
We need a Blue Jays Babe
There have been contenders in the recent past: The Drunk Jays Fans have gone on at length about their love of former in-game hostess-with-the-mostest Jill Clark, pictured below.
Alas and alack, poor Jill wasn't invited back (yay! More Ryan Greer assaulting our eardrums!)
There's also a whole slew of anchorthingies out there that could be the objects of our affections, but your typical Horton-Hedger-Osmak are more focussed on sniffing the hinies of the Maple Leaves, and Martine Gaillard has been around so long that she feels more like a kooky cougar aunt than a sex object. We don't mind looking at Daru Dhillon, who looks hot in skinny jeans in spite of the random places where she decides to drop h's in her name, but we fear that she might just spontaneously combust if someone took her teleprompter away from her.
And again, those are all women who spend the vast majority of their waking lives in Agincourt, so as pent up with testosterone as the brawling masses at the Rogers SkyDome seem to be, it's hard to lust after someone who's safely tucked so far away from the city centre.
We need a babe on the sidelines.
(And we say this with all due deference to Sam Cosentino...you maybe be the prettiest guy on the Sportsnet telecast, but the brush cut is just way too Susan Powterish for us to cut you any slack here.)
It's not like this is a novel idea. When Sportsnet first started to dig into the Jays coverage six years ago, they had ski bunny Ashley Herod hosting J-Zone and flouncing about the SkyDome during games to ask people how they felt. It was as though she was singing Bob Dylan karaoke, but the disc got stuck. Those were dark days indeed.
From there, we had Hazel Mae.
And it says something about the sorry state of babes in Jaysland that we still hear people pining for her, five years after she took her pixie-sized frame and her platform heels to Massholechusetts.
Seriously boys, we need something to fixate on other than Wilner, or we might just as well throw in the towel along with our dignity, grab us a twenty-sided dice and head down to the basement for a marathon game of Mazes and Monsters.
So who are the candidates? Who can possibly step up and make themselves available to be drrrroooled over by a bunch of, well, drunk jays fans?
There are the hot servers who work the "In The Action" seats, but lately, they seem to be avoiding the camera. And they don't seem hot enough anymore to make us want to break the bank to legitimately buy one of those seats. (We'd probably be more interested in talking to Geddy Lee than flirting with them, and we're kinda anti-prog.)
After some consideration, we feel that we're left with one last option. One babe to rule us all: Nicorette Girl.
She's the babe in the green hoodie and short-shorts who stands beside the aforementioned idiot Greer during a between innings promotion, mostly just to be there and look hot. And good gosh'amighty, does she look hot.
(Mind you, we're not sure if there is just one babe, or if Nicorette sends blister packs of eight Nicorette Girls, and the Jays just pop them out through the foil as they need them.)
In any case, we're making a request. If you're at the games this week and weekend, do us a solid: snap a picture of Nicorette Girl, and send it our way. If we're going to get our random idolatry movement off the ground, we're gonna need us some visuals to get things started.
(And if you are Nicorette Girl, then please know this: we love you. We didn't plan it this way. It just happened. But please don't get creeped out by us just because we write Brattainian posts in you honour. We might even quit smoking for you!)
11 comments:
- The Southpaw said...
Erin Anderews is babealicious!
- April 16, 2008 at 6:24 PM
- Lloyd "the barber" Moseby said...
Mazes and Monsters = Stratomatic Baseball. Just sayin
- April 16, 2008 at 9:26 PM
funny you mention the teleprompter on sportsnet. Anyone watch Connected postgame? Gaillard and McCormick looked like they wanted to mercilessly beat the teleprompter guy tonight. Oh the joys of live tv (and blond tv hosts)!
- April 17, 2008 at 1:48 AM
- forensic said...
Notwithstanding your comment about the "action" girls I must respectfully disagree. I nominate Ashley. I sat in the first rown last night and can confirm she is HOT (and sweet too). A smile that invites and eyes that tempt. There is no way a gorgeous young woman who sashays up, down and along aisles in a black satin dress whose every move is followed by hundreds of wishful eyes is camera shy. Sooner or later you're looking at Baywatch, the sequel
- April 17, 2008 at 11:31 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
But can Ashley pull off short shorts?
- April 17, 2008 at 11:53 AM
- The Southpaw said...
I kind of like Jelena Adzic, the movie critic on CBC tv. She probably doesn't like or know anything about sports, but that's really beside the point, isn't it?
- April 17, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Why the hell wouldn't you want to talk to Geddy Lee?!?!?!?!?!!
- April 17, 2008 at 2:09 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
For that matter, we're not sure that Jelena Adzic knows much about movies either.
Every time we see her review a movie, it is three minutes of telling us the plot and 30 seconds of a review which is basically "go if you want, or don't...whichever."
And more importantly, how does Jelena look in green short shorts?
- April 17, 2008 at 3:01 PM
- The Southpaw said...
Sorry, she just gets me fondly reminiscing about a chestacular Croatian blondie I used to date in uni...
- April 17, 2008 at 4:41 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
If Mick Jagger didn't sing a line about Croatian girls in Some Girls, he should have.
- April 17, 2008 at 5:53 PM
Go to the Renaissance Hotel and find Nathalie behind the front desk. She would do for me annnnnnnnnnnnnnytime!!!
- May 9, 2008 at 1:13 AM

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1) Bottom line: The Rangers didn't accomplish anything with their forecheck. Nothing at all. And the Flyers gave them nothing at all. The Rangers had 21 shots, and the post by Brandon Prust. It seemed like they had three until late in the third.
2) Jody Shelley is sure game, but you could kind of tell he knew he was going to get his butt kicked if he went toe-to-toe with Derek Boogaard. But Shelley is just sooooo much better as a player than Boogaard. And this was another example how having Boogaard, even having Boogaard beat up the opponent's tough guy, has no effect whatsoever. In fact, Boogaard was more of a factor later, when he hit a few Flys.
3) Can't even find words to describe how bad a play that was by Marc Staal on the 1-1 goal by Richards. The Rangers were short-handed, had only four men on the ice … and two of them were in the corner against one Flyer. Staal was the left defenseman. The puck was in the right defensive corner. On the left defenseman's side was Richards, all alone. And while the TV guys told you what a great pass it was to Richards, how good did it have to be with NOBODY in the, oh, 15 yards, between the passer and Richards?
4) Brandon Prust=One Tough S.O.B. Brandon Prust=Team Guy.
5) Did you hear all the praise of Lundqvist before the game. I mean, he's playing well, but it's not like he'd never played better. He gave up a terrible goal vs. Chicago, and the one he allowed to Zherdev from the corner was woeful. If you stand against the near post, the puck can't go in. I learned that at hockey camp when I was, like, 12.
6) Speaking of Zherdev, Alex Frolov anybody? You could tell he didn't want to be in Philly in the second period, when the Rangers won a draw right to him in the slot, on his forehand, and he dumped it into the corner instead of standing in there and taking a high-percentage shot.
7) Do you think the NHL will ever smarten up and have on-ice officials on the ice during warmups? Because one of those Philadelphia-Montreal pre-game brawls is coming. It's absolutely coming. Most guys know better, but one of these days somebody will throw a punch and it'll be a free-for-all.
8) Speaking of that, Colin Campbell's office better be looking at that head shot by Carcillo on Fedotenko, and better be giving Carcillo an unpaid vacation. I agree with Mike Keenan. The response needed to be immediate, and it wasn't.
9) Do you actually know anybody who actually watches Boomer and Carton on MSG. And if so, do you think it was that stupid promo where Carton tries to insist Boomer owes him "a hundy" is what made them watch?
10) And speaking of that, do we really need a Christmas commercial by Mercedes on Nov. 4?


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This is how we do it in the Panhandle of Florida. My son and his girlfriend recently visited and went fishing.
Snapper season
Girlfriend caught one too
stuffed with a bouqet garni of Thyme, Tarragon, and oregano, with a lemon compound butter.
served with Maque Choux. Stewed fresh corn with shrimp, Tasso, and tomatoes serve over rice.
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Global warming, that great villain of the 21st century, is now prime suspect in a scandal threatening the viability of Australian funeral homes.
Australia's warm winter has been blamed for a deficit of dead bodies for undertakers who rely on Aussie winters to liven up business.
The Sydney Morning Herald last month exposed the mournful turn of events echoing a lament in one of Australia's most famous folk songs.
True, The Funeral Home with No Cadaver might lack some of the bounce of the The Pub With No Beer, but the theme of a fracture in a symbiotic relationship holds true.
In the competitive world of Sydney undertakers, the dearth of customers has caused serious concerns, given sympathetic expression by Herald journalist Tim Elliott, who unearthed the story a few weeks back.
"We've seen the biggest drop in business in a generation,'' said Andrew Smith, chief executive of InvoCare, the largest private funeral, cemetery and crematorium operator in the Asia-Pacific region.
"Winter is usually our busiest time, but there's been no real flu season this year and no real cold snaps, and that's being reflected in a big drop in business.''
Sydney is rounding out an unusually warm winter, which in some quarters is not merely a sign of fluctuating temperatures but evidence supporting the theory of global warming.
The harbour-side city, which usually enjoys an average of 12.2 C in July (averaged over day and night), was up to a whopping 14.6 C average this year.
On Tuesday, massive bush fires broke out outside the city in a sign the nation may face one of its worst fire seasons on record.
While Australian winters may be regarded as chicken-hearted weather events by Canadians, they can be lethal to the aged, partly because few people prepare for them.
Three years ago, researchers at the Queensland University of Technology warned Australians failed to rug up sufficiently during the colder months, placing extra strain on their bodies.
Adrian Barnett, from the QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, said Australians could easily cop 30-degree heat, which might knock northern Americans and Europeans about.
But when the temperatures drop slightly, we're vulnerable, especially if elderly.
"We are not very good at protecting ourselves against the cold weather -- we don't wear the right sort of clothes in winter and our homes are often not well-insulated," he said
"When the temperature goes below 19 degrees in Australia, the death rate from heart and circulatory problems goes up."
But there are sunny financial skies ahead for the nation's undertakers if global warming proves to be as potent as science predicts.
Barnett and his fellow researchers have discovered while cold can be a killer, the rise in temperatures in recent years might be too much even for Aussies hardened by the heat.
Over the past 40 years, the move toward summer deaths rather than winter deaths has increased by around 15 per cent.
"In the future, it looks like if this pattern continues, that heat-related deaths could outweigh cold-related deaths,'' Barnett said.
Michael Madigan is the Winnipeg Free Press correspondent in Australia. He writes mostly about politics for the Brisbane-based Courier Mail.


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New England�s top fishing regulator said Friday that crippling cuts in catch limits this year are unavoidable and they will devastate what remains of the region�s once-flourishing fishing industry.
Officials are set to meet next week to decide catch limits for fishermen who chase bottom-dwelling groundfish, such as cod and haddock. But a New England Fishery Management Council committee has already recommended massive cuts that fishermen have repeatedly warned will destroy the industry.
On Friday, John Bullard, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration�s Northeast office, said key fish populations are so weak, �draconian� cuts in catch are unavoidable.
�The cuts will have devastating impacts on the fleet, and on families, and on ports,� he told The Associated Press in an interview.
�That reality is here and we have to face it,� Bullard said.
Bullard�s statements follow years of battles between the industry, environmentalists and regulators over increasingly tough fishing rules, and months of effort to find some way to avoid catastrophic reductions.
The centuries-old industry was a critical part of the nation�s early economy, and is so revered locally that a wooden cod replica hangs in the House chamber of the Massachusetts Statehouse.
But a new assessment of New England cod stocks, released this month, combined with a low catch this year is more evidence of their poor condition, Bullard said. Tough cuts are mandatory if fish populations are ever going to rebound, he said.
�Yes, stocks can get rebuilt, but they don�t get rebuilt on dreams, they get rebuilt on difficult decisions that get made,� he said. �So that�s what has to happen with New England groundfish.�
Bullard said failed management is ultimately to blame for weak fish stocks.
�We set the rules and clearly the rules have failed,� he said. �There�s no other conclusion.�
The fishery council�s science committee is recommending catch reductions of 81 percent for cod in the Gulf of Maine, to 1,249 metric tons, and 61 percent for cod in Georges Banks, to 2,506 metric tons. As recently as 2003, fishermen caught about 8,000 metric tons of Gulf of Maine cod and about 12,000 metric tons of cod in Georges Bank.
Fishermen have warned they can�t survive the recommended cuts, saying it leaves them with too little fish to make a living.
Bullard said he thinks the groundfish industry will ultimately continue in some form, as fishermen seek alternatives, for now. Some fishermen have already turned to other commercial seafood, such as monkfish or lobster, and Bullard predicts people will hang on until the fish get healthy.
The upheaval will be painful, but it�s no different from what other industries face, he said.
�A plant shuts down. A person who�s worked there for 30 years all of a sudden goes to the factory door and it�s closed,� Bullard said. �What do you do? Well, you don�t go to that factory anymore. You learn a new trade and you adapt. ... People adapt and they survive.�


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Are you prepared to bundle up for a good cause?
The Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) is looking for 3,800 volunteers across the province — and 2,300 in Winnipeg — to assist with its annual door-to-door campaign in February.
After amassing $581,000 this past winter, organizers noted they hope the 2014 campaign will net $700,000 provincially to fund heart disease and stroke research. The foundation does not receive core government or United Way funding, according to a release.
"We depend on our volunteers during the door-to-door campaign. Securing canvassers, as early as possible, allows us to determine routes, send out canvasser kits, and prepare for the campaign far in advance," HSF provincial community fundraising programs manager Heather Carroll said in a release.
Volunteer positions include canvassers, area captains, and zone leaders.
For more information, visit heartandstroke.mb.ca or call 1-888-473-4636.
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HOUSTON - It's a spring forward start to spring break, and Galveston is offering free fun to get you down to the island.
ArtWalk will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday in Galveston's historic district. The event is free for the entire family.
Also, Saturday night, there will be live free concerts in downtown Galveston's Saengerfest Park. All bands perform from 6 to 9 p.m. at the park located at the corner of The Strand and 23rd Street.
At the far eastern tip of the island, there will be live music on East Beach Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m., and also Sunday, Stewart Beach will host the Gulf Coast Volleyball Season opener with free admission.
Discovery Green in downtown Houston will have lots of free spring break fun starting with the Funomental Family Festival all day Saturday, with rides and music.
Pets take over Discovery Green on Sunday for the Mix 96.5 Pet-A-Palooza. The free festival is filled with vendors, demonstrations and ends with an Andy Grammer concert.
The Museum of Fine Arts will offer free admission on Thursday.
The Children's Museum of Houston will have extended hours during spring break and a free family fun night Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m.
The Health Museum will hold a free spring break brain night for kids Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Houston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority will hold a free health fair Saturday at the Sunnyside Multi-Service Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Some of vendors, including Walgreens, will be doing health screenings. My Fit Foods will do a food demonstration and 24 Hour Fitness will be doing BMI and body fat screenings. The event is free and open to the public.
Sam's Club will be offering free health screenings, including blood tests for the 20 most common allergens, at all the Sam's stores with a pharmacy.
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DENNIS Smith, Mark Cox, Johnny Haines and Chris Aubrey all earned £250 for reaching round two at the Players Championship event in Crawley today.
Smith beat Darron Brown in round one before falling to James Wade, while Cox conquered Dan Russell before being second best to Jamie Caven.
Haines came out on top in a close game with Adrian Gray but couldn't beat Dave Pallett in his second game, while Aubrey lost to Steve Beaton.
John Newland went out to Steve Hine 6-3 in round one and didn't pick up any money but, along with the other four Swindon players, have another chance tomorrow.


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Here's a fun set of instructions for baking anatomical heart-shaped bread that you rip apart and gorge upon:
Nothing says romance like ritual cannibalism. Use this anatomical heart pull apart loaf to pretend you're vampires feasting on the heart of that asshole in HR who gave a promotion to Brad. Alternately, you could engage in a little Indiana Jones cosplay where the sexy archaeologist in your life can rescue you from having your heart ripped out by any other man. Gentlemen bakers, you could show up at your vegetarian girlfriend's house triumphantly holding this and declaring you were successful in the hunt, so tonight you feast. There are so many ways to express your doughy love.
Bitchin' Bread Battle Day 13: Valentine's Day Anatomical Heart Pull Apart Bread (via Neatorama)


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Dublin locals share their perfect day in their home city
We asked three in-the-know characters living in Dublin, what would be a perfect day in the city.
Sports journalist Peter Carroll shares his favourite beach, dinner and match in the city.
"The early bird catches the worm as far as Dublin goes. You can't beat an early morning stroll through the beautiful Phoenix Park. I love the peace and quiet, as well as the meandering deer.
"Only two minutes away is the hustle and bustle of the city, and my favourite dish and classic Dublin comfort food: coddle. Steaming hot Dublin coddle is a house specialty in the Stag's Head pub. After a hearty bowl, it's across the road and into the arts hub of the city, Temple Bar. I could spend hours here listening to the street musicians.
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"Next I hop on the train north, to take in the breathtaking views and lulling sounds of Loughshinny near Skerries. The beach is famous locally for its smugglers' cave used in the 18th century. If the weather is nice, I'll head back to Dollymount Strand to witness the water sports of the brave souls, and chat with fellow onlookers.
"On an ideal Sunday, I'd head to Drumcondra and immerse myself in the pride and passion of Gaelic games at the Mecca of our national sports, Croke Park. After the match I'll tackle one of the surrounding pubs, such as McGrath's for the Guinness, or Quinn's for a singsong. Live traditional music never fails to rattle my bones.
"Dublin doesn't have to try very hard to impress, just being there is enough."
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Here's a fascinating, at least to me, document, which is somewhat off the beaten path for this blog.
This is a storyboard for a 1968 TV spot for Heinz ketchup, which was presented at a company sales meeting as an alternative to the advertising the company had done up to that point. Created by DDB, the iconic advertising agency of the 1960s — and still a major force in the advertising world today — the ad emphasized the quality, texture, and taste of the product, as compared to other, cheaper brands. You can read the entire story behind the reasoning that led up to this spot here; sadly, the video of the commercial isn't on the web, but I think this almost frame-by-frame analysis of the advertisement is much more enlightening than the finished version. This is how stuff is sold, folks; careful consideration, a lot of contemplation, and a desire to make all of us more effective consumers.


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Last week's winner was Paul G. from Buda, TX and he went with the EDC Kit. An oldie but a goodie!
My Picks This Week
First, you have to check out the tents from Heimplanet — they're inflatable. Yes, inflatable. There are no parts to put together and they're up and ready in less than a minute (be sure to watch the video to see how they work). I'm also excited to see a wallet I've admired for awhile from form•function•form featured; it incorporates a write-anywhere Fisher Space Pen and a take-anywhere extra small Moleskine Volant notebook. So you can jot down your ingenious ideas on the go. Finally, had to give the lunch tote from Alite Designs a shout out. I know a lot of guys hunt in vain for a reusable lunch tote that isn't hideous. This one more than fits the bill in aesthetics, functionality, and affordability.
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Celebrated comedian, presenter and actor Griff Rhys Jones will visit Addingham on Tuesday during a campaign trail promoting the civic movement nationwide.
The president of national civic movement charity Civic Voice, Mr Rhys Jones, 58, will speak out on Government policies and the role of local civic societies at Bracken Ghyll Golf Club in Skipton Road. His visit is part of a four-day tour of Yorkshire and Humberside, which coincides with the Government pushing forward with the Growth and Infrastructure Bill.
He plans to talk to communities and businesses in the region about how national policies will affect them, and will be encouraging people to go out and support the work of their local civic society. The visit is at the invitation of Addingham Civic Society.
Addingham has the third-largest civic society in the region, after York and Leeds, with more than 400 members.
Addingham Civic Society chairman, Jim Robinson, said: "I am obviously delighted Griff Rhys Jones will be visiting Addingham. This will be a big day for the society and the village, and demonstrates how much we align ourselves with the aims of Civic Voice."
Mr Robinson says examples of this are the society's support for the anti-Chelker wind turbines campaign and being at the forefront of the Wharfedale battle against proposed Bradford District Local Plan housing targets.
Mr Robinson said: "I see an important growth in the Civic Movement nationally, and here in Addingham the society goes from strength to strength. With more than 430 members, we are now the third biggest Civic Society in Yorkshire.
"Griff will hopefully inspire more residents from Wharfedale to join civic groups, as we come to terms with the challenges of weak and ineffective Government legislation."
Mr Rhys Jones will also meet representatives of local groups during his visit.
Tickets to the event cost £5. They will be available to members of Addingham Civic Society at the annual meeting tonight, and from the Old School Room in Main Street between 1pm and 4pm tomorrow, and from 10am to noon on Saturday.


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So How About You — On Star?by Brandy Shearer in Food Network Star, August 13, 2010
You've followed their progress all the way to this Sunday's finale, watching as Herb, Aarti and Tom aced the challenges ... or fell flat. And at some point maybe you thought, "I could do that."
So why don't you give it a shot?
Casting for the 2011 season of The Next Food Network Star is happening now. And after taking in all the action of Season 6, you already know what we look for: great cooking chops, a passion for teaching and a winning personality.
If you're confident you've got the goods, remember this: the final three got started by just throwing their hats in the ring. So come on. Roll the dice and see if you could be the next Star!
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[image via the film Sleeping and Dreaming of Food]
You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!
–– Scrooge to Marley's ghost; from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Was it something I ate?
Anyone who has ever gone to bed after a dinner of enchiladas can tell you that what you eat affects your dreams. Surprisingly, there is very little solid science to explain it.
Spicy foods in particular are notorious for inspiring particularly vivid dreams.
Some in the medical community have theorized that the heat from the spices elevates body temperature enough to interfere with the quality of sleep. The discomfort then works its way into your subconscious, and is reflected in the narrative it creates. Real-life stomach aches and other types of gastric distress can end up as dream pain experienced by your dream self.
Another theory suggests that what you eat before bedtime isn't as important as how much you eat and when you eat it. Any digestion increases the metabolism and brain activity, so the more you eat and the closer it is to bedtime, the more vivid the dreams.
Sweet dreams: Low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, is another culprit. When your body's blood sugar level is low, which happens when you haven't eaten in a long while before bedtime, your brain gives you a little spurt of adrenaline that causes your body to drop some stored glucose into the bloodstream. If you've ever had a dream that wasn't just vivid but also felt especially frantic, you know the feeling of adrenalized dreaming.
If you've ever dreamed you were sitting in a restaurant only to wake up and find your partner cooking up some bacon, you already know that food smells can creep into your dreams. The sense of smell is associated with the part of the brain that is associated with emotions, so food smells can take on a literal meaning and also affect the mood of your sleeping self. One study (unpublished but presented to the American Academy of Otolarygology) pumped different scents into the nostrils of sleeping subjects, and found that dream moods and impressions were clearly colored by the smells, although dream content seemed unchanged.
Gaming your own dreams
We know that food affects dreams, but no one has figured out how to use it to manipulate the content of dreams, Inception-style. The best we can do is choose foods and time our meals to get the best night's sleep possible. Web MD has a slide show of foods that help and foods that harm your sleep.


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U.S. Bank and one of its nonbank partners, Dealers Financial Services, will refund about $6.5 million to 50,000 customers as the result of deceptive practices associated with its auto loan program. The refunds were ordered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency that enforces consumer financial laws and investigates consumer complaints.
All 50,000 affected customers were military service members who were participating in the Military Installment Loans and Educational Services, or MILES, auto loans program, which was created to finance subprime auto loans to active-duty military members. Created decades ago, before automatic payments and electronic transfers were common, the MILES program required service members to repay their car loans via the military allotment system, which deducted the funds from paychecks before the salary was deposited in the service members' bank accounts. This method required using third-party processors that charge fees, which can result in higher costs than alternatives such as online banking, which is often free.
The CFPB found that U.S. Bank failed to properly inform service members about the fees and to properly disclose the payment schedule. There was also a lag time between when the payments were deducted and when they were credited, resulting in additional interest charges.
In addition, the CFPB also found that DFS misrepresented the costs and coverage of vehicle service contracts and guaranteed auto protection, or GAP, insurance add-on products, which were sold with the car loans. The deceptive practices included claiming in marketing materials that the vehicle service contracts added "just a few dollars" to the monthly payment, when the added cost was $43 on average, and claiming GAP insurance would add "just a few cents a day," when the extra cost was 42 cents on average. Additionally, the marketing materials also suggested that the vehicle service contract would protect them from all expensive car repairs, when in fact many basic parts were not covered.
Service members who had outstanding MILES car loans from Jan. 1, 2010, going forward qualify for reimbursements. They will receive checks in the mail or account credits and do not need to take any action to be reimbursed. U.S. Bank and DFS have agreed to modify the program, so service members are not required to use the military allotment system to participate.
Were you one of the participants in the program?
Tara Baukus Mello writes the cars blog as well as the weekly Driving for Dollars column, providing both practical financial advice for consumers as well as insight into the latest developments in the automotive world. Follow her on Facebook here or on Twitter @SheDrives.


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LOL Got confused for a minute...that's my ringtone!
I really think Apple should start doing these kind of tests on their own. It seems like all people do is try a bunch of random things for a few hours until they find something that confuses the OS to get it to bypass. Weird.
The only reason all these bugs exist now that didn't during the betas are because apple purposefully put them in. The want to see if people will push a jailbreak and then right after patch it with the working iOS 7. I have a hundred bugs that I never had on iOS 7 betas. They are just a bunch of d******** if you ask me. They wouldn't be around if it weren't for the jailbreak community and they just keep trying to push it away. They are r*******.
Some of you need to get a grip on reality. JBers account for about 2-3% of all iDevices sold. Why would apple put so much time and effort into such a small group. You people act like 80% of devices are JBroken and apple is constantly having teams of personnel figure out ways to stop us. It would be very easy to stop us, as we are not that secretive of a group.
Get real folks!
Does the latest iOS 7.0.1 that's just been released fix that?
so what's with the gimmicky fingerprint scanner? wasn't it supposed to offer more security?


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Here's the second dish in the Thai Takeout Night series! So far we've seen a traditional Thai Coconut Soup called Tom Kha Gai and still to come are Pad See Ew and Thai Iced Tea!
Yellow curry is my absolute favorite of the curries. It's slightly sweet and salty with just a hint of spice. The flavors of ginger, garlic, and turmeric are the standout stars of this dish, all of which have incredible anti-inflammatory properties. Yellow curry is traditionally served with potatoes, vegetables and a protein, but you won't find the starchy potato in this recipe. I think it overpowers the delicious flavor of the curry, plus we don't eat them! You also won't find curry paste in the ingredient list. This is a completely homemade curry without the use of processed shortcuts. Don't fret though, it's as easy as throwing everything into a food processor or blender then simmering until thick and flavorful. There's not even chopping involved!
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Lacoste Fall 2013
Snow levels in New York didn't quite reach the heights some predicted: It was more slushy than drifty when showgoers arrived for Lacoste's fall 2013 outing at Lincoln Center. But on Felipe Oliveira Baptista's runway, it was South Pole coolness. "The idea of purity made me think of all this," he said at a preview of the collection on Thursday, gesturing toward his racks. "And then I started researching the equipment of explorers, and how things were very functional, but with an idea of protection." (A serious about-face from his more playful eighties-inspired spring show.)
His idea translated into plastic macs, opaque so that you could just make out the bright green polo dress underneath; architectural piqué pullovers with sweatshirt-style necks and structured, voluminous shoulders. There was a lot of piqué, of course, as the designer integrated the signature fabric of the storied brand, now in its 80th year. But he's looking ahead, too, as the material was bonded with jersey, for a sporty, and in its own way, luxurious, lining. Prints were blown-up topographical maps and aerial photographs of glaciers. Greens were a couple shades lighter or darker than Lacoste's traditional hue.
But for the needs of a more northern life, Baptista created a cocoon-like wool coat with a Lacoste-blue lining (still with utility in mind, though—it's reversible). His knit dress in bright blue with white piping was a bit of a departure from the rest, but provided good contrast. Maybe the best looks were his leather dresses in gray and black and white, zipped in several spots to form the stylish silhouettes, moving the brand into new and uncharted territory.


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DRIVERS and bike riders are being urged to stop and think before taking to the road while under the influence of alcohol from the night before.
From June, the Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership is spearheading the Morning After campaign which is targeting drinkers who do the right thing on the night by not driving on the night in the pubs or clubs but then drive in the morning when the alcohol can still be in their body.
During December 2013, 6,550 drivers failed the breath test, with 26 per cent of those were under the age of 25 years.
A unit of alcohol takes the body an hour to break down, meaning a person drinking three large glasses of wine in an evening who stops drinking at midnight shouldn't drive for 13 hours – at around 1pm the following day.
Road safety manager Garry Handley said that although the number drinking and driving cases had reduced significantly in recent years, it remains a serious problem.
"Around 1,000 local drivers are arrested and convicted every year, and they have to live with the personal and social consequences of their actions," he said.
"Tragically of course, for some, lives are lost and people harmed."
Campaign posters will be displayed in pubs and clubs and messages will be posted on fuel pump nozzles and adverts will appear on radio.
The morning after website www.morning-after.org.uk features an alarm clock showing examples of how long it takes for typical drinks to be absorbed by the body.


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So as we go from 100 degree days, to arctic blast, Southern Indiana has signaled that summer is over. So pack away the foam cooler and the sandals. Its time to stay indoors and enjoy the offerings of the NFL and whatever new crap the TV networks want us to watch. However this fall, I'm looking forward to the return of a few shows.


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Almost a third of Americans have already filed their income taxes this year. There is free help available for those who have yet to get started.
Taxpayers who make less than $49,000 per a year can get atax return prepared for free from the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, known as VITA. The program is a partnership between the Atlanta Prosperity Campaign and the Internal Revenue Service. The Prosperity Campaign is an iniative of the Atlanta Community Food Bank. VITA operates at various locations across metro Atlanta. Click here to find a location near you.
H and R Block, Jackson Hewitt and Liberty also have free tax centers set up in select Walmart Stores. They'll file a Federal 10-40 EZ form for free. Most state returns are about $30.
The American Association of Retired Personsalso has free Tax Help Centers across metro Atlanta. Senior Citizens and low income residents are given first priority but the centers are open to all. Click here to find a location.
Also, beware of emails that are disguised to look like correspondence from the IRS. They may look official, but under close scrutiny contain spelling and grammatical errors and contain links that could lead to a computer virus or malware.


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This overdress is a part of a simple women undergarment according to Viking tradition.
For a better comfort, there are two side lacings attached to the overdress.
This outer garment is made from a robust, coarse woven fabric made from 100% cotton uncombed.
Machine wash Enter only the dry and ventilated garments in the machine. The drum should never be too full. Stay always at 30 degrees. Wash the garment on the left. Hand wash New clothes can still turn out - so wash them separately at first. Use the hand wash cold water. Soak the clothing is not a scratch and avoid. Drying Put the clothes drying not in the direct sunlight. Put your clothes to dry on the heater. Make sure you have adequate ventilation when using the clothes to dry indoors. Ironing Please pay attention while ironing on the ironing symbols specified in the garments. Dampen your clothes before ironing slightly. Iron the garment on the left.
Woolen fabricsCAUTION for woolen fabrics. These do not belong in the washing machine or in the dryer. Woolen materials, if they are soiled and can not be cleaned by brushing, treat with a sponge and foam carefully, if possible ONLY the place which is affected. It is best to brush the wool only.Should a complete washing be necessary, then bring to the next cleaning, no self-experiments in the washing machine or by hand wash. That should be worth the good piece nevertheless.


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Broulim's Fresh Foods, Redner's Warehouse Markets, Harris Teeter and Tops Friendly Markets were named National Retail Beef Backer Award winners today at the 2013 Cattle Industry Annual Convention in Tampa, Fla. Funded by the Beef Checkoff Program, this awards program recognizes grocery establishments for impressive initiatives to market and merchandise beef in the meat case.
"The beef industry depends on retailers of all sizes to promote and sell the fresh and wholesome beef us ranchers provide," said Brett Morris, an Oklahoma-based producer and chairman of the checkoff's 2012 Joint Retail Committee. "We're proud to be able to honor the most innovative and dedicated of these retailers with our annual Beef Backer Award. Especially now, as consumers are cooking at home more frequently, we're thrilled to see retailers using checkoff-funded programs to educate shoppers about beef choices and drive beef sales."
The 2012 award-winning Beef Backer retailers:
- Independent Retailer – Broulim's Fresh Foods (9 stores): This three-time Beef Backer winner has a long-standing history of successfully leveraging checkoff-funded initiatives throughout its Eastern Idaho stores. In 2012, Broulim's unveiled a "Magnificent Seven" promotional campaign that positioned meat managers as the go-to expert on beef (leading shoppers to seek them out in stores), and an increase in beef sales. Broulim's appeals to health- and value-conscious shoppers by featuring checkoff-developed Beef Value Cuts, such as the Denver Cut and Petite Tender Medallions. Broulim's Fresh Foods' works closely with the Idaho Beef Council to offer solutions, such as seasonal campaigns and use of American Heart Association-certified beef cuts, to drive beef demand with shoppers and ensure positive at-home beef-eating experiences.
- Mid-Size Retailer – Redner's Warehouse Markets (42 stores): This Northeast employee-owned chain knows how to keep beef front and center with shoppers. Its "Pick 5" campaign highlights six beef cuts per week and is the stores' highest driver of beef sales. This profit-building program promotes shopper loyalty and can increase sales of certain cuts by more than 400 percent. As one of the few retailers still cutting their beef in-house, Redner's is a leader in offering a variety of new beef cuts, including the Denver Cut and Ribeye Filet. In partnership with the Pennsylvania Beef Council, Redner's uses checkoff-funded shopper insights to create point-of-sale and marketing programs that educate consumers about beef nutrition and about how to shop for and prepare beef.
- Large Chain Retailer – Harris Teeter (211 stores): A five-time winner in this category, North Carolina based Harris Teeter makes beef the core of its business – making up more than half of all fresh meat sold. Harris Teeter puts a priority on serving their customers' needs in innovative ways, recently launching a new beef-only mobile website to bring cooking instructions, recipes and proper cutting methods' by cut to shoppers' fingertips. Harris Teeter's beef sales continue to outpace the competition, in part due to its weekly front-page featuring of beef, as well as seasonal promotions and a unique "Big Red Button" program that reconnects the consumer to the butcher. A new Meat Apprentice Program gave employees the skills to educate shoppers better about which beef cuts to purchase.
- Innovator of the Year – Tops Friendly Markets (155 stores): With stores across New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont, Tops Friendly Markets has a rich history of promoting beef to consumers in partnership with the New York Beef Industry Council. Tops Friendly Markets successfully caters to various demographics and grows sales by meeting consumers' ever-changing needs. A Hispanic Marketing toolkit grew metro market beef sales and its FreshCreations ready-to-cook program let shoppers add marinades, spices or rubs to their beef purchase. Additionally, Tops Friendly Markets encourages consumers to choose beef more often through prominent weekly featuring and engaging promotions like "Brown Bag Your Beef" and "What's on Your Weekend Grill."
The National Retail Beef Backer Award winners were selected based on submission criteria such as execution of outstanding beef promotions and successful beef merchandising and education programs. A judging panel of industry professionals also took into consideration the retailers' support of checkoff-funded initiatives to build beef demand with shoppers such as Beef Alternative Merchandising, Hispanic Marketing, on-pack labeling, Beef Training Camp, seasonal promotions and store-specific campaigns.
Started in 2006, the National Retail Beef Backer Awards program was developed to recognize the partnership between America's beef-producing families and their grocery partners, and to encourage other retailers to become more involved in marketing and promoting beef. For more information, visit BeefRetail.org.
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Chairman's Message
It is a great pleasure for the executive committee to work for the members and having had the chance to organize the presence of Myanmar of some major international trade fairs , such as International Tourism Boerse Asia 2014, World Travel Market 2013 and International Tourism Boerse 2014 and Thailand Travel Mart Plus 2014 to name a few.
The year 2014 has been a record breaking year for the tourism industry of Myanmar with the total tourist arrival number exceeding 1 million for the very first time. Although that figure is much less than those of the neighboring countries, it has been an achievement for Myanmar and Myanmar Tourism Marketing's pleased to have taken part in realizing such a breakthrough.
Some said that Myanmar no longer needs to be marketed as the tourist arrival number is on the rise any way and there are ongoing politic and economic reforms in addition to the state delegation of the leaders of Myanmar abroad which attract the attention of the potential visitors to Myanmar.MTM does believe that it is an erratic statement and now is the time to market Myanmar as a preferred tourist destination, riding the wave of current popularity.
We travelled through the dark tunnel, metaphorically speaking, and we have just been in the broad day light and see enormous opportunities for the growth of tourism. It is crucially important to offer the world with the variety of our products and marketing is a tool we must use to make Myanmar embark on the similar level of status in tourism with the countries in the region in the not-too-distant future.
In doing so, MTM has seen the need to also do internal marketing which is the process of motivating and empowering the employees of each of our member companies to work as a team for the overall wellbeing of the customers and thereby the company itself. This is actually the core to success of each of our companies.
A harmonized effort within the company is an utmost necessity to provide customers with services at a desired level. If we don't deliver the service we promise in our marketing campaign, we will fail for sure. And we only can keep that promise when all of our employees at all levels realize what actually we are going to deliver.
Therefore, MTM will be organizing training programs and workshops in addition to the organization of delegation to international trade fairs. MTM also plan to resume the familiarization trips for the bona fide travel professionals and writers during the monsoon season of 2014.
We have now more products to promote since there has been relaxation of travel to remote and hilly regions which were somewhat restricted previously. Moreover, the gates at the border between Thailand and Myanmar have been being open one after another over the last few months. Thanks to the prevailing peace talks, Mon and Kayin States and Mergui Archipelago are ready to be explored.
The future is always bright and the executive committee relies on the confidence and support of our members in order to continue achieving the success together.
Welcome to the Renaissance of Tourism in Myanmar!
Phyoe Wai Yar Zar
Myanmar Tourism Marketing


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My family gathered together on Sunday to honor the various
moms in our bloodline and to eat ourselves silly on salads, dips, chips
and pie. Although you probably already know this if you were at home in
Putnam County that day, the morning started out with fog and a cool mist
that blew across the fields with a chill. Our outside feast was cause
for concern, especially since my 97-year-old grandmother intended to
join us.
PLEASE PAUSE FOR THIS EDITORIAL MOMENT: All other
readers, do excuse me as I wave my cardboard sign up and down in front
of the camera. Hi, Gran! Tee hee hee!
Anyway, everybody who had
traveled from as far away as Virginia to celebrate familial moms was
pretty pleased when the sun came out and burned off the clouds in time
for a picnic. It even got hot enough that the southwest breeze felt good
around 2 p.m.
Sandwiches, pasta, four kinds of dippables and
three pies later, we reminisced. We counted butterflies and honeybees in
a nearby crabtree, thrilled by both after the long, terrible winter
months killed off so many. Steve and I took a walk, he with a camera in
hand and me with a pail to pick wood violets for jelly. The trail led us
past nesting wood ducks, a sandpiper and a species of warbler that
hasn't been seen in these parts in quite some time. I suppose it took so
long to warm up that by the time the migratory birds got this far
north, they decided it wasn't worth making the rest of the trip just to
have to turn around and head south.
All this 'mama-ing' put me in
mind of two years ago when we were privy to the rehabilitation of a
female Virginia opossum and several of her offspring. Under a sub-permit
with a Toledo-area wildlife rehab facility, our place served as halfway
house as the mother recovered from a close encounter with a car.
than a week in, Opossum Mom started to pace in her hutch. We opened the
door, thinking she would take off with the kids. She took off, but left
the kids behind. With a collective sigh, we closed the door on
predators and ordered enough formula to get several nursing opossums to a
releasable age. Since primitive, prehistoric Virginia opossums have a
pea-sized brain, we were pretty sure the mother was on her nomadic way.
Such was the experience of most wildlife studies and there was no reason
to doubt the writings.
The next morning, I filled the dishes and
started out the door to the hutch. And stopped. The mom was back,
working at the door while the babies paced on the other side. Steve
grabbed the camera, opened the door, the kids spilled out onto their
mother's back and off they went.
I hope all of you had a wonderful Mother's Day, no matter how many legs you may have.
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THE High Sheriff of Dyfed, David Pryse Lloyd recently launched the Go Make A Difference (Go M.A.D.) campaign at the Torch Theatre to help community organisations tackle projects this September.
The help needed could be anything practical from painting a youth group's premises to clearing waste ground around a school.
Milford Haven Port Authority and South Hook LNG have already pledged people and resources and the team wants to hear from anyone who could help by volunteering or offering goods and services.
David said: "There are dozens and dozens of people giving time to do things like maintain village halls, run youth groups and generally make our towns and villages into real communities and great places to live.
"I aim to use the office of High Sheriff to persuade businesses to support such projects."
Anyone involved with a project that could benefit from the Go M.A.D. event this September, should send an expression of interest form to: The High Sheriff, Panteg, Llanddewi Velfrey, Narberth, SA67 8UU or email firstname.lastname@example.com, by Friday, July 9 2010. Forms are also available at www.pavs.org.uk or by contacting Maureen on 01834 891534 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - Authorities say one child who was in a crash on Wednesday night in Orange County has died on Thursday.
Authorities said two family members were taken to the hospital after the crash at CR-13, just north of Colonial in the Bithlo area of Orange County.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a pickup truck ran a stop sign and hit the passenger side of a van with a mother and her kids inside, causing her van to roll over a couple times.
A 9-year-old boy was ejected from the van and was transported to Arnold Palmer Hospital, where he later died. FHP said his 13-year-old sister and their mother were also transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
The driver of the pickup truck told authorities he did not see the stop sign at the intersection.
The crash remains under investigation and charges are pending.
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This article was published 15/11/2012 (1742 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Caelin White finished 12th out of 1,300 competitors at the World's Toughest Mudder this past weekend.
He was the top Canadian finisher out of 180 and 10th overall in the men's division.
White completed seven laps of the 16-kilometre course in 26 hours and 23 minutes.
Read more info is on his website: http://mindyourmentalhealthcampaign.wordpress.com
Laps completed: 7
Time raced: 26 hours, 23 minutes, 41 seconds
Top Canadian, out of 180 competitors
5th out of 244 males in age group
10th out of 1019 male competitors
12th out of 1097 total competitors
Placement after each lap: 117th, 125th, 67th, 42rd, 38th, 16th, and 12th
Total distance run: 120 kms
Total distance swam: 2 kms
Number of obstacles completed: 224
Number of electric shocks received: 5
Total distance dragging two tires: 6 kms
Total calories burned: 15,000-16,000
Total calories consumed: 9,000-10,000
Total fluid consumption: 18-20 litres
Number of 3mm wetsuits worn at the same time: 2
White, 34, raced in Englishtown, NJ last Saturday.
The doctoral student in clinical psychology at the University of Manitoba was racing to raise awareness of mental health — specifically the stigma placed on those with mental health issues, and a lack of access to services.
"This obstacle course that I'm running is like a perfect parallel for what people in Canada have to endure to get mental health services, it's just obstacle after obstacle," he said.
White, who serves on the board of the Manitoba Psychological Society, started the Mind Your Mental Health campaign to align with his Tough Mudder race.


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MPs across Worcestershire have been praised for their public response rates - after new data placed them among the country's best.
A survey of data collated by the website 'Write To Them' has placed the likes of Robin Walker and Peter Luff among the UK's leading parliamentarians for getting back to people.
Every year the site, which offers web surfers the chance to write directly to their MP, collects data on how much correspondence each one gets.
It then contacts random writers to ask them if they ended up getting a personal response from the MP in question, rather than just an automated email.
Mr Luff, Conservative MP for Mid-Worcestershire, replied personally to 51 of 64 messages from the public and had 95 pieces of correspondence via the site.
He was ranked 87th best MP in the country, out of 641 and was given a response rating of 'high' by the site.
Mr Walker, who represents Worcester, replied personally to 71 out of 104 emails and was sent 157 bits of correspondence from the site last year.
He was also given a rating of 'high' and ended up 197th in the league table for 2013, comfortably in the top half.
Mr Luff said: "Maybe this is just a reflection on my constituents, rather than me as they are very kind, nice generous people.
"It's a very useful website and it's good to do well, but it's only a small amount of the correspondence I get.
"I probably get 12-15 substantive emails a day, of new work I have to look into, and that's on top of the phone calls and letters that come in."
Mr Walker said: "What's pleasing for me is that all of Worcestershire's MPs come out of it well.
"I do take data like this with a pinch of salt because often people write to me and don't leave contact details so I can't always respond, but I do get back to the vast majority when I can."
Wyre Forest MP Mark Garnier came in at number 226, with personal replies sent to 47 out of 71 constituents sampled, and he dealt with 119 requests direct from the site.
Harriett Baldwin, who represents West Worcestershire, was ranked 328th, having replied personally to 59 from 102 messages from the public.
She had 156 queries from the site and was given a grading of 'medium'.
She said: "I have an excellent team of local constituency caseworkers who have helped tens of thousands of constituents every year."
She said anyone who wanted to contact her can do so by telephone, email, letter or at her weekly surgeries.
No Worcestershire MP finished in the bottom half - to see the data visit www.writetothem.com/stats/2013/mps.


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APPRENTICE roles are taking East Lancashire employees all the way to the top.
That's according to new research which finds that nearly one fifth (18 per cent) of employers in the North West currently have former apprentices working in senior management and board level positions.
The findings, released to launch the third annual City & Guilds Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers list, highlight the commitment of employers to promoting former apprentices through the ranks.
Indeed, 26 per cent of all employers in the region questioned said apprentices go on to various management positions in their company. The North West is the third highest region to have former apprentices working in senior management.
Nationally, an apprentice's chance of becoming a director is greatest in the construction industry, with 47 per cent of businesses in this sector employing former apprentices in board level positions.
This is followed by manufacturing and engineering (43 per cent), agriculture (33 per cent) and energy and power (33 per cent).
Matthew Hancock, Skills and Enterprise Minister, said: "As we can see from this research, today's apprentice could be tomorrow's board director. Nearly every employer that takes on an apprentice, (96 per cent), reports benefits to their business and the calibre of the companies included in this year's Top 100 list just goes to show the breadth of employers who are now embracing apprenticeships.
"Either going to university or choosing an apprenticeship needs to become the new norm for school and college leavers.
"These figures support this aim and show that apprentices are able to succeed in some of the biggest businesses in the UK."
Chris Jones, chief executive and director general of City and Guilds, has also extolled the values of the apprenticeship scheme to business in the North West.
He said: "Apprenticeships provide employers with the workforce of the future.
"Through apprenticeships, employers gain the talented, skilled individuals they need boost productivity and growth.
"We partner with employers of varying sizes and industries on their apprenticeship programmes.
"All of them have seen the benefits apprenticeships can offer.
"Apprentices add value from day one not just through their skills, but through their enthusiasm and drive."