Indiscipline keeps England out of match Dec 1, 2008
NEW ZEALAND 32 (Mils Muliaina (2), Nonu tries; Dan Carter 5 pens, con) bt ENGLAND 6 (Toby Flood, Delon Armitage pens). Sunday Telegraph, London. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Kenya: Taking Up a Women's Agenda Dec 1, 2008
Abdalla cites an interesting example: "According to parliamentary security procedures, members of parliament could not carry handbags in the chamber. Our male counterparts were not affected by this regulation. They can carry pens, notebooks and other items in their jackets and pockets. But a handbag is an essential accessory for women which the makers of that rule did not appreciate," observes Abdalla. Having the handbag rule changed this year has been a small victory for the women... (allAfrica.com)
Handmade Gifts Make a Holiday Comeback Dec 1, 2008
" As the number of people building gifts increases, so does the flow of ideas. Rockler has organized an extensive handmade gift list on its Web site, www.rockler.com/handmade.Some of the more popular projects on the list are relatively simple to build -- things like small jewelry or keepsake boxes. Dominoes, cribbage boards and wooden Sudoku sets are among the many options for beginners. And for those with wood lathes, hardware kits for hand-turned pens, Christmas ornaments and even ice-cream... (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Wales claim Wallaby scalp Nov 30, 2008
WALES 21 (Lee Byrne, Shane Williams tries Stephen Jones con 2 pens drop goal) bt AUSTRALIA 18 (Mark Chisholm, Digby Ioane tries Matt Giteau con pen drop goal) at Millennium Stadium. Referee: Alan Lewis (IRE). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
New Zealand claim grand slam Nov 30, 2008
Sunday November 30, 2008. England's captain Steve Borthwick (L) reacts after New Zealand's Ma'a Nonu (C) scored a try. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
NWE bill pay moves to Flat Nov 30, 2008
Vice President of Customer Care and Communications Bobbi Schroeppel said the new office will be a pilot program to "study the feasibility and viability of opening payment offices in other towns." Schroeppel noted that if customers value the new office "it is possible that in the future we will re-establish payment offices in other locations." Venus Rising reopens Venus Rising's grand opening in their new location, in the lower level of the Metal's Bank Building, Park and Main, will take place... (Montana Standard, MT)
Giving Thanks for Self-Reliant Americans Nov 30, 2008
Instead of staying in a home they couldn't afford and waiting for a mortgage rescue from the savior Barack Obama, Jen, her husband and their four children moved to New Mexico because of the much lower cost of living and college tuition expenses ... I'm sure Jen and her family are much happier making their own soap and mucking out turkey pens than someone who's spent their life on the dole. (Townhall.com)
Jackman has epic presence in new film 'Australia' Nov 30, 2008
He'd wake up in the morning and head right out to the animal pens. After being tutored with the cast's Aborigine children, he'd spend the afternoon exploring the region's spectacular terrain. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Georgia Tech will shock Georgia Nov 30, 2008
Way to go, Pensacola Dog ... When an AJC writer pens a column, it always has a positive slant toward Ga Tech, and a negative slant toward UGA. Considering our recruiting over the last five or six years, and the fact that we ve beaten the gnats for seven years in a row, it would seem that the articles would be a little more balanced ... 1- I have to disagree Tony, if, and it s a big if, UGA s young O line opens some holes and protects Stafford UGA wins. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Mining for diamonds Nov 30, 2008
But Gayo, as he pens the responses with an occasional glance up, clearly is bugged by the hollowness of what he sees ... And, as usually happens with an open market, the competition has intensified ... The tryout opens with 60-yard outfield sprints, and nearly everyone clocks under 7 seconds. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Shock result: Wales win Wallaby thriller Nov 30, 2008
For Wales: Tries: S Williams, Byrne Con: S Jones Pens: S Jones 2 DG: S Jones. For Australia: Tries: Chisholm, Ioane Con: Giteau Pen: Giteau DG: Giteau. (iAfrica.com)
ABs wrap up Grand Slam Nov 30, 2008
For New Zealand: Tries: Muliaina 2, Nonu Con: Carter Pens: Carter 5. Yellow cards: Lee Mears, Toby Flood, James Haskell and Tom Rees. (iAfrica.com)
Valley school gets $10,000 grant from Fred Meyer Nov 30, 2008
As students and their families work their way toward 100 days of reading at home they re able to earn small incentives such as pencils, gel pens and book markers that keep them on track to their goal of 100 days of reading. Once they reach the 100 day milestone the grant also provides Meadow Lakes with the funding to purchase and provide them with either a customized book bag or T-shirt. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Where everybody knows your woof Nov 29, 2008
One recently groomed and washed client, a named Riley O Connell, sits in one of the pens as a circulating air dryer that switches from warm air, to cool, to hot and back to cool again gently blows his fur around in a more than slightly amusing way to an onlooker. A Better Companion also serves a particular dog demographic by operating in Melrose, Giles added. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Bison roundup shows species recovery on prairie Nov 29, 2008
After navigating the labyrinthine system of pens, the bison arrive at the final step. Electronic transponders attached to each animals ear are scanned with wands, and each ones unique, 15-digit number is relayed to a computer, which displays information on sex, origin and age, among other data. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Part II: 50 years of Alaska governors Nov 29, 2008
Press Secretary John Manly, left, hands pens to Gov. Frank Murkowski during a bill-signing at the Capitol in May 2003. Michael Penn / Juneau Empire. (Juneau Empire)
Gifts for travelers: Think local, edible, useful Nov 29, 2008
It folds up to about 8 by 12 inches, opens to 19 by 20, and comes with a shoulder strap. It has pockets and holders for a phone, cup or bottle, pens and pencils, memory cards, documents, tickets, passport, and money, plus a key chain clip, mesh pockets and a large zippered pouch. (USA Today -- Travel)
Gaustad helps Sabres defeat Pens Nov 29, 2008
Stay on top of breaking news. Sign up for ABC 7 News e-mail alerts. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Rubbermaid, Irwin Tools not giving up research in tight economy Nov 29, 2008
Huntersville, N.C. In a room at Rubbermaid s testing facility here, just north of Charlotte, a machine opens and closes several trash cans in a rhythmic thump-thump-swoosh, thump-thump-swoosh to test the longevity and strength of the lids spring mechanisms ... A robot continuously opens and closes Rubbermaid trash cans at a Newell Rubbermaid test facility Huntersville, N.C. ... For the consumer products giant, which makes everything from trash cans and pens to baby strollers and circular saws,... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Gift ideas for Mom Nov 29, 2008
And there's places for keys, mail, pens and other junk ... More Gift ideas - Work Sharp sharpening tool, electric grinder sharpens mower blades, edgers, chisels and screwdrivers, $129. (Florida Times-Union)
Weilers Rev Up With New Facilities, High-Tech ID Nov 28, 2008
All they have to do is punch numbers in and they end up in one of two pens (one on each side of the parlor) ... There are 60 sand-bedded stalls, and three maternity pens in which they use sawdust ... After weaning, they re in group pens. (Agri-View, WI)
Arlington residents brighten the holiday season for Germaine Lawrence Nov 28, 2008
Art supplies, back packs, books on tape, calculators - math & graphing, color paper, pens & pencils, globes, journals, markers, math & science equipment, math & writing activity books, notebooks, reference books for library, poetry books, young adult literature. SPECIAL REQUESTS FOR OUR DORMS. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Whooping cranes follow ultralights along new migratory route over local counties Nov 27, 2008
Spectators are not allowed to be in close proximity to the birds at any point during their training or migration even when they land for the night, the cranes are kept in isolation in camouflaged pens set up beforehand by the Operation Migration ground crew ... Once they mature, the birds are airlifted to the Necedah refuge in Wisconsin, where the cranes are housed in wet and dry pens. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
'The Shield' series finale: Who feels emotionally pistol-whipped? Nov 27, 2008
It was devastating enough that a desperate Shane shot himself on the toilet, leaving behind a mess of blood and pens, as well as an unfinished suicide note ... A betrayal anywhere opens the door to betrayals everywhere, and partnerships built on greed, though made palatable by a self serving moral code, will very likely implode ... All I can say is that I am really going to miss those weekly episodes to find out what happens next. (Entertainment Weekly)
Turkey Tidbits Nov 27, 2008
- Domestic turkeys usually are found in pens, eating corn. Wild turkeys live in wooded areas and eat such things as acorns, seeds and small insects. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Students 'protest' the eating of turkeys on Thanksgiving (812) Nov 27, 2008
It could have been about pencils, pens or paperclips. It's the writing skill that is being taught. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Remembering the troops this holiday season Nov 26, 2008
American Legion Auxiliary members (L-R) Rae Hedrick, Natalie Flowers, Patti Heinz and Jan Pierpoint of Unit 228 in Big Sandy prepare boxes of necessities (T-shirts, socks, toiletries, baby wipes, lip balm, cough drops, aspirin) and "goodies" (magazines, writing pads, envelopes, pens, pop-top canned fruits and potted meats, water flavor packets, gum, hard candies) to be sent to deployed troops for their ongoing appreciation package project. Items are provided by contributions from members and... (Camden Chronicle, TN)
Alaska bug rancher runs business out of her home Nov 26, 2008
Filling feed troughs, cleaning pens, launching the occasional escapee roundup. Smith wants her charges healthy and happy, even though they're destined to be lunch. (Juneau Empire)
World War II Movie: Das Boot (1982) Nov 26, 2008
Das Boot opens in La Rochelle, France, where the captain and crew of a German U-boat prepare to embark on a three-month patrol in the North Atlantic ... Incredibly, U-96 does makes it home in Das Boot -- only to be hit by a British bomber attack on the submarine pens at La Rochelle. (Suite101.com)
'Bird lady,' 89, told to reduce size of her flock Nov 26, 2008
She faced similar complaints in 2000, when her birds were seized and her pens were bulldozed ... The University of California plans to review hundreds of double-dipping pensioners, many of whom were rehired for their old jobs. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Stupid? Whom the term fits! Nov 26, 2008
" This is true as far as it goes, but it demonstrates the very stupidity that has driven the American auto industry to the brink of failure. The car companies did not make the cars everybody else's customers wanted.Instead of looking at what was wanted (and often required) in other countries, to maintain a viable export market for economic growth, these companies have focused on a shrinking domestic market. As more American consumers have shown the same preferences and switched for foreign... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Johnny "Rotten" Anderson speaks Nov 26, 2008
It was his partner, Craig Button, who not 10 minutes earlier, was screaming for an Armstrong suspension ... And when that happens, a game can quickly spiral out of control ... Colby Armstrong s heart is probably still with the Pens. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Prime Equine Property Now Available in Texas Nov 25, 2008
The Double Diamond complex includes multiple barns, paddocks, a dressage arena, covered round pens, multiple outdoor pens with pipe fencing, automatic walkers, and a large maintenance facility. It includes an 11,000 square foot main residence plus, 6 additional residential homes which can accommodate guests, trainers, and staff. (PR Newswire)
Michele Rohe will tell dairy's story this winter (14) Nov 25, 2008
Rohe Dairy includes 8-10 part-time employees that milk the cows, feed and bed the pens, clean up and assist with herd health ... November 20In years past, potassium was less expensive than either nitrogen or phosphorus on a per pound of nut. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Downtown stores kick off shopping season Nov 25, 2008
Paper clips and tacks, a little this and that Pencils and pens, I am handy just when you need, pull me out to reach right in. Uptown, downtown, east of the tracks or west; storefront by bank's spot puts your clues to the test. (Brewton Standard, AL)
Riverway school community gathers for food, thanks Nov 25, 2008
McKern s daughter, Kayton, made pillow cases and flowers to place at the end of pens. She learned how to price items and get good deals for materials, she said. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Mother lode of adjectives here tonight Nov 24, 2008
(Eleven years later, she pens a successful children s book titled The English Roses. . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Salmon farming in Maine mounting a strong comeback Nov 23, 2008
Cooke has adopted a number of changes, including writing into state law a requirement that saltwater pens lie fallow for a period of time after fish are harvested ... Raising huge numbers of fish in pens creates a breeding ground for pests and disease, discharges large amounts of waste, and poses a threat to wild salmon, they say. (Boston Globe)
Japan sweep USA Nov 23, 2008
JAPAN 32 (Kensuke Hatakeyama, Koji Tomioka, Shaun Webb, Takashi Kikutani tries; Ryan Nicholas 3 cons 2 pens) bt USA 17 (Chris Wyles, Takudzwa Ngwenya, John van der Giessen tries; Mike Hercus con). AFP. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
England humbled by record-breaking Boks Nov 23, 2008
A drive off the back of a close-range scrum saw the ball worked to Rossouw and the openside flanker held off the tackles of Cipriani and England centres Riki Flutey and Jamie Noon before scoring a try ... SOUTH AFRICA 42 (Danny Rossouw, Ruan Pienaar, Adrian Jacobs, Jaque Fourie, Brian Habana tries; Pienaar 3 cons 3 pens, Francois Steyn con) bt ENGLAND 6 (Danny Cipriani 2 pens) Referee: Nigel Owens (WAL) Crowd: 81,113. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Wallabies scrape home on back of Skrela shocker Nov 23, 2008
AUSTRALIA 18 (Peter Hynes, Stephen Moore tries Matt Giteau con 2 pens) bt FRANCE 13 (1 penalty try) (David Skrela con pen Maxime Medard drop goal) at Stade de France. Referee: Craig Joubert (RSA). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Pacific Islanders humble Italy Nov 23, 2008
Sunday November 23, 2008. Kameli Ratuvou of the Pacific Islanders scores despite the efforts of Matteo Pratichetti of Italy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
All Blacks sweep Wales aside Nov 23, 2008
Sunday November 23, 2008. Ma'a Nonu of New Zealand is tackled by Gareth Cooper of Wales. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Engagement and Wedding Etiquette Nov 23, 2008
Traditional items include bracelets, necklaces, cuff links, silver or gold pens and key rings. Wedding Ceremony. (Suite101.com)
SH gives new look to music (19) Nov 23, 2008
She thumps out Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer as Wales pens do, re, fa, ti on the whiteboard for a call-and-response game. Minutes later, the two are leading a group of second-graders in a wild dance of musical statues. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Peru quake hit rural areas hard Nov 23, 2008
The villagers of Las Palmas set up camp in a pasture next to the cow and goat pens, pitching tepee-like tents fashioned of branches and plastic scraps. Women take turns at a communal outdoor kitchen preparing food for residents of this irrigated oasis, a patch of green amid the unforgiving coastal desert that stretches south from the capital Lima. (Yahoo News -- Peru)
Springboks humiliate England Nov 23, 2008
For England: Pens: Cipriani 2. For South Africa: Tries: Rossouw, Pienaar, Jacobs, Fourie, Habana Cons: Pienaar 3, Steyn Pens: Pienaar 3. (iAfrica.com)
Restaurant joins in drive for Afghan children Nov 22, 2008
Anderson said Torney told him the soldiers work to help the children but see a great need for school supplies, such as pencils, pens and paper ... In a letter from Vince Torney, he said the most common thing the children ask soldiers for, after food and water, is pens. (Madison County Record, AL)
Larry McMichael, 59, manager at Oxford Books Nov 22, 2008
He made bowls and wooden pens to give to friends, some of whom urged him to show his work in galleries, she said. He was at the point he was getting ready to do that, his wife said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Playboy in a pickle Nov 22, 2008
Lowly newspaper scribes were trapped in our feedlot-style holding pens with steel barricades, presumably to stop us from pawing at tasty morsels like Nicole Kidman as she swanned by. Further up the media food chain, the TV news crews could roam free on the carpet to do their various live crosses. (The Age, Australia)
Maine salmon industry mounts a comeback Nov 22, 2008
Cooke has adopted a number of changes, including writing into state law a requirement that saltwater pens lie fallow for a period of time after fish are harvested ... Cooke also has upgraded the netting at its pens to keep predators such as seals and birds from getting in and the salmon from getting out ... Broad Cove, the largest of the salmon farms that Cooke runs in Eastport, Lubec and Machiasport, is home to a 40-acre array of 19 pens, each of which can accommodate 25,000 fish as they grow... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Oil Billionaire's Wife Drafts Horse Rescue Plan Nov 22, 2008
Now, 33,000 horses live in holding pens, each horse costing $1,500 a year to feed. By law, if they can't be auctioned or adopted, they are to be slaughtered. (ABC News)
Panel: Farmed fish can be called organic Nov 21, 2008
The question of whether farmed fish could be labeled organic - especially carnivorous species such as salmon that live in open-ocean net pens and consume vast amounts of smaller fish - has vexed scientists and federal regulators for years ... They also noted that open-net pens can harm the environment by allowing fish waste and disease to pollute the ocean. (Boston Globe)
EpiPens emerging aslife-saving kid accessory Nov 21, 2008
EpiPens emerge as life-saving kid accessory - Kids and parenting- msnbc ... EpiPens emerge as life-saving kid accessory ... Like growing numbers of parents of severely allergic kids and the children themselves Zumerling keeps a nearby supply of EpiPens, single-use shots of epinephrine that can quickly counter Jason's potentially fatal reaction to foods from gluten and eggs to milk, peanuts and tree nuts. (MSNBC -- Health)
Crosby, Sykora propel Pens to 7th win in last 8 Nov 21, 2008
Sid the Kid scores, has 2 assists, wing notches game-winner vs. Atlanta. Video: NHL from NBC Sports. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Once again, Iowan will present national turkey to president Nov 21, 2008
Nathan Hill, Paul Hill's son, who, along with his wife, Betsy, and sons, Collin, 9, and Conner, 7, have the tom turkeys in separate pens away from bigger groups of other turkeys. "First of all, (Paul) didn't ask me to grow the turkeys, he was smart and asked my boys, Collin and Conner, to do it," Nathan Hill said. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
How to beat the Pens Nov 21, 2008
Mike I haven t checked but is Fleury still out for the Pens ... Quick check on the Pens boards suggests that they are expecting Sabourin to go tonight instead of Fleury ... Sabourin has played well gave up a fluky goal to Minnesota the other night but that happens. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Thrashers Having A Rough Week Nov 21, 2008
Four nights later, after battling the Pittsburgh Penguins even for 57 minutes and 20 seconds, they again saw the game slip from their grasps as Petr Sykora deflected a Sidney Crosby shot past Ondrej Pavelec while the Pens were on the power play ... When the Pens scored the game-winner, Chris Thorburn was in the penalty box ... Exelby was out of position because Miro Satan of the Pens had interfered with him knocking him against the boards as he passed up Exelby on his way to the Pittsburgh... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Luxury waits for no recovery Nov 21, 2008
Back in the spring, when the world still felt flush with wealth, the profusion of jewelers lavishing products, from Apple earbuds to belt buckles, with diamonds and gold seemed like nothing so much as a reflection of the luxury market's central tenet: The more expensive and rarefied an item, the easier it was to sell ... 9 ounces, of solid white gold and paved with diamonds to a series of opulent fountain pens molded after exotic animals and birds. (International Herald Tribune)
• Art in wood: From blocks to bowls Nov 21, 2008
His specialty:wood pens. At the front of the room, Anderson continued his demonstration, this time with a wine bottle stopper. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Mukasey takes get-well call from Bush Nov 21, 2008
We stock carriers, exercise pens, flea products, natural treats, and more. Featured. (Yahoo News)
Alternative shops for guys Nov 21, 2008
With cigars from Cuba and the Dominican Republic, swanky swimming shorts from Vilebrequin and a range of high-end items from driving gloves and backgammon sets to jackets, raincoats, decanters, pens, watches, colognes, fishing vests and shaving gear, Croft a one-stop luxury guy shop. If you're feeling flush, unleash the wife on the ladies' store next door where she'll inevitably set her tractor beams on a Jack Spade bag. (iAfrica.com)
More of this story Nov 21, 2008
Izzo said the agency also provides funding for clothing, shoes, winter coats, backpacks, notebooks, pens and other academic needs. The family service coordinators also provide the families with referrals to resources in the community such as food pantries or the health and dental clinics operated by the East Bay Community Action Program. (Newport Daily News, RI)
Toreros face Valparaiso Friday in Paradise Jam Nov 21, 2008
For the upcoming 2008-09 campaign, Grier will have a lot of the same characters (every Torero returns) and plot and subplots to work with (8 non-conference rematches; WCC league competition; and WCC Tournament) as he pens his second work. With all five starters and ten lettermen back from last year's 22-14 team that won the WCC Tournament and advanced to the second round of the NCAA's, second-year head coach is cautiously optimistic for the upcoming season. (Usdtoreros.com)
In Battle of Congressional Clout, Waxman Whacks Dingell Nov 21, 2008
But in challenging and unseating a committee chairman known as "the Truck," California has succeeded in the kind of power sortie that happens only once every few decades in Congress and put himself in a position where he will help determine the fate of much of Barack Obama's domestic agenda ... The walls of his office are covered with framed souvenir pens that were given to Waxman by Presidents from Ronald Reagan to Bill Clinton in recognition of the role he played in the landmark legislation... (Time.com)
