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Jakub Voracek and the Philadelphia Flyers enjoyed an unlikely overtime win in the first game of last night's quarterfinals with Pittsburgh by following a mantra the Penguins are able to execute against seemingly every team in hockey but the Flyers—relentlessness.
"They're a good team and they don't stop."
After opening a 3-0 first-period lead, Dan Bylsma's Penguins, conversely, stopped.
They stopped playing aggressively. They stopped managing the puck carefully. They stopped dictating the tone of the game. The final 40 minutes of last night's tilt belonged to the Flyers, and the lack of focus and execution will send the Penguins into Friday's Game 2 with their home-ice advantage already a thing of the past.
"We have to be better, again, with that execution and puck management," Bylsma said, "so we can play at that pace and we can get on to the areas of the game where we can be effective."
It's no secret what the Penguins have to do to even the series Friday. There are three changes the Penguins need to make to be be successful in their next game with Philadelphia:
Puck management is a misnomer. Puck mismanagement is more of the Penguins style, and it won't take much more of a sample size to say "getting to their game" includes playing puck pinball inside the neutral zone.
That sort of carelessness began in the second period and, well, you know...
There are no good excuses for a team with 70 postseason appearances in the last six years to let a three-goal lead disappear over any stretch of a game. That the meltdown took 40-plus minutes meant that Penguins coaches should have gotten twice as good a look at what they need to remedy—let's start with puck management—as the things that worked in their favor.
Mentally, there is no team who gets under the Penguins craw like the Flyers. Unlike in the regular season, however, Wednesday's game provided no fisticuffs and little scrumming to engage the Penguins in a style of hockey that doesn't suit their success.
Rather, they simply gave the game away.
The quick passes and strong breakouts that led to so many off-the-rush chances in the first period were slowly forgotten about. They were replaced with high dumps to the neutral zone, halfhearted clearing attempts and simply bad passing.
It was also interesting that, down three goals, the Flyers instituted the 1-3-1 trap defense. This was first pointed out by The Hockey Writers' Mike Colligan and is as maddeningly effective against the Pens as it is bitterly ironic.
Pittsburgh needs to play aggressively all the time. After the first period, their neutral zone play deteriorated in a hurry and it was all the edge the Flyers needed.
Did Briere's offside goal really change the outcome?
How about the focus that is sometimes called a killer instinct? It's the sort of thing that is usually best displayed by a crucial power-play goal or stout play around one's net.
Like so much else, the Penguins were plenty short of it Wednesday.
Start with special teams. I wrote this week that special teams will be a fulcrum for this series, and the teams who've won the special teams battle during the regular season have usually won those games.
Only twice did Pittsburgh win the special teams battle this season, scoring twice shorthanded in a February contest and adding a power-play goal in the final game of the year.
Philadelphia won the other four contests.
The Penguins had a number of power-play chances Wednesday, each while leading, and managed a paltry four shots on goal in those chances.
Philadelphia had one power-play chance and buried it.
Very simply, the Penguins lost the game on special teams: 0 percent on the penalty kill; 0 percent on the power play.
Is it clear yet what the Penguins need to do to win Friday's game? Pittsburgh's problems don't extend beyond the mental. It's a battle they can win.
A few people have made mention that the only team who can beat the Penguins in these playoffs are the Penguins.
Suffice it to say, the Penguins certainly won last night.
The first period was an example of this Pens team at their nightmarish best. Bryzgalov was shaken, Crosby was flying and the Penguins had what should be an insurmountable lead for any team with the postseason experience these Penguins have.
If Friday's game opens with a Flyers goal and remains tight throughout, Pittsburgh might be better off for it. Wednesday was the 14th time this season Pittsburgh has lost a multiple-goal lead to the Flyers (well, it feels like 14).
Crosby's Penguins had the killer instinct all throughout their first two runs to the Stanley Cup. They need to rediscover it soon.
The veteran presence of the locker room should be enough to take a loss in the fashion of Wednesday's nuclear meltdown and turn it into a motivator for a win Friday.
Numbers that Suck
– Pittsburgh: 0-for-3 on the PP with four shots on goal, 11 attempted shots and seven missed or blocked. Philadelphia: 1-for-1 on the PP, with only two attempted shots in 1:42 of power-play time that was spent largely in the Penguins zone. Possession and patience led to their goal.
– Pittsburgh registered 19 hits in the first period and jumped out to a 3-0 while controlling all phases of the game. They registered just nine in the second period and seven in the third. As Pittsburgh's physicality decreased, Philadelphia took control of the game and scored three unanswered goals.
– The Penguins had eight giveaways to Philadelphia's three. Tyler Kennedy and Zbynek Michalek were each tagged with two giveaways.
– Evgeni Malkin, James Neal and Chris Kunitz had zero points and a combined minus-one rating with 14 shots on goal.
Dan Bylsma Post-Game
On missed chances on the PP
"I don't think we had much zone time. It was more off the rush and within the first five, 10 seconds of zone time we shot the puck and got it cleared, so we didn't have the opportunity in-zone like I think we wanted to and needed to to have success. That was a factor, I think, in all three of the power plays."
On how Pens can keep a loss like this from lingering
"We got a game on Friday. It's one game. They did a lot of what they've done all season, or at least what they've shown they can do, which is keep coming and come back from deficits and they did that. They came back from down three and got a big goal there from Briere to get 'em back and they kept chipping away and scored a big power-play goal, which is what they've done [all year].
"They're a good team and they don't stop. And the second half of the game, we probably didn't get to our game and where we needed to play, and they got back in it and pushed it to overtime."
On why the Penguins couldn't sustain first period success
"I'm not so sure [the success early] can't be sustained, it can be. I think it's more a matter of the real conscious decision, through execution and puck management, that allows you to play at that speed and [dictate] where the game's played. We were very effective at that in the first.
"We didn't continue on that and it's not a matter of sitting back as it is the other two elements, and they're also a good team. They're not going to just let us come at them. We have to be better, again, with that execution and puck management, so we can play at that pace and we can get on to the areas of the game where we can be effective."
On how a veteran team lacked the discipline to protect a three-goal lead
"It certainly isn't understanding of how we need to play with that three-goal lead in that situation we were in [that the team lacked]. I don't anticipate every game being this same way, with jumping out to three goals and getting that lead, but I think that overtime's real evidence of how they played.
"Every puck was in deep and they went on the forecheck and it wasn't perfect every time, but they had repeated pressure in just a short amount of time, and that's something we have to continue [to do] regardless of the score or situation, up three or tied going into overtime."
On if there might be a safer way to protect a lead than Pens' typical style
"I think playing our game would be safer. They're very good off the rush, they're very good at transition offense and any opportunity to do that leads back to them being able to showcase where they're good at, and that's a game we have to stay out of regardless of the score.
"The last two periods of hockey was too much of that. Too much back-and-forth and not really managing the puck in the neutral zone the way we need to [manage it to] play our game. I thought the way we played in the first was pretty safe and that's the way we need to continue on no matter what the score or situation is.
"Going into a situation like the overtime, we allowed them to play on the aggressive side of the game and on the forecheck and as a result in the offensive zone."
On if Briere's goal, which was later shown to be well offside, was frustrating
"In the course of a game, for the linesmen, there are a lot of scenarios that are close to being calls either way. I think the linesman is going to wish it was a little closer than it was when he sees it again, but that's not why we lost the game."
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MARTINEZ, Ga. (WRDW) -- The Columbia County Sheriff's Office is looking for the suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened in the parking lot of a bank in Martinez on Friday afternoon.
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According to the incident report, the man followed the victim to her car, and as she tried to get inside her car, the victim says he told her to hand over the money. She says that's when he snatched the cash out of her hand before driving off in a beige sedan.
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So, I am in the early 6th month of being wheat-free.
I really miss doughnuts.
So far, I have not been miraculously cured of my CFIDS/ME. But my FMS is much, much better than it was when eating wheat. I'm also much more tolerant of cold. R noted when I was at home that I seemed more clear-headed in the mornings, more awake.
At the end of this month, I plan to have a few doughnuts and see what happens. Will my joint pain return? If I notice ill effects from the wheat, I will go back off of it for good.
I am also going to talk to an immunologist about the possibility of celiac disease, and maybe get scoped. I also want to get tested for reactivity to WGA and a few other things. I want to know what is going on.
The last couple of weeks, I have noticed that I am feeling less tired. Is it just the time off? I mean, I've been out of school for more than a month now, and I have mostly been relaxing. Or is it that this is how long it takes to recover from Celiac-induced illness? It turns out I have a lot of Celiac symptoms I didn't know were symptoms. Nutritional deficiencies, peripheral neuropathy, geographic tongue.
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Interesting. Oh, alsp, gf donuts exist!
Yeah, they do, but most of them suck! I am going to have to make them myself. There are some recipes out there, I just hate frying anything because the cleanup is such a pain in the ass.
And also, how have you been? It's nice to see your username.
And thanks! I have been busy packing and driving and recovering, and Christmas happened, but I need to get back to LJ again.
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Skip to comments.Rahm Emmanuel to major banks: Stop serving gun manufacturers
Posted on 01/26/2013 7:34:01 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
In a letter sent Friday to the CEOs of TD Bank and Bank of America, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel urged the banks to stop serving gun manufacturers unless they support gun control measures, CBS Chicago reported.
According to CBS, Emmanuel wants the banks to "stop lines of credit, financing for acquisitions and expansions and financial advising" unless the manufacturers agree with him on issues like background checks and what he called commonsense reforms."
In the past, the gun industry has stood in opposition to these safety measures. They opposed a ban on assault weapons on Americas streets, opposed a ban on military-style clips, opposed a criminal background check on all gun purchases and opposed any effort to crack down on criminal gun traffickers, he wrote.
In his letter to TD Bank CEO Bharat Masrani, he demanded the bank uses its influence to push this company to find common ground on gun bans and background checks, noting the $60 million line of credit the bank gives to Smith and Wesson.
"Why shouldnt they have a line of credit?" Jason Howerton asked at The Blaze. "The company has done nothing illegal and AR-15s are perfectly legal weapons."
Emmanuel noted that Aurora movie shooter James Holmes used an AR-15, but as Howerton wrote, the mayor failed to mention that the rifle reportedly jammed during the shooting spree. Emmanuel also failed to mention the incident in which a 15-year-old boy protected himself and his sister from two burglars using an AR-15.
He also demanded that Bank Of America CEO Brian T. Moynihan take the same actions against Sturm, Ruger & Co., a manufacturer with a $25 million line of credit.
Collectively we can send a clear and unambiguous message to the entire gun industry...
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Says the Mayor of a City with likely the HIGHEST murder rate in the US....and the HIGHEST number of guns in the hands of CRIMINALS! The People of Chicago are the ones who are the problem...electing evil.
Freedom loving people should boycott IllAnnoy. There is nothing like failure to give a lesson.
FURE and FUBO!!!
I already know some banks and financial related companies are going along with this, whether pushed by Rahm or not. When CWII occurs, it will be booty time.
Who is in charge? Congress or banks or they all just in control together?
Remember Rahm and ChikFilA. Chicago values I think he said.
Rahm needs to have his @zz kicked with a broghan so hard his nose will bleed.
Another CO Redneck. HooRah! :-)
Would that not violate the equal protection clause? What if the banks decided to not do business with convicts, would Rev Jessie and AL be screaming? What if banks said they would no longer do business with poor folks or people in Chicago, or homosexuals? Of course being liberal means never having to be consistent nor ever being sorry.
Everything about 'progressivism' is about 'culling the herd'....so that a 'master race' is left. IOW, the 'elites'. Can't be having the masses making a good living or having aspirations. That's 'competition'.
We have had five shot and killed today in Chicago and the day isn't over yet. Maybe the mayor can tell the government to stop financing the killers with our tax dollars.
I think anyone who believes in freedom, whether they own a gun or not needs to pull their money from these banks and invest it with like minded institutions and as far as these credit card services that are screwing with legitimate business, there must be an alternative for the businesses to use or by God there is an opportunity for someone to step in and pick up a boatload of clients. I have yet to hear of a bank refusing to work with abortionists or prostitutes, whats next will they refuse to bank with knife manufacturers? Or Ammo manufacturers? Wait maybe they will start asking existing and prospective clients if they are Conservative, because we Conservatives are more likely to defend ourselves so we might injure or kill someone in the process!
So they devise a plan. EVERYthing a prog legislates has a 'knock-on effect'.
Ruger and S&W ought to sue the City of Chicago for tortuous interferance.
Time to boycott all products made in or by Chicago companies!!! I went to my local store and told them if they sell Wrigley's gum I will not buy anything from his store, explained the reason why and the store owner agreed to remove the gum from his shelf.
Rockin' QS Ranch to major banks: Stop serving Chicago.
Those of us who understand 'Leaderless opposition' need to get busy building target lists.
What are we afraid of? Discomfort, hardship, and legal penalties; from making less income to pay less income taxes, making no income to pay no income taxes, and refusal to pay income taxes, respectively. But short of armed rebellion which will never happen, depriving the govt of revenue is the only way to repair it. It's the only thing the beast understands. Not the jury box, ballot box, soap box....just the cash box. Close it and demand what you will.
The mayor of Chicago, literally the murder capital of the USA, is using the government's illegitimate influence on the banking industry to create financial pressure on perfectly legal manufacturing businesses for political purposes.
It's the new Washington DC way, brought to you by Chicago.
They aren't exactly operating undercover anymore, are they?
how bout we call on banks to stop servicing abortion providers and illegal aliens?
seriously if it's good for libtards, its good for us. now is the time to go toe to toe and blow for blow. they play hardball and we just continue to play t-ball.
Looks like you've got way more pressing problems right out side your bullet-proof window:
Chicago murder rate sets new record
Anywhere else in the country, this kind of demand would be called EXTORTION! But in Chicago, it is called standard operating procedure. This kind of behavior is exactly what Obama is doing to the entire country on a national level. Will these banks stand up to this criminal thug weasel and tell him to attend to his own business as mayor, and mind his own beeswax? What kind of leverage does he have to enforce this threat? Is everybody in this country falling into the marxist/communist line? Won't somebody stand up and not just say no, but HELL NO?!
that is just wrong, I cannot believe a person of such low caliber is mayor of Chicago
Impressive! He must be a pro-gun guy himself, to ban a product from his store on the request of a single customer.
Good idea. Any freeper out there who can provide a list of things made in Illinois please post.
Chicago is a Chit hole.
some would say . . .
Rahm Emauel left the Administration and was placed in Chicago to become Mayor, AND to oversee the national HQ of the Obama campaign, to ensure the Chicago political machine would stay well-oiled, and minimize challenges that would threaten Obama's carrying Illinois again.SO, to see Emanuel functioning now as a Representative, a Proxy and a remote Surrogate to the Administration's gun policy is no surprise.
What is surprising is that he was tasked with this level of overreaching, but I guess they think he can get away with it because he's (technically)not part of the Administration, and thinks he can afford this kind of aggressive strong-arming as the Mayor of a "major" Metropolis.
Yes....I told "friends" (who voted for the "O" the first time) right after the election that I hoped they liked having the mafia in the Whitehouse.....
"Emmanuel noted that Aurora movie shooter James Holmes used an AR-15,.."
James Holmes is a registered Democrat and worked on an election campaign for Obama.
ok... let them have what they want. an existence without firearms.
therefore ALL gun manufacturers, gun supply companies, gun-related accessories companies, gun-related training companies... should IMMEDIATELY stop doing business with the mayor, his office, and their families.
additionally, any other political type anywhere in the country that is taking steps to undermine the 2nd amendment should also be treated similarly.
on top of that, any security related organizations, including police, that utilize any firearms, related accessories, equipment, or training... should also stop working with these politicians. if they do not... then they should be treated similar to the politicians by those in the industry.
just stop doing business with them
let them have their wish
There are plenty of banks out there, I'm sure some of them will want the business. If all else fails, the gun industry has cash, they can just start their own credit union.
They will make moves around us to force thier hand
Conservative rebel rousers step forward
Can't you just see if the entire gun industry and business in this country went fully cash in solidarity against this economic fascism?
We can see from The Godfather an emerging, "Obama Democrat" form of economic fascism.
With the banking industry consolidated to a few major, heavily regulated, Fed-dependent institutions, they become the perfect lever to force politically correct positions and actions from enterprise of any scale.
"Economic fascism" BTW is a perfectly accurate and descriptive term for the MO of this crew.
The city gub mint of chicago is and quite obviously has been a criminal enterprise for decades.
How about banks stop dealing with this criminal organization???
If ever Smith and Wesson, Ruger, Colt or Remington want to start a bank, I will deposit my money there gladly.
Isn't it amazing that some Chicago "thug" hasn't had a stray round go through someone important. No hit and runs. No drug overdoses in a hotel room.
Any betting pool on when the first accidents or suicides of key individuals on their side start showing up?
The People need to set up a huge compound to start penning these anti-People politicians up in. Their betrayal is every bit as heinous as a mother drowning her child.
My first thought was "Führer"...
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Gangstar: Miami Vindication, Gameloft's much-anticipated follow-up to the first true open-world GTA-style title to hit the iDevice, is finally available from the app store. A sequel in every sense, Gangstar 2 features the same name and style branding while introducing new characters, new missions, new vehicles, and a new storyline in which to continue your sociopathic criminal fantasies.
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- Terrific crime simulation experience with huge map
- Great control options
- Varied and upbeat soundtrack
- Tons of new characters, locations, vehicles, weapons, missions
- Bunch of achievements
Gangstar:Miami Vindication Cons:
- Pop-in graphics and other glitches are annoying
- Foul language feels a bit unnecessary
Gangstar 2 sees our main character traversing Miami in a desperate attempt to find his missing brother. To get the information that you need, you'll need to speak with a cast of nefarious characters and complete the missions into which you are enlisted. With something in the neighborhood of 75 missions, there is plenty of gameplay to keep you busy. You can also take on various side missions by hopping in an ambulance, police cruiser, or delivery truck. And for those of you with a nomadic calling, you can feel free to dismiss all of the aforementioned and just drive around the sizeable world, kicking butt and taking names to your heart's content.
One of the more exciting additions to this version of Gangstar is the new vehicle types, namely motorcycles, boats, jet skis, and helicopters. These rides, as well as the plethora of cars you'll encounter, handled very well and allow you to perform some fun maneuvers. The motorcycle, for instance, can perform wheelies and stoppies with ease, and we actually hit something at one point that propelled us way into the air, resulting in a heart-pounding spinout landing. Very cool stuff!
All of the expected gameplay elements that we know and love are back in this version. Missions will see you getting in good with gang members, blowing away rivals, sniping targets, chasing vehicles, racing foes, escorting important people, and generally just trying to stay alive. Of course, your activities won't go unnoticed, so be sure to avoid the cops, or try to flip them to save your own bacon. An impressive array of weaponry is also at your fingertips, making you one dangerous dude. The explorable map is even bigger than before, infusing the essence of Miami life into the exciting crime series. You'll be able to take your talents through Miami Beach, Downtown Miami, the Swamps, and various other notable areas.
Graphically, the retina display support gives a very clean and clear look to the game, which really replicates the 3D feel of the GTA franchise well, especially given that the game is being played on a handheld device. Of course, there are the usual graphical glitches that occur from time to time (why is that guy twitching so much?), the pop-in is as distracting as ever, and the character models a still a bit boxy and bulky, but the experience overshadows these expected shortcomings. The city map is enormous and there are new enhancements to enjoy and pitfalls to avoid. In fact, within our first 20 seconds of play, we somehow found ourselves in the bottom of a swimming pool… in our car. Note to self: Try to avoid water in the future… unless you'd like to take a swim, which is a new ability that we've gained since the first iteration. The city looks terrific and, with the added day/night lighting effects, you get a good sense of the progression of time. There was very little stuttering on the 4th gen iPod Touch, so we were happy with that.
The soundtrack includes a number of great tracks to listen to as you cruise around, and changing a station is as simple as swiping across the car stereo face. Sound effects are good, and the voice acting is significantly improved. There's nothing ground-breaking in the audio realm, but it does appear that Gameloft is making a concerted effort to improve this aspect of their games. While foul language (both written and spoken) features a lot in the game, we found it distracting and a bit unnecessary. It may be a personal opinion, but we would rather see more creativity go into handling this aspect of the game without making it so prevalent.
Controls utilize both touch and accelerometer, with three options for steering (accelerometer, slider, and wheel). Accelerator and brake controls are in the bottom corners of the screen. Context buttons for entering/exiting cars, attacking with weapons, and more appear in the lower right portion of the screen when applicable. Targeting enemies is accomplished by tapping on the person you want to harm. You can even move while shooting now, which frees you up for different attack styles. When on foot, a virtual pad appears in the lower left side, and your view is adjusted by swiping up, down, left, or right on the screen. For the most part, we were very happy with how Gangstar played and found it to be a highly immersive experience.
Replay value is great, with so much to do and see that you can spend hours upon hours losing yourself in the city and your newfound insidious lifestyle. There are also tons of achievements to earn based on your lifetime statistics. At $6.99, Gameloft hits the sweet spot, making this must-have 5-Dimple title an affordable value in addition to a tremendously enjoyable game.
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An 11-year-old child was airlifted to Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in North Carolina, after being struck by a car while riding a bicycle on Meadow Creek Road Tuesday evening.
According to a statement from State Trooper R.B. Phipps, officers and rescue personnel were dispatched to Meadow Creek Road, a mile and a half west of Davis Knob in Grayson County, at approximately 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Upon arrival, responders observed an accident involving the minor and a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt, operated by Heather Sizemore, 25, of Galax.
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INDEPENDENCE — On Aug. 4, Grayson County Sheriff's Office investigators, members of the Twin County Drug Task Force and Independence Police arrested an Independence man following an investigation of a possible drug overdose.
A sound not unlike thunder could be heard on Friday afternoon during a torrential downpour, but it wasn't a natural phenomenon that caused the boom: the Virginia State Police's Bureau of Criminal Investigation detonated a potential bomb in the parking lot of the New River Trail in Galax, located across from the old Vaughan Furniture building.
Sitting in Felts Park at the First Baptist Church's Good Samaritan tent (offering free nonalcoholic beverages for the weary, thirsty and just plain broke) at the 81st Annual Galax Old Fiddlers Convention is Imogene Frye, 92, a Galax native who can make a boast few can match: she attended and remembers the first-ever fiddlers' convention.
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According to a report issued by the Galax Police Department, recent arrests included:
• Nathan Joe Dowell, 36, of Independence, charged by Officer Chris Hines on Aug. 7 at 10:11 p.m. for felony possession of controlled substances and other unspecified charges.
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INDEPENDENCE ― Grayson school leaders say that, despite hearing concerns, they will not change a policy prohibiting transgender students from using their preferred restrooms.
Several county residents and people from surrounding communities on Monday evening addressed the Grayson County School Board about its recent adoption of a policy mandating use of a public restroom or locker room in accordance with the gender listed on a student's birth certificate.
Virginia State Police are warning residents of an ongoing phone scam where a caller claims they are from the Internal Revenue Service and demands payment. The scam is using a caller ID spoof that shows a legitimate state police area office phone number when the calls come through.
Susannah Hampton Paisley Pushkin has tried to find a meaningful use for her family's 48-acre Historic Paisley Farm on Beech Grove Lane in Baywood, and her 120-acre King George land grant farmland on Pilgrim's Fork Road in Elk Creek.
But so far, all leads have turned into dead ends.
BAYWOOD — Three North Carolina residents were recently arrested and charged with attempting to deliver drugs to Grayson County, among several other offenses.
According to a report from the Grayson County Sheriff's Office, members of the department arrested the three subjects after stopping them in a white Dodge Dakota truck on Beech Grove Road in Baywood on Aug. 1.
A Galax woman faces a charge as a result of an accident on Tower Road that sent her and her husband to the hospital with injuries.
According to a report from Trooper R.D. Horton with the Virginia State Police, units were dispatched to an accident at 5:50 p.m. on Aug. 10 on Tower Road. The accident was in what's known as Spivey's Curve, near the private drive of Spivey Lane and about 500 yards past the Galax city limits into Carroll County.
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In ancient times a band of warriors escorted a young prince homeward. Only one warrior remained true. He watched helplessly as the others slew their young charge. Death seemed to claim him as well. But he awoke one thousand years later, brought back by the prophets of God to serve them once again as an invisible guardian. One of the prophets, an albino dragon, hatched human daughters out of eggs by giving them the life in his blood. The daughters sought out the traitor to bring him to repentance. Out of remorse for his sins, the traitor slew himself on a sword. Upon the daughters return their dragon father sent them to live in a far off forest. The youngest daughter fell in love and wed. But upon giving birth to a beautiful baby girl she gave up the life in her blood and died; making the ultimate sacrifice to bring a child of promise into the world.
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Got to love his name … so ironic.
A true sports hero and model for our children…
Speaking as a son of Nebraska who is an Oregon alum (both of whom had brushes with Mssr. Place of Love)…Incognito is a total asshat and reason #431 that I don't encourage football as sport or entertainment for my two sons.
No Athlete or Star is a role model for my son.
We spend too much on sports. Really so much money and energy and intellect on it. So much so that city coffers go to helping multi millionaire sports clubs who just get to skim the cream off the top while the tax payers get little from. Stop aiding the millionaires. Let them build their sports arenas.
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Has anyone considered trying embryo banking? I read about this on SIRM's website. It would cost a bundle but it's worth thinking about for me I think.
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Yes I did it and I have to tell you it was really really hard on me. I think it's because of my age that made it worse. But after 1 miscarriage in April I was more that willing to try anything to prevent another one.
Also I was on clomid so after each retrieval I had to take a month off. So it takes forever. But my dr told me another girl at my office who was 42 was now pregnant with twins from banking. Also when I was doing acupuncture she was telling me there was another girl at the same RE that was also pregnant from banking and she only got 1-2 eggs each time.
I tried to keep thinking it would be worth it to me if it worked. But I did cry so many times along the way. I first started talking with my RE about banking in June! June! I finally had the transfer on Jan 23rd because the holidays got in the way too. It was super expensive. I just pray I can tell you guys in a few weeks that it definitely worked and it was definitely worth it.
Also there is a girl on the over 40 board that got pregnant with triplets. She told me she was on a triplet board on Facebook and a lot of the women on that board got their triplets from banking.
ck-sorry to hear this. Well it will all be worth it when you have your BFP. I'm going to go into the next RE appoinment requesting this approach. If they won't do it I can always go to the next one. There sure are tons of RE's around now. The 2 IVF's were hard on me so I somewhat know what you mean. I was getting to the point where I couldn't wait for 19mm to happen so I could see an end to the shots. Did you use clomid for all your cycles?
ufgrad-can't wait to hear what Dr B has to say. Wishing you lots of good luck at your appoinment!
slg - my first IVF I used follistim and menopur and that one I got 7 eggs 4 mature, transferred 3, got a BFP and miscarried due to a chromosone issue.
I should clarify that the banking was hard on me mainly due to the months that ticked by. I was 42 and just felt I didn't have 7 months to invest but I didn't have a choice. If I was 40 maybe I wouldn't have felt as bad. I really don't think the shots were hard after I finished IVF one. For the banking I did clomid and menopur. The actually IVF process itself I don't find to be that hard, it's the waiting and the unknown that is emotionally hard. When I started, the RE did not tell me about the month off in between. She told me it was a 3 month process. But after the first egg retrieval I waited for my period and then went to see if I could start again and had a cyst which is common from clomid. So had to sit that month out. Then you have to start all over with downregulating before ER 2. After the 2nd ER had to sit out the next month because clomid messing with your lining. Maybe if she would have told me it was 6 months I would have done it. So maybe it's better she didn't if I get a THB.
I did take coq10 a lot. Honestly I took so much off and on I can't remember. I got sick of all the supplements since I don't think anything is a magic bullet. I did take coq10 consistently for my first ivf with the miscarriage.
I do like my RE but I'm in San Diego.
I completely understand, I burned 3 weeks last year between appointments and D&E's. Their Bryn Mawr office is a few blocks from my work so it works out well for me. I hope you have a good experience at Radnor, most of my dr's are there and I love the facility.


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When Tintu Luka became the first and only Indian woman to break the two minute mark in the 800 meter middle-distance running event, clocking at one minute and 59 seconds, it became a record expected to go unchallenged for a long time. Three years after the record was set, 15-year old Anjana Thamke has put forward a claim to better that timing. After a stellar performance at the recently concluded Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China, Thamke won the gold in the 800 meter event by beating her closest opponent by three seconds. The impressive feat has showered her with further awards and set a clock ticking against Luka's record.
The dream, however, is not expected to end just by breaking the record. "This is just the beginning for her," says coach Vijender Singh, who had accompanied his ward during her Chinese outing. "She has been training for just under two years but she has excelled. She's still a long way from hitting her peak, but when she does, she will easily break the two minute mark and get a national record. Not only that, she has a really good chance of winning medals at Olympics and the Commonwealth Games." Thamke too shares her coach's enthusiasm about breaking the national record, but is more concerned about entering the Olympics. "I'm working hard, I hope to God that I make it to the next Olympics," she says. "I want to win a medal there, preferably the gold. That is my ultimate goal."
Born in Ganeshgaon, a village 42 kilometers away from Nashik, in November of 1997, the middle-distance runner's story did not start off with training sessions and a commitment to the sport. With both parents, Dhavalu and Nandabai, working as farmers, she and her younger brother Sachin were often called to assist them in the rice field. The effect of the strenuous work was that it started building up her stamina, an occurrence oblivious to the young prodigy. What also helped is the fact that she used to run around 12 kilometers a day just to get to school and back home.
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The Trump phenomenon in the U.S. and the various populist movements sweeping Europe have forced the globalists to become more open about their agenda. The latest example comes from Jean-Claude Juncker, leader of the European Union. Yesterday, Mr. Juncker told a group of aspiring young journalists, "Borders are the worst invention ever made by politicians."
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As yesterday's report was going out, news was breaking from the State Department regarding the $400 million in foreign currency that was paid to Iran.
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There was a shocking report this week that major foundations are pouring millions of dollars into the Black Lives Matter movement. The Washington Times reports that The Ford Foundation and Borealis Philanthropy have announced a six-year campaign to raise $100 million for the Movement for Black Lives coalition.
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The black Milwaukee policeman who survived a confrontation in the streets on August 13th is now in real jeopardy. The progressives figured out who he was.
They published his name, Dominique Heaggan-Brown, his photo and his home address. It has been all over social media in the past 24 hours. There are thousands of death threats against him and his family.
That is where the hate in America is coming from. I am waiting for the first major American media outlet to expose it, but I won't hold my breath.
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Milwaukee Update
After two days of rioting (not protesting) there was more order in Milwaukee last night after authorities belatedly instituted a curfew for teenagers.
From everything we know, including from statements by the liberal mayor of Milwaukee, the police shooting of an armed black criminal by a black officer was a legitimate use of force. Sadly, some liberal politicians are suggesting that the unrest in Milwaukee is evidence of "urgent work" that society must do "to rebuild trust between police and communities."
|A Tragic Weekend, Officers Killed, New York Imam Killed
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Sadly, there were many deaths over the weekend, but five really stand out.
Sylville K. Smith, a 23 year-old black man, was shot and killed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Saturday afternoon. His death set off riots in which half a dozen businesses were burned, several police cars were destroyed, officers were attacked and innocent bystanders were assaulted.
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Several weeks ago, President Obama was crowing about the economy under his watch. He said, "I've spent every single day of my presidency focused on what I can do to grow the middle class and increase jobs, and boost wages. . . Here's the good news: Wages are actually growing at a rate of about 3 percent so far this year."
Let me translate that for you: "If you like your pay raise, you can keep your pay raise. Period."
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Quarterly Beverage Tracker: Germany
Quarterly Beverage Tracker: Germany
Published: May 2015
Publisher: Canadean Ltd
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Pages: 34
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The Germany Quarterly Beverage Tracker report provides quarterly data for Q1-2015, full year 2014 volumes, 2015 forecasts for all commercial beverages, and supporting analysis.
Key Findings
• Soft drinks performed flatly this quarter, with cold and turbulent weather especially impacting the street carnival activities
• Sports drinks performed positively in the first quarter, gaining more than 1% in volume compared to 2014
• Energy drinks started with a volume gain of almost 10% in the first quarter, as competition fires up within the category and smaller brands gain shelf space
• Hot tea increased its volume by 1% in Q1-15, as it grows in popularity, especially in on-premise outlets
The report from global beverage experts, Canadean, is an essential tool for keeping up-to-date with the latest industry performance and developments on a quarterly basis, covering:
• Topline volumes for Q1 2015 vs Q1 2014, moving annual totals (MAT) and latest 2015 forecasts for all beverage categories
• Carbonates data for Q1 2015 vs Q1 2014, moving annual totals (MAT) and latest 2015 forecasts split by regular vs low calorie, and key flavour
• An economic mood indicator with an at a glance assessment of industry confidence levels, private label performance vs brands and price trends
• Insightful and valuable analysis of the drivers behind the latest quarterly trends and assumptions for full year 2015
• Analysis of significant activity in the soft drinks market, including new product introductions (ranked by brand owner and detailing flavour, pack type/size, retail price and selected product shots)
• Update on important soft drinks corporate activity
• Quarterly selected retail price movements for key brands by category covering the most recent five quarters
• A Q1-2015 special focus on recent trends and innovation in energy drinks
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• The Germany Quarterly Beverage Tracker report is designed for clients needing an in-depth understanding of the most up-to-date trends in the Germany beverage industry to support and enhance strategic planning
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• Canadean's experienced 'on the ground' local researchers provide widely respected category projections supported by insightful analysis, which can be used to make well-informed decisions on the 2015 outlook in the marketplace for your company
• Each quarter a Special Focus on a current industry 'hot topic' offers an informative analysis from our local consultants keeping you up-to-date with developments in the country
Table of Contents
1.1 At A Glance
1.2 Impact Of The Economic Situation
1.5 Market Trends
1.6 Soft Drinks
1.6.1 Packaged Water
1.6.2 Bulk/HOD Water
1.6.3 Carbonates
1.6.4 Juice
1.6.5 Nectars
1.6.6 Still Drinks
1.6.7 Squash/Syrups
1.6.8 Fruit Powders
1.6.9 Iced/RTD Tea Drinks
1.6.10 Iced/RTD Coffee Drinks
1.6.11 Sports Drinks
1.6.12 Energy Drinks
1.7 Alcoholic Drinks
1.7.1 Beer
1.7.2 Cider
1.7.3 Spirits
1.7.4 Wines
1.7.5 Other Alcoholic Drinks
1.8 Dairy Drinks
1.8.1 White Milk
1.8.2 Cultured Dairy Drinks
1.8.3 Flavored Milk
1.8.4 Other Liquid Dairy
1.8.5 Soymilk
1.8.6 Grain, Nut, Rice and Seed Milk Alternative Drinks
1.9 Hot Beverages
1.9.1 Hot Tea
1.9.2 Hot Coffee
1.10 Soft Drinks Quarterly Update
1.10.1 Industry News
1.10.2 Distribution News
1.10.3 Packaging/Legislation News
1.11 New Products & Photo Shots
1.13 Data Tables
List of Tables
Table 1: Germany at a Glance - Quarterly Performance and Latest Forecast
Table 2: Impact Of The Economic Situation
Table 3: Commercial Beverage Market Trends - Million Liters, 2014-2015F
Table 4: Commercial Beverage Market Trends - Million Unit Cases, 2014-2015F
Table 5: Soft Drinks Market Trends - Million Liters, 2014-2015F
Table 6: Soft Drinks Market Trends - Million Unit Cases, 2014-2015F
Table 7: Carbonates Market Trends - Million Liters, 2014-2015F
Table 8: Carbonates Market Trends - Million Unit Cases, 2014-2015F
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi State's football program is in better shape since coach Dan Mullen took over five years ago.
The Bulldogs have been to three straight bowl games for only the second time in school history and are in the midst of a $75 million renovation to Davis Wade Stadium that will increase seating capacity and add more amenities, like a second high-definition video board.
But for all the good news, here's the bad: The SEC Western Division is still a tough place to reside in college football.
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There's a lot more speed in this group than I anticipated. A lot of these guys don't play this fast from what I've seen.
There's a lot more speed in this group than I anticipated. A lot of these guys don't play this fast from what I've seen.
Van Noy's 40 is 4.71. Solid. I still think he's very underrated.
Anyone got on any dirt on Jordan Tripp?
My takeaways from the LBers:
- Howard Jones I know is more of a rush LB, but he popped. Don't know where the **** Shepard is but hopefully I can find some tape.
- Telvin Smith definitely looks like a safety, he was very fluid tho.
- Kevin Pierre-Lee tested very well, haven't watched the LBers yet on tape so I'll check him out.
- Also liked what I saw from Prince Shembo in drills.
This isn't a one year fix. You don't win in free agency. We're finally trying to build long-term. It will come down to how we draft.
1. Eli Apple, William Jackson III, Zeke Elliott, Robert Nkemdiche
2. Karl Joseph, Jonathon Bullard, Cody Whitehair, Emmanuel Ogbah, Bronson Kaufusi
3. Christian Westerman, Joe Dahl, Kenneth Dixon, Justin Simmons, Blake Martinez
Day 3. CJ Prosise, Victor Ochi, Kevin Byard, Alex Collins, Jordan Howard, Isaac Semuelo
This is full Boston College games:
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He's #24, Kevin Pierre-Louis, screwed up his name in my first post.
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Pinons at Arrowhead
This wonderful Pinons at?Arrowhead?home is privately situated against a wildflower drenched hillside that overlooks the gorgeous 2nd fairway of the Country Club of the Rockies golf course.? 560 West Arrowhead Drive features a bright open floor plan with cathedral ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows.? This 5 bedroom, 4,039 square foot home offers a large main floor master suite, gracious living room, kitchen, guest suite and large deck.? The upper level?has a roomy loft perfect for a study and two bedroom suites, while the lower level has a large family room with wet bar and an additional bedroom suite.?
Arrowhead, part of Vail Ski Resort Mountain, has started to see Bank-Owned property listed for sale.? The second home real estate market has started to see these homes over a milllion dollars become Bank-Owned Luxury Homes.? Sad to say this is reality, even in the upper Vail Valley!? The good news is if you are looking to pick up a ski home in Vail or a home in the Arrowhead Golf Community, you can find value now.?? This 6 bedroom single family home? has 6 baths, a first floor master suite, media room, game room, a private back yard, 0.34 acres of mature landscaping, 2 car garage and close to the ski slopes of Arrowhead, part of the?Vail-Beaver Creek ski resort.
Arrowhead - Vail Ski Home
Set on a spectacular?stretch?of the?Eagle River, this 5 bedroom, 6,183 square foot home offers exquisite finishes with lots of privacy.?? Floor to ceiling windows in the great room, dining and family room captures gorgeous views of the river.? The huge wrap around deck is?perfect for entertaining.? This home has a large?main floor master with an adjacent study which is the perfect retreat.?? Two bedrooms plus a loft/study are on the upper level while the lower level walk-out boasts; a recreation room with wet bar, two guest suites and a stunning theatre.
Vail Mountain opens their ski season in two weeks and the excitement is rising as the snow blankets the trails.? If you are looking for an opportunity to ski home or ski out your door, consider Arrowhead, part of the Vail Mountain experience.?
Arrowhead Ski-In Ski-Out Single Family Home
The price on this home has had a huge price improvement and is now being sold furnished.? It has a hot tub with views of McCoy creek and a wrap-around deck with mountain views.? The two story great room is a great place to gather with friends and family after a hard day of skiing.???A two car tandem gararage with additional storage is a must for all the mountain toys you will accumulate when?you own a mountain home in the Vail Valley.?
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UK Dive Centre, Falmouth, Cornwall
UK Dive Centre, Falmouth, Cornwall
We are a premier, UK based scuba diving centre and major retail outlet with 1100sq ft showroom in Falmouth, Cornwall. The Cornish Diving School based here is a Padi 5 star dive centre offering a comprehensive range of courses from beginer to professional level.
They specialise in small groups and one to one instruction.
One of the UK's longest established dive centres, Cornish Diving Centre has been serving UK and Cornish Divers since 1980. From our base in the watersports haven of Falmouth we offer a full range of diving services. Our in house test centre provides equipment servicing, repairs and cylinder testing. Why not learn to dive today in Cornwall?
Air and mixed gas fills available. Dive trips, diver training and boat charter are just some of the services we offer.
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Want to celebrate New Year's Eve in New York City? Fine. Make sure you have at least $100 handy, and that might be the door charge.
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Koushik in Guardian UK: Beats, breaks and nice hot syrup
Stevie Chick Guardian UK October 12, 2008
Los Angeles's Stones Throw records is one of the more idiosyncratic labels in hip-hop. Among its artists is Madlib, a prolific local producer who sometimes masquerades as one-man jazz outfit Yesterdays New Quintet, and sometimes as Quasimoto, an extraterrestrial thug who raps at helium pitch. The label's latest signing, Koushik, is just as hard to pigeonhole: he is a Canadian thrift-store crate-digger whose music imagines the Age of Aquarius punctuated by pulverising breakbeats, or Pet Sounds-era Brian Wilson exploring the possibilities of a sequencer.
"I grew up listening to all kinds of stuff, all out of context," offers Koushik Ghosh by way of explanation. His childhood was soundtracked by a mix of his older brother Himadri's Van Halen albums, his parents' collection of Indian music (his mother is a trained Indian classical singer), and the 1960s pop and 70s rock programmed by the radio stations in his home town of Dundas, Ontario. He says he "caught the hip-hop bug" aged seven, after his brother brought home the first Public Enemy album and, a short while later, a Casio SK-5, one of the first home-use samplers. "It wasn't like I sat and analysed the Bomb Squad's productions, or thought sampling was something separate from 'making music' with any other kind of instrument," he says. "It was all just sound, really."
Sound swiftly became Ghosh's passion. When he was 14, he bought his first multitrack recorder and began making music, armed with a microphone, a bass guitar and an echo pedal. To get beats, he would wallop his mattress with a drumstick. He sometimes played in his friends' bands, but was often happiest tinkering away on his own - "doing things my way, getting everything how I wanted it".
In his early 20s, Ghosh made an important ally when the London-based experimental musician Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet, flew to Toronto to DJ at a club night Koushik ran with fellow Canadian electronica artist Caribou. "I took my music seriously, but I wasn't serious about making music as a career," he remembers. "But I gave Kieran a CD of some tracks I'd made, and he ended up releasing some of them as my first EP, Battle Rhymes."
That release, in 2001, won the attention of Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf, who signed Koushik to the label. Two further EPs (since collected on an LP, Be With) sketched out Ghosh's sound: psychedelic vignettes filled with sampled flutes, strings and guitars and Koushik's gossamer vocals, sharpened by colossal breakbeats. Stones Throw then commissioned Ghosh to remix a track from Madvillainy, the label's acclaimed collaboration between Madlib and rapper MF Doom.
Ghosh rescored Madvillainy's grimy originals with queasy soul-jazz and ghostly easy-listening harmonies to create a surreal and funky triumph. Then, by way of a flourish, he transformed a track by 1970s soft-pop band the Free Design into a delightfully syrupy ballad for rapper Dudley Perkins.
Now he has released his own debut album, though he seems uncomfortable when discussing his own music. He is reluctant to intellectualise his work: "I just listen to stuff, and ideas pop out at me," is as far as he'll be drawn.
But then, Out My Window, his album, doesn't really demand explanation; it simply seduces the listener into Koushik's dreamworld. His jigsaw of influences should be a jarring mess. But, thanks to Ghosh's expert arrangements, the disparate elements come together into Spectoresque walls of sound, excursions into airless funk and passages of ethereal psych-pop.
A hip-hop production job is his next project, but Ghosh seems in no particular hurry. His life right now revolves around "buying too many records from thrift stores, looking for stuff to sample and maybe getting a second of nice sound from them." It's a life he has come to love.
Koushik - Out My Window
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+ Stones Throw by the Pool at the Line Hotel RSVP for Satuday, August 20
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Leaders from the three organizations selected for the 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, as well as from past award recipients, will share their best practices and results at one-day regional conferences in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 20, 2007, and Seattle, Wash., on Oct. 5, 2007. Participants can network with the recipients and gather valuable tips on applying the Balrdige Criteria for Performance Excellence. For more information and to register online, go to www.quality.nist.gov/2007_Regionals/Regionals.htm.


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Definición de chough en inglés:
1A black Eurasian and North African bird of the crow family, with a downcurved bill and broad, rounded wings, typically frequenting mountains and sea cliffs.
- Genus Pyrrhocorax (and Pseudopodoces), family Corvidae: three species, especially the (red-billed) chough (P. pyrrhocorax).
Oraciones de ejemplo
- The sea stretches out before them and on a clear day, the shores of Ireland can be seen and brimming with wildlife it is not unusual to spot the rare chough, wild mountain goats or a seal in the sea nearby.
- Stackpole is also home to the chough, a much rarer bird.
- The Dingle Peninsula has been highlighted as an international stronghold for an endangered Irish bird, the distinctive red-billed chough.
2 (also white-winged chough) A black and white Australian bird of the mud-nester family.
- Corcorax melanorhamphos, family Corcoracidae (or Grallinidae).
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- At Ngarkat and Karte conservation parks, you can see everything from ring-necked parrots, honeyeaters and white-winged choughs, to Australian bustards, yellow-tailed black cockatoos and sometimes even a rare Mallee emu-wren or the Mallee ningaui.
- A flock of white-winged choughs dropped in to feed the other day.
- Emus, mallee fowl, miners and white-winged choughs can be found away from the lakes.
Middle English (originally denoting the jackdaw): probably imitative.
Palabras que riman con choughbluff, buff, chuff, cuff, duff, enough, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, luff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, slough, snuff, stuff, Tough, tuff
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145 Ratings
Cavit Pinot Grigio delle Venezie IGT
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Wine Description
(From 2014 Vintage) Bright straw gold. Delicate and pleasing with floral and fruit scents. Dry, light and crisp.
Winemaker's Notes
Color: Bright straw gold. Bouquet: Delicate and pleasing with floral and fruit scents. Taste: Dry, light and crisp. Serving suggestions: Highly versatile. A wonderful aperitif and equally splendid with pasta in cream sauces, risottos, veal, chicken and fresh seafood dishes. Enjoy well chilled.