Happy New Year Sandy and to JWD!!!
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5HAPPY NEW YEAR
by sandy in.
happy new year everyone!!
i hope we alll have a safe and fun evening.
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HOCKEY! World Juniors, anyone watching?
by Eric inlove this tournament!.
frustrating calls/non-calls by euro-referees who would barely qualify for work in the ohl/qmjhl, and a tie-breaking format that has no place of a sheet of ice, but what great hockey.. the usa is smoking the ruskies as i type this, but i'm watching canada vs czechs.
is this being broadcast anywhere but canada?.
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Seven
...anyone watching?
Of course!!! My guy is playing!! He may be back at Cape Breton but he's the Pen's future
http://www.pittsburghpenguins.com/images/200312/673.t.jpg
U.S., Canada advance to semifinals at World Juniors
From staff and wire reports
HELSINKI, Finland ? Zach Parise had two goals and assisted on a third as the U.S. junior hockey team defeated Russia 4-1 Wednesday, advancing to the semifinals of the World Junior Championships.
Canada downed the Czech Republic 5-2 to also reach the semifinals.
Parise is the tournament's leading scorer with six goals and five assists for the undefeated United States, which won its fourth straight.
Patrick O'Sullivan and Steve Werner also scored for the Americans, who took a 3-0 lead in the first period on power-play goals. Parise added a short-handed goal in the second. Russia scored its lone goal, a power-play effort by Sergei Anshakov, midway through the third.
Al Montoya had 29 saves in the win as the U.S. outshot Russia 35-30. The game featured 18 power plays, nine for each team.
The United States (4-0-0) won the Group A section of the under-20 tournament. Canada (4-0-0) finished first in Group B. The top team in each group gets a bye to the semifinals; the next two teams in each group play in the quarterfinals.
Jeff Carter scored twice for Canada, including one on an end-to-end rush in the second period. Jeff Tambellini, Nigel Dawes and Dion Phaneuf also scored for the Canadians and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 27 of 29 shots for the win.
FLEURY LEADS TEAM CANADA TO 5-2 WIN
by Brian Coe
12/31/2003Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves as Team Canada posted a 5-2 win Wednesday against the Czech Republic. The victory allowed Canada to finish the preliminary portion of the 2003 World Junior Hockey Championships with an unblemished 4-0-0 record in Group B. Fleury and his teammates will not play again until Jan. 3, when they will take on the winner of a game between the second place team in Group A (either Russia or Slovakia) and the third place team in Group B.
The other three Penguins? prospects playing in the game - Maxime Talbot and Stephen Dixon for Canada, Ondrej Nemec for the Czechs - were held scoreless on the day. The winners got goals from Jeff Carter (2), Jeff Tambellini, Nigel Dawes and Dion Phaneuf.
Fleury has allowed just four goals in three games for a goals against average of 1.33, and has a .941 save percentage (64 saves/68 shots).
FLEURY NAMED NHL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH
11/04/2003Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury was named the NHL's Rookie of the Month Tuesday, after posting a 2-2-2 record, a 1.95 goals against average and a .943 save percentage (12 goals against/211 shots) in six games. He is the first Penguins rookie to receive the award since Jan Hrdina won it for his nine point (5+4) performance in January of 1999.
The number one overall pick in the June draft, Fleury started the month - and his career - by turning aside 46 of 48 shots in a 3-0 opening night loss to the Los Angeles Kings. He recorded his first NHL victory eight days later by stopping 31 shots in a 4-3 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Oct. 18, and posted his first NHL shutout with a 20 save performance Oct. 30 in Chicago.
Fleury is currently riding a three game unbeaten streak (2-0-1) and will make his fourth consecutive start when the Penguins face the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at 7:30pm. He ranks 13th in the NHL with a 1.95 goals against average and first overall with a .942 save percentage. Here's a look at Fleury's game-by-game performance so far this season:
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A Nautical Quiz Me Hearties!
by Englishman injust for fun, let's see how good your sea-faring knowledge is!.
ready?.
1. the new liner, queen mary 2, is due to be named this week at southampton.
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Seven
Hey Eman
1. I think a liner just carries passengers from one port to another and doesn't stop off anywhere in between.
2. Admiral Nelson's ship was the Victory. Unless you mean Admiral Nelson from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, then nevermind. :) His ship is at Portsmouth. He was killed at Trafalgar.
3. I know little re: the Titanic's props except they were 20 something feet long.
No diploma for me.
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Angharad passed her exam too !
by Simon in.
she's just looked up her results online and found out she passed her latest open university exam.. well done love, i knew you'd do it !
again, another box to tick on the immigration forms to get a few more points ...
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Seven
Congrats Angharad!!
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Rx For Holiday Blues
by Seven inrx for holiday blues: coping with the ups and downs of the holiday season
by gregg krech.
ideally, the holiday season should be a time for good cheer.
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Seven
concerned mama,
Yes, I used the wheat chex. This recipe has a unique flavor. Could be I went heavy on the chipotle tabasco. :D These nuts and bolts are going to be a year round snack!!!
Sentinel,
Margarine, one of our many "mystery foods" is for sure not good.
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Praise Bill, I got my MCSD !
by Simon inas per my previous "proclamations of self-achievement" .
i passed my exam !
wohoo ... passed another exam !.
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Seven
Congrats Simon!
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Rx For Holiday Blues
by Seven inrx for holiday blues: coping with the ups and downs of the holiday season
by gregg krech.
ideally, the holiday season should be a time for good cheer.
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Seven
concerned mama!!!
My first batch of Nut 'n' Bolts are cooling and I must say it is the best I've ever made! Great recipe!
Seven
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WOW!
by Yerusalyim insince being sick i haven't bathed as i should...my armpits are funky (smells like a german bus).
let me go shower...back at ya all later.
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Rx For Holiday Blues
by Seven inrx for holiday blues: coping with the ups and downs of the holiday season
by gregg krech.
ideally, the holiday season should be a time for good cheer.
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Seven
I know keeping your sugar intake low is one of the seven points in the Krech article but this one is too tasty not to share.
Peanut Butter Peanut Brittle(A softer alternative)2 cups sugar
1/4 cup water
1-1/2 cups light corn syrup
2 cups salted peanuts
2 to 2-1/2 cups peanut butter
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1-1/2 tsp. baking sodaCombine sugar and water in heavy saucepan. Bring mixture to full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in corn syrup. Cook to hard crack stage, 300 degrees.
Meanwhile, mix peanuts, peanut butter and vanilla. Remove syrup from heat; at once add peanut butter mixture and soda; stir. Working quickly, pour onto buttered cookie sheet; spread with fork. Cool; break into pieces.
Yield:
About 3 pounds of creamy peanut brittle.~ recipe credit to the nut factory.seven
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Rx For Holiday Blues
by Seven inrx for holiday blues: coping with the ups and downs of the holiday season
by gregg krech.
ideally, the holiday season should be a time for good cheer.
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Greetings concerned mama, Mulan and Panda, Gretchen and Sentinel!
Worth repeating:
For all you Ex-JWs out there, create Christmas the way YOU want it to be. It doesn't have to be wildly expensive or commercial. Harder I know when kids are little and want everything. Create your own traditions. Teach your children that Christmas is about giving, not just getting.
This is my third Christmas too Mulan! I enjoy the shopping, wandering around the big department stores, all the decorations...just taking it all in. :D I do make most of my own gifts though and add something little that's store bought.
Hey post that Nuts and Bolts recipe!! Sounds yummy.
Here's an easy recipe for truffles that is simply excellent. These look and tasted like you fussed but are very simple to make. They are not as sickening sweet as fudge and you can give a few extra to the kids without fear of winding them up. :)
- Easy Chocolate Truffles
- 3 ( 6-ounce) packages semisweet chocolate chips (3 cups)
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract - Coatings:
- Chocolate sprinkles
Colored sprinkles
Finely chopped or ground nuts
Flaked coconut
Unsweetened cocoa powder
- In heavy saucepan, over low heat, melt chips with sweetened condensed milk. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Chill 2 hours or until firm.
- Shape into 1-inch balls and place on waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Roll balls in your choice of coatings. Chill for 1 hour or until firm. Store covered at room temperature.
Makes about 2 1/2 pounds candy.
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Fun Craft Project(little boys seem to like this one too)
Materials:
pine cones, red or green twine, peanut butter, bird seed
Collect several shopping bags full of pine cones. Tie an 18 inch piece of twine around the base (so it can be hung on a tree branch). Coat the pine cone generously with peanut butter and roll in a pan of bird seed until coated. Let set on a newspaper and pack in a shoe box(kids can decorate the boxes too) between layers of wax paper. Store in a cool place. These make nice gifts for those who feed our feathered friends throughout the winter months.
Edited to add hello to Gretchen and Sentinel
- 3 ( 6-ounce) packages semisweet chocolate chips (3 cups)
Peanut Butter Peanut Brittle(A softer alternative)
