четверг, 15 марта 2012 г.

Rangers-Islanders Sums

N.Y. Rangers 0 2 0—2
N.Y. Islanders 1 1 2—4

First Period_1, N.Y. Islanders, Moulson 2 (Parenteau, Tavares), 12:04. Penalties_Dubinsky, NYR (hooking), 1:09; Erixon, NYR (interference), 8:30; Streit, NYI (interference), 12:27; Reasoner, NYI (tripping), 18:04.

Second Period_2, N.Y. Rangers, Gaborik 2 (Richards), 6:23. 3, N.Y. Islanders, Tavares 3 (Streit, Rolston), 11:47 (pp). 4, N.Y. Rangers, Prust 1 (Fedotenko), 18:26. Penalties_New York bench, served by Zuccarello (too many men), 1:17; Callahan, NYR (boarding), 3:30; Hamonic, NYI (high-sticking), 8:21; …

Serbia ends South Korea's 27-match unbeaten run

South Korea's 27-match unbeaten run ended Wednesday with a 1-0 loss to Serbia in a friendly between the World Cup participants.

Nikola Zigic scored after six minutes at Fulham's Craven Cottage after the lanky Valencia …

Science researchers keep personal interests in mind

Maybe you heard this recently:

French researchers found that drinking red wine basicallyimproves your memory.

Or at least it slows your forgetfulness.Hmm.Does it seem to you that a lot of scientists around the worldare finding out stuff that bolsters whatever they like to do?Such as drinking red wine?This makes the lab mice happy, of course, chug-a-lugging thelatest vin rouge in any experiment involving wine and memory.The wine may cause terrible mouse breath.And even worse mouse hangovers may result.But what the heck, it's in the interest of science.Or is it?Picture this imaginary scenario somewhere in France.Wife to mythical researcher: "Pierre, I wish you …

среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Giants 2, Phillies 1

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2 wildfires prompt evacuations near Boulder, Colo.

Two wind-driven wildfires swept across Boulder County grasslands Wednesday, prompting authorities to call for evacuations of threatened residential areas.

People living within a mile of each fire were told to leave, but it's not clear how many homes were involved.

One fire burned a house and a barn near the small town of Niwot, about 25 miles north of Denver. One of the buildings was destroyed but authorities did not know which.

No injuries were reported.

Too many deer?: ; As sightings soar in city, some think it's time to cull herd

Some people see a deer and think of Bambi. Others think of pestswith bushy tails.

In either case, there has been no shortage of deer sightings inCharleston in recent weeks as the animals, considered by some to bea nuisance, run wild inside the city limits.

Dave Hardy and his family have seen their South Hillsneighborhood flooded with deer.

"There are so many of them my kids have lost the novelty ofseeing them," said Hardy, a city councilman.

Hardy said reports of the number of deer struck by vehicles andtrampling neighborhood gardens also has jumped - especially in thewooded areas of the city like South Hills.

It's natural to see more deer at this …

Solutions hard to pinpoint in battle against shoddy repairs

PART THREE Of THREE

What can the collision repair industry do to reduce or eliminate shoddy repair work? One may as well be asking what doctors can do to fight every illness or what farmers can do to ward off every kind of pestilence. Shoddy work comes in a number of types and is the product of varied causes.

Combating shoddy work, therefore, means dealing with a variety of issues, most of which have to be addressed differently and individually. Even then, workable solutions are few and present their own challenges.

Based on discussions with repairers and shop organizations, ABRN has categorized shoddy repair into five different types.

Type 1: Unprepared shop …