Packer Fall – Saints Win Week 15 NFL Wrap Up

by Shane Condon on December 21, 2011

Drew Brees completed 32 of 40 pass attempts totaling 412 yards and five touchdown tosses.

Packers no longer undefeated, fall to Chiefs; Brees leads Saints to sixth win in a row. The Packers (13-1) 19-game winning streak came to an end as the Kansas City Chiefs took them down, 19-14. Kyle Orton threw for 299 yards and Jackie Battle scored on a late fourth-quarter 1-yard touchdown run to fuel the [...]

Beating the Recession with Home Grown Food – Ireland’s Small Business

by Lydia Mulvey on December 21, 2011

G's Gourmet Jams was founded by Helen Gee in 1999 in County Louth. She wanted to make jams and preserves as they were meant to be made, going against the grain of the mass-produced sugary jams available in supermarkets.

Ireland has long been known as a land of lush, rolling green hills and plentiful soft rain. These climatic conditions make it a prime agricultural centre that is the envy of many other countries and indeed, much of the food grown in Ireland is sent abroad and makes up a very large portion of Ireland’s [...]

NBA Basketball Christmas Day – Gift or a Lump of Coal?

December 19, 2011
At noon, Christmas Day on TNT, the Boston Celtics visit the New York Knicks in one of the leagues oldest and fierce rivalries. Photo by: Keith Allison

So the players and owners have finally come to an agreement. Depending on timely ratification of the new collective bargaining agreement it seems the NBA lockout is over! Players can now hit the team gyms to start getting ready for game tip-offs scheduled for Christmas Day. NBA owners locked out the players on July 1, [...]

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Hunting Dog Shoots Man

December 16, 2011

It is a rare occasion that a story of a dog shooting someone is in the news, but this is the exception.  December 1st  in Salt Lake City, Utah, a man who was out duck hunting with a friend, was accidentally – or maybe not – shot in the buttocks when his dog stepped on [...]

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Holiday Shopping – Buy Local – Save a Job

December 15, 2011
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Where have all the jobs gone? A solid manufacturing sector is the backbone of any successful country. England was built on a strong history of manufacturing and America could never have become the economic powerhouse it did without manufacturing being at the very core of its creation. However, the last few years have seen employment [...]

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LA Lakers vs Chicago Bulls – Christmas Day

December 15, 2011
Lamar Odom #7 of the Los Angeles Lakers. Photo by Harry How/Getty Images @Daylife

So the players and owners have finally come to an agreement. Depending on timely ratification of the new collective bargaining agreement it seems the NBA lockout is over! Players can now start hitting the team gyms to prepare for game tip-offs scheduled for Christmas Day. The 2011-2012 season will consist of 66 games and was [...]

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Not Made in China – Made in the United Kingdom

December 14, 2011

“Buy British” is the cry from the UK government these days we need you the consumer to help us out of this brutal economic climate. That is all good in theory but in a time when many products on supermarket shelves and other various stores are manufactured and shipped from all corners of the world. [...]

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Veteran Owned Waffles INCaffeinated – Funky Monkey Waffle Stack

December 14, 2011
Sgt. Josh Cutty, of Pittsburgh, Penn., a tactical psychological operations team sergeant with Tactical Psyops Detachment 1120, 303rd Psyops Company, attached to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division, gets to know some neighborhood kids while on a "soft knock" misison with Iraqi National Police in Sha'ab area of Adhamiyah District, Baghdad

Veteran Tahj Merriman loves to create art as food. He teamed up with another vet, Josh Cutty along with his wife, Cassandra, four years ago to open a ‘waffle house’. This is not the usual coffee shop and is anything but some toaster waffle. Outside of downtown Pittsburgh, in New Brighton, PA, the trio have [...]

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Mighty Green Bay Packers Roll

December 13, 2011
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NFL Week 14 Wrap Up NFC Packers roll; Saints go marching on After last weeks close call against the Giants, the defending Super Bowl Champs made sure there was not doubt this week, as they blasted Oakland 46-16. The onslaught started early, as Green Bay (13-0) took a 31-0 lead into halftime. Aaron Rodgers threw [...]

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Made in the USA – For Your Pet for the Holidays

December 13, 2011
The Holidays are coming and actually I prefer Made in the USA. C'mon!

Earthdog is an American company that manufacturer’s hemp products for dogs including beds, collars, leashes and chew toys. The company is made up of just two people, who do everything from take orders to create the products. While the economy has been in trouble, the pet industry continues to thrive. Many people who keep companion [...]

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