Thank you Bernie! I just love being Thread Mistress!!!

Well, I usually play the day date & time variation, but that last contest convinced me that it is ok for the Thread Minder not to be present at the moment of victory. People still have fun posting anyway... at least I know I did. So this time I have picked a random number.

Post away, winners!

[Mistress's are rumoured to be men in disguise...]

Hello SETI!!!


Deadly German train crash



Deadly German train crash
A head-on train crash in eastern Germany has killed ten people and injured at least 33 others, eight of them severely and police fear the death toll could rise.

A passenger and a cargo train crashed head-on near Hordorf village, close to Saxony-Anhalt's state capital Magdeburg, and several cars of the train carrying some 45 passengers derailed and overturned, a spokesman for the district's firefighters said.

Rescue operations are still under way and police have no immediate information as to what could have caused the accident late on Saturday evening.

The accident happened about 125 miles southwest of Berlin, Germany's capital.

Saxony-Anhalt's Deputy Interior Minister Ruediger Erben, who rushed to the scene late on Saturday, said the trains must have crashed head-on at a high speed.

The noise of the collision was heard in Oschersleben village, some 4.35 miles from the crash site.

Congrats Angela!

---

Congrats Angela.

Though I might point out the last winning post number was very square!

---

Congrats Angela.

Though I might point out the last winning post number was very square!

A number is a number and I thought 1024 was just tooo long. :-0

---

Congratz Angela:)
...win...

---

rOZZ
Music
Pictures

Hello SETI!!!


...

I love winning cookies!! And if there is chocolate included, much better..LOL

---

I love winning cookies!!

Don't we all?;)

---

rOZZ
Music
Pictures

No more junk food, Especially If It has Partially Hydrogenated Oil(Trans Fat) in It! If You're in the USA, Read the ingredients part of the label, This stuff isn't good, It's Poison!!

Trans fat Wiki


Oh and Angela, Congratz!!

Coronary heart disease

The primary health risk identified for trans fat consumption is an elevated risk of coronary heart disease (CHD).[38] A comprehensive review of studies of trans fats was published in 2006 in the New England Journal of Medicine reports a strong and reliable connection between trans fat consumption and CHD, concluding that "On a per-calorie basis, trans fats appear to increase the risk of CHD more than any other macronutrient, conferring a substantially increased risk at low levels of consumption (1 to 3% of total energy intake)".[4] This study estimates that between 30,000 and 100,000 cardiac deaths per year in the United States are attributable to the consumption of trans fats.[39]
[snip]
Other effects

There are suggestions that the negative consequences of trans fat consumption go beyond the cardiovascular risk. In general, there is much less scientific consensus asserting that eating trans fat specifically increases the risk of other chronic health problems:

* Alzheimer's Disease: A study published in Archives of Neurology in February 2003 suggested that the intake of both trans fats and saturated fats promote the development of Alzheimer disease.[45]
* Cancer: There is no scientific consensus that consumption of trans fats significantly increases cancer risks across the board.[38] The American Cancer Society states that a relationship between trans fats and cancer "has not been determined."[46] However, one recent study has found connections between trans fat and prostate cancer.[47] An increased intake of trans fatty acids may raise the risk of breast cancer by 75%, suggest the results from the French part of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.[48][49]
* Diabetes: There is a growing concern that the risk of type 2 diabetes increases with trans fat consumption.[38] However, consensus has not been reached.[4] For example, one study found that risk is higher for those in the highest quartile of trans fat consumption.[50] Another study has found no diabetes risk once other factors such as total fat intake and BMI were accounted for.[51]
* Obesity: Research indicates that trans fat may increase weight gain and abdominal fat, despite a similar caloric intake.[52] A 6-year experiment revealed that monkeys fed a trans fat diet gained 7.2% of their body weight, as compared to 1.8% for monkeys on a mono-unsaturated fat diet.[53][54] Although obesity is frequently linked to trans fat in the popular media,[55] this is generally in the context of eating too many calories; there is not a strong scientific consensus connecting trans fat and obesity, although the 6-year experiment did find such a link, concluding that "under controlled feeding conditions, long-term TFA consumption was an independent factor in weight gain. TFAs enhanced intra-abdominal deposition of fat, even in the absence of caloric excess, and were associated with insulin resistance, with evidence that there is impaired post-insulin receptor binding signal transduction."[54]
* Liver Dysfunction: Trans fats are metabolized differently by the liver than other fats and interfere with delta 6 desaturase. Delta 6 desaturase is an enzyme involved in converting essential fatty acids to arachidonic acid and prostaglandins, both of which are important to the functioning of cells.[56]
* Infertility in women: One 2007 study found, "Each 2% increase in the intake of energy from trans unsaturated fats, as opposed to that from carbohydrates, was associated with a 73% greater risk of ovulatory infertility...".[57]
[snip]
The Walt Disney Company announced that they will begin getting rid of trans fats in meals at US theme parks by the end of 2007, and will stop the inclusion of trans fats in licensed or promotional products by 2008.[131]

The Girl Scouts of America announced in November 2006 that all of their cookies will contain less than 0.5g trans fats per serving, thus meeting or exceeding the FDA guidelines for the "zero trans fat" designation.[132]

Health Canada's monitoring program, which tracks the changing amounts of TFA and SFA in fast and prepared foods shows considerable progress in TFA reduction by some industrial users while others lag behind. In many cases, SFAs are being substituted for the TFAs.

---

The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Way to go Angela.

---

[/quote]

Old James

Anyone giving out milk and cookies is a winner in my book. Thank you!

Winning after breakfast and a change in the weather.
Woke to the patter of rain on my roof - washing away the gloomy overcast and fog, at least for a little while.

---

Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

Hello SETI!!!




Non-league Crawley Town have been handed an FA Cup fifth-round clash against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Crawley, who won 1-0 away at Torquay on Saturday despite missing two penalties, will be celebrating after being handed the plum tie of the round. Also nicknamed the Red Devils, Crawley currently sit two points off the top of the Conference table with four games in hand.

In reaching the fifth round Crawley have joined a select band of six non-league clubs to reach this stage since WW II. No non-league team has ever progressed further.

Leyton Orient's reward for their shock win away at Swansea City is a home tie against fellow London side Arsenal, while the winners of the replay between Everton and Chelsea will entertain Reading.

Manchester City will play at home to Aston Villa if they beat Notts County in their replay.

FA Cup fifth round draw

West Ham v Burnley Notts County or Manchester City v Aston Villa Stoke City v Brighton & Hove Albion Birmingham City v Sheffield Wednesday Leyton Orient v Arsenal Everton or Chelsea v Reading Manchester United v Crawley Town Fulham or Tottenham Hotspur v Bolton Wanderers or Wigan Athletic

Congratulations Angela.
Howdy Norman.
<------I'm WINNING for Milk and cookies!!!

---

I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.)

Lol...

yes...

no more fibbing partner...

Hello SETI!!!

Circle II circle / Echoes

Not much on today, So I've put a DVD in the player, What's on?

The Last STARFIGHTER in widescreen...

Or maybe that should be widescream. ;)

From what I've read their supposedly making a Sequel to the movie with the surviving cast, Of course the trailer park is now just a storage yard, Although the store does exist still.

---

The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Hopefully that's good for you...

Hopefully that's good for you...

It's that or a different DVD, As 10 free TV channels is rather limited on a Sunday...

---

The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Congratz Angela.

I thought i could bet on Team insomnia LOL

---

With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.