Overweight Patients Face Bias - NYTimes.com

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; " class=""><div id="well" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; " class=""><div align="left" class=""><div class="entry-content"><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">Are doctors nicer to patients who aren't fat?</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">A provocative new study suggests that they are — that thin patients are treated with more warmth and empathy than those who are overweight or obese.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">For <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oby.20384/abstract" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; " class="">the study, published in the medical journal Obesity,</a> researchers at Johns Hopkins obtained permission to record discussions between 39 primary care doctors and more than 200 patients who had high blood pressure.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">Although patients were there to talk about blood pressure, not weight, most fell into the overweight or obese category. Only 28 were of normal weight, meaning they had a <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; " class="">body mass index</a>below 25. Of the remaining patients, 120 were obese (B.M.I. of 30 or greater) and 60 were classified as overweight (index of 25 to 30).</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">For the most part, all of the patients were treated about the same; there were no meaningful differences in the amount of time doctors spent with them or the topics discussed.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">But when researchers analyzed transcripts of the visits, there was one striking difference. Doctors seemed just a bit nicer to their normal-weight patients, showing more empathy and warmth in their conversations. Although the study was relatively small, the findings are statistically significant.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">"It's not like the physicians were being overtly negative or harsh," said the lead author, <a href="http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gim/faculty/Gudzune.html" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; " class="">Dr. Kimberly A. Gudzune</a>, an assistant professor of general internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. "They were just not engaging patients in that rapport-building or making that emotional connection with the patient."</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">In conversations with patients of normal weight, the doctors offered simple comments to show concern — for example, "I'm glad you're feeling better" to a woman who had experienced hot flashes. When a normal-weight patient had trouble getting an appointment with a specialist, her doctor shared her concerns. "I agree with you," the doctor said. "That gets extremely frustrating when that happens."</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">Another patient lamented a scar on her leg after surgery and the ugly shoes she was forced to wear. "You went through a lot," the doctor told her, adding compliments to lift her spirits. "You still got great legs. Chunky shoes are still in. Get something pretty, something for spring. That always makes you feel good."</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">While such expressions of concern and empathy are not remarkable on their own, what was surprising was how absent they were in conversations with overweight and obese patients.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">And statements like these are no small thing. Studies show that patients are far more likely to follow a doctor's advice and to have a better health outcome when they believe their doctor empathizes with their plight.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">"When there is increased empathy by the doctor, patients are more likely to report they are satisfied with their care, and they are more likely to adhere to recommendations of physicians," Dr. Gudzune said. "There is evidence to show that after visits with more empathy, patients have improved clinical outcomes, so patients with diabetes have better blood sugar control or cholesterol is better controlled."</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">Dr. David L. Katz, director of the <a href="http://www.yalegriffinprc.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; " class="">Yale-Griffin University Prevention Research Center</a>, says that overweight patients often complain to him that <a href="http://www.davidkatzmd.com/admin/archives/Obesity%20be%20Dammed.Katz.Fall-06.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; " class="">doctors appear judgmental</a> about their weight, at the expense of other health concerns.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">"You come in with a headache, and the doctors say, 'You really need to lose weight.' You have a sore throat, and the doctor says, 'You really need to lose weight,' " he said. "These patients feel like the doctor doesn't help them and they insult them, and so they stop going."</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">In dealing with patients who are overweight, Dr. Katz added, doctors often show the same biases and prejudices as the culture at large. The problem may be compounded by the fact that doctors are trained to deal with immediate medical problems that have specific solutions, like a pill to lower blood pressure or emergency treatment for a heart attack. But <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/symptoms/morbid-obesity/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; " class="">obesity</a> is a far more complex problem that isn't easy to solve, and that can be frustrating to doctors.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">"When we can't fix what is broken we tend to behave badly," he said.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">Dr. Katz said his grandmother, who was obese, was so tired of physicians' negative comments about her weight that she stopped going to the doctor altogether, even when she developed a breast tumor. When she finally sought treatment, she had advanced-stage <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/breast-cancer/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; " class="">breast cancer</a> and died in her 50s.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">"Every time she went to the doctor for any reason, they wagged a finger at her and talked about her weight," Dr. Katz said. "We need to understand that the stakes are very high."</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">The solution, he said, is better training so that medical students and doctors understand the complex nature of obesity as well as their own (perhaps subconscious) biases. Yale, for one, offers a continuing education program for doctors on compassionate and effective lifestyle counseling for patients.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; " class="">"I think a lot of them are compassionate and don't realize this is going on," Dr. Katz said. "The antipathy for obesity is really rooted in our culture. We should expect better from doctors and train them better."</div></div></div></div></div><a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/overweight-patients-face-bias/?ref=health&pagewanted=print" class="">http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/overweight-patients-face-bias/?ref=health&pagewanted=print</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; " class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

Overweight Patients Face Bias - NYTimes.com

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My Favourite Medicine

<base href="data:"><div style="color: black; text-align: left; "><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">My name is Mike Evans. I am a family physician at St. Michael's Hospital and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto. I also run something called the <a title="Health Design Lab" href="http://hdlab.ca/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(221, 72, 20); ">Health Design Lab</a> at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. My interest is engaging users and people with varied skills, particularly creatives, and mushing them together with researchers and clinicians to re-invent patient education. My recent YouTube release of "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUaInS6HIGo" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(221, 72, 20); ">23 and 1/2 hours: what is the single most important thing for your health?</a>" is a good example. With over a million views in the first month I think others also thought it was worthwhile. One theme that I see emerging is the need for clinicians to become part-time "curators" of the best health information for their patients, which is what <strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(28, 28, 28); ">My Favourite Medicine</strong> is all about…</font></div></span></div><div style="color: black; text-align: left; "><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; position: static; z-index: auto; ">When I started in medicine I was most interested in getting things right, what we in healthcare call "evidence-based medicine". I chaired the provincial guidelines initiative, started a critical appraisal column in Canadian Family Physician, sat on the Canadian Expert Drug Advisory Committee, and chief-edited Canada's top selling primary care textbook of medicine. Then I got into more of the research on how to improve practice and became the Scientific Officer for Knowledge Translation at the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and became a funded research scholar in Family Medicine. The general theme was there is no "magic bullet" and that multi-faceted interventions work best. I became increasingly interested in the patient-facing parts of these trials.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; position: static; z-index: auto; ">It was at this time I found my real passion: communicating the best health information to the general public in novel ways. I started the Mini Med School at the University of Toronto, which is a medical school for the public. As one of our students said, "..find me the best health communicator-professor about a common problem and give them an hour to bring me up to speed." I think that we should also go to where the eyeballs and ears are, and so I have been house doctor for a variety of shows on CITY, TVO, CBC etc.. Currently I am a health columnist for the Globe & Mail and have a bi-weekly radio show on CBC radio's Fresh Air. As well, I am Chair of Patient Education for the College of Family Physicians of Canada.</div></font></span></div><a href="http://www.myfavouritemedicine.com/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">http://www.myfavouritemedicine.com/</font></a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

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Hip and Knee Replacement

<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">A "Visual Whiteboard Lecture" on how to prepare for hip & knee replacement from Dr. Mike Evans. To see Whiteboards on other common health issues see</span><a class="yt-uix-redirect-link" dir="ltr" href="http://www.youtube.com/docmikeevans" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #438bc5; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://www.youtube.com/docmikeevans">http://www.youtube.com/docmikeevans</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">.</span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xAL_TrQdtTY?rel=0" width="560"></iframe>

Hip and Knee Replacement

A "Visual Whiteboard Lecture" on how to prepare for hip & knee replacement from Dr. Mike Evans. To see Whiteboards on other co...

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Questioning the Pelvic Exam - NYTimes.com

<base href="data:">In America, when a woman goes to her gynecologist, she is typically given a pelvic exam whether or not she has symptoms or concerns that might warrant one. That's one reason an estimated 63.4 million pelvic exams are performed annually in this country.<br><br>Now a growing number of experts are asking whether it's necessary to do so many.<br><br>"This is not the case in other countries that get better results without doing routine pelvic exams," Dr. Carolyn L. Westhoff, a gynecologist at Columbia University Medical Center, said in an interview.<br><br>"I'm an American gynecologist, and that's how we were trained. It took many years for me to ask, 'Why are we doing this?' "<br><br>For most women, Pap smears are now recommended just once every three to five years — and for some, not at all. No doubt many women would be delighted to skip the routine pelvic exam, too, which many find uncomfortable and embarrassing.<br><br>A woman undergoing the exam is bare below the waist. She lies on the examining table on her back with her knees bent and legs spread apart, her feet in stirrups and her buttocks near the end of the table. The doctor inserts a lubricated, gloved finger into her vagina and, with the other hand, presses down on her abdomen to check the shape and size of her uterus and ovaries.<br><br>It's called a bimanual exam. Dr. Westhoff is among an increasing number of experts now challenging the value of this time-honored practice, which is done as a matter of course when women come in for routine gynecological checkups or Pap smears.<br><br>These experts say that for women who are well, a routine bimanual exam is not supported by medical evidence, increases the costs of medical care and discourages some women, especially adolescents, from seeking needed care.<br><br>Moreover, the exam sometimes reveals benign conditions that lead to follow-up procedures, including surgery, that do not improve a woman's health but instead cause anxiety, lost time from work, potential complications and unnecessary costs.<br><br>"The number of women who follow this unfortunate path each year is unknown but is likely sizable given the sheer number of pelvic examinations performed each year in the United States," Dr. George F. Sawaya wrote in the Archives of Internal Medicine in December 2011.<br><br>"In my experience as a practicing gynecologist, I frequently have had to take patients into the operating room because I found an enlargement during a bimanual pelvic exam," Dr. Sawaya, a professor of obstetrics at the University of California, San Francisco, said in an interview.<br><br>"I then follow up with a sonogram which shows a mass, but I can't tell what the mass is without surgical exploration. Yet nearly always it's benign."<br><br>Dr. Sawaya says it's time to change this practice, in which doctors "put patients in a perilous situation and then act like they're rescuing them." He admits that his position "won't win any popularity contests, but I'm trying to do what's right for patients."<br><br>Dr. Westhoff and colleagues wrote in January 2011 in The Journal of Women's Health, "Frequent routine bimanual examinations may partly explain why U.S. rates of ovarian cystectomy andhysterectomy are more than twice as high as rates in European countries, where the use of the pelvic examination is limited to symptomatic women."<br><br>She and others say that the justifications gynecologists typically offer for doing the pelvic exam — screening for a sexually transmitted infection and cervical cancer, early detection of ovarian cancer, and evaluating a woman for hormonal contraception — either do not require a bimanual exam or are not supported by research.<br><br>In a multicenter trial supported by the National Cancer Institute, for instance, no cancers of the ovaries were detected by a pelvic examination alone. The test sometimes did produce suspicious findings that resulted in further procedures.<br><br>"The pelvic examination is not an effective screening tool for ovarian cancer," Ms. Analia Stormo, a researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and colleagues wrote last March in the journal Preventive Medicine.<br><br>Yet Ms. Stormo also found that "almost 70 percent of obstetrician-gynecologists reported believing that a pelvic examination is an effective means of screening for ovarian cancer."<br><br>To screen for sexually transmitted Chlamydia and gonorrhea, tests done on a urine sample or vaginal swab obtained by the patient "have numerous advantages" over the pelvic exam, Ms. Stormo and colleagues noted.<br><br>Although a pelvic exam has been traditionally coupled with prescriptions for contraception, both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the World Health Organization have said that hormonal contraceptives like the birth control pill can be prescribed without first doing a pelvic exam.<br><br>"Whenever doctors are doing things by rote, we have to rethink whether what they're doing is really helpful," Dr. Sawaya said.<br><br>Dr. Westhoff concurs: "We should limit the well-woman checkup to proven procedures."<br><br>That is likely to be an uphill battle. Recent surveys by Dr. Sawaya and colleagues, among others, have shown that most gynecologists in the United States consider the routine bimanual exam of internal reproductive organs an important part of a well-woman visit. The practice is endorsed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which nonetheless admits that medical evidence to justify it is lacking.<br><br>In the latest study, published online in November in the college's journal, Jillian T. Henderson, an assistant professor of obstetrics at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Sawaya and colleagues examined the circumstances under which a national sample of obstetrician-gynecologists would conduct a bimanual pelvic exam. The doctors were presented four vignettes about healthy patients, ages 18, 35, 55 and 70, who come "for a routine health visit."<br><br>Nearly all 250 doctors who took the survey said they "would conduct bimanual pelvic examinations in routine visits with asymptomatic women across the life span," even in a 55-year-old woman described as having no ovaries, uterus or cervix.<br><br>Most of the clinicians surveyed said the exam was important to identify benign uterine fibroids, even though the value of this finding in women lacking symptoms is unclear, the team reported. Most clinicians also maintained that the pelvic exam was important "to reassure patients of their health."<br><br>How important is this exam to a doctor's income? Slightly more than half of those surveyed ranked "ensuring adequate compensation" as very important or moderately important.<br><br>One of the most vexing problems in medicine today is the fact that doctors get paid only for performing procedures, not for the time they spend talking with patients to discuss issues of possible medical importance.<br><br>The next time you see your gynecologist for a routine checkup, ask if a pelvic exam is planned and, if so, what the doctor expects it to accomplish.<div><br></div><div><i>See also Comments</i><br><div><br></div><a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/an-exam-with-poor-results/?src=me&ref=general">http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/an-exam-with-poor-results/?src=me&ref=general</a><br><br></div>

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 04/30/2013

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://kikolani.com/new-facebook-timeline-for-personal-profiles-2013.html">5 Tips for the New Facebook Timeline for Personal Profiles</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">How to edit your Facebook Timeline to look more like you want. You can customize your clunky personal FAcebook page and you should.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/social">social</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/media">media</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://snapguide.com/guides/create-a-qr-to-an-ibook/?var=3nf&utm_expid=69945963-15&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fpinterest.com%2Foffsite%2F%3Ftoken%3D428-104%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fsnapguide.com%252Fguides%252Fcreate-a-qr-to-an-ibook%252F%26pin%3D141441244519723226">How to Create a QR to an iBook - Snapguide</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Here's a snapguide for how to create a QR code to an ibook. This would let you put a link in a slide or on a page that would immediately take one to an ibook. (You can do this for kindle books too but would just use the URL as you can't buy inside the Kindle app on the ipad because Amazon and Apple couldn't come to terms on Apple's cut. You can just go to the Amazon webpage for the kindle and when it opens in safari, a person can buy and download from there.)</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/qrcode">qrcode</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tips">tips</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ebook">ebook</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.leekolbert.com/2013/04/can-you-explain-this.html">A GeekyMomma's Blog: Can You Explain This?</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Lee Kolbert demonstrates how to use Skitch to explain things. Excellent post. I love and use skitch because it integrates with Evernote, my personal notebook app. (Everyone should have a designated notebook app if you're using a tablet.)</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apps">apps</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/skitch">skitch</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='https://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

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IDEA Whiz new smart phone launched by IDEA

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0F3Q4t4PUG7WiDnD9gVB405eNU73KTnJg880PnWRmcJk9cl3W2SsLEZp6mIRsh1gWrYQVTrzFZDTKeeGWwYrcqGfjHh27n94qJA9vRb4_6S6SOmbSQINzXAN7JjSHxsiZiqnXhLIFP8/s1600/idea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0F3Q4t4PUG7WiDnD9gVB405eNU73KTnJg880PnWRmcJk9cl3W2SsLEZp6mIRsh1gWrYQVTrzFZDTKeeGWwYrcqGfjHh27n94qJA9vRb4_6S6SOmbSQINzXAN7JjSHxsiZiqnXhLIFP8/s400/idea.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Low Cost Idea whiz phone launched by Idea tel-comm.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Idea has been launched 3<span style="font-size: small;">G-smart phon<span style="font-size: small;">e <span style="font-size: small;">over the last one year<span style="font-size: small;"> such as Idea Zeal , Idea Ivory ,Idea Blade that phones already sold last year.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Idea say about dual SIM smart phone that its has been sold 300000 phones all over the world.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Best Technical Specification of the phone are:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1GHZ Dual Core processor</li><li>512MB RAM </li><li>4GB Internal Storage</li><li>5MP Auto focus camera with capture high quality picture</li><li>Front Camera</li><li>Android 4.0 aka ice-cream  sandwich.</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUksJVCWd0Ps1-XKtqi4v1InBsqf9cp1NEO7HGmD365va-qUm7kBCm39e8RxXt5pHVaPQb-Hn31hEWV4sgFCZ1F15LVQpKdFx-2kwqc_UzWG7YgJbnfsNTVN3rCGRW4-i_Ymep_F8cKA/s1600/ideawhiz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUksJVCWd0Ps1-XKtqi4v1InBsqf9cp1NEO7HGmD365va-qUm7kBCm39e8RxXt5pHVaPQb-Hn31hEWV4sgFCZ1F15LVQpKdFx-2kwqc_UzWG7YgJbnfsNTVN3rCGRW4-i_Ymep_F8cKA/s400/ideawhiz.jpg" width="339" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; text-indent: -0.375px;"> it will give buyers of the phone free 3G data for first three months. The states where it is available are- AP, Gujarat, HP, Haryana, J&K, Kerela, Maharashtra, MP, UP (W) & UP (E) circles said by IDEA Company.</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Connectivity of the device: </b></span><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>3G Enabled Phone </li><li>Fast Internet Browsing </li></ul><br /><div><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Best Buying rate : <span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px; text-indent: -0.375px;">Rs 7,850</span></span></b></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><br /></div>Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/109838201058606610638" rel="author">Narendra Saini</a></div>

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Dublin weather

It's 9am and nice and bright. It's still quite cool though but expected to get a little warmer.<br /><br />A bank holiday weekend is coming up here in Ireland. I finish up work on Friday and am not back in until Tuesday. Bliss!!<br /><br />Now I need to make plans of what to get up to over the weekend! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYIlYQan5HbcM3bx_HPOqme5HJP5KPLYw5qcuLr7X6Ep36zEkuLOAr58KDsFjtW2ZWCSWx2a1tG-Zb5878OSKanPboV4ETwQ-ldDg1ldjAuuE42JOCAb31-p0VLJociuHZjrBkEzv5Z6I/s640/blogger-image-557052775.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYIlYQan5HbcM3bx_HPOqme5HJP5KPLYw5qcuLr7X6Ep36zEkuLOAr58KDsFjtW2ZWCSWx2a1tG-Zb5878OSKanPboV4ETwQ-ldDg1ldjAuuE42JOCAb31-p0VLJociuHZjrBkEzv5Z6I/s640/blogger-image-557052775.jpg" /></a></div>

Dublin weather

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Horse Racing is all Animal Abuse and Corruption

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hola! A few years back I had a coworker who had just turned 21. Like all just turned 21 year old, he wanted to do two things immediately. 1. Buy alcohol legally and 2. Gamble. So, he decided to take his girlfriend to Hot Springs, AR to go to the horse races. After he got back I asked him how he did and he told me that he pretty much lost all his money. Then he turned to me with a very confused look on his face and said “You know, several times when it looked like someone was cruising to victory, they would actually pull up and end up finishing out of the money.” <o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Imagine that. Horseracing … FIXED!? Say it isn’t so! Next you’ll tell me that boxing is fixed too. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzrJpERzWYHNzj1XQKzluQdw7N5D3gLVnVtqhxv9EXuY11vB31ihJYUJ7yOkypc7iHZK-xC3ANhx6Cyc94BGTa4-6nfUimWEVC-v8Q6d6PQGM1A1BoBt0RHE8la4h2nlDZLJLR6Pxi-4/s1600/Eight+Bells+Injured+Racehorse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzrJpERzWYHNzj1XQKzluQdw7N5D3gLVnVtqhxv9EXuY11vB31ihJYUJ7yOkypc7iHZK-xC3ANhx6Cyc94BGTa4-6nfUimWEVC-v8Q6d6PQGM1A1BoBt0RHE8la4h2nlDZLJLR6Pxi-4/s320/Eight+Bells+Injured+Racehorse.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">I have been to the horse races several times. I’ve never really won any money at them because I don’t know<o:p></o:p></div>dick about it. I always buy the advice sheets, check the racing report in the paper and then take wild guesses as to which horse might win. But, I made a day of it, ate nachos, hot dogs, corned beef sandwiches and drank lots of beer to make up for the lack of winning. I enjoyed the races but there was always something about the whole thing that was kind of … unseemly. <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Anyone who knows me knows that when it comes to vices like drinking, smoking, sex and gambling, my libertarian side comes out. Do I know that gambling preys on the poor and that horse tracks (and especially dog tracks) attract a “bad element?” And do I know that in so many places horse tracks (and especially dog tracks) are surrounded by drug houses, strip clubs and adult “theaters?” Yes, and I don’t care. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The problem with horse racing is its level of corruption and the treatment of the horses. Anytime you have a sport that is mostly rich people competing and there is enormous amounts of money at stake, you’re gonna have a lot of cheating and corruption. I think as a society we’ve just accepted this kind of thing, but we really shouldn’t because it’s the greed and corruption that causes the abuse of the animals. <o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Owners and trainers shoot the horses up with <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/sports/dutrow-barred-from-training-horses-in-new-york-for-10-years.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" target="_blank">all kinds ofdrugs and growth hormone</a>s so they can race them earlier and more often than they should. You might claim NFL, MLB and NBA guys are shooting up with HGH too and that’s true. But, humans have the ability to decide for themselves to take the risk of HGH and the oppoeable thumbs to give themselves the shot. Horses don’t have that. They have to just take it. Hundreds of racehorses are severely injured or killed while racing each year. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">When you watch the Kentucky Derby you’ll see all kinds of video of retired racehorses living out their <o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAm5_WfUCjp6ERoPw3PeJv1C7JhyjExtlGnLvQrSLLBLECilc4c9soKUT5se3B4BQzXPfuy8Pe_XMi75ReuQW-dAYUu63jdMSwDRRN1eOthqETfvbmJsMO4KIy_CJzt8wTUQuPL69h0o/s1600/Euthanized+Racehorse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAm5_WfUCjp6ERoPw3PeJv1C7JhyjExtlGnLvQrSLLBLECilc4c9soKUT5se3B4BQzXPfuy8Pe_XMi75ReuQW-dAYUu63jdMSwDRRN1eOthqETfvbmJsMO4KIy_CJzt8wTUQuPL69h0o/s320/Euthanized+Racehorse.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>twilight years in Horse Heaven. They get put out to stud and just run free in the bluegrass fields and have sex all day every day. But for every retired racehorse that is living that life hundreds, if not thousands are simply run until they completely breakdown and are then shipped off to the glue factory. <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“These horses are born to run?” True, but they’re not born to race. They’re trained to race and that training is brutal. They start them before their bones have fully formed, shoot them full of drugs and run them hard very early and often. Once they are no longer any use to the owners, the horses are then disposed of. The lucky ones are placed at a retired horse park and do live good lives. But, the vast majority of them are sold off to other people who continue to try to make money off racing them (either legally or in illegal match races) or are sold off to people who will transport them to Canada, Mexico or Asia to be slaughtered. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">It’s possible for someone to go to the races and enjoy the sport and the betting all that great stuff, but we all need to remember what we’re also supporting when we do so. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://facebook.com/Jayman68" target="_blank">Facebook.com/Jayman68</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">*On Thursday good friend of IWS Radio, <a href="https://twitter.com/_JustinHenry_/" target="_blank">Justin in Lexington</a>will guest post here in support of horseracing. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

Horse Racing is all Animal Abuse and Corruption

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Mr. Scott or Kaylee: Which Sci-Fi Mechanic Would You Take with You?

<br /><div class="MsoNormal">Of all the geeky debate items on my plate (and in my wheelhouse) at any given time one interesting one has me a bit perplexed.  When it comes to spaceship mechanics, who would I want in the Engine Room?  Kaylee from “Firefly” or Mr. Scott from “Star Trek”?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Now, I know what you’re thinking—that it does not matter because I will never be on a starship, but it matters to me (and fansboys around the world as well).  So here is how the battle shapes up in my mind:<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">The pros of having Kaylee as the engineer, aside from having <a href="https://twitter.com/JewelStaite">Jewel Staite</a> on your ship, include:  being good and creative at ship repair, having extensive knowledge of the ship, and anticipating issues with the engine.  The cons are lack of experience, not having knowledge of transporters (I know there weren’t any on “Firefly” but still), and her being a distraction for the ship’s doctor.  Basically, she was more of a mechanic than an engineer.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Mr. Scott was for the most part the complete package.  He had knowledge of just about every major system on board the ship and usually managed to get results.  The big downside is that sometimes his solutions were not necessarily his ideas.  Mr. Scott had a number of talented individuals to draw input from.  This guy was a very important part of a very massive ship, which can not be understated.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">So basically, it depends on what you’re looking for and what kind of ship you are on.  Me personally, I like the feel evoked on “Firefly” so I lean toward Kaylee and Serenity, but if I was going to be engaged in an all-out galactic clash give me Mr. Scott and the Enterprise.<o:p></o:p></div>

firefly star trek kaylee mr scott scifi Mr. Scott or Kaylee: Which Sci-Fi Mechanic Would You Take with You?

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Chilli chilli!

I made a big pot of chilli for the first time ever.<br /><br />As a base I used tomato sauce (made from tinned tomatoes and tomato puree) with puréed vegetables in it. I browned mince and onions and then added the chilli mix. Finally 2 cans of kidney beans went into the pot.<br /><br />I will be bringing chilli in to work with me for a tasty lunch! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzazjKPrhTuyBAInHWkQ_MU3u5DWogldBPloFq7yhMufeAWiiLfJQ2UsR83KyNt6RPT7kBCNaGJeKxQJGesqh1PV5R8zcNMz_rnBx_FalHYjEqNi3DpKNQgK45TKDdV9w4Xw1CFxtBHQW/s640/blogger-image-278611661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzazjKPrhTuyBAInHWkQ_MU3u5DWogldBPloFq7yhMufeAWiiLfJQ2UsR83KyNt6RPT7kBCNaGJeKxQJGesqh1PV5R8zcNMz_rnBx_FalHYjEqNi3DpKNQgK45TKDdV9w4Xw1CFxtBHQW/s640/blogger-image-278611661.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Y8kUWFyIndVp7QFdinWOunpf0_DEZwWs69c5Wqo9R_X3fkD2SZIpjnoA6csAwSXXes-1Js2jt0WhlZ5Cw0aoTqRMIhL4sIS4kD8UTvew3hmYf-Bn8xPNsXyKgd3Vs7GvWaoV_C4pCDXQ/s640/blogger-image--1497068743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Y8kUWFyIndVp7QFdinWOunpf0_DEZwWs69c5Wqo9R_X3fkD2SZIpjnoA6csAwSXXes-1Js2jt0WhlZ5Cw0aoTqRMIhL4sIS4kD8UTvew3hmYf-Bn8xPNsXyKgd3Vs7GvWaoV_C4pCDXQ/s640/blogger-image--1497068743.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBl7gzZs4TkuLSuEq8fpeu1PMujjfmBfOrhAXqb6th259v2EMV95eSy7d3xE7rrkJvtwUmxuH0IH2Wcev6vikb3OGyhlZ9DAJ6_drtehiQ3ad7VfMZAwENhEMeTQ0gZ2AeCmCBvLQWatQM/s640/blogger-image--124867174.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBl7gzZs4TkuLSuEq8fpeu1PMujjfmBfOrhAXqb6th259v2EMV95eSy7d3xE7rrkJvtwUmxuH0IH2Wcev6vikb3OGyhlZ9DAJ6_drtehiQ3ad7VfMZAwENhEMeTQ0gZ2AeCmCBvLQWatQM/s640/blogger-image--124867174.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbI8eFPmj2Ctv15bm2MsWVQiMIuA15e9Flv8lsgVL8XJP5w3FumQx_-1s7TGJlvfmmGrK-3_euoSux6Xu2lHrEDhEhE8g3eJvcq9LTpFc6wLouY0WRHFPuVNGIBo_MyBtgbhZNF0mGKs1L/s640/blogger-image--729559030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbI8eFPmj2Ctv15bm2MsWVQiMIuA15e9Flv8lsgVL8XJP5w3FumQx_-1s7TGJlvfmmGrK-3_euoSux6Xu2lHrEDhEhE8g3eJvcq9LTpFc6wLouY0WRHFPuVNGIBo_MyBtgbhZNF0mGKs1L/s640/blogger-image--729559030.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5fRgycp2zgBVoUljPkawgjubrKsr3VXmIwhU6BBVBd5nR6mw2OFU7gBumTqD_u5ZiZcH_ze96BnEAUN2_45QIaVi996o4H08gtzREctUfQyeCRpJAjFDD7xXFqA1j1lHV4gzoxizCxtk/s640/blogger-image--1421885432.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5fRgycp2zgBVoUljPkawgjubrKsr3VXmIwhU6BBVBd5nR6mw2OFU7gBumTqD_u5ZiZcH_ze96BnEAUN2_45QIaVi996o4H08gtzREctUfQyeCRpJAjFDD7xXFqA1j1lHV4gzoxizCxtk/s640/blogger-image--1421885432.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTz5dS_yob2JncFdzGWW3GL8JNLpUyt_Y5TIc1pka2atdhHgPcERgCwS4ToL-1SeiyjIxwqaZp4fdJQnT0bWZgVUiOIChEatAfKf_pAbAqgmCZ2OGs7dSC0O0CajHnz1_FyN02P71oyK2V/s640/blogger-image--936982820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTz5dS_yob2JncFdzGWW3GL8JNLpUyt_Y5TIc1pka2atdhHgPcERgCwS4ToL-1SeiyjIxwqaZp4fdJQnT0bWZgVUiOIChEatAfKf_pAbAqgmCZ2OGs7dSC0O0CajHnz1_FyN02P71oyK2V/s640/blogger-image--936982820.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdnr0jwjFlg4kLAmk5C2EJztDRprCMJ5197KllME8fxIDtrILUrcs3OPeDXv7L1yTDeCoFz2g0wu10zfCc-a0lvqa6f8vz6pVwy7UlIZ0VV3bzRXFBk0NTF4OjCixyL1IKGKCly84zyIu/s640/blogger-image-583677736.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdnr0jwjFlg4kLAmk5C2EJztDRprCMJ5197KllME8fxIDtrILUrcs3OPeDXv7L1yTDeCoFz2g0wu10zfCc-a0lvqa6f8vz6pVwy7UlIZ0VV3bzRXFBk0NTF4OjCixyL1IKGKCly84zyIu/s640/blogger-image-583677736.jpg" /></a></div>

Chilli chilli!

I made a big pot of chilli for the first time ever. As a base I used tomato sauce (made from tinned tomatoes and tomato puree) with puréed v...

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Dublin City this evening

Yes, this a horse in Dublin City!! This was what was in front of me as I drove home. <br /><br />This is not quite an uncommon sight in Dublin!!! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYlaxWOMbY_OJgtKFP226y2dqG-ecAPksTTDbu-A3qFRxvg5rSd6pVsJ4kr_QeSD5NGf2iKLxgLz4pzZA75JhAJrcPCV8Xo_62D7SkDJCBnPIxeKJsGYAiqFlq14tWCNkXeWLLBWKxAQ7/s640/blogger-image--451828748.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYlaxWOMbY_OJgtKFP226y2dqG-ecAPksTTDbu-A3qFRxvg5rSd6pVsJ4kr_QeSD5NGf2iKLxgLz4pzZA75JhAJrcPCV8Xo_62D7SkDJCBnPIxeKJsGYAiqFlq14tWCNkXeWLLBWKxAQ7/s640/blogger-image--451828748.jpg" /></a></div>

Dublin City this evening

Yes, this a horse in Dublin City!! This was what was in front of me as I drove home. This is not quite an uncommon sight in Dublin!!!

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Coffee time

I got a smiley face on my coffee today! It put a smile on my face! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04R_7NeVzux8Y7-VNSaDd1moHu2YA9cz6KGVOBB2VCr2mOBzyIXu8mR_WvzCycq8tZtm7esrTYjeyXQTApONAXHx7DpiBRSG5Z2GnRf8wHYmjcHQCehhOY16BWfc87bfvkot5LfaYIVaX/s640/blogger-image--726209914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04R_7NeVzux8Y7-VNSaDd1moHu2YA9cz6KGVOBB2VCr2mOBzyIXu8mR_WvzCycq8tZtm7esrTYjeyXQTApONAXHx7DpiBRSG5Z2GnRf8wHYmjcHQCehhOY16BWfc87bfvkot5LfaYIVaX/s640/blogger-image--726209914.jpg" /></a></div>

Coffee time

I got a smiley face on my coffee today! It put a smile on my face!

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2013 NHL playoff schedule: Matchups, TV times and more

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Pittsburgh Penguins fans" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/dam/assets/130428194150-pittsburg-penguins-fans-single-image-cut.jpg" /><br /><br /><div class="cnnDivideContent" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="cnnInlineT1Caption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pittsburgh Penguins fans are a confident bunch -- and will be even more so if Sidney Crosby returns.</div><div class="cnnInlineT1Credit" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Gene J. Puskar/AP</div></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;">The lockout-shortened season is over; the chase for the Stanley Cup has begun. Will the Chicago Blackhawks continue to dominate? Can the Detroit Red Wings make the most of their 22nd consecutive playoff appearance? Is Sidney Crosby going to return from a fractured jaw -- and are the Pittsburgh Penguins prepared to make a run if he doesn't?</div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;">First-round action begins on Tuesday, April 30. Game dates, times and TV listings are presented below by matchup. Check back with SI.com's hockey team throughout the playoffs for the latest news, analysis and game results.</div><div class="cnnDivideContent" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 662px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="title-round" colspan="2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">First Round</td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="title-league" colspan="6" style="background-color: #e7e7e7; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">WESTERN CONFERENCE</td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/blackhawks_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/wild_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">1</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Chicago <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">BLACKHAWKS</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">8</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Minnesota<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">WILD</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="title-league" colspan="6" style="background-color: #e7e7e7; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">EASTERN CONFERENCE</td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/penguins_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/islanders_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">1</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Pittsburgh<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">PENGUINS</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">8</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">New York<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ISLANDERS</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at CHI, Tue., April 30, 8 p.m., NBCSN, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at CHI, Fri., May 3, 9:30 p.m., NBCSN, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at MIN, Sun., May 5, 3 p.m., NBC, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at MIN, Tue., May 7, 9:30 p.m., NBCSN, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at CHI, Thu., May 9, TBD, CBC*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at MIN, Sat., May 11, TBD, CBC*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at CHI, Sun., May 12, TBD, CBC*</td><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at PIT, Wed., May 1, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at PIT, Fri., May 3, 7 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at NY, Sun., May 5, 12 p.m., NBC, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at NY, Tue., May 7, 7 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at PIT, Thu., May 9, 7 p.m., TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at NY, Sat., May 11, TBD, TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at PIT, Sun., May 12, TBD, TSN*</td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/ducks_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/red_wings_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">2</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Anaheim<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">DUCKS</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">7</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Detroit<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">RED WINGS</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/canadiens_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/senators_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">2</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Montreal<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">CANADIENS</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">7</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Ottawa<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SENATORS</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at ANA, Tue., April 30, 10:30 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at ANA, Thu., May 2, 10 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at DET, Sat., May 4, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at DET, Mon., May 6, 8 p.m., CNBC, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at ANA, Wed., May 8, 10 p.m., TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at DET, Fri., May 10 TBD, TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at ANA, Sun., May 12, TBD, TSN*</td><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at MON, Thu., May 2, 7 p.m., CNBC, CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at MON, Fri., May 3, 7 p.m., CNBC. CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at OTT, Sun., May 5, 7 p.m., NBCSN, CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at OTT, Tue., May 7, 7 p.m., CNBC, CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at MON, Thu., May 9, 7 p.m., CBC, RDS*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at OTT, Sat., May 11, TBD, CBC, RDS*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at MON, Sun., May 12, TBD, CBC, RDS*</td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/canucks_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/sharks_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">3</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Vancouver<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">CANUCKS</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">6</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">San Jose<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SHARKS</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/capitals_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/rangers_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">3</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Washington<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">CAPITALS</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">6</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">New York<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">RANGERS</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at VAN, Wed., May 1, 10:30 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at VAN, Fri., May 3, 10 p.m., CNBC, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at SJ, Sun., May 5, 10 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at SJ, Tue., May 7, 10 p.m., CNBC, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at VAN, Thu., May 9, 10 p.m., TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at SJ, Sat., May 11, TBD, TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at VAN, Mon., May 13, TBD, TSN*</td><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at WAS, Thu., May 2, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at WAS, Sat., May 4, 12:30 p.m., NBC, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at NY, Mon., May 6, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at NY, Wed., May 8, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at WAS, Fri., May 10, 7:30 p.m., TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at NY, Sun., May 12, TBD, TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at WAS, Mon., May 13, TBD, TSN*</td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/blues_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/kings_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">4</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Saint Louis<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">BLUES</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">5</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Los Angeles<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">KINGS</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/bruins_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/maple_leafs_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">4</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Boston<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">BRUINS</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">5</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Toronto<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">MAPLE LEAFS</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at STL, Tue., April 30, 8 p.m., CNBC, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at STL, Thu., May 2, 9:30 p.m., CNBC, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at LA, Sat., May 4, 10 p.m., NBCSN, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at LA, Mon., May 6, 10 p.m., NBCSN, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at STL, Wed., May 8, TBD, CBC*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at LA, Fri., May 10, TBD, CBC*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at STL, Mon., May 13, TBD, CBC*</td><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at BOS, Wed., May 1, 7 p.m., CNBC, CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at BOS, Sat., May 4, 7 p.m., CNBC, CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at TOR, Mon., May 6, 7 p.m., NHLN, CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at TOR, Wed., May 8, 7 p.m., NHLN, CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at BOS, Fri., May 10, 7 p.m. CBC, RDS*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at TOR, Sun., May 12, CBC, RDS*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at BOS, Mon., May 13, CBC, RDS*</td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-text2" colspan="6" style="background-color: #e7e7e7; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 4px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">* If Necessary | All Times Eastern</td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Read More: <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nhl/news/20130429/nhl-playoff-schedule/#ixzz2Rrf5tJpL" style="color: #003399; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nhl/news/20130429/nhl-playoff-schedule/#ixzz2Rrf5tJpL</a></span></div>

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