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TIGERS, RECALLS AND LIGHTS---OH MY!!!

MY FRIEND MAGHARITA SENT ME THIS PICTURE OF ODIN--A 6-YEAR OLD WHITE BENGAL TIGER WHO NOW LIVES AT A ZOO IN SAN FRANCISCO..... (AND YOU THOUGHT SHARKS WERE THE SCARIEST THING UNDERWATER!!)   ACTUALLY--HE JUST HAPPENS TO BE A VERY BIG "KITTY" WHO LOVES TO DIVE IN THE ZOO'S POOL FOR TREATS.  I'M A HUGE ANIMAL LOVER---AND AM ALWAYS HAPPY TO PROMOTE SOMETHING NEAT FROM THE FURRY-SEGMENT IN THE CROWD.

ONTO MORE SERIOUS ISSUES---THE MAPLE LEAF FOODS RECALL--WHICH JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE....NOW 12 PEOPLE ARE DEAD---6 OF THEM MOST DEFINITELY LINKED WITH THE LISTERIA OUTBREAK AT THAT PLANT IN TORONTO......   IF YOU'D LIKE A LIST OF THE RECALLED FOODS--CLICK ON THIS WEBSITE--www.inspection.gc.ca  OR--IF YOU JUST WANT TO SEE IF ANY OF YOUR MEAT PRODUCTS CAME FROM THE PLANT IN QUESTION----CHECK FOR THE ESTABLISHED CODE 97-B---WHICH APPEARS BY THE "BEST BEFORE" OR "PACKAGED ON "DATES.   MOST IMPORTANTLY----IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS---THROW IT OUT.    THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT LISTERIA IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE VAST MAJORITY OF US....  THE BIGGEST RISK IS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN, THE VERY OLD, THE VERY YOUNG--AND ANYONE WITH A COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM.     LISTERIOSIS HAS SYMPTOMS MUCH LIKE YOU GET WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE FLU...   IF YOU'RE IN A HIGH-RISK GROUP--AND HAVE HAD AN ONGOING FEVER, SEVERE HEADACHES, A STIFF NECK--OR IF YOU'RE NAUSEOUS OR VOMITING---CALL A DOCTOR.  

FROM THE EZ ROCK GREEN FILE:  (AS HEARD EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING IN THE 7AM NEWS):   COMING SOON TO A STORE NEAR YOU---MORE VERSIONS OF THOSE ENERGY SAVING COMPACT FLUOURESCENT BULBS.   UP TIL NOW--THEY WERE HUGE--AND SHAPED LIKE KIDS' WACKY STRAWS...  BUT THE EXPERTS AT THE DAILY GREEN SAY YOU'LL SOON BE ABLE TO FIND THEM IN STANDARD AND MINI-SIZES, SOME WILL COME WITH DIMMERS, SOME WILL FIT YOUR VINTAGE WALL SCONES--AND EVEN YOUR RETRO-LAMPSHADES WILL FIT OVER THE INCOMING PRODUCT.  THEY'RE ALSO BEING MADE FOR FLOODLIGHTS, VANITY MIRRORS--AND WITH A YELLOW TINT--TO KEEP THE BUGS AT BAY.   

THATS ALL FOR TODAY----WE'LL HAVE SOME BACK TO SCHOOL TIPS AND ADVICE FOR YOU ON THE MORNING SHOW TOMORROW---HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US!!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

CHERYL