Flying With a Dog and Other Pets

It?s easier to plan travel for two legged family members than those with four legs.? Yet, this isn?t a good reason to leave our loved ones behind while we travel the world.? With preparation and a few tips, you can take the hassle out of flying with a dog.

Many of these tips apply to other pets that you?ve adopted into your family.

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Options for Flying With a Dog

Airline prices vary between $100 and $500 to arrange for your pet?s arrival at your travel destination.? The method your pet travels also has a factor in the price.

If your pet is small enough and secured in a kennel, you?re permitted to carry-on your pet and stow it under your seat.? Keep in mind that the average airline seat is 17? L x 12.5? W x 8? H.? Your pet will be counted as part of your carry-on baggage limit.

Another option is to check your pet, which means your furry friend is considered luggage.? You?ll pay a one way fee for this service at time of check-in.? Note: some airlines require you to recheck your pet at each connection.

If you?d prefer to have a more dedicated service to your pet, you?re able to ship your pet as cargo.

Don?t worry.? It?s not as bad as it sounds.

Your pet is loaded on your flight and available within hours of landing.? The shipping process is a more secure since it requires a reservation.? This prevents you from trying to check your pet and realizing that the cargo hold?s pet limit has been reached.

Preparing for Flying With a Dog

If you decide that you don?t want to carry your pet on with you, there are a few things you?ll have to prepare for.

A Month Before Your Flight

Book early to get a direct flight.? This helps alleviate the need to recheck your pet during connections.

Flying with a dog requires them to spend lots of time in a kennel.? Let your pet get used to being in the kennel when you?re not around.? Taking your pet on car rides while in the kennel will prepare them for similar movement while on an airplane.

Also, feeding your pet while inside the kennel is good practice for the flight.

If you have an airport nearby, take your pet to the airport and allow them to get a feel for crowds of strangers, loud noises, and new smells.

At bedtime, rub a soothing relaxing oil (e.g. camomile, jasmine or lavender) inside the kennel.? On the day of the flight, this familiar fragrance will help sooth and relax your pet.? Alternatively, you can put a recently worn shirt in the kennel to give our pet a familiar scent while they fly.

Make sure your kennel is up to airline standards by ensuring the kennel:

• Is large enough for your pet to sit upright without it?s body touching the top.? It must also allow your pet to turn in a full circle and lie down comfortably.
• Material isn?t collapsible or designed to collapse.
• Has a metal door.? Plastic doors and locks aren?t allowed.? Generally, it?s not a good idea to lock the kennel in case your pet needs to be removed in an emergency.
• Has ventilation slits on all sides.
• Wheels are removed or taped in place.
• Has something absorbent on the bottom, like newspaper or a towel.? Don?t bother with the organic stuff like hay or wood chips.? They aren?t allowed.
• Has two separate feeding dishes.? One for food and one for water.? The dished should be securely attached to the kennel and personnel should be able to access them without opening the door.

Two Weeks Before Your Flight

If you?re shipping your pet as cargo, make your reservations up to two weeks before the flight.

Make sure your pet has identification tags with updated information.

One Week Before Your Flight

Have your veterinarian examine and issue your pet with a health certificate within 10 days of flying.? These certificates last for 10 days, so if your trip is lengthy, you?ll need have have your pet re-examined before the return flight.? Ask your vet for a recommendation in your destination area and book this appointment in advance.

The Day of Your Flight

Add two hours to the time you?ll need to arrive at the airport to make sure you have enough time to complete the pet check-in process.? Check the weather of your departure and arrival locations.? Pets aren?t allowed to fly in the cargo hold during extreme hot and cold weather (usually under 10 degrees F and over 85 degrees F).

Feed your pet at least four hours before the flight, and avoid feeding them after this.? Some airlines will require you to certify that you?ve fed your pet.

Exercise your pet before the flight so they?re tired and can rest during travel.? Bring along a few of your pets toys to make time in the kennel more comforting.? Don?t make a fuss when you have to leave your pet.? They?ll sense a difference and may feel anxiety over your departure.

Use this checklist for final things before you leave home:

• Have a recent picture of your pet in the event that he?s lost and needs to be identified.
• Depending on the length of you flight, you?ll need to provide airport personnel with feeding instructions and food.
• Mark contact information and back-up contact information on the inside of your kennel.? Label the outside of your kennel with the word ?Live Animal? and an arrow showing which side is up.? Also, indicate if the animal is poisonous.? All letters should be over an inch tall.? Although sedation/tranquilization isn?t recommend at high altitudes, you have to indicate any medication and time administered on the kennel.

?A Few Other Things On Flying With A Dog

If you?ve served our Country, thank you.? Be sure to ask about the U.S. Military discounts offered by most airlines.

Many variety of snub-nosed animals aren?t permitted to fly on some airlines because their noses make it difficult to breath.? These include Persian, Himalayan, Bulldog and Pug breeds.

Pets should be old enough to fly.? Airlines require a pet be between 8-10 weeks old and able to eat alone.? Mothers animals are usually prevented from flying with their children.

Dogs aren?t allowed to travel with cats ? no matter how well they get along at home!

Exact requirements vary by airline, so be sure to contact them for specifics.

Do you have any more recommendations for keeping pets happy while flying?

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What do American bullfrogs eat when they're away from home? Practically everything

Mar. 14, 2013 ? American bullfrogs are native to eastern North America but have been transported by people to many other parts of the globe, and other parts of North America, where they have readily established populations and become an invasive alien menace to native ecosystems. In the largest study of its kind to date, the stomach contents of over 5,000 invasive alien American bullfrogs from 60 lakes and ponds on southern Vancouver Island were examined to identify the native and exotic animals that they had preyed upon.

The study was published in the open access journal NeoBiota.

Over 15 classes of animals were reported from a total of 18,814 identifiable prey remains, including terrestrial and aquatic insects, spiders, crayfish, fish, frogs, salamanders, newts, snakes, lizards, turtles, birds, and small mammals. The study examined the stomach contents of adults and juveniles of all size-classes, but excluded tadpoles. These results show that bullfrogs will attack and consume virtually any organism that is within reach and can be swallowed, including their own species.

Previous studies on bullfrog diet have examined relatively small numbers of stomachs from a comparatively small number of lakes and ponds. Our results reinforce the general consensus that there is good reason for concern about the ecological harm that uncontrolled populations of American bullfrogs might have, or are having, on populations of native species.

For decades, bullfrogs have been transported and released around the world by prospective frog-farmers, pet owners, game managers, recreational fishermen, biological supply houses; and even by entrants in frog jumping contests. They adapt readily to a variety of habitats from the tropics to temperate zones and once established, their numbers grow fast with each adult female producing about 20,000 or more eggs per year. For these reasons, American bullfrogs are internationally recognized as one of the 100 worst invasive alien species in the world.

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Women feel pressed to work more as economy finds footing: report

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal employee Leslie Shah went back to work just after her second child celebrated his first birthday, one of a growing number of American mothers who are choosing full-time work since the economic downturn.

"It really came down to a financial decision," said Shah, 44, who lives in Maryland just outside Washington. "Gas prices are up, my grocery bill is up."

More American women are feeling pressed to work a greater number of hours even as the country emerges from its economic doldrums. A Pew Research Center Report released on Thursday found nearly one in three Americans mothers last year said they would prefer a full-time job, up from one in five in 2007.

Lead researcher Kim Parker cited the 2007-2009 recession as the likely factor behind the findings, adding that fewer women said they wanted to work full time before the downturn.

"I doubt that that's because that's what they really want, but that's what they really need to provide for their families," Parker said in an interview.

Pew's findings, based in part on its survey of 2,511 adults nationwide in late 2012, came amid renewed public debate about working mothers in the United States.

Former U.S. State Department official Anne-Marie Slaughter, put working moms back in the spotlight with a magazine article last summer on "Why Women Still Can't Have It All." In the fall, Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer announced she put in a full day's work two weeks after her baby was born, then banned telecommuting a few months later.

The debate intensified this month with Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg's new book "Lean In" pushing women to take on leadership roles. [ID:nL1N0C544V] One woman who did that, former Lehman Brothers chief financial officer Erin Callan, lamented in the New York Times on Sunday never having taken the time to have children.

The uproar stirred by the female executives opened wounds about privilege, choice and class divide. Critics said that for American women who are not well-paid top company officials, there is often no choice in the matter - they have to work - and the debate over style and leadership is all but moot.

According to Pew, women struggling with money, especially single mothers, were far more likely to desire full-time jobs.

About half of women who struggled financially said working full time was ideal, compared to about 31 percent of those who said they live comfortably, the nonpartisan research group's report said.

In 2012, about half of single mothers said they would rather work full time, up from 26 percent at the start of the recession, Pew found. In comparison, the number of married mothers who wanted full-time jobs remained flat.

That rings true for Phoenix, Arizona, mother Limpo Bokasa, who works as a medical case manager while raising her 7-year-old twin daughters on her own.

"You're spent emotionally, physically and spiritually for your children. You're running on empty," she said. "What I make for work is not enough to cover all my bills. ... You have to know just how to stretch every paycheck."

But for others, working also means independence and professional satisfaction.

Kendra Jochum, a 33-year-old mother of two boys, aged four and one, was buying a new house in Maryland when she and her husband found out they were having a baby girl. They welcomed the surprise pregnancy, but it brought worries about child care and her job as a social worker if she took a long leave.

"I enjoy work. I don't want to give that up," Jochum said.

"ECONOMIC REALITIES"

The recession, which hit more traditional male jobs such as those in construction, in many cases flipped the economic burden and turned mothers into breadwinners.

Both mothers and fathers said they are equally stressed about work-life balance. Overall about half each say it's very or somewhat difficult, according to the Pew survey, which had a margin of error of 2.2 percentage points.

A wider look at men and women's roles over the last few decades shows the gender gap has shrunk as women work more and fathers take on a greater share of housework and child care.

Fathers spent 17 hours taking care of chores and children per week in 2011 compared to about seven hours four decades ago. Still, that is about half the 32 hours now spent by mothers.

"There's been this convergence of gender roles, but there's still this big gap," said Pew's Parker, herself a mother of two.

Another gap - that between the ideal and the reality - shows when it comes to kids: just 16 percent of parents overall said it was ideal for mothers with young children to work full time. Most said mothers working part-time or not at all would be better.

"That's the whole thing that society really hasn't come to terms with yet, the economic realities versus what is best for a young child," Parker said.

(Editing by Doina Chiacu)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/women-feel-pressed-more-economy-finds-footing-report-160036940--finance.html

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Ken Fallin: Dick Vitale and Cinderella

It was an interesting week for drawing. I did this big drawing of the new Broadway production of Cinderella for PLAYBILL.com, and a drawing of famed sports announcer/commentator, Dick Vitale for the Opinion Page of this weekend's Wall Street Journal.

I began my association with the WSJ in 1995. My late agent, Mary Larkin, got me an assignment to draw some sports figures for an article. I am not a sports fan, and know very little about sports, but this was a nice thing to draw for the WSJ.

I did the assignment, which resulted in drawing nothing but sports figures for the next two years at the WSJ.

Sometimes, being ignorant can work to your advantage.

The drawing of Dick Vitale was fun. He has a great and expressive face, with wonderful features.
I am especially inspired by eyes. A lot of caricaturist go for the nose, but the eyes do it for me. If I can capture the eyes of a certain subject, I feel like I'm on third base, ( and I do know that expression).

My weekly drawings for PLAYBILL.com are usually limited to only a few characters, due, in part, to time restrictions. However, the musical of Cinderella had so many important characters, I spent extra time and created eight figures for this drawing. I'm exhausted, but happy to know that this week I'm drawing the one woman show, ANN, about the late Ann Richards.

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Maximize Your Happiness By Following These Self Help Principles

The easiest way to succeed with personal development strategies and applying them to your own life.

Keep notes on your progress by being more organized. You may find it easier to achieve your goals if you tackle small things first.

Begin a fund for emergencies.This fund will help out in the short and long term because debt continues decreasing.

Do you consume more alcohol more than you should? Do you make a habit of smoking or do anything else that is harmful vices? Your body is what you live in every day and therefore consideration for its well being should be treated with the utmost respect.Eliminating bad habits can be a very essential if you want to improve your life. Take an honest look at your life to see where you can make changes.

We are but a cog in the scope of this universe. Everyone should be willing to learn from everyone else. Keep this in mind and remember to stay open to new whenever you can. Keep an open mind and you will find that others can teach you.

You can teach yourself how to deal with tough situations in your life without losing your cool. Take some time each day to stop and take breaths.

Focus on changing just one thing about yourself at a time. Perhaps you wish to improve several things about yourself, but focus on just one at a time.

Stress is an enemy of the biggest road blocks to happiness. Stress causes both a physical and an emotional toll on your body. In order to achieve our goals, the stress in your mind must be destroyed. Take some time out of your day to sit down and clear your head. This time can make you feel more peaceful.

You will make dramatic progress in your self improvement once you accept that you still have a lot to learn and development.

Write yourself a pep talk for yourself. Take a small sheet of paper and write down all the things that you like about yourself. Carry this list with you at all times, and refer to it when necessary. You can even record yourself reading it or make a video.

You have to determine exactly what you want and accept the change in order to grow.

You will miss many opportunities to develop personally if you avoid making the right decision regarding self improvement. You shouldn't fear making a decision, even if you feel that you do not have all the information. Even decisions are valuable because you still learn from the experiences they give you. A bad choice will help you choose the right path next time.

Take a trip with a friend to a movie. You will be out and about but not have to talk a lot or even see who you're with most of the time.It will also allow you to get used to being in a crowd.

Taking some moderate risks could be the key to your path towards happiness. Many people do not like to take chances because they don't want to feel like a failure, or feeling rejected, so they are often stuck in comfort zone that leaves them feeling unfulfilled. Taking risks requires a lot of courage, which is what's needed to help guide you on a path of happiness.

Research the methods other people became successful. You can avoid both personal and business mistakes by knowing the trials that others have done in your situation. Knowing that other people have already been learned will positively affect your self improvement.

You can't make everyone happy, and accept that you will never be able to please everyone. This does not mean privileging your happiness to a fault, not that you should sacrifice other people's happiness for the sake of your own. If you make sure that what you do is true to yourself and your ethics, you will be better prepared to develop yourself more fully.

Now you can see why many people do not make much progress on personal development - it takes work! With the right mindset and support, you can gain invaluable life lessons from your personal development journey. Use the above tips to get started on the road to success.

Source: http://naturalweightloss10.blogspot.com/2013/03/maximize-your-happiness-by-following.html

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Maduro leans on Chavez's charisma for popularity

Nicolas Maduro raises his fist as he dons the presidential sash after he was sworn in as Venezuela's president at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013. Maduro was sworn in Friday as Venezuela's acting president, against the objections of the political opposition who said the move violated the country's constitution. Late President Hugo Chavez designated Vice President Maduro as his successor before he died Tuesday of cancer. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Nicolas Maduro raises his fist as he dons the presidential sash after he was sworn in as Venezuela's president at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013. Maduro was sworn in Friday as Venezuela's acting president, against the objections of the political opposition who said the move violated the country's constitution. Late President Hugo Chavez designated Vice President Maduro as his successor before he died Tuesday of cancer. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

In this image released by the office of Mexico's Presidencia, Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro, left, holds a replica of Simon Bolivar's sword next to the flag-draped coffin of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez during the funeral ceremony at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico, Daniel Aguilar)

Supporters of Nicolas Maduro watch on a giant screen outside the National Assembly the ceremony in which he is sworn in as Venezuela's acting president in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013. Maduro was sworn in Friday against the objections of the political opposition who said the move violated the country's constitution. Late President Hugo Chavez designated vice-president Maduro as his successor before he died Tuesday of cancer. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Nicolas Maduro speaks as he leaves the National Assembly after he was sworn in as Venezuela's acting president at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013. Maduro was sworn in Friday as Venezuela's acting president, against the objections of the political opposition who said the move violated the country's constitution. Late President Hugo Chavez designated vice-president Maduro as his successor before he died Tuesday of cancer. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Supporters of Nicolas Maduro cheers outside of the National Assembly after he was sworn in as Venezuela's acting president in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013. Maduro was sworn in Friday as Venezuela's acting president, against the objections of the political opposition who said the move violated the country's constitution. Late President Hugo Chavez designated vice-president Maduro as his successor before he died Tuesday of cancer. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? Nicolas Maduro so far has led by imitation, seeking to fill the shoes of a president whose uncanny vigor, mischievous humor and political wiles sowed a revolution and transformed a nation.

As Hugo Chavez did during his 14-year presidency, Maduro has stoked confrontation, and shed tears.

While steering Venezuela through the trauma of Chavez's death, Maduro has pinned his move to the top on his beloved predecessor.

Yet there are doubts, even among die-hard Chavistas, about his ability to lead the nation.

At his swearing-in Friday evening as acting president, Maduro pledged his "most absolute loyalty" to Chavez.

Then he launched into another fiery, lionization-of-the-masses speech punctuated by tears, Chavez-style harangues and attacks on capitalist elites and the international press.

"This sash belongs to Hugo Chavez," he said, choked up, after assembly speaker Diosdado Cabello slid the presidential band over his head. Hours earlier at Chavez's state funeral before more than 30 foreign leaders, Maduro delivered a speech similarly strident in content and tone.

Maduro, 50, hasn't stopped idolizing the outsized leader who made him Venezuela's foreign minister, then vice president and, before going to Cuba for a final cancer surgery in December, publicly selected him presidential successor.

The National Electoral Council was expected on Saturday to set a date for a special presidential election as early as April.

While Maduro has filled the leadership void since Chavez disappeared from public view after his surgery, many Venezuelans find him bland and uninspiring. Some blame his lack of education, noting the former bus driver never went to college.

Others say it goes much further. After all, Brazil's hugely popular former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, also started out as a worker and union leader with limited education.

"Nicolas Maduro does not embody Chavismo. He's not in touch with the people," said Carlos Borola, a 57-year-old member of a "colectivo," a radical pro-Chavez citizen's group.

"You can try to imitate the aggressivity of speech. You can try to imitate the conjuring of imaginary enemies. But you can't imitate Chavez's charisma," said Luis Vicente Leon, president of the respected Datanalisis polling firm.

"Chavez was a showman. Maduro is not," he said.

Many worry that Maduro may not be capable of managing the economic challenges of rising public debt, inflation above 20 percent, endemic crime responsible for the world's second-highest murder rate and nagging food shortages.

As Chavez's political heir, he had three months to establish himself as the face of Chavismo. It fell to him to announce Chavez's death, and he sweated through the hours-long walk Wednesday as the funeral cortege crawled through adoring crowds, some shouting "with Chavez and Maduro, the people are secure."

When Maduro was sworn in, boisterous lawmakers shouted "Chavez lives, Maduro carries on." The ceremony was mostly boycotted by the opposition, which called it illegitimate because Venezuela's constitution says the assembly speaker should be interim president.

For the socialist Chavista movement, Maduro's leftist credentials, at least, are unassailable.

He joined the now-defunct Socialist League at a young age, got some revolutionary schooling in Cuba and later, as Chavez's foreign minister, became close to Fidel and Raul Castro.

Chavez named him vice president after defeating opposition leader Henrique Capriles in the Oct. 7 election. Capriles won 45 percent of the vote, however, in Chavez's closest presidential re-election.

Once Chavez fell from sight as his health failed after Dec. 11 surgery, Maduro began wielding the huge state media machine built by his mentor, mindful that Chavez was unlikely to live much longer and that a snap presidential election was likely.

He began to crisscross the nation and show up on state TV presiding over the distribution of apartments and buses for university students.

As Chavez's death drew nearer, Maduro's rhetoric grew more incendiary, while criminal investigations of opposition leaders for alleged financial irregularities were opened. He launched blistering personal attacks against Capriles, accusing him of "conspiring against the homeland" with far-right U.S. putschists and fugitive bankers.

Maduro expelled two U.S. military attaches for allegedly trying to destabilize the nation, just hours before he announced Chavez's death Tuesday, surprising analysts who had thought a rapprochement between the two nations might be possible under the new leader.

"There was a sense that perhaps Maduro was a more pragmatic person, would be amenable to exchange ambassadors," said Cynthia Arnson, director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. "The statement he made Tuesday threw a huge bucket of cold water on those hopes."

Maduro had spoken the day before Thanksgiving with Washington's top diplomat for the hemisphere, Roberta Jacobson, about improving ties, especially in fighting drug trafficking. Top diplomats of the two nations met more frequently. But when it came time to honor a newly deceased Chavez, Washington's delegation consisted of two Democratic congressmen and the local embassy charge d'affaires.

Arnson speculated that Maduro might feel he needs to play to the more hard-line wing of his party.

On Friday night, Maduro's voice boomed as he said "the imperialist elites who govern the United States will need to learn to coexist with absolute respect with the insurrectionary peoples" of South America. "Nothing and no one will take away the reconquered independence with our Comandante Hugo Chavez at its front."

He did not mention how he might confront Venezuela's multiple ills, including crumbling infrastructure and diminishing production of oil, which accounts for more than 95 percent of its exports.

Capriles, meanwhile, fired back at Maduro, saying he had withheld criticism since Chavez's death out of respect but could no longer hold his tongue at what he considered a power grab by the new leader.

"I tell you clearly, Nicolas, I am not going to speak of the times you lied to the country, shamelessly," said the man the opposition is expected to choose as its presidential candidate. "The people have not voted for you, boy."

Leon, at Datanalisis, thinks Maduro will win the presidency if the election comes soon, but says his shortcomings will become more evident in a few months of grappling with a possible recession, another expected currency devaluation following a 30 percent cut in February, and public impatience with deteriorating public health care and services and rising crime.

For now, Maduro can benefit from having Chavez's embalmed body on public display and the late president's son-in-law, Science and Technology Minister Jorge Arreaza as his running mate, reminding Venezuelans of who chose him to lead the nation.

But people like Edgar Carvajal, a 50-year-old employee of the Chinese appliance company Haier, said people could lose patience.

"We've got to trust in Maduro, but he had better take care of all these shortages we're having and the high prices," Carvajal said Friday while standing in the long line of people waiting to view Chavez's body lying in state.

"If Maduro can't handle it, the people will show him the door," Carvajal said.

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Associated Press writers Vivian Sequera, Eduardo Castillo and Jorge Rueda in Caracas and Luis Alonso in Washington contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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H&F at Turner and Slice & Pint at Everybody's | Food and More with ...

H&F at Turner Field

H&F Burger sign

Chef Linton Hopkins confirmed this morning that Holeman & Finch will be serving up the famous H&F cheeseburger at three specially designed concession stands at Turner Field.

?For me, this is a story about being an Atlantan and cooking cheeseburgers in Atlanta for my team, the Atlanta Braves, while I drink Coca-Cola, which is my city?s beverage,? Hopkins said. ?I see it as a story about Atlanta first.?

Hopkins explained that he?s been on a fast track to get the stands ready to go by opening day, April 1, which he pointed out is April Fool?s Day.

The three stands will be located near left field, right field and behind home plate in areas that will be accessible to everyone in the park. Only three items will be available, the H&F cheeseburger and fries and Coca-Cola in the aluminum contour bottle.

?It?s our bun from our bakery, it?s the mustard, pickles and ketchup we make, and our special burger grind, at the same price, $12, as at Holeman and Finch, except there will be many more available,? Hopkins said.

?I grew up as a Braves fan. I was there when Hank Aaron hit 715. I just love baseball parks, they are like cathedrals to me. So I?m looking forward to being able to be there to watch a game, eat a cheeseburger, drink a Coke, and cheer my team. That?s classic American stuff.?

Slice & Pint to replace Everybody?s

The news of Everybody?s closing after 41 years was still a hot topic when word surfaced that Crawford Moran, the owner and brewmaster of 5 Seasons Brewing Co., was set to open a new brewery restaurant, Slice & Pint, in its place.

This morning, Moran was shaking his head over the source of the report, published yesterday on the Tomorrow?s News Today blog. But he confirmed that he will be renovating the Everybody?s space and opening a new pizza restaurant and beer bar concept in the next few months. He plans to install an on-site brewery as soon as possible after that, probably in another six months.

?My role and involvement with 5 Seasons is not changing in any way,? Moran stressed. ?I want to make that clear. I love 5 Seasons. I have the best partner [David Larkworthy] that anybody could ask for, and we have a great staff.?

As for Slice & Pint, Moran said the germ of the idea goes back to when he closed Dogwood Brewing Co. in 2004.

?This is a great opportunity in a great neighborhood and it will be fun,? Moran said. ?After Dogwood, I was planning on doing a pizza brewpub, then I joined with Dave at 5 Seasons. But the idea has always been in the back of my brain.?

Moran said he will be hiring a pizza maker and a brewer, and that handcrafted pizza and handcrafted beer will be central to the concept.

?We?re going to serve the four basic food groups,? Moran said. ?That?s beer, pizza, chocolate, and other stuff.?

In other Everybody?s-related news, Steady Hand Pour House, which was subleasing space from Everybody?s, will be closing, as well . Look for Steady Hand to restart their mobile coffee van, Rattletrap, in the interim.

? Bob Townsend, Food and More blog

Source: http://blogs.ajc.com/food-and-more/2013/03/08/hf-at-turner-and-slice-pint-at-everybodys/?cxntfid=blogs_food_and_more

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