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In Case of Outage: Safety Checklist
Although we work hard to plan and prevent power losses, occasional outages do occur. The more you know about outages, how we deal with them, and what you can do to stay comfortable and safe, the more empowered you are when the electricity is out.
Appliances: Protecting From Damage
Your electronics and appliances can be vulnerable to outages too, and knowing how to care for them during power losses will help keep you safe and protect them from damage.More Less
- Unplug Appliances: Televisions, computer equipment, advanced technology washers and dryers, game consoles, fans, lights, etc., should be unplugged, especially if they were in use when the power went out.
- Use Surge Protectors: It's strongly recommended that expensive electronics be unplugged during an outage to protect them from power surges when electricity is restored, but for when you can't unplug, surge protectors will help prevent damage to electronics like computers and televisions.
- Keep the Fridge & Freezer Closed: Make sure food stays as cold as possible, by keeping refrigerator and freezer doors closed and placing blocks of ice inside.
- Turn Out the Lights: Turn all light switches and lamps off except for one, so you will know when power returns. If the power is still out when you go to sleep, leave a bedroom light on to wake you so you can safety check your home.
Traffic: Street Smarts
A power outage can make driving dangerous. In addition to traffic lights and streetlights being out, there may be many emergency vehicles on the road. If you're on the road when an outage happens, or you can't stay home until power is restored, a few guidelines will keep you on the road to safety.More Less
- Be Extra Cautious: Watch out for vehicles and pedestrians, and stop at all intersections even if you think you have the right of way.
- Don't Drive Tired: Stay put, or pull over. Even if you don't fall asleep behind the wheel, the combination of a power outage and fatigue make for dangerous driving.
- Use Cell Phones Sparingly: Use your cell phone only if you witness an accident or run into trouble—the road needs your full attention during an outage.
- Be Aware of Others: A dark road without working traffic lights can cause someone to drive on the wrong side of the road, so look both ways. You may also find it more difficult to see pedestrians.
- Emergency Cash: Try to keep some cash with you if you're out and about, since credit cards won't work during a power outage
Elevators: What To Do In An Outage
If you are in an elevator when the power goes out, the elevator will automatically stop where it is. There's no cause for alarm, but there are a few things you can do to let the right people know that you're stuck and help you get out sooner.More Less
- Press the "Open" Button: If you are near the landing the door will open. Exit the elevator slowly and carefully, as it may not be level with the landing.
- Press the Alarm or Help Button: Trained emergency personnel will respond within several minutes. Some elevators have a two-way speaker system or telephone. Do not be alarmed if you cannot make an outgoing call. Some phones are designed to only receive calls, and emergency personnel should call when they arrive at the building.
- Calmly Call for Help: Every few minutes, call for help or bang on the elevator door to attract attention.
- Wait for Help: Never try to exit through partially opened doors or a ceiling service door. Wait for trained emergency personnel to arrive. Even though it may get warm, plenty of air is circulating in the elevator.
Generators: Safety Tips
Using a backup source of power can keep you up and running during an outage, but generators can be dangerous if connected or used improperly. Consult an electrician before you bring a generator home to determine the proper equipment and set you up safely.More Less
- Equipment Options: Choose a generator rated for more power that you think you will need, depending on what lighting, appliances, and equipment you plan to connect to the generator. Again, this is best determined by an electrician.
- Safety Hazards: Every year people die in portable generator-related incidents. The primary hazards to avoid when using a generator are carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, electric shock, electrocution and fire. Follow the directions supplied with the generator.
- Getting Hooked up: Connect electrical equipment to a portable generator using a heavy duty, outdoor extension cord that is rated more than the sum of the connected appliance loads. Make sure the entire cord has no cuts or tears and that the plug has all three prongs, especially a grounding pin. Do not run portable generators indoors, and don't connect a portable generator to your home's electrical wiring or electrical panel as this can lead to serious injury or electrocution.
- Beware of Backfeeding: Never try to power the house wiring by plugging a generator into a wall outlet, otherwise known as "backfeeding". This is extremely dangerous and can electrocute utility workers and even neighbors. Electrocution is the fifth leading cause of all reported occupational deaths.
- Connect with an Electrician: If you decide to wire a generator directly to your home, California state law mandates that you notify Southern California Edison. The only recommended method to connect a generator to house wiring is by having a qualified electrician install a power transfer switch, in compliance with national, state and local electrical codes. Find a licensed electrician to see if you can install the appropriate equipment.
- Portable vs. Permanent: Even a properly connected portable generator can become overloaded, become overheated and stress the generator components, which can lead to generator failure. For power outages, permanently installed, stationary generators are better suited for providing backup power to a home or business.
Food: Cool Facts
The perishable foods in your refrigerator and freezer may or may not be safe to consume after an outage, depending on the length of the outage and outdoor temperatures. You can take steps to keep your food fresh for longer, and take measures to make sure your food is still safe to eat once the fridge is running again.More Less
Food Safety Tips
- Keep It Closed: Open refrigerator and freezer doors only when you need to. Depending on how hot it is outside, an unopened refrigerator can keep foods cold enough for several hours. Placing blocks of ice inside will help keep food cold longer. Check food carefully for signs of spoilage.
- Draw the Line at 40 Degrees: Perishable foods should not be held above 40 degrees Fahrenheit for more than 2 hours.
- Coolers & Ice Chests: If an outage is likely to be longer than 2 hours, refrigerated milk, dairy products, meats, fish, poultry, eggs and leftovers can also be packed into a cooler surrounded by ice. A separate cooler can be packed with frozen items.
- Cans & Dry Goods: Shelf-stable foods, such as canned and dry goods and powdered or boxed milk, can be eaten cold or heated on a grill.
- Leave a Light On: When you go to bed, leave a bedroom light switched on. It will wake you when power returns, so you can check the condition of your food.
- While You Were Out: If an outage happens while you're out of the house, try to determine how long it has been out. Check the internal temperature of the food in your refrigerator with a quick-response thermometer; if it is above 40 degrees, throw it out. If power comes back on in less than 24 hours and your freezer is fairly full, your food should be safe. If the refrigerator was out for more than 24 hours, you should get rid of perishables.
For more information, see Food Safety.
Medical Equipment: Emergency Measures
Some customers depend on uninterrupted power to operate medical equipment in their homes. We will make our best effort to notify our Medical Baseline customers prior to pre-planned and rotating outages, but since we cannot guarantee uninterrupted service, these customers should be prepared at all times with a back-up power system or other arrangements.More Less
Additional Considerations
- If your medical equipment is supplied by a hospital or a durable medical equipment company, work with them to develop an emergency or back-up plan. Some companies may supply additional medical equipment and other services during emergency situations.
- Contact your local fire department to identify whether they maintain a list of customers with special medical needs. Being on this list may help them better respond to you during emergencies.
- Keep emergency telephone numbers handy, including your doctor, police, fire and durable medical equipment company, if you have one.
- Develop plans to leave your home in the event of a lengthy outage, and share this plan with family, friends, and others that should be aware.
- Keep a fully charged cell phone on hand. During outages, you may lose phone service, including services from your cordless phone.
- Have a battery-operated radio or television available to keep abreast of changing conditions.
Breakers: Reset Safely
If a circuit overloads or shorts, the breaker will trip and cut power to prevent fire and possible electrocution. Resetting a breaker is simple, if you know how, and will restore power to the room or rooms affected if there isn't an outage.More Less
Step by Step: Resetting Breakers
- Turn off light switches and unplug appliances in all rooms that have lost power.
- Find your circuit breaker box and open the cover.
- Locate the tripped breaker. Circuit breakers are small, usually horizontal switches and may be labeled (e.g., "kitchen," "bathroom" etc.). The tripped circuit breaker will be in the "off" position or in a middle position between "on" and "off."
- Reset the breaker by moving it to the full "off" position and then back to "on." That should clear an overload and return power to the room.
- If the breaker re-trips, it could be for a number of reasons: too many lamps and appliances plugged into the circuit; a damaged cord or plug; a short circuit in a receptacle, switch or fixture; or faulty wiring.
- Identify and fix problems before finally resetting the breaker.
Tips & Warnings
- If a breaker continues to re-trip, reset it only when you've corrected the problem, or call an electrician.
- Most tripped breakers are easily identified by an orange flag that appears when a breaker is in the tripped position.
- If your home has fuses instead of circuit breakers, follow the same steps for finding the blown fuse, then replace it with a new one of the same amperage.
- When resetting a breaker use only one hand and stand to the side to avoid electrical arcing if the breaker should malfunction.
- Working with electrical systems is potentially dangerous. If you're unsure of your abilities or about any aspect of the job, call an electrician


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GREEN RIVER/COSTA MESA, Calif. - A beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, Bernard Miles Malone (Bernie), passed away Aug. 3, 2006 in Costa Mesa, Calif., at the age of 77 of cancer.
Bernie was born Nov. 20, 1928 to John and Bertha Malone in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He married Georgina Oliphant and they divorced. Bernie married Joyce Marlone and they made their home in Costa Mesa, Calif., for the last 25 years.
He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he excelled in sports and was senior class president.
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Bernie worked in the aerospace industry throughout Southern California and Southern Utah for more than 40 years. He loved his work and especially loved his time at the missile base in Green River.
Bernie was a man with a soft voice, a sharp wit and an easy smile and had the ability to make a friend or stranger laugh.
His favorite holiday was St. Patrick's Day and up until a few years ago, all his old friends would stop by for a "wee bit of the Blarney."
He is survived by loved wife, Joyce; children, Mike (Jane) Malone, Wilmington, N.C.; Pat (Judy) Malone, Portland, Ore.; Mollie Rogers, Salt Lake City; and Danny Malone; as well as three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He is also survived by Joyce's four children and seven grandchildren. His grandson, Jason Malone, predeceased him; as well as parents; brother, Jim; and sister, Margaret.
Cremation has taken place and there will be no funeral service. Rest in peace, dear Bernie.
ELMO/Wayne County - Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and true friend, Ronald Atwood, has gone home to his Heavenly Father and joined his father and grandparents. He passed away Aug. 6, 2006 at the age of 63 at his home in Elmo surrounded by family and friends due to a rare cancer called Pleural Mesothelioma caused by Asbestos.
Ronald was born July 18, 1943 to William Dean and Mary Azelia Harper Atwood in Price. Ron was raised in Elmo on their farm along with two brothers, Ferrel and DelRoy, and one sister, Dorene. He married Diana Roselyn Horton, May 3, 1963 in Price. They had three beautiful daughters: Gaylynn, Ronda Francine and Valarie Dee. They were later divorced. He met Nancy Kaye Wilcock in June of 1984. They were married June 27, 1987 in Wendover and had one son together, Derrick Dean Atwood.
He graduated from North Emery High in 1961. Ron was on the track team and high school rodeos.
He enjoyed being outdoors with family and friends. He loved to go hunting, fishing and just driving around out in the desert.
He loved going to Argyle and herding cows with his friends and one special friend, Jed Oliver, who has passed on.
He loved animals and animals loved him. You would always find Ron with horses in particular, he loved to ride them in the mountains and on the desert chasing wild horses. He was always with his faithful companion, Bandit.
He had worked at Deer Creek mine for 25 years when he was disabled from injuries sustained in the mines. A year later, he was able to retire. He was friends with everyone there, including his bosses.
When he retired, he moved to Fremont for two years, farming on his brother-in-law's farm, then he moved to Bicknell and leased Ken Garrett's farm in Torrey just to pass the time away. He made many friends in Wayne County, whom he loved being around.
He will be missed by all who loved and knew him.
Survived by wife, Nancy Kaye; daughters, Gaylynn (Stan) Silveria of Star Ranch, Idaho; Ronda (Darin) Gardner of Cleveland; Valarie (Mark) Stephens of Salt Lake City; son, Derrick (Samantha) Atwood of Huntington; Lori (Mike) Conboy of Huntington; Sheridan Swasey of Elmo; AriAnn (Jeromy) Childress of Green River; Alison Thompson of Germany; mother, Mary Azelia Harper Atwood of Huntington; brothers, Ferrel (Sally) Atwood of Huntington; DelRoy (Lynda) Atwood of Salt Lake City; sister, Dorene (Garold) Horrocks of Fremont; 17 grandchildren, Kristyn Jean Nielson, Paden Morgan Wells, Orin Tel Gardner, Tanner Darin, Oakley Stephens, Shelby Lynne Stephens, Traci Stephens, Mistyna Kaye Young, Brittnie Don Conboy, Josie Mariah Conboy, Shawnee Jean Conboy, Samantha Marie DuCourant, Cody Dean Childress, Ashlie Jean Diann Childress, Richard LeRoy Demorest, Alysha Diann Dawson, MariJo Ellen Atwood, and one on the way. Also many nieces and nephews, special friends, Royce Allred (his joke wife), Ed and Diane Wall family, Chad and Vickie Hansen family, Mackie Hansen family, Hope and Hannah Hooley, Thomas and LynDawn Ellett family, Greg Ellett family, Steven Deem; many more numerous friends; and his two companions, Roxy and Shorty. He was preceded in death by father, William Dean Atwood; grandparents, William James and Laura Dorcas Cramer Atwood, Samuel George Harper and Maude Luette Oviatt Harper Franklin; sister-in-law, Tina Atwood; and favorite companions, Bandit and Pepper.
It was his wish to be cremated. There will be a graveside service Saturday, Aug. 19, 1 p.m., at Cleveland cemetery under the direction of Mitchell Funeral Home. A celebration of Ron's life will be at his home, located at 120 S. Center Street in Elmo, immediately following graveside service.
The family wishes to thank the staff at Community Nursing, especially Joann and Heather; Dr. Krishna M. Sundar, Dr. John H. Mitchell and Dr. Melissa Cocoran from Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.
HELPER - After a couragous battle against Mother Nature and Father Time, Alma Mary Fletcher Kraync, age 92, passed away peacefully Monday, Aug. 7, 2006, in Price while surrounded by her family.
Alma was a lifelong resident of Carbon County and the first baby born in the Storrs coal camp (Spring Canyon). She was born Jan. 21, 1914 to George and Mary Evans Fletcher. Married Frank Kraync June 25, 1936 in Provo; he died Oct. 19, 1970.
For the last 33 years Alma was a fixture at Kraync Motor, where she greeted customers, served coffee and answered phones. She will be best remembered there in her chair, dressed in purple, with a peppermint in hand.
She was a country club regular and an avid bridge player.
Survived by son, Karl (Linda) Kraync, Helper; granddaughters, Andrea Kraync, Helper; Brandee (Dalin) Fausett, Helper; grandsons, Karl (Amy) Kraync, Wellington; Frank Scott Kraync, Price; and 10 and one-half great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents; son, Frank James Kraync; and 11 brothers and sisters.
Funeral service, Friday, Aug. 11, Mitchell Funeral Home. Family will be at Mitchell's Thursday evening from 7 to 8 p.m. and Friday one hour prior to service. Interment, Mountain View Cemetery, Helper.


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MASSENA The Massena Central School Board of Education has more than two dozen applicants to consider in the search for a superintendent.
Friday was the closing date for applications and supporting documents, and Thomas R. Burns, superintendent of the St. Lawrence-Lewis Board of Cooperative Educational Services said Monday that 25 applications have been received.
Mr. Burns is assisting the district with the search to replace William W. Crist, who will be begin work on March 10 as superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Syracuse.
Mr. Crist had been named the interim superintendent in Massena this year after a search to replace Roger B. Clough II netted four applications. Because Mr. Crist could serve only one year as interim superintendent, board members reopened their search process at the beginning of the 2013-14 school year. He had retired from the Oswego City School District prior to taking over at Massena Central.
Mr. Burns said he was pleased with the number of candidates who applied for the position this time around.
Thats much better than before, he said. It looks like a pretty diverse group. Thats always helpful as well. It gives you a good basis for comparison.
The next step, Mr. Burns said, is put together a binder that has the complete application materials for each candidate. Then its a case of whittling down the number of people who will be interviewed for the position.
Upon completion of that paper screening, we would hope to have five or six candidates that the board could do initial interviews with. I would have to discuss that with board members. We kind of have that timeline in place, Mr. Burns said.
Day-long district visits for finalists, including an open forum and final interview with the school board, are scheduled for the week of Jan. 6. The board is expected to select the new superintendent on Jan. 16, with an anticipated start date of March 3.
The board is offering a three-year contract with renewals contingent upon successful performance evaluations. The position calls for an initial salary of up to $150,000.
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The Hickory Crawdads came back with seven runs late in the game to take an 8-3 win against the Hagerstown Suns before 866 fans at Municipal Stadium. Hickory has won four in a row and are tied with Hagerstown for first place in the Northern Division.
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OGDENSBURG After calling the city his home for 33 years, general surgeon Dr. V. Prasad Yitta will begin a less hectic life in a warmer climate.
Dr. Yitta will start a job Monday focusing on helping victims of industrial-related injuries at the Nova Medical Corp. clinic in Houston, Texas.
I am sad to leave this place, but I have to leave for a change in lifestyle, Dr. Yitta said.
He has been on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week since he started as a surgeon at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in 1980. His job in Texas, he said, requires no night or weekend work. That will be a welcome change from his line of work for the last three decades, he said.
The job has been demanding, but it was also the demand for his services that kept him in Ogdensburg.
I never had to look for work, he said. That changed my perception of this place. I thought, why should I go anywhere else when people keep wanting and asking me to take care of them?
Over the years, he estimates he has performed at least 25,000 surgeries at Claxton-Hepburn.
It is impossible to measure the impact of Dr. Yitta in St. Lawrence County over three decades, medical center President and CEO Mark A. Webster said in an emailed statement. He has touched thousands of lives with his skilled hands and inimitable style. Prasad was always there, and while we wish him well in his next phase of life, his absence in our community and at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center will be profound.
Dr. Yitta received his doctor of medicine degree from Guntur Medical College in Andhra Pradesh, India. He completed his internship at Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, and his residency in general surgery at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Johnson City. He completed a fellowship at Texas Heart Institute, Houston, in 1979 before joining the Claxton-Hepburn staff in September 1980. He has also served as the medical director of River Hospital, Alexandria Bay, since 2010.
While at Claxton-Hepburn, he served as medical and dental staff president from 1995 to 1997 and as chief of surgery from 2001 to 2003.
His familys medical contributions in Ogdensburg are also well known. Dr. Yittas wife, Dr. Suseela D. Yitta, has been a pediatrician in the city for the last three decades. Dr. Yitta said his wife will remain practicing here for at least another year.
Both of their daughters also work in the medical field. Gita Yitta is currently completing a dental residency in the Bronx. Silaja Yitta represents the second generation of the family to serve Claxton-Hepburn, providing imaging and quality assurance consultation remotely from her home in San Francisco, Calif.
He credited the Ogdensburg school system with laying the foundation for his daughters success.
In addition to his medical practice, Dr. Yitta served on the Claxton-Hepburn Foundation Board of Directors from 1994 to 2004.
He has been very generous to the hospital, Claxton-Hepburn Foundation Executive Director Cynthia L. Clusen said.
That generosity bleeds over into the community, where he has contributed to scholarships for graduating high school seniors and regularly donated to charitable causes.
I did better than what I expected to do here, so I thought I should share what I have earned with the community, Dr. Yitta said.
Dr. Yitta has also been a regular volunteer at the Knights of Columbus free community Thanksgiving dinner. He said he has encouraged the Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center staff to maintain that tradition.
Its very important to give every year so nobody misses a meal on the holiday, he said. That will continue.
Dr. Yitta said while he is excited for his future, he will miss the people of the north country.
The people were more than welcoming to me from day one, he said. But for the people of St. Lawrence County and the medical staff at Claxton-Hepburn, I would not have made it here. I owe them a lot.
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The final ships of the season are closing their travels on the St. Lawrence Seaway, a full day after the official end of season.
Among those ships is the 656-foot Orsula, which ran aground off of Tibbetts Point on Christmas Day. The ship, freed Sunday, continued its trip to Montreal on Monday morning.
On Tuesday morning, Lori K. Curran, director of office of lock operations and marine services for the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp., said the vessels would hopefully clear the Eisenhower Lock within a few hours. Ice in the river delayed the transit of more than 20 ships over the past couple of days.
The vessel is owned by Atlant Bulkers Corp., Croatia, and operating under a Marshall Islands flag.
The Seaway was officially open through 11:59 p.m. Monday.
In addition to the Ursula, Ms. Curran said there were five other vessels navigating toward Montreal Tuesday morning. She said the final vessels would finish their trips by about early Wednesday.
Ms. Curran said the last time she could remember the Seaway having difficulties closing out traffic for the season was in 1989.
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The morning of the interview, I spent a half hour or so developing some questions for this World War II vet. With my interviewing skills a bit rusty, I wanted to have some questions jotted down, so I could spend my interview time really getting a feel for what this veteran was saying and feeling.
Sounds crazy — I mean I've done thousands of interviews in my career, but I was a little bit nervous as I waited for him to answer my knock on his door. Slowly, the door opened, and he greeted me with a broad yet seemingly shy smile. As we shook hands, I looked into his eyes, and I could tell he was a bit nervous, too. After he invited me inside, the two of us sat down in his kitchen, where he had some World War II memorabilia spread out on the table — a few photos, some medals, a couple of papers he wanted me to see.
Before jumping into an interview, I like to chat a bit with the subject of the story. It's just small talk, but it usually helps to relax the person I'm interviewing as well as myself. I was hoping to learn a little about the man, so I could better write the story about the veteran. Weather, crops, the upcoming winter, his family — kids, grandchildren, his dog that was doing circles around my feet — 10 minutes of small talk usually creates a better interview, a better story.
"So, where do we start?" I asked the 87-year-old man as I finally began my interview. "There's a lot I'd like to know, but maybe the first question should be this: 'What is the most memorable moment you have of World War II?'"
Personally, I thought it was a fairly innocent question, but I was wrong. The man's eyes darted up from the table. As those aged eyes of his met mine, I saw his expression change. Like a bullet penetrating someone's soul, his eyes stared not at me but through me. Quickly he averted his eyes and looked off into the distance.
A good reporter will know when to speak and when to let the silence prevail. I sat quietly, but what I saw next was bigger than any story I could ever write.
With his eyes still staring off into the distance, I realized he was seeing something I'd never understand — something that happened long ago, yet something that probably happened in his memory all the time. Without uttering a sound, the corners of this proud veteran's mouth became taut, and I saw his chin begin to tremble ever so slightly. Those piercing eyes of a few moments earlier had filled with tears, and a single tear rolled down his cheek and dropped onto the plastic tablecloth.
A lump immediately formed in my own throat, and the tears in my own eyes quickly matched his.
"I'm sorry," I said, for lack of anything more profound.
He shook his head and held up his hand as if to dismiss my apology.
"No. I'm sorry," he said. "I thought I could do this. I thought I could talk about it, but I don't think I can. I guess you ain't gonna get much of a story from me." He looked down at the items on the table, seeming to know his journey through World War II would remain a private one. "I guess I owe you an apology," he said.
"Sir, you don't owe me anything," I said with tears still brimming in my own eyes. "You've said more to me this afternoon without saying a word. If anybody owes anybody anything, it is myself and others in this country who owe you a world of gratitude for your service and how that service has impacted your life."
Veterans. We have no idea what lives in the hearts and memories of those who have so valiantly served this country. It's time we do the honorable thing and offer our most heartfelt gratitude to our nation's veterans.
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Archive for the 'Louis Chiron' tag
Dana Point's winning 1931 Bugatti Type 51
photo by Rich Truesdell
A couple of days ago, Dave LaChance posted a piece on the 1939 Alfa that won the Salon Privé Concours d'Elégance, and the first question people had – after the discussion on the morality of preserving cars belonging to evil people – was "where's the rest of the history?" So when I saw the Bugatti that the judges at theDana Point Concours d'Elegance declared best in show, my first thought was: What's the story?
To start with, SN 51133 has been with the owner, the Nethercutt Collection (exhibited here by Jack Nethercutt), since late 1959, but not always like this. In fact, for many years it was two different cars, neither of which was the car as which it started. Fortunately, years later when Nethercutt started planning for the restoration, the owner who had the current Louis Dubos body built in 1936, Andre Bith, was still alive and provided an invaluable look into how a car such as this comes to be.
Bugatti built SN 51133 as an open car for their Grand Prix team, fitted with a supercharged, DOHC 2.3-liter straight-eight making 185hp. With driver Louis Chiron, it won the 1931 Monaco, French and possibly Czech Grand Prixs (he won, but not necessarily in this car), and Bugatti gave it to him at the end of the season. According to Bith, Bugatti had trouble making Chiron's wages and the car was part of the accounting. Chiron sold it in November 1932, probably not coincidentally when he was fired from Bugatti, and the Bugatti Club in France indicates the car was used by René Dreyfus and Paul Morand in 1932. Neither of them owned it, however, and it went through about an owner a year for the next few years, including Louis Angelo Brocairolles in July 1933, who raced it; and later driver François (or possibly Raymond…or possibly Albert) Chambost, who kept it in Nice. Chambost, however, died in his Maserati 8CM at the Deauville Grand Prix in July, and Bith bought it from his widow with Bith's garage as intermediary. That bit of the story is also a little unclear, since Bith's records show he took possession on June 23rd, before Deauville.
Headlamps and number plate put this prior to the fall of 1936, still with the factory body. Period photos courtesy bugattibuilder.com.
Whatever the exact circumstances, Bith was an amusing character. Twenty-six years old in '36, he was heir to a pharmaceutical fortune and playboy owner of a number of significant cars. He was, as a potential buyer, also friends with Chiron and the entire Bugatti family.
Bith rallied and raced the car in the summer and fall of '36, and started changing it from a pure racer into more of a sports car, adding cycle fenders, headlamps, and soon altering the tail to accommodate a spare tire. To entertain lady friends, he had a passenger-side door cut in, and he had it upholstered in white leather with a black exterior. According to legend, Jean Bugatti showed up to one of his regular lunches with Bith in an Atlantic coupe and SN 51133 soon sported Atlantic-style disc front wheel covers.
But it was a cold winter in 1936, and Bith wanted to drive his car, so with his friend André Rolland they started sketching out a coupe body to complete the Atlantic transformation. As the Type 51 was on a shorter wheelbase than the Atlantic, it would be a shorter car and while Bith himself was short, he was stocky, and Rolland drew the proportions to hold his Costanza-esque friend.
Bith and Rolland submitted their draft to coachbuilder Louis Dubos in the XVII arrondissement in April and got the car back 14 weeks later on July 20, 1937. The body was in light steel with Duralumin alloy fenders and hood. Ettore and Jean Bugatti were apparently greatly amused. Bith was delighted with the result, but said that, while it was easy to drive, it was too heavy to race competitively. He also mentioned taking the car to more than 130 MPH while in the company of a young lady. If too heavy to win races, it was very driveable, and Bith entered it in the Paris to Nice rally, where it at least ran dependably.
SN 51133 with new Dubos coachwork on Paris-Nice 1937
Speaking of young ladies, he had ordered the car in bright Bugatti blue, with tan pigskin and sycamore interior; however, at the request of a girlfriend, Mme Jacqueline Ganet, AKA Miss France, he had it repainted South Seas Blue, a dark violet color: Mme Ganet showed the car at the 1937 Bagatelle Concours d'Elegance in Paris in a matching Drecolle dress. The car won its class and took second overall.
Bith sold the car in September of 1938, through the same agent he had used to acquire it, Mr. Schaeffer. One Andre Berson owned it for the next year, and in late 1939 or early 1940, sold it to an American aviator. We may never know who that was, but he was responsible for seeing that it survived the war in France, so thanks. In 1946, probably now somewhat decrepit after the war years, it was bought by well-known racing driver Maurice Trintignant as a parts car for his racing Type 51. He took all he wanted, including the supercharger, within a year or two, and it continued its roundabout of owners, painted black in 1946 or '47, then white.
The next few years are quite confusing. The only fact in the early Fifties that seems to be incontrovertible is that in 1955, Pennsylvanian collector Gene Cesari bought it and sold the Dubos body, possibly to Major Eri Richardson, a Bugatti collector from Washington State. However, another report indicated that Richardson himself bought SN 51133 in France in 1950 and shipped it home to start the restoration. That's a very plausible version of the story, as Richardson was definitely in France in the early Fifties hunting for Bugattis.
Either way, J.B. Nethercutt bought the partially restored chassis of SN 51133 from Cesari in 1959, and had American Bugatti Club President Overton Axton "Bunny" Phillips construct a replica Grand Prix-style chassis for it, and it became a well-known fixture in the Nethercutt Collction in that guise. Meanwhile, the body bounced around from collector to collector and was used on at least two chassis before ending up in the hands of Robert D. Sutherland (himself a Bugatti Club president) on a high-quality replica chassis in the Eighties. Sutherland showed and rallied it extensively on the West Coast, particularly the Colorado Grand, which he founded.
Sutherland died in 1999, and in 2000, the body appeared at the Christies auction in Monterey. Nethercutt leaped on the opportunity and bought the car, then enlisted 91-year-old Andre Bith for the restoration, gaining access to the original build documents, receipts, photographs and more. The O.A. Phillips GP body has been moved to a new chassis; I don't know if it's the replica on which the Dubos body came.
After what can be considered a 53-year restoration, SN 51133, with its original body and chassis reunited in-house by the Collection, debuted at Pebble Beach, where it won its class and the French Cup. Nethercutt has shown it essentially once a year since, including a Best in Show at Amelia Island in 2005, and another class award at Pebble Beach in 2009.
"The judges recognized the Bugatti for its flawless condition, stunning design and unforgettable craftsmanship," said Dana Point Chairman Dick Waitneight. We recognize it as an incredible story of automotive survival.
UPDATE (5.July 2011): Jesse, the justacarguy, has a gallery of photos of the Bugatti in the Nethercutt, taken back in March.
Historic Healey brings $157,400
The first Healey Silverstone recently commanded an impressive $157,400 at auction
One of the most coveted of Donald Healey's creations, the first Healey Silverstone production car, has brought a sale price of $157,400 at an auction in Buxton, England.
Produced in 1949, the car was entered in that year's British Racing Drivers' Club International Trophy Race at Silverstone, with pre-war Bugatti ace Louis Chiron at the wheel. The car finished sixth overall and fourth in class, against competition that included Jaguar XK120s and Frazer-Nash Le Mans Replicas, helping the fledgling Healey company win the coveted Team Prize.
The Silverstone combined the drivetrain of the 100hp Riley twin-cam 2.4-liter inline-four with a rugged chassis of Healey's own design and coachwork that had been tested in a wind tunnel—something unusual for the time. Silverstone chassis No. D1 was campaigned in various races at Goodwood in 1950-1951 before being put to road use exclusively. Between 1968 and 1990, it had one owner. The car has been restored several times over the past six decades, and, although our travel budget wouldn't allow us to get an up-close look at it, the Silverstone looks to be fit for duty in its metallic green paintwork and black leather interior.
The sale price was right in the middle of H&H's pre-auction estimate, but a good 2 .5 times the average sale price, reflecting this car's special status. These cars are highly sought-after by their admirers, and, with just 105 built, they tend not to show up on the open market very often, or stay there long when they do. Let's hope we see Silverstone No. D1 back in action on the track, where it belongs.
(This post originally appeared in the September 28, 2006, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)


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Link to directions to attach an umbrella to a backpack:http://postholer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=131&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=umbrellaNot sure if this is the one you refer to, but it's something. I have no experience with this.I did try a different approach once, haven't used it enough to make up my mind about it. I got a couple of small velcro bands, used those to attach the handle of my umbrella to a trekking pole (downside: I *still* end up with only one trekking pole, maybe a nice local stick would work instead ...).Note that I don't use baskets on my poles.Attach the pole so the point is up, handle down. Run the waistbelt of the backpack through the wrist strap on the pole. Tuck the pole/umbrella handle under the chest strap on your backpack. Try this at home, walk around a bit, decide if it would just drive you crazy or not ...One issue, I think, with any hands-free solution is adjusting the angle of the umbrella relative to where the sun is coming from. Less of an issue when you're trying to block out rain, though here too it's a factor, especially with some of the smaller diameter U.L. umbrellas, like the montbell.Keeping the direction and angle close to optimal is particularly challenging given that any hiking trail twists and turns, you're rarely walking in a straight line. Holding the umbrella in your hand, you adjust almost unconsciously.For rain, I've gone to a poncho and don't carry an umbrella. Brian Lewis
How is it that no one has suggested this idea yet?
Where I live... on the east cost of Canada... rain is almost always wind driven and umbrellas are pretty much useless.
Actually these work quite well in forested areas.... Used one on a 650 mile section of the AT in the very wet 2003... Absolutely super in warm weather, as you get max ventilation.... Super coverage for eye glass wears, too.... very light at about 3-4 oz, depending on specific model.... They are available in solid colors and even camo....Hands free for hiking poles....Used it as a fly cover for food when preparing portions of meals... Used it as a bowl when dumping out my food bag, the item you want is always on the bottom... right?.... used it as a wind screen for my Ti giga peak canister stove...And it always caused a light moment when meeting others on the trail or walking into a shelter during a down pour...Still have one in the gear box...Pan
I recently read how an umbrella could be useful for shedding wind and rain from the front of an open tarp. Anyone have any experience with this?
I tried a GoLite umbrella and had no problem but for the length when stowed. An umbrella is great in camp as well as the trail, providing a wind break for your stove, shade, and a trip to the latrine when your rain gear is your shelter. I replaced the GoLite with a Shedrain compact model that is just 7oz with the cover. It was no small feat to check on the weights on umbrellas-- like many items online, the weights aren't published. See http://www.shedrain.com/product_detail.php?fld_id=51&cy=c&c=11
Edited by dwambaugh on 12/03/2007 22:48:50 MST.
When we were sectioning the NJ AT, we used them for sun protection on the open ridgelines. When someone saw 4 of us coming their way, toting umbrellas, they dubbed us the "Mary Poppins Hiking Club". They broiled, we were comfortable - call me what you want.Yes, you do need to be wary of the wind. However, I feel much more comfortable with the strength of my GoLite brolly compared to the compact dollar-store one I keep in the car. I feel like an ultra-light zealot when I use mine to walk across campus to class in the rain.
I have done this on nights when it was raining and quite windy. I set the height of the tarp low enough so that the umbrella, when open, covers most of the entrance (on the inside). I had to hold onto it when the wind really blew, but in most storms, the wind only lasts and hour or so and then calms down. Works well for me!
I wonder if you could use a small cord and stake at the base of the handle to hold it during a storm? It seems like it would hold well as long as the umbrella meets with the tarp tightly and there isn't wind blowing from the back side within the tarp.
Has anyone successfully drilled a leash into the handle of the older model (non-foam) handles of the GoLite brolly? This may work, and I'm interested.
I drilled a hole thru the older style plastic handle without trouble. My intent was different, but you can very easily add a stake loop. The shaft does not go all the way to the base of the handle. I drilled 3/16" holes a little over 1/2" up from the bottom of the handle.Another thought - if drilling isn't an option, just girth hitch a loop of p-cord around the shaft and use that. If there's trouble with slippage, use a prussik hitch instead.
Edited by jackfl on 12/04/2007 14:04:53 MST.
I'm not sure how many of you collect rainwater for drinking but an umbrella can obviously help there.
Edited by HechoEnDetroit on 12/14/2007 02:17:37 MST.
Another tip. I drilled a whole in the top peg of the umbrella and put a small cord through it. I have hung it from a tree and been able to keep the rain off of my stove for cooking. It is a lot faster than setting up a tarp.
The Birdiepal website featured a Komperdell trekking pole that had an integrated umbrella. I'm very interested in checking it out, and would love it if anyone who has tried it out shared their experience with us.
has anyone tried installing a trekking pole attachment onto the part of an umbrella that opens up, so taht one could simply attach their trekking pole to the umbrella?
Hope this is what you are looking for:http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=13739&nid=168552&print=1
thanks huz
As for rain and sun, it seems like the umbrella overlaps. the jobs of rain pants, rain coats, and a hat. Of, course in windy situations an umbrella won't do much good for protecting arms and legs (wet limbs don't bother me though), but here's my question: Can an umbrella replace these things adequately enough to keep you dry while setting up camp?My issue is that I have experienced very little rain *knock on wood* since I mostly hike in California summer. Rain, when it does come is brief and not too windy. I've never set up camp in the rain but need to be prepared to do so. I'm going to buy a tent with a canopy type deal so as to be able to cook in the rain.in the end the weight cut is: 12.3 oz raincoat + 6 oz rain pants vs. a 8oz umbrella.
A few years back I adapted a brolly as per Ray Jardine's instructions. I had some success with it in the New Zealand bush in rain and it was great (when covered with silver mylar) for providing shade for me and my kid when I was lugging him around in a baby carrier. I may well give it another try for day hikes where the extra weight of it doesn't bother me.
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Video: Mega Millions Prize Could Set US Lottery Record
(USA TODAY) - At least two winning tickets have been sold in the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot, officials in California and Georgia announced.
One lucky costumer bought a winning ticket at Jennifer's Gift Shop in San Jose, according to California Lottery spokesman Alex Traverso. That winner will be sharing the second-largest lottery jackpot of all time with the holder of a ticket bought at the Gateway Newstand in Atlanta, 11 Alive News reports.
It is possible that winners in other states will be announced.
"For us, the main thing we'd like to get across is the level of excitement we saw all across California," Traverso told the Associated Press. "At one point, we were selling about 25,000 tickets per minute."
"It's been an amazing experience. It's unbelievable," he said.
The odds of winning were about 1 in 259 million.
Jennifer's Gift Shop owner Thuy Nguyen will receive a prize of about $1 million for selling the winning ticket, lottery officials told the San Jose Mercury News.
"I am so happy, I feel good," Nguyen told the Mercury News after learning his store had sold the winning ticket.
Tuesday's jackpot had rolled over 21 straight drawings since Oct. 4, worth a lump, sum, pre-tax payout worth $314.2 million. If there had been no winner, the next jackpot could have surged past $825 million, eviscerating the $656 million record jackpot split by three winners in March 2012.
The winning numbers were 8, 20, 14, 17, 39 and 7.
Ticket sales - the topic of TV, radio, social media and burgeoning office pools - surged in the hours leading up to the drawing, even though up to 75% of the possible number combinations were expected to be picked.
"Even though the odds are against you, it's just the excitement of, 'Hey, I might wake up one day and be a millionaire,' " says Chris Scales, 31, of Nashville. The hot dog vendor says he earns about $35,000 a year "if I really hustle."
The incredibly remote odds don't really sink in for people, says George Loewenstein, a professor of economics and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University who has researched the motives of lottery ticket buyers."People don't really understand probabilities at all," he says. "Once you have a bunch of zeroes, it doesn't matter how many you have - one in 10,000, one in a million or one in a billion. ... People do understand the meaning of the word 'largest.' They overreact to one dimension and underreact to the other."
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Originally, customers chose five numbers from 1-56 and one number from 1-46. The new structure has customers choosing five numbers from 1-75 and one number from 1-15. That sliced the odds of winning from 1 in 176 million to 1 in 259 million.
Longtime lottery watcher Gail Howard says that with the odds of hitting the jackpot so small, ticket buyers should buy no more than one.
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The current jackpot started at $12 million Oct. 4. By last week, it was up to $425 million, then $586 million on Monday before being raised to $636 million Tuesday morning.
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PAWTUCKET — While the wintery landscape looked like pretty as a postcard, dealing with the heavy white stuff was anything but a walk in the park for both the city's residents and its municipal workers.
Luckily, there were no serious accidents, house fires or storm-related deaths over the weekend in Pawtucket's Blizzard of 2013, according to Pawtucket Police. The city's Fire Department was kept busy however, responding to two car fires and some 300 rescue runs, according to Fire Chief William Sisson. He said the department was offered two snowmobiles and used them, accompanied by payloaders, to reach people in neighborhoods where the roads were impassible.
There were considerable power outages, with some 10,000 city residents left in the dark in the wake of the storm on Saturday. By Saturday afternoon, National Grid had restored electricity to all but around 70 houses, and by Monday morning, that number had been cut to four.
The citywide parking ban was lifted as of 8 a.m. Monday. School was cancelled Monday out of concern for the dangerous walking conditions and to give maintenance workers the chance to clear school parking lots. All public schools will remain closed today so inspectors can assess the condition of the roofs under the weight of the heavy snow and rain.
Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien and DPW Director Lance Hill said work crews had been going "around the clock" since before the start of Friday's intense storm and had nothing but praise for those involved in the clean-up effort. Both men said the heaviness of the snow had caused a large number of vehicle breakdowns, both in city plowing equipment and contractors' trucks. Once the state highways were cleared, the state sent heavy duty equipment to Pawtucket to help.
Clean-up efforts went on throughout Monday and beyond with payloaders and other large trucks used to widen streets and whittle down the large snow piles at many intersections.
Grebien asked that city residents cooperate in clearing the sidewalks in front of their houses (which is required by city ordinance). He added that the city will delay enforcement of the ordinance at this time. Also, Sisson requested the public's help in shoveling out neighborhood fire hydrants. Trash and recycling pick-up will resume Tuesday on a one-day delay basis.
While the majority of the city's roads were at least passable by Monday morning, numerous residents grumbled about the condition of some of the main roads, such as Roosevelt Avenue, Prospect Street, Broadway and Exchange Street, which were still filled with deep, snowy ruts and slush. Others noted the number of large snowbanks causing visibility problems at intersections.
Several residents expressed frustration in e-mails and phone calls to The Times about why plows appeared to go repeatedly down some city streets while others remained untouched. One such e-mail described seeing "plow after plow going down Mendon Avenue, sometimes two or three in tandem, Saturday at 2:30 a.m. while nearby Berndt Street was still snow filled."
The fact that you could take a walk, or drive, through Slater Park also rankled some, who questioned why park roads were plowed Saturday morning when many surrounding streets in Darlington remained impassable until Sunday evening.
According to several sources, a photo of Pawtucket firefighters on a snowmobile with the suggestion that it was a joyride was sent out to a widespread audience via the social networking site Twitter. However, a reader also sent photos of the snowmobile-riding fire personnel to The Times, explaining that he wanted to show how they had gotten around during the blizzard.
Sisson and Grebien said arrangements had been made to borrow the snowmobiles in advance of Friday's storm. Grebien added that his director of administration had made sure that the city's insurance covered any liability for anyone who used the vehicles. Sisson added that he was angered by the Twitter photo, noting "The guys had been working so hard during this storm."
On Monday, city Public Works Director Lance Hill said he realized there were frustrations about the plowing and condition of the roads, but said both the city workers and private contractors had gone above and beyond in their efforts. He said that many had put in 50- and 60-hour shifts, catching sleep on cots that had been set up by the Red Cross at the Emergency Management Center.
Hill said plowing is done according to a 26-route prioritization system that was in place long before he arrived. The main roads are plowed first, next the hills, and then any additional areas. He said that in this storm, there were a large number of power outages, so the plowing was done on streets that National Grid had to reach. He also said that some of the plow drivers were assigned to work as a team due to the weight and accumulation of snow.
The slowdown occurred due to equipment breakdowns, Hill said, noting that at the height of the storm, DPW lost about 20 percent of its fleet and about half of the private contractors. Calls were put out to the state and neighboring communities for more heavy equipment, and relief finally came later on Saturday night when the state loaned some of its equipment, he said.
Grebien also said Monday that he knows there is criticism about the road conditions, but echoed Hill's remarks that municipal workers and contractors had done their level best in what proved to be a difficult snowstorm. "I didn't hold back on resources," he said, noting that he had even contacted the Rhode Island National Guard for assistance. "I realize people's frustration, but they have to be realistic. We had 180 miles of road to plow."
Grebien added that he spent about six hours out with the plow crews himself while his wife, Laureen, fielded phone calls from his home and later helped out at the Emergency Management Center. He also said that while there was criticism, there was also a lot of support from constituents who cheered some of the plow drivers when they arrived.
The mayor said the city has 15 plow trucks and one payloader, with access to a second payloader from a vendor. He noted that in this type of heavy snow, he could have used 26 payloaders—one for each plow route--but this would be impractical given the cost and the fact that a storm of this magnitude only happens about once every 30 years.
As to the cost of the Blizzard of 2013, Grebien estimated it to be about $100,000, although he noted that it was too early yet to make a detailed tally. He said that since about $400,000 had been budgeted for snow removal, "we're in pretty good shape so far." Yet, he noted that it won't be as good as last year, when the milder winter allowed for a surplus in this budgeted line item that was returned to the general fund.


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Sure enough - I just got off the phone with my lawyer and my insurance agent and the plug has been pulled on the NJ DEEP '03 Summer Dance Music Festival not only from the NJ municipalities but our insurance carrier will not underwrite the $1 million dollar general liability insurance that we required to do this in the first place on account of this "RAVE Act". They were already charging us an astronomical fee just for that weekend event (for what - people wanting to have a good time??) I made it a point - I even had to bring some of OUR music to the meetings to convince these people it was about Peace & Love. They were digging the whole concept... until now.
We are certain this is a direct result of the passing through Congress of this RAVE Act (H.R. 718) and Illicit Drugs Anti-Proliferation Act (S. 226). Now it's up to President Bush to sign it - and I'm sure he will.
There were already some indications about this problem because our agreement with the 2 possible locations for the event (Seaside Heights or Asbury Park) were provisioning the agreement based on Insurance / Asbury Park required $5 million worth of coverage. Plus additional fees to pay for public services like police, sanitation and other odd things - but we were ready.
Anyway... all the work I have been doing in the background, money already spent, sponsors already lined up, and most importantly - the artists & DJs who were eagerly willing to give up their time to come out and perform. Wasted.
Well, hopefully we can figure something out.
We are still going to pursue trying to hold the event at a private location but for now - It's a SAD F*CKING DAY FOR DANCE MUSIC!
I'll keep you posted. Sh*t!!!!!
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A bush fire that erupted near Pinnacle Canyon Academy with flames reaching as high as 20 feet on Tuesday evening was the result of a juvenile playing with matches, according to Price Police Captain Bill Barnes.
Police and fire fighters responded to multiple calls from nearby residents on Tuesday evening around 6:32 p.m. of bushes engulfed in flames near the school by 300 N. 700 E., according to Barnes. Fire fighters quickly doused the flames with water and spray foam putting out the fire before it threatened a nearby home.
Barnes said neighbors in the area told police officers on scene that a suspicious person was in the area around the time the fire erupted. Officers made contact with a 14-year-old boy who lives in the area and questioned him about the fire. He later confessed to being responsible for starting the fire, according to Barnes.
"Officers made contact with the juvenile and after questioning him about the fire, he admitted being the one responsible," Barnes said.
Price Fire Chief Paul Bedont said there were a large number of cigarette butts found on the ground where the fire started. Neighbors in the area told the Sun Advocate that kids have used the area as a place to smoke. The sidewalk is covered by bushes providing cover for youth who have been seen in the area huddled in a spot that has been burrowed out to provide a discreet place to smoke, neighbors said.
Bedont said a nearby home could have been affected by the fire were it not for neighbors quickly calling authorities while using garden hoses to try and subdue the flames.
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By Steve Adams [February 24, 2014 at 4:41pm CST]
The Orioles announced that they have designated left-hander Chris Jones for assignment in order to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for Nelson Cruz, whose one-year deal is now official.
Jones, 25, was acquired from the Braves last April in exchange for right-hander Luis Ayala. The former 15th-round pick (Indians) posted a solid 2.85 ERA in 79 innings between Double-A and Triple-A last season, though his 6.2 K/9 rate and 4.1 BB/9 rate were less impressive. Jones would make an intriguing pick-up for a team in need of left-handed relief, as he held opposing lefties to a minuscule .196/.291/.268 batting line in 128 plate appearances last season.
Jones has a 3.42 ERA with 7.9 K/9 and 3.4 BB/9 in 434 1/3 career innings in the minors.
I'm sure the team will try to trade him. I hope we focus on acquiring International draft slot money instead of some marginal prospect or "cash considerations". With our diminished position in the June draft we're going to need to have as large an impact as possible in that forum.
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Experts are starting to rethink how much stock people should hold in retirement.
In general, the new thinking goes, people should be more heavily invested in equities than is suggested by some traditional rules of thumb, such as subtracting one's age from 100 to determine a portfolio's stock allocation. One new, and controversial, theory even goes so far as to suggest that stock exposure should increase the further one moves into retirement.
What hangs in the balance: whether 78 million baby boomers can generate sizable enough returns, without taking on too much risk, to create income streams that last as long as they do.
Here are three different approaches financial experts are pushing, all of which conclude that people should be investing more heavily in stocks — even after they've collected the gold watch:
First reduce, then increase equity allocation over time
One of the biggest risks in using investments to fund retirement is what's called "sequence of returns" risk. If you retire and your investments take a big hit during the first few years you're making withdrawals, the money will run out years earlier than if you have decent returns earlier and suffer through a market downturn later.
To combat the problem, two researchers recently crunched the numbers and concluded that, in many cases, investors should dial back their stockholdings to between 20% and 50% at the start of retirement and then ramp them back up by one percentage point a year to between 40% and 80% throughout retirement. For example, a portfolio that starts at 30% in stocks and finishes at 60% performs better on average than one that starts and finishes with 60% stocks.
"You want to have the lowest stock allocation when your portfolio is largest, and that's going to be right before and after retirement. That's when you're most vulnerable to losing wealth."
"You want to have the lowest stock allocation when your portfolio is largest, and that's going to be right before and after retirement," said Wade Pfau, a retirement-income professor at American College in Bryn Mawr, Pa., who did the research with Michael Kitces, research director of Pinnacle Advisory Group in Columbia, Md. "That's when you're most vulnerable to losing wealth. Once you transition into retirement, you no longer have as much ability to change your plans and make it back up."
The researchers describe their asset-allocation recommendation as a "U-shaped glide path," where stocks start as a large share of the portfolio, decline, and then are increased over time. Ideally, the researchers say, they would like to see their recommendation incorporated into the asset allocations used by target-date funds, which base their allocations on retirement dates and ages in an attempt to allow investors to put their investment goals on autopilot, Pfau said.
So far, though, target-date funds, at best, keep a fixed portion of assets in stocks through the retirement years, and most have a declining share in equities. "They're exposing you to potentially worse outcomes by having a declining glide path in retirement," Pfau warned.
Says Kitces: "If I say, 'You're going to invest more in equities later in retirement,' everyone freaks out." But he and Pfau say retirees' actual behavior in the past, when more people relied on traditional pensions, matches up to their findings.
People funding their fixed costs with a combination of a pension and Social Security or other annuity payments sometimes invested much of the rest of their assets in stocks, Pfau said. So, as they aged and the remaining value of those fixed-income sources effectively declined, they essentially had more of their investments in stocks.
Divide assets into five buckets that can last 30 years
For years, many financial planners advised investors at retirement to weight their portfolios heavily to bonds. Some now argue that the main underlying assumptions behind that recommendation no longer apply.
For one thing, "we're ending a 30-year bull market in bonds," said Lisa Shalett, head of investment and portfolio solutions for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. For another, the investment horizon for most retirees has lengthened to 30 years from 10, along with the general rise in longevity for the U.S. population. And lastly, the shift from pension plans to 401(k) retirement plans has more retirees depending on investment gains for income.
"You put those three things together, and what it says is we need a new approach," Shalett said. Bonds can no longer be counted on as the driving engines in portfolios that may have to last three decades.


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December 17, 2011
2012 is Turing year, celebrating 100 years since the great mathematician and code breaker's birth. We'll be joining in the celebrations, but here's a little preview.
December 16, 2011
Plus has been working with lots of fascinating, funny and famous mathematicians over the years. And since we've started producing podcasts in 2007, we can bring their voices directly to your ears. From Roger Penrose and Paul Davies to the science writer Simon Singh and the engineers behind the London 2012 velodrome, find out what they have to say.
December 16, 2011
Our cities are filled with buildings, roads, cars, buses, trains, bikes, parks and gardens. They are crisscrossed with power, water, sewage and transport systems. They are built by engineers, architects, planners, technologists, doctors, designers and artists. Our cities are shaped by our environment, our society and our culture. And each and every part is built on mathematics. Join Rachel Thomas, co-editor of Plus, in a public lecture exploring the maths in our cities.
December 15, 2011
Having trouble wrapping your presents? Paper always ends up in a mess? Well, whatever geometrical shape you've accidentally produced, we bet it's not as wonderful as these favourites.
December 14, 2011
Snow flakes, ice crystals, beautiful round baubles — Christmas is the time of symmetry, so here's a few articles to celebrate it!
December 13, 2011
Maths is a creation of our brains, so how come it describes the world around us so amazingly well? How is it that
December 13, 2011
"It's a great day for particle physics," says Ben Allanach, a theoretical physicist at the University of Cambridge. "It's very exciting, I think we're on the verge of the Higgs discovery." And indeed, it seems like the Large Hadron Collider at CERN has given particle physics an early Christmas present — compelling evidence that the famous Higgs boson exists.
December 12, 2011
You would not have thought it, but while you sit contentedly digesting your turkey and gazing at the telly, your brain is keeping up the hard work, making sure that everything in your body goes according to plan. And to understand this most amazing of nature's creations you need maths. Here are some of our favourite articles on brains, human and animal.


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The Manti-LaSal Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) has awarded $820,816 in projects to be completed by various organizations on the Manti-La Sal National Forest. The committee estimates it will have another $186,000 available for additional projects.
According to RAC Chairman Glen Zumwalt, "The advisory committee has decided to schedule another round of funding and would invite individuals and groups to submit proposals."
Under the Secure Rural Schools Act, Title II, Sanpete, San Juan, Emery, Mesa and Montrose counties contributed a portion of their appropriation to the Forest for such projects. The RAC, whose members are residents of the counties, recommends projects for funding to the Forest Supervisor, who makes the final decision.
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