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Obituaries from the week of April 25, 2007
Holmberg, 80
Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 28, 2007 at Faith Lutheran
Church in Avoca for Phyllis Holmberg. Rev. Ted Kunze officiated. Nancy
Lee Pierson was organist with special music by Charity Helleson and Paul
Pallbearers were Lee Holmberg, Stan Larson, Rodney Wilkison, Randy Olson,
Jerry Holmberg and Harvey Larson.
Phyllis Holmberg was born on July 9, 1926 in Worthington, Minnesota to
Carl and Ann Lindberg Olson. She grew up on farms in the Worthington,
Dundee, and Avoca areas. Phyllis graduated from Slayton High School in
1943. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith.
On January 8, 1946 she and Leland Holmberg were married at Lime Lake Lutheran
Church. Together they farmed in Lime Lake Twp. near Avoca for 53 years
and raised their three children. Phyllis also was a Tupperware sales lady
for 40 years. After they retired they remained on the farm until 1999
when they moved to Fulda. Leland passed away on December 26, 1999. Phyllis
continued living in Fulda and later moved to Slayton, and then Tracy.
In 2006 Phyllis moved to Walnut Grove, MN.
Phyllis passed away on April 24, 2007 at the Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux
Falls, SD at the age of 80.
She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Avoca and was active in many
church activities including Sunday School Treasurer, Sunday School Teacher
and the WELCA group. Phyllis was a 4-H leader, a member of the Extension
Club, Murray County Pork Producers, and the Lime Lake Farm Bureau Unit.
Phyllis enjoyed spending time with her family, knitting, and visiting
with her many friends. Phyllis knitted many mementos for her children,
grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Survivors include her three children and their spouses: Sheila and Richard
Helleson of Tracy, MN, Michael and Sally Holmberg of Pleasant Hill, IA,
and Gail and Tom Pecht of Des Moines, IA, five grandchildren, Cheryl and
Denny McDonnell, Jennifer and John Anderson, Daniel and Joalle Holmberg,
Wade and Charity Helleson and Michael James Holmberg and his partner,
Trisha Grubb, seven great-grandchildren, Tyler, Cadence, David, Bridge,
Alison, Sarah, and Samuel, four sisters, Kathleen Wilkison of Garvin,
MN, Joyce Larson of Slayton, MN, Mariett Wahl of Burbank, CA, Donna Lange
and her husband, Milen, of Slayton, MN, and one brother, Gary Olson and
his wife, Lucille, of Slayton, MN.
She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Leland and one great-granddaughter,
Interment was at Slayton Memorial Gardens, Slayton, MN with the Totzke
Funeral Home of Slayton handling the arrangements. Sign guestbook and
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Pearl Ohman , 94
Pearl Marian Ohman age 94 of Tracy passed on to her Lord's home
on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at the Prairie View Healthcare Center in
Tracy. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 30, 2007
at the United Methodist Church in Tracy. Interment was in the Tracy Cemetery.
Casketbearers were David Ohman, Lance Moon, Brenden Klein, Matt Klein,
Howard Walther and Duane Walther.
Pearl was born May 19, 1912 in Butterfield, MN to Charles and Josie (Jorsted)
Klein. She was the oldest of five children. When Pearl was 11 years old,
the family moved to Currie, MN where her father was employed by the railroad.
Pearl started working at an early age, cleaning for several ladies and
later working the soda fountain at the Currie Drug Store. At the age of
18, Pearl moved to Tracy and got a job at Trosin's Restaurant across
the alley from the Ohman Furniture Store. That is how she met and fell
in love with Donald Ohman.
On January 11, 1932 Pearl and Donald were married. To this union, two
children were born, Morris and Jean. Donald died in 1957. Pearl and Morris
operated the furniture business until they closed the store and retired
in 1988. Pearl was very active in her church and community. She belonged
to the United Methodist Women, the Tracy Nursing Home Auxiliary, Prime
Timers, The Golden Age Club and many different card clubs over the years.
Playing cards was her favorite pastime. Pearl volunteered at Wheels Across
the Prairie and at the local food shelf. She always enjoyed being at the
senior center and volunteering there. Pearl also loved to travel, and
made it to 48 of our United States. Most of her trips were with her very
close sister in law Leona Ingalls. Pearl loved to bake and was known for
her special Lemon Pie. She was also known as the "Banana Bread Lady"
as she made and shared her bread with many people in town. Pearl was a
very caring lady and will be missed by all that knew her.
Pearl Ohman is survived by her two children: Morris Ohman and wife Virginia
of Redwood Falls, and Jean Moon and husband Dwight of St. Francis; four
grandchildren: Maurel (Deb) Ohman of Tracy, David Ohman of Tracy, Lance
(Michelle) Moon of Andover, and Karin Wald of Hinckley; five great granddaughters:
Jacqueline Dyer, Jessica Wald, Stephanie and Elizabeth Moon, and Melissa
Ohman; and a great great grandson Hyden Daniel Ohman. She was preceded
in death by her parents, husband Donald, brother Earl Klein, and sisters:
Opal Swanbeck, Charlotte Walther and Gladys Scudder.
Memorials are requested to the Tracy United Methodist Church. Funeral
arrangements are with the Tracy Area Funeral Home.
Mabel Naylor, 88
Mabel Jennie Naylor, age 88 of Morning Sun, IA died Saturday, April 28,
2007 at Morning Sun. The funeral service was held today, Wednesday, May
2, 2007 at the Sharon Reformed Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Ronald Good
The daughter of Peter and Annie (Loaf) Lingbeck, she was born January
10, 1919 at McCook County, South Dakota. She moved to Monroe, South Dakota
with her family at the age of two. She was a graduate of the Monroe High
School. She received her two year teaching degree in 1939 at Madison College,
now known as Dakota State University. She taught in rural schools until
she returned to college and received her four year BA degree in 1946.
She moved to Tracy, MN and taught elementary school for 34 years. In 1980,
she married Rev. Harlan Henry Naylor at Morning Sun. Rev. Naylor died
in October of 1999. She was a member of the Sharon Reformed Presbyterian
Church and a member of the Morning Sun Lioness Club.
She is survived by one brother Francis and one sister Esther; step sons,
Harlan H. Naylor, Jr. and J. Timothy Naylor and his wife Wendy; one granddaughter
Bethany; several nieces and nephews.
Interment was in the Elmwood Cemetery at Morning Sun with the Hagele and
Honts Funeral Home of Morning Sun handling the arrangements.
Charles Mitchell, 72
Charles A. Mitchell age 72 of Manhattan, MT died Sunday, April 29, 2007
at his home. Services will be 1:00 PM Friday, May 4, 2007 at the Tracy
United Methodist Church in Tracy, MN. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM
Friday until the time of service at the church. Interment will be following
the luncheon at the Amiret Township Cemetery, rural Amiret, MN. The Almlie
Funeral Home of Tracy is handling the arrangements.
Charles Alton Mitchell was born October 29, 1934 to George and Hazel Mitchell
in Tracy, Minnesota. He attended Tracy Public Schools and graduated from
Tracy High School in 1952, where he was captain of his football team and
two time runner-up state wrestling champion as a heavyweight. After high
school Charles enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps in March of 1953. He
served over seas in the Korean War and was honorably discharged in March
of 1961.
On November 7, 1959 Charles married Alice Woods and they made their home
in Tracy. Following his return from the military Charles began working
for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. He held several positions
within the railroad, such as, brakeman, train master and retired after
forty years as a conductor. Over the years Charles and his family moved
to many communities where the railroad sent him. Upon his retirement he
settled in Manhattan, MT, where he lived until his death.
Charles was a past member of the Tracy American Legion and was a current
member of the Manhattan American Legion. He enjoyed fishing, playing cards,
spending time with his family and friends, but really enjoyed his grandchildren
and the neighborhood children where he lived.
On Sunday, April 29, 2007 Charles died at his home in Manhattan, MT at
the age of 72.
Charles is survived by his three sons, Christopher (Yinara) Mitchell of
Lakeville, MN, Thomas Mitchell of Manhattan, MT and Andrew (Debra) Mitchell
of Belgrade, MT; one daughter, Molly (Mark) Gilbertson of Medford, MN;
ten grandchildren; two sisters, Jean Hagen of Medford, MN and Shirley
Matson of Currie, MN; and many friends.
His parents, one son, Michael, and one infant brother, Bobby, preceded
him in death.
Cecil Wright, 89
Cecil Anthony Wright age 89, formerly of Tracy, MN died Thursday, March
22, 2007 at the Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes, MN. A memorial
service will be held at 7:00 PM Friday, May 4, 2007 at the Almlie Funeral
Home in Tracy. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM until the time of service
on Friday evening. Interment will be at the Wright Cemetery near Buffalo,
MN on Saturday, May 5, 2007. The Almlie Funeral Home of Tracy is handling
the arrangements.
Cecil A. Wright was born September 2, 1918 to Clive and Julia (Bassett)
Wright in Buffalo, MN, Wright County. He was baptized and confirmed in
the Christian faith and attended school in the Buffalo area. Cecil served
in the U. S. Navy during World War II and after his honorable discharge,
he returned to Minnesota.
On July 2, 1942 Cecil married Dorothy Almquist in Sisseton, SD. They made
their home in several Minnesota communities over the years, such as, Buffalo,
Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Belle Plain, Delano and Elk River. He was employed
as a welder and a metal fabricator for most of his life. He enjoyed fishing,
hunting, traveling, wood-working and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
After his wife's death he became a resident of the Tracy Nursing
Home and later moved to the Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes, MN,
where he died Thursday, March 22, 2007 at the age of 89.
Cecil is survived by his one son, Roger and Sylvia (Radke) Wright of Detroit
Lakes, MN; six grandchildren, Victoria Wright, Christine Wright, Catherine
(Philip) Reiter, Cory (Melissa) Wright, Ronald (Sherry) Wright and Robert
Wright; two great grandchildren, Kyle (Angie) Fjare and Nicole Reiter;
one great great granddaughter, Alexa Fjare; one sister, Loretta Stiles;
two brothers, Michael (Anita) Wright and Clive Wright Jr.; nieces, nephews
and cousins.
His parents and his wife, Dorothy, preceded him in death.


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Didn't know that blue eyed ppl have the same ancestor and that the color is 6 - 10k year old and before that everyone had brown eyes.
Dark brown. Lots of people with blue and green eyes around here.
Those are mine Green with some yellow parts
Dark blue eyes here and I love 'em! My favourite eye colour!
Brown & green, the brown one has a chunk of green at the top but you can't see it much in this one.
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Hello I'm returning to work so I bought the mothers love milk pills. Just wondering if I should take them since I have a fast let down?
Hello I'm returning to work so I bought the mothers love milk pills. Just wondering if I should take them since I have a fast let down?
Before you start with supplements, you want to figure out if you really need them. Since fast letdowns are often connected to an oversupply of milk, you might want to hold off on taking the pills until you have been back at work for a bit and can judge whether or not you are getting the necessary amount of milk. I am guessing you've already started pumping a bit- so, how much milk do you currently get when you pump?
I am getting 4 oz every time I pump... Don't know if it's enough
Also do you know if it's normal to feed my baby and to spit up and then want to eat again...
4 oz is really good. In fact I had oversupply/ overactive letdown and would get 4-5 oz when pumping. I would avoid supplements.
The spitting up could just be normal baby spitting. Or the fact that you make a lot of milk could be causing OALD. Do you spray really forcefully when you letdown? I did and it caused my baby tummy troubles. He's 8 months old now, so he can handle it better. Again, taking herbs for supply will make this worse.
4 oz is actually rather a lot. IIRC, a typical amount to pump is around 1.5 oz per hour- and that's when you're not nursing first. So if you got 4 oz after nursing, that is a whole lotta milk!
So if I pump 4 -5 oz, do I have OS?
Not necessarily. It depends on when you pump that 4-5 oz. If it was from your first session of the morning, and the rest of your sessions yielded 1-3 oz, that would be pretty typical. But it every session yields 4-5 oz, or you can routinely get 4-5 oz after nursing your baby, then that could point to oversupply.
A better gauge than pumping is probably the baby: if his/her poops are consistently green, or if he/she seems to struggle with your letdowns (coughing, choking, gagging, spluttering, making a clicking/clucking sound, clamping down on the nipple), then you might have a problematic oversupply. But if you're seeing mostly yellow poops and the baby isn't struggling to nurse, then if you do have oversupply it probably isn't bad enough to be a problem.


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my daughter is 26 months and feeds very frequently. I'm trying to cut her down to perhaps 4 feeds - morning and night and before and after nap as I think she has more than necessary for her age.
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Personally I think Onooki
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I could see Oonoki taking it with a long-range Jinton. Besides, he has experience fighting EMS(/Rinnegan)-users, so he'd be more prepared for fighting Sasuke than Sasuke'd be for him.
Jinton is so broken to be honest. He can beat damn near anyone that doesn't have abilities to either absorb or escape his dust release.
Amaterasu or Susanoo Arrow they are faster than he can perform jinton
It could go either way and could easily be argued for either side.
Could go either way but depends on which attack lands first Sasuke's Enton, Amaterasu and Susano'o arrows or Onoki's Jinton. Whoever wins, wins with high diff.
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Wow, I sure hope Gayle Hanson feels better after venting in her column Urban design: Guys, could you get a clue? I agree with her premise that there should be more clean, safe and accessible public restrooms for everyone (women and men). However, her lack of understanding of the design process really confuses the issues, and it does not begin to address her real concerns. I also found her generalizations about men and engineers to be somewhat offensive.
Landscape architects, planners, architects and engineers all provide important contributions to the design of public spaces. In Vermont, women play a large role in all of these professions and at a much higher percentage than what is implied in the article.
The design of public spaces also includes input from city planners, planning commissions, volunteers serving on advisory committees, etc. From my perspective as an architect, I know firsthand that women do indeed participate on these types of committees. The director of planning in Montpelier is a woman. The former president of the Vermont Chapter of the American Institute of Architects is a woman. There are women serving at every level of planning efforts throughout the state of Vermont.
So, do we want more clean, safe and accessible restrooms in our communities and public spaces? If yes, then I suggest we find a way to tell the people who work in these areas of public policy what we want and devise plans to make it happen. Just complaining and blaming scapegoats does not accomplish a thing.
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Total damage caused by the fire, including the shop and its contents and two RVs parked inside was estimated at $650,000, according to fire officials.
Portales Fire Department Assistant Chief Darwin Chenault said firetrucks were dispatched at 12:24 a.m. to the fire at 2018 S. Globe, on the corner of Globe and 22nd Street. When firefighters arrived, the shop building, owned by Jack Jennings of Portales, was fully involved in flame.
Chenault said that Jennings was on the scene and able to unlock the building for firefighters as they arrived, but by that time the RVs, a new motor home and a RV trailer were burning. Not long after that the roof collapsed, compounding firefighters' problems.
"Water supply was a little bit of a problem," Chenault said.
According to Chenault there were no fire hydrants in the area and tankers had to ferry water to the scene slowing firefighting efforts. Dora Fire Department was called to provide mutual aid with an additional tanker.
Fire units remained on the scene until shortly before noon Friday, nearly 12 hours after the fire started. Chenault said tires stored in the building were still smoldering late in the morning. He said they were also likely the cause of the heavy black smoke that covered a large section of town.
"We don't know the cause and probably never will, Chenault said. "Everything was gone, it would be awfully hard to tell. It appears to have started in the middle of the shop near the RVs."
Chenault said after his investigation of the scene this morning he had no reason to suspect arson.
Chenault said the RVs were insured, with the newer motor home valued at $350,00 and the trailer at $50,000. The building and shop equipment, however, were uninsured.
According to Chenault, Jennings operated a trucking business out of the building.
Chenault said as many as 20 firefighters were available but because of several ambulance calls during the fire, he was unsure exactly how many were assigned to the fire.


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I was speaking with a good friend of mine earlier today and she told me about why her recent ex-boyfriend broke up with her (let's call her Jane and him Richard). Jane is in her last year as an undergraduate in theatre. Richard couldn't come to terms with an appreciation for theatre and the arts. According to him these things are only useful if used for explicit ministerial purposes. This led to Richard breaking up with Jane. This is such a sad state of affairs. What makes this a curious situation is that I'm fairly confident this ideology is rampant in men. I often hear that if a man is in theatre, the ballet, or the arts he must be gay or feminine. I'm going to argue on the contrary. It seems that being masculine or manly has become equivocated with being macho or a rough and tough man who likes football and hockey. There's nothing wrong with football and hockey, surely real men can like these too, but there's more to being a masculine man than just that. Men who have an appreciation for theatre, ballet, opera, gymnastics, poetry, and the arts are men who encompass so much more about life.
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PNC Park-just as beautiful in December
The bustling winds, fluffy white snow and bone chilling temperatures do not scream baseball. However, for my brother, Zach and I, a trip to PNC Park was just what we needed to cure our national pastime blues.
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I love that you went to the ballpark in the wintery weather! What a perfect way to keep the baseball spirit alive during the off-season. I'm envious.
first welcome to the sth family always nice to know there are people crazy like me to go to this many games a year. also that milledge ball for $100 puzzled me too.
What a fantastic event! I would be giddy too if I got to take pictures sitting in my teams' locker room and take home actual game day line up cards. And I love the photo of you and your brother in the stands at the end – the snow on the field makes it perfect – looking like two diehard fans waiting right there until the season starts.
That's a good deal on the tix actually! Sweet! Maybe I should turn my allegiances to the Buccos… well, on second thought… I'd love to experience what you had there in the clubhouse. Very cool and very impressive.
I was grinning from ear to ear reading your post! What a great experience! The clubhouse was not part of a Christmas tour for season ticket holders we had a couple of years back but we did have Tommy Lasorda dressed as Santa and Vin Scully made an appearance. . Wish they would bring that event back.
Matt – I've said this to many others this season: You're living the dream! Congrats on the season tickets and that event looked mighty cool!
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One, that Ry Cooder's commitment to bringing the intricacies of Cuban music and some if its most talented musicians to light with the Buena Vista Social Club albums hipped the general public to the concept of "world music," and they liked it.
Another, that rockers of all stripes simply can't pass up the opportunity to take part in a good old-fashioned "save the planet" benefit album. And maybe that, inevitably, these two concepts would find themselves combined and packaged for mass consumption — globally conscious consumption, mind you, not the gluttony and greed kind.
There's a lot that works on Rhythms Del Mundo. Leading the pack is the ingenious pairing of Arctic Monkeys and Buena Vista Social Club in an utterly vicious reading of "Dancing Shoes." Percolating Latin percussion and snotty British attitude never mixed so sweetly, which is surprising since I really didn't dig the Monkeys so much the first time around. But here, with the Strokes and Hives affectations drowned out by trumpets, timbales and clanging guitars, the song takes on an entirely new and fascinating character.
Coldplay's mega hit "Clocks" gets the royal overhaul too, morphing the familiar piano intro into a loping samba that fits the tune amazingly well, albeit in a very strange way. Ever had a friend that shaved off their eyebrows and dyed their hair neon green, yet somehow it worked in their favor? Same kind of thing.
While there are many more pluses here than minuses, some tunes — U2's "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and Radiohead's "High And Dry" come to mind — come across sounding a little half baked. The intent is there, but when the sample of Bono and co. pops up in the chorus it just doesn't jive with the rest of the song. Of course, getting the boys from Dublin into the studio to redo the chorus to better fit this new framework was probably a bit cost prohibitive, so to a degree it's forgivable. Kind of.
The same goes for "High And Dry," which would've fared much better without the grainy sample from the original buried in the mix. I mean, we KNOW it's a Radiohead song, so unless Yorke and Greenwood were willing to come in and actually add something personally to this version, the snippet of the guitar solo used here comes across as an unnecessary attempt to gild a perfectly fine lily.
But this criticism could be missing the point. Rhythms Del Mundo has a loftier goal than mere musical fulfillment — the idea came about via project founder Kenny Young's reaction to the tsunami that devastated Sri Lanka in December of 2004. What grew from that idea was an organization called Artist's Project Earth (APE) with an expanded scope: providing international disaster relief and increasing public understanding of global climate change and its impact on our world. In view of all this, whining about a few bungled tunes on RDM seems awfully insignificant.
So Dido, Jack Johnson and Maroon 5 seem right at home here, probably because the original versions of their tunes were the most ripe for recasting in new light. The contributions of Omara Portundo and Abrahim Ferrer, performing "Killing Me Softly" and "As Time Goes By" respectively, provide the listener the most authentic reminders of the fertile Cuban roots from which the music grows. And Sting, God love him, he's here too with "Fragilidad." I was hoping for something from Ghosts In The Machine, but alas... not to be.
Rhythms Del Mundo is good. It's a fun listen, and even when it doesn't work so well musically, it manages to be entertaining in a head scratching "what the heck was that?" kind of way. But on a grander scale, it's the first of what hopefully will be many projects that pair intriguing musical manipulation with the basic human need to simply do the right thing — in this case, saving the ever spinning, watery little mudball we call Earth.


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May 16, 2012 —
A recent letter by New York State Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther to Governor Andrew Cuomo joins a long list of those opposed to the demolition of the old Pond Eddy Bridge and the construction of a new multimillion-dollar bridge to service a small number of PA residents.
"Ms. Gunther repeated to the governor his statement in the state-of-the-state speech directing that a state-wide review of these infrastructure projects needs to be done," said Gunther's aide Steve Wilkensen.
He mentioned that the matter of all the bridges across the Delaware will be taken up at the annual meeting of the Interstate Bridge Commission to be held in Binghamton on May 16. "A discussion of all the bridges hasn't been done since the '80s," he said.
New York officials have told Gunther they will not move forward with the replacement of the bridge. They are also seeking a review of how the 10 bridges across the Delaware are managed. The formal announcement by the NY Department of Transportation was scheduled to come at a meeting with the PA Department of Transportation in Binghamton on May 16.
Glenn Pontier, an opponent of the new bridge, said that the Friends of the Pond Eddy Bridge would be meeting at the bridge on Saturday, May 19 to oppose the new bridge and promote the rehabilitation of the old one.
"Pennsylvania should provide for its Pond Eddy residents all the same benefits it gives to all its residents," Pontier said. "Which means that the state should either buy them out or widen an existing road to make it passable."
Pennsylvania has no right to take down a historic monument that stands in a nationally protected river corridor, he said.
In answer to the oft-repeated objection to taking down the old bridge since it cannot carry heavy equipment like fire trucks, Pontier said that the railroad tracks could be used to transport this equipment, either by a truck along the tracks or a railroad flatcar.


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Tradeweb toasts the Thomson years
A decade is a long time in any business, but in fixed-income it seems like an eternity. It has been long enough for trading to change beyond recognition. Whereas 10 years ago corporate bonds, for instance, were still mostly traded over the phone, by last year 20% of trading had become electronic, and by 2016 it could reach 37%, according to US research house Tabb Group.
Tradeweb, one of the firms that has helped to drive this change, passes a 10-year milestone this month. In April 2004, it underwent a significant change in ownership, agreeing to be bought by Thomson, now part of Thomson Reuters.
The US-based operator of fixed-income and derivatives electronic platforms has plenty to celebrate on the anniversary. Revenues, about $95 million in 2004, should be more than $500 million this year, according to its co-founder and chief executive Lee Olesky. Thomson Reuters does not disclose Tradeweb's revenues, but UK company filings show that its European revenues have risen to over £40 million (see chart).
Looking ahead
The key question is what the next 10 years might bring and, in particular, whether Tradeweb's success could put it in conflict with some of its owners. While Thomson still has a majority stake, Tradeweb is part-owned by 10 big dealers in the products it trades.
Its intriguing ownership structure dates back to 1996, when it was the brainchild of Olesky and Jim Toffey, who were then running the electronic fixed income business of Credit Suisse First Boston. The norm at that time was that clients trading fixed income went to a single dealer such as CSFB. However, electronic trading was beginning to emerge and made it possible to envisage a trading venue with multiple dealers, which would make clients less dependent on one bank.
Seeing the potential, Toffey and Olesky got the backing of CSFB, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs and Salomon Brothers and left their jobs to set up Tradeweb.
Olesky said: "Jim had the idea to push forward with electronic trading, and my role was to work with other banks and get them on board."
That ownership structure persists in part today. While Thomson Reuters holds a majority stake, in 2008 a group of 10 large bond dealers including Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan bought a 40% stake in Tradeweb through an initiative called Project Fusion.
Once quite common, the structure is now unusual. BrokerTec, MarketAxess, Turquoise, FXall (and Markit if it goes public) are a few examples of businesses once owned by dealers but now majority-owned by independent operators or the public market.
The benefit of being dealer-backed is obvious. One former Tradeweb executive said: "The combination of its professional approach, and working closely with its dealer owners, has helped to hold market share against competitors that are perhaps cheaper."
However, the danger of the model is that because fixed income dealing has traditionally been a lucrative business for banks, Tradeweb's expansion is bringing it into competition with its owners. Another risk is that operators with expertise in equities electronic trading are using it to muscle in on Tradeweb's turf.
What Tradeweb has going for it is its specialist knowledge of the sector; fixed income products, being more complex than equities, are difficult to shift on to electronic markets.
Tradeweb started with just one product, US Treasuries, which are relatively liquid. As it developed technology suitable for more complex products, it expanded into other government bonds and European credit, then derivatives – including interest rate swaps and credit default swaps. It has also diversified beyond its original institutional client base into interdealer and retail markets.
Users of its platforms now include the buyside, sellside, central banks and hedge funds.
Such expansion is set to continue, according to Olesky: "Our core business model is to use our technology and leverage it into different geographies, different products and different communities."
Changes in regulation have added impetus to Tradeweb's growth. Electronic trading has been stimulated by the G20's post-crisis agenda of shifting trading onto organised marketplaces to increase transparency and reduce systemic risk. At the same time, fixed-income dealing, once the preserve of banks, has been opened up by Basel III banking rules, which have made it more expensive for banks to take bonds onto their balance sheets to facilitate trades for clients.
A disappointing start to this year has underlined the banks' woes in fixed income, commodity and currency trading. With the Wall Street earnings season getting under way, FICC revenues at the biggest banks are believed to have slumped.
Tradeweb is part of the issue. Electronic trading has eroded banks' margins in fixed income, and if the dealers with stakes in Tradeweb resist progress and seek to stick to the old high-margin models, it could spell conflict, one former Tradeweb executive said.
Analysts at Morgan Stanley and Oliver Wyman wrote in a recent report that "exchange-like venues" and an "agency-like execution model" were the key to "dramatically reducing the balance sheet tied to execution in liquid FICC markets". The report added that "banks must decide whether to push change, or to defend the status quo".
So, are Tradeweb's interests out of alignment with those of its owners, and is it likely to move away from that ownership structure? Olesky said: "We've had terrific support from our investor base across the board. How that might change over the years we'll have to see, but right now we have a very stable investor base and a supportive board."
Those sentiments seem to be supported by reports last November that Tradeweb's bank owners had agreed to stump up tens of millions of dollars to fund a new US electronic corporate bond platform. Olesky declined to comment specifically on those plans but said: "We've had really good success in credit in Europe and we are looking at how we can apply that to other regions in the world, including the US and elsewhere."
One immediate opportunity is that a glut of bond issuance has left investors sitting on record amounts of bonds that they have found difficult to trade. Dealers are trying to do more with less and are turning to electronic platforms to turn over their inventories more quickly and transact more volumes with institutional clients.
Olesky said: "We're applying technology to solve these problems, such as allowing a much easier search function to allow investors to find the other side of a trade, tapping into communities that allow for greater liquidity and we're also reducing risk by automating functions that were manual."
Trading reforms
With the G20 reform of swaps trading, Tradeweb has struggled against more established players, according to some practitioners. Since mid-February in the US, it has been compulsory to trade certain swaps on new platforms, known as a swap execution facility, or SEF. Tradeweb runs both a credit default swap and interest rate swap SEF, which in the last week of March accounted for 7.2% and 6% respectively of overall SEF activity in each asset class, according to data from the Futures Industry Association.
Platforms operated by Bloomberg and interdealer brokers have grabbed a bigger slice of the pie.
Olesky admitted that the new regulatory environment had been a "real challenge to navigate for market participants, in terms of its complexity, timeframe and the costs associated".
A more pressing concern could be encroachment by new competitors. Tradeweb's main rivals remain Bloomberg and MarketAxess, but interdealer brokers, exchanges and other independent operators are beginning to encroach on their turf.
One way to fend off competitors, particularly from interdealers, might be acquisitions, according to some market practitioners.
Olesky is less certain: "The majority of our revenue growth has been organic over the last 10 years and we pride ourselves on that. Where there's things we can do with our technology we'll do it ourselves. If there's better opportunities to do things through acquisitions, of course, we'll look at those opportunities."
MarketAxess: an independent operator
At first glance, MarketAxess looks much like Tradeweb: a US-based operator of multi-dealer to client electronic platforms for fixed income securities, incubated in a bank, backed in its early years by a consortium of dealers and celebrating a 10th anniversary.
However, the differences reveal as much as the similarities.
MarketAxess has a core franchise in US investment grade, emerging market and high-yield credit, while Tradeweb's strength lies with government bonds and fixed income derivatives.
Richard McVey, chief executive and chairman of MarketAxess, said: "The banks that backed us did so because they believed the right technological solution for credit was fundamentally different to that required for rates. We have common origins to Tradeweb, but the businesses have developed on different paths."
Another great difference lies in the nature of this year's anniversaries: Tradeweb is celebrating 10 years of Thomson Reuters ownership, whereas MarketAxess is marking 10 years as a listed company. Its quarterly filings in January revealed revenues of $239 million last year, 25% up on 2012. It accounts for the majority of US corporate bonds traded electronically, but that represents only around 14% of overall daily volume.
McVey said an independent structure was helping MarketAxess to develop an "all-to-all" electronic platform, enabling institutions, banks and others to trade bonds in one pool. These efforts were bolstered last year by a deal to link up with BlackRock's Aladdin system, which hosts more than $10 trillion of client assets. McVey said: "Our view of the future is not one that operates without dealers, we just have to find a way that dealers, investors and new alternative marketmakers can all peacefully co-exist."
He said those alternative marketmakers include buyside firms but also electronic marketmakers from other asset classes. Many are still reluctant to quote bond prices themselves, he added, but they do want to find and respond to matching opportunities – what he called "leading with a price".
He said it was "a very significant change in their trading process", requiring refinement of their risk management and compliance systems."
This article first appeared in the print edition of Financial News dated April 14, 2014


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Today, Square Enix launches their massive Final Fantasy XIII to the North American public. If you're still trying to figure out whether to take the plunge into the latest installment of fantasy that never seems to be final, check out our review here.
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NTIA AND RUS STREAMLINE PROGRAMS TO BRING BROADBAND, JOBS TO MORE AMERICANSThe USDA's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced they are streamlining the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's broadband grant and loan programs by awarding the remaining funding in just one more round, instead of two rounds, to increase efficiency and better accommodate applicants.
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Google's holiday gift: Free airport Wi-FiGoogle said Tuesday it will subsidize free wireless network access in 47 airports from now until January 15From CNet, November 10, 2009
Smartgrids, telemedicine could drive broadband adoptionThe advent of sensors that let systems talk to each other via the Internet--think smart-grid technologies, telemedicine programs, homeland security surveillance--will begin to fuel the demand for broadband services.From The Hill, November 10, 2009
City wanted option to run Wi-FiCity officials knew DHB Networks, which offers wireless Internet services in town, was struggling.
And they wanted to have the legal right to step in and run Longmont's Wi-Fi system if the company could no longer do it.From Times Call, November 08, 2009
Back to Google News Cablevision Systems 3Q profit more than triplesCraig Moffett, senior analyst at Sanford Bernstein, said free Wi-Fi is one reason why Cablevision customers haven't switched to Verizon FiOS.From Telephony On-line, November 04, 2009
Sprint's WiMAX Hits ChicagoAs promised, mobile WiMAX is now available in Chicago through Sprint and Clearwire. From Wireless Week, November 02, 2009
Amtrak's Acela To Gain Free Wi-FiThe quasi-governmental Amtrak national train operator noted in its five-year plan released today that it would be adding free Wi-Fi to its Northeast Corridor high-speed Acela trains.From Wifi Net News, October 29, 2009
Luck o' the Irish: WiMAX from Motorola and ImagineIn a week of WiMAX, the Irish are getting their share of 4G good fortune with news from Imagine. The Irish operator has chosen Motorola infrastructure and consumer devices for a nationwide WiMAX rolloutFrom Media Experiences to go, October 14, 2009
Wireless options heating up in PhiladelphiaClearwire Corp., which is partially owned by Sprint Nextel Corp. and cable giant Comcast Corp., flipped the switch two weeks ago on its 4G WiMAX service in Center City....... Verizon Wireless, one of the nation's largest wireless carriers, with 88 million subscribers, offers 3G and could have 4G service available in parts of the Philadelphia region in 2010, the company's executives say.From Philadelphia Business Today, October 12, 2009
Cities that offer free Wi-Fi find it hard to take awayDel Miller's voice trembled as he addressed the St. Cloud City Council from his wheelchair.
He and dozens of others who packed the chambers on a recent night were angry at city officials for voting to shut down Cyber Spot, the city's free Wi-Fi Internet access.From Orlando Sentinel, October 10, 2009


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By Erica Wayne 06/12/2014
Sushi Roku, a Pasadena landmark since 2000, is not one of the cheaper Japanese restaurants in town, but it's definitely one of the best. Its Web site touts its affiliation with something called the Innovative Dining Group, 14 (mostly Los Angeles area) restaurants where you can "escape … for exceptional cuisine and rub shoulders with the 'who's who' of the city." Normally, such a description would send me running in the opposite direction, but luckily I only saw it last week, and we've been fans of Sushi Roku for years.
My shoulders have never rubbed with anyone's, famous or otherwise, at Sushi Roku, thank goodness. In fact, since we tend to eat out at off-hours and off-days, especially in congested areas like Old Pasadena, Sushi Roku's always seemed a bit of a haven from the madding crowd. My very favorite time to visit is at about 2 p.m. for a late lunch when the restaurant's almost deserted.
For those who've never been to Sushi Roku (tucked away on the west side of the One Colorado complex), let me describe its drop-dead gorgeous entry lounge with hardwood floors, black upholstered furniture, freeform wood tables, colorful floral poufs, bamboo, palms, orchids and stag ferns. Low lighting, a gentle trickle of water from the L-shaped vertical fountain surrounding the bar area within, and soft jazz all soothe rather than syncopate.
Once you've passed through the lounge to the inner space, which houses the bar, its two adjacent dining spaces and the sushi bar, the décor is much more dramatic. The facing of the fountain and some walls are made of stacked flagstone, lighting is even lower (rice paper lanterns and small recessed lights) and the floor is carpeted.
Tables are well-placed, perfect for quiet conversation. The sushi bar extends along the far south wall, and a grouping of freestanding stone monoliths rises toward the rear. As soon as I'm seated I invariably fall into a kind of Zen meditative state; as I peruse the menu, my mind seems to repeat "roku, roku, roku" as a subvocal mantra.
Again, according to the Web site, Pasadena's Sushi Roku (and its four sisters in Hollywood, Santa Monica, Las Vegas and Scottsdale, Ariz.) "combines the finest, freshest fish from pristine waters around the globe with the kind of artistry that can only be provided by a mature sushi chef ensuring superlative traditional sushi, together with a splash of California innovation."
It's "a pioneer of contemporary sushi, incorporating diverse, nontraditional ingredients … into its edible works of art. This unique culinary experience that bridges past and present is the result of an eagerness to embrace new ideas and a profound respect for tradition."
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but, at heart, I'm a simple girl. And while appetizers such as salmon sashimi basil wrap with burrata cheese and red wine yuzo sauce ($16) or Hokkaido scallop sashimi with pink peppercorn olive oil and osetra caviar ($16) may delight some foodies, I'm more likely to listen to my mantra (the word "roku" in Japanese means "six") and order one of the sushi combinations (a six-piece "ume" selection of "signature style" sushi is $25.)
These custom creations are beautiful as well as delicious since the Sushi Roku chefs' talents for garnishing are unsurpassed. Both raw and cooked dishes come decorated with sprinklings of fried onions or seaweed, sprouts, caviar, garlic chips, sesame, etc. I'm equally pleased with their more conventional preps. To me, the restaurant's best bargain is the "sushi six" lunch: slabs of glistening tuna, yellowtail, salmon, albacore and sea bream plus a fat shrimp perched on rice with spicy salmon or California roll and miso ($16).
Sushi Roku isn't my choice for prime rib ($38) or even pan-fried spicy jumbo shrimp ($24). And I've had a minor disappointment with a fried ji-dori chicken "kara age" appetizer ($10) that was too tough and overcooked to be saved, even by the lovely herbed aioli that accompanied it. But, if you like sea urchin, they serve it with udon ($16), in a crab tart ($20) and sometimes as a special risotto topped with barbecued shrimp ($21).
Some other dishes, more unusual when the original (Hollywood) Sushi Roku's menu was created back in 1997, can now be found at local Japanese restaurants like Oba and Kabuki, possibly for lower cost. One tip for frugal dining at Sushi Roku — lunch specials with miso cod, donburi with mixed sashimi, tuna, yellowtail and salmon sushi, tempura and teriyaki can be purchased for $10-$20.
For my money, though, what Sushi Roku offers that no other Japanese restaurant in town can match is tranquility. Come in for a late lunch or early dinner, order some truly fine seafood, an Asian cocktail (e.g.,"ginger lychee mojito," made of Bacardi, mint, lychee, ginger and lime juice, or a "far east mule," Bombay Sapphire East, lime juice, ginger beer, Thai basil and cucumber – each $12), and, as the Beatles put it, "turn off your mind, relax and float downstream." Roku, roku, roku … n
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33 Miller Alley,
(626) 683-3000
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Proxy Recommendations Driving Equity Compensation
Many corporations adjust their equity compensation plans to match the targets set by proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), according to researchers who are affiliated with Harvard University and Stanford University. The study's authors reached this conclusion after analyzing 4,230 company observations between 2004 and 2010. They found more than a third of proposed equity compensation plans were within 1% of the cap recommended by ISS.
Institutional Shareholder Services and competitors (which include Glass, Lewis & Co.) make recommendations on proxy ballot proposals. These advisory firms enable institutional investors to avoid bearing the full cost (both on a monetary and a resource basis) of analyzing the proxy ballots for each company they hold shares in.
ISS uses a proprietary metric called Shareholder Value Transfer (SVT) to determine if a company's equity compensation plan is reasonable. These plans include stock options, restricted stock and performance-based share awards for executives and employees. The study's authors say SVT measures the value of currently outstanding equity grants and the potential value of awards that could be made in the future under both current and proposed equity plans.
The combination of Institutional Shareholder Services' influence and the essential lack of discretion in its equity plan recommendations give corporations an incentive to stay within the limits of the SVT cap. ISS does not share their proxy ballot recommendations with corporations in advance of the proxy ballot being sent to shareholders. What ISS does do, however, is sell early access to the SVT cap information through its ISS Corporate Services subsidiary.
The subsidiary offers a product called Compass, which allows corporations to enter the number of shares they wish to include in an equity compensation plan to determine if they will be over or under the SVT cap. The study's authors believe many companies are using Compass to design compensation plans that fall just under the cap. The researchers call the number of corporations with equity compensation levels that are within 1% of the cap "highly improbable based on chance alone."
Whether the reliance on proxy advisory firms is good or bad for investors, both institutional and individual, is debatable. The study's authors say the SVT model has not been validated by independent research. They also cite research suggesting proxy advisory firms not only fail to necessarily increase shareholder value, such firms may actually decrease shareholder value.
"Sneak Preview: How ISS Dictates Equity Plan Design," Ian Gow, David Larcker, Allan L. McCall and Brian Tayan, Stanford Closer Look Series, October 23, 2013.
T Schaefer from CA posted over 2 years ago:
How can an individual investor decide how to vote on the compensation plans presented on a firms' proxy ballots? I get dozens of these ballots each year, and evaluating them all seems a near impossible task (they all seem excessive to me, with few exceptions).
I'd love to see AAII publish an article to give some guidance on this -- perhaps even coming up with some formulas that would enable AAII to put out their own advisory recommendations.
Or, for that matter, is there perhaps already some credible advisory service that makes their recommendations available for free?
Charles Rotblut from IL posted over 2 years ago:
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Newton lifts Panthers over Patriots 24-20AP Photo
Carolinas Luke Kuechly blocks New Englands Rob Gronkowski (87) on the final play during the Mondays game in Charlotte, N.C.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Cam Newton threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Ted Ginn Jr. with 59 seconds left and the Carolina Panthers held off the New England Patriots 24-20 Monday night for their sixth straight victory when officials picked up a penalty flag on the final play.
Stephen Gostkowskis 26-yard field goal put the Patriots up 20-17 before Newton drove Carolina 83 yards on 13 plays for the go-ahead touchdown. The speedy Ginn escaped Kyle Arrington along the left sideline and outraced Logan Ryan to the left pylon for his third touchdown of the season.
The Pats appeared on the verge of making an improbable comeback when Brady moved New England to the Carolina 18 and fired into the end zone on the games final play. The pass was intercepted by safety Robert Lester, but officials threw a flag after it appeared linebacker Luke Kuechly had interfered with tight end Rob Gronkowski by grabbing him with both hands. But officials quickly gathered together and waved off the flag.
An angry Brady sprinted over to two officials to argue the call as they walked off the field. Meanwhile, the Panthers celebrated.
We had good pressure and our safety Robert Lester was in good position to make the play, Panthers coach Ron Rivera said.
Brady was 29 of 40 for 296 yards and one touchdown.
Newton completed 19 of 28 passes for 209 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran seven times for 62 yards in what will go down as one of his best games a pro.
After the game, Rivera called it a gutsy effort.
It wasnt our best defensive effort, but it was one of our better offensive efforts, Rivera said. It was good for our guys to win a game like this.
Carolinas win came eight days after a 10-9 victory over reigning NFC champion San Francisco.
The Panthers entered the fourth quarter with a 17-10 lead, but Stevan Ridley made up for an earlier fumble with a 1-yard touchdown run and the Patriots took the lead with 6:32 left in the game when Gostkowski slipped a 26-yard field goal just inside the left upright.
Newton gave Carolina a 17-10 lead in the third quarter on an 81-yard touchdown drive that took more than 8 minutes off the clock and featured a scramble in which the third-year quarterback avoided four tacklers and turned a potential 20-yard sack into a 14-yard gain and a first down.
Newton completed all seven passes on the drive for 77 yards finding Greg Olsen at the right pylon with 2:10 left for his second touchdown pass, putting the Panthers back in front.
Cam did the things he needed to do to put us in position to win the football game, Rivera said. It has a lot to do with his maturity that we have talked about.
Panthers 24, Patriots 20
New England 0 3 7 10-20
Carolina 7 3 7 7-24
First Quarter
Car-LaFell 9 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 2:44.
Second Quarter
Car-FG Gano 43, 5:02.
NE-FG Gostkowski 42, 1:09.
Third Quarter
NE-Gronkowski 9 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 10:31.
Car-Olsen 15 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 2:10.
Fourth Quarter
NE-Ridley 1 run (Gostkowski kick), 12:33.
NE-FG Gostkowski 26, 6:32.
Car-Ginn Jr. 25 pass from Newton (Gano kick), :59.
NE Car
First downs 28 20
Total Net Yards 390 300
Rushes-yards 25-107 23-103
Passing 283 197
Punt Returns 1-13 0-0
Kickoff Returns 0-0 3-53
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0
Comp-Att-Int 29-40-1 19-28-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-13 3-12
Punts 1-34.0 2-43.5
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-50 7-47
Time of Possession 30:46 29:14
RUSHING-New England, Blount 10-49, Ridley 13-48, Vereen 1-7, Brady 1-3. Carolina, Newton 7-62, Tolbert 6-17, D.Williams 6-14, Stewart 4-10.
PASSING-New England, Brady 29-40-1-296. Carolina, Newton 19-28-0-209.
RECEIVING-New England, Vereen 8-65, Amendola 6-45, Gronkowski 5-59, Dobson 4-38, Edelman 3-27, Thompkins 2-60, Hoomanawanui 1-2. Carolina, LaFell 7-59, Olsen 5-52, Smith 4-62, D.Williams 2-11, Ginn Jr. 1-25.
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In a perfect world we'd head to the farm for our locally grown, pesticide-free produce and grass-fed meats and then cook them all up from scratch. But reality dictates that most of us need, or want, a little help in the kitchen. So we scoured supermarkets looking for new beverages, frozen foods, or convenience items that deserve to be on any healthy eater's radar. Some are brand new choices, just introduced in the last few months. Others are a little older, but just as noteworthy. Consider it a snapshot view of what's stashed in our pantry at the current moment.


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Melting hearts
Melt It! blends into a quartet of interesting Pasadena eateries
By Erica Wayne 01/30/2013
Squeezed in next to Gandolfo's New York Delicatessen and bookended by M, a Mediterranean grill, and The Dog Haus, is Melt It! Along with its three narrow neighbors, the recently opened Melt It! makes a quartet of casual restaurants on the southeast corner of Hill Avenue and Union Street — walking distance to Pasadena City College and, more importantly, to me.
The other three eateries all have sister establishments (in the case of Gandolfo's, many sisters in many states), but Melt It! — owned by the same proprietor as M — is unique.
It's also only a couple of months old and has some bugs in its operation that I hope a little growing up will fix. For instance, the menu features two salads: baby greens (half portion $2, full $4) and arugula beet with mandarin oranges and champagne vinaigrette (half $3, full $6).
Naturally, we ordered the latter, only to be told (at 3:30 on a Tuesday afternoon) that they'd run out of arugula. Hmmm. Since the green also figures prominently in a couple of their sandwich creations (Herman, consisting of Munster cheese, havarti, tomatoes and arugula on sourdough — $6; and Mojo, made of roasted potatoes, sautéed bell peppers, caramelized onions, cheddar, red pepper aoli and arugula on French roll — $6), you'd think they'd stock up.
More egregious was the fact that we ordered our meal to go: two sandwiches, a side of fries, a dessert and a cup of Melt It!'s "signature" tomato basil soup. But when we unpacked the bag, no soup was to be found. We were pretty irritated at the oversight (not to mention the $3 overcharge) and couldn't even blame a harried kitchen staff, since we were the only customers in the shop. When I checked what Yelpers had to say, it was clear we weren't alone in missing parts of carryout orders. So, buyer beware!
Despite these problems, I must confess that Melt It! melted my heart (and, most likely, clogged my arteries) with the menu items we did get to try. Our Black Jack sandwich (bacon, tomato, jack cheese and chipotle aioli on rye — $6) was griddled, and the chipotle added a zing I suspect might have been lacking if the jack had been left unadorned. Melt It! also has pepper jack on the menu, which might be a good substitute if you're seeking even more zest. And the bread was excellent — real chewy Jewish rye, studded with caraway and coated with cornmeal.
Our Mojo (yes, we ordered it despite the lack of arugula) was a much messier composition. The caramelized onions, sautéed peppers and melted cheese tended to leak, but it was worth every drip. The roll didn't have nearly the character of the rye, nor, I suspect, did the baguette that Melt It! uses as an envelope for its brie and fig compote, or its mozzarella, tomato and basil with olive oil balsamic reduction — both $7). However, it stood up to the juicy filling quite well.
Melt It!'s hand-cut fries ($3) are amazing. The ones that folks seem to like best (McDonald's, In-N-Out) have a very short shelf life. Within five or 10 minutes, the crisp is gone, and you're left with a tangle of flaccid, oily strands that only the dog will eat.
Melt It! must double-fry theirs. What you give up is a fluffy interior, but what you get instead is a fry that's still crunchy even after two nights in the fridge and subsequent microwaving. Like everything else Melt It! makes, the portion is huge, and we only finished them up for lunch on Thursday.
Finally, there's the piéce de résistance: Melt It!'s "scrumptious dessert," a deep-fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways: 1. the peanut butter and strawberry jam filling was warm and gooey and luscious; 2. the surrounding dough might have been brioche or Hawaiian bread or even doughnut, but whatever it started out as, it ended up fluffy, sugar-coated and immensely satisfying; 3. it was enormous, more than ample to share, even though neither of us really wanted to; and 4. this magnificent thingy was a mere $4. Hell, I've paid more than that for a teensy artisan bonbon or cupcake.
The décor of Melt It! is kind of cute. One side of its elongated interior is taken up with the open kitchen and counter, swathed in corrugated metal, which also serves as wainscoting for the lateral walls, one of which is painted a cheery cherry red while the other is a more muted pale yellow. There's a row of wood tables with uncomfortable chairs and lamp shades are made of metal buckets. Stacks of similar buckets behind the counter make me think that they probably serve as containers for eat-in orders. The walls have several blow ups of fun mid-20th-century black and white photos.
Melt It! has already raised prices on a couple of their sides, but everything on the menu's still quite cheap. Another plus is Melt It!'s wrappings are all heavy paper and cardboard, no Styrofoam or plastic. So the only things that aren't easily biodegradable are the four bazillion fat grams we ingested with our meal. But, two or three days hence, when we're finally through digesting, we'll definitely be back for that cup of soup, a mac and cheese on sourdough ($6) and another PB&J or two...or three.
Melt It!
105 N. Hill Ave. #103,
(626) 793-7002
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No alcohol
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April 24, 2013 —
MILFORD, PA — A cast of fifth and sixth graders from Delaware Valley Elementary School (DVES) will present "Letters to Daddy," a musical with an anti-bullying message, at the Delaware Valley High School auditorium on Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27 at 7 p.m., and on Sunday, April 28 at 2 p.m.
Filled with singing, dancing and entertainment, this is the first production ever presented by DVES students.
Fifth grader Ashlynn Weston, who plays the main character's younger sister, said, "Bullying should be stopped because nobody deserves to be treated cruelly or roughly. This play is important to me because we can send a message to the crowd and to others about being bullied. I hope this play will encourage others to stand up to bullies and change the world. We have to start somewhere."
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Sixteen-year-old Ramos, who attends Tuloso-Midway High School, is the queen for the 54th annual Trail Ride to the 64th annual San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.
The South Texas Trail Ride is an eight-day ride from Corpus Christi to San Antonio on horseback. Everything that is needed for the ride is carried either on the horses or in covered wagons. Sleeping is done outside or in the horse trailers and much of the cooking is outdoors. According to the group's website, the ride is "Keeping The Cowboy Tradition Alive."
Ramos has been riding on a horse since she was one and has been a part of the trail ride most of her life.
"I was raised around horses," she said. She credits her involvement in the ride to her parents, Larry and Sherry Ramos, who she says have been saddling up and taking part in the ride for about 25 years.
"It's been a dream of my father's and mine since I was a little girl to be queen of the ride," she said.
Ramos has been coming on the ride even before she was old enough to ride her own horse.
"My dad used to pony me along because I didn't know how strong a horse was," she said. "As I got older, he let me ride alone."
While it may seem easy to ride a horse down the side of the road, Ramos said there is a lot more to it than that.
"You have to get your horse conditioned," she said. "There is a lot of packing involved too. It takes preparation to get ready for this type of ride."
Lucky for Ramos, this year's trip so far has been pleasant.
"Normally we are bundled up or are in rain slickers," she said. "This year is really enjoyable. It's not too hot and it's not too cold. This is the best weather we have had since 2006."
She said the worst weather she experienced included seeing a tornado off in the distance.
The possibility of bad weather never deters her from coming back yearly. She has made lifelong friends through the ride and she said she considers them her second family.
"They have helped shaped me into the person I am today," she said.
Her position as rodeo queen is voted on by her peers, so the group appears to be as fond of her as she is of them.
The group rides about 20 to 22 miles a day and stops at a different camp site every night.
Her favorite was the Tuesday night stop in Falls City.
"We have a little dance and the food is amazing there," she said. "The people in Falls City are really friendly."
It also helps that the campsite itself is down by the river and one of the prettiest on the whole ride, but she only gets to enjoy it for one night.
Wednesday morning the group was up and at 'em early, moseying on down the rode to the next stop.
The ride itself ends on Friday when the group gets to San Antonio but Ramos will still have duties there as queen to represent and promote the ride while in San Antonio.