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OBERLIN — Before Tuesday, the only Avon tennis player — boy or girl — to make it to districts was Carmela Mostardi.
She made it twice, in fact, most recently as a senior in 2011.
So it was only fitting that another Mostardi would blaze the trail as the only Eagles boys tennis player to make district.
"It runs in the family," Avon coach Art Gibbs said after watching freshman Nico Mostardi, Carmela's brother, win all three of his matches Tuesday on the first day of the Division I Northeast sectional tournament at Oberlin College's Don Hunsinger Tennis Courts.
Mostardi, the No. 2 seed, advanced to Saturday's semifinals.
Not only was he the only Avon tennis player to punch his ticket to districts, he was also the lone Lorain County player to do so.
"It feels really good to be the first one," said Mostardi, who lost just one match all season. "I'm glad I can do this for my team and be able to represent us next week at districts and hopefully beyond.
"One of my goals was to get through sectionals and reach districts, and I succeeded in that. Now my goal is to at least win my semifinal match, because as a third- or fourth-place finisher you'll have to face another sectional champ or sectional runner-up in the first round at districts, and I want to get the best matchup possible so I can try to make a run at states."
Mostardi, who had a first-round bye, began his day with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Amherst's Zach Sroka, then downed North Olmsted's Aravind Kalluri by the same score.
In the quarterfinals, he got his best match of the tournament from St. Ignatius' Karl Fehn. However, Mostardi still dominated, winning 6-1, 6-2 to clinch his spot in next week's district tournament, which is back at Oberlin College.
Mostardi plays third-seeded Jeffrey Williams of St. Edward on Saturday at 9 a.m. in the semifinals.
There were a few other Lorain County players that reached the quarterfinals and a couple others who won multiple matches.
But it was Avon Lake seniors Austin Wright and Jack O'Neill who had the best shot besides Mostardi of moving on.
Wright and O'Neill, desperately trying to not only extend their high school careers for one more week but also extend Avon Lake's streak of district qualifiers to four consecutive seasons, gave fourth-seeded Kent Dinchman and Kevin Wang of Westlake a fight for their lives.
Dinchman and Wang prevailed, however, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 in three hard-fought sets.
"We played Kevin and Kent three times this year, and every single match was pretty close," O'Neill said. "This one was the closest of the three. This was a really tough match. It's unfortunate we lost, but they beat us. It wasn't like either of us beat ourselves. You've got to give them credit.
"It was a tough match, but I'm proud of our effort. We let it all hang out because we knew this could be our final match. We wanted to make it memorable, and I think we did that."
Wright and O'Neill, who came back from a 2-0 deficit to win the first set, led 2-1 in the third before the Demons picked up three straight wins to take control. They tied it at 4 and at 5, but the Demons won the final two games to conclude the marathon bout.
"We gave it our all," Wright said. "You can't help but think about a couple points here and there that we missed that could have helped us pull through. But I was really happy with how we did."
Avon Lake junior Tim Villari reached the quarterfinals for the first time by only dropping one game in his first two matches. However, after taking a 2-1 lead, Villari lost 11 straight games to the third-seeded Williams, and he was eliminated 6-2, 6-0.
"I got through the first round as a freshman and I got through the second round as a sophomore, so to continue to improve by another round this year is great," Villari said. "Having a first-round bye helped. It gave me confidence, knowing that I wouldn't have to play all day to try to make this kind of run.
"I did a good job moving my feet and keeping my energy up. I was able to get into a zone and keep an even temper, and I think it paid off. Hopefully, next year I can take the next step of reaching the semifinals and districts."
Avon had three other players come within a match of joining Mostardi at districts — senior Macklin Robbins and the team of sophomore Chance Nicklaus and senior Tyler Badt.
Robbins, who had a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 win over Westlake's Aakash Shah and a 6-1, 7-6 (12-10) third-round win over Midpark's Adam Poschner, ran out of gas in the quarterfinals. Top-seeded Nathan Griffin of St. Ignatius defeated Robbins 6-0, 6-0 to punch his ticket to districts.
Nicklaus and Badt reached the quarterfinals with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 win over North Olmsted's Ernest Oleksy and Tim Donohue. However, they were dominated by the second-seeded Connor Michelich and Cal Craven of Westlake, 6-0, 6-0, to give the Demons two district-qualifying doubles teams.
Midview senior Kevin Grau and Amherst sophomore Cory Habecker each won their first two matches to put them each in the third round, just two victories shy of district berths. However, Grau lost to Fehn 6-3, 6-4, while Habecker lost to Williams 6-0, 6-1.
Had either of them won, they would have had to come back Friday afternoon to play their quarterfinal bout. By rule, players are allowed a maximum of three matches per day.
"My second match was long and I had a little bit of trouble," said Habecker, who advanced to the third round with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Westlake's Thomas Reusser. "I really didn't know how to play the kid and it took me a while to figure it out. Ironically, I lost to the same kid I did last year, although I got one round deeper. This is definitely something to build on."
Grau reached the third round with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Elyria's Scotty Behmer.
"It feels good to get a few wins here," he said. "You always want to go as far as you can in sectionals, so to win two matches and advance to the third round is a great accomplishment."
Saturday's Semifinal Pairings
(Top 4 Advance to districts)
Nathan Griffin (St. Ignatius) vs. Jake Dubusker (St. Edward)-Sean Frebes (St. Ignatius) winner; Jeffrey Williams (St. Edward) vs. Nico Mostardi (Avon).
Tuesday's Results
Quarterfinals — Griffin def. Macklin Robbins (Avon), 6-0, 6-0; Dubusker vs. Frebes (Friday); Williams def. Tim Villari (Avon), 6-2, 6-0; Mostardi def. Karl Fehn (St. Ignatius), 6-1, 6-2.
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Third Round — Robbins def. Adam Poschner (Midpark), 6-1, 7-6 (12-10); Villari def. Tommy Byrne (Normandy), 6-1, 6-0; Williams def. Cory Habecker (Amherst), 6-0, 6-1; Fehn def. Kevin Grau (Midview), 6-3, 6-4; Mostardi def. Aravind Kalluri (North Olmsted), 6-0, 6-0.
Second Round — Griffin def. Quinn Miller (Amherst), 6-1, 6-0; Poschner def. Jason Grau (Midview), 6-3, 6-3; Robbins def. Aakash Shah (Westlake), 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Dubusker def. Dan March (Elyria), 6-0, 6-0; Villari def. Tim Dehrmann (Valley Forge), 6-0, 6-0; Habecker def. Thomas Reusser (Westlake), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Williams def. Oliver Berger (Avon), 6-0, 6-0; Grau def. Scott Behmer (Elyria), 6-1, 6-0; Mostardi def. Zach Sroka (Amherst), 6-0, 6-0.
First Round — Miller def. Christian Kovacevic (Valley Forge), 6-2, 6-4; Zach Buchta (Olmsted Falls) def. Stephen Bickford (North Ridgeville), 6-1, 6-1; Grau def. Jeff Emilio (Elyria), 6-0, 6-0; Shah def. Jimmy Chase (Avon Lake), 6-4, 6-4; Matt Vales (Normandy) def. Cory Gable (North Ridgeville), 6-1, 6-2; Jason McNulty (North Olmsted) def. Austin Rice (Avon Lake), 7-5, 6-4; Habecker def. David Brunner (North Olmsted), 6-0, 6-1; Berger def. Chris Andre de la Porte (Midview), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Grau def. Brian Priore (North Ridgeville), 6-0, 6-1; Sroka def. Ray Klebowski (Midpark), 6-3, 6-2.
Saturday's Semifinal Pairings
(Top 4 Advance to districts)
Christian Zuber-Yaw Boakye (St. Ignatius) vs. Kent Dinchman-Kevin Wang (Westlake); Connor Michelich-Cal Craven (Westlake) vs. Nick Siciliano-Bob Kirchner (St. Ignatius).
Quarterfinals — Zuber-Boakye def. Rares Botosneanu-Davesh Chauhan (North Olmsted), 6-0, 6-0; Dinchman-Wang def. Austin Wright-Jack O'Neill (Avon Lake), 6-7, 6-4, 7-5; Michelich-Craven def. Chance Nicklaus-Tyler Badt (Avon), 6-0, 6-0; Siciliano-Kirchner def. Chris Brinich-Chris Richardson (Lakewood), 6-3, 6-1.
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Third Round — Wright-O'Neill def. Nathan Nakon-Dylan Nguyen (Midpark), 7-5, 6-1; Dinchman-Wang def. Aaron Tolson-Scott Peggs (Elyria), 6-0, 6-1; Michelich-Craven def. Patrick McCormick-Casey Flowers (Elyria), 6-0, 6-0; Nicklaus-Badt def. Ernest Oleksy-Tim Donohue (North Olmsted), 2-6, 6-3, 6-1; Siciliano-Kirchner def. Eric Stonecipher-Hunter Tharp (Avon Lake), 6-1, 6-0.
Second Round — Zuber-Boakye def. John Scalli-Jordan Kneisel (Amherst), 6-0, 6-1; Botosneanu-Chauhan def. Shaun Alexander-Navi Baskar (Avon), 6-3, 6-0; Wright-O'Neill def. Alex Kristic-Tim Barnett (Normandy), 6-1, 6-0; Nakon-Nguyen def. Eric Oster-Joe Scott (North Ridgeville), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Tolson-Peggs def. Brad Schmidt-Ryan Caithami (Midview), 6-1, 6-4; McCormick-Flowers def. Ja'Neil Thornton-Aline Westermann (John Marshall), 6-0, 6-0; Nicklaus-Badt def. Tom Wynne-Scott Priddy (Midview), 6-2, 6-1; Oleksy-Donohue def. Harry Higgins-Sterling Voss (Amherst), 6-0, 6-0; Stonecipher-Tharp def. Brendan Esber-Jay Willis (North Ridgeville), 6-0, 6-0.
First Round — Scalli-Kneisel (Amherst) def. Dan Murphy-Kurt Cicirella (Valley Forge), 6-1, 6-1.
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Is Zach Britton's stuff getting better as the season goes on?
He is certainly pitching better and the stat sheet will tell you that his ground-ball ratio is identical to what it was when his ERA was 8.35 over his first four O's starts this season. But his ERA is 2.36 over his last four starts and 1.25 over the last three.
Why the improvement then?
My theory is that his slider and other secondary pitches have gotten better and been a real key for him. It sure was in his last start against Chicago, when he fanned 10 over eight innings.
His strikeouts are certainly up:
* Britton fanned 11 in 18 1/3 innings over his first four starts.
* Britton fanned 27 in 26 2/3 innings over his last four starts.
So he averaged 5.4 strikeouts every nine innings those first four starts and has averaged 9.1 over the last four. That tells me his stuff or command - or both - have improved over those past four games. He is not getting more ground balls, but he is getting more strikeouts.
Some other notes on the O's:
* The Orioles have won their last 20 games when scoring four runs or more. Thanks to "O's Xtra" on MASN for that stat. They are 58-14 on the year when they score four or more.
* The Orioles have been excellent in American League East road games this year. They have won seven of their nine series and could add to that with one win over the next two games. They are 17-11 on the road in the East in 2012.
The Orioles are 5-1 in their last six division road games, allowing just eight runs total and with three shutouts in those six contests.
* J.J. Hardy is hitting with more pop recently. He has eight extra-basse hits with six doubles and two homers over his last 13 games. He is batting .278 in that time, so he is not red-hot, but the pop is apparent.
By the way, feel free to post any comments and/or questions in this blog during tonight's game. I'll try to check often and respond as quickly as possible to any questions.
Update: Britton had eight strikeouts over seven innings in tonight's 12-0 victory over Toronto, so the trend continues.


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State-run daily Al-Ahram dedicates two of its columns to attacks on US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton Wednesday following her visit to Egypt last week.
In "The Prospective Coup," columnist Ahmed Moussa criticizes the "sudden transformation" of the US in the eyes of the Muslim Brotherhood from the "great Satan," who they accused of spilling Muslim blood around the world, to "Morsy's ally."
Moussa criticizes what he alleges is the failure of the Freedom and Justice Party, the Brotherhood's political wing, and the media to challenge what he alleges is interference in Egypt's domestic affairs by Clinton.
Moussa says that the US administration has repeatedly pressured Egypt and threatened it with a military, financial "and perhaps political" blockade, and that the influx of US officials to Egypt was with the goal of the Brotherhood continuing to implement American policy.
"Egyptians must stand up to the conspiracy to withdraw the supplement to the Constitutional Declaration so that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces remains in charge of military matters, in order to protect the Egyptian civil state," he writes. "The revolutionary people will not accept the continuation of injustice and will stand behind their army so that Egypt does not turn into a Muslim Brotherhood, or American client state."
Columnist Gamal Zayda meanwhile, considers "the Copts and the Muslim Brotherhood" in light of Clinton's visit. Zayda extols the "patriotic position" taken by the Egyptian Coptic National Association, headed by political analyst Emad Gad, business tycoon Naguib Sawiris and former MP Georgette Qaleeny, which turned down an invitation to meet with Clinton at the US Embassy in Cairo.
Zayed says that Clinton received one "important message" from residents of Alexandria (some of whom pelted her motorcade with tomatoes) and another one from Egypt's Copts.
Privately owned Al-Dostour newspaper is also hung up on Hillary. In a break with its recent tradition of dedicating the totality of its front page to a stream-of-consciousness-type invective against the Muslim Brotherhood, today only half of the front page is dedicated to that purpose.
Under the headline "Aftershocks of the Group's [Muslim Brotherhood] scandal with the Americans," Al-Dostour writes that American Congressman Frank Wolf has dropped a bombshell by presenting a legal document to Congress proving that President Barack Obama and Clinton bankrolled the Muslim Brotherhood to the tune of US$50 million during the second round of the presidential elections in support of Mohamed Morsy.
"Egypt will not allow the Muslim Brotherhood to secure its borders with Israel at the expense of Sinai and opening Arish to the Gazans," the paper declares at the bottom, slightly non-sequentially.
State mouthpiece Al-Gomhurriya gives short shrift to the protests by Cleopatra Ceramic workers that erupted in Suez on Tuesday, headlining with "As if we are living in a jungle," and lamenting how "everyone now uses force and thuggery to get their rights."
Al-Gomhurriya says that Cleopatra workers broke into the Suez governor's office, where they "spread fear and terror amongst civil servants, especially the women."
In contrast, privately owned daily Al-Shorouk opens its coverage of the incident by mentioning that security forces fired teargas at workers, nine of whom were injured during the protests.
Also in Al-Shorouk, columnist Samir Karam alleges that there are signs that the Muslim Brotherhood intends to ignore the upcoming 60th anniversary of the July 1952 revolution led by Gamal Abdel Nasser.
That the Brotherhood might do this is a possibility, Karam writes, because of the group's deep hatred of Nasser. Karam compares this hatred with the Muslim Brotherhood's attitude towards the Hosni Mubarak regime, which he says it cooperated with, ignoring Mubarak's policy of normalization with Israel.
"The Muslim Brotherhood must not ignore this anniversary if they want to make public their loyalty to the Egyptian people after reaching power. They must realize that the Egyptian people make no distinction between the July revolution and its great leader," he writes.
Egypt's papers:
Al-Ahram: Daily, state-run, largest distribution in Egypt
Al-Akhbar: Daily, state-run, second to Al-Ahram in institutional size
Al-Gomhurriya: Daily, state-run
Rose al-Youssef: Daily, state-run
Al-Dostour: Daily, privately owned
Al-Shorouk: Daily, privately owned
Al-Watan: Daily, privately owned
Al-Wafd: Daily, published by the liberal Wafd Party
Youm7: Daily, privately owned
Al-Tahrir: Daily, privately owned
Freedom and Justice: Daily, published by the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party
Sawt al-Umma: Weekly, privately owned
Al-Arabi: Weekly, published by the Nasserist Party
Al-Nour: Official paper of the Salafi Nour Party


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What Your Urine Color is Telling You
You want to be healthy, who doesn't? Then, one day, you notice your urine color is not
a normal healthy light yellow urine color. What does it mean? What should you do?
This article will help you determine the causes of changes to your urine color as well
as help you understand how urine color can be a symptom of certain health issues. How
do you know when you urine is an abnormal color? Well, anytime your urine is not a
light yellow or straw yellow color, it can be considered an abnormal urine color.
Clear Urine
Run of the mill urine is pale yellow and has little odor. Pale, clear-looking urine
means that you are adequately hydrated. (Drinking water dilutes the yellowish pigment
in urine.) If your urine is as colorless as water, that's probably because you've
been drinking a lot of water. Besides the inconvenience of going to the bathroom many
times a day because your bladder is filling up with fluid faster, there's really
nothing medically worrisome about having a light colored output.
First, keep in mind that your urine color is usually a symptom and not a health issue
in and of itself. That being said, let's discuss what causes changes to your urine color.
The three main causes of abnormal urine color are:
If you are concerned about a change in your urine color, stop and take a few notes to
help determine if there is a serious issue. Ask yourself a few questions:
Dark Yellow Urine
Typically, dark yellow urine is a sign that you are not drinking enough water. How
much water have you drunk for the day? You should be drinking 8 glasses of water a day.
If you do not drink enough water, then your urine becomes over-concentrated with
waste, which is why it is a darker yellow urine color. You may also notice a stronger
odor since the concentration is higher.
Some foods may also cause your urine to have a dark yellow urine color. Asparagus
makes your urine darker yellow and it creates a strong odor. The important thing is
to think about your diet. Have you eaten any foods that might change your urine color?
Are you drinking enough water? If you are drinking enough water, but your still have
dark yellow urine color, then it may be food based. Beets also cause a dark yellow
urine color.
If you haven't had any foods that may cause the dark yellow urine color, then there
are some illnesses that can show symptoms such as dark yellow urine color.
When in doubt, please go see your doctor.
Blue Urine
Blue urine color is most likely caused by foods you have eaten lately or medications
you are taking.
Medications and drugs can cause your urine to turn blue, since many of these contain
dyes. Think of the little blue pill that some men take to help them out with
erectile dysfunction. Yes, we're talking about Viagra. Some medications, can also have
a side effect of changing your urine color to blue.
First you need to ask yourself if it is really blue urine, or could it be green
urine color? The following medications may cause a blue urine color:
There are no known diseases that would cause a blue urine color, so if your urine
looks blue, it is most likely related to something you have ingested.
Green Urine
Green urine color is most likely caused by foods you have eaten lately or medications
you are taking. Foods can cause a green urine color. For example, Asparagus is known
to cause a darker yellow urine color or a green urine color. Artificial food coloring
can also be the culprit of green urine.
Medications and drugs can cause your urine to turn green, since many of these contain
dyes. Some medications, can also have a side effect of changing your urine color. You
need to ask yourself if it is really green urine, or could it be a blue urine color?
Rinsapin is an antibiotic that can cause a green urine or blue urine color.
There are no known diseases that would cause a green urine color, however bile and
diarrhea can cause a greenish tint to your urine. If you don't have a situation
producing bile or diarreha, then your green uring is most likely related to something
you have ingested.
Light Yellow Urine
A light yellow urine color typically signifies a very healthy urine. The light straw
yellow urine will have a low odor, few bubbles in the urine, little to no foam in
urine, and have a clear urine consistency. Congratulations, your urine is
probably healthy.
"Shouldn't healthy urine be clear?" While it would seem that the clearer the urine the
more healthy, that is not necessisarliy the case. If you urine color is very clear, it
is showing a high concentration of water and a lower concentration of actual waste.
Clear urine could mean you are very well hydrated, but a low concetration of waste is
not necessarily a good thing. What this means is that you need to pee more in order to
get rid the waste your body doesn't need.
Now, while it's easy to say you have healthy urine if the urine color is light yellow,
you do need to pay attention to other factors to be sure you are, in fact, healthy.
Regardless of the healthy urine color, the following issues may mean there are some
health issues to watch for.
If you are experiencing any of the symptoms with your urination, note the frequency. If
it continues for longer than a day, let you doctor know immediately.
Orange Urine
There are many foods that may cause an orange urine color. Blackberries can give
your urine orange hue. Beets may give your urine a red or orange urine color. Rhubarb
can cause an orange urine color as well. Senna herbs have also been known to cause
an orange color in your urine.
There are some serious health issues to consider that may cause orange urine.
Again, it's important to consider what foods you have eaten lately. If your urine color
is food related, it may only last for a day or two at most. If your urine color
stays orange for more than a couple of days, it may be health related. See a doctor if
your urine color is abnormal for more than a couple of days.
Pink Urine
Pink urine color can be caused by eating certain foods. Foods with dyes can cause a
pink hue in your urine. Think about what you've been eating lately. Do any of the
foods have red food coloring in them?
A more serious issue that causes pink urine is Haematuria, or blood in the urine. The
Pink urine color could be a symptom of kidney, prostate or bladder problems. These are
all very serious and require medical attention.
You need to monitor the occurrence of pink urine color. If it happens once or twice in
a day, but never again, it could very well just be food related. If you notice a pink
urine color for days or weeks, see a doctor.
If you notice a pink urine color, take note of the frequency. How often does it occur,
and how long has your urine been pink? Is your pink urine color accompanied by
other sypmtoms such as painful urination? Again, please don't hesitate to visit
your doctor.
Red Urine
Much like pink urine color, a red urine color can sometimes be caused by certain foods
you have eaten, especially when those foods have heavy dyes.
Alternatively, red urine color can be caused by Hematuria. Hematuria, or blood in
the urine, will cause a dark or red urine. Blood in urine is a serious matter and may
be a symptom of a serious medical issue related to your kidney, prostate or bladder.
Seek medical attention immediately if you notice blood in your urine.
Red urine can be a scary sight, since it may indicate that there is blood in your
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Halters are headgear used to tie up or lead a horse. Movies and other popular media showing cowboys tying their horses up with the bridle are incorrect. Tying a horse by the bridle poses a risk to the horse: if the horse panics or tries to get away for any reason, it can cut its mouth on the bit. That's why it's important to carry a halter and lead rope if you are planning to stop riding and lead or tie your horse, even for a short while.
Nylon or Leather Halters
Nylon or leather halters are durable and stylish. Nylon halters are more affordable than leather and are available in a large number of colors, so they're a popular choice for average use. Fancier leather halters are usually used as horse show halters because of their traditional and polished appearance. They are also often stylized with designs or imprints on the leather.
Leather and nylon halters typically have rings and buckles where rope halters would have knots.
Rope Halters
Rope halters are good for horse training. These horse halters are soft enough that the horse is not being hurt as the pressure of the rope and the strategically placed knots teach it not to lean.
Rope halters are typically lower in price than leather or nylon halters, and it's possible to make your own custom rope halters.
Tying a Halter
When you're putting on horse halters, be careful not to scrape any part of the halter against the horse's eyes, ears or nose. It's also best to already have a lead rope around the horse's neck so you have some control.
To properly tie a horse halter:
- Stand on one side of your horse, facing the same way it is.
- If you've got a nylon or leather halter, unbuckle the crown piece. Otherwise, start by reaching under the horse's neck with that crown piece.
- Put the noseband on top of the horse's nose and the chin strap below the horse's nose and then push the crown piece above its ears.
- If you're using a nylon or leather halter, just fasten the buckle. If it's a rope halter, form a loop on one side of the crown piece and then bring the other half over the horse's head and into that loop. Most people use a sheet bend knot or a weaver's knot to fasten the two pieces together.


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Are you angry yet?
Waukesha Freeman columnist Pete Kennedy asks if Waukesha is getting angrier?
Surprisingly, some members of the all-anger team say we're not. The majority of the public isn't angry, said local blogger and Freeman columnist James Wigderson. "It's a small group of (Mayor Jeff) Scrima supporters who are very frustrated," he said. They thought the mayor had more power, and didn't find out that wasn't the case until after Scrima took office, Wigderson said.
He has a front-line view as a blogger who focuses a great deal of attention on local politics. He's seen the public riled before, and now is not such a time, he said.
"If there had been real anger, you would see a large group of people" getting involved, he said. He used the proposed changes at Frame Park as an example. "With Frame Park, there were people lined up out the door" to address the council.
Now there is a smaller group of people who are really angry. "It just seems like there's a huge anger deal with a few people," he said.
Maybe it's just me. I know I'm just a big matzo ball of love, but I just don't see hate, anger and bitterness except in interviews of Senator Russ Feingold.
Pete does a good job of canvassing the experts and even asks the mayor. I suspect his column will inspire a few more heated Sound Off calls to the Waukesha Freeman.


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Subject: Passengers on RESTORATION 1825
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 22:06:30 -0500 (EST)
[Copied from The Sloopers, Their Ancestry and Posterity by J. Hart Rosdail]
An official passenger list for the Sloop Restoration has still not been
found. This is in spite of extensive research by both the author and
previous historians, in the archives of New York, Washington, and elsewhere.
However research does seem to confirm the following 50 names out of the
traditional list of 53 carefully compiled by Anderson in 1895.
1.Lars Larsen Jeilane [Lars Larson]
2.Martha Jorgensdatter [Martha Larson]
3.Margaret Allen Larsdatter [Margaret Larson Atwater]
4.Cornelius Nilsen Hersdal [Cornelius Nelson]
5.Kari Pedersdatter [Carrie Nelson]
6.Anne Corneliusdatter [Susan Anne Nelson Lake Lightfoot]
7.Nils Corneliusen [Nels Houen] [Nels Nelson Jr.]
8.Inger Corneliusdatter [Inger M. Nelson Mitchell]
9.Martha Karine Corneliusdatter [Martha Nelson Fellows]
10.Johannes Jacobsen Steine [Soledal or Suldal] [ Johannes Steen]
11.Martha Svendsdatter [Martha Steen]
12.Martha Helene Johannesdatter [Martha Helen Steen Heffron]
13.Aanen Toresen Brastad [Oyen Thompson]
14.Bertha Karine Aadnesdatter [Bertha Caroline Thompson]
15.Sara Aanensdatter [Sarah Thompson Olmstead Richey]
16.Anne Marie Kristine Aanensdatter [Anna Marie Thompson Richey]
17.Berta Karine Aanensdatter [Caroline Thompson]
18.Daniel Stensen Rossedal [Daniel Rosdail]
19.Britha Johanne Ovesdatter [Bertha or Betsy Rosdail]
20.Elen Danielsdatter [Ellen Rosdail Cothrien]
21.Ove Danielsen [Ovee Rosdail]
22.John Danielsen [John Rosdail]
23.Lars Danielsen [Lars Rosdail]
24.Helga Huldah Danielsdatter [Hulda Rosdail Olson]
25.Tormod Jensen Madland [Tormod Hole] [Thormod or Thomas Madland]
26.Siri Iversdatter [Siri Madland]
27.Rakel Tormodsdatter [Rachel Madland Olson or Helland]
28.Guri Tormodsdatter [Gurine or Julia Madland Hougas]
29.Serine Tormodsdatter [Serena Madland Anderson]
The prededing 6 families were the owners of the Sloop, Johannes Steen being
the principal owner.
30.Simon Pedersen Lihme [Simon Lima]
31.Maren Karine Storchersdatter [Maren Lima]
32.Greta Bergithe Simonsdatter
33.Severine Marie Simonsdatter
34.Simon Simonsen
35.Nils Nilsen Hersdal [Nels Nelson]
36.Britha Christophersdatter [Bertha or Betsy Nelson]
37.Jacob Andersen Slogvik [Jacob Anderson]
38.Siri Larsdatter Jeilane [Sara Larson]
39.Henrik Christophersen Hervik [Henry Harwick]
40.Bertha ____sdatter [Bertha Harwick]
41.Ole Jonsen Eide [Ole Johnson]
42.Gudmund Danielsen Haukaas [Gudmund Hougas]
43.Torstein Olsen Bjorland [Bjaadland] [Thorstein Olson]
44.Jorgen Johnsen Hesja [George Johnson]
45.Endre Salvesen Dahl [Andrew Dahl] [Andrew S. Anderson]
46.Halvor Iversen Reveim [Revheim] [Halvor Iverson]
47.Niels Toresen Brastad [Nels Thompson]
48.Ole Olsen Hetletveit [Hetletvedt] [Ole Olson]
49.Lars Olsen Helland [Lars Olson or Lars Helland]
50.Peder Eriksen Meland
There are three people remaining on Anderson's list: Sven Johannessen who did
not immigrate; Andrew Stangeland, who came with Cleng Peerson in 1824; and
Knud Anderson Slogvik, who probably came in 1829.
[The above reference to Anderson may be Rasmus B Anderson's The First Chapter
of Norwegian Immigration [1821-1840] Madison, Wisconsin, 1906
Speculation about who the 3 remaining passengers were, led the author to
suggest possibly Knud Anderson Slogvik may have been on the boat after all
and one couple which returned to Norway in 1826 and their names forgotten
which stems from a statement made by Sarah Richey to a local newspaper in
A fine by New York Customs stated 45 passengers [excluding an infant born on
the trip] and a crew of 7, etc., etc..]
I thought perhaps this was the best way to eliminate many messages about
ancestors who are not on this list.
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Lucille Sanks remembers all the time her husband spent researching the history of those buried in what is now the Sanksville Cemetery.
"Many mornings I would wake up and find him at the breakfast table doing some research," Sanks said of her husband, the late Lewis Sanks. "Of course, he had some help."
Some of those who gave Lewis Sanks help in researching his family and clearing the graves were at a ceremony Friday to name the cemetery, which is located on Country Road 208 near Bakersville, northwest of St. Augustine.
Gay Rawley, a member of the St. Augustine Genealogical Society, was compiling a list of the county's cemeteries when she met Lewis Sanks. They ended up such good friends that she delivered a eulogy at his funeral in 1991.
"You've got to tell my stories for me when I'm gone," Sanks had told her.
"He must have had a premonition," Rawley said. "He was only 65 (when he died), healthy and strong."
One story she told at his service was of the spirits the two saw when they were at the ceremony. That was after the thigh-high weeds were cleared out and Rawley was no longer worried about the snakes.
They also had removed a falling-down wooden fence that separated the graves of blacks and whites in the cemetery.
"I looked up, and (under the tree) were two figures," she said.
A woman wore a long dress that was blue and had little flowers on it. Her long hair was gathered into a bun.
The man wore a beige suit, and his hands were folded. The sun was shining and highlighted the hands, which were covered with red hair.
"They were Southern people; they looked like they came from Georgia," Rawley said of the couple's old-fashioned look.
She asked Sanks if he could see the figures.
"The man with the red hands and the woman with the scrunched-up hair?" he asked.
They speculated the two were "lost souls."
"They must have been the ones who built the fence," Rawley said. "They're still mad because we tore it down."
Cleaning the cemetery didn't please some of those still living in the area, she said, citing two incidents when people came by. They were upset about the cleaning of the black section, which holds a number of members of the Sanks and Proctor families, both longtime black families in St. Johns County.
Later, gas was poured and fires set at the gravestones and on azalea bushes planted there by the local Daughters of the American Revolution Society. The plants were destroyed. The copper markers on the gravestones were scarred.
There was none of that spirit apparent during Friday's ceremonies to place a metal state historic marker at the Sanksville Cemetery, which is off Joe Ashton Road.
"My father was the family historian. That was his life's work," Dr. Beverly Sanks Guidry told the group.
She recalled how every year he loaded his family in the car and drove from New Jersey to St. Augustine to spend a couple of weeks. She didn't appreciate the history and rich culture at the time, she said, but "now we do."
Guidry has a doctorate in education and lives in California but still visits her mother in St. Augustine and plans to be buried at the cemetery.
Her sister, Vivian Sanks King, guaranteed the crowd, "My father is dancing all over heaven" because of the ceremony, which was a result of the work he started.
King, an attorney in New Jersey, said the family appreciated the ceremony and the honor being given her father and other blacks.
"Things were not always the way they are today," she said, recalling how her father and mother wanted their children to have "the world as a playpen where we could and should do anything."
She told how her father drilled in them the message of faith contained in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech about his dream that his children would "one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
Vivian King remembers the annual vacation to St. Augustine and one year, when she was about 10, going with an aunt to a local theater to see a movie. The aunt told her they would have to sit upstairs because that was the way things were.
"I told her I wasn't doing that. We didn't do that in New Jersey. ... I sat downstairs," King said.
The cemetery where their father and kinfolk are buried is taken care of these days by their uncle, Charles Sanks, and their cousin, Harrison Sanks, with help from others.
"The first time I came here I drove right by it," Charles Sanks said, after the Sanksville Cemetery historical marker was unveiled. "No one knew this was out here. Now the sign is up, they can't miss it."
For a list of St. Johns County cemeteries and who is buried in them, go to the St. Augustine Genealogical Society site at: www.stauggens.com/
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Reform blowback – Brown 'liking' Dodd-Frank – Who will head CFPB? – Oil hits all gulf states – 'Head and shoulders'
POLITICO's Morning Money
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REFORM BLOWBACK – In today's POLITICO, I report on problems Democrats face raising money from Wall Street following the financial reform debate: "Democrats who backed the bill are finding big banks far less eager to host fundraisers and provide campaign cash heading into the tightly contested midterm elections this fall, insiders say. Some banks, in fact, have discussed not attending or hosting fundraisers at all for the next few months. Goldman Sachs is already staying away from all fundraisers at the moment … 'I think at least in the short term there is going to be a great deal of frustration with people who were beating the hell of us -- then turning around and asking for money,' said one senior executive of a big Wall Street bank. …
'The fact is that the ink is not even dry on this bill and everyone in town is still getting fundraising requests from members of the conference committee and all sorts of other people who were beating up on Wall Street,' one official at a large bank said, citing Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.) as two conference committee members who recently sought Wall Street contributions. Maloney and Kanjorski declined to comment. 'It's unseemly at best and right now we are just not inclined to say yes,' this official said." Full story: http://bit.ly/dfnMVO
BROWN "LIKING" DODD-FRANK – Boston NBC affiliate WHDH reports: "Sunday, [Sen. Scott] Brown attended the Plymouth parade and offered 7NEWS a hint of where he stands on some hot button topics. On the financial reform bill, of which he is the decisive vote in the Senate: 'I'm going to be making a decision soon, but I'm liking what I see,' said Sen. Brown. … 'It's money that's already in the system. If people think that the banks are just going to write a check for $19 billion, they're wrong. They're going to pass it off to the checking account, and the ATM users, and the people getting loans,' said Sen. Brown." http://bit.ly/973Jtn
WHO WILL HEAD CFPB? It's long been assumed it would be Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Warren but the WSJ today throws out some other possible names: "Michael Barr, a Treasury assistant secretary and University of Michigan law professor with a longstanding interest in consumer finance; Democratic state attorneys general Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Lisa Madigan of Illinois and Lori Swanson of Minnesota; Susan Wachter of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, who served in the Clinton Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Nicolas Retsinas of Harvard's Joint Center for Housing studies, a former bank regulator and a low-income housing specialist." http://bit.ly/9BGbOb
Good Tuesday morning. M.M. spent the weekend in Minneapolis where Cynthia Bolbach (our aunt) was elected as the Moderator of the 219th Presbyterian General Assembly on the fourth ballot after some Florida-style electronic voting machine problems. http://bit.ly/9Zzrse
AMAR'E IS A KNICK – NYPost's Marc Berman reports: "Stoudemire finalized his five-year, $100 million deal with the Knicks and said he would do his best to convince LeBron James to join him in New York. 'I think he knows how great this city is, how great the fans are,' Stoudemire said during a press gathering tonight. 'I'll talk to his guys, I'll reach out to him and see if he wants to play in New York.'" http://bit.ly/aF6LR8
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THE QUEEN IS IN NEW YORK – Queen Elizabeth II will visit Ground Zero and speak at the UN. http://bit.ly/dcKEwj
FIVE WAYS lobbyists influenced Dodd-Frank, from Atlantic's Daniel Indiviglio: http://bit.ly/b7GgE0
15 MOST EXPENSIVE NYC BANKER HOMES from BusinessInsider: http://bit.ly/bmhkBi
MOVIE MINUTE – Deadline.com's Nikki Finke reports "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" won the weekend and has now piled up $175.3 million. http://bit.ly/9tFHcc
HOW HOT IS IT? Thermometer at Yankee Stadium hit 110 degrees. http://bit.ly/b0pxdl
OIL HITS ALL GULF STATES – AP reports: "Tar balls from the Gulf oil spill found on a Texas beach were the first evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states. A Coast Guard official said on Monday that it was possible that the oil hitched a ride on a ship and was not carried naturally by currents to the barrier islands of the eastern Texas coast, but there was no way to know for sure." http://yhoo.it/aAzuQd
PHRASE OF THE DAY: "HEAD AND SHOULDERS": No, not the anti-dandruff shampoo. Over the holiday weekend, lots of Wall Street types were worrying over similarities between the "head and shoulders" pattern the market is currently showing with the one that occurred during the Great Depression. CNBC reported on the pattern Monday: "The [Dow] is repeating a pattern that appeared just before markets fell during the Great Depression, Daryl Guppy, CEO at Guppytraders.com, told CNBC Monday." http://bit.ly/db1uyF
SCOOP – NYT's Jim Rutenberg, Mike McIntire and Ethan Bonner report on pg. A1: "As the American government seeks to end the four-decade Jewish settlement enterprise and foster a Palestinian state in the West Bank, the American Treasury helps sustain the settlements through tax breaks on donations to support them. A New York Times examination of public records in the United States and Israel identified at least 40 American groups that have collected more than $200 million in tax-deductible gifts for Jewish settlement in the West Bank and East Jerusalem over the last decade." http://nyti.ms/9vCKyv
DRIVING THE WEEK – Markets had the long weekend to stew over Friday's week jobs report, showing the economy created just 83,000 private sector jobs in June, so further sell-offs are possible. Optimists see low interest rates and declining oil prices as a possible boost to consumers. But real good news will probably have to wait a week until second quarter earnings start coming in next week. … One question before then is whether Wall Street analysts will start slashing estimates based on recent grim economic news. … A few more signals on the economy will come this week with non-manufacturing ISM Tuesday. Analysts expect a slight dip from 55.4 to 55.2, which still signals growth. A much bigger decline will give yet more ammo to those who say we desperately need more stimulus … Economists will focus on initial jobless claims Thursday, hoping for a decline from last week's 472,000. … Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Obama at the White House today.
DRIVING THE WEST WING – WSJ's Jerry Seib reports on pg. A2: "This week, the Obama administration is trying to shift the discussion back to economic growth. There are obvious economic reasons to do so. President Ronald Reagan, faced with a similar toxic mix of high deficits and a wheezing economy in the early 1980s, found a relentless focus on economic growth to be a magic elixir that simultaneously pulled the economy, the deficit and his policies out of the danger zone. … Administration officials are working behind the scenes to write legislation that will lift some Cold War-era controls on exports of American technology." http://bit.ly/budbSo
DRIVING THE RECESS – The Hill's Shane D'Aprile reports: "From financial reform to the federal budget and unemployment benefits, Congress' action, or lack thereof, over the past week will offer plenty of campaign fodder as members head back to their states for the July 4 recess. … Democrats think the financial reform debate offers them an opportunity to lead with a strong economic message over the recess -- the DCCC has an all-out campaign offensive planned over GOP opposition to the reform bill and GOP opposition to the extension of unemployment benefits." http://bit.ly/9rsmIZ
BP STAKE SALE? Reuters has a round-up of the weekend's speculation that BP might seek to sell a 5-10 percent stake, perhaps to a sovereign wealth fund, to ward off any takeover attempts. http://bit.ly/9vq5IS
OIL KEEPS DROPPING – AP reports: "Oil prices fell below $72 a barrel Tuesday in Asia on investor concern global economic growth could slow in the second half and drag demand for crude down with it. … Investor fears of a double-dip recession in Europe and the U.S. later this year after last year's contraction have weighed on stocks and commodities in recent weeks. A weaker than expected June jobs report on Friday added to concern the U.S. economic recovery could peter out once massive government spending stimulus ends." http://bit.ly/aJbhFv
MORE GOV'T LAYOFFS AHEAD – USAToday's Paul Davidson reports: "Here's another headwind for a sputtering job market: State and local governments plan many more layoffs to close wide budget gaps. Up to 400,000 workers could lose jobs in the next year as states, counties and cities grapple with lower revenue and less federal funding, says Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Economy.com. The development could slow an already lackluster recovery." http://bit.ly/a7z30k
REGIONAL DEFAULTS? – FT's Nicole Bullock reports on pg. 1: "Investors are worried that the risk of default for US local governments is growing, amid signs that some regions are facing the same type of difficulty in curbing pension and budget deficits as some eurozone countries. The yield attached to some forms of infrastructure municipal bonds has risen relative to US Treasury bonds because of fears that cash-strapped local governments will struggle to repay these loans." http://bit.ly/9uK2JJ
MORE ON DEMS' NY PROBLEMS – POLITICO's Maggie Haberman reports: "A perfect storm of events — the recession, Wall Street anger at Washington, donors who feel ignored by the White House and interest group dissatisfaction — has Democrats bracing for a brutal fundraising period and fearful of losing dominance in longtime donor stronghold and megarich New York." http://bit.ly/9zAnrs
SAVING THE PROP TRADERS – WSJ's Aaron Lucchetti and Jenny Strasburg report on pg. C1: "Some Wall Street firms aren't waiting until the Volcker rule kicks in to shake up the trading desks that wager the banks' own money. As the financial-regulation overhaul heads toward a final vote in the Senate next week, banks are scrambling to find new positions for star proprietary traders … Citigroup Inc. is considering moving roughly two dozen proprietary traders onto desks that trade with company clients … Other firms already have shifted proprietary traders to customer-focused trading operations. The moves don't necessarily mean that the days of wagering with a bank's capital are numbered. Many expect an increase in risk-taking in trading operations that cater to clients as traders build an inventory of stocks and bonds to meet demand from hedge funds, money managers and other customers. … It isn't clear if regulators will see the shifts as anything more than sleight of hand." http://bit.ly/crOasv
CHINA COULD INCREASE U.S. BANK STAKES – FT's Henny Sender reports in the page one splash: "China is considering stripping its $200bn sovereign wealth fund of the country's banking stakes, in a move that could free it of some restrictions when it invests in the US. People familiar with the matter said that, under the proposal, China Investment Corporation would no longer be responsible for holding the state's majority stakes in the country's biggest banks, such as Bank of China. The move would end CIC's status as a bank holding company in the eyes of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That would liberate CIC of certain restrictions when it makes investments in the US, where it is believed to be targeting equities, bonds and real estate deals." http://bit.ly/cVoT6m
BIG CHINESE IPO AHEAD – WSJ's Dinny McMahon and Alison Tudor report on pg. A1: "Agricultural Bank of China's massive initial public offering, to be priced as early as Tuesday, is testing global investors' faith in China's fast-growing economy amid global financial turmoil. If it hits the high end of its expected $23 billion range, AgBank would raise more money than any other company in history … With nearly 24,000 branches and the largest customer base in the world, AgBank and its owner, the Chinese government, are betting investors see it as a proxy for the country's future economic growth. However, some of their ambitions for the IPO have already been curbed by concerns among some investors about the outlook for China's growth, as well as weakness in share prices globally and questions about AgBank's strategy." http://bit.ly/bI0D23
ECONOMIC DANGER FOR DEMS – POLITICO's Jake Sherman, Jonathan Allen and Abby Phillip report: "President Barack Obama and the Democrats head into the summer campaign season with the economy slowing, unemployment flirting with double-digits — and few options for a quick fix. Obama's economic stimulus plan is winding down, right when Democrats need it most. And a big new jobs bill? Forget it. … It's that kind of year: Democrats desperately need to show midterm voters they're doing something to create jobs. Republicans are ready to pounce, blasting the Democrats as free-spending budget-busters." http://bit.ly/b7kqlp
THE BATTLE FOR CALIFORNIA – LATimes' E. Scott Rickard reports: "Having battled through the near-meltdown of the economy, America's biggest banks are … now fighting for retail and small-business customers in the Golden State. Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. have long dominated that market in California. But a massive shakeout of financial institutions nationwide has large new competitors moving in … New York-based JPMorgan Chase & Co. now has more than 700 California locations after taking over failed savings and loan colossus Washington Mutual … Meanwhile, U.S. Bancorp of Minneapolis has become a huge player in the state with about 660 branches after acquiring Downey Savings, Pomona First Federal Bank, California National Bank and other meltdown victims." http://bit.ly/9lHtoS
WHITE HOUSE QUESTIONED OIL RULING – WSJ's Neil King Jr. and Keith Johnson report on pg. A1: "Less than four months after … Obama took office, his new administration received a forceful warning about the dangers of offshore oil drilling. The alarm was rung by a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., which found that the government was unprepared for a major spill at sea, relying on an 'irrational' environmental analysis of the risks of offshore drilling. … Despite its pro-environment pledges, the Obama administration urged the court to revisit the decision. Politically, it needed to push ahead with conventional oil production while it expanded support for renewable energy. Another reason: money. In its arguments to the court, the government said that the loss of royalties on the oil, estimated at almost $10 billion, 'may have significant financial consequences for the federal government.'" http://bit.ly/9H5gJT
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON? – WP's Zachary A. Goldfarb reports: "Stanley Sporkin, 78, perhaps the most famous SEC enforcement director, and Thomas 'Tommy' Sporkin, 42, a rising star, are a unique pair in the agency's history. Their relationship is in many ways typical of any dad and son in the same field, but it's also a way to look at the ebb and flow of the SEC over the years. The father helped turn the enforcement division into a force to be reckoned with. After years of setbacks and criticism for the unit, the son is now trying to help transform it once again. 'The Sporkin family is to SEC enforcement what the Manning family is to NFL football,' said Russell Ryan, a securities lawyer who shared an office with the younger Sporkin in the 1990s." http://bit.ly/bXWeJt
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The Festival of Arts likes to think it's the highest-brow of the three summer art shows clogging up lovely Laguna Canyon. (Here are the two pieces of advice I can offer about the Sawdust Art and Art-a-Fair festivals across the road: 1. Don't go to the Sawdust Art Festival in brocade boots; 2. Don't go at all.) And the Festival of Arts may be indeed the bestival, but only by inches. Housed elegantly in the almost six acres of the Pageant of the Masters grounds, the festival is a hive of shallow, competent works eagerly surrounded by a swarm of the upper-middle class. These are the kind of bourgeois folks who talk a liberal, tolerant game in stentorian tones and then secretly vote Republican, if you can judge people by the paintings they buy. And guess what? You can!
Because what is offered—over and fucking over again—at the Festival of Arts is a panoply of amazing sameness, of perky sailboat scenes (which at least have vibrant color schemes to recommend them), of Mission Viejo-beige nudes that pass here for edgy, of the same damn Impressionist Mediterranean villascapes that have polluted Laguna Beach as badly as the dog poop flowing down Aliso Creek. There was even a watercolor painting of—kill me if I'm lying—a teddy bear. Apparently, the bohemian spirit has been replaced with an animatronic version of the real thing. Now if you could just program it to love . . .
This antiseptic version of art is the evidence on which Laguna Beach stakes its claim that it's a beautiful town. There are many gay people. There is still the rustic community in the canyon, which once was home to the LSD dealing of the Brotherhood and all kinds of dirty hippies. It has terrific florists, the hallmark of a livable city. The museum's terrific, as are the handful of galleries that don't offer preposterous sunset scenes and ugly $12,000 sculptures. And so you would think the city would have better taste. But in fact the city so prides itself on the fair that when organizers threw a tantrum and threatened to head for San Clemente because they weren't getting enough looove, city fathers soothed them back into the stable with airy promises of a better amphitheater and more parking.
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And it's amazing how crowded that parking lot is. Even at the invite-only preview, there were so many people jostling against one another you couldn't get within five feet of most artists' booths.
Not all the works at the Festival of Arts are terrible, but I'd put the figure at 90 percent. There's nice jewelry. There are lovely blown-glass lamps. When there is function behind form at the fair, things go well. By all means, people need lamps. You might as well have a nice one, sleek and silly in a vibrant orange. And there are many artist booths featuring technically excellent photographs—some Adams clones of Yosemite, some of the always-popular graceful old architecture featuring lots of crumbling arches. Now, of course, I can't see a picture of a graceful old arch without thinking of the new Beetle ads, just like I can't see a photo of a beautiful, pristine mountain vista without thinking how well a shiny Jeep Cherokee would look in the middle of it, its all-season tires tearing up the fragile ecosystem.
My friend Ellen Rose proved just how antiseptic an environment the Festival of Arts is, asking me what I thought of her series of silly dogs. Some are anthropomorphized in baseball uniforms (though sadly not playing poker); others look rabid and retarded. I told her I thought they were shallow enough to fit in with the rest of the festival, but that the shallowness was deceptive. Her style is loose and energetic, even sloppy, and the subjects are loopily charming rather than cute or precious. But where were her fat, juicy, sexy circus ladies I admired so much? Oh, she'd submitted them to the festival board the year before and had been flatly rejected for a booth space—in favor, I'm sure, of some teddy bears and seascapes.
Festival of the Arts at 650 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, (949) 494-1145. Open daily, 10 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Through Aug. 30. $5; students/seniors, $3.


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A judge has ruled that a Fresno mother charged with drowning her infant son in a motel bathtub is unfit to stand trial for murder.
Fresno County Superior Court Judge Jon Nick Kapetan said Monday that Gabriela Espinosa is legally incompetent to assist in her defense. Kapetan cited the reports of two court-appointed doctors say Espinosa is legally incompetent.
Investigators say Espinosa planned to kill herself and three of her children in a Fresno motel on April 17. She confessed to drowning her 2-month-old son Gabriel then driving away, leaving her two other children alone.
The prosecutor and defense attorney both agreed with the judge's decision.
Kapetan set an Oct. 18 hearing to determine which state hospital can admit Espinosa.
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Panera Bread Co.'s fourth-quarter 2013 earnings of $1.96 per share increased 12.0% year over year. Earnings were within management's guided range of $1.91–$1.97 per share. The results were driven by a year-over-year increase in revenues.
Earnings include a benefit of 13 cents attributable to an additional operating week in the fourth quarter of 2013 as compared with the year-ago period. Excluding this benefit, adjusted earnings were $1.83 per share, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.95 per share by 6.2%. Adjusted earnings increased 4.6% on a year-over-year basis.
Quarter in Detail
In the fourth quarter, the restaurant chain's total revenue increased 16.0% year over year to $662.0 million. Quarterly revenues benefited from a 15.8% rise in company-owned bakery-café revenues, a 15.6% increase in franchise royalties and fees and a 15.4% increase in fresh dough and other product sales to franchisees.
However, revenues lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $667.0 million by 0.75%. We believe that sluggish comps as a result of inclement weather led to the miss.
System-wide comparable net bakery-cafe sales in the quarter increased only 1.1%, lower than 4.9% in the year-ago quarter and 1.3% in the third quarter. Both the company-owned and franchised-operated units posted muted comps.
Comps at company-owned units were up 1.7%, lower that an increase of 5.1% in the year-ago quarter while remaining flat sequentially. However, the comp increase was within management's guidance range of flat to 2.0% increase. Comps at company-owned units reflect average check growth of 2.5% and a year-over-year transaction decline of 0.8%.
Panera witnessed comps increase of only 0.5% at franchised-operated units during the quarter, far less than a 4.7% increase in the year-ago quarter and a 0.9% increase in the previous quarter.
The company's operating margin declined 170 basis points (bps) to 12.9% due to an increase in total bakery-cafe expenses and general and administrative expenses.
Full-Year 2013 Update
Full-year 2013 earnings per share grew 16.0% year over year to $6.81. Including the gain of 13 cents and non recurring benefits of 18 cents, adjusted earnings were $6.50, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.68 by 2.7%. Total revenue increased 12.0% year over year to $2.4 billion. However, it missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.08%.
Store Update
As of Dec 31, 2013, the company had 1,777 system-wide bakery-cafes. During 2013, the company opened 63 company-owned units and 70 franchise operated units. In 2014, the company expects to open 115 to 125 system-wide bakery-cafes.
First-Quarter 2014 Guidance
The company expects first quarter 2014 results to be negatively impacted by inclement weather which hurts customer visits. In fact, comparable net bakery-cafe sales in the first 48 days of the first quarter fiscal 2014 were down approximately 2.2%.
The company expects earnings per share in the range of $1.49 to $1.55 for first quarter 2014. The guidance falls short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.69 and also represents a decline from the year ago quarter's level.
Full-Year 2014 Guidance
For 2014, the company expects earnings per share in the range of $6.80 to $7.05. The guidance falls short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.29. The guidance reflects continued investments throughout 2014 which will aid transaction growth and lower share count (though less compared to 2013 levels).
Though extreme weather conditions have affected first-quarter performance so far, the company expects comps at company-owned units to increase in the range of 2.0% to 4.0% compared with 2.6% increase reported in 2013 driven by positive transaction growth.
In 2014, the company expects operating margin to decline in the range of 75 to 125 bps year over year due to higher labor expenses announced in Oct 2013 and higher expenses associated with significant investments planned for the company's bakery-cafes.
Our Take
Quarterly earnings as well as revenues missed the Zacks Consesus Estimate. In fact, revenues falied to beat the Consensus mark throughout 2013. This combined with a continuous decline in transactions put Panera on the back foot this earnings season.
However, the company's newly-launched menu items, increased media exposure and off-premise catering program are expected to boost sales.
Panera currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Some better-ranked stocks in the restaurant industry include Famous Dave's of America Inc. (DAVE - Free Report) , Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. (FRGI - Free Report) , and Brinker International, Inc. (EAT - Free Report) . While Famous Dave's of America and Fiesta Restaurant Group carry a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), Brinker International has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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Efficiencies of Rice Production in Union Territory of Pondicherry
The efficiency of paddy farms in the Union Territory of Pondicherry has been measured for the year 2005- 06 using data envelopment analysis (DEA). It has revealed that about 12.62 per cent of the farmers who operate rice farms belong to the most efficient category (90-100 per cent) and 23.45 per cent belong to the least efficient group (less than 50 pr cent), with the mean technical efficiency of 64 per cent. The allocative efficiency measure has indicated that about 15.86 per cent of the farmers belong to the most efficient category and 21 per cent to the least efficient group, with the mean allocative efficiency of 76 per cent. This suggests that the farms on an average, produce only about two-thirds of the potential output level. Also, there is possibility to increase the output level by 36 per cent in the short-run. The mean allocative efficiency measure has indicated that the rice farmers could reduce the costs by about 24 per cent by adoption of appropriate technologies and management practices. The returns to scale co-efficient have been found fairly distributed, suggesting that there is no systematic pattern in farms being too big or too small. More than one-third of the farmers belong to the most efficient scale group (90-100 per cent) and 4.18 per cent operate the farms in the least scale efficient group. Most of the allocative inefficiency can be attributed to over-use of labour, fertilizers and chemicals and this situation warrants policy interventions. Concerted efforts are essential to bridge the gap between awareness level and adoption of technologies by strengthening the agricultural extension system.
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After my Santa Hat cake pops went over so well during the holidays, I wanted to make penguin bird pops for New Years. However, the craft store didn't have black candy melts for penguin wings. So they turned into blue birds instead!
Blue Bird Cake Pops
12-15 or so completed cake balls (see cake pop how to)
Blue candy melts (available at Michael's)
White candy melts (available at Michael's)
Yellow and/or orange disc-shaped candy confetti pieces
Frosting pen
Popsicle sticks
Start by dipping half of each cake ball in white candy melts. This will form the stomach of the bird.
Dip the cake pop in the blue candy melts so that it diagonally overlaps the white candy. Repeat on the other side of the cake pop so that the entire cake pop is covered in candy melt, with the white stomach of the bird peaking out from beneath the blue wings. Remove the popsicle stick when you no longer need it to help dip the cake balls.
Cut a candy confetti piece in half and dip the cut end in blue frosting, then attach to the cake pop as a beak.
Add eyes with the frosting pen.
Dip the ends of two confetti candy pieces in white candy melts and attach to the bottom for feet.
Voila! Lesson learned: sometimes it pays to roll with the punches as opposed to getting upset that the craft store doesn't have the supplies I need. In the grand scheme of things, blue bird cake pops taste every bit as good as penguin cake pops.


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If there's one technique that can instantly improve your business writing, it's this: Trim and simplify.
It sounds counterintuitive, but it's true: It takes more effort to write something short—and concise—than something long.
When writing in a hurry, it's easy to include unnecessary words or cram too much into a single sentence. Result: Business writing easily becomes cluttered or "grandiose" sounding. Trimming can eliminate redundancies, while simplifying can make sentences easier to understand.
Look out for:
• Redundant phrases. Read what you've written and ask yourself, "Is every word necessary?" Specifically scan for common redundancies, such as exclude out, revert back, first began, continue on, and cooperate together, resume again, past experience, unexpected surprise, free gift, advance warning, brief summary, later in time.
• Run-on sentences. You've seen them dozens of time: A business writer crams two sentences into one run-on sentence, with only a comma to separate the two.
Remedy the problem by adding a comma before a conjunction (such as "and"), inserting a semicolon or creating two sentences.
You'll find a document attached that shows results from the past quarter, we hope that suffices.
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ashlar Wrote:It isn't. Not in MPC-HC, for sure, not in XBMC (your version) unless I'm mistaken in understanding that when DXVA is not in use the OSD will tell you so. Just tried it... Yup, I was referring to a long distant future when, maybe, somebody will come up for a GUI way of handling that.
I agree, I use DVBViewer in XP Sp3, overlay renderer with ReClock and DXVA with Cyberlink Decoders (both MPEG and H264), so it definitely does work.


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Microphones Are Confusing – So TV And Michelle Tafoya Try To Help Us Understand How They Work
The Seahawks fans are really loud. This is something the NFL and TV has established quite well when teams have to travel to the Northwest to play in Seattle. You can hear how loud they are during the game, but I guess that wasn't good enough for the TV network. They actually had sideline reporter Michelle Tafoya give a demonstration of how loud they are.


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Have you been out to Barnett Ranch lately? Maybe you haven't gone at all because you've heard it is small or not worth the drive.
I really enjoy the ride and always recommend this preserve to riders, especially new riders or green horses or those of us who want to get a quick ride in after work on a weekday.
At 728 acres it is on the smaller side, but it is well worth the short drive. Centrally located between Ramona proper and San Diego Country Estates, Barnett Ranch is a multi-use, non-motorized open-space county preserve. Located off San Vicente Road on Deviney Lane, the staging area is smaller than most others, so you will probably have to back up your horse trailer to fit in at a decent angle but this is not a difficult thing to do with a smaller trailer.
I would not recommend taking a trailer holding more than three horses into the staging area due to its small size. If there are cars and other horse trailers there, you simply won't fit or be able to turn around.
There are no amenities at the staging area, with the exception of a water trough for your horse that is filled and cleaned by the ranger from time to time. The scenery is beautiful and the oak trees majestic.
This quiet preserve has approximately four miles of trail. Two out-and-back trails and one loop trail provide a rock-free ride for the most part. The fairly flat trails are easy to navigate and nice and wide. There are typically few other visitors so it's a good place to take a young or inexperienced horse or rider.
The step-over gate at the entrance is the perfect height, but with the fencing moved over it doesn't really serve a purpose anymore. Do watch your head around the information kiosk as it is rather close to the entrance.
Snakes, lizards, and arachnids abound in this preserve, and birds are plenty. I haven't seen many birds of prey, but songbirds are always present.
There is also a pair of coyotes that make the preserve their home and they are visible from time to time. These curious creatures will most likely pose for you to take photographs. They seem not to fear folks on horseback, so they'll stand up on the rock outcroppings and watch you ride by.
Remember to stay away from and never collect wildlife or vegetation during your visit.
There are several vistas that provide wonderful views. From the viewpoints throughout Barnett Ranch you can see much of Ramona Valley. It is quite a sight to see.
My favorite view is that of the Monte Vista Ranch, which is currently owned by California Fish and Game Department and not open or accessible to the public, but the panoramic view of the 4,000-plus acres is majestic.
Picnic tables and tie rails are situated in a couple of areas under oak trees, so a picnic is a relaxing and fun thing to do. These picnic areas provide the only shade, but this is a fairly easy ride and there is typically a breeze, so ride here anytime unless it's been raining, when it and other county preserves close.
Two words of warning: First, San Vicente Road is very busy and the speed limit is 50 mph, so getting out of the preserve parking lot can be tricky. Please be extremely cautious and take your time. Be aware that the after-work commute is particularly busy, so if you go at that time keep an eye on the cross traffic. Until the road is straightened out a bit, caution is a must.
Second, if it has rained recently there can be boggy areas your equine will sink into, as I have experienced, and the bogs can be deeper than the hocks of your horse. Keep an eye out for the wet areas.
The preserve may be closed during inclement weather and often for a few days after a good rain, but the bogs remain for some time.
Be aware that with the time change this week all county preserves in Ramona now close at 5 p.m.
I enjoy the great outdoors at Barnett Ranch often and always meet the nicest people out there. I am thrilled to have such a wonderful place to ride so close to home.
Maybe a picnic supper will be in order while the weather is still nice. I hope to see you out there sometime soon!
Karen Carlson is a Ramona resident.


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Every player that reaches Platinum tier will receive a pack of 25 ankhs kit.
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First Rogue,Mage and Warrior that reach platinum tier will receive two packs of 25 ankhs kit.
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