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Servant of Song
February 2017 | Profile by Jane Ledwell
Jon Rehder describes himself as a "jack-of-all-trades" musician, known on the scene for playing bass, guitar, piano, or singing as a sideman with all kinds of PEI musicians, and doing sound for live events – but a change is coming. After 45 years as a freelance player, "never knowing two months ahead how I will pay my bills," Jon will soon be eligible for his pension that will cover a portion of his income. "I can retire. I can do the gigs that I really like," he smiles.
Fortunately for musicians he supports, Jon says, "What I love about music, is it takes us away from everything else. And what I love is doing that with other musicians." However, he adds, "One of the transitions I'm trying to make is to be recognized as a singer-songwriter of my own music.
"I'm used to being a sideman, reacting to the situation," he says. The new challenge for Jon is that, "A solo artist has to create the situation."
Jon says, "The fundamental challenge in PEI is the ratio of musicians to population base is very high." Singer-songwriters, he says, face the problem that "only a small percentage of the population wants to sit still and not talk and listen to music.
"I see the same fifty people all the time," he laughs, for events such as the series he hosts, Wednesday nights at the Haviland Club with Jon Rehder and Friends. The "friends" are any of a number of well-established and emerging musicians in PEI, "most of whom I know but have never played music with," Jon enthuses. "It's a chance (for the guest musicians) to play things they might not always play. It's a fun, good atmosphere." Making music with them, he says, "is like a vacation."
The Haviland Club, he says, offers a "pleasant-sounding room." A pet peeve in Charlottetown is that "the vast majority of rooms that have live music and that depend upon music for revenue are sonically terrible. Many rooms don't spend the time and money that would be appropriate to have good sound design." The loud echoing of voices in conversation that drives musicians to turn up the volume to compete can easily be fixed with attention to sound design, Jon insists.
Jon reflects, "All my great experiences as an audience member involved feeling I was in good hands – (thinking) here's a performer who really knows what they're doing and will take me somewhere."
Honoured last year as the Doug Riley Musician at the PEI Jazz and Blues Festival, Jon says, "It was very nice to get the nomination, because I'm not mainly a jazz player." "Before coming to PEI, in Montreal, bass was what I played most. Since coming to PEI, I've played more guitar and piano and been pushed to do solo stuff. I really know music well, I have a reasonable level of competence on instruments, but on none would I call myself a jazz player."
While he loves many forms of music, his philosophy is always that the music and the musician must "serve the song." He recalls, "When I was playing jazz in Montreal, there came a point I realized I like songs better than instrumental," Jon says.
As an art form, jazz requires intensive technical mastery. Jon reflects, "The technique has to serve the heart. It's hard to make it through the learning curve (of mastering technique) and still have heart to give."
Jon says, "There a time and place in the natural flow of things, a moment when the drive of the music overwhelms the integrity of the song – and I lose interest. I can't play for the sake of expressing myself if I don't think the context is telling a story."
In 2009 with his band, Rhythm Rules, Jon released a CD called "To Serve the Song" to capture a bit of their philosophy. "My band is really everybody's band, but I'm proud to take credit for putting them together for the first time," he smiles, with a nod to bandmates Reg Ballagh, Remi Arsenault, Chris Gauthier. "We spent four days recording songs and came up with this record, We never followed up on it or did anything with it. I had never been involved with a recording before."
As he considers recording his own songs, Jon notes the pro side of recording: "If you have something beautiful, it's archived." But, to him, "Recording is a minefield. It's subject to pitfalls, traps, and fatal seductions. Recording, you get to that place that's so relentlessly technical, you have the illusion that you can get everything right..."
Jon says, "The quality of performance, in my belief system, is connected to joy. It's not trite or surface happiness. You can have joy playing a sad song.
He continues, "My explanation of the experience of music is there's a sense of timelessness, of taking you out of time." When everything works, "There is a moment in the music that the tempo hasn't changed – but you have all the time in the world. You realize you're all connected, and you know you can do anything you want. As a musician, it's about staying in there, in the moment, and not getting attached."
If you're listening: "You don't have to know music to experience it." All you have to do is to serve the song with your presence and be served a helping of joy.


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|Carol Rigsbee and Sherri Lynch enjoy a smooth section of trail in Medoc
[photo by Scott Lynch]
Another Trail Marathon?
I have always believed that the best trail marathon in NC is the Umstead Marathon. By any objective measurement, Umstead is clearly the best marathon in NC, if not the entire world. The course, the tradition, the mascots, the shirts, the finishers pints, the volunteers, etc. It really is the perfect race.
However, for the past few years I have had people tell me there is another race that rivals Umstead in it's awesomeness: Medoc.
|How could you possibly have a bad race
when you are "Skippy the Trail Turtle"?
I was highly skeptical. Another trail marathon in NC? One as great as Umstead? Doubtful.
October is prime racing season, so there was always other things we were signed up for.
But finally this year, Shannon and I decided to finally take the hour drive out to Medoc State park and see for ourselves.
|To call this "swag" would be an insult. This is premium merchandise.
That's a nice fitting hoody sweatshirt, a high quality "finisher's surprise" hat,
and medals that you could kill someone with.
Happy Hoody
Initial impressions of the race were good.
The drive was quicker than Google Maps had predicted and we got to Medoc Mountain State Park from Raleigh in about an hour.
It was a cool morning, and I was shivering a bit waiting at packet pickup. So it was a happy surprise to receive a warm, nicely fitting hoody instead of the usual running shirt. I immediately put it to good use.
Next, Shannon, Brandy and I debated the placement of the "Medoc Man" trail tattoos, used the genuine bathroom facilities several times, and then hobnobbed among the many familiar faces waiting for the race to start.
|"Medoc is a really great race!"
Brandy Burns, current president of the Godiva Track Club, which puts on the Umstead Marathon.
[photo by Scott Lynch]
So my goal for this race to was to finish it actually running, instead of miserably limping across the line as I have in 3 of my past 4 marathons.
The plan was to run/walk the first 2 loops at a 10 min pace, and hopefully I would have enough left to run the last loop strong.
Before the start, everyone seemed afraid to stand at the start line next to Brandon Carter, who we all knew would be running a sub-3. But I have no shame, so I lined up right in front even though I did not belong there. Off we went with a short out-n-back on the road and within a mile we hit the trails.
|"Sasquatch" is excited to hit the the trails.
[photo by M.S.J]
I absolutely love running on single track trails. However, I am not some hardcore trail runner who seeks out a challenge, like running 100 miles in Uwharrie (that's just fricking nuts). I prefer easy, runnable single track, and Medoc has plenty.
The Umstead Marathon regrettably features a meager 6 miles of single track. Medoc, in contrast, is mostly beautiful runnable single track. There is enough roots and rocks and twists and turns to keep it interesting, but not so much to make it miserable.
So with the awesomeness of the trails, I was having a little too much fun to stick to my 10 min/mile plan. "Well, maybe I can get away with a 9...".
Another thing prodding me along was the sound of my ultra-running-superstar wife Shannon chatting comfortably directly behind me. I am, of course, insanely jealous of her running exploits, and I just couldn't let her eclipse me yet again. Especially at the one and only modicum of skill I have, which is trail running.
So I risked yet another marathon bonk and pushed ahead.
|The incredible Lorraine Young led the 10 miler most of the way at an incredible 6:46/mi pace.
But being the nice person that she is, she let the youngster (42% her age) behind her win.
[photo by Scott Lynch]
While the trails were mostly pretty runnable, I was getting inexplicably beat up.
Something reached out from the bushes took a swipe at me, leaving a big scratch on my thigh. Going through a rocky section, something grabbed my ankle and twisted it. Then at a muddy part along the creek I got pushed in the back and almost slid into the water. I never saw him, but it may have been the legendary "Medoc" man that lives in these woods.
|Bob Sites, another victim of the legendary "Medoc Man"
Kicking it in
The course consists of three ~8.5 mile loops. At first, I thought a looped course was a fault, but I found it to be very helpful. Each time around became a little easier knowing what was coming up, and which way to turn, etc.
I had managed to maintain an "easy" 9 min/mile average through the first 2 loops (according to my GPS watch). At the start of the third, I ditched my fuel belt and really put the hammer down!
This incredible burst of speed ended about 3 minutes later when I hit the "Medoc Mountain". It is really just a short hill, but it was enough to reduce me to a brisk walk.
|The stairs... how they will haunt my dreams.
Old Friends
The accelerator was pushed to floor, but the wheels were not turning any faster. Instead the legs were creaking and groaning. Just about every injury in the last 4 years came back to visit me.
"Hey! I'm your calf you lost in Umstead, remember?"
"I'm back too!" shouted my left achilles strain from 2013"
"Don't forget about us old knees, buddy!"
"Hi, plantar fasciitis from this summer, letting you know I'm still here"
Then suddenly a knife was repeatedly jabbed into my hip
"DOES! THIS! FEEL! FAMILIAR!?". Oh, Uwharrie 2012, you'll be with me forever.
Around mile 24, I was about to give in to the pain and walk it in, when I saw 2 runners ahead of me.
One was Dave, who had beat me in the last two Umstead Marathons, and had passed me earlier in the race. A little competition is like a handful of ibuprofen.
I managed to inch closer and closer to them until I passed them around the campground, a half mile from the finish. I could hear them just behind me, so I ran like it was my last day on earth, flailing my way to the finish.
|Brandy Burns scores a coveted age group award pint glass.
OK, so maybe Medoc is as great as the Umstead Marathon.
Like Umstead, Medoc is more than just a race. It is like a family reunion (assuming you like your family). It is major event that you mark on your calendar a year in advance, and you plan on being there regardless of what shape you are in. It is put on by a community of runners who just want to see other runners be happy, and succeed greatly.
If you missed Medoc Trail Races this year, you can a get a taste of it at the Medoc Spring Races next year.
I don't recall how Shannon did. Didn't hear about it. Nope. All I know is that she didn't pass me.

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At Bridget Jones's Baby Premiere
Monday September 5th in Leicester Square – and no red carpet but a pink one instead for the world Premiere of Bridget Jones's Baby.
The waiting begins….
Renee Zellweger on grand form working the first batch of photographers.
Author and screenwriter Helen Fielding taking instructions on where to stand.
Emma Thompson being…….. Emma Thompson.
The great Sally Phillips signing autographs for waiting fans.
Patrick Dempsey brought the entire family….
After the pictures comes the video interviews….
Ellie Goulding looking fluffy…..
Those lights are dazzling and the photographers flashes are intense.
Renee says Hi to someone she knows while Colin Firth does interviews…
Finally it's interview time for Renee….. the major photography is over and i'm off home.


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Shanen Lei Yuna F. Matulac
My "super kulet" niece. She's 2 years old. Her favourite line- "ano yun?", "ano to?". She loves to sing. She can sing the alphabet. Her favourite song to sing "All by Myself" by Celine Dion, when in the mood bumibirit pa. She loves Dora, Spongebob and Angry Birds.
One morning, im so jaded and I have to do the groceries for our store. I noticed my niece playfully aggravating at my side and I thought she would be up to a day out so I brought her with me to the supermarket.
On the supermarket's back entrance, she pointed out people on the side taking snacks and said "ano yun?!", I told her "mga tao un" and she answered me back "mga tao pala yun?!" hahaha!
I told her I'd snapped a photo of her and she postured this kind of pose my mom really hates, her eyes pitched.
she saw a big lollipop..
Shanen: gusto ko lollipop
Me: wag yan mahal yan tsaka sobrang laki baka di mo maubos
Shanen: ubos ko yan
Shanen: ay mahal pala to! (on the counter, holding the lollipop)
As if she realized its price haha!
When were already on the counter, she pulled me to the tiangge across the supermarket's counter and…
Shanen: gusto ko laruan, bili tayo
Me: wala tayo pera
Shanen: meron
Me: asan? Wala nga!
Shanen: eh meron ka pera dyan sa wallet mo
Me: (laughing already) hindi pwede to kasi pambayad naten sa grocery
She stopped pulling me and we went back to the counter. Madaling kausap hehehe
When I have to pay for the groceries I opened my pouch and she saw the money…
Shanen: ayan oh limang daan! Tara bilhin naten yung laruan, tara tara
Hahaha! I cant stop laughing. Children's innocence were really cute.
when were done with the groceries…
Me: uwi na tayo
Shanen: ih ayoko
Me: eh saan tayo pupunta?
Shanen: dun sa tom tom tsaka sa bajee (her version of Tom's World and Jollibee)
Posing with her favorites.
Me: nagugutom ako, kain tayo
Shanen: dun tayo kain sa bajee
Me: wag na ang dami tao eh, sa Mang Inasal na lang tayo kain
Shanen: sige (madali talaga kausap)
In Mang Inasal she just watched me eat.
Me: kain ka oh
Shanen: ayaw
Me: pano yan papanoorin mo lang ako kumain, wala kang pagkain
Shanen: meron na ko pagkain ih
Me: asan?
Shanen: eto oh! (Referring to her lollipop, matipid hehe)
Me: oh pose ka dun sa tabi ng maniquin pipicturan kita
Shanen: ayoko!
Me: bakit?
Shanen: takot ako ih..
Me: bakit ka naman matatakot eh maniquin lang yan
Shanen: takot ako..kasi wala mata..oh tingnan mo wala mata
But still she possed with the non-eyed maniquin hahaha.
We walked through the boutiques and when Im supposed to enter one she said, while pulling my hand against the boutique's door, "wag ka na pasok dyan, wag ka na bili dyan uwi na tayo" and I was like "ok, ok uwi na tayo". But then on our way out she saw slippers with her favourite character on it, angry birds, she try it on. "gusto mu ba yan?" umiling lang sya hahaha and I told her "di mo pala gusto yan sukat sukat ka pa halika na nga" buti hindi nagalit yung tindera hehehe.
"A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer."
"Having a 2-year-old is like having a blender that you don't have the top for." –Jerry Seinfeld
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
yoga and some random thoughts
I say that everytime i restart yoga as if I am trying it for the first time.I did it while I was taking prerequisites in denton and i loved it.
I couldnt find a class to fit with my schedule so I bought a DVD from half priced books. The guy is doing yoga in what appears to be hawaii (or Japan?), on a mountain with the ocean in the background lol.
I can fit the work out to my schedule and do up to an hour and a half if i wanted... (if I wanted)..
Why didn't I think of this earlier?
Other than that, school has once again come to steal my free time and I have been sitting at this desk all weekend so I can get ahead and hang with fam on monday. My goal this semester is to stay as stress free as possible, I'm really working on my anxiety. Its hard because I constantly pray about it but its not that I am conciously not trusting God, its just this physiolgical, knot in the stomach, nervous feeling that I'll have all day, even when my thoughts are on something else..
Im so thankful for my wonderful job that I dont deserve that God has so graciously given me.. Few , flexible hours, wonderful kids.. not to mention I can study while im there..
This monday I turn 22.. Weird.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
My Top 10 Plans for the Summer.
#2: Work and save money
#3: Do art
#4: take care of myself, work out, eat healthy (already a work in progress)
#5: Scrap book my Spain trip
#6: Spend lots of time outside
#7: go to the beach
#8: Decide and plan for Costa Rica
#9: Get my car fixed so I can get it inspected... shhhh
#10: Relax
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Really take a look at the changes in the past 100 woopty-doo days and see how much has changed. Most of it under your nose. Does anyone out there care? Does anyone even realize! one little change at a time. Where will we be 4 years from now...
Everyone needs to stop just going with the flow and realize how much change is really happening.
One thing that I just cannot get over is the carelessness with abortion. I don't understand the numbness to it. Do some research on it and tell me if that doesn't give you a glimpse into the hearts of your leaders.
Imagine a baby has just been induced prematurely and left to die as a form of abortion. Imagine the baby put in a room with no comfort or medical care to suffer and die. All of its energy being used to fight for one breath after another. Did you know that your president DEFENDED that?
That's beyond "choice".
This country has sat back and watched one slow change after the other. This is beyond stupid math and bad ideas. This is our country and everyone is just going with the flow and accepting change. Its fair enough if someone is informed and still agrees, but i promise you that if you tested the understanding of the American people of what was really going on, and what they REALLY believed and stood for, it wouldn't be such a "go with the flow" attitude.
I'm just tired of people not paying attention and not caring.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Almost done..
I am taking tonight off from everything. Today I sat in the sun and read (nothing school related). Then i went on a walk with my mom, and now I am going to go excersize which has slipped out of my agenda somehow this week. This week was really rough. I had a test Monday, an oral presentation Tuesday, a Check off Wednesday and today a Simulation. I'm glad its over. Have you ever had one of those weeks where you keep over sleeping, losing things and just being really irresponsible? I haven't had any trouble with that all semester and then all the sudden the past few days I have been over sleeping, couldn't find my scrubs (found them in the towel closet?) or my work out shoes (today I found them laying on top of one of the baskets I tore apart looking in..) This morning i woke up got ready, was doing good with time. As i started to make my bed I looked at the clock to see how much time i had.. "oh I'm ok its only 7:50".... 7:50!!!! I was supposed to leave at 6:50!! I had set my clock for 6:50 instead of 5:50... And i didn't even notice until I was done getting ready!I was so mad at myself.
Tis why I am taking a break tonight! I think my brain is over worked...
I can't believe how much I have learned this semester. I don't mean that boastfully but I have had so much information shoved down my throat and its finally starting to organize its self in my brain and all come together. I have a love/hate relationship with nursing school. I love what I'm learning, I love the friends I have made and the opportunities i get in the hospital to practice. I hate being nervous but sometimes wonder if its the challenging and scary situations that I like to put myself in the most. I think its because I have always been a very timid nervous person about everything. Its a part of me I don't think will ever go away 100% but Ive learned to push myself out of my comfort zone. When I learned to do shots, the time I was supposed to pick out my first patient I was so nervous and hoped that I didn't get one who needed an injection. But to my own surprise ended up purposefully picking a guy with diabetes to get over my fear so that I wouldn't have to be scared about it any more. I think Spain has taught me that valuable lesson and I will try not to ignore it. Sometimes its when you force yourself out of your comfort zone when you learn the most. I love TWU and how they teach us so much more than academics. They really emphasise being a good nurse. "What kind of nurse do you want to be" is something one of my instructors always says. Nurses can get away with not going into the Patients room but documenting that they did, or they can go in there, do an assessment (they DO know how to do that you know) and stay on top of things informing the physician and requesting orders. I used to always wonder if I would be a "good" nurse but now i know that its not just being good at it its actually doing it and doing it with the right intentions, to be the patient's advocate; knowing that I know I will be a good one.
I know I sound brainwashed but its interesting to go into a hospital and see nurses who are so wonderful and nurses who don't care.
The hate aspect is that I feel that I am neglecting everyone around me. I try so hard to keep my head above the water yet I forget about the ones I love. Lately I have been trying to be better at it. you just get so consumed.
I still think about Spain. Its so surreal now. Sometimes I just lay in bed not able to sleep because months of memories are just flashing through my mind. I feel like my heart is still in two places, and its hard. I miss my friends and the culture there. I miss the lifestyle and it makes it harder when I don't have time to enjoy the things i did there. I hate when people say they don't have time to enjoy things, because its about making time, but really, I do, I just cant make as much time as before. I feel like a part of me is missing, and I hate admitting that because I shouldn't define myself that way. I just miss it.
I want to study abroad again next summer in Costa Rica but I am more afraid after I have studied abroad than i was before I went to Spain. I think I am a little scared to get attached again. but...[refer to previously mentioned life lesson]
Monday, March 9, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
There in my working...
there in my breathing ,
God in my waking,
God in my sleeping,
God in my resting
There in my working,
God in my thinking,
God in my speaking,
Be my everything
God in my hoping
there my dreaming,
God in my watching,
God in my waiting,
God in my laughing
there in my weeping
God in my hurting
God in my healing
Be my everything
God in my hoping
God in my dreaming...
Be my everything


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Face the facts: Michigan has not been a good road football team
In football, coaches are always looking forward to the next Saturday. It's part of their fabric to perpetually self-evaluate, to self-critique — to say you're not where you need to be, but you'll get there.
But there comes a point when you are what you are.
And, as difficult as it might be for coach Brady Hoke to acknowledge, his Michigan football team just might not be a very good road team.
Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com
They've struggled on the road this year. So has Michigan, which is 7-2 overall but 1-2 away from the Big House.
And, is Michigan really any better than Wisconsin? Or Ohio State? Or Iowa? (Well, we know the answer to that one.)
Each of those teams is 3-2 in conference play, each has struggled on the road in conference play. Wisconsin and Iowa lost their two games on the road, both are unbeaten at home.
Like Michigan.
What would make Michigan any different?
The Big Ten has been treacherous for all road teams, except those playing Indiana. League teams are 9-22 away from home this year, with a third of those victories coming against the worst BCS team in the country. (The Hoosiers, in case clarification was required.)
Those struggles aren't new for Michigan, either. It's 5-12 on the road since 2008. The only thing less impressive than that mark is the teams it actually beat: Minnesota in 2008; Notre Dame, Indiana and Purdue in 2010; and Northwestern this year.
The Wolverines will try to add to that list Saturday when they travel to Champaign, Ill., to face the Illini in their final road game of the year (3:30 p.m., ABC).
Hoke's ability to change a program, a defense, a kicker, a culture in just months has been impressive. The road struggles, however, have yet to change accordingly.
Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com
Part of it, surely, is slow starts. The Wolverines have faced a double-digit deficit in each of their road games, overcoming the one against Northwestern but not the 14-pointer at Michigan State nor the 15-pointer at Iowa.
Michigan has faced only one double-digit deficit in its seven wins. The Wolverines came back to beat Notre Dame, but needed a miracle to do so. They can't bank on miracles on the road.
The Wolverines also seem to struggle with communication on the road, and Hoke said this week the team did more to compensate for that against Illinois, which is expected to sell out Memorial Stadium.
"In fact, I think they're bringing extra bleachers in or something like that," Hoke said, acknowledging the tough turnaround for a team that's struggled away from the comforts of home. "And it's Michigan. If you're Michigan, you're going to get people's best. It's just the way it is."
Hoke was asked if it's more difficult to rebound from a loss on the road.
"We can't worry about being comfortable, to be honest with you," Hoke said. "If the question is, 'Do you like playing at home better than away?' I think 100 percent of teams in the country will say it's always nice to play at home."
Clearly, his team has been more comfortable playing in Ann Arbor.
Further compounding things for Michigan is Illinois is coming off its off week. The last time the Wolverines faced a team with an extra week to prepare?
Michigan State. On the road.
That didn't end well.
Sensing a trend?
Illinois has lost three in a row. It also has the nation's best pass-rushing defensive line, which will do its darndest to make Swiss cheese of Michigan's offensive line and make quarterback Denard Robinson uncomfortable. And uncomfortable, Robinson has been, when pressured. He will need to prove there is consequence to blitzing him. If he doesn't, Illinois — third in the country in sacks, and featuring the two most prolific sackers in the Big Ten — are going to punish him.
That's the kind of defense that has given Robinson, already at 12 interceptions this season and hovering around 50-percent accuracy, the most fits.
In a battle of the Big Ten's two most-improved defenses, scoring opportunities will be at a premium. Michigan can't afford to waste them — and it just might. Illinois 24, Michigan 21
Kyle Meinke covers Michigan football for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at 734-623-2588, by email at firstname.lastname@example.com and followed on Twitter @kmeinke.
Theo's Brother
Sat, Nov 12, 2011 : 2:59 p.m.
O King, Our King We block and tackle With Hoke and Co. Their offense we shackle. O King, Our King, It's way too late Your last chance was Against Mississippi State. Theo's proud little Bro '11 P.S. What dish are you bringing for Thanksgiving?
Sat, Nov 12, 2011 : 1:25 p.m.
Thanks Kyle. These are interesting facts about road records across the Big 10. So, it's surprising that the voters in the poll today are choosing Michigan over Illinois when both teams are similar in ability. One would think the home field advantage for Illinois would cause more voters to select Illinois.
Joseph Brando
Sat, Nov 12, 2011 : 4:04 a.m.
Usually the 'lowering the expectation bar" to insure a pleasant surprise article gets published much sooner in the week. He must have missed his deadline.
Sat, Nov 12, 2011 : 3:07 a.m.
Face the Facts: Michigan is simply an average team right now. Shouldn't be ranked, beaten nobody of significance. The schedule has to be among the weakest in the country, yeah the last two games are to quality opponents in Nebraska and Ohio State, but even they are down this year. No real power in the big ten this year and Michigan will most likely lose by 2 touchdowns to both, if not more. Defensively the team has improved although stats are skewed due to the lack of competition. Offensively the coaches are not utilizing Denard like they should, but they are running it better. Hoke will get this team back to competing for titles in 2 to 3 years. It will take time for Hoke to get his type of players in the system. It wont happen with these players.
Terry Star21
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 10:19 p.m.
I have heard all the road talk and watched/attended all the road games. These are different times however; first the so-called king is long gone (biggest difference) and second this team has a lot to play for. They were pushed around up north, got pushed back by referees out southwest and they have heard the talk. They have learned to be tougher and improved in most areas. It will be big for the Senors (last B10 road) and the team knows they can beat anyone with errorless play. Look for Michigan to win and keep the illini under 24 points. Eight wins for the first time since 3 and gone. MgoBlueForTiM......the Wolverines came, they dominated and the returned home victories.
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 10:13 p.m.
Facing the facts; I agree BUT, as you point out, Neither has WI, or IL or IA and even NE been very good on the road this year. Michigan can prove a lot IF they can pull off a win. I don't disagree that we could lose 24-21 to IL and that will only happen if the offense coughs up the ball and loses the turn over margin. I would expect IL to also turn the ball over as well. I doubt that either team will score 30 points. The question is, what will Al Borges do with Denard? We'll know in the first couple of series. If we can move the ball and score on our first series, I think that can set the tone. The injury issue is concerning and that too will be revealed early in the game. I have lots to be concerned about and calling this one within the 3 point margin. Here's one: Denard completes a pass to Roy Roundtree on the Michigan side of field, Roy then sprints untouched all the way to the end zone and scores the TD he didn't get in 2009, this play being sometime in the 4th quarter. Mich 28, IL 27. GO BLUE!!
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 8:40 p.m.
Kyle hints at the underlying issue: good teams are good road teams. The Big 10 is lacking good teams, thus all the problems on the road this year. It's tough to win on the road in this conference. You generally need a solid defense and a ball control offense. We're not there YET. Hopefully Illinois is still reeling.
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 7:42 p.m.
It has never made sense to me why a team is worse or better on the road, but clearly there is something to it. I think a lot of it has to do with mindset, but these things don't appear correctible over the long term for any team. That being said, does it then make sense for teams to only schedule home non-conference games, as Michigan and most other big ten teams seem to do, to avoid playing other tough teams? The theory says that money helps other school sports, and is good for the bean counters. The theory also says that you won't win a championship if you play tough teams because you will lose and be out of it (now, that's having confidence in your team, huh?). I think that the bean counters do a disservice to the team in terms of preparation and fan interest by avoiding meaningful road games.
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 7:07 p.m.
No way UM wins the game tomorrow. The offense is going to struggle badly and the defense will be pretty good. I don't know how this team will score more than 14 points. The collapse will continue until the end of the year and finish at 7-5. Although this 7-5 is much more promising than the last. The future is bright, but not for the rest of this year.
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 7:27 p.m.
Sadly I feel the same way unless the coaching staff lets Denard be Denard and turns him loose. They've taken away his most effective asset--his legs--and opposing teams don't fear him as a passer (nor should they). He's gone from being one of the most electrifying and dangerous weapons in college football to the complete opposite, unless they're playing a really bad team like Minnesota. It's painful to watch how he's transformed from a Heisman finalist to, well, this. I hope they can turn it around the rest of the season, but the coaching staff is going to have to suck up their MANBALL desires and use what works, which is Denard out of the shotgun doing his thing.
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 7:01 p.m.
The title is a bit deceptive. It makes it seem as though Michigan was a good team period the last three years. Let alone a good road team. The players on this team are still learning and figuring it out. Keys to any road game are this. 1) Limit turnovers!!!! No stupid, rediculous, uncalled for interceptions or fumbles Denard! 2) Limit penalties! Keep your head Lewellan 3) Do not let big plays happen! Take better angles Woolfolk (if your still playing FS) 4) Weather the storm of the first drive and set the tone! These things Michigan can and should accomplish. They did not do these things against ND, Iowa, and MSU and we see what the results are! A lot of L's Luck, Loss, Loss. Go Blue and smash Illinois tomorrow!
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 8:55 p.m.
Turnovers. As much as I hate it when "experts" on TV make such an obvious "analysis" before a game, I think in our case it is more important than the other obvious "keys" like rushing yards, penalties, big plays, stopping the other team's best player, etc.
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 6:45 p.m.
Thanks, Kyle. Ever since Our King left, we haven't been good at anything. O King, Our King; A smile you bring. Now offense no zip, And DRob no zing. Come back, King. This team we'll be nice. We now know impatience, Is a terrible vice.
Sat, Nov 12, 2011 : 12:53 a.m.
Like a toy piano with every key broken but one ... I've seen you weigh in with non-poem commentary. It was good, honest stuff. How come you don't drop the veil and just comment like the rest of us?
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 8:31 p.m.
Patience is required when trying to turn around a bad program, such as the one Hoke inherited from RR. When you take a great program and make it bad, you are afforded no such patience. Zip and zing are fine if you have all the other pieces in place, but alone they got us nowhere. I do like your comment style, however.
David Vande Bunte
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 7:14 p.m.
Ever since Our King left, we haven't been good at anything. Except playing defense and kicking field goals.
Macabre Sunset
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 6:35 p.m.
I don't see where it's a home/road difference. We're just spoiled by 40 straight years of pre-Rod dominance of the Big Ten. During that time, Michigan had a winning record in the Big Ten every single year. So naturally, that meant a lot of road wins. The last three years, Michigan has had a losing record in the conference. Iowa and Michigan State are better than the three teams the Wolverines beat.
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 6:24 p.m.
We lost to State ( a very good team) and we lost to Iowa ( had a bad day ). I've never seen michigan ( or any other Big Ten team) go thru a full season without having a bad day. You have a chance to win the championship when you win on those bad days. Lets refrain from judgement until after the season, Michigan is a better team than last year that is for sure.
Michigan Man
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 6:05 p.m.
Heading to Champaign tomorrow with my youngest son - Currently live in Downers Grove, Illinois. Rob and I are both Michigan Men! We (Rob and Steve) are undefeated on the road - I think our road record is 10 - 0! Have seen road wins at Indiana, Northwestern and Illinois - Fully expect the same for tomorrow in Champaign. Michigan 31 - Illinois 21.
Terry Star21
Sat, Nov 12, 2011 : 12:31 a.m.
Mrunner..you forgot Indiana on the road last year - we won 3 road game in Indiana last year......yes, let;s sweep Illinois this year !
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 9:56 p.m.
Wow! You are good luck. Hey, Michigan won twice in the state of Indiana last year: ND and then Purdue. They won in Evanston at NW so this is their year to win both games in the state of IL. I'm counting on you and will be watching on TV wearing all of my Maize and Blue...GO BLUE!!!
Michigan Man
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 7:57 p.m.
Heartbreak M is a smart person - not sure if a man or woman! Maybe I should send my resume to Brandon/Hoke with outline of a full time road warrior role! One minor benefit also - ran into David Terrell (#1) at Northwestern game so my current FB picture is with David, me and my oldest son!
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 7:07 p.m.
Ladies and gentlemen: We have now found our SECRET WEAPON!!! (Thanks. Just a request: keep going on those road trips!! Michigan nation needs you) :)
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 6:02 p.m.
Can't waste scoring opportunities again, and cut the turnovers. Counter blitzing and pass rush with screens and QB draws. Planting DR in a drop back situation by design most of the time will limit M's explosiveness again.
Matt Patercsak
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 : 5:56 p.m.
if we stay on our blocks longer we can create bigger plays i watched the film and there were a lot of times when the last guy to beat came off a block to make a play. finish blocks and we'll be ok


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This recipe comes from a great cookbook called More-with-Less, though I always change a few things.
Arrange in bottom of greased 9×9 pan
4 slices bread (dried out may be best)
Combine and spread over bread:
2 cups applesauce
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Top with
4 additional slices bread
Beat together and pour over bread
2 eggs
2 cups milk
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
dash ground nutmeg
Top with
1/2 cup applesauce
sprinkle of cinnamon-sugar
350 for 60 minutes or until egg liquid is absorbed (may need a lot more time than 60 minutes)
This is actually very easy to make and if you don't mind the oven time it sure turns out delicious!


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Pfizer's Earnings
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by Tom Gardner
Alexandria, VA (July 13, 1998) -- The Cash-King Portfolio showed no signs of a lingering hangover from the 4th of July weekend. All but two of our holdings whistled and banged in the night sky last week. Only our most defensive holdings -- the oil stocks in the Fool-4 grouping -- failed to blaze in the starry night.
The All Stars of the Week were Pfizer and Intel, which blasted up 9.7% and 9%, respectively. Pfizer is now sitting a few dollars from its richest valuation ever after an eye-catching earnings announcement, which I'll discuss below. And Intel snapped back in the face of strong dissent from Merrill Lynch's Magic-Eight-Ball Analyst, Tom Kurlak -- whose $60 short-term price target for Intel is now more 25% out of reach.
With Pfizer and Intel leading the charge this week, we now find ourselves pleasingly beating the S&P 500 since our launch in early February. Less than six months in, the Cash-King portfolio is up 18.99% versus S&P 500 gains of 16.28%. These figures don't account for another strong day today -- check today's numbers on the Web by scrolling down, and on AOL by clicking Today's Numbers at the bottom right of the screen.
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Okay, let's take a look at the portfolio's performance for the week, stock by stock:
Cash-King Last This Change Pfizer $107.50 $118.00 + 9.7% Intel $73.19 $79.75 + 9.0% T Rowe $37.63 $40.06 + 6.5% Microsoft $107.19 $113.13 + 5.5% AmEx $111.63 $116.81 + 4.6% Gap Inc. $63.56 $66.38 + 4.4% Coca-Cola $85.25 $87.19 + 2.3% Cisco $92.56 $92.88 + 0.3%
Fool Four Last This Change GM $68.88 $71.19 + 3.4% Kodak $73.31 $73.56 + 0.3% Exxon $72.88 $71.75 - 1.6% Chevron $85.13 $81.88 - 3.8% S&P 500 1133 1146 + 1.1% Total C-K $22,870 $23,797 + 4.1%
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) announced 2nd-quarter earnings that ran a few pennies above estimates. The company benefited from an estimate-stomping $411 million in sales from its male impotency treatment, Viagra. Not overlooked by the investing community, that figure includes just $2 million of international sales. The future looks very bright for this drug. But Pfizer is much more than Viagra, which accounted for just 11% of the company's total sales for the quarter. Let's take a look at the earnings box:
2Q 1998 2Q 1997 Sales $3.6 bil. $2.9 bil. Earnings $628 mil. $457 mil. EPS $0.47 $0.35
Take a breath -- there are some numbers oncoming.
Pfizer's second quarter marked sales growth of 25%, earnings growth of 38%, and growth in earnings per share of 34%. Simultaneously, Pfizer inched its gross margins up to 83.9% from 82.5%, and its net margins to 17.3% from 15.7%. Spending on research & development for the quarter increased 25%, to $574 million, in line with sales growth.
Pfizer's report exceeded our expectations, showed improvement in our critical Cash-King measures, and we believe confirms our approach to the markets. We'll get a better look at the financial strength of the quarter when the company releases its balance sheet in late July. Click here now though pfor management's comments and pfor the company's 2nd Quarter income statement: Pfizer's 2nd Quarter Earnings Report.
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To close out this past week's news, I'm actually going to dust over T. Rowe Price's extraordinary newsless streak of recent gains; I'm going to ignore Microsoft's battle with the Department of Justice; I'm going to skip past Intel's Xeon chip; I'm going to overlook today's successful offering of Coca-Cola Beverages Plc on the London Stock Exchange; and I'm not going to mention The New York Times' excellent ongoing coverage of the General Motors Strike.
Instead, I submit for your perusal an article by Karen Arenson in today's New York Times regarding a pair of Buffett investors who, upon their departure into the next life, have bequeathed hundreds of millions of dollars to educational institutions. There's a lesson, or a few, in here somewhere. The article is entitled "A Lifetime of Patient Investing" (July 13, 1998). If you don't want to read it online, pick up today's paper edition. I recommend it.
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Lure Owner Responds to City Nuisance Complaints
Chad Garrison
July 22, 2010 at 9:23 AM
Lure has nine nuisance complaints on file with the city since April 2009.
Parking. Smoke. Fire alarms. Allegations of underage drinking.
These are the nuisance complaints (attached below) filed against Lure nightclub with the city's Citizen Service Bureau over the past 15 months and part of the body of evidence now being used in a
push to discipline Lure and two other downtown bars
Most all of the complaints come from the the people Lure co-owner
Nick Trupiano
calls his "neighbors" -- the people living in the lofts directly above his Washington Avenue business.
"These are calls from people who don't want to live above a nightclub," Trupiano tells Daily RFT. "But here's the deal: This space has been a nightclub for 15 years." (Trupiano and his siblings have operated the space as a club for the past four years.) "It was a nightclub when they came to look at the lofts. It was a nightclub when they moved into their lofts. The issue they're having is they made a bad choice. They want the suburban lifestyle in the middle of a downtown."
Trupiano believes that city officials and the police are now coaching his neighbors at 1204 Washington Avenue (known as the
Jack Thompson Square Lofts
) with how to go about assembling evidence that could lead to the city stripping Lure of its liquor license.
Mayor Francis Slay's office tells
Daily RFT
that a letter is being mailed out to Lure, Sugar (1405 Washington Avenue) and F15teen (1900 Locust) asking them to attend a public hearing in part to address nuisance complaints (below) surrounding the clubs. Numerous
complaints have also been made to the cops
in the past year, according to the St. Louis police department.
Csb Complaints Nightclubs
For his part, Trupiano says he's already addressed several of the nuisance complaints phoned in against him. His club is no longer taking up parking spots on Washington Avenue. Valet service for Lure is now run off the adjacent Tucker Boulevard. He's also working to address complaints about smoke -- though that may take a while.
"We're on the first floor of the building," says Trupiano. "Above us are three floors of offices and then residential housing on the fifth and sixth floor. That's a long way for smoke to travel, but we are addressing it. The thing is, we're a 7,000-square-foot club and we need two smoke-eaters that would probably cost $25,000 a piece."
As far as Trupiano is concerned, the real issue the city has with Lure is the club's "Red Hot Thursdays" -- a night that caters largely to an African-American clientele.
"We've had officials and police officers tell us they don't want us having our Thursday night event," says Trupiano. "They couch it by saying it's an issue of crowd-control, but I think race is definitely a factor."
The club's Red Hot Thursdays averages 500 to 600 patrons a night and accounts for about 60 to 70 percent of Lure's weekly revenue. On Tuesday of this week, Trupiano -- who is white -- placed
signs on the window of Lure
saying: "Jim Crow is Alive and Well in Downtown St. Louis" and "Downtown Doesn't Like Black People."
"I'm not a civil-rights leader or an activist," confesses Trupiano. "The closest I've ever been to racism was watching
Mississippi Burning
on TV. That said, I feel I'm experiencing it now."
Trupiano says his club is being unfairly blamed for violence downtown -- such a
shooting near Lure in the predawn hours Monday
. "We weren't even open for business Sunday night," says Trupiano. Last month,
police were shot at from people arguing in a parking lot near Lure
. "The only connection that you could draw to us is that the suspects were black and it happened on a Thursday night," maintains Trupiano.
"The real issue here is that the city needs more police downtown," says Trupiano.
He adds that no matter what happens to his liquor license, the city is going to have to deal with the issue of clubs catering to predominately African-American crowds. "The three clubs being targeted here have that one thing in common. We all host hip-hop nights. And other clubs are catching on, too, and are starting to do the same thing. There's a huge demand for these events. They're not going away."
Updated at 11:13 a.m.
Since this has been mentioned in the comments section below, I should probably bring it up here. Yesterday someone
posted a link on
Daily RFT
to a Myspace page allegedly belonging to Nick Trupiano. The Myspace page lists one of Trupiano's heroes as James Earl Ray, the infamous assassin who murdered Martin Luther King Jr.
Given Trupiano's recent claims of racism, it would seem rather disingenuous for him to name Ray as one of his heroes. Yesterday I asked Trupiano about the Myspace page and the Ray reference. Trupiano says the page is a joke made at his expense by a friend. "It also says I have kids and all kinds of things," he said. "I had nothing to do with it." Today it appears that the
Myspace page
has been shut down.
RFT's Sarah Fenske contributed to this report.
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Virginia seeks to smooth way for offshore wind energy
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RICHMOND – The state is teaming up with Dominion Virginia Power in a research project that is intended to smooth the way for the development of an offshore wind industry.
The Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Advance Project proposes putting two 6-megawatt wind turbines on platforms designed to withstand hurricane-force winds. The turbines would be located 24 nautical miles (27 statute miles) off Virginia Beach.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Thursday it is seeking written public comment on the project as it prepares an environmental assessment. It scheduled a meeting for April 3 in Virginia Beach for the public to speak out on the proposal.
Last September, Dominion submitted a successful bid of $1.6 million bid to lease nearly 113,000 offshore acres for the development of wind power. Full development of the area could produce 2,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 700,000 homes.
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The so-called demonstration project received a $4 million grant from the U.S. Energy Department. In May, the DOE will select up to three projects nationwide for further advancement with $47 million in grants. The "demonstration area" is adjacent to the area designated for wind power development.
The area was carved out of the Atlantic after extended negotiations involving the Navy, Coast Guard, commercial fishing interests, port officials and NASA, which operates a launch center on the Eastern Shore. This section of the coast is one of the busiest on the Eastern seaboard. It includes the world's largest naval base in Norfolk.
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Elizabeth M. Galantich
Elizabeth Galantich is an attorney specializing in estate planning, estate and trust administration, tax planning, and long-term care planning. Mrs. Galantich comes with a wealth of experience in both the legal and business worlds. Her career began in Washington, DC at Arthur Anderson and Company as a tax auditor. Along the way, she also has worked as a budget analyst at Shearson Lehmann Brothers in New York City and at Merrill Lynch as a financial planner before heading to law school at Rutgers (NJ).
Her educational history includes James Madison University (B.A.), University of Virginia (M.B.A.), Rutgers (J.D.), and a stint as a visiting scholar at the College of William & Mary School of Law in 1996. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Virginia State Bar.
Mrs. Galantich lives in Newport News, VA. She and her husband have three children. Hook Law Center is pleased to consider her a member of their skilled legal team.
- Elder Law
- Estate and Trust Administration
- Estate Planning
- Asset Protection Planning
- Long-term Care Planning
- Special Needs Planning
- Financial Planning
- Tax Planning
- Certified Public Accountant
- Virginia State Bar
Rutgers State University, School of Law
Juris Doctor, 1997
William and Mary Law School
Visiting Scholar. 1996
University of Virginia, Darden School of Business
Masters of Business Administration, 1985
James Madison University, College of Business
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Golden Time Cupboard
Not institutional. The Golden Time Cupboard by Lola Lely may be designed for primary schools but it's beautiful enough for any home.
According to the designer, the Golden Time Cupboard challenges traditional notions of ownership in the classroom, reducing the perceived gap between pupil and teacher. The doors are comprised of pigeonholes that are used to showcase pupils' work and objects relevant to topics and projects in progress. This space is also storage for mundane school resources in an open and visual way that encourages ownership and accountability for pupils and lenders.
The cupboard is made of birch ply and solid maple and ships flat. See more pics here.
(via dezeen)
Published: Oct 2, 2007


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Final Thoughts
It's been a long time since we've tested NVIDIA SLI and been able to see how the technology is going. To be honest, it hasn't really changed much since we last looked at the technology previously. That's not a bad thing, though, because SLI has always been very strong and when it comes to offering a good boost in performance, it's done an excellent job.
SLI and CrossFire ultimately are both very good these days, especially when it comes to just using two cards. Moving past that, the gains aren't always as impressive; of course they still exist, but the value isn't as strong when compared to moving from a single GPU setup to a dual GPU setup.
Going to an SLI setup, though, usually always just comes down to price. A single GTX 650 TI Boost is going set you back $169.99 meaning two comes in at $339.98. Against the AMD line up it's fair to say that performance of an SLI setup is similar to that of a single Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, which costs around $440.
With a $100 price difference you can see the value in going for this kind of SLI setup over the single higher end AMD option. Combined with the fact that SLI performance gains are strong and consistent, you'd find yourself hard pressed to justify the extra $100 for the AMD option.
Multi card setups aren't for everyone, but if you're looking for some good performance at a strong price point, with the way AMD and NVIDIA are being so aggressive with these mid-range video cards these days, it's something that you should really start to look at.
In the end we all want strong performance at a strong price point. For that reason this is a setup that you should really consider. What we really want to see, though, is the performance of some cards with aftermarket cooling. We'd like to get the temperature and noise levels a little lower. That's of course something we're going to be looking at over the coming days - stay tuned for more.
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Max Grow Xtreme says a lot of you as soon as it comes with the territory. It makes little sense to obtain a Max Grow Xtreme in this case. I am excited to present Max Grow Xtreme to you. I'd like to try Max Grow Xtreme for at least another full week as unquestionably, know what you're getting into. I can tell you mere mortals what you like and don't like apropos to Max Grow Xtreme. Aficionados who get lazy are the ones who end up getting in trouble with Max Grow Xtreme. I want to face my fear of Max Grow Xtreme even if each Max Grow Xtreme is different.


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Q: How can I become a Notary Public in California?
A: In order to become notary you must meet the following requirements:
- Be a resident of the State of California
- Be 18 years of age
- Complete 6 hours mandatory course
- Pass a written examination
- Complete application
- Pass a background check, i.e. be finger printed
- No felony or conviction
Q: What do I need to know about the State exam?
A: You need to pass a notary exam administered by proctors from the State of California. Out of 30 multiple choice questions you must answer 21 correct to achieve at least 70%.
Q: Will I receive proof that I took the course?
A: Yes. After taking the online course you will be able to print out your completion certificate right online.
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The Eggy Enquirer has once again fallen "fowl" of the law by running the article pictured on the left. A spokesman for Toast yesterday delivered a prepared statement from Toast himself, indicating that legal action against the newspaper was pending. According to Toast, the alleged "revelations" by former PA Maple Syrup are "absolute poppycock" and "just a bad yolk". Furthermore, Toast took a swipe at the reporters who have been camped outside his mansion where he has been cooped up since the revelations hit the press, saying that they had caused undue distress to both him and Canadian Bacon.
But it was a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire when Toast's latest conquest Coddled Egg was seen leaving the Toast Mansion via a back entrance, heavily disguised as an Easter egg, while Bacon is still at the clinic.
Nevertheless, Toast has insisted that the Press Reggulator should investigate the Eggy Enquirer to see if any privacy laws were violated in the course of constructing their story.
Below is a picture of Toast and Bacon in happier days, together on the red capet at the premiere of his movie "Petit Dejeneur".
[Stuffed French toast made with a brioche loaf and stuffed with cheddar and pieces of fried bacon. Mmmmmmm. Slice the bread thickly – about 1.5 inches – and cut a pocket in each slice. Fry the bacon and grate or thinly slice the cheese. Fill each brioche pocket with cheese and bacon. Make a batter with 1 egg, 1/2 cup of milk and 1/8 cup of flour per 4 slices. Dip each slice in the egg mixture and fry on both sides until golden brown.]


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Rams Pull Away from Cowboys for 82-67 Border War Win
Two key runs in the second half propelled the Colorado State Rams to an 82-67 victory over the Wyoming Cowboys in the men's basketball Border War Saturday night in Fort Collins.
The game was tied, 31-31, at halftime. Colorado State went on a 9-2 run to open the second half for a 40-33 lead. A couple of minutes later the Rams got back-to-back 3-pointers from Joe De Ciman. That ignited a 15-2 run, where CSU broke the game wide open and led 59-41 with nine minutes remaining. The Pokes were unable to rally after that.
Four Rams scored in double figures. They were led by Jon Octeus with 23 points. Daniel Bejarano scored 20 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and finished with nine assists. De Ciman added 12 points and J.J. Avila chipped in 11.
Colorado State (15-13, 6-9) shot 51 percent from the field. They knocked down 7-15 from beyond the arc for 47 percent. CSU also out-rebounded the Cowboys 37-21. The Rams had only five turnovers in the game.
Wyoming (17-10, 8-6) was led by Nathan Sobey with 15 points. Josh Adams added 11. The Cowboys three-game winning streak was snapped.
UW will return to action on Tuesday, February 24, when they host the Air Force Falcons in Laramie. Tip-off is schedule for 7 p.m.


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Darien bank squeezing out founding investors
Nearly a decade after its debut, Darien Rowayton Bank is springing a surprise reverse stock split that would force early investors out of the bank that they created as a source of local capital, only to see the company veer into student lending and other avenues under a New York financier who acquired control in the 2009 financial crisis.
Darien Rowayton Bank is holding a July 8 shareholder meeting in Darien to vote on the proposed stock split, with the bank informing investors of the move in a statement dated June 24 that was obtained by The Advocate. Darien Rowayton Bank's shares are controlled by a New York City entity called Alcar controlled by Gary Lieberman, chairman of Darien Rowayton Bank and a board member of the Brooklyn Nets NBA franchise. He also runs West Side Advisors in New York City.
It would be the second such stock split under Alcar, following a 2013 action that one investor said had the effect of reducing the equity of early investors in the company. The newest split would reduce non-Alcar shareholders to fractional shares, which would allow the bank to buy out the bank's remaining equity. One investor estimated the move would cut the value of their portfolio to a quarter of its original value, under the best-case scenario as spelled out in the letter to investors.
In June, Alcar reported raised $15 million in a debt offering, according to a disclosure to the Securities and Exchange Commission. In May, Lieberman registered with the SEC a limited liability company called DRB Lending, listing its main office at the address of West Side Advisors in New York City. Lieberman could not be reached for comment.
In response to a query by The Advocate, the president of Darien Rowayton Bank echoed a letter to investors in which the company justified the action in the interest of paring what it says is an annual $25,000 cost of maintaining an investor relations function, and that there is no market otherwise for investors' shares.
"There is no liquidity in DRB shares," Robert K.Kettenmann stated in an email. "We have had numerous requests from shareholders who would like to liquidate their holdings. This will provide them with an opportunity to do so."
According to Darien Rowayton Bank's founding CEO, some would like the opportunity to retain their shares in hopes of recouping their original value, with the bank reporting three straight years of profits, including $5.8 million last year.
"Those many of us who held onto our stock were finally seeing the bank achieve sustainable profitability and were looking forward to recovering some of our investment as the bank grew further," stated John Bowes, founding CEO of Darien Rowayton Bank, in an email response. "But the reverse split will terminate any opportunity for existing shareholders and will reserve all upside to Alcar, as the only remaining shareholder of the bank. Seems patently unfair."
Conceived in 2004 by Bowes and a dozen other organizers, Darien Rowayton Bank opened in April 2006, making it the second youngest community bank based in Fairfield County after the predecessor company of First Bank of Greenwich, which opened in December that year.
In its first 15 months in business, Darien Rowayton Bank accumulated deposits of $24 million in its hometown of Darien, a gain that trailed only JPMorgan Chase, according to figures supplied the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Between 2008 and 2009, Darien Rowayton Bank would triple its deposits in Darien, but its lending would come under FDIC oversight, with the regulator saying the bank failed to maintain minimally accepted capital ratios.
That year, Darien Rowayton Bank would sell a controlling stake to Alcar LLC, a New York City-based fund run by Gary Lieberman who took the role of chairman of the board of directors.
Under Lieberman and Kettenmann, Darien Rowayton Bank has been rapidly expanding a student loan division under the DRB Education brand. In the past two years from a base of three branches, Darien Rowayton Bank has roughly doubled its deposit base to $471 million as of March. Kettenmann did not immediately address how the bank has built deposits at that rate.
DRB's student lending arm has drawn mixed reviews from anonymous borrowers on the consumer review website Yelp, with some saying they got a great deal on the interest rate only to be dismayed subsequently by the level of customer service. Other posts praised DRB's student loan services.
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The next two pages are of fanciful Tickets of Masquerade Balls and Carnivals. The TERWILLIGER family apparently loved anything to do with music, dance, and concerts of all kinds.
Here is the full page with three large souvenier Tickets, on the left. You can see that the top and bottom tickets are the same format/design, with different fonts for the details on the 'card'.
The top ticket:
The Grand Masquerade Ball of the New York Maennerchor, Wednesday February 21st, 1883
held at Terrace Garden, 58th Street, near 3rd Avenue. The New York Maennerchor [men's chorus] celebrated German and American choral singing. There are a number of Maennerchor societies continuing to sing in communities such as Utica Maennerchor, which has been going strong for over 145 years!
The Grand Carnival de L'Opera, Madison Square Garden, Thursday January 26th, 1882. The New York Metropolitan Opera did not open until almost 2 years after this date, so this ticket may be to a gala fund-raiser. Do let me know if you have additional details. This is the first Madison Square Garden building, which was used for a number of sporting events at the time.
Prospect Ass'n Grand Masquerade Ball, Academy of Music, February 1st, 1883
held at the Academy of Music & Nilsson Hall. Apparently the Prospect Association held annual Grand Balls, but I have yet to find details of the purpose of the Association. Another small mystery to be solved.
The next page, Page 11, has 4 large tickets similar to these, plus two small tickets as well. I hope you enjoyed seeing these 130 year old tickets. As always, if you have questions or information to offer, please do not hesitate to contact me at calewis at telus dot com, or leave a Comment below!
James Grover "Grove" Terwilliger's packed Souvenirs Album from the 1800s: explore page by page with me as I inventory his entire Album with all its contents. Genealogical, historical, and social records and memorabilia - much treasure here.
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This has nothing to do with Lazairs, but it's a movie about what I do for a living and the guys that I work with. Here's a link to the preview "The Guardian" about Coast Guard helicopter rescue swimmers. I think that it's due out in October. I gotta admit that I don't care for watching my H-60 Jayhawk ditching into the sea. The story line is loosely based on a helicopter crash in Alaska that happened about two years ago.
Unfortunately, the Canadian Forces lost one of their Cormorant helos and three crewmembers last week during a training flight too. My unit here at Cape Cod, MA flew up to Nova Scotia for the funeral services.....our condolences go out to the families, friends, and their fellow servicemen.


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It's funny because all the books say that you will usually feel your baby move less towards the end of pregnancy because there is less room for them to move as they grow bigger and bigger.
But I'm feeling her rock out more than ever and her movements are becoming stronger.
We've got a wild one on our hands.
Lately, I've been:
Hopping from the chocolate milk to the OJ crave train. (Meanwhile, the pizza love affair is still going strong.)
Needing a hot bath absolutely every night.
Getting a lot of comments about how big I am, how much I "just keep on popping," and whether or not I'm carrying twins.
Waiting for the blissful day when I can have my body back along with a more varied, cute wardrobe.
Organizing her little closet and folding onesies and jammies.
Coming to a whole new appreciation for the ability to bend at the waist.
Gearing up for baby showers soon.
Getting hit hard with the overwhelming love and emotions I feel for this little girl.


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The Dark Triad
It treatment feels terrible. Being treated like an It, as though we do not matter, carries a particularly harsh sting. It makes us feel social rejection as deeply as physical pain. Those who always regard others as an "It" are particularly disturbing.
Empathy is the prime inhibitor of human cruelty; withholding our natural inclination to feel with another allows us to treat the other as an "It".
Those able to tune out caring typically belong to one of the types that psychologists dub "the Dark Triad": narcissists, Machiavellians and psychopaths.
Note: The following information is adapted from the book Social Intelligence, The New Science of Human Relationships by Daniel Goleman.
Narcissists care little about how their actions affect others. They feel free to pursue their goals aggressively, regardless of the human costs. The narcissist's motto: Others exist to adore me.
Among the Dark Triad, narcissists alone are blatant in their self-inflation and braggadocio – leavened with a necessary dose of self-deception. Their bias is firmly self-serving: they take credit for successes but never blame for failure. They feel entitled to glory, even blithely claiming credit for others' work (but they see nothing wrong in this – nor in anything else they might do). Narcissists exploit people – glorifying themselves at the expense of slighting someone else.
Machiavellians share traits with the other two branches of the Dark Triad: disagreeable nature and selfishness; yet, the Mach remains realistic about himself and others. The Mach prefers to see things clearly, all the better to exploit them. Machs bring someone's emotions into focus mainly when they wish to use that person for their own ends. They see the world in rational, probabilistic terms that are not only devoid of emotions, but absent the ethical sense that flows from human concern. Hence their easy fall into villainy. Machs cannot feel with or for others.
Psychopaths – their hallmarks are deceit and a reckless disregard for others. A psychopath's consistent irresponsibility begets no remorse – only indifference to the emotional pain others may suffer. For psychopaths, other people are ALWAYS an "It". A mark to be used, duped and discarded. Psychopaths feel virtually no anxiety. The seem immune to stress due to the absence of apprehension. This seemingly "cool-headedness means that psychopaths are dangerous. They are virtually oblivious to the threat of punishment. This indifference to consequences that keep others law-abiding makes psychopaths the most likely candidates for prison among the Dark Triad.
Psychopaths have no empathy. They do not recognize fear or sadness on peoples faces or in their voices. Psychopaths are cruel. They are unfeeling. Numb in the face of distress. They can be adept at social cognition, getting inside someone's head to surmise their thoughts and feelings so they can "push all the right buttons."
They are socially smooth when necessary, able to "woo" with false charm. They possess a classic pattern of glib superficial charm, pathological lying and impassivity. The apply no brakes on their own meanness and cruelty. They bully, intimidate, look for fights and commit crimes against property and people without an ounce of remorse.
Because to them, people are merely objects to mistreat, abuse, or worse. Just like the psychopath society thrust on me, Medusa.
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Sometimes, you see senior citizens living in Nigeria and something tugs at your heart. When you think about the fact that there are many aspects of our society that's fractured, the impact is deeper than we sometimes allow ourselves to think about.
What are the provisions being made for our senior citizens? There's a general attitude that old people should be taken care of solely by their relatives. However, the care of old people goes beyond just "care". Apart from the fact that their physical bodies are frail and they're unable to get about as fast as they used to when they were younger, there's also the psychological effect of growing up.
Imagine the fact that friends you grew up with, shared time with are dying around you. Your children are all grown up and all you have to look forward to are the few and far between visit with the grand kids. Imagine that inside your now failing body is an active mind that isn't addled. What do you do?
I found this documentary called "Deadwood" by Stanlee Ohikhuare which made me teary eyed! It raises a lot of issues which I believe every body should ponder upon. The 'docudrama' is based on a newspaper article on pensioners written by Gilbert Chigbo. He also starred in the feature alongside Mrs Grace Eziashi and was produced by Enuma Chigbo & Grace Oboba Edwin-Okon
Watch the documentary here and I hope you find it as stirring as I did.


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This Moog brand replacement lower ball joint is just what you need to ensure the safety and integrity of your vehicle's suspension and steering.
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- Attaches the Front lower knuckles into the lower ears on the front end
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Worn ball joints can cause excessive front tire wear, popping or creaking in the front end, extra play in the steering system, and pose a serious safety concern. Replace loose or worn ball joints with our quality replacement.
One way to diagnose a loose, or warn ball joint, is to jack the car up, so the wheel is off of the ground, then have someone try to move the wheel in and out. While they are moving the wheel check the ball joint for play, if it is moving you probably need to replace it.
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step : Removing the Wheel (1:03)
- Loosen the 19mm lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground
- Straighten the cotter pin on the axle nut with needle nose pliers
- Remove the cap and washer from the axle nut
- Loosen the axle nut with a 36mm socket and breaker bar
- Raise the vehicle with a floor jack
- Secure the vehicle on jack stands
- Remove the lug nuts
- Pull off the wheel
step : Removing the Brake Rotor (2:29)
- Remove 13mm bolts from the brake caliper
- Pull the caliper aside and secure it out of the way with a bungee chord
- Pull the rotor off
step : Removing the Hub (3:17)
- Spray rust penetrant around the contact points of the hub
- Remove the three 13mm 12-point bolts from the hub
- Pry off the washer from the axle (if you have one) with a pick
- Tap the axle in with a hammer to free the splines from the hub
- Tap the hub out of the spindle with a hammer
- Remove the hub and dust shield
step : Loosening the Tie Rod (4:56)
- Remove the cotter pin from the tie rod castle nut with a pair of pliers
- Remove the 19mm castle nut from the tie rod
- Hit the edge of the spindle to release the stud
- Release the tie rode from the spindle
step : Removing the Lower and Upper Ball Joint (6:08)
- Remove the cotter pins from the upper and lower ball joints
- If the cotter pin breaker or gets stuck, punch the pin through with a punch and hammer
- Remove the axle shaft from the housing
- Insert rags or a glove to stop axle fluid from leaking
- Remove the two 22mm castle nuts from the ball joints
- Insert a pick fork between the upper ball joint and the spindle to release the ball joint
- If needed, hit the bottom to release the spindle from the axle
- Remove the upper ball joint with a ball joint press
- Repeat the process for the lower ball joint
step : Installing the Lower and Upper Ball Joint (11:36)
- Remove the boots from the ball joints
- Press the upper ball joint into the spindle with the ball joint press until it bottoms out into the slot on the axle
- Insert the boot to the upper ball joint
- Press the lower ball joint into the spindle with the ball joint press until it bottoms out into the slot on the axle
- Insert the boot to the lower ball joint
- Hand-tighten the lower ball joint castle nut
- Hand-tighten the upper ball joint castle nut
- Tighten the lower ball joint castle nut with a 32mm socket and ratchet
- Tighten the upper ball joint castle nut with a 22mm socket and ratchet
- Torque the upper ball joint nut to 75 foot-pounds
- Torque the upper ball joint nut to 80 foot-pounds
- Install the lower cotter pin with the longer end facing down over the stud
- Cut the shorter leg off
- Install the upper cotter pin with the longer end facing down over the stud
- Cut the shorter leg off
- Tighten the upper ball joint grease fitting with a 7mm wrench
- Add grease to the ball joint until the boot swells without popping off the joint
- Remove the rags blocking the axle fluid
- Insert the axle into the differential
step : Reinstalling the Tie Rod (15:41)
- Insert the tie rod into the spindle
- Tighten the 19mm castle nut
- Torque the tie rod nut to 35 foot-pounds
- Insert the new cotter pin into the tie rod
- Bend the longer leg over the top of the stud
- Cut the shorter leg
step : Installing the Hub (16:37)
- Insert the dust shield into place
- Insert the hub into place
- Tighten the 12-point 13mm bolts
- Torque the hub bolts to 75 foot-pounds
step : Installing the Rotor (17:27)
- Insert the rotor onto the hub
- Press the caliper onto the rotor
- Tighten the two 13mm bolts to the caliper
- Torque the caliper mounting bolts to 20 foot-pounds
step : Reattaching the Wheel (18:07)
- Slide the wheel into place
- Start the lug nuts by hand
- Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily
- Lower the vehicle to the ground
- Tighten the lug nuts to between 110 foot-pounds in a crossing or star pattern
- Torque the axle nut to 175 foot-pounds
- Insert the axle nut cap into place
- Insert a new cotter pin into place
- Turn each end of the cotter pin to opposite sides of the nut
Tools needed for replacement:
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- Hammer
- Pick
- Rust Penetrant
- Bungee Cord
- Needle nose pliers
- A Piece of Pipe (for leverage)
- Ratchet
- Torque Wrench
- Socket Extensions
- Pry Bar
- 19mm Socket
- 13mm Socket
- 36mm Socket
- 22mm Socket
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Reese Witherspoon Mingles with a Princess at Colleagues' Spring Luncheon
Reese Witherspoon looks super chic while attending the 2014 Colleagues Spring Luncheon held at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on Tuesday afternoon (April 29) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 38-year-old actress was joined at the event by Rizzoli & Isles actress Angie Harmon and Princess Charlene of Monaco.
The ladies were there to help honor Charlene with the Champion of Children Award for her work with various charities including her own Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation, which teaches water safety and instills strong sports values in children through programs such as "Learn to Swim." The event was sponsored by Van Cleef & Arpels.
FYI: Reese is wearing an Oscar de la Renta dress, Manolo Blahnik shoes, and a Charlotte Olympia clutch.
25+ pictures inside of Reese Witherspoon and others attending the luncheon…