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EDMONTON — "I love you, Wang!" gushes a guy in a baseball cap as he leans over to hug James Der, better known as Dr. Wang to his friends and co-workers at On The Rocks.
It's a warm Saturday night in April and the Jasper Avenue pub is a pollster's dream — packed with former Eskimos, off-duty police officers, cougars hugging each other to stay upright, white-haired men sitting at the corner of the bar, anti-social goth punks, and lonely young lads walking laps around the venue, searching for a set of female eyes to acknowledge their existence.
As one of the night managers of On The Rocks, Der is like a circus ringmaster, Walmart greeter and janitor all rolled into one — talking to regulars, keeping an eye on potential rowdies, plunging the occasional toilet, ensuring the smooth flow of customers in and out of the pub. He stands at the bar, ordering drinks and surveying the room, which also includes a dance floor teeming with Disco Stus and Sues grooving to Flo Rida's urban-club hit, Good Feeling.
"Busy!" Der smiles, as he puts his fingers to his ear, listening to his wireless headset for chatter from his doormen. "I'm gonna do a loop."
On The Rocks, located on the corner of Jasper Avenue and 118th Street, anchors the west end of what has become one of Edmonton's most popular entertainment districts. Jake Gold, 30, one of the pub's regulars, likes the throng, though he admits it's often too crowded for his liking. "I feel like a sardine; I have personal space issues," he says. "But there's a lot of women here and I don't want to deal with 18-year-old idiots who want to start fights — I'd go to Whyte Avenue for that."
Jasper Avenue, particularly east of 109th Street, used to be a dead zone after 6 p.m., without even a Tim Hortons in which to seek refuge. Between 2007 and 2011, the downtown corridor has welcomed nine new pubs, lounges, bars and — to a lesser extent — nightclubs, mirroring a citywide shift from huge boom-boom rooms to smaller, multi-purpose watering holes.
That's an increase of 3,066 "late-night seats" — referring to the capacity of establishments open after midnight — along Jasper Avenue (including 100th to 104th Avenues). As of 2011, there were 10,359 late-night seats in the area, according to Responsible Hospitality Edmonton, which surveys the city's nightlife. Whyte Avenue/Old Strathcona has 10,412 late-night seats while West Edmonton Mall has 8,048.
City officials say downtown's nightlife is only going to get busier, what with the opening of three more spots in the next few months and the eventual construction of the Oilers' new arena on 104th Avenue.
"I'm so excited to be downtown," says Lauren Barr. She recently left her job as marketing manager of West Edmonton Mall's Empire Ballroom to run The Treasury Vodka Bar & Eatery at 101st Street and Jasper. "It's a disadvantage being at the mall because the downtown scene is great, the Whyte Avenue scene is great."
As more people live, work and play downtown, some growing pains will likely ensue — such as litter, noise complaints and intoxicated idiots who want to flex their muscles or urinate on walls. Yet these idiots only make up about one per cent of the population, says Const. Mike Bates, one of Jasper Avenue's beat officers, and he prefers to look at the positives of a vibrant nightlife. "I really enjoy watching the evolution of Jasper Avenue," says the five-year veteran of the Edmonton Police Service. "I want people to come down and enjoy it."
A few drops of Oil CityStand on the southeast corner of 109th Street and Jasper Avenue and you can spot five clubs and pubs within a span of two blocks. Oil City Roadhouse, Vinyl Retro Dance Lounge, Fluid Lounge, The Public House and The Pint — more than 2,000 revellers can visit these establishments on a Friday or Saturday night.
All five are products of the Oil City Hospitality Group (OCHG), one of the main forces behind Jasper Avenue's rejuvenation over the last decade. "Nightlife also gets kicked up a notch or two or three downtown … in an area recently christened as 'The New Jasper,'" reads a 2008 news release from Edmonton Economic Development Corporation.
What does it take to run a successful nightspot? Much more than just a liquor licence. (One industry veteran says the ingredients in a $5.75 rum and Coke only cost 96 cents — including the straw — which translates to almost a 400-per-cent markup.)
Creativity, loyal staff and patrons, safe environments, adaptability, and working long hours are some of the requirements, says Al Gothjelpsen, OCHG's director of Edmonton operations. Being able to take a few risks helps, too, since the multimillion-dollar hospitality industry can be volatile, subject to new government regulations, unpredictable trends and market forces. (Over the last seven months, at least six venues have changed hands.)
In 2002, OCHG picked one of the worst locations to open its first downtown club, The Globe — a former funeral home on Jasper Avenue and 109th Street, which also presided over the death of eight clubs in 10 years.
At the time, the company owned two bars on Whyte Avenue — Devlin's and Filthy McNasty's — and saw downtown as an untapped market, not to mention a necessity for the company's expansion plans. Thanks to the infamous Canada Day riots of 2001, the City of Edmonton slapped a cap on the number of bar/club licences in Old Strathcona.
"(OCHG) were dealing with the moratorium on Whyte and saw there was nothing going on downtown," says Gothjelpsen. "I remember people saying, 'You're going to fail. You've bit off more than you can chew.' We love taking failed or past-their-prime places and turning them into viable businesses. We take pride in that."
The Globe was a success for years and paved the way for OCHG's subsequent makeovers — taking vacant spots on Jasper Avenue and opening clubs such as Fluid Lounge in the Executive Lofts highrise on 109th Street; The Bank, an upscale lounge/club in an old bank; and Oil City and Vinyl, a country bar and retro club in the once-derelict Saveco Building.
As much as OCHG is hailed for revitalizing Jasper Avenue, the company's creations aren't without critics. Oil City, which the company sold in April, bears the brunt of complaints for increasing litter, noise and violence in the area. (Less than two months after a huge brawl outside the club in 2008, the Alberta government imposed price minimums on drinks.) Oil City is like the Nickelback of Edmonton establishments — no one seems to like it, yet the club keeps kickin' around.
"Brutal," tweets Darcy Haughian. "Terrible," tweets stylist Lindsay Kirstiuk. "Looks trashy and really drags down Jasper Ave." Even patrons aren't in love with Oil City and attendance is slipping, according to Responsible Hospitality Edmonton. "It's not great," says Donal, as he staggers outside the club one late night in May. (Not surprisingly, he doesn't want to reveal his last name.)
Knowing when to remodel and when to sell are also keys to success in the hospitality industry. While Jasper Avenue continues to blossom, OCHG recently scaled back its operations across Edmonton, from 10 spots to four. In 2009, the company rebranded The Globe as Rock Stars, which was then razed to make way for the Mayfair Village complex. OCHG sold Fluid a few years ago, then Oil City and Vinyl in April. (Cold Lake businessman Mike Stang bought the latter two.)
The group, largely run by two publicity-shy Marks (Fitton and Fuller), also sold off three of its Whyte Avenue properties to the Prestige Hospitality Syndicate: The Pawn Shop, a live music venue; Lucky 13, a dance club; and Filthy McNasty's.
These days, OCHG owns two downtown pubs: The Pint on 109th Street, and The Public House, in The Bank's old space. (Two men were shot outside the former lounge in 2010. "That's why it's not The Bank anymore," says Gothjelpsen.) Another Pint, just off Whyte Avenue, and The Rack, a billiards/sports/dance club, complete OCHG's Edmonton holdings.
"We used to be all about being the biggest and then we learned what we really want to do is do what we do better," says Gothjelpsen, 38. "We're getting older, the nightclub scene isn't really what we were striving for. We made a five-year plan to chisel down the company and focus on what we want to do, which is pub concepts like The Pint, The Rack and The Public House. We just built our first Pint in Vancouver and we have plans for other cities soon — Calgary and Winnipeg."
Pubs over clubsBridget Gryschuk, 26, and her husband chat about movies and music over a round of post-flick beers in Red Star, another popular Jasper Avenue pub.
"The beer list is expansive, the atmosphere is great, and the sliders are to die for," Gryschuk says. "But Sherlock's (on Rice Howard Way) is my favourite place ever. It's somewhere I can go, unwind, have a drink, talk to my friends. We go there often after work. The live music is great on Friday and Saturday nights — everyone's singing along. And their wings are really good."
Smaller, cosier pubs — with craft beers on tap, intriguing menus and in most cases, musicians, DJs and dance floors — are increasingly popping up downtown and around Edmonton, as patrons look for friendlier, multi-purpose venues and nightlife impresarios opt for greater financial stability as they near middle age.
Oil City Hospitality Group is only the latest Edmonton company to choose pubs over clubs, following in the footsteps of another one of Edmonton's kings of nightlife, Mike Yasinski of Gateway Entertainment. After years of owning various clubs, including The Standard, Union Hall, The Armory, and two Club Malibu locations, he opted to focus solely on his burgeoning chain of Hudsons Canadian Tap House — a modern take on the traditional English/Irish pub.
The 41-year-old former bartender now owns five in Edmonton, two in Calgary, one in Saskatoon, with another on the way in Regina. He won't reveal specifics when it comes to his company's annual revenues, but in a 2008 Journal article, he expected his West Edmonton Mall location to make up to $5 million per year — $1 million more than the cost of the renovations to the 6,600-square-foot space.
Yasinski says clubs are three times cheaper to build, but they have shorter lifespans. (The Standard "probably had a three-year success," for example, while Hudsons will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2013.) That's because clubs cater to 18- to 21-year-olds, who might go out every weekend, but don't have as much money to spend, says one of Yasinski's former employees, Jesse James Kupina, who now co-owns The Ranch Roadhouse, a mega club on 104th Street and 61st Avenue. As your customers get older, they go out less, and your club starts losing customers — unless you can attract the next batch of 18-year-olds before a competitor can.
"You can open up a big nightclub for a reasonable price," says Yasinski. "The trade-off is you've always got the competitive landscape looming, they only last so long, you've got all the baggage that deals with operating a nightclub — the violence, the crime, the noise and all of that. But you can make some really good money in the three- to five-year horizon."
In contrast, Yasinski says pubs can be safer because they're smaller and easier to control. More importantly, they appeal to an older, wider and wealthier demographic of customers — men, women, young and old — because they offer more than just drinks and a dance floor.
"You're open seven days a week, you're open for lunch, you're open all the time," he says. "They really cater to a lot of different things, whether it's watching sports, going out and dancing with your friends, getting out on the patio, going there for wing night, there's just so much more to offer than a traditional pub and/or nightclub."
Rich Unger, a veteran consultant who advises troubled nightspots across the U.S., says pubs are taking over North America because of their versatility and hours of operation. "Pubs are the way to go because in this economy nightclubs can only depend on four nights at the most to open and they have to be creative or depend on the club promoters" — who hire DJs or organize special events — "which is insane in the brain."
Yet Edmonton's pub owners say competition is fierce — with Yasinski and OCHG taking on long-established pubs (such as Sherlock's, Filthy's, On The Rocks, The Druid, Squires, The Billiard Club) as well as rapidly expanding up-and-comers (Canadian Brewhouse and O2's). Two new downtown spots opened their doors in March — The Common on 109th Street and The Cask & Barrel, a rustic resto-tavern on 104th Street. Another two, The Mercer Tavern and Kelly's Pub on 104th Street, are imminent.
"Edmonton's market is a lot harder than people think. We have some great competitors," says OCHG's Al Gothjelpsen. "Whether it's us or our competition, I think we do well when we go to other towns because we're used to having to work for every body we get in."
Paul Vickers, who was baptized in Edmonton's nightlife in the '90s, and early in the new century, echoes those sentiments. He owned several clubs (Club Malibu, Cowboys, The Drink), then opened two Ceili's Irish Pubs before pulling up stakes. He now lives in Calgary, where he runs several restaurants and clubs. (He's about to open an entertainment complex, Cowboys Casino, near the Saddledome.) Vickers says his Calgary properties are much more profitable than his former northern holdings ever were. Cowtown's looser wallets are one of the reasons, but he says his experience in Edmonton also helped hone his business acumen.
"In Edmonton, you have to be really competitive," he says. "Some guys want to book a function at a venue in Edmonton and they'll ask, 'How many free drinks do I get? What's the deal? Give me a discount.' In Calgary, they ask, 'Can you get me in? We don't want any discounts, we just want to get in.' "
Niche and freshOver at The Common — located in the old Martini's Bar & Grill on 109th Street, near the legislature — hip, young professionals line up to get in to the hot new eatery/club on Friday and Saturday nights.
The snazzy spot, which relocated from 124th Street in March, represents another step in the evolution of Edmonton's nightlife. The Common is three venues in one — a pub at the north end, a restaurant in the middle, and, behind a sliding door, a dance floor at the south end.
"Edmonton is a good place to do business right now, especially downtown," says Rob Clarke, one of the venue's owners. "We all want it, we'll all pay for it and we'll all stand in line for it, if it's good. We're lucky, there isn't enough downtown, so I think there could be more of us and we'd all do fine."
What makes it different from pubs such as The Pint or Hudsons? The Common, with a capacity of 150 people, caters to much more of a niche market — from its lunch and dinner menus (veal cheeks, flourless desserts, herb-infused cocktails) to its music (electronic, indie-rock, no Top 40) to its events (fashion shows, CD releases).
Clarke, 37, and his business partners Stacey Boruk, Justin Der and Kyla Kazeil like to think of their new room as an extension of their own lives and interests. Clarke and Justin Der are both DJs and own Foosh, a Whyte Avenue lifestyle store which sells clothes, shoes, toys and music. Boruk and Kaziel own a clothing store, The Bamboo Ballroom.
All four thrive on new experiences and sharing them with kindred spirits — adventurous multi-taskers in their late 20s and older. Instead of hosting the same DJ nights week in and out, The Common schedules different spinners, culinary events, art/fashion shows, and networking nights for local groups.
"We could never franchise The Common," says Clarke. "Somebody would look at our business plan and say, 'Yeah, right? Do 47 things? Why don't I just do four?'
"We're not just trying to make the most amount of money possible. We want to enjoy this place, too. How would we want to be treated ourselves? I like good food, I like locally sourced food. I like beer and wine. I like music that isn't just like what I heard on the radio. We don't want it to get stale, we all have such diverse backgrounds."
Stale is a dirty word in the nightlife industry, particularly for established, popular spots such as On The Rocks, which opened in 2006. Night manager James Der says business was slow for the first 18 months — "We had no marketing budget, it was built on word of mouth, we chatted up customers until we were blue in the face" — but the Jasper Avenue pub is now hopping six nights a week. Fridays and Saturdays, which feature Top 40 DJs and cover bands to appeal to both young and old customers, are OTR's best nights, followed by Thursday's salsa lessons.
Yet the pub's staff can't rest on their laurels. Regular customers can get bored — and Der says lunch, happy hours and Sunday nights could be busier — so OTR is regularly changing the menu, adding new craft beer selections, booking new bands, hosting fundraisers, and handing out coveted VIP cards to customers.
Renovations are also a must, to show respect for regular patrons and keep unwanted elements from infiltrating the venue, which is owned by David Wilk of Edmonton Hospitality Group. (He also owns another pub, The Druid, on 116th Street and Jasper Avenue.) OTR recently upgraded its kitchen and washrooms. The front of the room is next.
"If you're not adaptable, you won't survive. We're constantly updating, trying to stay fresh," says Der, no relation to The Common's Justin Der. "You really have to do all you can do to give people value and the feeling they're in a safe environment. It's not seedy, so you won't get that clientele. Dirtbags feel a little more comfortable if it's a rundown place, not a nice place."
In (and out of) da clubAnd what of the lonely, lowly nightclub? It's far from extinct, but it's not exactly top dog — like the '90s, when mega rooms such as Barry T's, Denny Andrews, Goose Loonies, Club Malibu and KAOS ruled Edmonton's nightlife.
While several smaller dance clubs are sprinkled throughout Old Strathcona and downtown — such as The Warehouse, Level 2, Halo, Y Afterhours, Lucky 13, and Suite 69 — fewer bigger rooms are booming each weekend. No official figures are available, but at least 10 were open in 2006. Nowadays, there's Union Hall off Argyll Road, Empire Ballroom in West Edmonton Mall, and four clubs catering to country music fans — Oil City Roadhouse, Cook County Saloon off Whyte Avenue, Whiskey Jack's in WEM, and The Ranch Roadhouse on the south side. (Diesel Ultra Lounge recently closed its doors after a man was shot and killed outside the north-side venue, says Sgt. Nicole Chapdelaine, who monitors the safety of Edmonton's nightlife.)
"You try to find yourself a formula and go for it," says Jesse James Kupina, one of the owners of The Ranch, a 900-person capacity club. "People in Edmonton can't be fooled. You can't lie to them or fake them out or roll paint over some wood then call yourself a new name. We have a discerning customer in the city that keep you honest."
The first incarnation of The Ranch, located in the old Standard/Barry T's building on 61st Avenue, opened in 2006. After three successful years — he made back his initial five-figure investment in six months — Kupina and his partners sold the land and building to a Red Deer family, who rebranded the club as Billy Bob's. The venture never took off, and last fall, Kupina, Anthony James Greening and Jerry Rota reopened The Ranch in the same spot, with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of renovations and gadgets — including a giant armadillo, decorated with 30,000 disco mirrors and hanging over the dance floor, as well as a bucking bronco.
"Billy Bob's opened, closed, renovated and closed again," says Kupina. "It's a bit baffling, but there's no silver-bullet secret. I'm not going to take credit for The Ranch, I think it's the combination of the people. We all play an integral role and we all work very, very hard and we pay attention to things that other companies don't do."
Kupina, who also owns a pub-crawl company and Union Hall, a club with a rock-chic theme, says safety and legitimacy are integral to his operations, which make more than $10 million in annual revenues. "Check your coat, ego and attitude at the door because aggression will not be tolerated," reads a message on The Ranch's website, and last year, Union Hall, won a Best Bar None Award, which recognizes venues for their excellence in patron safety and service.
"I'm on Alberta's Safer Bars Council, I work with Edmonton's Public Safety Compliance Team on a regular basis," says Kupina, 36. "We have training manuals, we have employee-of-the-month programs, we have staff incentives, we're a legitimate business. Where in the past, nightclubs were just some guys with money and girls with the biggest boobs got the front beer tub. I think we've really tried to legitimize it — not that other companies weren't doing that — but I'm proud that we are."
He's also proud of The Ranch's fundraising efforts — for the MS Society of Alberta and The Cerebral Palsy Association of Alberta — and the club's overall come-as-you-are attitude. "I was never the cool kid," says Kupina, clad in a T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops, revealing the black polish on his toenails. "I didn't know the bouncer, I waited in line. I was the nameless, faceless kid in a nightclubs, so we never try to get above ourselves. We tried to build a club for those people — the nameless, faceless kids who were never the most popular."
Empire Ballroom, on the other hand, tried a more exclusive approach when it opened in 2007. The West Edmonton Mall club, with a capacity of 1,300 people, was designed as a lavish, Las Vegas-style nightspot, complete with six bars, four levels, Egyptian-themed artifacts and bottle service.
The previous tenant, Rum Jungle, "had a tough clientele, so it was a bit of challenge turning it in such a short time," says Lauren Barr, who was Empire's marketing manager until the end of April.
"It was gangsterish-y, so what I wanted to do was create an upscale feel. I came up with slogans like 'Get away, no passport required' — and when you walked into Empire, you felt like you were in this different place. You could escape your worries and just have fun. The entertainment was there to blow your mind — I did different themed parties, like the Seven Deadly Sins, where each part of the bar had the staff dressed differently. I had people doing silk shows from the roof. In hindsight, by making it so VIP, people felt it was too exclusive."
Numbers dropped after a few months, so Barr turned to working with independent promoters to set up DJ nights, theme parties, and bring in artists such as Ice Cube and Lady Gaga. These events filled the room with a younger clientele — but didn't necessarily solve Empire's problems. On average, Barr says 18- to 21-year-olds spend about $25 per person — or half of what older demographics spend.
"By changing the demographic and making more people feel comfortable to stay busy, you're also cutting your sales, too," she says. "So we kind of balanced out by doing more events, spending less on print advertisements, and utilizing social media to affect our profitability."
Empire's owners Dan Svedberg and Sergio Maione recently sold the club to get into — you guessed it — the pub business. The pair bought The Black Sheep Pub on Jasper Avenue — from Skysthelimit, a company which owns Squires, The Billiard Club and North Shore Club in Old Strathcona — while Barr now works as general manager of another downtown hot spot, The Treasury Vodka Bar & Eatery. Capacity: 350 people.
She's tweaking their bottle service and adding some new weekly events — Connected Entertainment's stable of DJs, including DJ Tyco, now play Friday nights.
As more entrepreneurs choose pubs over clubs, Mike Yasinski of Hudsons Canadian Tap House says the opportunity is ripe for some young new upstart to open a new nightclub in Edmonton. What with the mainstream popularity of dance music, he thinks the landscape of Edmonton's nightlife is in for another shakeup.
"I look at the crystal ball and I think the pub concept is here to stay," Yasinski says. "I think there will be a rebirth of the big nightclub, and certainly if I was 25 years old and wanted to get into this industry, there could be an idea to open up a big new nightclub. I do think it's going to go back in that general direction in the five- to 10-year range. There are a few people who are doing well and competition is going to recognize that and migrate in that direction. That landscape is not as crowded right now. If someone was to open a brand new, shiny, safe Top 40 nightclub that fits 500 people, you'd be tremendously successful. As an entrepreneur, I sort of think about it, but our whole thing is Hudsons. That's it."
Some of Old Strathcona's hottest nightspots include:
1. The Empress Ale House, 9912 Whyte Ave.
2. Wunderbar Hofbrauhaus, 8120 101st St.
3. Cook County Saloon, 8010 Gateway Blvd.
4. New City Legion, 8130 Gateway Blvd.
5. Rumors Ultra Lounge, 8230 Gateway Blvd.
6. Suite 69, 8232 Gateway Blvd.
7. MKT, 8101 Gateway Blvd.
8. Hudson's On Whyte, 10307 Whyte Ave.
9. Blues on Whyte, 10329 Whyte Ave.
10. The Elephant & Castle Pub & Restaurant, 10314 82nd Ave.
11. Twist Ultra Lounge, #201 10324 Whyte Ave.
12. Funky Buddha, 10341 Whyte Ave.
13. Red Square Vodka House, 10351 Whyte Ave.
14. The Next Act Pub, 8224 104th St.
15. The Pint, 8032 104th St.
16. Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery, 10401 Whyte Ave.
17. The Black Dog Freehouse, 10425 Whyte Ave.
18. The Walkabout Pub, 10439 Whyte Avenue
19. O2's Tap House & Grill, 8217 104th St.
20. North Shore Club, 8111 105th St.
21. The Billiard Club, #200 10505 Whyte Ave.
22. Squire's Pub, 10505 Whyte Ave.
23. The Old Strathcona Rack, 10544 Whyte Ave.
24. The Pawn Shop, 10551 Whyte Ave.
25. Lucky 13, 10551 Whyte Ave.
26. Filthy McNasty's, 10511A Whyte Ave.
27. O'Byrne's Irish Pub, 10616 Whyte Ave.
28. Union Hall, 6240 99th St.
29. The Ranch Roadhouse, 6107 104th St.
Here's a rundown of some of downtown Edmonton's hottest nightspots, on and off the avenue:
1. Suede Nightclub & Lounge, 11806 Jasper Ave.
2. Buddy's Nite Club, 11725B Jasper Ave.
3. On The Rocks, 11740 Jasper Ave.
4. The Druid, 11606 Jasper Ave.
5. Level 2 Lounge, 11607 Jasper Ave.
6. The Gas Pump, 10166 114th St.
7. Black Sheep Pub, 11026 Jasper Ave.
8. Fluid Lounge, 10888 Jasper Ave.
9. The Common, 9910A 109th St.
10. The Pint, #100 10125 109th St.
11. The Public House, 10765 Jasper Ave.
12. Oil City Roadhouse, 10736 Jasper Ave.
13. Vinyl Retro Lounge, 10740 Jasper Ave.
14. Metropolitan Billiard Cafe, 10250 106th St.
15. The Cask and Barrel, 10041 104th St.
16. Red Star Pub, 10534 Jasper Ave.
17. Halo, 10538 Jasper Ave.
18. The Warehouse Nightclub & Lounge, 10220 103rd St.
19. The Hat Resto Pub, 10251 Jasper Ave.
20. The Starlite Room/Brixx Bar & Grill, 10030 102nd St.
21. Y Afterhours , 10028 102nd St.
22. Lux Steakhouse & Bar, #196 10155 102nd St.
23. The Rose & Crown Pub, #195 10235 101st St.
24. The Sherlock Holmes, 10012 101A Ave.
25. Moriarty's Bistro & Wine Bar, 10154 100th St.
26. Hundred Bar & Kitchen, 10009 101A Ave.
27. The Treasury Vodka Bar & Eatery, 10004 Jasper Ave.


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On Jan. 27, 2009, snow and an ice storm left much of Henry County without heat or power.
Some residents were stranded in their homes until emergency personnel rescued them.
When Henry County Judge-Executive John Logan Brent and Department of Emergency Services coordinator Bruce Owens began to get a handle on the storm's scope they realized an emergency shelter was needed.
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A December attempt to burn down the trailer she lived in was not the first arson charge leveled against a La Grange woman.
Melinda L. Bayorek, 45, of La Grange, was indicted Jan. 14 by the Henry County Grand Jury on a sole count of second degree arson, a class B felony. If convicted, Bayorek could face 10-20 years in prison.
Bayorek was charged in connection with attempting to burn down her rented trailer in Henry County on Dec. 9, 2009.
The filing deadline for the May 2010 primary has closed. By Tuesday morning, the following candidates filed.
• Scott Bates, Eminence, for Magistrate District 1 as a Republican.
• Ronnie Lee Stephens, Jr., Sulphur, Henry County Jailer as a Republican
• Jason Stanley, Campbellsburg, Magistrate District 3 as a Democrat
• James E. Pollard, Pleasureville, Coroner as a Democrat
• Tammy Louden Sharp, New Castle, Magistrate District 4 as a Democrat
Joy Hay of Turners Station is a petite blonde with a zest for life. From riding motorcycles and water skiing to completing cross stitch projects and jigsaw puzzles she just doesn't know when to give up.
But for Hay, not giving up can be harder than it sounds.
Hay has Parkinson's Syndrome, a condition that some days leaves her unable to lift her arms or even hold a fork.
"One day you can tie your shoestrings," she said. "The next day you can't."
The mandatory garbage fight may be over.
The Supreme Court of Kentucky has denied an appeal filed in 2008 by the Concerned Citizens for Henry County Government, upholding a decision by the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
Unless the Concerned Citizens group decides to pursue the case to the Supreme Court of the United States, the case has reached its end.
An Indiana resident charged in connection to a May 2008 home invasion in Smithfield will assist his defense attorney and serve as co-counsel in his own trial.
Johnny Lee Gibson, one of two men charged with the May 2, 2008, incident, is charged with first degree robbery, first degree burglary and three counts of adult kidnapping.
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According to Jo Brewer, coordinator of the Love A Child mentoring program in Henry County, mentoring is a total benefit.
Self esteem in children who are being mentored increases. Attendance goes up. Academics go up. Behavior problems go down. First time drug use goes down 46 percent.
One of three Henry County residents charged in August with operating an active meth lab was ordered back to jail last week.
When Joseph Foree showed up in Henry County circuit court last Thursday for a hearing on the meth-related charges, he was immediately taken into custody. Henry County Sheriff's Deputy Rick Nelson handcuffed Foree and led him to a seat reserved for inmates.
Foree — on probation for a prior offense — failed to check in with his probation officer.
With the new year upon us, it is important to remind landowners and farmers of the upcoming application cut-off dates for three Farm Bill programs.
Each fiscal year, the Natural Resource Conservation Service sets dates for application and program ranking. Although dates may vary from one program to another, landowners may sign-up at any time for all conservation programs.
Almost two years after being charged in the death of his two-month-old grandson, Campbellsburg resident David Cull is heading back to prison.
In November 2009, Cull, 52, was sentenced to five years each for the Feb. 14, 2008, reckless homicide of his grandson, Xavian Cull, and for tampering with physical evidence. The sentences were to be served concurrently.
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October 25, 2013 at 03:54 PM
5A-8: Anclote, Fivay will meet in rematch
— Host Anclote and Fivay will meet in a rematch of a district final from last season, as both teams were able to sweep their respective opponents in the Class 5A-District 7 semifinals.
Anclote swept Tarpon Springs, which swept higher seeded Sunlake the previous night, 25-18, 25-20, 25-11. For the Sharks, this will be the team's second postseason berth in four seasons.
"This is big for us," Anclote coach Chris Vergnaud said. "We've been building this program for the past four years and this means a lot to us. It takes us back to the preseason when we said the district finals is where we want to be."
The Sharks (21-6) were able to make a return to the final with mostly ease against a feisty Spongers team. Back-to-back kills to close the second set by Anclote's Aaliyah Anderson gave the Sharks all the momentum they needed to close out the third and final match.
Fivay (21-6), returning to the postseason, swept Dunedin (7-12), 25-22, 25-21, 25-15. After two close sets, Fivay stayed in control after taking a 12-11 lead. Briannah and Ashleigh Nemetz led the team in kills with 23 and 11, respectively.
Falcons outside hitter Amber Lake chipped in with 10 kills, and Jordyn Mattos had three kills and 48 assists.
"There was some tight games in the beginning," Fivay coach Nikki Pollock said. "We stayed and we fought during the tight situations. It means a lot to us to reach the postseason once again. The girls worked really hard during the offseason to get to another district final."
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— Marisa Maksymkow and her Hudson teammates had seen this before.
Earlier in the season, the Cobras dropped their first two sets to The Villages before pulling out a victory with three straight sets. On Wednesday night, after dropping the first two sets, Hudson came out on fire in the third set, thanks in large part to Maksymkow, who had five kills, to propel the Cobras to a 20-11 lead.
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The Villages will be taking on top-seeded Trinity Catholic, which defeated Ridgewood, 25-7, 25-15, 25-13.
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I would suggest you obtain a statutory declaration from your grandfather stating that he has no objection to you and your girlfriend residing at the property for the duaration of her stay.
You may also wish to produce a copy of the title deeds downloaded from the Land registry website.
Finally, I would also suggest you prepare a Sponsorship Declaration for yourself stating that you will be responsible for maintenance and accomm,odation for your girlfriend for the duration of her stay.
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The answer is valid but there is a slight twist to this as my grandfather is uncontactable, nobody knows where he is or if he is still alive or not, as he left the UK 20 years ago. verbally he said to me to live in the house, maintain it and that was it ! The rest of my family know this and it is not an issue as he has several properties and has done the same for my brothers and sisters. This might sound strange but it is true.
Where do I stand now to prove that I have suitable accomodation to accomodate my guest? Does the ECO ultimately want to see the deeds or have an explaination on my circumstances, I really don't want to open up a can of worms for my situation, as if my grandfather has passed away then death duties are due etc etc. I have as mentioned hve Council Tax bills, utility bills all in my name for this address, is this enough to satisfy them on my accomodation?
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I am afraid if your grandfather is untraceble, this causes difficulties. You will still have to prepare a statutory declaration, but you may also wish to look into registering for adverse possession of the property.
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i want to generate an array of random numbers for example if the range is [0,10] then the desired output to be 2 3 5 6 4 7 8 9 0 1 ( non repeatitive )
the problem i am facing with rand() function is sometimes i get some repeated nos , i was discrete values in that range , and different order everytime i invoke.
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This doesn't have it.
If I'm reading this right, the fans are allowed to vote for the finalists for all spots????
EDIT: Ok, reading it again, they say fans vote for the PLATINUM Glove awards. I'm thinking these are the 2nd tier to GOLD Gloves. Kind of like NBA 1st team and NBA 2nd team.
Here's another article about this PLATINUM voting thing.
This says managers and coaches vote. Also a funny quote about Helli competing with David Price for awards.
Here's an article where they use Fan Graphs to grade the winners.
For Hellickson, they graded his award with "Meh".
Ok, I think this confirms how voting is done. So I think they ended up a tie because of these votes. Not a fans' votes.
The voting is done by managers and up to six coaches on each manager's staff. They cannot vote for players on their own team.
Thanks for the articles, nuraman00.
Rookie of the year in 2011, Gold Glove in 2012, I can think of an upgrade in 2013
But I agree, it's tough to grade pitchers on defense alone. Romero having a bad record, playing on a mediocre team, and just being a bad pitcher this year is probably why he didn't win it, whereas Hellickson was a pretty good pitcher on a pretty good team, and he's also a young and upcoming pitcher (I guess you can make the same argument for Romero, but in 2012, Hellickson looked 'prettier'...that goes a long way in these votings..I mean who wants to give a great award to someone with a 9-14 record and 5.77 ERA
No one told me Darwin Barney also won a Gold Glove..nuraman00's favorite Cub
Soto was your favorite Cub because he would be the one catching (and calling the pitches) when Giants pitchers used to hit all those majestic homers off of us.
No, actually it was because I had Soto on m fantasy team.
Jason Kendall was the one catching in the Cain HR game I went to.
Also, I don't know if you remember my thread, but in 2008, I made a thread called "Why Brad Ziegler should be the ROY over G. Soto: An essay by nuraman00".
And I pointed out how Ziegler had 17 games in which he did not give up a hit, aka "no-hitters".
You then said "who are you trying to fool, nuraslick00? They don't call them no-hitters for pitching one inning."
That was a good thread. You, as usual, gave me some laughs.
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Attendance dropping for Marshall County school sports events
May 30, 2013
MOUNDSVILLE — Citing decreasing participation in high school and middle school sporting events, members of the Marshall County Board of Education believe lowering ticket prices will encourage more......
I guess I didn't mean it to sound like a b I t c h session. Just typing my thoughts. I support JM athletics, just not as a booster. Yes my kids went to BD. they went there because THEY wanted to. Every school has their issues and politics to deal with. JM just has to do it on a much larger scale than BD does.
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willis, So you are b i t c h i n g about JM sports and send your kids to BD....
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Talkingabout, So all those geriatric men I saw at JMHS's softball games the past couple years would have come out if they were a .500 team? Fans are fickled no matter where they are, but they want to win and be part of it. .... I think the BOE showed their usual complete ignorance to finances when they suggested a drop to $1-$2 a game, but lower prices for reserve and minor sports may no be a bad idea and an occasional BUCK night at FB and/or BKB games may be interesting. The revenue they leave off the table by not charging those over 65 is a figure I'd like to know.
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And I don't think the fans are that hungry. If they were, they would support the teams, win or lose!! Talk is cheap, and making the tickets cheaper isn't gonna work. The teams need that income to operate.
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I think we are in agreement here. That was also the point I was trying to make, that a state championship(s) should not be the benchmark to realize that a coach is quality or not. How many SC'c does Monty have? Some may not like him or some of his quirks, but he puts a quality, competetive product on the field year in and year out. And you can't argue his dedication. JM has not had a truely quality football or basketball team for most of their history. Coach Linsky did the right things (RIP). Basketball had a few good years, but that was pure talent, not coaching. My kds had the option to go there if they wanted, but chose BD instead. In saying that, sports was not a deciding factor in their decision and I am glad they all chose BD. I have heard of the "poli-tricks" involved at JM and witnessed it in action with a few of our friends kids.
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Andy, Billard, I think even even Zatazelo in golf. My point wasn't to criticize those with only one title. My point was how hard one is to get even with a coach like Blankenship who for the most part was ahead of the "game" in the 80's. Every community thinks the "talent" is always there and better coaching will bring it out. As an outsider, I just don't see it in MC, but they could do better and fans are hungry for winners in male team sports.
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Name "1" AAA coach in this area that has multiple state championships. I don't think that State championships should be considered as a main qualification to be a top notch coach. Some coaches get more out of their kids, and compete on a regular basis, even if the talent pool isn't top notch. But, it's not just about talent. These kids gotta work at it and most prefer not too. I got one in my house who is physically blessed to be a very good basketball player. But she prefers to not put in the effort to get to that top notch ability. I am not a parent to push her continuously, but I try to offer any aide, whether it be camps or other help. Just doesn't work. I hate that some kids will look back and say, "Man, mom and dad were right!"
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Sorry for typo. First line should read. GIVE THE FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL TEAMS, THE BASEBALL TEAMS EASY SCHEDULE, AND THEY WOULD BE WINNING (OR.500) TEAMS, ALSO
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Willis, Give the basketball and football program baseball the baseball teams schedule (A,AA)and they'd be winners also. Mr Blankenship was (is) a good coach, but like other long time JM coaches Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Flores, and the late Mr. Linsky,he has only ONE State Championship. It's about players and luck as much as coaching.
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The biggest problem with middle school athletics in Marshall County centers around availablility. We do not have any YMCA or youth facility that the kids can hang out at. Not that they would with the way things are anyway. Take east end basketball court for example. NOT A SNIFF of what it used to be like. Most of the youth sports programs are coached by parents of STAR players. JM football was killed by the not-support of the last football coach. Whether is was right for the job or not, he had "0" support from before day 1. Recipe for failure. Basketball has been an underperformer for as long as I can remember. I graduated in '83. Imagine what the boys basketball teams would be like if they would have given the job to Stanley when he wanted it! They would be a perennial top team in the state. JM baseball has a good baseball coach and his record reflects his passion. The girls sports have been highly successful do to the support of the communities.
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JAV, Here's the problem with your opinion. You obviously wanted to play sports, but types like you are getting fewer and farther between. Most likely you didn't go to the next level for any period of time. WHY? You either lost interest or were just a good high school athlete and knew it. Kids in MC just don't seem to have it..... I'll admit JMHS could do better with their coaching and AD selections but these guys want to WIN. It's where they get their recognition. Look at the non team sports at JMHS over the past 20 years. Not many consistent winners there. Are those guys all bad coaches also? Wrestling probably couldn't have a more marque staff. You can't tell me there are wrestler's walking the halls of JMHS who Mr. Zervos hasn't given every opportunity to participate.
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No wonder people hate sports now more than ever!
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Dino, here's the problem with shallow insight. You seem to think that this is a front line easy to see problem. But that is the common error. The fact is is that talent is not always looking at you dead in the eye. Some talent needs to be developed. If you have a freshman who doesn't get a chance, how is he ever going to get better. When I started, I wasn't fast, I wasn't big. But by the time I was a junior, I was a beast. If I didn't have the opportunity to develop, I would have never have gotten there. This is the opportuinity they have missed out on. If you only pull from the students who are matured at the start of their high school career, how many are you missing out on who still have to develop? Or are we taking the easy way out? Isn't that part of the responsibilty of the coaching staff. To develop players and men, even if they don't grow up to be starters. I thought that was the grand plan for all sports. We use to all develop because we all played. Huh!
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E Miller. I agree with you. Sports do play a large part of education. But it can be overemphised and over spent. When you have a school of 1000+ and the sports budget costs as much or more as the academic, something is wrong. The whole truth of Steubenville H.S. has not or ever will be made public. This is a fine example of priorities.
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RichardWee, athletics can play a big role in a child's education. There is a lot more to life than the "three Rs". Sports teaches lots of life lessons - teamwork, discipline, and how to balance multiple responsibilites. If you take a good look at the kids on these teams, many of them are also the top students in the school as well. They ARE getting an education - much more of one than those who do not participate in extra-curricular activities (band, drama, etc included). We need to provide the best of both worlds for all of them.
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Thats odd! I thought the kids went to school to get an education. That was also a confession- Now we tax payers know where PART of our money is going. And they keep demanding MORE.
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An adult paying $5 for anything except varsity football and basketball is argumentably financially ridiculous and counter productive, but besides producing more winning teams, the main lost of revenue isn't even mention in this article or by any of the "expert's" comments. CHARGE THE SENIOR CITIZENS AGAIN. 50% of the attendees at some events are over 65.....Oh, and the "BOOSTER and playing favorites" argument is old hat. I challenge anyone to name me 5 basketball, baseball, or football players in the past 3 years who were PREMIER athletes who didn't play. Your relative's names aren't permitted. I will give you credit for those who prefer to go to SINGLE A schools and play, but not playing at ALL. I don't think so. GREAT ATHLETES want to compete, marginal ones along with their parents want to make excuses.
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Lowering the prices to attend is not the answer! The answer is for these coaches who have been around for years to retire. Truth is the kids ARE going to other schools (Bibey-Park/Central & Harler Central). These boys would love to have played at JM but they chose to go elsewhere not because of the education but because of sports and I for one don't blame them. Football is heading in the right direction but boys basketball needs a chance. Nice guy but the kids don't relate to him. Middle school athletics need to be looked at BIG TIME!! JM is a great school (one only a few in the state who's test score are ABOVE the national average). All schools have their problems. The COACHES, not the board, need to do the right thing for our community and step aside and let the new generation take over these programs.
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Dying OV: We can "field" better teams by providing better coaches and athletic experiences for our kids. Marshall County kids are choosing other schools based strictly on athletics. So yes, we do need to "recruit" those who belong to us anyway! The bottom line is the kids at JM who do go out for a sport are not being coached – at all. These kids are not horrible athletes. They are not lazy. In fact, many of them are pretty good and are stuck in the brown and gold mud. They need coaches that know what they are doing and love what they are doing. They need to be inspired. It's not happening. Football seems like it might be headed in the right direction, but if something isn't done about all of the other programs soon, JM will continue to be the Senior Night opponent of every other school around.
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That would be a start to lower prices. You guys got a lot of work to do. WIN GAMES will get more audience. FAVORTISM WITH KIDS WILL ALWAYS BE THERE. This parent does more so their kid plays, but he can't play worth sh@@. That's why a lot of kids don't play any more, they go to practice after practice, sit bench and don't even get in a game. I saw it when my son played. I listened to the parents complain that their kids go to every practice and don't even play. So that's why you have kids declining to play.
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There are so many problems with this article I don't even know where to start, but the bottom line is John Marshall needs to put a product on the field/court that people want to see - build it and they will come. That will not happen until the administration takes athletics and coaching assignments seriously, starting in middle school. No one works together. There are too many coaches at JM who are driving the kids away in droves - they are doing nothing but damage to the program and to the kids. I'm sure there is some kind of teacher's union crap that prohibits getting rid of them, but why is JM the only school around here that seems to be infested with this problem? These coaches refuse to look in the mirror and acknowledge that they could even be PART of the problem, let alone THE problem. There ARE lots of good athletes sitting in the stands, and a lot of other ones who are suited up for other schools. Most of the JM coaches couldn't care less – they blame the kids and par
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mc2011 and Blackrock are very correct.
For those who think that "fielding" a better team would bring more fans to the games....How do you propose to "field" a better team? HS recruiting????
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Put a team worth watching on the field and the people will attend. The only people showing up are the moms and dads of the players. There is more revenue from the visiting team than the hosting team. Sad very sad.
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Honest to GOD... these stupid ideas that get floated by people that don't have a clue. $3-$5 is not stopping people from coming to games these are the same people that have $200 smart phones and HD tv's . if the product is good and atmosphere is good the folks will come out and watch. good comments from Duckworth. he knows what is takes to run the athletic organization. i say have fred pony up the $$ to run things if he wants to cut the gate!!
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all of these football teams should be doing well.isn't there a coach for just about each player?
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Why Are Boomers Cashing Out In Droves? Because "Everyone Understands The Market Went Crazy Last Year"
"This issue of participation in the labor force is a highly contentious one," notes RDG's Jon Ryding and has been extensively discussed here as some people leave the labor pool and retire after giving up on the job search (do people really want to work past age 65 given the choice? Are that many people doing what they love?) But, as Bloomberg reports, there is a growing segment of boomers who are paying for retirement with the proceeds of rallying stocks. For the select few, last year's 30% surge in the S&P500 capped a bull market now in its sixth year (with 'wealth' trickling down to 401(k)s), but as one wealth manager warned "everyone understands that the market went crazy last year," and while 8 million people aged 65 and older are working, a 72% jump from a decade ago; there are a lucky few who are cashing out with the view that "if I need to, I can go back to work, but right now I'm going to enjoy life."
As Bloomberg reports, most economists agree that boomers will drive declines in the labor force for years to come. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the aggregate participation rate will be 62.5 percent in 2020, 1.8 percentage points below the level in 2010.
But as UBS' Drew Matus notes, wealth effects and retirement aren't just coincidence...
"You've seen a drop in the participation rate for people over 55, and you look at it in the context of a rebound in wealth, and it all makes sense," he said.
"Do people really want to work past age 65 given the choice? Are that many people doing what they love? Let's put it this way: I've got an 8-year-old son, and he doesn't exactly say, 'When I grow up, I want to be an economist.'"
And the result is an increasingly bifurcated boomer population...
Some people leave the labor pool and retire after giving up on the job search. Others pay for it with the proceeds of rallying stocks. Joblessness and labor participation levels reaching pre-recession lows are stoking debate among Federal Reserve policy makers and politicians about what's behind the swings in data underlying the most important economic barometer, employment.
"This is not some abstract discussion about sociology or demography, it's really a discussion about interest rates. The stakes are huge."
And a pumped up stock market has enabled some to exit...
What's not in dispute: the sheer size of the aging baby-boomer generation and that an unprecedented demographic shift distorts statistics. It means, for instance, that retirees can play a significant role in the shrinking labor force even as people are staying on the job longer than ever. About 8 million people aged 65 and older are working, a 72 percent jump from a decade ago.
It is the sharp rise of departing retirees from the workforce in the past two years that suggests more is at play, according to an analysis by Shigeru Fujita, a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. While demographic trends have headed this way since about 2000, retirees became a more prominent block of the drop in the participation rate in 2010, and then grew to account for 80 percent of the decline since early 2012, he found.
Last year's 30-percent surge in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index capped a bull market now in its sixth year, while the benchmark gauge reached a record high this month. Wealth has trickled into 401(k) accounts and home valuations, tempting those who may have delayed retirement during the financial crisis, said financial adviser Jay Barish.
However, this is limited to a lucky few...
Stock market gains haven't helped everyone. Those who want a job but have given up looking reached 783,000 in April, almost triple a low in 2007. That figure has remained stable since the beginning of 2012, ruling it out as a key factor behind the drop in participation rate, Fujita said.
Further complicating matters: Stock holdings are concentrated among the top 20 percent of the wealthiest boomers, who have 96 percent of all the equities owned by the group
The bottom line... if stocks rise - don't expect boomers to stick around...
"Everyone understands that the market went crazy last year," said Barish, who advises 155 clients as a partner at Murphy Matza Wealth Management in Raleigh, North Carolina. "If they're not in love with their career, the natural question is, 'Can I go?'"
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Understandable that people have a hair trigger. After getting toasted twice in the last 15 years it's amazing to me that anyone at all has faith in this rigged, BS market anymore.
Are your investments keeping up with inflation? Is the small upside worth losing it all? Cash out and buy physical anything.
"if I need to, I could leave something for my grandkids, but right now I'm going to enjoy life."
That sums it up perfectly. Fuck responsibilities to oneself and one's family. There is always SS (fingers crossed) and government assistance! My hard-working 20-30 something year old neighbors can go fuck themselves!
If you read up on retirement, you'll learn that high-earning employees actually stay on the job longer and retire later than low-paid, low-skill ones. The majority of millionaires aged 70, have yet to retire. So I'm not so optimistic about why more boomers might leave. Not that they can better afford to due to stocks gains, but mostly because the marginally employable ones are getting kicked out, due to health problems, cheaper and younger competition, etc. But if you have a good niche in a specialty with lasting value, you can pretty much work as long as you want.
My view is the low interest rates have increased the riskiness of deciding to quit, because you have little income stream other than principal. You can use the stock market to juice your nest egg, but again, that's more risk, and a paycheck goes a long way to making you feel better. It's the punishment of savers, stupid … that's why people keep working.
"If you don't hold it....."
Yep. If not then it isn't yours. That includes everyone's "safe" 401ks and Roths.
Indeed, and the other side of that if you don't have any of that and are going to end up dependent on the government anyway, and have health problems (I have relatives like that), you have not much to lose by quitting. My mother in law was about 55 when she quit her last job, like five years ago, and I doubt she'll ever get another.
A bird in the hand.......
Could I buy a phiscial Sharon Stone ?
they don't. bullshit media keeps repeating how great the market is and how the retail investor is back. Study the djia volume over the past ten years plus. Then as you stare at that ever falling line mentally subtract the HF trades and the bullshit manipulation trades, what's left? the only trade volume left is the few remaining retail holders leaving the show.
" this is limited to a lucky few..."
That is an understatement. The boomers, as I mentioned in the fed thread, owned a mix of div payers and bawnds, and absolutely did not bank that 30% S&P gain last year.
I was kinda wondering about that. I wouldn't have figured boomers would have that much money riding on the stock market, especially after getting taken to the cleaners twice in 15 years. I'd expect them to be more into some thing 'safe' like bonds at that point in their lives. (I put that in quotes since I don't really consider loaning money( at what ends up being negative interest rates real inflation rates are taken into account) to bankrupt govts a safe place to keep my money.
Greenskeeper_Carl I wouldn't have figured boomers would have that much money riding on the stock market, especially after getting taken to the cleaners twice in 15 years. I'd expect them to be more into some thing 'safe' like bonds at that point in their lives.
Have you considered that those cashing out are doing so because they are having financial problems? In other words, they are cashing out to keep them floating until they can collecct SS, if SS is still around.
we need to define the boomers we are discussing here. By me boomers are all the retiring federal workers who are collecting mega pensions and have their healthcare hooked up. They have a spare 200-300k that they stuffed away in their deferred comp that they have in div paying investments. They move to North Carolina and tell me how awesome it is that their 125k pension (unless they stubbed their toe and their doctor signed off on the 150k tax free disability pension) goes so much further wherever they are.
I presume there are some hardworking boomers who were in the private workforce who are now draining the remains of their small DB plan that got converted into a 401k and got roasted twiice in the last decade. But I don't see them around here.
"I presume there are some hardworking boomers who were in the private workforce.."
The majority of boomers don't have defined pensions and Federal Workers have the safest and best defined pensions that are available.
well first, as I said, those majority of boomers don't live by me. I see the minority who "have the safest and best pensions" right up until they are detroit.
My parents bought and paid off their mortgage looong ago. That was a ToP Priority. Now they have zero debt and live comfortably but hold thier expenses down to minimum since they were taken to the cleaners by the stock crash in 2008. For those who jump in an buy an OverPriced house it has to be tough when the correction comes back down to normal [which it inevitably does].
Can't happen soon enough.
I am private sector as are most everyone I know. Watching my fellows hit that age where they think their sack of money is enough, they unplug. They unplug from the money train and are surprised to find they can't afford the lifestyle anymore and they are gonna need a bigger sack. When reality sinks in and they break out the pencil, they realize how much cash they blew on worthless stuff over their working lives. One friend said he figures he and his wife wasted half his after tax income on crap he never had time to enjoy (boats, horses, cruises) and now that he has time, he can't afford it. At least he didn't buy the crap with debt.
People are simply parking more cash/capital in real assets, many that will generate revenues should things really be improving but that will at least leave them with something fucking real should things go south. Nothing wrong with profit taking.
Did people forget about Obamacare and the fact that damn near anyone who was within reach of retirement was forced out the door at a lot of places? Retire, and keep your healthcare till you die, or continue working and give it up and be in the same boat as everyone else come retirement time.
A lot of people I worked with retired because they had little financial choice, if they had any health issues whatsoever, boom, they retired.
'course, then the company just turned around and hired 'em back as contractors, so they got to start collecting retirement AND a paycheck...
The "buy-in" template may not have directly affected many in the U.S., but it is clear it could not have taken place without the approval of the entire financial community.
The 10% early withdrawal penalty is not much greater than the hit that investment would take by heirs. After all, 10% is the going rate for an executor.
Why not transfer at least the $10K tax-free annually if it is not needed by the Boomer couple?
The Corzine moves since dot.com were warning shots. Anyone with too many eggs is a basket authorities can touch got the message.
hey i took some off the table and i'm not even that smart. :/
Everyone with half a brain already has. Hell, even my mom said the market is going crazy and she's a shut-in that doesn't own a computer.
That said, retiring isn't about traveling the world or golfing every day anymore, it's about surviving outside the system. If you can cover the monthly nut, have 2 or more of everything you'll need, and a stash of gold/precious that will cover a new car, roof repairs, etc, in case of emergency, you can retire.
Just make sure your stash is somewhere that it can't be confiscated!
Same here. My IRA was all in an SP index fund until recently. Set up by my dad when I was 18. I sold it all at S&P 1894. I took out everything I could without paying the penalty and tax, and the rest of it is just sitting there as cash, not invested in anything.
"this is limited to a lucky few"
Exactly. How much does the average American have in the stock market versus how much do they (or did they) have invested in their Home? So why does this article matter? It doesn't.
"lucky few"
to droves?
Rebound in wealth?? How about a "Rebound In Mark to Market"? That does not have a tendency to last. Your capital gains (if any) will be somebody else's capital losses over time.
Cashing out to enjoy life??? How about 'Cashing Out to avoid Crashing' when the Fed tapering kicks the legs out from underneath the stock market.
Get it while the gett'in is good!
We saw Mr. Market can be reduced to rubble in a matter of a week.
ohhhhhh the good life
Corzine sure "cashed out."
This thread says it all. No one left to sell. Everyone still in has a mandate to be in. Only means the market is going higher.
Nursing homes are fuking expensive. If you thought college was pricey, wait till you see how much it costs to park your wheelchair in a home that ain't a shit hole, talking like min, $120k year, not incl. heathcare expenses.
One thing to advertise retirement as golfing and world class vacations, reality is often you're sick and alone.
Two primary options, means test and euthanize or warehouse them in places like Detroit, MI under the watchful eye of Chinese immigrants.
If relatives want to chip in to flip the bills, upgrade the warehouse facility.
Screw the nursing home. After giving my kids the properties, shiny metals and long guns I think renting a Cessna and crashing into any federal building and taking a few leeches with me would be a great contribution to society.
How do we reconcile the April jobs report that showed 288,000 jobs being created and 806,000 people dropping from the work force with economic reality? My take on the recent jobs report is that as spring comes upon us ever optimistic and more desperate
Americans are being pushed into making a decision as to whether to leave the work force or take a lower paying job that is often part time. Yes, people are busy scurrying around, but it should be clarified not at a fast pace. The question then arises as to how this will spill over to economic policy. More on this subject in the article below.
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you can't ASS U ME that ALL baby boomers survived the first ass fucking and still have money to play stocks or even have stocks period. A lot of people got completely wiped out. 65 and having to start from scratch has to really BLOW!


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> the protocol would be needed most obviously so that the RM would know in
> what form, for example what bit configuration, to store values or
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I guess the problem is that a single value in a domain may have multiple representations. For example in a domain of rational numbers: 1/2 = 2/4 = 3/6 = 4/8 = ...
And the relational model couldn't possibly know these are equal, because arithmetic is outside its area of knowledge.
Unless domains had to store equivalent values in some canonical form I suppose? So there was always a 1-1 mapping between values and representations.
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It's a well-known fact that, aside from the occasional multi-platform game that many will happily ignore, Mario Kart 8's 30th May arrival is the closest major release for the Wii U. One consolation is that there is an enticing line-up of eShop games, but retail titles can still arguably get the blood pumping in ways that a download-only treat can't quite match.
It's a bit of a wait, still, and that's inspired a rather humorous song from YouTuber RogersBase — real name Roger DiLuigi III — which is based on For the First Time in Forever from the Frozen movie. With plenty of music theatre-style exaggeration and some amusing lines it's rather entertaining.
Yet we didn't find this ourselves, but through the official Nintendo of America Twitter account, posted over the weekend.
.@RogersBase couldn't wait for #MarioKart8 to come out, so he wrote a song about it. Are you excited for MK8? http://t.co/Guxcd0kRra— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 21, 2014
Either NoA's social network team is taking some good jokes on the chin — the song highlights the long wait for MK8 and acknowledges the "kid's game" accusations that'll inevitably come along — or simply didn't watch the video. Based on the account's efforts with a Cranky Kong Twitter takeover and the fact that DiLuigi has worked for the company as a product demonstrator, we'd suggest that Nintendo's happy to take some gentle — and fair — teases over its thin current line-up for the home console.
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Ten years after the dot com crash, there are still stocks that are considered pure plays on the internet. And believe it or not, many of them are outperforming the market and could be solid investments for 2011. Four that caught my eye are below.
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Fast Growers
Shutterfly (Nasdaq:SFLY) is an internet-based company that provides photography options for customers to upload and print or personalize their pictures. Technically the stock has been on a big run, up over 100% in 2010 and only recently pulling back a few percentage points. The pullback may continue as the stock has gotten ahead of its fundamentals, trading with a forward P/E ratio of 49.7. If SFLY can fall to the $30 area it would become more attractive as a long-term play.
Ancestry.com (Nasdaq:ACOM) is an online resource for people that are interested in building their family tree through records compiled by the company. The revenue stream is based on a subscription model in which customers pay a monthly fee to use the ACOM database. Similar to SFLY, ACOM is up over 100% in 2010 and has recently pulled back to support at the $27 area. Fundamentally the stock is expected to grow earnings by 50% in 2010 and 33% in 2011 - both are impressive numbers. The forward P/E ratio is also more acceptable at 27.3. A buy near $26-27 is ideal. (For more, see 3 Value Plays Revealed Using Forward P/E.)
Innovative Dining
OpenTable (Nasdaq:OPEN) provides what the company terms "restaurant reservation solutions." I consider OPEN the best concept for dining in years. Instead of calling and trying to figure out where to eat and getting a reservation that works, it can now all be done on their website - for free! OPEN is yet another double in 2010 and is just off its all-time high set in early December. The rally has caused the stock to be fully valued with a forward P/E ratio of 65.6. That being said a pullback to the $60s could be enough to entice me to build a position in this niche growth company. (For related reading, see Don't Ask Santa For These Stocks.)
Losing Money
Support.com (Nasdaq:SPRT) is a company that offers technology support via the internet or phone. It identifies, diagnoses and resolves the issues for the client. The stock is sitting at the best level in nearly four years, but is well off its high that was set in 2000 when it went public. The stock differs from the first three because it is currently losing money and therefore the valuation is tough to assess. SPRT could be considered a momentum play that is up nearly three-fold in 2010. Calling SPRT aggressive is an understatement.
Bottom Line
Even though the dot com era is over, there are still niche players in the market that can dominate and make investors lots of money. The four above appear to be positioned well heading into 2011. (For related reading, see Honeywell's 2011 Outlook.)
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Chance to give views on Wiltshire's wildlife
Updated 2:10pm Monday 11th August 2014 in By Jill Crooks, Devizes area senior reporter
You have a chance to have a say on Wiltshire's countryside for a scientific research project.
The project is being run by Cranfield University and the RSPB and is studying people's perceptions on biodiversity, mainly ancient grasslands and farmland.
Three workshops have been carried out - in Seend, Salisbury and Amesbury - and now the researchers have launched an online survey to gather more views.
The survey at www.ppgis.manchester.ac.uk/bess/ asks people to mark on a map three places of personal importance and to score the broad habitat types of farmland and grassland.
It is part of a larger project looking at different types of eco-system services and is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council.
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Yea, I probably mixed the two up. I thought it was the and #$40 you thought you were having problems previously with and looked at the one doing the and with $80.
Hi Ken:
That's odd... I'm using the right difficulty switch (Player 2) to determine the Rack (which is $A5) 'B' is Rack 0 (regular maze) and 'A' is Rack 1 (New Puck-X maze)
The left switch (Player 1) is for the number of lives, and is the routine immediately following the one you must have been looking at...
As far as the HSC ID, I think I'll Pick $19 $80
Just read your post above about adding things to the HSC like maze selection and the like... I'll add it to my list


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Marywood's 98th Commencement ~ Class of 2016
May 14, 2016
Reflection on Pope Francis and His Visit to the United States
Oct 05, 2015
Dedication and Blessing of the Motherhouse and Seminary Morgan Memorial Garden, IHM Wellspring Fountain, and the Learning Commons
Sep 08, 2015
Centennial Celebration Convocation
Sep 08, 2015
101st Opening Liturgy
Sep 02, 2015
New Student Orientation
Jul 16, 2010
I am delighted to have this opportunity to welcome all of you to Marywood University and to New Student Orientation 2010. It gives me great pleasure to welcome the members of the Class of 2014 and their families and guests to our Marywood community.
To the parents and guardians of the Class of 2014 -- thank you, first of all, for making the journey here to be with your sons and daughters and with their new University on this important weekend. On a broader note, thank you for all of the sacrifices that you have made to assist and guide them as they have journeyed to this point in their lives, for the very hard work of preparing them for adulthood and becoming world citizens. Thank you as well for helping them to choose Marywood University, where we promise to offer them great possibilities during this significant transition in their lives and well beyond.
As I'm sure you know by now, your sons and daughters' entering into the experience of higher education also represents a great change in your own lives and in your role as parents. I hope that your involvement with Marywood will be an ongoing source of energy and inspiration and that we will see you at University events whenever possible.
And now I would like to say a few words directly to the students. Our theme for this year's Orientation is "Lead On. Light the Way." -- a theme that affirms Marywood's ongoing mission of educational empowerment, living as leaders in service to others, promoting global understanding, encouraging ethical decision making, seeking one's full potential, and embracing learning as a lifelong process. Each one of you comes to us as a light bearer, and I already know that your gifts and talents will come together here to illuminate the life of this University and to make the world a better, brighter place.
During the Olympic Games, the persons who bear the torch understand their sacred duty -- to perpetuate and pass on that flame to others. Those who carry it possess different abilities and come from diverse backgrounds, but their common goal is going the distance passing that torch from one to another. So it is with the torch of knowledge, the light of professional competence, the warmth of compassion, and the radiance of rich and meaningful human experience. That is what is carried and passed on here at Marywood
With your decision to become part of the Marywood University community, you have made a commitment to contribute your own spark and connect it to a radiance that, for 95 years, has enlightened thousands through the pursuit of academic excellence, the realization of God-given potential, and the practice of leadership in service to others for the life of the world.
So, members of the class of 2014, I encourage you to approach this transition to higher education with optimism and confidence. Know that we, as a university community, will be there to support and inspire you.
Each of you will make different choices about your majors, your career plans, and your activities-and you may even change your mind about some of those things along the way. While you are here, you will grow in many ways and will have wonderful opportunities to gain professional skills and competencies that will shape and sustain you for a lifetime. You will also have opportunities to build a life.
At this time of new beginnings, I want to remind you to pay attention to your inner life and to stay true to the purpose to which we are all called: to be light for the world. Whatever different or sometimes difficult paths you may travel, let your light shine so that all may benefit from its glow!
Don't be afraid to claim your place as light bearers and to assist one another in discovering how each of you is meant to be light and life for the world. Remember that letting your light shine is by no means a singular effort. It involves meaningful connection, profound openness to goodness and possibility and an ever deepening awareness of the beauty present in the people and creation.
Here at Marywood, we are blessed to be surrounded by natural beauty. In fact, our campus is a national arboretum. We believe that living responsibly in an interdependent world is a key facet of the Marywood educational experience. To develop fully as persons, we must truly open our eyes-physically, mentally, and spiritually-and never cease to be amazed by the lessons nature teaches. I urge you to ponder these lessons well.
As I walk this beautiful campus, I am often reminded of Mary Oliver's poem, "When I Am Among the Trees." This poem has a special message for you in light of the orientation theme. In Oliver's words:
When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness,
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, "Stay awhile."
The light flows from their branches.
And they call again, "It's simple," they say,
"and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine."
So, in the weeks and months to come, I encourage you to "walk slowly, and bow often," especially in the midst of schedules that are busy and lives that can be chaotic. Walk in peace, not in chaos, and speak words of life and light into each situation you encounter. Don't let a hectic schedule, a discouraging setback-or even a string of successful endeavors-separate you from what matters. Take time to refresh your energy and your inner life.
We have all trained ourselves to run at full speed, and, even during our recreational moments, we often fill our lives with noise. It's important, though, to allow room for reflection and time to recognize the significance of the light we have been given. So, make that kind of time in your daily lives-turn off the TV, put away the video games, log off the computer, recharge the iPod, silence the cell phone, and sign off Facebook. Follow the lesson of the trees: "Stay awhile...go easy...be filled with light, and...shine."
Now, I'm not suggesting that you should isolate yourself and turn away every interaction. Indeed, we were created for connection, for authentic relationships -- with God and with one other. These connections are crucial to our well-being and success, not just academically, but throughout our lives. However, to bring our best selves to any situation, relationship, or challenge, we need to recharge our own light. It's all about balance.
Here at Marywood, you will find abundant opportunities to attain balance through spiritual restoration, a beautiful campus committed to sustainability, and a university community that encourages excellence in all endeavors and respects the value of each person. We want you to grow, to search, and to shine. Take advantage of all that you can learn and become at Marywood. And, when the time comes for you to leave us, you will go forth, ready and with confidence, into a world awaiting your knowledge...your professional training...your vision...your leadership...your energy...and your light.


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My light setup will will be
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front: 1 energizer 8 led head lamp
either the knog toad (5 led's) or the cateye hl410, maybe even 2 of each? and maybe a few helmet flashies just for fun (looking to spend less than 50$)
I would like to buy from pricepoint as I want to buy a lock (new york faggetaboutit Ulock, which I can only find on pricepoint?) and I want to get stuff together
I have been staring at reviews and other forums for days now and i need someone to tell be what to buy!!! I am soo indecisive!!!