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here is the then and now.
the mini has changed a bit, still got some new pics to take, and of coarse they are always in upgrade training LOL
here is the then and now.
the mini has changed a bit, still got some new pics to take, and of coarse they are always in upgrade training LOL
"Marry you!? I was just tryin to find someone to play with your ding-a-ling."
here is the work area, and its pretty picked up at the time of the pic.
that happens when you have 6-8 markers layin around. looks like a junk yard for PB markers
last two for a while. Top is the current condition, and the bottom, well thats what it looked like on Ebay when I rescued it. Steal of a deal by the way.
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Should have figured you had something else up your sleeve when you sold your purple micro...
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Like it? I had an Alias up my sleeve at that time.Originally Posted by Cryer
I do have another Purple one not to far off as well,can't go long without Purple hotness. The next will be a 'hair' faster as well.
Just wanted to add my piece of history....
Triple faded Xmag...
I love that people are still posting great pics in here!
The arrogance of other people annoys me. My own doesn't bother me a bit.
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nice x-mag an hardline setup
i can finally get mine up here, not done yet though....
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bambam, that is one of the nicest guns ive seenOriginally Posted by bambam
My pics never work, but check out the sig. Proud owner of two xmags......well only one as of friday
I am keeping the c&c one. It is a little sad how much I baby that thing. I have always wanted an xmag and now that I got it, it gets first class treatment
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hope it works, hey plazmic, if it doesnt work someone post it for me?
MY gun, all 15 and 3/4 inches of it:
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Barrel: 12'' Freak (I know, I know) or 10" stock RT PRO
Hopper:12vlt X-Board Revvy
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Thanks kylyo123456.
Yours is slamin' too
My X has a liitle AGD history associated with it. Tom actually signed this but since rubbed off.
I do have a pic when it was signed.
Check this out
wow now that is nice.
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well, you've linked to your hard drive. What you need to do is upload the pic. E-mail it to me if you can't get it to work and I'll put it up for ya.
heres mine
I do know the AO sig rules, I just want a free sig pic, that's all!
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happyazn- buy a slug body, then send that thing off to Nicad to carve a dallara out of it. Looks real nice, I've always liked ther older-style intelliframes over the newer bent ones...
cthulhu- pic no worky
Just a few more days until I get a new body inOriginally Posted by Cryer
I should probably post these up:
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RogueFactor, for all your mag needs!
Wantamag- Love your setup... Cant wait to see it all painted and prettied up... Why'd you switch the hose setup, tho? It seemed out of the way like you had it: running back from the asa, next to the tank, up to the valve...just a few more days until I want to see more picsOriginally Posted by xXhAppyAznXx
thanks cryer just tryin something diff....all the ss hose wil be gone soon enough think im going alum hardline annod of course..its taking a while caue im not sure what i want and i want this to be the best mag it can be
almiester...is that like a finity inch long barrel? your gun looks really long...yes, i noticed cuz thats what i look for in a ma....gun ::shifty eyes::
A classic68 with lots of heart. It's got Doc's Machine Barrel Adapter, Benchmark Perfec Frame, back bottle adapter with mod C-8 stock, Fighter X Sports gas-thru grip.
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This map comes from the publication A Statistical Account or Parochial Survey of Ireland, Drawn up from the Communication of the Clergy Vol 2 and was written by William Shawn Mason. It was printed by the Hibernia Press Office in Dublin in 1816. In this publication a series of parishes from around Ireland are surveyed in detail. One of the parishes selected is Kilmacahill with information supplied by the Rev. William Latta who was the vicar of the area.
What makes this publication stand out from other surveys and topographical dictionaries is the inclusion of a map for each parish. The map below is on pages 332 and 333 with the legend of the map, also below, on page 347. The village of Paulstown is where 'K. Chapel of Paulstown' is marked. The map comes from before the standardization of townlands by the Ordnance Survey in the 1830s and as a result some of the names and boundaries will be different to today's townlands.
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1. Castlekelly 2. Woodville and Redbog 3. Butlersgrove 4. Paulstown 5. Garryduff 6. Kilmacahill
7. Jordanstown 8. Ballinvally 9. Knockadeen 10. Kilure (part of Wells civil parish in Carlow)
A. Mount Rothe, William Barton, Esq. B. Mr. Robert Burroughs C. Castle of Paulstown, Henry Flood, Esq.
D. Mr. Perse Healy E. Mr. Thomas Butler F. Mr. John Anderson, at present uninhabited G. Farm Houses
H. John Flood Esq. I. Rev. William Latta K. Chapel at Paulstown

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"People say there is a mystery about me and they say the same thing about Stella. But trust me, may be you have to buy a decoder before you can decode who we are. For the 55, I was born 31 July and Stella is 24 April. If you add 31 and 24, you will get 55" Daniel said.
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Daniel Ademinokan and Stella Damasus Set to Unveil Code 55
"People say there is a mystery about me and they say the same thing about Stella. But trust me, may be you have to buy a decoder before you can decode who we are. For the 55, I was born 31 July and Stella is 24 April. If you add 31 and 24, you will get 55" Daniel said.
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This is nice. Keeo it up stella. And you should advertise on Nigeria's fastest rising Fashion and Lifestyle site naijaPOSEReplyDelete
Too many hot gists. ChaiReplies
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 14:09
Shame on you stella , You are now boldly doing partnership with Doris Simeon ex-husband. You broke the marriage and instead of you and Daniel hidding in shame you are here flaunting these tacky and razz looking products. Even the wigs look MgebkeDelete
Abeg take several seats jare, you are a fine woman and dont need to go breaking homes.
- darling21 January, 2013 14:41
I don't think you can break anybody's home. we are all adults. That breaking home business has expired. You just can't force people to do the things they don't want to. sorry.Delete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 20:51
na so!!
REAL Mgebke WIGS!
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 11:07
mmmm I just don't know..... :/ReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 11:13
That lipstick just look cheap to meReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 11:15
Oh Stella,so this is the new thing for you,fashionReplyDelete
I see....bedmates!ReplyDelete
for a multi million pound boutique/fashion outlet they sure are not displaying the best of their wares..they should have employed the services of a fashion buyer and a proper qualified fashion photographer and stylist who would have chosen the right clothes for the right pictures and the right items in their stock for display…the pics and display is obviously a do it yourself attempt…ReplyDelete
only alaba market and spare part sellers will wear that high collar shirt,even the female shoes sef all look the same no varieties..
hope they are successful though after these small small hiccups cause i really like stella damascus and her personalityReplies
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 20:52
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 22:38
anon ivory chi. the pictures being good shows your level.Delete
- Her RoyalPoshness22 January, 2013 11:20
Ladun abeg give us links to like comments na...I always love luca's comments!!!Delete
@her royal poshnessDelete
- damola21 January, 2013 11:20
And who is that Lanre guy?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 11:30
i love the idea.making naija a better place and reducing unemployment.keep it upReplyDelete
Wish them the bestReplyDelete
- kofoworola21 January, 2013 11:46
The first shoe looks fake to me and i dont like any of those wigs..........oya nextReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 11:49
Whenever she disappears, she always appear back with a BANG!!!!,i love this concept and i am soooooo going to shop thereReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 11:59
Love the white shirt with red touch,i love stellas look too,she she doesnt look like a mother of two. all the best in their endeavorsReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 12:04
i wont knock their hustleReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 12:06
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 12:09
Guess they didnt want to pay for models,maybe the wigs coulda looked better,the look tacky to meReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 12:11
please let your friendship not get to bedship,i dont like those shoes at all.GoodluckReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 12:14
Is that not Doris Simeon ex?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 12:16
GOODLUCK AND ALL THE BEST IN THEIR PATNERSHIP.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 12:18
Hello people,lets make some money beautiful people,pls sign up below FOR FREE,it just takes a minute. Thanks for signing up n for ur time. Pls click
- sexyboocalher21 January, 2013 12:26
I J̲̥̅̊u̶̲̥̅̊s̶̲̥̅̊t̲̥̅̊ hope she doesn't end up marryin ds guy!!! If she does, it won't b 9c @al**sadface**ReplyDelete
- dat igbo geh21 January, 2013 12:31
Acting,movie,singing and now fashion,and i wonder whats next,love her fashion sense, i think she should stick to that for a while,when i mean a while,i mean a looooooooooooooooooooooong time,all the best, and what of Ya husband??StellaReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 12:32
Yet, u say Stella didn't snatch Doris' husband or break her home. I dey laff.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 22:53
My dear,I laff my sef ooo...ow else she go break am,no mind dm dy dey except make she cari bulldozer 2 demonish d house..but guess wat,women we are our greatest enemy.na we dey do ourslvs.Delete
Pple wen say she no break d house,it obvious dt,dt was ow dy broke anoda woman hse 2 gain entrance..
Abeg ooo...dis na my own view n comment,if u wan yan rubbish...just fast 4ward..ciao
- Mama somtee22 January, 2013 11:39
A couple of months down the line I said the same thing and those idiots almost had my head out , hmmmmmmm we women we do ourselves in so it is right for her to snatch another person's husband abi , well goes to show that she can never change she is one heartless bitch and the lord will deal with all these husband snatchers .Delete
- Anonymous22 January, 2013 18:34
I have it on good authority that they r married! They can't deny it, they got married in a church called peculiar people church in aba.Delete
- Anonymous23 January, 2013 23:12
No wonder he refuse to take his wife back after d issue was settled.so many pple came to beg him all to no avail,I knew somebody was in his life already.Delete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 12:34
Wish them both a good time together and all the best in their dealingsReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous23 January, 2013 23:20
Which yeye good time u dey wish them,oko olokoDelete
- truthurts21 January, 2013 13:18
seconded, a very big NO!NO!!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 13:33
stupid husband snatcher!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 13:37
Pls am i missing something? are they together? as in dating? i thought this guy was married to doris simeon with a child?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 14:17
they broke up alreadyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 13:49
After taking another woman,s husband,now they come up with this,God is watching u Stella,no wonder u move from one broken home to another,she is not even fine in person,thin mosquitoe legsReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous22 January, 2013 00:46
WONU: lol! But dats d fact jor jumping husband like buses.Delete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 13:50
Danile Shame on u for leaving your family for StellaReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 14:05
They are just business partners full stopReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 14:43
Leave that story for tortoise ....Delete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 14:05
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 14:07
Business tycoons lolReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 14:20
This life is so funnyReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 14:29
Aren't they adults?ReplyDelete
stella so it is true!ReplyDelete
- happy yoruba bunny21 January, 2013 16:58
going into wigs in Nigeria require a lot of homework cause everyone is into wigs, brazi, peru, mongo, chinese and whatever hair, d shoes are not really breathtaking, wl not swipe my card for what I see n this pix, maybe they have d good ones back store shaReplyDelete
I dont like d concept of them wearing winter clothes for d advert, i mean who wear turtle necks n naija if not those housegirls/houseboys that their bosses dashed sweaters when they just got back from europe
then stella if u marry this guy, u shd hide ur face n shame, cause i'll be disappointed in you, u moved to Abuja cause of this boy, kai agbaiya mama old cargo feeling funky for nothingReplies
forget o,her star power alone is enough to sell the wigs even if its the worst everDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 21:59
would rather have her in hot pants and spaghetti tops?who wear?you get card to swipe?on what?ur ass?biko take several seats oga happy yoruba bunny face.Delete
- happy yoruba bunny23 January, 2013 10:47
ok sir/ma anonymousDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 19:02
they look so "ratchet""...ReplyDelete
haba! what happened to stella..to think i thot she was preety..
and starting a business with your not yet divorced lover? how much more tacky can you get?Replies
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 21:56
funny you can spell ratchet and not pretty were you the one who joined them in unholy 'lovermony'.tueh kelebeDelete
- Anonymous22 January, 2013 18:07
enter stella's voltron...are you on her payroll? ass licking groupie!illiterate like you who cant spot a typo when u see one! cos u went to agege grammar schl, u think everyone did the same.rubbish!Delete
- Anonymous22 January, 2013 18:10
@anon 21.56 my eyes hurt from reading ur comment..no comma, no fullstop..see person wey dey talk about spelling. mtschewwwDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 19:03
stella, you should be ashamed of yourself for real..why r u always in the centre of one controversy or the other ? especially when other pple's husband's are concerned?SMHReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 21:52
i love the wigs especially the one on the first row.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January, 2013 21:54
na wa o nigerians always judging from the outside,has Doris mentioned the reason for the divorce.o ma ga oReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 January, 2013 04:51
na wa daniel is a cute bobo ,sis stella ko da bayi o i pity doris sha we ladies our eyes dey see God help us i understand bn a single mum is not an easy thing gba talking from experience but why would u snatch doris husband and even go public is unfair oooo uncle taiye wont give u money again abuja runs girl daniellllllll then give doris her son back is really unfair nobody can try this shit abroad let her have acess to her son now yeye couple,doris keep doing your thing God will fight for you but doris u need to step up ur fashion sense too good luck cool babeReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 January, 2013 07:15
Let dem beee bikoo, Nah one life dey get ooo .. u guys carry on jaree& enjoyed ur fuul life. Enemy go fear joh!ReplyDelete
- Her RoyalPoshness22 January, 2013 11:23
Multi-million store,yet they cant afford models, good photographers,costumes etc??ReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 January, 2013 12:35
ok this is stella being used...ReplyDelete
Has the guy re-married? Or is he trying to work things out with his wife? Cos I notice he is wearing a wedding ring in the pictures abi it's just for their ads? Oh well...ReplyDelete
MW, these things that they are advertising look really tacky and cheap o. And the wigs??? Terrible mehn! I guess they decided to use their own "star power" to push the boutique that's why they decided to model their wares themselves but it just looks kinda wrong. I guess nollywood people and their fans will patronise them.
This kain "platonic" friendship between Stella and Daniel sha. E get as e be...
- Anonymous22 January, 2013 22:32
Stella..are u off Mofe Duncan ni?? Yeye galReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 January, 2013 08:41
these two annoy the heck out of meReplyDelete
stella you are a heartless @#$%##
how dare you rub it into doris's face God is watching you in 3d
you didnt have to do this, getting models would have sufficed
o ti e beeru olorun!
- Anonymous23 January, 2013 18:56
Who is lanre,hope its nt lanre curtis that yeye frudster.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous27 April, 2013 15:43
I hate the idea that the guy was obviously married when the relationship began.ReplyDelete
However in all fairness to Stella, na single bobo go toast her now? Men are so flirtatious that i wouldnt be surprised if he went after her even despite being married.
Also, no one knows the cause of the problems in the Daniel's marriage before it broke up.
Abeg leave her. She didnt ask to be widowed. Before we judge her, lets walk a mile in her shoes.
We all have our dirty linens...


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A quirky comedy exploring the biochemistry of job loss, motherhood, and immigration, as well as the personal science of turning worker ants into queens, while surviving in the world of ants and humans with an accent. A World Premiere by Saviana Stanescu, directed by Jeff Zinn, and starring Michael Samuel Kaplan, Maria Silverman, and Carol Todd. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays @ 8PM; Saturdays @ 3PM; Sundays @ 2PM thru 3/10/13; Preview performances 2/7 & 2/8/13 @ 2PM & 8PM & 2/9/13 @ 3PM; Opening Night w reception 2/9/13. Tickets are $25 (FT Students); $36 (Seniors); $40 (Adults); $50 (Opening Night); Discounts available for groups of 10 or more. For tickets call 732-229-3166 or visit www.njrep.org for online ticketing. NJ Rep is a non-profit professional boutique theater at 179 Broadway in Long Branch, NJ.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — "12 Years a Slave" rolled at the Spirit Awards, winning five awards including best feature at the annual independent film celebration.
On the eve of the Academy Awards, the historical drama won awards for director Steve McQueen, actress Lupita Nyong'o, screenwriter John Ridley and cinematographer Sean Bobbitt. In a more laid-back, beachside ceremony in Santa Monica, just west of Los Angeles, "12 Years a Slave" was clearly the favorite of the indie circuit.
All of the acting favorites were honored as expected, including best actor for Matthew McConaughey in "Dallas Buyers Club" and Cate Blanchett in "Blue Jasmine." McConaughey's co-star, Jared Leto, won best male supporting performance. Along with Nyong'o, all are the front-runners at the Oscars.


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Taft takes on Porterville
Just seven games remain in the regular season for Taft College's softball team.
Five of them are at home beginning with Thursday's game against Porterville College. First pitch at the Al Baldock Cougar Sports Center is at 2 p.m.
Next week, the Cougars host Reedley in a Tuesday doubleheader and College of the Sequoias Thursday in a single game.
They play at Fresno twice on April 16 and host West Hills in the regular season finale two days later.
The Reedley twin bill is a crucial outing for the Cougars. The teams are tied for second place in the Central Valley Conference.
Heading into this week the standings look like this: Fresno 8-1 (21-6 overall), Taft 7-4 (16-17), Reedley 7-4 (16-15), Sequoias 6-4 (21-8), Merced 5-5 (12-17), Porterville 2-7 (10-16) and West Hills 0-10 (0-29).


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Veterans Day Hits Home for Retiring Osborne
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In Commemoration of the men of Nebraska who served and fell in the Nation's Wars. Inscription in SE corner of Memorial Stadium
Sunday is Veterans Day, a holiday that always has been meaningful for Tom Osborne, the Hall-of-Fame football coach who will retire Jan. 1, 2013, after more than five years as Nebraska's athletic director. Osborne served in the U.S. Army Reserves, and he can identify with any military family that experiences life without a loved one in the house. "Tom's dad (Charles) was gone five years during World War II," wife Nancy Osborne said Friday. "He knows what it's like not to have a dad in the house."
Fortunately, Tom's mother moved the family from Hastings to St. Paul, Neb., where his Uncle Virgil became a father figure that spurred Tom's interest in fishing and encouraged a talented little boy to succeed in every possible way until his dad returned from the war. "That's one of the biggest reasons Tom started TeamMates," Nancy said. "His uncle was his mentor, and he had a huge influence on Tom while his dad was gone."
Charles Osborne was 35 and Tom was 5 when his dad enlisted in the Army after Pearl Harbor was attacked. When his dad returned home five years later, Tom relished listening to his war stories and football stories. Even though he didn't know how he got along without his father, he realized later that his experience without his dad helped him relate to kids who'd grown up in family situations that were less than ideal.
The Osborne family was in Omaha Friday night at a major fund-raiser for TeamMates, an organization headed by executive director Suzanne Hince, Tom's and Nancy's daughter. The mission of TeamMates is "to positively impact the world by inspiring youth to reach their full potential," which is exactly what happened to Osborne while his dad was fighting in World War II. In announcing his retirement, Osborne said he intends to devote time to help TeamMates increase its mentors from 6,000 to 10,000 by 2015, enabling it to become the leading school-based mentoring program in the United States.
Active Military Join Veterans in a Grand Salute
Nebraska has distributed 250 apron tickets to active military/veterans. Most will be used by recently returned Nebraska units from overseas. Color guards for the National Anthem and the band's pregame ceremonies will represent each branch of the military. The Cornhusker Marching Band will play all five service anthems (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard) as the Color Guard marches down the field.
Veterans inside Memorial Stadium will be asked to stand when their service hymn is played. Nebraska will honor nine veterans who honored Nebraska. They will be Honorary Gate Sentinels, representing each military branch and each war/conflict since WWII. Nebraska will honor five WWII veterans, one from each of the five military branches, plus four more sentinels, including two women who represented the Global War on Terror and two men who served in Korea and Vietnam, respectively.
Huskers.com has prepared personalized pages for all Honorary Gate Sentinels, and The N-Sider encourages all Big Red fans to check out the backgrounds and sacrifices from each honored sentinel. The nine honorees include:
U.S. Navy Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Edward Guthrie, WWII, Pacific, Omaha.
U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Kenneth Dahl, WWII, Pacific, Scribner, Neb.
U.S. Army Corporal Harold Heins, WWII, Europe, David City, Neb.
U.S. Army Air Corps Staff Sergeant Don Davis, WWII, Europe, Lincoln.
U.S. Coast Guard Aerographer's Mate 3rd Class Donald Schuster, WWII, North Atlantic, Phillips, Neb.
U.S. Navy Aviation Electrician Petty Officer 2nd Class Norman Elvig, Korea, Omaha.
U.S. Navy Chief Hospital Corpsman (Retired) James Thompson, Vietnam, McCook, Neb.
Nebraska Army National Guard Sergeant First Class Valerie (Deahn) Klinghorn, Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Lincoln.
U.S. Army Reserve Sergeant Ashley Klipfel, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lincoln native now living in Lodgepole, Neb.
Each Sentinel Story Compelling in its Own Way
Each sentinel story is compelling in its own way, from the youngest veterans to the oldest, including Edward Guthrie, one of Nebraska's last living survivors of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. Nebraska will honor all veterans Saturday, as well as active military. HuskerVision also will use the big screens during the National Anthem to scroll the names of all soldiers with Nebraska ties who have lost their lives fighting the Global War on Terror since 9-11.
Throughout the game, HuskerVision will feature "shout outs" and pictures of Nebraska soldiers currently serving overseas. If weather permits, there will be a special flyover during the National Anthem that features military jumpers. Flag pins have been distributed to each veteran working the game for events/concessions, plus Athletic Department members who are military veterans - Osborne, Dan Bottcher, Don Bryant, Phil Hood, Butch Hug, Syed Hussain,Shot Kleen, Gregg Lingenfelder, George Scheel, George Sullivan and Jerry Zimmer. We aslo salute employee Patrick Kelly, a retired New York City police detective who worked full-time on 9-11-01.
In addition to saluting our own, Nebraska added a new military-related wrinkle to celebrate and honor Veterans Day. For this cross-divisional Big Ten game, 21 University of Nebraska ROTC cadets agreed to do push-ups in the Southeast corner of the field ... one push-up for each point scored immediately after the score, so here's hoping that Nebraska's offense is explosive, and the cadets end the day much more physically fit than they started it.
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I enjoyed the article on Tom and the military. In 1963 and early 1964, Tom and I were weekend warriors in Training Company, 89th Inf. Div., U.S. Army Reserve. I still have a fatigue shirt with the rolling "W" shoulder patch. We did Army Summer Camp at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. That's when I learned the stories of his volunteering as a wide receiver coach for the Bobfather (Bob Devaney) and getting to eat at the Training Table because Devaney had no budget to pay him. I also learned how he became a wide receiver at San Francisco because Red Hickey told Tom that nobody was likely to play quarterback for the 49ers other than Y.A.Tittle or John Brodie. Tom said he didn't want to be a defensive back, so he opted for wide receiver. Ken Softley, NU '58, Topeka, Kansas


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So his appointment was at 10:00 today.
10:00 - No Mr. Jackass.
10:05 - No Mr. Jackass.
10:10 - No Mr. Jackass.
10:15 - Phone rings. It's Mr. Jackass's secretary. She's calling to say that he's in the lobby of my building, but is tied up in a VERY IMPORTANT telephone meeting, and can't come up right now. Mary told her that we don't see new patients who are more than 20 minutes late. She says she'll tell him.
10:17 - Mr. Jackass, cell phone glued to head, shows up. Signs in. He looks at Mary and says, "There. I'm here. Now let me finish my meeting" and sits down in the lobby. Argues with someone on the phone.
10:18 - I go to door, call him back. He doesn't even look up, just gives me the "I'm on the phone, leave me alone" gesture.
10:20 - My 11:00 (a follow-up visit) shows up early. So I take her back. Mr. Jackass gives me dirty look when I call her back, but continues his meeting.
10:35 - Mrs. Follow-Up and I finish her appointment, and I walk her out. I give Mary the "Mr. Jackass is toast" gesture, 15 minutes after I should have.
10:40 - Mr. Jackass hangs up his phone
He goes up to the front desk and tells Mary that "He'll see Dr. Grumpy now". Mary tells him that he's missed his appointment, and can no longer be seen. He starts yelling at her, saying he was here on-time, and in my office by 10:20, like we told him. Demands to talk to the office manager.
I was standing out of sight behind a shelf, because I expected this to happen and wanted to hear it. So I made my appearance. He immediately laid into me about the fact that HE WASN'T BEING SEEN ON TIME BECAUSE HE'D BEEN SITTING IN MY LOBBY FOR A WHILE AND WAS A BUSY GUY WITH STUFF TO DO.
I told him that it's our office policy that we don't see, or reschedule, new patients who are more than 20 minutes late. He insisted he wasn't late. I told him he was, and pointed out that when I tried to call him back for his appointment he'd refused to come back because he was on the phone.
So he demanded to talk to Dr. Grumpy.
And I introduced myself.
For perhaps 10 seconds it was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop.
Then he picked up his phone, pressed a key, and said "Yeah, it's me. Patch me back into the meeting". And walked out the door.
At 11:45 the ER called me. He'd gone over there and told them he needed to be evaluated for a stroke. They asked me to come over and see him. I said no.
And to all a good night.


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On a sunny Friday in August last year, Judah Abughorab paddled a small, flat boat over the blue Mediterranean Sea about 100 yards off the Gaza Strip's sandy shore.
He doesn't really like to eat fish, but catching them is the unemployed construction worker's favorite pastime.
That day, he netted a half a dozen. Then, through the clear water, he spotted something that made him look again.
"It looked like a person," he says. "Eyes, a face, hands, fingers."
Abughorab says he was scared, but dived 5 yards down to have a closer look. One touch told him the human form was made of metal.
"I realized it was a statue," he says. "I tried to move it, but it was so heavy I thought it was tied to the bottom."
The impoverished, densely populated Gaza Strip was for centuries a crossroads of many different civilizations. Archaeologists and amateurs have uncovered ancient statues, Greek coins, Roman glass bottles and Byzantine mosaics in Gaza.
The nearly 6-foot-tall, curly-haired bronze that Abughorab hauled from the sea — with the help of half a dozen cousins and a lot of rope — is being touted by the few who have seen it as a real treasure: an ancient statue of the Greek god Apollo.
A donkey cart hauled the find up a sandy cliff to Abughorab's home. The same day, one of his relatives loaded the statue into a tuk-tuk and took it away for safekeeping.
Officials with the Hamas government, which runs the Gaza Strip, say they have Apollo in storage now. Ahmed al-Borsh, director of Gaza's Antiquities Department, hopes this Greek god can help forge ties with Western institutions.
"We want to establish direct connections with official institutions who share our aim of protecting the statue," he says.
"Direct connections" is the key phrase for Hamas. Considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the European Union, Hamas hopes interest in preserving this apparent rare find could crack the door of isolation.
"If it's not restored in the right way, it will be destroyed," says Borsh. "I don't think they will find another Apollo."
Last year, top Hamas officials expressed interest in getting the organization off Western blacklists. Borsh hopes cultural delegations might now travel to Gaza to see Apollo, laying groundwork for future international relationships. He says the Louvre has expressed interest in helping restore the statue, something a Louvre spokesperson denies.
The Gazan government is handing out photos of Apollo and promising to show the real thing soon. Wealthy Gazan antiquities collector Jhoudat Khodary says he has seen a video of the god statue pulled from the sea. He couldn't sleep that night, he says.
"What a beauty, what a treasure, what good luck," Khodary says. "So happy that such an important statue was found in Gaza."
He hedges on whether the statue was for sale at that time, but he says he did not buy it. Gazan archaeologist and restoration expert Fadel al-Otol worries the statue will deteriorate if it's not stored soon in carefully regulated conditions. But he says dreams of Apollo helping Hamas are far-fetched right now.
"It is impossible that the statue will give the government political connections at this point. They haven't even shown Apollo," Otol says. "They are just talking about it, and that won't get them anywhere."
Photos of Apollo show a splotchy brown and green statue missing its left eye, two fingers and a thumb. Abughorab, the man who found it, says he knocked off one of Apollo's fingers with a 5-pound hammer soon after getting it home.
"It had a certain shine, so we thought we should find out what kind of metal it was before doing anything else," he says.
The Hamas government says the finger was melted. The fisherman says it's back with Apollo. Abughorab doesn't want the finger, he says, but is hoping for a substantial reward.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.
And I'm Melissa Block.
The Gaza Strip is known for being an impoverished, densely populated flashpoint in the Mideast. The Islamist party Hamas, elected to run Gaza a few years ago, is ostracized as a terrorist group by the U.S. and European Union. But Gaza is also the site of valuable antiquities. And now, some Hamas officials hope an ancient Greek god - a statue of him, at least - can help forge some ties with the West.
NPR's Emily Harris tells the tale.
EMILY HARRIS, BYLINE: Gaza's western edge is the Mediterranean Sea. Judah Abughorab is one of many men in Gaza who like to fish.
JUDAH ABUGHORAB: (Through translator) It's my hobby. I love fishing. And if I get a chance to sell a few fish, all the better.
HARRIS: One Friday last August, Abughorab tossed his net from a small boat 100 yards offshore. He caught a half a dozen fish and a glimpse of something that scared him.
ABUGHORAB: (Through translator) I was scared because it looked like a person. Eyes, a face, hands, fingers. So I dove down. When I touched it, I realized it was a statue. I tried to move it but it was so heavy, I thought it was tied to the bottom.
HARRIS: Lots of rope, the rowboat and six cousins hauled the find ashore. A donkey cart lugged it up the sandy cliff to Abughorab's home. The statue is being touted as a real treasure. The few people who've seen it say it is a nearly six-foot tall, curly-haired ancient bronze of the Greek god Apollo. But the day it was found, one of Abughorab's relatives took the statue away for safekeeping. It hasn't been seen in public since.
Wealthy Gazan antiquities collector Jhoudat Khodary says that shortly after that, someone showed him a video of the god statue pulled from the sea.
JHOUDAT KHODARY: That night, I didn't sleep. What a beauty, what a treasure, what good luck. So happy that such an important statue found in Gaza.
HARRIS: Gaza has been a crossroad for thousands of years. Archeologists and amateurs have uncovered ancient statues in Gaza, Greek coins, Roman glass bottles and Byzantine mosaics. Khodary says he did not buy the Apollo.
KHODARY: When it come to Apollo, it's a noncommercial issue. It's pure historical issue.
HARRIS: The Hamas government hopes this find might build bridges to Western cultural institutions. Director of Gaza's antiquities department, Ahmed al-Borsh, says Hamas now has Apollo under lock and key.
AHMED AL-BORSH: (Through translator) We want to establish direct communications with official institutions who share our aim of protecting the statue.
HARRIS: Gazan archeologist and restoration expert Fadel al-Otol worries the statue will deteriorate if it's not stored soon in carefully regulated conditions. But he says dreams of Apollo helping Hamas are far-fetched right now.
FADEL AL-OTOL: (Through translator) As a Palestinian and as an expert in antique restoration, I think it's impossible that the statue will give the government political connections at this point. They haven't even shown Apollo. They're just talking about him, and that won't get them anywhere.
HARRIS: The government is handing out photos. In some of them, Apollo rests on a sheet decorated with Smurfs. The statue looks splotchy brown and green. His left eye is missing, along with two fingers and one thumb. The fisherman who found the statue says he whacked off one of Apollo's fingers with a five-pound hammer.
ABUGHORAB: (Through translator) It had a certain shine, so we thought we should find out what kind of metal it was before doing anything else.
HARRIS: The Hamas government says the finger was melted. The fisherman says it's back with Apollo, wherever the Greek god might be. Emily Harris, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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A little bit of apple, a little bit of buttermilk and some sharp cheddar all make for a truly tasty muffin.
These apple muffins came about from a recent trip to a local farmers market where I got my first (of the season) homemade batch of apple cider.
I'm a huge apple cider lover. I love that cold, crisp taste of it. This batch was organic too. There are some things that do taste better organic and some other things I can't even tell the difference. But I did notice a more "apple-ly" flavor in the organic cider.
So many things you can bake with fresh apple cider.
Apple & cheddar scones, cookies, pies, endless....
Apple muffins with a hint of cheese inside a nice warm muffin...this sounds good.
I hope there are a few of you die hard New Englanders out there that love homemade apple pies with some sharp cheddar? I know the Canadians love this too as I have a lot of relatives in Canada who wouldn't have it any other way.
Adding the cheese to the muffins gave it a bit of flavor, it was worth it. The pecans, well, you all know I can never get enough pecans; you could also use walnuts in here. But the real winner, the real deal closer for these apple muffins was the apple cider glaze frosting. Really good. The apple cider glaze came from that organic apple cider I purchased mixed with some cream cheese and confectioners sugar. The cream cheese and the apple cider mesh so perfectly together; reminds me of a good pairing of wine & cheese. It has a tart bite to it with a creamy cheese undertone all wrapped up in sugar.
In my opinion, use McCoun apples if you can, they are the best for baking.
apple-cheddar muffins w/ apple cider glaze
from vanillasugarblog.com
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3/4 cup coarsely chopped toasted pecans
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ts baking soda
1 ts baking powder
1/2 ts nutmeg
½ ts allspice
½ ts cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
4 TB buttermilk
½ cup of shredded sharp cheddar cheese
2 medium McCoun apples: peeled, cored and cut into 3/4 -inch chunks
Preheat the oven to 325°. Butter 12 regular-size muffin cups. Spread the pecans on a baking sheet and toast for about 8 minutes, or until fragrant. Transfer to a plate and let cool.
In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon and salt.
In another bowl, beat the butter and sugar until creamy and fluffy. Beat in the egg and buttermilk. Stir in the dry ingredients until fully incorporated. Recipe by dawn finicane of vanillakitchen.blogspot.com Fold in the apples, pecans, and cheddar cheese.
Spoon the batter into the muffin cups and bake for about 30 - 40 minutes (depending on oven temp and muffin pans) or until the apples are tender and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean. (while these are baking I like to get my cider glaze done and into the fridge to chill for a while).
Let muffins cool before glazing.
apple cider glaze
1/2 package cream cheese (4 ounces), softened
1 package of confectioners' sugar
½ ts cinnamon
3 TB apple cider (not apple juice)
I melted the cider and cream cheese over very low heat, very slowly while constantly stirring. There will be lumps. When it was cooled a bit I added in the cinnamon. In a separate bowl put the confectioner's sugar in there and slowly add the melted cider mix to the confectioners sugar. Don't add all the liquid in, only add in a bit at a time until you reach the glaze thickness you desire. (I only used about ¾ of the liquid mixture, use less for a frosting). Keep mixing till fully incorporated and there are no lumps.
Make sure to chill this in the fridge for a while before using.
Cook Notes: I only like to use McCoun apples for baking. I know they are in season for a couple months (oct & nov). I have no idea what else to use instead of these. Whatever apple is sweet, juicy, crispy with a little bit of tart to it would be good. I do not recommend Granny Smith apples for this recipe.
If you want to use muffin liners you can. These are very moist muffins, almost delicate.


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The truth about a complex built for veterans and the middle class and how it has evolved through the years to become one of the more interesting and controversial of New York stories.
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Management has two priorities: 1) Making sure money is made, hence upgrading and filling up apartments is their goal. "Amenities" are important in selling the place, though few residents use them. 2) If someone needs medical attention, Public Safety will be there, if alerted.
Quality of life issues are not that important, however. Things like the carpet rule or outsider dogs. These "rules" tend to be ignored, on purpose it seems. So you will see a lot that isn't taken care of properly, and complaints will be met with a creative excuse and a smile.
"Peace and quiet" must be a cruel joke, though this property is sold that way. There can be no peace and quiet as ALL apartments must be upgraded, which includes the installation of an AC unit below the window. Aside from the continual construction about the neighborhood, there is a new and noisy subway extension being built along East 14 st and the shut down of the L line. "Choosing" to live in NYC, now the newest mantra, is a fabrication when the talk is of ST and PCV, which was traditionally quiet, with no construction noise.
Though money was always important, it is now more important than ever. Money rules many things, as you will find.
About those "club cars" we see going this way and that way, and outside of Stuy Town or Peter Cooper Village:
Friday, December 2, 2011
Power to the 99% or to the 1%: The Partnership Between the TA and Brookfield
Once again, the ST/PCV Tenants Association is trying to place a bid on acquiring Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village. This time, the TA has a partner: Brookfield Asset Management.
At the public press conference on Wednesday, November 30th, Councilman Dan Garodnick struck all the right notes: much was mentioned, and stressed, about a "non-eviction" plan and "the middle class" and "affordability." But is a deal that will require of tenants a six-figure number in mortgage loans, with maintenance fees that could equal or surpass their current rent, really affordable and a secure base for whatever middle class remains in Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village?
Let's admit from the outset that self-interest plays the most important role for everyone concerned--tenants, buyers, non-buyers, and asset management companies. While the arguments can be buttressed by lofty ideals about the middle class and apartment affordability, the bottom line is that everyone will be looking after their own interests when it comes to the sale of ST/PCV. If you are a ST/PCV resident with money to burn and believe that acquiring an apartment here at a low insider rate is good for you as an investment or for your family's future, you will be for the deal; if you are a tenant who cannot afford to pay for, or get a mortgage for, whatever the final asking price will be, or if you don't see any value in paying so much money when you are in a rent stabilized situation, then you will be against the deal. As for asset management companies...sorry, but I don't believe in the tooth fairy or beneficent benefactors. These companies want to make money, and the complex that's Stuy Town/Peter Cooper Village, stretching from 14 st to 23 st and 1st Ave to the FDR Drive, is, despite all the troubles and turmoil here, a huge prize that many are after, and NOT because they want to maintain rent stabilization and the middle class in Manhattan. At the Wednesday press conference, Barry Blattman, the senior managing partner of Brookfield, stated that ST/PCV is "the kind of real estate that our company covets." Thanks for warning us.
Brookfield's Barry Blattman
(I have to mention that I have no hardcore distrust of Brookfield, aside from my tempered cynicism regarding any real estate/asset management company being on the side of tenants. Barry Blattman seems like a nice guy and Garodnick believes that Brookfield's intentions toward tenants are "benevolent." I did a check of Brookfield's donations to NYC candidates for the past decade, and the company appears fairly reputable in who they give their money to. Note: They donated considerable money to Thompson in the last mayoral election and completely stiffed Bloomberg, though such a face-slap could be based on some personal/business clashes in the past.)
All this said, it would be petulant to dismiss outright whatever plan is still brewing amongst the key players here. According to the Town & Village, the TA and Brookfield share these goals: "a conversion plan that would allow tenants to remain on as stabilized renters if they choose and give those who wish to buy an attractive insider's price." Other goals: "maintain affordability and stability of the community with tenants free of harassment, keeping the open spaces open and improving maintenance and upkeep of the property." T&V adds, "To maintain stability, the plan includes keeping some of the apartments permanently affordable through funding from government sources." Remarkably, this latter point contradicts all the politico and TA speeches about the "middle class" and "affordability" and proves that the complex will NOT be affordable should the plan go through. Another source mentions a figure of 10% for the number of apartments being kept in affordable range. If that pathetically low percentage is true, and tenants accept the deal, then the death of the middle class and "affordability" will come to this complex much sooner than was ever anticipated.
Garodnick, Stringer, Quinn, Duane
A significant part of the plan involves Brookfield, a company that owns over 20 million square feet of property in Manhattan. According to T&V, Brookfield would be the sponsor of the plan, "putting together the money for the purchase, offering the units for sale, and then remaining the landlord and manager of the unsold apartments." At first and even second glance this arrangement means that Brookfield would be in charge, much like Tishman Speyer was in charge, but with the TA's blessings and some (?) input from a co-op/condo board should tenants win the right of apartment ownership.
For tenants wishing to make money, the TA and Garodnick are pushing for some type of cap on tenant owners flipping an apartment for considerable profit. While seemingly good for "affordability," such a stipulation will, no doubt, dampen the enthusiasm of some tenants who are already envisioning making a killing on the deal.
But right now, there is no detailed plan, just a vague template with several constructs ready to be argued over, filled in, amplified.
Center: TA's president, Al Doyle, talking with Brookfield's Barry Blattman
What concerns me most is that I see no way as to how "middle class" and "affordability" can be mentioned in the same breath with Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village if this still-brewing plan goes through. Whoever pays off 3 billion plus to the original senior lenders that CWCapital represents will be stuck with making up that 3 billion somehow, and I get the feeling that tenants and prospective tenants will be the ones ultimately footing the bill, while at the same time paying high maintenance costs on a property and buildings that are not deluxe or luxury living.
We also have to ask ourselves this question: Do we see, in the distant future, Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village as it is now? Do we see the same buildings standing here, the ones without central air-conditioning or heating, no doormen, fabricated ugly project-style after the Second World War? Or do we see something else: almost a mini-city of sleekly designed high-rises with doormen and the most contemporary modern conveniences? If the latter picture IS going to be the reality, then is it much better to start now and approach it in a straight line? Or are we going to approach this reality (if such it will be) in a zigzag line with continual squabbles, buy-ins, buy-outs, this management/that management, tempers flaring, blood pressures rising, and continual lack of certainty with tenants separated by rental status and potentially fighting each over a variety of monetary and maintenance issues? Ultimately, will everything that's here get replaced by eminent domain, either the genuine kind (upon which ST/PCV was built) or the more devious kind where the property or chunks of it will be bought out by monied interests who will, after offering tenants a sizable buyout, start knocking down the buildings one by one to erect a city of the future. (If we don't want to see this vision a reality, then the TA's efforts to have ST/PCV landmarked may not be such a mad Quixotic idea, after all.)
There is this thing called "progress" and Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village, in the judgement of some, may be standing in the way. But that other thing, "self-interest" is going be continually in the game, whether people want to admit it as the most vital component or not.
Read into these photos what you will:
(Thanks to NoSpinZone for the photos.)
DON'T FORGET THAT TOMORROW, SATURDAY, DEC. 3rd, the TA will hold an important meeting at Mason Hall, Baruch College, 23rd St. & Lexington Ave. at 1pm. Politicos and a Brookfield representative will be present! For more details visit www.stpcvta.org
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First: kudos on an incredibly comprehensive, and I believe, accurate analysis of the situation as we now know it.
Second: I feel that the transfer of this onerous debt burden from the most recent foolish investors to the tenants--regardless of the form it takes--will probably not work out well financially for any of us.
Unless some sort of subsidy from somewhere magically appears, I don't see how the net cost of owning can't materially exceed the current cost of renting--for most of us, that is.
The devil will be in the financial details...
- December 2, 2011 at 11:47 AM
This would be my plan for navigating the offer to "buy" our homes:
1. Hold out as a RS tenant to the bitter end.
2. When and if the RS laws part you from your home (may never happen), buy someone else's apartment on the open market. There will likely be literally thousands of them for sale by then.
The place will be so horribly over budget and in the hole, all of the would-be flippers will be ready to take anything to get the heck out.
If you lived here in the early 90's, you know that many people that bought into failed Co-op conversions were left with nothing at all but their proprietary lease and a barrel around their midriff. Don't think that can't happen here, too. It already happened to some of the "smartest people" in NYC real estate!
- December 2, 2011 at 11:53 AM
Does anyone know if they're in talks already and if CW EVEN wants to sell us?
- December 2, 2011 at 12:10 PM
- Stuy Town Reporter said...
As far as I know, not in talks and no response yet from CWCapital. The press conference was just the first salvo, more of a wake-up call to action, I think, than anything else.
- December 2, 2011 at 12:12 PM
Im betting they're not going to show any interest. Th3 3 billion will be too low for them to even discuss it.
- December 2, 2011 at 1:01 PM
Everything is for sale at the right price. We may not want to pay that price, however.
- December 2, 2011 at 1:46 PM
I won't even give this 'plan' another thought or worry. CW Capital will refuse it. Thanks but errrrr, no thanks!
I'm betting on it.
- December 2, 2011 at 1:49 PM
Manhattan is expensive. The lucky few with below-market stabilized units can live here. It isn't clear why they have that privilege and others of similar incomes don't. There's a real fairness problem with that... I'd welcome a new model that creates an affordable housing pool with our community that is a bit more fair than the current one, which basically has a "finders keepers" approach, regardless of income, ability to pay, etc.
That said, I'm not convinced that anybody "owes" me my below-market RS unit, even if most of my RS neighbors feel they're owed that deal for life. The level of entitlement is epic, and I think that's a big barrier to moving forward in any direction. Which ultimately is how this place ends up in a very bad situation.
Imagine this deal doesn't happen. CW settles the lawsuit. The value of the community continues to shrink based upon an even lower base of rents, and CW can't keep doing this indefinitely, so it chops things up and tries a fire sale. Buildings in groups of 3 or 4 get sold to a variety of landlords. Whatever economies of scale one gets from operating this place are trashed, and costs keep going up with rents held stable. One by one, the buyers again go under. Before long, the city steps in and puts the community into a program like section 8 to help stem the side. At that point, affordable is locked in, but we're a Project. There's no future upside, and no chance to make things better. Congrats, your below-market RS unit is going to have neighbors who make you long for the days of the NYU OMG girls.
There's gotta be a better option out there.
- December 2, 2011 at 2:07 PM
These people will use any diversion to get ours minds off the illegally zoned ice skating rink...and Holiday Tree yard.
- December 2, 2011 at 2:23 PM
Now Guterman is trying to get in on the act. The sharks are in the water because they smell blood and guess who will be their dinner? Us! I have no interest in buying my apartment. I will stay rent stabilized for as long as RS in in force and I wouldn't touch anything the TA, Garodnick, Brookfield or Guterman comes up with. Not even with a 10 foot pole!
- December 2, 2011 at 3:33 PM
2:07 pm. It's not that the rent stabilized rents are too low, it's that the market rate rents are too high.
- December 2, 2011 at 3:39 PM
@Anonymous December 2, 2011 2:07 PM
What the heck are you smoking ?
- December 2, 2011 at 3:56 PM
The more CW suffers financially, the better off we will be in the long run--particularly if the goal is to become "owner-operators." Bringing the sale price down is a "good thing" as one famous person once said.
There's a limit to how much suffering they can inflict on us and I sense that we are at that point already. As an aside, did anyone notice that the new porter contract spreads one worker over 4 buildings instead of "just" 3?
- December 2, 2011 at 4:19 PM
For those that are wondering about RS apartments. First it's the law and was recently renewed for the next 5 years. This is also not the only community with RS. There are over a million apartments in the State covered by these laws. We need more not less affordable housing.
- December 2, 2011 at 4:43 PM
Well, the J51 program will only exist for another 4-5 years for most buildings. Can you imagine how fast they'll renew that deal?
- December 2, 2011 at 4:58 PM
From Crain's New York: Old Stuy Town suitor pops back in - Partnership of legendary apartment converter Gerald Guterman and Westwood Capital sends tenants a letter in hope of reviving a plan first broached last year.
Read more: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20111202/REAL_ESTATE/111209965#ixzz1fQ9ve2nK
- December 2, 2011 at 6:01 PM
And now we're back in the Guter...
- December 2, 2011 at 9:10 PM
One porter spread over 4 buildings you say? All the more reason to chuck EVERYTHING non combustible and not glass down the garbage chute. Save these guys some work at least!
- December 2, 2011 at 9:30 PM
Actually, the J51 law expires the end of this month.
- December 2, 2011 at 10:24 PM
The Guterman-Westwood proposal seems great.
Where was our Tenants Association when it was received?
Probably focused on shutting down that evil Greenmarket.
- December 2, 2011 at 10:25 PM
I am paying $937.48 a month for my 2 bedroom 2 bath Peter Cooper apartment - why would I want anything else?
- December 2, 2011 at 10:34 PM
Ya gotta love the "Winter Wonderland" banner background for the press conference. "For residents and their guests". I don't think so, Homey don't play that game
- December 3, 2011 at 6:30 AM
Dear 10:34PM,
Turns out, you're the 1% in our little community. Inequity like that is why we're never going to get a deal, because tenants interests are so misaligned with each other, much less with any of the bidder. You probably just want to keep your boondoggle, even if your apartment is a festering hole. Others of us want a nicer place to live, and are paying more. Some of us are paying top dollar and won't be satisfied with anything CW can provide. And it's all one trough we're dining at. Recipe for disaster, I tell you.
- December 3, 2011 at 9:48 AM
I can't wait to see Carolyn Maloney blathering on stage today.
I'm sure she will tell us again - like she does every Tenants Association meeting - that her daughter is still on the waitlist for an apartment.
- December 3, 2011 at 10:48 AM
But, Eddie...it's for the childrens!
- December 3, 2011 at 11:09 AM
How come no one is reporting the robbery in 21 Stuyvesant Oval yesterday around 3 pm?
Man walks in to his apartment being robber by a man and a woman.
The perps were walking out of his apartment with his computer. The apartment renter was bitten by the women. Both the man and women peps were arrested by police. The male perp was (get this) the fedex delivery man.
- December 3, 2011 at 3:11 PM
FedEx hires lots of temporary staff for the holidays. I wonder if they get dental impressions of the seasonal people?
- December 3, 2011 at 3:49 PM
They are not reporting the 21 Oval robbery it because it really happened in Gramercy Park. You are just imagining that it is Stuyvesant Town. :)
Note that 21 Oval is right by the well guarded skating rink.
- December 3, 2011 at 4:49 PM
- Stuy Town Reporter said...
Something to remember from an analysis done over a year ago, when Ackman was interested in the property:
From the NYTimes:
If a large number of apartments are returned back to rent stabilization, Mr. Ackman would need the majority of Stuyvesant Town residents to buy their units for more than $300 a square foot. But while some tenants might see this as a good investment, others might not have the cash for a down payment, especially given the downturn in the economy — or their rents may be cheap enough that buying does not make sense.
With the average size of an apartment at Stuyvesant town's being 911 square feet, according to Mr. Ackman, that would mean that if it sells at about $600 a square foot, which is well below market price, it would cost about $546,600. The buyer would need to put up nearly $110,000 cash for a 20 percent down payment. The monthly payment, with a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at 6 percent, plus assuming $1,500 a month for maintenance and taxes, would total about $4,100 a month.
A 5 percent mortgage would bring that total monthly payment down to about $3,850, but that is still higher than market rents of about $3,000 a month for similar amount of space. (The rent-stabilized tenants pay probably half that amount.)
Based on those numbers, it looks as if tenants will be paying considerably more than their current rent to own at Stuyvesant Town, even factoring in tax savings. Many will probably choose to continue paying below-market rates (as in many cases, it would be below the maintenance costs), which will eat away at any profits made from the sale of free-market units.
- December 3, 2011 at 7:13 PM
- Stuy Town Reporter said...
BTW, I'm assuming some readers did go to the meeting. The prospect for me to attend was too depressing, as I've been at these before and guessed what the spin would be. Any surprises?
- December 3, 2011 at 7:17 PM
ST Apartments
Apts SF TTL SF
Total 8,617 6,807,020
PCV Apartments
Apts SF TTL SF
- - -
Total 2,424 2,200,773
Total 11,041 9,007,793
Operating expenses are about $150mm or $1.40 per square foot/month. OpEx includes maintenance & taxes.
Average cost per square foot for dorman condos in Manhattan runs $1.40 - $1.60. We, of course, have no doormen so you'd have to level out the comparison. I guess we pay more for porters to clean up dog poop and remove sun tan lotion on Ovel grass used by nonresidents.
Apartment count & Opex numbers come from 2009 audited statement. Discrepency in apartment count from official count probably due to TS mothballing apts at that time.
I disagree with a $700 psf valuation of apartments. I think $600 psf is a better market rate suggestion. Insider price would have to be no more than $4xx.00 for even the market rate renters to find appealing.
As an example, I live in a 1BR ST apartment. Square feet of my apartment is 699. Multiply it by $1.40 sf/month OpEx (comm, Hoa, call it what you like) and my charge is $978 monthly. Let's call my current rent $2,500 (close to actual). To 'break even' on a monthly expense my mortgage cannot exceed $300,000 (assuming 4.5% on a 30yr loan). I've not included value of mtge deduction or effect of annual RGB escalation. Nor have I included the opportunity cost of my money or probable additional expense of annual capital improvement. So $443 psf is about my breakeven.
Some people may argue that I gain upside potential of apartment value. But I'm planning on living here until I die so only math that works for me is monthly spend.
These are the numbers. How they're spun are matters left to the 'financial engineers'.
- December 3, 2011 at 8:35 PM
I went to the meeting. I believe that the fix is in. The pols fell all over themselves congratulating tenants with saving the middle class and affordability (did not define either). I think CW will accept the bid and the whole property will be converted. Out concilmember keeps trying to reassure those who will not buy that it is a non-evict conversion (which it will be ). Actually Brookfield will be owning those apts who are not bought and acknowledged in the only interesting question, that they will have the right to sell those apts to whoever they want. The RS tenant can stay but someone else can own the apt. Questions were collected on cards and obviously screened (none of my nine questions were addressed). You can kiss what's left of the middle class good-bye.
- December 4, 2011 at 8:11 AM
Listen to recording at stuy pcv apartment recently....
- December 4, 2011 at 9:07 AM
- Stuy Town Reporter said...
"The RS tenant can stay but someone else can own the apt."
As for questions being screened, I had the same impression when I went to the last meeting at Baruch. My question asked about the political donations our politicos receive from real estate concerns. Of course this question ignored.
- December 4, 2011 at 11:20 AM
- Stuy Town Reporter said...
"Listen to recording at stuy pcv apartment recently...."
Yeah, I hear that crap too at times.
- December 4, 2011 at 11:21 AM
RE; youtube link=====
so, um, just a thought here..... why aren't there carpets installed? W.T.H?
- December 4, 2011 at 12:14 PM
Who says CW is suffering ? If they were suffering, wouldn't they lower rents on so many 'vacant' apartments?
- December 4, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Listen to recording at stuy pcv apartment recently...."
Yeah, I hear that crap too at times.
I hear that crap ALL THE TIME and mostly between 2 am and 6 am when the downstairs and upstairs dormies come home a-woo-hooing!
- December 4, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Yes, it's true that in a non-eviction conversion someone can buy a RS apartment that is already occupied by a tenant that does not want to buy. Then that person becomes the landlord of that tenant. That is quite common in converted buildings where older tenants cannot or do not want to buy the apartment. This whole deal is going to be a nightmare for those who do not wish to buy. You just have to hope you don't get someone who is abusive buy the apartment you live in. I deeply resent the TA and Sneaky Dan going behind our backs and cutting this deal with Brookfield (and Guterman would be just as bad). This is supposed to be affordable RENTAL housing. They have sold us out and I hope it comes back to bite them in the ass. None of the politicians involved will ever get my vote and the TA should disband and call itself the Owners Association. A lot of chicanery and self-serving going with this deal.
- December 4, 2011 at 12:22 PM
I would not worry nor get ourselves all in a tizzy. You actually think that they'll sell the property to us?
Our new landlord will be even better than the last one. That will be the real nightmare.
We'll be wishing for tishman days again before too long.
- December 4, 2011 at 1:25 PM
I think there is going to be limited investor interest in buying RS apartments with low rents inhabited by reasonably young, healthy tenants (define that metric on your own, please). In this environment, few people are going to want to pay to service a $4k/month obligation while collecting half that or even less in rent.
If your tenant lives even ten years before moving or dying, you're in the hole at least a quarter mil. Then you have to re-renovate the apartment before you can resell it. And the you are competing with 11,000 other comparable properties.
Maybe that formula works for the most desirable units (again, please use your own imagination as to what constitutes desirable) but probably not for all of them. You're going to have a hard time flipping units along Ave C & on far East 14th. Location, location, location...
- December 4, 2011 at 1:38 PM
Do you guys like anything? EVERY post is a complaint.
- December 4, 2011 at 4:40 PM
- Stuy Town Reporter said...
I like seeing little children laughing in the ice rink.
- December 4, 2011 at 5:26 PM
"Do you guys like anything? EVERY post is a complaint."
Do we really need a public forum to praise a management company hell-bent on destroying our community?
That's why you hear so many complaints here.
Now go back out there and use your season pass to skate on the ice puddle...
- December 4, 2011 at 10:13 PM
- Lux Living said...
"every post is a complaint"
For a while I balanced the content on Stuy Town Living and you know what? The content considered positive was all but ignored. So why should I, or STR, spend our time creating it? Quality of life issues, the potential sale of the property, recent crime, to name a few, these are the topics people are interested in. It's news.
- December 4, 2011 at 10:45 PM
Certainly a forum could be created where ST/PCV residents would participate on a strictly positive note, talk about their ice skating party or their brunch get together at Oval Lounge, but THESE forums were created out of the sense of outrage and frustration that many residents developed after the sale of the property to Tishman-Speyer.
You see, where there was a wonderful, stable and affordable community, the greed of MetLife's executives and stockholders, along with Tishman-Speyer's comparable quest for even more billions of dollars in profit led the residents of ST/PCV into a situation where it appears that everything that they enjoyed since the end of World War II has come to an insurmountable end.
Even if the complex is converted to tenant ownership, it will be a huge task to return it to a standard of quality living that residents had previously enjoyed because unfortunately, the quest for riches has created a situation that will take many, many years to correct. The same rent stabilization laws that protect tenants will also protect those negative things (like pressure walls and dogs) that have changed the character of our community for the worse.
And be very careful of these offers to "help" the residents purchase their homes. So far, I've heard these "benevolent" real estate companies say that they want to keep the commercial space and garage profits for themselves, but I caution you that those profits have helped to offset operating income for all these years, and when that disappears, the cost of maintaining the property will then come directly from tenants pockets. I suggest that at a minimum, any deal struck should limit the management company to a percentage share, with the rest earmarked for the maintenance and operation of the property.
- December 5, 2011 at 12:23 PM
- December 5, 2011 at 12:46 PM
>>The same rent stabilization laws that protect tenants will also protect those negative things (like pressure walls and dogs)>>
Now that's just "crazy talk".!
Wait until new individual condo owners are hit with ever escalating maintenance charges due to years and years of maintenance neglect, poor quality materials that were used, and lowest bid contractors.
The new condo owners (your friends and neighbors (hahaha)) will be yelling, screaming and demanding MCI's so the "renters" can pay for the much needed and necessary maintenance. You thought that there were a lot of MCI's under the previous regime, just wait!
The new individual condo owners will now take on the role of "Met Life, Tishman Speyer , CW, and Rose", all rolled into one.
The new condo owners will now be the ones holding the feet of the remaining "renters" to the fire.
This has failure, in-fighting, neighbor against neighbor, endless litigation written all over this plan.
Good luck with this!
- December 5, 2011 at 1:02 PM
Funny how things work out!
Anyone else taking notice that the Food Trucks in the Oval, and the Ice Skating Rink are looking better and better?
Now that they may be a source of income for the new condo owners.
And so it begins.
- December 5, 2011 at 1:16 PM
Commenter at 12:23 pm: You raise some very, very good points, especially the last one about the profits from the commercial enterprises. Thank you.
- December 5, 2011 at 1:38 PM
As a rent stabilized tenant, I wish I had not been suckered into paying my annual dues to the so-called Tenants Association. They don't represent me anymore. They are destroying rent stabilization by teaming up with these sleazy pols and moneymongers to take this development out of the affordable housing stock. Thanks for nothing TA. Nothing more than a bunch of sleazeballs.
- December 5, 2011 at 1:55 PM
It's ironic that the TA's ugly, Leninist-looking logo (it just needs a hammer and sickle!) says "Unity." The TA is doing anything BUT bringing unity to the tenants. They are going to unequally divide and tear us apart.
- December 5, 2011 at 3:14 PM
is it just me or does the guy from Brookfield look totally bored and disinterested during these conferences?
- December 5, 2011 at 5:31 PM
- Stuy Town Reporter said...
"Anyone else taking notice that the Food Trucks in the Oval, and the Ice Skating Rink are looking better and better?"
Not the food trucks, certainly. The ice skating rink I don't mind, as it's fairly noise free and "for the children."
- December 5, 2011 at 5:41 PM
STR, With all due respect I think you missed my point.
>>Anyone else taking notice that the Food Trucks in the Oval, and the Ice Skating Rink are looking better and better?<<
I ment, they are looking better to the tennants who want to buy their apartment. It will be one more source of income to offset the ever increasing maintenance charges. This place is held together with spit and glue.
- December 5, 2011 at 6:48 PM
- Stuy Town Reporter said...
Got it! Thanks.
- December 5, 2011 at 8:07 PM
When the TA held elections for new board members, I went to the meet-and-greet they held at the senior citizens lounge. I asked candidates why they wanted to be on the board. Some didn't have a whole lot to say for themselves. Others were clear that they wanted to convert the place (in conversation and in their printed descriptions). I made a point of not voting for those individuals but they were elected anyway. Unfortunately, too many of us are content not to take action and complain after the fact. In a way, we've gotten the TA we deserve because most people didn't bother to participate when it could have made a difference, and individuals with strong opinions took action to get what they wanted.
- December 6, 2011 at 12:39 AM
- maxschactman said...
The development can be bought by the residents or sold to yet another self serving big name landlord.
Those are the only two options.
Regardless where one stands on the middle class aspect of the community it is clearly better off in the hands of those who live here rather than another landlord who will do whatever he can to jack rents as quickly as possible.
Buyers will get their apts. for 10%down or roughly 30-45K - and total mortgage/maintenance fees combined between at roughly 1600 and 2200.
Like the Tudor City Co-op conversion regulated renters should benefit even if they don't buy.MCI increases will be included in the purchase and should come off rents once the community is bought providing a modest reduction in monthly rents.
The community will be well maintained [as is Tudor City and the Grand St. Co-ops] because resident owners want to keep the property values up.
As to the middle class aspect over time that is probably doomed.Regulated rents will continue to increase,every year,by law.As old tenants leave and the 10% new tenant increase is applied along with annual increases all apts. will soon rent for over 2K.That problem is simply built into the existing rent regulated law and is not going to be changed.
So,we either buy our community and create some stability or another landlord will push it towards upper middle class rents as fast as he can.With deregulated apts. renting for 3-4K per month we're already half way there.
It would be wonderful if the community could have remained low rent forever,but that option is simply not realistic,financially or legally.So - it's going to change.Better it be changed by the tenants rather than another greedy,self serving landlord.
- December 6, 2011 at 11:58 AM
- Stuy Town Reporter said...
I have a plan. I will introduce it soon.
- December 6, 2011 at 1:17 PM
I hope your plan is better than the speculative and shallow analysis you did to start the string.
- December 6, 2011 at 1:33 PM
Wouldn't the tenants become the next greedy,self serving landlord? Wouldn't they want to raise rents as swiftly as possible in order to save themselves from carrying the rent stabilized people? This is the same argument you posted 5 years ago. It didnt make sense then and it doesnt make sense now.
- December 6, 2011 at 1:59 PM
- Stuy Town Reporter said...
My plan is amazing. Trust me.
- December 6, 2011 at 2:58 PM
- Stuy Town Reporter said...
Unfortunately, my plan will greatly disappoint speculators and those who wish RS status out the window--or who predict it--for the purpose of making the TA plan look promising.
- December 6, 2011 at 2:59 PM
Max is full of "schact."
STR, I'd be willing to sign up for your plan, sight unseen--even if you did formulate it in secret, out of sight of tenants and perhaps even in your own best interests. That puts you on no worse footing than the TA!
- December 6, 2011 at 3:02 PM
From a legal standpoint, does the TA have the "power" to make and sign deals for all the tennants?
- December 6, 2011 at 5:05 PM
- Stuy Town Reporter said...
No. The TA has to pass their plan to tenants first.
- December 6, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Max: Some of your numbers are incorrect. The vacancy allowance is 20% and the new rent law says it can be applied only once a year. The new threshold for luxury decontrol is $2,500 (in combination with income).
One point that was made at Saturday's meeting is that the ultimate owner of an apartment occupied by an RS tenant may end up losing money due to MCI and other expenses (I didn't catch exactly why).
The TA is planning to have building meetings and solicit input from everybody, so be prepared.
- December 6, 2011 at 6:48 PM
You write: "if you are a tenant who cannot afford to pay for, or get a mortgage for, whatever the final asking price will be, or if you don't see any value in paying so much money when you are in a rent stabilized situation, then you will be against the deal." Why should a rent stabilized tenant be "against the deal." There is no downside to the conversion for rent stabilized tenants.
- December 15, 2011 at 3:46 PM


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Rounding the corner onto Houma's parade route, the thumping music fades, the bands seem miles away and paraders are met with a chorus of "Hey! Hey! Throw it! Hey! Hey!"
Rounding the corner onto Houma's parade route, the thumping music fades, the bands seem miles away and paraders are met with a chorus of "Hey! Hey! Throw it! Hey! Hey!"
"They are screaming, and they are all talking directly to you. Everybody that rounds that corner is a rock star for the day," Krewe of Hercules veteran parader Darin Qualkenbush said.
The Krewe of Hercules rolled through Houma Friday night to clear skies and heavy crowds. The procession made its way though excited revelers down to Park Avenue and ended near the Town Hall on Barrow Street.
"It doesn't matter if you are doctor, lawyer, bricklayer or whatever. When you are on that float, there is no feeling like it," Qualkenbush said. "We love it, and we want to put on a show for everyone out here."
For the paraders, the crowds transform the simple wood and fiberglass float into a grand chariot in a noble procession.
"When you make eye contact with that kid and pull back, man you feel like Drew Brees when you throw it to them," said Duke Mark Bascle, another veteran parader.
Some people resorted to clever signs to get their throws. One read "Hit the X for the 2nd amendment." Another featured the face of Rodger Goodell, NFL commissioner and New Orleans Saints fans' arch villain, as a target.
The 700-member crew paraded in 32 double-decker floats alongside bands, hot rods, motorcycles, horses, dancers, Shriners and more.
Edwin Edwards, former governor turned convict turned reality television star, was the parade's grand marshal.
"That's who I came to see, him and the Clydesdale horses, but not particularly in that order," said veteran parader Helen Dufrene of Houma. "He is such a character."
Edwards served a little less than a decade in jail on racketeering charges but still commands love in the state he governed more years than anyone else.
"He's a crook, but he's an honest crook," said Shirley Bergeron of Houma. "He admitted what he did, and he served his time. He also helped a lot of people in Louisiana."
Last year's parade was dogged by sporadic rain. That was not the case this year as good weather with 60-degree temperatures brought out the regulars and also a few newbies.
"This will be my first parade," said Sharon Engdahl, of St. Paul, Minn. "We came looking for warm weather, and we don't have parties like this in Minnesota."
It was also 3-year-old Avery's first Mardi Gras. The young Dallas resident was fixated on the same thing as others as she waited for the parade.
"I'm excited about beads and candy," she said. "But are they going to hit me right in the forehead?"
Avery's grandmother, Judy Wilkerson of Houma, said the parades are a great chance to get the children excited and have a good time together.
Paraders said pleasing the children makes all the krewe dues and fees well worth it.
"It's the kids' faces, that light in their eyes. That's what drives you," Qualkenbush said.
There are two more parades Saturday night.
The Krewe of Aquarius will roll at 6:30 p.m. Saturday along the traditional west-Houma parade route.
The 17-float parade is themed "Las Vegas Shows" and will feature marching bands from Houma Junior High, Grand Caillou Middle and Terrebonne High schools.
The Krewe of Ambrosia will also roll Saturday night. The Thibodaux parade is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. along the traditional Thibodaux city route.
It is the second night parade in decades for Thibodaux. City officials said this is a second trial run before deciding to permanently allow night parades.
Ambrosia is set to have 25 floats in addition to marching bands from St. Mary's Academy, Ellender Memorial and Lake Providence high schools, and Miller McCoy Academy and Sophie B. Wright Charter School in New Orleans. The 400-member krewe's theme is "Ambrosia Celebrates Fairs and Festivals."


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Hello everyone!
I have decided to join this forum in hostile territory to discuss this game. This is probably the biggest game of either of our team's season.
First, you should know that the majority of Broncos fans are very worried about this game. We do not believe this will be a blowout. Reason being: we lost to Indy. They provided the blueprint on turning out the Broncos. I admit we got ****y, blowing out teams left and right and now teams know how to take Manning out of the game.
Really: provide a great 4-man rush, putting pressure on Manning and man-coverage against our WRs. Who is able to do this better than the Chiefs? I think the Chiefs could really put pressure on Manning and cause him to cough up some turnovers.
Something I think the Chiefs should be worried about is Denver's defense is much better than they look on paper. Think of it like this...when a team is behind and couldn't put points up on the opposing team all game, then suddenly at the end they run no-huddle and seem to easily move down the field to stay in the game. It's called garbage-time. The Broncos have blown out a lot of teams early, causing teams to give up on their running game and throw the ball. And without Miller and Bailey for most of the season, teams could easily throw on us.
Now we have Philips (who is having a great season) and Miller back, we have a formidable pass-rush that's only getting better. Denver also has a great run defense, stopping every RB so far this season and even the high-powered RG3/Alfred Morris and Vick/McCoy combos.
In this game, I think the Chiefs will slow the Broncos offense down. I just read an article on Yahoo about how Reid went out and found large CBs to cover the larger, physical Broncos WRs. So you're going to disrupt our offensive juggernaut. But in biased fashion, I think Manning will find a way to score points, especially by leaning on screens and running the ball to slow down the blitzes. I just don't see the Chiefs scoring more points than the Broncos UNLESS the defense causes Manning to give up several turnovers.
It will be a great game and I give you guys mad respect for the turnaround you've made. Finally the West is competitive again and it's really good!
What are your thoughts?


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CHALLIS, Idaho — The owner of a local ranch and religious retreat intends to build a USDA-inspected processing facility where he plans to pack fresh tilapia, greenhouse produce and grass-fed beef.
Christopher James, whose father Robert founded the diversified holding company Raymond James Financial, intends to pack meat from his own large herd and up to 40 percent of the 28,000 cattle that graze in Custer County and the 37,000 head in Lemhi County.
James, 67, hopes some of the surrounding ranchers will buy into a cooperative to run the facility — which would be built in modules to accommodate growth, with an initial investment of more than $1 million.
This spring, James purchased another local Angus beef ranch that also contains a hot spring supporting tilapia raceways. James hopes to scale up the operation's annual output to 1 million pounds of the warm-water fish within the next three to five years. He'll sell much of the tilapia into the Canadian market and is negotiating with some U.S. grocers.
James, a firm believer in sustainable agricultural practices, will also raise tilapia in tanks as part of an aquaponics operation. The fish excrement will be collected and converted by bacteria into nitrates. The nutrients will then be applied through a watering system to hydroponically raised produce in a 20,000-square-foot greenhouse.
"This will be a showplace. We'll give tours," James said, adding the shell of the aquaponics greenhouse has already been completed.
On his farming ground, he's utilized cover crops to build his soil. He's devoted two pivots to growing triticale, which he's used for intensive grazing trials. He also has a controlling interest in a Texas citrus operation, where he's in the process of planting 155 citrus acres and plans to plant another 350 acres next year.
In April, James' wife Debbie opened the Tea Cup Cafe & Bakery, spanning a city block of Old Town Challis.
Challis Mayor Mark Lupher said Custer County's major employer, Thompson Creek Metals, recently laid off about 100 workers from its molybdenum mine, and James has started creating local jobs at a good time.
Lupher will run the geothermal tilapia farm for James, having operated it under the previous landowner until his lease expired a year and a half ago.
"My directive in regard to the tilapia farm is to ramp up production there considerably, so we'll be employing several more people there," Lupher said. "We definitely need to diversify the employment opportunities in our area."
Lupher is also optimistic that James will make good on his meat processing plans, noting he's "done everything he said he was going to do so far."
"We're a cattle ranching community from way back," Lupher said. "We would welcome any opportunity to add value to the outputs of local ranches."
James moved to Challis from Florida in 1987. He and his wife, both ordained Christian ministers, began building the Living Waters Ranch in 1996, starting with the Shiloh Lodge. They provide lodging and meals for individuals and groups of up to 350 people, specializing in religious retreats.


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The Granite Falls Ministerium voiced concerns about teen reproductive health and wants to be included in addressing the issue. The concern and desire to help came in the form of a letter from the Ministerium to YME Superintendent Al Stoeckman. Stoeckman shared the letter with school board members at Monday night's meeting.
The Granite Falls Ministerium voiced concerns about teen reproductive health and wants to be included in addressing the issue. The concern and desire to help came in the form of a letter from the Ministerium to YME Superintendent Al Stoeckman. Stoeckman shared the letter with school board members at Monday night's meeting.
The letter was a follow-up to a presentation at a PTO meeting held on December 3. During that meeting, Linda Norland, Deputy Administrator of Countryside Public Health, shared statistical data and personal experiences involving sexual activity of YME students grades 9 – 12. The statistical data showed that by Grade 12, 60 percent of the boys had intercourse and 73 percent of the girls had intercourse. She also shared that six YME girls had come into her office in one week last April for pregnancy tests. She explained that Countryside Public Heath is prepared to partner with YME, area churches, and community groups to provide evidence-based, age appropriate curriculum to help students in postponing sexual activity and when they decide to become sexually active, to consistently use protection. "I'll go anywhere, anytime," she offered. "I wanted you to know there is an issue. You tell me what you want to do about it."
In the letter Fr. Paul Timmerman, representing the Ministerium, wrote, "We were surprised by the results of the survey that were given to us about how many YME 9th - 12th grade students responded that they were sexually active. We want to help address this issue."
He added, "We would like to be included in further discussions about this issue and the possibility of beginning a new curriculum concerning reproductive health."
Members of the school board agreed that further discussions should be held. Board Chair Tim Velde recommended that YME host a public meeting on the issue and asked Stockman to schedule that meeting.
The January meeting is the organizational meeting selecting officers and members to serve on various committees. The officers are: Grant Velde – Board Chair; Steve Rupp – Vice Chair; Dawn Odegard – Clerk; Shelly Weir – Treasurer. Committee Representa-tives are as follows: Negotiations – Tim Opdahl, Jane Haggert, Grant Velde; Finance – Steve Rupp, Jane Haggert, Tim Opdahl; Policy – Dawn Odegard, Steve Zumhoff, Shelly Weir; Buildings and Grounds – Steve Rupp, Grant Velde, Steve Zumhoff; MVCC – Grant Velde, Dawn Odegard, Tim Opdahl; MRVED – Steve Zumhoff; MSHSL – Steve Rupp; MSBA – Jane Haggert, UMVRDC – Dawn Odegard; and Community Ed – Shelly Weir.
Action Items:
• The board approved adding the Law Firm of Rupp, Anderson, Squires and Waldspurger, P.A. as one of the official law firms handling the schools legal business.
• The board approved the bills for payment.
Personnel Items:
• The board approved a contract with Jen Sneller as Head Softball Coach.
• The board approved the resignation of Al Reszel as JH Volleyball Coach. Stoeckman indicated that Reszel had taken on an after school assignment that conflicted with volleyball.
• There will be no school for students on January 18 and the 21 due to teacher in-service. • The next board meeting is scheduled for February 11, at 5:30 p.m.