Delaware Non-Development Discussion

[xzmattzx]

This thread is dead. Thanks to Jman for the sticky, but I might unsticky it soon if it doesn't go anywhere.

Some topics of discussion:

~ Delaware is ranked #1 in 1-AA after climbing up the ranks through the year. Delaware is 3-1 against top 10 ten teams and 4-1 against top 15 teams. Their last game is against defending champion Villanova.
~ Delaware also has been getting one #25 vote in the 1-A poll, something that has only happened to Appalachian State (after their upset of #5 Michigan back a couple years ago) in recent memory.
~ Delaware will be front and center in a new show on Discovery Channel that has been getting rave reviews. "Brew Masters" is a show hosted by Dogfish Head Brewery founder Sam Calagione. In the show, he apparently travels the world looking for strange beers and new ideas for beer. Calagione has said that Delaware, from the beaches to the farms, will be featured extensively on the show. The first show is a beer, Bitches Brew, that is made to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Miles Davis' song by the same name. The show premiers this Sunday the 21st at 10 PM.

[KennyDE302]

Originally Posted by xzmattzx

This thread is dead. Thanks to Jman for the sticky, but I might unsticky it soon if it doesn't go anywhere.

Some topics of discussion:

~ Delaware is ranked #1 in 1-AA after climbing up the ranks through the year. Delaware is 3-1 against top 10 ten teams and 4-1 against top 15 teams. Their last game is against defending champion Villanova.
~ Delaware also has been getting one #25 vote in the 1-A poll, something that has only happened to Appalachian State (after their upset of #5 Michigan back a couple years ago) in recent memory.
~ Delaware will be front and center in a new show on Discovery Channel that has been getting rave reviews. "Brew Masters" is a show hosted by Dogfish Head Brewery founder Sam Calagione. In the show, he apparently travels the world looking for strange beers and new ideas for beer. Calagione has said that Delaware, from the beaches to the farms, will be featured extensively on the show. The first show is a beer, Bitches Brew, that is made to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Miles Davis' song by the same name. The show premiers this Sunday the 21st at 10 PM.

Also the Discovery Channel is having the pumpkin chunkin on air i believe Thanksgiving night. But yea it's nice to finally see Delaware number one, we've had the toughest schedule.

[desertpunk]

Bloomberg

Interesting article on Bloomberg today that gives a good account of how Wilmington Trust came to be valued so low by it's own directors:

...Consider the recent events at Wilmington Trust Corp. The Delaware bank on Nov. 1 said it would sell itself to M&T Bank Corp. for $351 million, which was 46 percent less than its stock-market value at the time. In August, Wilmington had said the fair value of its loans was only $40 million less than their $8 billion balance-sheet value as of June 30.

That term, fair value, was supposed to have been given a uniform definition under a FASB standard issued in 2006 called Statement 157. For financial assets, including loans, the FASB defined it as the sale price that would be received in an orderly, arm’s length transaction. This is known as an “exit price.”

Make-Believe Numbers

Wilmington didn’t use that definition for its loan disclosure. The loophole instead let Wilmington show an “entry price” estimate of how much it would cost to originate similar loans, rather than what its loans would be worth in a sale. That proved to be more like mark-to-make-believe than mark-to-market. Wilmington’s investors got blindsided as a result.

Wilmington disclosed its sale plans the same day it said its third-quarter loss widened to $365.3 million from $5.9 million a year earlier. It also said M&T had identified $506 million of additional credit losses. It’s unfathomable to think that none of those losses started happening until last quarter. An exit-price approach should have provided an early warning. A Wilmington spokesman, Bill Benintende, declined to comment.

Lenders generally aren’t required to show their loans at fair value on their balance sheets. Loans are usually carried instead at amortized cost, which includes adjustments for principal repayments and write-offs, while fair-value numbers appear only in the footnotes.

[xzmattzx]

Wilmington from the Reedy Point Bridge:

[xzmattzx]

The Discovery Channel might as well be called the Delaware Channel with their recent programming. Last night, all the channel showed was Punkin Chunkin from Bridgeville, and the Brew Masters show based on Dogfish Head Brewery.

[xzmattzx]

Delaware's 5¢ bottle deposit ends today, so be sure to cash them in. Total Wine said that they will accept bottles and give a deposit beck until January, though, as a convenience to their customers.

[xzmattzx]

UD's home playoff game is on ESPN2 tonight.

[xzmattzx]

Delaware will play for the FCS National Campionship!

[xzmattzx]

WTF happened with UD last night? Where did the defense go to preserve the 19-point lead?

[sakai]

Originally Posted by xzmattzx

WTF happened with UD last night? Where did the defense go to preserve the 19-point lead?

t.t

[xzmattzx]

I thought this article in the News Journal today was good. I had never really heard of Dominion Brewery but I knew that there was one little place in Dover. I'll have to try some of their beer now.

Poor Mile 16 Brewery, having both beers get knocked out so quickly.

http://www.delawareonline.com/articl...news|text|Home

[xzmattzx]

Happy Harry's is going to be gone forever in the next few weeks, since Walgreen's is changing over the names.

[xzmattzx]

This thread is dead. Anyone in here? I have a few things to mention, but I'll go one at a time. Here's something in today's News Journal:


Air Force Two (the Vice President's plane) is being retired to Dover and will be a piece in the Air Mobility Command Museum near the Air Force Base.

Link

[Scba]

RIP Happy Harry's. Can't they at least leave his face up there?

[xzmattzx]

The face is gone. Re-branding is pretty much complete. The only place still signed as Happy Harry's is the one on Market Street. It's not regular signage since the building is historic, so they are probably taking a while to get ready for it.

[xzmattzx]

Another thing I wanted to bring up:


If you are looking for a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon, and want a great bargain, go to the Delaware Art Museum. The museum made it on someone's list of the best 178 museums in the world, as discussed here. But despite being one of the best in the world, and being one of the best places to see works by Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and a couple others, it's FREE on Sundays! It obviously doesn't get any better than that.

It's open from noon to 4 on Sundays.

[xzmattzx]

One more thing to mention for now:


Anyone been to the new Creamery at UD? It's right next to the Rust Ice Arena. It's nice to see them doing this, but I've heard some complaints about it already, and I've noticed some things that I think are stupid as well. For starters, the creamery is open at 9 AM, but closes at 8 PM. WTF? Who gets ice cream at 9 AM? And ice cream is a great way to cap off a date or a night with the family, which might mean that ice cream is beat at 9 PM, 10 PM, etc. Whoever set those hours has no clue what they're doing. Compare this creamery to the Berkey Creamery at Penn State. Their hours are until 10 PM on nights preceding weekdays, and until 11 PM on Friday and Saturday nights.

Another complaint I've heard is that the building is too small. It's wedged in between the parking lot for Townsend Hall and the exitway for the loop to the Gold Ice Arena. It's not the best spot. But, it is understandable to start small.

Finally, apparently there are only 5 parking spots alloted for creamery customers. If they plan on being successful then that is nowhere near enough. I can see those 5 spots being filled on a hot afternoon (not really on a hot night, given the hours) and someone parks in an open spot a couple cars down. Then they get one of those $40 tickets for parking without a permit and their creamery experience is ruined. More spots, but with a reasonable time limit of 30 minutes or so, seems appropriate to me.

[xzmattzx]

Anyone feel the earthquake?

[xzmattzx]

Irene is on its way, and the Governor declared a State of Emergency effective earlier this evening at 6 PM. Non-residents have been ordered to evacuate the beach towns, bay towns, and inland bay areas. Hopefully anyone/everyone on here from downstate is spared any real trouble or damage.

[xzmattzx]

Wow, I didn't know that Trumpet Man was ejected from the game. It appears that UD games are going to be less fun to go to now.

For UD fans, games now a no-fun zone
Saturday incident brings rift between school, football followers to forefront


Matt Delaney never wanted himself and his trumpet to become central figures in the growing rift between the University of Delaware and some football fans.

When he was tooting his horn in Section J at Delaware Stadium -- or at NCAA title games in Chattanooga, Tenn., or Frisco, Texas -- it was about bringing attention to the Blue Hens.

"I did everything I could to try to get our section and the stands excited for the ballgame and to support our ballclub," he said.

But when Delaney, 31 and a 2003 Delaware graduate, did that Saturday night, it set off a chain of events that riled Blue Hens rooters and led to a commotion involving fans and UD police. The incident, some fans say, exemplifies how UD football games in recent years have become less appealing as administrators have made the experience more expensive and less fun.

In the third quarter of Delaware's 21-0 win over William & Mary, Delaney was escorted down the stairs from his row Q seat in Section J of the East grandstand after playing his trumpet, as he's done several times each game the last 15 years.

[entire article in link]

http://www.delawareonline.com/articl...news|text|Home