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Callahan: Robbins incoherent Super Bowl eve
NFL.com wire reports
ALAMEDA, Calif. (Jan. 29, 2003) -- Barret Robbins was incoherent and didn't know where he was the night before the Super Bowl, Oakland Raiders coach Bill Callahan said in his first public comments about the troubled All-Pro center.
Robbins, who has a history of depression, spent Super Bowl Sunday in a San Diego hospital after disappearing from the team's hotel the night before.
Callahan would not reveal Robbins' current whereabouts, and it wasn't immediately known whether Robbins remained hospitalized or whether he had returned to the Oakland area.
"I'm concerned, but I know he's in good hands," Callahan said.
The 6-foot-3, 320-pound lineman missed a team meeting, a position meeting and a walkthrough practice the day before the game, Callahan said.
"I was fearful something wrong was occurring," said Callahan, who decided to bench Robbins that night, then later chose to send him home. "I was concerned about something tragic happening."
The Raiders lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48-21, but Callahan refused to say Robbins' absence had a bearing on the outcome.
The 29-year-old Robbins could not make flight arrangements from San Diego to Oakland because his wallet and identification were missing, Callahan said.
The first-year coach called his decision to send Robbins home a "no-brainer," adding that Robbins was not in a physical or mental state to play a football game.
"I feel terrible in a lot of respects for the situation and very disappointed, as I'm sure Barret's disappointed," Callahan said. "I have not had an opportunity to speak with Barret, but I know that he senses and feels that. Hopefully we can rectify and he can rectify the current situation that he's in. But leading up to the game, I had no idea of his whereabouts."
Callahan plans a meeting with Robbins, but offered no timetable. Robbins sat out of a Super Bowl practice Jan. 22 because of a sore knee, but did practice the next day.
"I don't know where he was, and I don't know until I look at him eye to eye and ask him," Callahan said. "There's a lot of speculation out there and I refuse to listen to it until I get the opportunity to speak to Barret. At this juncture, the main thing is his health and his family and his right to his privacy. We're going to do everything we can as an organization to help him, to assist him and to support him to get better."
While the Raiders were provided NFL security at their team hotel and during practices, Robbins was not under any special watch. He had no emotional problems on road trips previously this season.
"There's a point in time you can only do so much as a coach and as an organization," Callahan said. "His situation didn't mandate personal bodyguards around the clock."
When asked if Robbins is still a Raider, Callahan said, "absolutely" and said there's a "viable" chance he will play for the team.
Thankyou. I eagerly anticipate the upcoming one then.
Sounds like things are still moving in a positive direction with shares being cancelled and more reserves and production being acquired.
Rocky Mountain Energy Corporation Continues Its Aggressive Acquisition Strategy With $8 Million Purchase of Producing Colorado Oil and Gas Property
Company Adds an Additional 8.3 Billion Cubic Feet of Gas and 450,000 barrels of Oil Reserves to Its Production
THURSDAY , JANUARY 30, 2003 09:30 AM
HOUSTON, Jan 30, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rocky Mountain Energy Corporation (OTCBB:RMEC), an emerging developer of proved oil and gas reserves in the resource-rich Rocky Mountain region, announced today it has executed an agreement to purchase a producing property located in central Colorado. The field is currently producing $150,000 per month. Net reserves purchased are 8.3 billion cubic feet and 455,426 barrels of oil proved reserves.
Production is anticipated to be raised to $425,000 per month by performance of behind pipe mechanical operations.
The price paid is $8 million with an effective date of Jan. 1, 2003 (RMEC is credited with production proceeds from Jan. 1, 2003) or $4.35 per barrel equivalent acquisition price. Oil prices are currently over $30 per barrel. Closing is set for March 31, 2003.
"The acquisition of this property is in keeping with our primary business plan objective of incorporating properties with existing cash flow with our portfolio of proved undeveloped reserves awaiting development," said John N. Ehrman, president and CEO. "This acquisition is the first in a series of three such acquisitions, which if successful will bring our current cash flow to some $1.8 million to $2 million per month. We hope to be signing the remainder soon."
The acquisition will be funded by the company's $100 million acquisition credit facility with Residential Resources. In the event such financing would not materialize for any reason, the company would have to seek alternative financing or abandon the acquisition.
About Rocky Mountain Energy Corporation:
Rocky Mountain Energy Corporation, based in Houston, is an emerging developer of proven oil and natural gas reserves with assets in the resource-rich area of the Rocky Mountains. Rocky Mountain Energy's diversified production mix allows us the opportunity of high cash flow with predictable production.
Rocky Mountain Energy's strategy includes a property mix of producing and non-producing assets. The producing properties provide immediate net income and cash flow while non-producing assets will provide Rocky Mountain Energy with future development opportunities and, ultimately, reserves at a reduced cost.
With a management team that has over 100+ years in the oil and gas industry, Rocky Mountain Energy knows how to increase production, expand profit margins and maximize field potential. Its team of highly qualified technical professionals can examine old wells and find indications of producing zones that have never been produced, as well as develop the known proved undeveloped reserves which are the basis of any acquisition.
For further information, contact John N. Ehrman 281/448-6500 or visit our Web site at (www.rockymountain.cc).
Statements regarding financial matters in this press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company intends that such statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements (future operational results and sales) involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results may differ materially from expected results.
CONTACT: Rocky Mountain Energy, Houston
John N. Ehrman, 281/448-6500
www.rockymountain.cc
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN ENERGY CORPORATION REDUCES SHARE COUNT
MONDAY , JANUARY 27, 2003 01:49 PM
Jan 27, 2003 (Petroleum Finance Week/PBI Media via COMTEX) -- Rocky Mountain Energy Corp., Houston, (OTC Bulletin Board: RMEC) cancelled 2,540,000 common shares, cutting the outstanding shares by 4 percent. Recovery and cancellation of more shares are expected in the near future.
Debt
Company: Alliance Pipeline LP
Stock Symbol/Exchange: N/A
Headquarters: Calgary
Value: C$400 million
Comments: Issued C$400 million of senior notes maturing on Dec. 31, 2025.
Company: Enterprise Products Partners LP
Stock Symbol/Exchange: (NYSE: EPD)
Headquarters: Houston
Value: US$350 million
Comments: Plans to privately place US$350 million of 10-year senior unsecured
notes. Proceeds will pay debt.
Equity
Company: Drilcorp Energy Ltd.
Stock Symbol/Exchange: (Toronto: DCL)
Headquarters: Calgary
Value: C$2 million
Comments: Privately placed 1.91 million flow-through common shares at C$0.40
each and 3.109 million units at
C$0.40 each consisting of one common share and 0.50 of a purchase warrant to
acquire one common share at C$0.50
each.
Redemption
Company: Seacor Smit Inc.
Stock Symbol/Exchange: (NYSE: CKH)
Headquarters: Houston
Value: US$35.32 million
Comments: Plans to redeem US$35.32 million of 5.37% convertible subordinated
notes due 2006.
Company: Forest Oil Corp.
Stock Symbol/Exchange: (NYSE: FST)
Headquarters: Denver
Value: US$65.97 million
Comments: Has redeemed 10.5% senior subordinated notes.
Buyback
Company: Beta Oil & Gas Inc.
Stock Symbol/Exchange: (Nasdaq: BETA)
Headquarters: Tulsa, Okla.
Value: US$96,000
Comments: Plans to repurchase up 100,000 shares
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here's a link that has the guys info on it, i still have to find the chart or graph though.
http://home1.gte.net/simres/b1-model.htm
Even on petite little guys like myself, ha ha ha?
This is amazing stuff if your into mathematics. I'm going to try to track down the works from the guy who applied the numbers to trading and see if I can post his graph here.
Fibonacci's Mathematical Books
Leonardo of Pisa wrote 5 mathematical works, 4 as books and one preserved as a letter:
Liber Abbaci, 1202 but revised in 1228.
meaning The Book of the Abacus (or The Book of Calcuating). One of the problems in this book was the problem about the rabbits in a field which introduced the series 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ... . It was much later (around 1870) that Lucas named this series of numbers after Fibonacci.
Practica geometriae, 1220.
A book on geometry.
Flos, 1225
Liber quadratorum, 1225
The Book of Squares, his largest book.
It was translated into English by L E Sigler and published as The Book of Squares in 1987, Academic Press. Another article about this book:
Leonardo of Pisa and his Liber Quadratorum by R B McClenon in American Mathematical Monthly vol 26, pages 1-8.
A letter to Master Theodorus, around 1225.
Theodorus was a philosopher at the court of the Holy Roman Emporer Frederick II.
There is a very readable outline of the problems in the letter to Master Theodorus in:
Fibonacci's Mathematical Letter to Master Theodorus A F Horodam, Fibonacci Quarterly 1991, vol 29, pages 103-107.
The Fibonacci Series
In Fibonacci's book he introduces a problem for his readers to use to practice their arithmetic:-
a pair of rabbits are put in a field and, if rabbits take a month to become mature and then produce a new pair every month after that, how many pairs will there be in twelve months time?
He assumes the rabbits do not escape and none die. The answer involves the series of numbers:
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ...
but it was the French mathematician Edouard Lucas (1842-1891) who gave the name Fibonacci numbers to this series and found many other important applications of them.
"Algorithm"
Earlier the Persian author Abu Abd Allah, Mohammed ibn Mûsâ al-Khowârizmî (usually abbreviated to Al-Khwarizmi or, more accurately, Al-Khowârizmî) had written a book which included the rules of arithmetic for the decimal positional number system, called Kitab al jabr w'al-muqabala (Rules of restoration and reduction) dating from about 825 AD. D E Knuth (in the third edition of his "Fundamental Algorithms", not in earlier ones) gives the full name above and says it can be translated as Father of Abdullah, Mohammed, son of Moses, native of the town of Al-Khowârizmî. He was an astromomer to the caliph at Baghdad (now in Iraq).
Al-Khowârizmî is the region south and to the east of the Aral Sea around the town now called Khiva (or Urgench) on the Amu Darya river. It was part of the Silk Route, a major trading pathway between the East and Europe. In 1200 it was in Persia but today is in Uzbekistan, part of the former USSR, north of Iran, which gained its independence in 1991.
Prof Don Knuth has a picture of a postage stamp issued by the USSR in 1983 to commemorate al-Khowârizmî 1200 year anniversary of his probable birth date.
From the title of this book Kitab al jabr w'al-muqabala we derive our modern word algebra.
The Persian author's name is commemorated in the word algorithm. It has changed over the years from an original European pronunciation and latinisation of algorism. Algorithms were known of before Al-Khowârizmî's writings, (for example, Euclid's Elements is full of algorithms for geometry, including one to find the greatest common divisor of two numbers called Euclid's algorithm today).
The USA Library of Congress has a list of citations of Al-Khowârizmî and his works.
Our modern word "algorithm" does not just apply to the rules of arithmetic but means any precise set of instructions for performing a computation whether this be
a method followed by humans, for example:
a cooking recipe;
a knitting pattern;
travel instructions;
a car manual page for example, on how to remove the gear-box;
a medical procedure such as removing your appendix;
a calculation by human computors : two examples are:
William Shanks who computed the value of pi to 707 decimal places by hand last century over about 20 years up to 1873 - but he was wrong at the 526-th place when it was checked by desk calculators in 1944!
Earlier Johann Dase had computed pi correctly to 205 decimal places in 1844 when aged 20 but this was done completely in his head just writing the number down after working on it for two months!!
or mechanically by machines (such as placing chips and components at correct places on a circuit board to go inside your TV)
or automatically by electronic computers which store the instructions as well as data to work on.
The Decimal Positional System
The system that Fibonacci introduced into Europe came from India and Arabia and used the Arabic symbols 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 with, most importantly, a symbol for zero 0.
With Roman numbers, 2003 could be written as MMIII or, just as clearly, it could be written as IIIMM - the order does not matter since the values of the letters are added to make the number in the original (unabbreviated) system. With the abbreviated system of IX meaning 9, then the order did matter but it seems this sytem was not often used in Roman times.
In the "new system", the order does matter always since 23 is quite a different number to 32. Also, since the position of each digit is important, then we may need a zero to get the digits into their correct places (columns) eg 2003 which has no tens and no hundreds. (The Roman system would have just omitted the values not used so had no need of "zero".)
This decimal positional system, as we call it, uses the ten symbols of Arabic origin and the "methods" used by Indian Hindu mathematicians many years before they were imported into Europe. It has been commented that in India, the concept of nothing is important in its early religion and philosophy and so it was much more natural to have a symbol for it than for the Latin (Roman) and Greek systems.
Roman Numerals
The Numerals are letters
The method in use in Europe until then used the Roman numerals:
I = 1,
V = 5,
X = 10,
L = 50,
C = 100,
D = 500 and
M = 1000
You can still see them used on foundation stones of old buildings and on some clocks.
The Additive rule
For instance, 13 would be written as XIII or perhaps IIIXX. This is reflected in the Roman language of Latin where 23 is spoken as tres et viginti which translates as three and twenty. You may remember the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence which begins
Sing a song of sixpence
A pocket full of rye
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie...
Above 100, the Latin words use the same order as we do in English, so that whereas 35 is quinque et triginta (5 and 30), 235 is ducenti triginta quinque (two hundred thirty five).
In the simplest system, using addition only, 99 would be 90+9 or, using only the numbers above, 50+10+10+10 + 5+1+1+1+1 which translates to LXXXXVIIII and by the same method 1998 would be written by the Romans as MDCCCCLXXXXVIII.
The subtractive rule
The Roman language (Latin) also uses a subtraction principle so that whereas 20 is viginti 19 is "1 from 20" or undeviginti. This is also reflected in Roman numerals. This abbreviation makes the order of letters important. So if a smaller value came before the next larger one, it was subtracted and if it came after, it was added.
For example, XI means 10+1=1 (since the smaller one comes after the larger ten) but IX means 1 less than 10 or 9.
But 8 is still written as VIII (not IIX). The subtraction in numbers was only of a unit (1, 10 or 100) taken away from 5 of those units (5, 50 or 500 or from the next larger multiple of 10 (10, 100 or 1000).
Using this method, 1998 would be written much more compactly as MCMXCVIII but this takes a little more time to interpret: 1000 + (100 less than 1000) + (10 less than 100) + 5 + 1 + 1 + 1.
Note that in the UK we use a similar system for time when 6:50 is often said as "ten to 7" as well as "6 fifty", similarly for "a quarter to 4" meaning 3:45. In the USA, 6:50 is sometimes spoken as "10 of 7".
Look out for Roman numerals used as the date a film was made, often recorded on the screen which gives its censor certification or perhaps the very last image of the movie giving credits or copyright information.
Arithmetic with Roman Numerals
Arithmetic was not easy in the Roman system:
CLXXIIII added to XXVIII is CCII
CLXXIIII less XXVIII is CXXXXVI
Fibonacci's Mathematical Contributions
Introducing the Decimal Number system into Europe
He was one of the first people to introduce the Hindu-Arabic number system into Europe - the positional system we use today - based on ten digits with its decimal point and a symbol for zero:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 . and 0
His book on how to do arithmetic in the decimal system, called Liber abbaci (meaning Book of the Abacus or Book of Calculating) completed in 1202 persuaded many European mathematicians of his day to use this "new" system.
The book describes (in Latin) the rules we all now learn at elementary school for adding numbers, subtracting, multiplying and dividing, together with many problems to illustrate the methods:
1 7 4 + 1 7 4 - 1 7 4 x 1 7 4 ÷ 28
2 8 2 8 2 8 is
----- ----- -------
2 0 2 1 4 6 3 4 8 0 + 6 remainder 6
----- ----- 1 3 9 2
-------
4 8 7 2
-------
Fibonacci
He called himself Fibonacci [pronounced fib-on-arch-ee or fee-bur-nutch-ee] short for filius Bonacci.
There are a couple of explanations for the meaning of Fibonacci:
Fibonacci is a shortening of the Latin "filius Bonacci", which means "the son of Bonaccio", since his father's name was Guglielmo Bonaccio. Fi'-Bonacci is like the English names of Robin-son and John-son. But (in Italian) Bonacci is also the plural of Bonaccio; therefore, two early writers on Fibonacci (Boncompagni and Milanesi) regard Bonacci as his family name (as in "the Smiths" for the family of John Smith).
Fibonacci himself wrote both "Bonacci" and "Bonaccii" as well as "Bonacij"; the uncertainty in the spelling is partly to be ascribed to this mixture of spoken Italian and written Latin, common at that time.
Others think Bonacci may be a kind of nick-name meaning "lucky son" (literally, "son of good fortune").
Other names
He is perhaps more correctly called Leonardo of Pisa or, using a latinisation of his name, Leonardo Pisano. Occasionally he also wrote Leonardo Bigollo since, in Tuscany, bigollo means a traveller.
We shall just call him Fibonacci as do most modern authors, but if you are looking him up in older books, be prepared to see any of the above variations of his name.
Who was Fibonacci?
The "greatest European mathematician of the middle ages", his full name was Leonardo of Pisa, or Leonardo Pisano in Italian since he was born in Pisa (Italy), the city with the famous Leaning Tower, about 1175 AD.
Pisa was an important commercial town in its day and had links with many Mediterranean ports. Leonardo's father, Guglielmo Bonacci, was a kind of customs officer in the North African town of Bugia now called Bougie where wax candles were exported to France. They are still called "bougies" in French, but the town is a ruin today says D E Smith (see below).
So Leonardo grew up with a North African education under the Moors and later travelled extensively around the Mediterranean coast. He would have met with many merchants and learned of their systems of doing arithmetic. He soon realised the many advantages of the "Hindu-Arabic" system over all the others.
D E Smith points out that another famous Italian - St Francis of Assisi (a nearby Italian town) - was also alive at the same time as Fibonacci: St Francis was born about 1182 (after Fibonacci's around 1175) and died in 1226 (before Fibonacci's death commonly assumed to be around 1250).
Bob, will the shirts have ALL of those taglines, including the contributers name on them? Can we adjust the color and font size to our own settings, ha ha ha?
I guess that betting upon Roy Jr and Tyson are both pretty safe wagers, too bad the points are not better.
He's back next week he assured me, ha ha ha. again.
Did someone state that there would be a pr on monday? Is there going to be one every monday, and if so where did this info come from?
sorry Bob, it was just so funny I had to share it. Now I joined the delted posts club I guess, I'm such a rebel!!!!
Raul Marquez v Shane Mosley
10 Round Welterweight Fight from the Mandala Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Closing Date: Feb 08, 2003 23:00
Shane Mosley to win -667
Raul Marquez to win +375
Draw +2000
Johnny Ruiz v Roy Jones Jr.
12 Round WBA Heavyweight Title Fight from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Closing Date: Mar 01, 2003 23:00
Roy Jones Jr. to win -167
Johnny Ruiz to win +125
Draw +1500
Johnny Ruiz v Roy Jones Jr. - Distance Proposisiton
12 Round WBA Heavyweight Title Fight from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Closing Date: Mar 01, 2003 23:00
Fight will go 1m30 of round 11 -150
Fight wil not go 1m30 of round 11 +110
Clifford Etienne v Mike Tyson
10 Round Heavyweight Fight from the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee.
Closing Date: Feb 22, 2003 23:00
Mike Tyson to win -667
Clifford Etienne to win +375
Draw +2000
Mike Tyson Meets Meg Ryan in Locker Room
Associated Press - January 30, 2003
LAS VEGAS - Mike Tyson was talking boxing, while Meg Ryan was nearby shooting pictures.
Tyson may be coming off his worst beating at the hands of Lennox Lewis, but Hollywood still recognizes a star - even one as faded as Tyson.
"Why are you taking my picture?" Tyson asked the actress Tuesday while sitting in a dressing room getting his hands wrapped.
Ryan explained that she recently shot a movie about boxing and "I just got into it."
Besides, she said, "Sometimes I take good pictures."
Ryan, 41, stars in the upcoming "Against the Ropes," a fictional story inspired by female boxing promoter Jackie Kallen and her struggle to survive and succeed.
Tyson, who fights Clifford Etienne in Memphis, Tenn., on Feb. 22 in his first fight since losing to Lewis, talked for the first time publicly about why he lost as he was getting ready for a sparring session.
"If he was that dominant he should have knocked me out in the second or third round," Tyson said of Lewis. "He was still scared. He took no risks."
Tyson had a solid first round in the June 8 heavyweight title fight, then fought the rest of the way before Lewis finally stopped him in the eighth round.
As usual with Tyson, the conversation drifted to things beyond boxing. It didn't help that Ryan was there with a camera shooting pictures.
"Hi Mike, I'm Meg," she said by way of introduction.
"I know who you are," he replied.
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 Carolina Hurricanes 2
Dallas Stars 4 Calgary Flames 1
Edmonton Oilers 5 Minnesota Wild 1
Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3 Ottawa Senators 2
Stevens and Modano named All-Star captains
New York, NY (Sports Network) - New Jersey Devils defenseman Scott Stevens and Dallas Stars center Mike Modano have been named team captains for the Eastern and Western Conference squads, respectively, for the 2003 NHL All-Star Game, which will be played Sunday in Sunrise, Florida.
Stevens, a 21-year veteran, is making his 13th career All-Star Game appearance, the most among this year's participants. He has been New Jersey's captain for 11 consecutive years, tied with Colorado's Joe Sakic for second- longest current tenure in the league behind Detroit's Steve Yzerman.
In 1,565 career games, the 38-year-old Stevens has registered 189 goals, 695 assists and 2,753 penalty minutes with New Jersey, St. Louis and Washington. He ranks sixth on the NHL's all-time games played list.
Modano is playing in his 14th NHL season, all with the Stars, and ranks fifth among league scorers this season with 58 points (20 goals, 38 assists). He is also the franchise's all-time leading goal scorer (436) and career assists leader (599).
Modano recorded his 1,000th career point on November 15 and could reach the 1,000-game milestone as early as February 11. No one has played more games for the Stars franchise than Modano (996).
The 2003 NHL All-Star Game will take place at the Office Depot Center, home of the Florida Panthers. The contest is the centerpiece of NHL All-Star Weekend, which includes the SuperSkills Competition and YoungStars Game on Saturday.
01/30 12:12:39 ET
Sather replaces Trottier as Rangers coach
New York, NY (Sports Network) - New York Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather announced Thursday that he will assume the head coaching responsibilities for the team.
Sather becomes the 31st head coach in Rangers' history and replaces Bryan Trottier, who was fired Wednesday night.
The Rangers are a disappointing 21-26-6-1 so far this season, and last in the Atlantic Division. With the 11th seed in the Eastern Conference, the Rangers are on the way to their sixth straight season without a playoff berth despite the league's highest payroll.
New York has lost three straight games, including a pair to the lowly Atlanta Thrashers.
This will mark the third NHL coaching stint of Sather's professional career, following two separate coaching runs with the Edmonton Oilers (1979-80 through 1988-89 and 1993-94).
Sather guided the Edmonton Oilers to 12 straight playoff appearances, four Stanley Cup Championships and five Stanley Cup Finals appearances between 1977 and 1989. He has a career record of 464-268-110.
Trottier was named the 30th head coach in Rangers' franchise history on June 6, 2002. The 46-year-old had been an assistant coach with the Colorado Avalanche during the previous four seasons.
He scored 524 goals and had 901 assists during his 18-year career as a player in the NHL. He spent 15 years with the cross-town rival New York Islanders and three with the Pittsburgh Penguins before being inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1997.
The Rangers host the Avalanche on Thursday night before entering the All-Star break.
Flyers, Devils set for Atlantic Division clash
East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Flyers hope to end a three-game losing streak tonight when they visit the New Jersey Devils at the Meadowlands for a matchup of the top two clubs in the Atlantic Division.
With 67 points, New Jersey leads Philadelphia by three atop the standings.
The Flyers enter tonight's action having fallen to the Islanders, Bruins and Lightning on the heels of a 10-1 surge. They have been shut out consecutively by Boston and Tampa Bay, including Tuesday's 3-0 home loss to the Bolts.
Philadelphia, which has never been blanked in three consecutive games in its regular-season history, has not scored a goal in 141:41 of action. Defenseman Kim Johnsson was the last player to do so, converting a power play with 1:10 remaining in last Friday's 3-1 loss to the Islanders.
Goaltender Roman Cechmanek made 19 saves on Tuesday after sitting out two games with a back injury. Winger Simon Gagne, who has sat a pair with a groin strain, skated Wednesday and is questionable for tonight.
The Flyers, who have won six of their last seven on the road, are 7-1-3 on Thursdays this season. Philly will visit the Isles on Tuesday to come out of the All-Star break.
New Jersey, meanwhile, is 9-0-1-1 in its last 11 games, including Tuesday's 1-0 home win over Detroit. Martin Brodeur needed to make just 16 saves for his sixth shutout of the season, and Scott Niedermayer broke a scoreless tie 3:36 into the third period. Niedermayer's tally came during a power play that resulted from a too many men on the ice call against Detroit.
Niedermayer's goal was his 406th career point, which tied teammate Scott Stevens for the Devils' record for scoring by a defenseman. Niedermayer has 95 goals and 311 assists in 779 games, and Stevens' totals show 86 goals and 320 assists in 886 games with the club.
The Devils, who have won six consecutive home matches, will host Buffalo on Tuesday.
New Jersey and Philadelphia have played an NHL-record four consecutive 1-0 games dating back to February 27, 2002, with the Devs taking the last three. With a 1-0 overtime win in Philly on December 2, Brodeur extended his shutout streak in the series to 207:01, and New Jersey's run to 214:52.
I do agree that we should not be too critical of them as they are new to this stock, but they are not new to the IR industry yet seem to do a very poor job of it.
I think I will at least sent an email to Matin/Duff letting them know of the poor experiences that many of us have had. Otherwise the company may believe that the IR is doing a great job and does not need improving.
A young , attractive woman thought she might have some fun with a stiff-looking military man at a cocktail party, so she walked over and asked him, "Major, when was the last time you had sex?"
"1956," was his reply. "No wonder you look so uptight!" she exclaimed. "Major, you need to get out more!"
"I'm not sure I understand you," he answered, glancing at his watch, ..."It's only 2014 now."
Advances in science have lead to new medicines that make the lives of women around the world a little better...
Damitol
Take 2 and the rest of the world can go to hell for up to 8 hours.
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Liquid silicone for single women. Two full cups swallowed before an evening out increases breast size, decreases intelligence, and improves flirting.
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Flipitor
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Potent antiboyotic for older women. Increases resistance to such lines as, "You make me want to be a better person... can we get naked now?"
Buyagra
Injectable stimulant taken prior to shopping. Increases potency and duration of spending spree.
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When combined with Buyagra, can cause an indiscriminate buying frenzy so severe the victim may even come home with a Donny Osmond CD or a book by
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Relieves headache caused by a man who can't remember your birthday, anniversary or phone number.
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A spray carried in a purse or wallet to be used on anyone too eager to share their life stories with total strangers.
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More effective than Excedrin in treating the, "Not now, dear, I have a headache," syndrome.
Ragamat
When administered to a husband, provides the same irritation as ragging at him all weekend, saving the wife the time and trouble of doing it herself.
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This is the definitive survival guide for taking that all important dump at work...
ESCAPEE
A fart that slips out while taking a leak at the urinal or forcing a dump in a stall. This is usually accompanied by a sudden wave of panic/embarrassment. This is similar to the hot flash you receive when passing an unseen police car while speeding. If you release an escapee, do not acknowledge it. Pretend it did not happen. If you are standing next to the farter at the urinal, pretend that you did not hear it. No one likes an escapee, it is uncomfortable for all involved. Making a joke or laughing makes both parties feel uneasy.
JAILBREAK (Used in conjunction with escapee)
When forcing a dump, several farts slip out at machine gun pace. This is usually a side effect of diarrhoea or hangover. If this should happen do not panic, remain in the stall until everyone has left the toilet to spare everyone the awkwardness of what just occurred.
COURTESY FLUSH
The act of flushing the toilet the instant the nose cone of the turd hits the water and the log is whisked away to an undisclosed location. This reduces the amount of air time the turd has to stink up the toilet. This can help you avoid being caught doing the WALK OF SHAME.
WALK OF SHAME
Walking from the stall to the sink to the door after you have just stunk-up the toilet. This can be a very uncomfortable moment if someone walks in. As with all farts, it is best to pretend that the smell does not exist.
OUT OF CLOSET DUMPER (OCD)
A colleague who dumps at work and is damn proud of it. You will often see an OCD enter the toilet with a newspaper, a magazine or a large work document under their arm and takes invariably long to dump. Always look around the office for the missing OCD before entering the toilet.
THE DUMPING FRIENDS NETWORK (DFN)
A group of co-workers who band together to ensure emergency dumping goes off without incident. This group can help you to monitor the whereabouts of OCDs and identify SAFE HAVENS.
SAFE HAVEN
A seldom used toilet somewhere in the building where you can least expect visitors. Try floors that are predominantly of the opposite sex. This will reduce the odds of a dumper of your sex or other assorted DFNs and OCDs entering the toilet.
TURD BURGLAR
A dumper who does not realise that you are in the stall and tries to force the door open. This is one of the most shocking and vulnerable moments that can occur in mid-dump at work. If this happens, do not say anything (a short Camo-Cough is ok) and remain in the stall until the TURD BURGLAR gives up or leaves. This way you will avoid all uncomfortable eye contact.
CAMO-COUGH
A phoney cough which alerts all new entrants to the toilet that you are in a stall. This can be used to cover-up a WATERMELON or to alert potential TURD BURGLARS. Very effective when used in conjunction with an ASTAIRE.
ASTAIRE
A subtle toe-tap that is used to alert potential TURD BURGLARS that you are occupying a stall. This will remove all doubt that the stall is occupied. If you hear an ASTAIRE, leave the toilet immediately so the dumper can dump in peace.
WATERMELON
A log that creates a deep loud splash when hitting the water level. This is also an embarrassing occurrence. If you feel a WATERMELON coming on, create a synchronised diversion, see CAMO-COUGH.
HAVANA OMELLETE
A load of diarrhoea that creates a series of loud splashes in the water. Often followed by an ESCAPEE. Try using a CAMO-COUGH with an ASTAIRE in sync.
UNCLE TED
A toilet user who seems to linger forever. Could spend an immoderate length of time in front of the mirror or sitting on the can. An UNCLE TED makes it difficult to relax while on the can. Consider waiting to take a dump until the toilet is empty. This benefits you as well as the other attendees.
FLY BY
The act of scouting a toilet before dumping. Walk in and check for other dumpers. If there are others in the toilet, leave and come back later. Be careful not to become a FREQUENT FLYER. People may become suspicious if they catch you constantly popping into the toilet even if it is just to check it out.
CRACK WHORE
A toilet bowl that has seen more arse than a Metro Bus. Tell tale signs of a CRACK WHORE include pubic hair, urine stains and log streaks. Avoid CRACK WHORES at all cost. Try finding out when the janitor cleans that particular toilet. Although a CRACK WHORE can become a SAFE HAVEN.
Read this and see if you can get through it without falling off your chair. I cried.
Canadian Bar-room Slang
Abra-Kebabra
A magic act performed on Saturday night, where fast food vanishes down the performer's throat, and then shortly afterwards, it suddenly reappears on the taxi floor.
Aussie Kiss
Similar to a French Kiss, but given down under.
Back End of the Bat Mobile
The state of your Brass Eye soon after you eat a really hot curry. "I had a Ring Stinger in the Benghazi restaurant last night, and now I've got a dose of Gandhi's Revenge. My arse feels like the back end of the Bat Mobile."
Beaver Leaver
or Vagina Decliner. A homosexual.
Beer Coat
The invisible but warm coat worn when walking home after a booze cruise at 3 in the morning.
Beer Compass
The invisible device that ensures your safe arrival home after a booze cruise, even though you're too pissed to remember where you live, how you get there, and where you've come from.
Bone of Contention
A hard-on that causes an argument. e.g. one that arises when a man is watching Olympic beach volleyball on TV with his girlfriend.
Breaking the Seal
Your 1st piss in the pub, usually after 2 hours of drinking. After breaking the seal of your bladder, repeat visits to the toilet will be required every 10 or 15 minutes for the rest of the night.
Budgie's Tongue
or Small Man In A Boat, or Tongue Punchbag. The female erection.
BVH
Blue-Veined Hooligan. The 1-eyed skinhead.
Cider Visor
Beer Goggles for the young drinker.
Cliterature
1-handed reading material.
Cock-A-Doodle-Poo
The bowel movement that, needing to come out urgently, wakes you up in the morning to get to the toilet quick.
Crappucino
The particularly frothy type of diarrhoea that you get when abroad.
Double Bass
A sexual position in which the man enters the woman from behind, and then fiddles with the woman's nipples with one hand and her Budgie's Tongue with the other. The position is similar to that used when playing double bass instrument, but the sound produced is slightly different.
Etch-A-Sketch
Trying to draw a smile on a woman's face by twiddling both of her nipples simultaneously.
Fizzy Gravy
or Rusty Water. Diarrhoea.
Flogging On
Surfing the Internet for some left-handed websites.
Free the Tadpoles
Liberate the residents of Wank Tanks.
Frigmarole
Unnecessarily time-consuming foreplay.
Fu*kShitFu*kShitFu*kShit
The sound made when driving through too narrow a gap at too high a speed.
Going For a McShit
Entering a fast food restaurant with no intention of buying food, you're just going to the bog. If challenged by a pimply staff member, our declaration to them that you'll buy their food afterwards is a McShit With Lies.
Greyhound
A very short skirt, only an inch from the hare.
Hand-to-Gland Combat
A vigorous masturbation session.
Hefty Cleft
or Horse's Collar, or Welly Top. Description of a very large vagina.
McSplurry
The type of bowel movement you experience after dining for a week in fast food restaurants.
Millennium Domes
The contents of a Wonderbra. i.e. extremely impressive when viewed from the outside, but there's actually fuck-all in there worth seeing.
Monkey Bath
A bath so hot, that when lowering yourself in, you go: "Oo! Oo! Oo! Aa!Aa! Aa!".
Mystery Bus
The bus that arrives at the pub on Friday night while you're in the toilet after your 10th pint, and whisks away all the unattractive people so the pub is suddenly packed with stunners when you come back in.
Mystery Taxi
The taxi that arrives at your place on Saturday morning before you wake up, whisks away the stunner you slept with, and leaves a 10-Pinter in your bed instead.
NBR
No Beers Required. Someone that you'd chat up instantly in the pub. The opposite of a 10-Pinter.
Picasso Arse
A woman whose knickers are too small for her, so she looks like she's got 4 buttocks.
Sperm Wail
or Spuphemism. A verbal outburst during the male orgasm.
Starfish Trooper
or Arsetronaut. A homosexual.
10-Pinter
Someone that you'd only chat up after drinking at least 10 pints.
2-Bagger
Someone that you'd need 2 paper bags to have sex with. (1 to cover their head, and 1 to cover yours, in case their bag falls off.)
Titanic
A lady who goes down first time out.
Canadian Bar-room Slang
Abra-Kebabra
A magic act performed on Saturday night, where fast food vanishes down the performer's throat, and then shortly afterwards, it suddenly reappears on the taxi floor.
Aussie Kiss
Similar to a French Kiss, but given down under.
Back End of the Bat Mobile
The state of your Brass Eye soon after you eat a really hot curry. "I had a Ring Stinger in the Benghazi restaurant last night, and now I've got a dose of Gandhi's Revenge. My arse feels like the back end of the Bat Mobile."
Beaver Leaver
or Vagina Decliner. A homosexual.
Beer Coat
The invisible but warm coat worn when walking home after a booze cruise at 3 in the morning.
Beer Compass
The invisible device that ensures your safe arrival home after a booze cruise, even though you're too pissed to remember where you live, how you get there, and where you've come from.
Bone of Contention
A hard-on that causes an argument. e.g. one that arises when a man is watching Olympic beach volleyball on TV with his girlfriend.
Breaking the Seal
Your 1st piss in the pub, usually after 2 hours of drinking. After breaking the seal of your bladder, repeat visits to the toilet will be required every 10 or 15 minutes for the rest of the night.
Budgie's Tongue
or Small Man In A Boat, or Tongue Punchbag. The female erection.
BVH
Blue-Veined Hooligan. The 1-eyed skinhead.
Cider Visor
Beer Goggles for the young drinker.
Cliterature
1-handed reading material.
Cock-A-Doodle-Poo
The bowel movement that, needing to come out urgently, wakes you up in the morning to get to the toilet quick.
Crappucino
The particularly frothy type of diarrhoea that you get when abroad.
Double Bass
A sexual position in which the man enters the woman from behind, and then fiddles with the woman's nipples with one hand and her Budgie's Tongue with the other. The position is similar to that used when playing double bass instrument, but the sound produced is slightly different.
Etch-A-Sketch
Trying to draw a smile on a woman's face by twiddling both of her nipples simultaneously.
Fizzy Gravy
or Rusty Water. Diarrhoea.
Flogging On
Surfing the Internet for some left-handed websites.
Free the Tadpoles
Liberate the residents of Wank Tanks.
Frigmarole
Unnecessarily time-consuming foreplay.
Fu*kShitFu*kShitFu*kShit
The sound made when driving through too narrow a gap at too high a speed.
Going For a McShit
Entering a fast food restaurant with no intention of buying food, you're just going to the bog. If challenged by a pimply staff member, our declaration to them that you'll buy their food afterwards is a McShit With Lies.
Greyhound
A very short skirt, only an inch from the hare.
Hand-to-Gland Combat
A vigorous masturbation session.
Hefty Cleft
or Horse's Collar, or Welly Top. Description of a very large vagina.
McSplurry
The type of bowel movement you experience after dining for a week in fast food restaurants.
Millennium Domes
The contents of a Wonderbra. i.e. extremely impressive when viewed from the outside, but there's actually fuck-all in there worth seeing.
Monkey Bath
A bath so hot, that when lowering yourself in, you go: "Oo! Oo! Oo! Aa!Aa! Aa!".
Mystery Bus
The bus that arrives at the pub on Friday night while you're in the toilet after your 10th pint, and whisks away all the unattractive people so the pub is suddenly packed with stunners when you come back in.
Mystery Taxi
The taxi that arrives at your place on Saturday morning before you wake up, whisks away the stunner you slept with, and leaves a 10-Pinter in your bed instead.
NBR
No Beers Required. Someone that you'd chat up instantly in the pub. The opposite of a 10-Pinter.
Picasso Arse
A woman whose knickers are too small for her, so she looks like she's got 4 buttocks.
Sperm Wail
or Spuphemism. A verbal outburst during the male orgasm.
Starfish Trooper
or Arsetronaut. A homosexual.
10-Pinter
Someone that you'd only chat up after drinking at least 10 pints.
2-Bagger
Someone that you'd need 2 paper bags to have sex with. (1 to cover their head, and 1 to cover yours, in case their bag falls off.)
Titanic
A lady who goes down first time out.
Signs showing you might be from Canada...
You're not offended by the term "HOMO MILK".
You understand the phrase "Could you pass me a serviette, I just dropped my poutine, on the chesterfield."
You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars.
You drink Pop, not Soda.
You know that a Mickey and 2-4's mean, "party at the camp, eh!!!"
You don't care about the fuss with Cuba. It's a cheap place to go for your holidays, with good cigars and no Americans.
You know that a pike is a type of fish, not part of a highway.
You drive on a highway, not a freeway.
You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.
You know that Casey and Finnegan were not part of a Celtic musical group.
You get excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.
You brag to Americans that: Shania Twain, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion, Michael J. Fox, John Candy, William Shatner, Tom Green, Matthew Perry, Mike Myers, Neve Campbell, Pamela Anderson Lee & many more, are Canadians.
You know that the CEO of American Airlines is a Canadian.
You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
You know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always pronounced "Zed".
Your local newspaper covers national news on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey.
You know that the four seasons mean: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road work.
You know that when it's 25 degrees outside, it's a warm day.
You understand the Labatt Blue commercials.
You know how to pronounce and spell "Saskatchewan".
You perk up when you hear the theme song from 'Hockey Night in Canada'.
You are in grade 12, not the 12th grade.
"Eh?" is a very important part of your vocabulary, and is more polite than, "Huh?"
You say "aboot" instead of "about"
Your Beer Case handles Are Big Enough To Fit Your Mitts
When you own 5 pairs of hockey skates and only one pair of shoes.
You know that we don't all live in igloos and ride polar bears to work.
Every murder is reported.
You can understand Jean Chrétien (most of the time, anyway)
You froze your tongue to something metal and survived to tell about it.
You actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all of your Canadian friends!!! And then you send them to your American friends just to confuse them... further!
The bandage was wound around the wound.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse
We must polish the Polish furniture.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
I did not object to the object.
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
They were too close to the door to close it.
The buck does funny things when the does are present.
A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
After a number of injections my jaw got number.
Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Prevention Plus Minuses World Record Ticker Spam
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2003 01:14 AM
Jan 29, 2003 (financialwire.net via COMTEX) -- (FinancialWire) Guinness Book of World Records, take note. A January 17 press release by Integrity Securities on behalf of their clients FreeStar (OTCBB: FSTI) and Sionix (OTCBB: SINX).apparently was coded in such a way as to ticker spam somewhere between 4,200 and 5,300 OTC Bulletin Board companies - all in a first paragraph that was 23 printed pages long, perhaps itself a dubious achievement of sorts This release's timing coincided with another effort for a large number of companies that have been linked with various efforts to combat naked shorting - GeneMax (OTCBB: GMXX), Ten Stix Inc. (OTCBB: TNTI), BlueBook International Holding Co. (OTCBB: BBIC), MidasTrade.com (OTCBB: MIDS), MSM Jewelry Corp. (OTCBB: MSMJ) and Make Your Move Inc. (OTCBB: MKMV), all of which have alreaded exited the DTC, and companies that have said that they are or are considering exiting DTC: Reeds Holdings Corp. (OTCBB: RDHC). Nutra Pharma Corp. (OTCBB: NPHC), Critical Home Care Inc. (OTCBB: CCLH), Hadro Resources Inc. (OTCBB: HDRS), Jag Media Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: JGMHA), InternationalBioChemical Industries Inc. (OTCBB: IBCL), SunComm Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: STEH), Bentley Communications Corp. (OTCBB: BTLY), Nutek Inc. (OTCBB: NUTK), ITIS Holding (OTCBB: ITHH), Environmental Products & Technologies (OTC: EPTC) and Edgetech Services (OTCBB: EDGH).
In any event, exception was taken by at least one of the companies in the 24-page release, Accident Prevention Plus, Inc. (OTCBB: ACPL) which has now issued a press release to deny any association with Integrity or its author, Matthew Marcus, or that it "was attempting to become or already is a 'certificate only' company and was denied by DTC."
Jennifer Swanson, CFO, said, "This is just another attempt to induce short selling against our and many other companies. These statements made referring to our company were inaccurate and I have contacted the author to demand a retraction and apology.
"Our management has always believed that the road to fighting the short sellers is not through smoke and
mirrors but by the development and marketing of our products and increasing our revenues, which from our last release the investors can see we have made great strides and our direction is prosperous. Unfortunately, it seems to be impossible to monitor and analyze all information that is put out on various OTCBB companies by these individuals, but, as in this case, when we are able to catch it we intend to fight it and use any and all resources to rectify these situations. We will never get rid of the short sellers but we will
fight them tooth and nail."
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Prevention Plus Minuses World Record Ticker Spam
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2003 01:14 AM
Jan 29, 2003 (financialwire.net via COMTEX) -- (FinancialWire) Guinness Book of World Records, take note. A January 17 press release by Integrity Securities on behalf of their clients FreeStar (OTCBB: FSTI) and Sionix (OTCBB: SINX).apparently was coded in such a way as to ticker spam somewhere between 4,200 and 5,300 OTC Bulletin Board companies - all in a first paragraph that was 23 printed pages long, perhaps itself a dubious achievement of sorts This release's timing coincided with another effort for a large number of companies that have been linked with various efforts to combat naked shorting - GeneMax (OTCBB: GMXX), Ten Stix Inc. (OTCBB: TNTI), BlueBook International Holding Co. (OTCBB: BBIC), MidasTrade.com (OTCBB: MIDS), MSM Jewelry Corp. (OTCBB: MSMJ) and Make Your Move Inc. (OTCBB: MKMV), all of which have alreaded exited the DTC, and companies that have said that they are or are considering exiting DTC: Reeds Holdings Corp. (OTCBB: RDHC). Nutra Pharma Corp. (OTCBB: NPHC), Critical Home Care Inc. (OTCBB: CCLH), Hadro Resources Inc. (OTCBB: HDRS), Jag Media Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: JGMHA), InternationalBioChemical Industries Inc. (OTCBB: IBCL), SunComm Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: STEH), Bentley Communications Corp. (OTCBB: BTLY), Nutek Inc. (OTCBB: NUTK), ITIS Holding (OTCBB: ITHH), Environmental Products & Technologies (OTC: EPTC) and Edgetech Services (OTCBB: EDGH).
In any event, exception was taken by at least one of the companies in the 24-page release, Accident Prevention Plus, Inc. (OTCBB: ACPL) which has now issued a press release to deny any association with Integrity or its author, Matthew Marcus, or that it "was attempting to become or already is a 'certificate only' company and was denied by DTC."
Jennifer Swanson, CFO, said, "This is just another attempt to induce short selling against our and many other companies. These statements made referring to our company were inaccurate and I have contacted the author to demand a retraction and apology.
"Our management has always believed that the road to fighting the short sellers is not through smoke and
mirrors but by the development and marketing of our products and increasing our revenues, which from our last release the investors can see we have made great strides and our direction is prosperous. Unfortunately, it seems to be impossible to monitor and analyze all information that is put out on various OTCBB companies by these individuals, but, as in this case, when we are able to catch it we intend to fight it and use any and all resources to rectify these situations. We will never get rid of the short sellers but we will
fight them tooth and nail."
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An elderly Florida lady did her shopping, and upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at the top of her voice, "I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of the car!"
The four men didn't wait for a second invitation. They got out and ran like mad.
The lady, somewhat shaken, then loaded her shopping bags into the back of the car and got into the driver's seat. She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition. She tried and tried, and then it dawned on her why. A few minutes later she found her own car parked four or five spaces further down.