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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins has told his players to ignore the nonsense that says no team has ever come back from the 3-0 hole they have dug against the so-far unflappable San Antonio Spurs.
"My hope is for us to not listen to you guys [the media] and say that it's never been done before and it's just a matter of time before the series is over, and to reach down in their souls and dig for something they didn't know they had," Hollins said. "Because that's what you have to do to win a championship."
The Grizzlies took the practice floor on Sunday for possibly the final time in this historic season that has seen a franchise-record 56 wins and a first-ever trip to the West finals. It is possible that Hollins could be coaching in his final game with the Grizzlies. His contract expires next month.
But that is a subject for a different day. The Grizzlies were doing their best to keep spirits up and talking about pride on and how to extend their season one game at a time.
"We have a lot of pride in this team and this city," point guard Mike Conley said. "It's more than just basketball here. And we owe it to ourselves, owe it to the fans to not get swept and embarrassed on our home court."
The Grizz have lost three in a row for the first time since back in January. In each round of the postseason they've had to come from behind. They trailed the Los Angeles Clippers 2-0 and Oklahoma City 1-0. Both times they came back to win four in a row. It's now the only option left after dropping consecutive overtime decisions.
"We have to understand that we still could have won those games and it easily could have been 2-1 in our favor," Conley said. "We should be confident enough in ourselves and believe in ourselves that we can win and extend the series."
But bouncing back from Saturday's loss, the Grizzlies' first of the postseason at The Grindhouse, won't be easy. They played a near-flawless first quarter and opened an 18-point lead. It was whittled down to four by halftime and in OT the Spurs cruised to the victory.
A desperation win Monday night would shift the series back to San Antonio for Game 5 on Wednesday and then a potential Game 6 in Memphis on Friday.
"Now you have no margin of error," Marc Gasol said. "We have a lot of pride and we don't quit. You get swept, you get swept, but you've got to play as hard as you can. We play hard. You look at at both games, they both went to overtime. They played better than us in both overtimes, but we fought back and we came out the way we're supposed to and we had a lot of pride."


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PHILADELPHIA – The search for clues continued Tuesday in the murder of a young doctor whose body was found bound and burned inside her home in a bustling downtown neighborhood, but investigators said they have not uncovered any substantial leads.
Firefighters responding to the home Monday afternoon found the body of Melissa Ketunuti, 35, on fire in the basement, with her ankles and wrists bound behind her and rope around her neck, Capt. James Clark of the Homicide Unit said. There was no sign of forced entry, he said.
"We don't know if she walked in on individuals inside of her property, we don't know if individuals forced her inside her property," or whether or not she knew her killer, Clark said.
Ketunuti was a second-year infectious diseases fellow and researcher at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She had been at the hospital for five years, having first served as a pediatric resident.
"Melissa was a warm, caring, earnest, bright young woman with her whole future ahead of her," said Dr. Paul Offit, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases. "But more than that, she was admired, respected and loved by those with whom she worked here at CHOP."
Jeff Moran, a spokesman for the city medical examiner's office, said an autopsy was being conducted Tuesday. The official cause of death has not been determined but Clark said Ketunuti appeared to have died from strangulation.
Her body, so badly burned that she was unrecognizable, was discovered by her dog walker.
A preliminary investigation did not turn up anything missing from the home and it did not appear the victim was sexually assaulted, Clark said. He said Ketunuti's boyfriend, who was not identified by Clark, is not considered a suspect.
Ketunuti made several stops around town in the hours before her death and investigators are looking for surveillance video that may show her killer following her. Nothing has turned up so far but detectives are continuing to canvass local business and neighbors, and there is a $20,000 reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of anyone involved in the slaying, Clark said.
"She dedicated her whole life to being a doctor and helping children with cancer," Clark said. "It's very, very unfortunate that she died this way."
Ketunuti kept a blog from March 2005 to October 2008 and wrote of her travels and studies in the U.S. and abroad.
After earning a doctorate in medicine from Stanford University, she went to Botswana in 2005 on an AIDS research fellowship and then completed a surgical internship at Georgetown University Hospital before moving to Philadelphia in May 2008 to begin a pediatrics residency.
"This is hopefully the last move for at least 3 years," she wrote, "given that's how long it should take to finish a pediatrics residency."
She called the hospital's pediatrics program "incredibly supportive."
"People are rooting for my success and education, which is a very different vibe than at Georgetown," she wrote. "As sexy as it was to be a life-saving surgeon, I feel much better suited for pediatrics."

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I just got invited to a game with this SuperMax map and it'll be my time playing it, so I was having a bit of a read of this thread to get some hints/tips/ideas for best strategy.
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I have excellent memories of an outstanding (and exacting) copy-editor at Harvard, from whom I learned much, and an extremely helpful and co-operative editor at Chicago, but nowhere have I encountered the degree of responsiveness, the generous support, the personal engagement of the founder-editors of Open Book Publishersthemselves university teachersand their staff. I have now published four books with this press and in each case, communication among us was frequent, easy, open, and produced results. At a time when it is easy to be cynical about university presses and the way they are fulfillingor not fulfillingthe objectives for which they were originally set up, Open Book is a beacon of optimism, encouragement, and confidence in the value and future of scholarly inquiry, writing, and exchange. It is high time that university appointment and tenure committees, university libraries, and scholarly journals recognized the role this adventurous and innovative not-for-profit press is playing, especially in the humanities, and that its procedures for the selection of manuscripts submitted to it are as rigorous as those of any university press. I believe that Open Book Publishers is the way of the future in scholarly publishing. It is already expanding rapidly and I am glad to see that. Still, selfishly, I hope that expansion will not erode the feeling those who have worked with it have of being part of a family of scholars, rather than a business.
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Open Book has enabled me to experiment with a new genre: textbooks on classical authors that enable research-led teaching at school level. The key factor to make this work is speed: because these books are written in reaction to examination boards setting new texts from time to time, the turn-around between initial impulse and final product is, ideally, under a year. OBP has risen magnificently to this challenge. World-class readers who operate at the speed of light vet the final drafts (sixteen pages of detailed comments on a manuscript of 300+ pages within three days, anybody?), before the production team works its own magic, transforming the manuscripts into beautiful volumes within six weeks.
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Open Book Publishers works just like the most distinguished academic publishersexcept, that is, for making scholarship available to a vastly larger audience. The review process for my book was just as stringent as that which my previous books have undergone from Princeton, Oxford, and Cambridge University Presses. I received critical reports from two anonymous referees who were clearly expert in my field. OBP worked closely with me on the design for the book, with splendid results. Their production process was efficient and far quicker than that of a traditional publisher. The number of readers who have accessed the book in the six months since publication is already four times the sales of my previous book, which was published in 2009.
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NEW YORK, OCTOBER 22, 2012 -- Delcath Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: DCTH) today announced that the Company has satisfied all of the requirements to affix the CE Mark to its Hepatic CHEMOSAT® Delivery System for use with doxorubicin hydrochloride injection. Doxorubicin is an established chemotherapeutic agent commonly used globally to treat hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) via trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE). Doxorubicin is well-known among physicians, has a broad label to treat many types of solid tumors and an indication in key Asian markets that is consistent with high-dose, intra-arterial delivery via the CHEMOSAT system.
CE Marking confirms that a medical device complies with the Essential Requirements of the Medical Device Directive, and that the device has been subjected to conformity assessment procedures. Application of the CE Mark provides Delcath with a regulatory pathway for countries in Asia that accept CE Marking as part of their national regulatory requirements. In China, these requirements include conducting a local clinical trial and approval by the China State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA). Delcath intends to seek approvals for the CHEMOSAT system with doxorubicin injection in key Asian markets such as China and South Korea. The Company does not intend to market CHEMOSAT with doxorubicin injection in the European Economic Area at this time.
"Doxorubicin is a drug widely used to treat HCC in Asia, which is where we see the market opportunity for our CHEMOSAT system with doxorubicin injection," said Eamonn P. Hobbs, President and CEO of Delcath Systems. "According to GLOBOCAN, more than 550,000 new cases of HCC in Asia are diagnosed every year, and with median survival of less than 11 months for those patients with intermediate stage disease (Lovet, JM, et al; NEJM 2008), HCC is a prevalent disease in this region. Based upon prior discussions, several potential strategic partners in Asia have indicated that they believe that our CHEMOSAT system with doxorubicin may be well received by the medical community in the region. The availability of a CE Marked doxorubicin system provides us with a regulatory pathway for the product in Asia, and we believe it will help us advance partnership discussions in this market."
About Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Hepatocelluar carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignant liver tumor. According to GLOBOCAN 2008, the worldwide incidence of HCC is approximately 750,000 newly diagnosed cases each year, with the annual incidence in Asia over 550,000 and over 400,000 in China alone. In approximately 80% of cases, HCC develops in patients with underlying liver cirrhosis. The most important risk factors for the development of HCC include alcoholic cirrhosis, and hepatitis B and C infection. HCC is usually associated with no specific symptoms, so long as it remains asymptomatic and the diagnosis is made very late. In 80% of cases the tumor at diagnosis is already inoperable, and thus a potentially curative therapy is no longer accessible. Available treatments for HCC include tumor resection in patients with resectable disease, and liver transplantation in a small group of selected patients. Local ablative therapies with curative intent have also been options. Patients with unresectable HCC invariably have a poor prognosis.
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Delcath Systems, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company focused on oncology. Delcath's proprietary system for chemosaturation is designed to administer high dose chemotherapy and other therapeutic agents to diseased organs or regions of the body while controlling the systemic exposure of those agents. The Company's initial focus is on the treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancers. In 2010, Delcath announced that its randomized Phase 3 clinical trial for patients with metastatic melanoma in the liver had successfully achieved the study's primary endpoint of extended hepatic progression-free survival. The Company also completed a multi-arm Phase 2 trial to treat other liver cancers. The Company obtained authorization to affix a CE Mark for the Delcath Hepatic CHEMOSAT® Delivery System with melphalan hydrochloride for injection in April 2011 and for the second generation hemofiltration cartridge for CHEMOSAT with melphalan hydrochloride for injection in April 2012. The right to affix the CE mark allows the Company to market and sell the CHEMOSAT system in Europe. The Company has not yet received FDA approval for commercial sale of its system in combination with melphalan in the United States. The Company's NDA has been accepted for review by the FDA. The Company is seeking approval for its proprietary chemosaturation system with melphalan hydrochloride as a treatment for patients with unresectable metastatic melanoma in the liver.
For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.delcath.com.
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by the Company or on its behalf. This news release contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from those described. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, uncertainties relating to: our ability to successfully enter into strategic partnership arrangements in key Asian markets and timing of the same, the initiation of clinical trials in key Asian markets with the CHEMOSAT system for doxorubicin and timing and results of the same, approval of the CHEMOSAT system with doxorubicin in key Asian markets, patient outcomes using the CHEMOSAT system with doxorubicin, the contents of the 74 Day FDA letter and our ability to address the same, timing of the PDUFA date, timing of completion of the FDA's review of our NDA, the extent to which the FDA may request additional information or data and our ability to provide the same in a timely manner, FDA approval of the Company's NDA for the treatment of metastatic melanoma to the liver, acceptability of the Phase 1, 2 and 3 clinical trial data by the FDA, adoption, use and resulting sales, if any, in the United States, patient outcomes using the Generation 2 system, adoption, use and resulting sales, if any, for the Hepatic CHEMOSAT delivery system in the EEA, our ability to successfully commercialize the chemosaturation system and the potential of the chemosaturation system as a treatment for patients with primary and metastatic disease in the liver, approval of the current or future chemosaturation system for other indications, actions by the FDA or other foreign regulatory agencies, our ability to obtain reimbursement for the CHEMOSAT system, uncertainties relating to the results of research and development projects and future clinical trials, and uncertainties regarding our ability to obtain financial and other resources for any research, development and commercialization activities. These factors, and others, are discussed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they are made.
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(Reuters) - Miami Dolphins coach Joe Philbin has pledged to create a "better workplace" inside the team locker room in his first public comments since an independent report by the NFL last week detailed a pattern of bullying.
A 144-page report by independent investigator Ted Wells released six days ago found that Richie Incognito and two team mates had engaged in repeated harassment against the Dolphins' Jonathan Martin and two others.
The report also named Miami players John Jerry and Mike Pouncey as offenders and said another young Dolphins offensive lineman and an assistant trainer were also targets.
"We're going to do things about it, we're going to make it better," Philbin told reporters on Thursday, the first full day of the league's annual scouting combine in Indianapolis.
"We're going to look at every avenue, we're going to uncover every stone and we're going to have a better workplace. I promise you that. I'm going to make sure that happens.
"When I read the report ... some of the facts, the behavior and the language that was outlined in the report is inappropriate and it's unacceptable."
Offensive tackle Martin voluntarily left the club in October and said afterwards that he had been subjected to harassment, which Wells said included racial slurs and sexual taunts about his mother and sister.
Fellow lineman Incognito was subsequently suspended by the team stemming from Martin's complaint.
The episode stirred debate across the United States about the "clubhouse culture" in the National Football League and put a spotlight on what is acceptable behavior in the workplace.
Wells recommended in his conclusion that the NFL adapt more clear-cut workplace rules, and found that inappropriate behavior in the Miami clubhouse went beyond the mistreatment of Martin.
An unnamed, Japanese-born assistant trainer was repeatedly the object of racial slurs and other racially derogatory language, the report said.
"I don't have the benefit to look back," Philbin said. "I would have hoped that I would have noticed some of these things. I can tell you I never turned my back.
"If I had heard this type of language or these types of acts being done, I would have intervened immediately ... I could have intervened quicker and perhaps it would not have grown to this proportion that it's grown to."
Philbin, entering his third season in charge of the Dolphins, said he had complete faith in the Miami locker room and all the players.
"I'm confident that we're going to make the changes necessary to improve the workplace of the Miami Dolphins and improve our football team," he said.
There has already been fallout from the scandal with team general manager Jeff Ireland agreeing after the season to depart after six years in the job, while offensive line coach Jim Turner and long-time trainer Kevin O'Neill have been fired.
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April 17, 2006
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The Wabash College Music Department invites you to the Spring Spotlight Concert. The musical performance will take place at 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 18, in the Salter Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center.
Group performances will include a debut by the student bluegrass ensemble, a baroque composition played by Eponymous Three, and the Jazz Improvisation Combo will perform a piece by composer Charlie Parker. Wabash professor of music, James Makubuya, will team up with Wabash freshman Kyle Prifogle for a performance on the log xylophones. Prifogle will also perform in a trio with Brian McCafferty and David Baranyk, guitar instructor at Wabash. Wabash junior Josh Jones will offer some of his recent electronic compositions, and sophomore Haris Amin and seniors Tyler Carr and Curtis Eilers will follow with a surprise.
The Spotlight Concert is an entertaining annual event that gives last-chance opportunities for seniors to perform, along with special performances by faculty, staff, and students. We hope you'll be able to come and enjoy the surprising variety of music found at Wabash.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Name That Character
I have also changed the name of main characters after writing the entire novel. I hate when I have to do that. After thinking about a character as "Sierra" for six months, it's hard to let go of that identity. And now it's hard to remember her new name when I'm discussing the novel, which is embarrassing. But I changed it because I had too many female characters whose names ended with "a" (the schwa sound).
What I need now are bad guy names, and I feel stumped. So I'm having a contest.(My brother asked me to name one of the antagonists after him, so one down, two to go.) One of the bad guys runs a strip club and various other sleazy deals, and the other is the ultimate con man/misogynist, who puts on one face for the public while engaging in the worst sort of behavior behind the scenes. That's all I can say without giving away the mystery.
I'll give away two copies of THE SEX CLUB — one to each of the top two submissions. You can post your submissions in the comments section, which could be fun for others and/or e-mail them to me, using the link on the right.
True character-naming story: When I was writing THE SEX CLUB and needed a name for the psycho bomber lady, I picked Ruth because it's short, strong, and Biblical. I picked Greiner because it's the name of a street near my house. Three years later, I was horrified to learn there was a woman named Ruth Greiner who is an avid mystery reader, leads a mystery book club, and is on the same popular mystery list serv that I am. She got wind of the name through a review of THE SEX CLUB in Mystery Scene magazine and e-mailed me to express her displeasure. (So don't submit one of your relative's names, unless he/she never reads anything but Mad magazine.)
Even if you don't enter the contest, share your "I wish I could take it back" character-naming story!
22 comments:
- Scott said...
I haven't run into that yet, though I suspect it will happen when I get published.
Any info about the bad guy? Ethnicity, appearance, anything like that helps.
- December 17, 2008 at 8:26 AM
- Mike Cane said...
Hmmm... for last names, I usually wait for inspiration.
For first names, here are some:
Brad (brings to mind "brat")
Ernest (who isn't!)
Niall (or "The Nail")
Neal ("on your knees")
Oh yeah, look at a map. Last names can be stolen from names of towns too!
But I wouldn't go naming someone Ernest Cincinnati. Readers might catch on to the trick.
- December 17, 2008 at 8:28 AM
- Jennie Bentley said...
I'd love to enter the contest - naming characters is one of my favorite parts of writing - but you'll have to tell me a little about your character first. I can't just pick a name out of air; it has to fit him.
What kind of bad guy is he? Terrorist? Serial killer? Wife beater? Psychopath? Murderer? Is he a bad guy for gain? For love? For revenge? For something else? Does he have a specific ethnicity? What does he look like? Does he have a hobby, or a quirk?
I'd love a copy of the Sex Club, so help me out here, OK?
- December 17, 2008 at 8:28 AM
- Stina Rose said...
Can you give us a little information about the characters?
- December 17, 2008 at 8:33 AM
- Jean Henry Mead said...
I wrote a column about that very problem not long ago. The best way to avoid using names of real people for antagaonists is to go to the online People Finder and "How Many of Me" which tells you how many people have that name. I found that my name, Jean Henry Mead, is one of a kind.
And by the way, someone with the screen name Sun Singer won one of my Village Shattered novels from your blog site. Please have him or her send me a name and address to firstname.lastname@example.com with a subject line, "I'm a winner."
- December 17, 2008 at 8:56 AM
Hi LJ - I like to play against type. You could make the name a kind of antiphony to the actions if it were seemingly innocent and even a little childlike. So, in that vein:
First Names: Danny, Jimmy, Ally (is the bad guy a s/he?), Jenny, Fred (Freddy), Faith - names that are easily spoken as a diminutive are interesting in this way. And I have to plump for "Walter" (Walt), it conjures up harmless handyman imagery in my mind (but hey, that's *my* mind, an admittedly personal landscape!)
Last Names: Snipes, Packwood (Jenny Packwood), Landon, Tower, Bluestone, Garrett, Juarez (ethnicity? I don't know. What does the character look like, talk like? Does the way they look, talk, behave play against their name?), Garret (Jenny Garret).
In general, I like names that are either easy to say (Danny Landon, Jimmy Snipes, Jenny Juarez) or have some connoted 'meaning' (Walter Packwood).
Hope this helps! Oh, have you considered looking in baby naming books. These days, there are dozens of these little compendiums around - you can often pick 'em up on Amazon for pennies!
-Jeff (lemkin)
- December 17, 2008 at 8:59 AM
- C.D. Reimer said...
The current placeholder name for my villain is Hamlet, only because I expect him and everyone around him to die. This is also an inside joke for my rough draft readers since I been raging against Hamlet-inspired endings at the movies where it seems so unnecessary.
Unfortunately, most of the character names I have in the rough draft are just place holders. That should change in the next draft when I have a better idea of who's who.
- December 17, 2008 at 9:06 AM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
Really need a bit more info.
- December 17, 2008 at 9:11 AM
- L.J. Sellers said...
Sorry for not providing enough information. I worried about giving away the mystery. But here's a few details.
One of the bad guys runs a strip club and various other sleazy deals, and the other is the ultimate con man/misogynist, who puts on one face for the public while engaging in the worst sort of behavior behind the scenes. That's all I can say for now.
- December 17, 2008 at 9:58 AM
- Mommie D said...
Just a few that popped in my head:
Possible first names:
Montgomery (Monty for short)
Possible last names:
- December 17, 2008 at 10:18 AM
- C.D. Reimer said...
Based on your description, open up a copy of the Wall Street Journal and pick a name. There's a lot of rotten apples to chose from. ;)
- December 17, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Strip club owner: Vincent "Vinnie" Marconi
Con Man: Charles "Chuck" or "Charlie" Lee
- December 17, 2008 at 10:54 AM
- Dana Fredsti said...
My brain is stumped for names, but you are always welcome to use mine (Fredsti belongs to one family only) if any of your characters are Norwegian!
Franklin Sounders is my least favorite name given to a character. Too twee! But come to think about it, I got to change it at the last minute.
- December 17, 2008 at 12:04 PM
- Scott said...
Con man - Gwydion (Gideon) MacCuhl
Strip Club owner - Zoran "Zero" Mirkovich
- December 17, 2008 at 12:15 PM
- L.J. Sellers said...
This will be a tough call. Great names from everyone!
- December 17, 2008 at 12:58 PM
- Alan Scott said...
Ah, Michelle already suggested the name I had: Vinnie. Maybe she and I have been watching the same movies.
I've used "Harold" a few times for the bad guy, but I'm not sure why I have it in for that name.
- December 17, 2008 at 3:39 PM
- Karen Olson said...
I hope you explained to Ruth that you named this character long before you even knew someone who had the name for real. I mean, you didn't do it on purpose. I hate getting scolded by readers. Usually, though, in my case it's because of the four letter words in my books.
- December 17, 2008 at 3:54 PM
- L.J. Sellers said...
I wrote Ruth a lovely e-mail, explaining how I came up with the name and offered her a free copy of my next book. So Ruth and I are good, now.
- December 17, 2008 at 6:11 PM
- Gayle Carline said...
My suggestions:
For the strip club owner - Randy Cochrane
For the con man/misogynist - Rick Reason
- December 17, 2008 at 6:50 PM
This is a great contest. Naming characters is fun stuff! I have a name for the strip club owner.
Stoney West
- December 17, 2008 at 8:26 PM
- carbonickid said...
Mitch McKonnel
- December 17, 2008 at 10:24 PM
- Jan said...
I've always thought my maiden name would make a great last name for a bad guy. For obvious reasons, I can't use it, but perhaps you can. The name is Babula. It's Polish and there actually is a mystery writer from CA who is also named Babula, although he's no relation.
Jan Kozlowski
- December 18, 2008 at 6:35 AM


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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Hank Listens Up
Treasury Said to Invest $250 Billion in U.S. Banks
By Robert Schmidt and Peter Cook
Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. will invest about $125 billion in nine of the nation's biggest financial institutions, including Citigroup Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., as part of a $250 billion effort to shore up the banking system.
It seems like only a few weeks ago we here at NotMakingThisUp urged Hank Paulson—who at the time was pushing Congress for nearly a trillion dollars to buy bad assets from regretful bankers—to adopt, instead, the Warren Buffett plan of taking preferred equity stakes instead.
Hey, it was just a few weeks ago.
September 24, in fact.
In "The 'Oracle' Speaks: Listen Up, Hank," we asked: "How is it that Warren Buffett can cut a better deal with the best-run financial company in America [Goldman Sachs] than the U.S. Treasury can ask from the worst-run financial companies in America?"
It looks like somebody else has been asking the same question, for in the Bloomberg story, we read the following:
The proposed cash injections in exchange for preferred shares are part of a $700 billion rescue approved by Congress and follow similar moves by European leaders to unfreeze credit markets by helping beleaguered banks….
The purchases represent a new approach for Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who first promoted a bailout targeted at illiquid mortgage-related assets.
Now, we claim no special smarts in having suggested Hank Paulson follow Warren Buffett's example, as he is now doing.
John Paulson, the genius who made billions shorting the very bonds the Treasury was planning to buy, came out for much the same plan in a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece not long after.
And it seemed fairly obvious to us that a dollar spent buying bank equity would be worth seven or more dollars spent buying bank debt, given the leverage banks employ in the normal course of business.
Furthermore, if you were asked to bail out your errant neighbor who had misspent his fortune building a McMansion and now couldn't pay his mortgage, would you really want to take over your errant neighbor's mortgage, and become his creditor?
Of course not.
You'd rather get ownership in the house, not only to make sure the guy keeps up the place, but to get the upside when he finally sells it.
Like that errant neighbor, Wall Street did, after all, screw it up, only on a super-spectacular scale beyond all imagination.
And Wall Street did so after decades of lobbying government to deregulate the very industry Wall Street subsequently destroyed.
So now that all those Wall Street hotshots are running to the government as the buyer of last resort, it seems only fair that those hotshots give up the most valuable piece of the capital structure: ownership.
Is it any wonder that Hank Paulson—the former head of Goldman Sachs, and one of the hottest of those hotshots—didn't want to do that in the first place?
Jeff Matthews
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6 comments:
- GS751 said...
am I going to far speculating that Warren and Henry had a heart to heart. There was an article in the WSJ somewhere that Warren was "the coach"
- Anonymous said...
I think McCain is listening up also. Just read McCain's speech today about "re-regluating" the financial industry after the mess they've created. You'd think after reading his speech, McCain was a Democrat! Here's the link to the speech which I'm referring. Classic flip-flop...
- Michael_Corleone said...
So according to various news reports, Paulson summoned 9 bank CEOs to Washington, put a piece of paper ( a ONE PAGE document) in front of them giving the Treasury a preferred equity stake in each company... and then informed them that no one was leaving until everyone signed.
The CEO of Wells Fargo (at minimum) objected that his company did not need or want the Treasury's money. He was told to sign anyway.
After three and a half hours, everyone capitulated.
If we take one of these news stories and substitute "Corleone" instead of "Paulson"-- it sounds like a scene from The Godfather.
The Treasury Secretary basically committed kidnap and extortion to "heal" the financial system?
- Michael_Corleone said...
Hank Paulson summoned 9 bank CEOs to Washington, sat them in a room, placed a piece of paper in front of them and said no one was leaving until everyone signed.
The ONE PAGE document gave the Treasury a preferred equity interest in each bank.
The CEO of Wells Fargo said his bank did not need or want the investment, but he was told to sign anyway.
The CEOs were in the room for three and a half hours -- whatever you might think of CEO intelligence, it doesnt take 3.5 hours to read one page. And at least one CEO is known to have voiced objection -- but was told to sign anyway.
Imagine this same story, but substitute "Don Corleone" everywhere you see "Secretary Paulson"...
To summarize: in the name of "healing the financial system", the United States Secretary of the Treasury committed kidnap and extortion.
- Lyon Jewett said...
Paulson just said on Kudlow that the meeting went wonderfully.
I don't believe him.
- Hayseed said...
how about instead, letting the bad banks fail and the good banks survive??? novel idea huh? oh i know, we need this injection and that infusion and this preferred position... this central planning grab to me is the most distasteful occurrence in the history of capital markets. just because we dont have the stomach to ride out what we perceive as a downturn, then we turn to the printing press to rescue bad management.
here is the reason we must let the markets work: it is precisely during these times, where firms or people or theories or constructs are challenged, when out of the ashes much like the phoenix, that new paradigms are created, new ideas are liberated. think of edison and the light bulb... think of the mcilhenny family whose sugar cane crops were burned during the civil war, and the only thing that could grow were those pesky tabasco peppers... think of the japanese who had nothing after ww2, and became the top car manufacturer in the world in 30 yrs, and without domestic steel... think of, well, the great depression, where investment banks were liberated to offer the world the greatest source of constant capital in the history of the world. NOW, we have change, and change is always good.
LET THE MARKETS WORK!!! the weak die, the strong and well-managed survive and thrive, and an entirely new investment intermediary will likely emerge, something that we havent thought of before now. not letting the markets work will have consequences that we cannot imagine, and will be long-lasting and probably detrimental. besides, if in fact the market is a discounting mechanism, which of course it is, then what does it say about $1 trillion spent by your governemnt so far on the problem???


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Catherine the Great : portrait of a woman
Massie, Robert K 1929-
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New York : Random House, c2011.
Empresses -- Russia -- Biography
Russia - History - Catherine II, 1762-1796
Russia - Kings and rulers - Biography
0679456724 (acid-free paper)
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xiii, 625 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Contents: A German Princess. Sophia's childhood -- Summoned to Russia -- Frederick II and the journey to Russia -- Empress Elizabeth -- The making of a grand duke -- Meeting Elizabeth and Peter -- Pneumonia -- Intercepted letters -- Conversion and betrothal -- A pilgrimage to Kiev and transvestite balls -- Smallpox -- Marriage -- Johanna goes home -- A Painful Marriage. The Zhukova affair -- Peepholes -- A watchdog -- He was not a king -- In the bedroom -- A house collapses -- Summer pleasures -- Dismissals at court -- Moscow and the country -- Choglokov makes an enemy and Peter survives a plot -- A bath before Easter and a coachman's whip -- Oysters and an actor -- Reading, dancing, and a betrayal -- Seduction, Motherhood, and Confrontation. Saltykov -- The birth of the heir -- Retaliation -- The English ambassador -- A diplomatic earthquake -- Poniatowski -- A dead rat, an absent lover, and a risky proposal -- Catherine challenges Brockdorff; she gives a party -- Apraskin's retreat -- Catherine's daughter -- The fall of Bestuzhev -- A gamble -- Confrontation -- A menage a quatre -- The Time has Come! Panin, Orlov, and Elizabeth's death -- The brief reign of Peter III -- Dura! -- We ourselves know not what we did -- Empress of Russia. Coronation -- The government and the church -- Serfdom -- Madame Orlov could never be Empress of Russia -- The death of Ivan VI -- Catherine and the Enlightenment -- The Nakaz -- All free estates of the realm -- The king we have made -- The first partition of Poland and the first Turkish War -- Doctors, smallpox, and plague -- The return of Peter the Third -- The last days of the Marquis de Pugachev -- Potemkin and Favoritism. Vasilchikov -- Catherine and Potemkin : Passion -- Potemkin ascending -- Catherine and Potemkin : separation -- New relationships -- Favorites -- My name is Catherine the Second. Catherine, Paul, and Natalia -- Paul, Maria, and the succession -- Potemkin: builder and diplomat -- Crimean journey and Potemkin villages -- The Second Turkish War and the death of Potemkin -- Art, architecture, and the bronze horseman -- They are capable of hanging their king from a lamppost! -- Dissent in Russia, final partition of Poland -- Twilight -- The death of Catherine the Great.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [577]-579) and index.
Summary: This narrative biography tells the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into Empress of Russia by sheer determination. Possessing a brilliant mind and an insatiable curiosity as a young woman, she devoured the works of Enlightenment philosophers and, when she reached the throne, attempted to use their principles to guide her rule of the vast and backward Russian empire. She knew or corresponded with the preeminent historical figures of her time: Voltaire, Diderot, Frederick the Great, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, Marie Antoinette, and, surprisingly, the American naval hero, John Paul Jones. Reaching the throne fired by Enlightenment philosophy and determined to become the embodiment of the "benevolent despot" idealized by Montesquieu, she found herself always contending with the deeply ingrained realities of Russian life, including serfdom. She persevered, and for thirty-four years the government, foreign policy, cultural development, and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. She dealt with domestic rebellion, foreign wars, and the tidal wave of political change and violence churned up by the French Revolution that swept across Europe. Her reputation depended entirely on the perspective of the speaker. She was praised by Voltaire as the equal of the greatest of classical philosophers; she was condemned by her enemies, mostly foreign, as "the Messalina of the north." Catherine's family, friends, ministers, generals, lovers, and enemies, all are here, vividly described. These included her ambitious, perpetually scheming mother; her weak, bullying husband, Peter (who left her lying untouched beside him for nine years after their marriage); her unhappy son and heir, Paul; her beloved grandchildren; and her "favorites", the parade of young men from whom she sought companionship and the recapture of youth as well as sex. Here, too, is the giant figure of Gregory Potemkin, her most significant lover and possible husband, with whom she shared a passionate correspondence of love and separation, followed by seventeen years of unparalleled mutual achievement.
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Prosciutto is our staple when come to couple's food because it is sexiest cold cut in Italy. If you want to knock a date out of the park, have some prosciutto! It's tasty and little salty, and perfect paired with a simple chicken dish. It's best to deglaze the pan of this dish with the wine you'll be serving her.
Chicken Piccata with Prosciutto
- 2 small boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup of flour
- 4 slices of Proscuitto
- 2 tbs. olive oil
- 1 cup white wine
- ½ cup lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Shaved Parmesan for serving
- 1 tbs. Italian flat-leaf parsley, chopped, for serving
- Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Place flour on a plate and lay chicken breasts into flour on both sides. Shake off excess flour.
- Heat olive oil in skillet over medium heat. Cook chicken breasts (one at a time if necessary) for 5 minutes per side or until golden brown and the juices run clear. Transfer chicken to serving platter and save pan for deglazing.
- Top each breast with 2 slices of prosciutto. Deglaze the pan by reheating on medium-low and adding the white wine and lemon juice. Use wooden spoon to scrap bottom of pan and cook until reduced, about 10 minutes.
- Top chicken with pan sauce, some shaved parmesan, and some chopped parsley.


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Weight: 165 pounds
Home: Whistler, B.C.
Roots: Banff, Alberta, "Canaduh"
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Reflection on JavaOne 2005
Data binding
Again, apparently following creator queues, NetBeans has data-binding capabilities. These allow you to drag and drop fields and data elements from a number of sources (including database tables, beans, and EJBs) into a GUI, and a suitable component will be created and bound to that data element.
J2EE and the out of box experience
Netbeans, starting with 4.1, has been about the "Out of the Box Experience." The idea being that the inclusion of good J2EE EJB support and high quality GUI builder mean that simply installing the software gives you more scope for being productive than a number of competing IDEs. With many of the alternatives out there (certainly most of the free ones), it is necessary to find plugins to develop EJBs and even GUIs in some cases. This is not a huge problem, and it is an exercise I have been through a couple of times, but the ability to do so much after a quick install is very seductive, and folks who are coming from a Visual Studio world and just expect this kind of support to be there will find a lot to like in NetBeans.
Following the current commendable trend to make life easier for developers, there was a lot of information about and interest in EJB 3.0, the upcoming major revision of EJBs (one of the most powerful but currently most complex aspects of J2EE). The new version will use new features of the Java 5 language (mainly annotations) to simplify the creation of EJBs. It will no longer be necessary to write Deployment Descriptors, and the distinction between Home and Remote interfaces also has been removed (at least as far as the EJB creator is concerned).
EJB 3.0 will maintain backwards compatibility with EJB 2.1 (and yes, you can still write Deployment Descriptors if you want to). The upshot is that EJB 3.0 will be a much more accessible standard, without losing any of the power of EJBs. Persistence has also been overhauled, with the result that it looks a lot like Hibernate but using annotations.
I won't go much further into this subject right now because it really could be a separate article or stream of articles. Suffice to say that this is, in my opinion, another important move in the right direction. For more information on what the new EJB 3.0 specification means, have a look at http://java.sun.com/products/ejb/.
One of the announcements that I surprised myself by being interested in was that the new Blu-Ray standard for the next generation of DVD players would include an enhanced form of the J2ME platform. It got me thinking about some of the possibilities as a Java Developer.
Blu-Ray is one of two competing standards for the next generation of DVD players, the other being HD-DVD. Currently, Blu-Ray seems to have the upper hand and the inclusion of a full programming platform is extremely interesting. While the processors will (at least at first) not be powerful enough to do anything like First Person Shooters, the possibility of games naturally occurs to me. Also, Java code can execute and interact on screen even while a movie is playing (unlike current DVDs, where a separate menu screen is usually required for user interaction). While I can sit here and punch out a few ideas about how a J2ME environment could be used in a DVD player, the truth is that the most exciting possibilities will probably occur to others. Embed this kind of flexibility into anything, and someone somewhere will always blindside you with something very clever and useful. 50 gigabytes of storage is a lot to be able to play with in an application.
GPS Binding from J2ME
Unlike the Blu-Ray announcement, which was something that I had not really considered before, this announcement pleased me because this is something I have wanted for a long time.
For the last few years, most new cell phones have been built with a GPS receiver inside them. It is usually only activated for 911 calls so that emergency services have another option to locate you in case of trouble.
As a GPS enthusiast, I have often wanted to have a way to access this in other ways in my phone. I do have a handheld GPS, but the data on such a device is always limited either by what is made available by the GPS manufacturer, or what you can fit in the limited memory.
Now, a GPS in a phone has a lot more potential. Imagine using WAP to contact Google maps, send along your current location from the GPS built into the phone, and find the nearest coffee house, EB games, or anything else your heart desires. Google already works to keep these points of interest up to date. Furthermore, imagine downloading a small J2ME app that then would be capable of providing you with real-time driving or walking guidance to your chosen destination, all from your phone. I personally can't wait until I can get a hold of one of these new devices, and when they get out in sufficient quantities to interest the Googles and Yahoos to provide these kind of services.
Scripting Language Enhancements to the JVMAnother welcome announcement (at least for me) was the enhancement of future versions of the JVM to allow scripting languages to do more in the VM.
One of the oft-touted advantages of .NET is that the CLR is language agnostic, while the JVM is not. Neither of these statements is entirely true.
Although different language syntaxes can be run in the CLR, they end up looking quite similar at the end of the day because the libraries used are identical. This is not a bad thing; it is just a little misleading.
The JVM actually can do exactly the same, which surprises a lot of people and is not well known. As you can see at http://www.robert-tolksdorf.de/vmlanguages.html, there are a very large number of "languages" that can run on top of the JVM. Again, you end up with many of them having the same "flavor" as one another due to them all using the same class libraries.
In the past, I have used two main alternative languages on top of the JVM, those being Jython and Groovy. It is no accident that both of these are what are known as "Scripting" languages. In practice, Java is a pretty good compromise between a simple language and a reasonably efficient one. Although many other languages can run on the JVM, unless they really bring something else to the party, I will use Java because I know it.
The reason Jython and Groovy are both interesting is that they each have some serious strengths in areas where Java is a little weaker. For example, Jython (like Python upon which it is based) is extremely strong at text parsing and manipulation. There is no need for MessageFormat classes, string tokenizers, and so forth. Instead, you can very quickly manipulate strings in Jython. It also has a more compact introspection model than Java, even in the Jython form.
Groovy, on the other hand, is so ridiculously good at SQL and XML handling that it is not an exaggeration to say that something like a translator from SQL to XML will be well under one tenth the size of the equivalent Java code to accomplish the same.
There are two prices you pay right now when using scripting languages on top of the JVM. The main one is speed, and the other is that there are limitations imposed by the JVM that somewhat limit some of the more dynamic possibilities in a scripting language. For example, anyone who has used Python (or C Python, as the C-based version is sometimes called) and Jython will know that some of the more advanced introspection operations are not possible in Jython.
The announcement of JVM enhancements with scripting languages in mind will hopefully address both of these issues to some extent. Although scripting languages will always be slower than a more efficient part-compiled language, some of the inefficiencies right now come from working around limitations in the JVM. Furthermore, hopefully some of the more advanced scripting features will also be possible.
This enhanced scripting support is slated to be included in the Java SE 6 (Mustang) release.
Ultra-20 Workstations
Sun has introduced a new range of low cost, high performance workstations called the Ultra-20s and based on the excellent AMD opteron architecture. While this is not, strictly speaking, Java news, Java is of course a first class citizen on this platform, and I cannot imagine a better price/performance point for developing (and maybe even running) Java applications. The workstations have the interesting ability to run 64-bit Windows, Linux, and Solaris well on the same hardware.
Potentially even more interesting is the purchase options. You can either buy the box outright starting at $895, or you can go the service purchase route and get it for free. Basically, somewhat like a cell phone, you can buy a Sun services subscription for three years at $30 per month and get the box for free. I am interested in how well that plan does. Full Java development tools and enterprise environment is included (see, it does have something to do with Java after all). http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/ultra20/.
Sun SPOT
Finally, this is another one of those off-the-wall interests that I picked up while at JavaOne. The Sun SPOT (Small Programmable Object Technology see descriptions at http://sig9.com/node/244 and http://research.sun.com/spotlight/SunSPOTSJune30.pdf) is a wireless sensor that has wireless networking capability built into it.
The Sun SPOT is capable of creating a mesh network on the fly, and runs a small Java-based VM called the "Squawk VM." This is another one of those things that I can think of several interesting ideas up front (for example, if put in sufficient numbers of cars along with a GPS, it could be used to provide anonymous data about traffic holdups, and enable drivers to route around the problem without making it worse), but again the most interesting ideas will probably come from getting these sensors out there and seeing what killer applications people think up.
In Conclusion
As well as the above, there were a large number of vendors in the Pavilion showing off their wares. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Google's Gmail and Blogger tools are written in J2EE for the server sideI suppose it's obvious but even as a regular user of gmail I had never given it any thoughtwhich is probably the best recommendation I could give Java EE (it just works, why worry about it).
The overall feeling that I came away with from JavaOne 2005 is the pace and diversity of Java development. From Blu-Ray to mobile phones, huge enterprise systems to Sun SPOTs, Java is just about everywhere (yeahI know this is the slogan, but think about itit's actually true).
This is a great time to be a Java Developer.
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WASHINGTON - With the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby less than two weeks away, the assembling of rosters for the showcase is looking like a derby in itself.
While Miami Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton is already on board for the National League, the rest of the spots for the NL are up in the air. Then all of the American League spots, except for Jose Bautista's captain seat, are to be determined.
Sluggers Jose Abreu and Mike Trout, currently first and eighth respectively in the AL home run race, appear doubtful to join the show, Trout expressing both his desire and misgivings about participating.
There are a number of reasons why hitters may be reluctant to join in. Some believe the derby - July 14 at Minnesota's Target Field - can mess up their swings, though NL captain Troy Tulowitzki is not one of them. The need for rest by the time mid-July hits is also a factor, according to Tulowitzki, who will be participating in his first derby.
"Some guys don't want to do it, for whatever reason," Tulowitzki told USA TODAY Sports. "Either they're not great home run hitters in (batting practice), or they think it messes them up or maybe their fatigue. The season's long, and you can get all those things that people are sensitive about."
The swing issue seems to be a common theme for some around the league. And it is possible that trying to pop balls up can throw things off a bit.
But Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis, who was eliminated in the second round of last year's Home Run Derby, said hitters take so many swings that if the derby gets anyone in a funk, they're going to come out of it.
Davis acknowledged talk of whether or not his dip in production after last year's All-Star break was due to the derby. He hit .315 with 37 home runs before the 2013 break, and .245 with 16 home runs after.
"To be honest with you, I don't know," Davis said. "But I think if you have an opportunity to do it and you want to do it, you should do it."
Texas Rangers first baseman Carlos Pena he was fine when he did the 2009 Home Run Derby. But in a science as inexact as hitting, there can still be that thought in the back of some players' minds.
"The thought process is: If I go do the Home Run Derby, and I start swinging for the fences, it's going to mess up my wiring," Pena said. "Somehow, someway I'm going to lose that feel that I'm looking for. And there's guys that protect that feel … They don't want to mess with it at all."
Both Davis and Pena said they would do the derby again.
Meanwhile, Tulowitzki said it will probably be about another week before he fills the three remaining slots on his team. The rosters for both leagues will be announced July 7.
At this point, the Colorado Rockies shortstop said he's just taking input from guys and hasn't really picked out anybody, besides Stanton.
"Seeing if anybody (will) vouch for themselves," Tulowitzki said. "Just kind of filling it out, and just taking my time with it actually."
Tulowitzki, who is second in the NL with 18 home runs this season, remains tight-lipped on who he's in talks with.
"I think it's one of those things where you kind of just keep it to yourself until it comes out," Tulowitzki said. "You don't want to disappoint anybody. So I think I'm just waiting a little bit to see who wants to participate first before I throw anybody's name out there."
Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig is reportedly interested in joining Tulowitzki's squad but hasn't received an invite yet.
Tulowitzki admitted that it's not easy trying to assemble his roster. There are just four spots to fill besides himself. But there are several worthy candidates.
"It definitely puts more on my plate," Tulowitzki said. "I think I'll be happy once I get there and put the team together and see the guys and just try to have fun with it, not put too much pressure on myself."
Tulowitzki is happy to have Stanton on board already though. He leads the NL with 21 home runs.
"I think everybody wants to see him," Tulowitzki said. "Obviously he's one of the premier power hitters in the game. So no doubt you want him on your team."
On the AL side, Oakland Athletics left fielder Yoenis Cespedes said last week that he would like to defend his derby crown from last year, but whether or not he will go through with it is still up in the air.
If it was up to them, Davis and Pena both said they would like to see Abreu, Trout, Orioles right fielder Nelson Cruz and Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Edwin Encarnacion on the AL Home Run Derby roster.
When the rosters are cemented and the derby finally rolls around, the format will be new.
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"I think it's cool, just because everybody likes to fill out the brackets," Tulowitzki said. "Whether it's the World Cup, March Madness, things like that, people like doing that stuff."
That said, while Pena thinks participating can be a valuable experience, he gets it if some just choose to pass.
"It's a lot of fun, a lot of attention," Pena said. "Sincerely very, very, very cool. It's like when you were a kid. But I understand."
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I'm back from hormonal insanity, from blogging laziness, from knitterly hibernation on the Ektorp, and I'm back from vacation!!
Ben and I went on a camping trip along the Mississippi River in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. We left shortly after his semester ended but before the state parks get crazy with people on summer holiday. Ben is a bird watcher, so a trip near a major bird migration pathway made the most sense. (He is on bird #205 on his life list and #144 for the current year--just FYI.)
I set myself up for an experiment. Before the trip I was knitting like a fiend on a number of worsted weight projects (5) all too big to take on a camping trip. For this trip, I needed a small, portable project.....like a sock. I've knit 3 pairs of socks before, but (I hate to admit it because it feels like I'm offending the knitting/yarn gods) I don't like knitting socks. I love sock yarn. I love handknit socks. I just don't like the tiny needles or the (in my knitting experience) saggy, ill-fitting socks. That said, I got a new basic pattern, some size 1 needles and a ball of sock yarn and that is the only project I brought on the trip.
I lasted the entire drive to the first state park (Nelson-Dewey State Park in Wisconsin, I highly recommend it) and the first 2 days of camping without knitting. I talked to my husband (he's been in exam-writing, exam-grading mode so long that I forgot how much I liked talking to him.), I hiked, enjoyed the scenery, and swore while choking on smoke while cooking over a campfire, but I didn't knit. Then, on night 3, I couldn't hold off any longer.
and by the time we got home 6 days later I had this
and it seems to fit well. I started sock two last night and I plan to make some homemade sock blockers soon. I have to knit another couple of pairs before I tackle the (in my opinion) prettiest sock yarn ever.
Collinette Jitterbug in Dusk colorway
Back to our trip. I have to share a photo of the best view from the campsite ever (yes I know I'm full of superlatives today),
Nelson-Dewey State Park in WI, walk-in site C
and a pic of the man who is such a great sport when I'm taking trip pictures:
This is on a stop on our way home for some minigolf in Wisconsin Dells.
I love the logger/golfer and the stoic look on his face.
Lastly, I'll share one finished knitting project:
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