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I am an economist specialising in European macro issues.
That's the claim made today by influential commentator Joe Weisenthal of Business Insider. Weisenthal's claim is based on the basic macroeconomic identity that income equals spending. As advocates of the Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) school of thought (such as Stephanie Kelton of University of Missouri Kansas City) have emphasized, this simple identity has profound implications. It means that if one sector of the economy is saving (spending less than it's earning) then the other sectors of the economy must be accumulating debt or running down savings (spending more than they are earning).
For a closed economy, this identity means that government deficits must imply private sector saving (with the private sector buying government bonds) while governments can only save (run budget surpluses) if the private sector runs up debts or runs down its savings.
In an open economy, government deficits don't have to imply private saving as it may be the rest of the world that saves by accumulating the government's debt; in this case, it is the rest of the world that is spending less than it's earning in income. Conversely, in an open economy, a budget surplus doesn't have to mean the private sector is reducing its stock of assets or running up debt but that the rest of the world is reducing its stock of assets that it is owed by the surplus-running country.
Weisenthal's argument is that Bill Clinton brought about the financial crisis by running surpluses. Based on the income-spending identity, he concludes it was Clinton's surpluses that lead to the accumulation of private debts that subsequently triggered the financial crisis. I think the "sectoral balances" viewpoint is extremely important for understanding macroeconomics and MMT contributors such as Kelton are doing a great job of promoting its implications. But I think Weisenthal's interpretation of the data is off base.
For starters, here's the chart showing the US federal budget deficit as a share of GDP. Clinton's surpluses began to erode during George W Bush's first year in office and the US was back to running large deficits again in 2003.
And why does 2003 matter? Well, that's when US house prices, which had already been increasing at a decent clip, went into overdrive. So it wasn't budget surpluses that drove the unsustainable asset price bubble that brought about the crash.
And contrary to Weisenthal's story in which the US private sector was "forced" to live beyond its means by a government insistent on running budget surplus, the years prior to the global financial crisis saw both the public and private sectors in the US living beyond their means, with this accumulation of debt financed by current account deficits run with the rest of the world. These deficits, which had been large under Clinton, doubled under George W. Bush.
Weisenthal mentions the role of Fannie and Freddie in stoking up the mortgage crisis. There is little doubt that the federal housing agencies played a role in attempting to extend home ownership rates higher than was perhaps sensible. However, a look at the data shows that the push towards high rates of home ownership that began under Clinton was continued under the Bush administration right up to the eve of the crisis. So you could argue that both administrations deserve equal blame for these developments.
Weisenthal is right to be skeptical of the simplistic view that it is always good for the government to run surpluses or even balanced budgets; the right budget balance for an economy will change over time depending on underlying conditions in the private sector. But using sectoral balances to reach back in time to blame Bill Clinton for the financial crisis is an argument that doesn't fit the facts.
Very nicely put!
Good piece Karl, but I think you are still confusing symptoms with underlying causes. It was the private debt bubble which in turned created the fuel for the housing bubble (along, of course, with mortgage fraud and lax regulation), and the foundations of that private debt bubble were established during the Clinton years. That people began to use their houses as ATMs via endless refinancings simply allowed it to go on for as long as it did. But households and firms were going ever farther into debt, and they were losing their net wealth of government bonds all through the era of the Clinton surpluses. Even when the federal surpluses began to build under Clinton, the world demand for dollar-denominated fixed income assets outstripped supply, and our ingenious Wall Street financial engineers happily generated new sources of supply, beyond Treasuries. The "innovation" we got largely involved mobilizing U.S. household debt, especially mortgage debt, as a portfolio substitute for more traditional government and corporate debt. It's one of the main reasons we're in our current mess. But the point is that had we not had four consecutive years of budget surpluses, our pensioners and others who rely on a stable source of income to park their money would have a bigger supply of Treasuries and far less of these toxic pieces of paper that have acted like a cancer on our economy.
Karl, what do you mean by the public sector lived beyond its means? We have US federal programs right now in 2012 (and then) that are automatically funded indefinitely according to US law. Projected deficit of $1.1 trillion. Gross debt recently passed $16 trillion. Public debt is over $11 trillion. Current account deficit for 1Q 2012 was $137 billion.
"The Trustees project that Part B of Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI), which pays doctors' bills and other outpatient expenses, and Part D, which provides access to prescription drug coverage, will remain adequately financed into the indefinite future because current law automatically provides financing each year to meet the next year's expected costs."
—-Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees—–
Please explain the solvency of this program.
Karl Whelan,
Thanks very much for this post. I too am a great admirer of Stephanie Kelton's work, and in general of the MMT, sectoral-balances approach to macro. But the article by Weisenthal struck me as a terribly wrongheaded application of the core MMT insights.
One can make the case that the late-90s budget surpluses were counter-productive, and that we should not aim to repeat them, without falling into the trap of blaming them directly or exclusively for a crisis that in fact had many contributing factors, not least the policies and governing ethos of the president who succeeded Bill Clinton in office.
It would be a pity if MMT ideas finally came to greater prominence only to be taken as somehow supporting the crudest arguments with which conservative propagandists have sought to excuse the Bush administration and a fraud-ridden financial sector of all blame for bringing about the bubble and the crash.
"Weisenthal is right to be skeptical of the simplistic view that it is always good for the government to run surpluses or even balanced budgets; the right budget balance for an economy will change over time depending on underlying conditions in the private sector. But using sectoral balances to reach back in time to blame Bill Clinton for the financial crisis is an argument that doesn't fit the facts."
Quite right. In fact, the government should never aim to run surpluses, deficits, or balance. They should shoot for the level of spending that generates full employment. The consequent balance is a residual.
Also, one has to bear in mind that the surplus sector rarely gets to choose to be in surplus–their surplus is a consequence of the deficit sector aiming to spend more than they earn.
Amen to Marshall's comments. Plus,
There is little truth to the idea that any particular president can drive the economy to ruin– or for that matter, to save it.
The fact is, it takes Congress and the Executive Branch to make and enforce legislations and regulations. Contrary to what banksters say, the government did NOT force banks to give loans to people who could not afford them.
However- the U.S. has been living far beyond its means (in ALL sectors of the economy) since the 1980′s. Now it's time to pay the piper.
Did George W. Bush make bad choices? Sure. Did Bill Clinton balance the budget? Absolutely. But did either of them single-handedly lead us to where we are today? No freakin' way.
Debt vs. GDP is a good way to estimate the general condition of an economy. In 1933, at the deepest depths of the Depression, Total US Debt was at 299% GDP.
Open your eyes: Total US Debt across all sectors of the economy reached 300% of the GDP in 2003 and climbed near 380% at the height of the financial collapse. It is not much better now.
ALL sectors of the economy have been over-leveraged and "living beyond their means." Government, Corporations, the Financial Sector, and Households.
Sad truth is– we'll have to see much higher taxes and much less government spending to fix this problem, and we have to make radical changes to the fundamentals of our economy.
Karl, I've arrived (via Naked Capitalism) a little late but still want to offer a few comments. Since I've not read anything of yours before, what follows is solely based on this piece.
Before considering the theory behind the MMT/financial balances approach, wouldn't a brief glance at the economic record have been a good idea?
For example, from 1970 to date the US managed just five budget surpluses, four of them under Clinton. The net cumulative deficit over those years was US$8.8 trillion and, perhaps more surprisingly to those inclined to the "Clinton's budgets destroyed the American economy" story, the overall deficit from 1992-2001 was $671 billion. His four surplus budgets (1998-2001) totalled $472 billion.
Now really, do those numbers support Kelton and co's underlying thesis?
As for the theory, the "sectoral balances viewpoint" is correct but not particularly important. It's an accounting identity, a truism, a reminder that 2+2 still equals four. The real meat is tucked inside the components of GDP from which they're derived, in particular savings and investment. The sectoral balance for any given sector, after all, is the residual after expenditure (including investment) is subtracted from income. In other words, by the time we get to a sector's financial balance the important stuff has already happened.
The trouble with many (perhaps most) sectoral balances enthusiasts is they end up misusing words like "savings". Does it make sense to implicitly suggest a sector's fully funded investment doesn't constitute savings?
Truth is, as I'm sure you know, an economy's financial balance (in the "sectoral balance" sense) ought to fluctuate around zero. That is, over time savings should roughly equal investment. To the extent this doesn't happen, it's likely to be a consequence of mercantilist policies (à la China) and/or unbalanced financial systems (à la regrettably almost everywhere, very much including China).
FWIW, the FoF Matrix from the Fed's Z.1 report (flows and stocks) can be a useful antidote to the MMT/sectoral balances quicksand. It's a reminder that economies have a deep and powerful life apart from central banks and governments. And that the private sector is quite capable of independently generating a plethora of financial assets and liabilities.
I just want to point out another viewpoint (time to wake up):
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But I would argue that the Clinton surplus started the American public on the path towards a debt binge that would not end for another 7 years. It's not a mere coincidence that the greatest debt binge in American history began during the end of the Clinton years. I believe this can be traced directly back to the Clinton surplus as the sectoral balances clearly show. Of course, there were more moving parts to it than just this, but the surplus played a key role in getting the wheels in motion. And so the seeds were sown for a much larger crisis.
The handling of the economy under the Bush administration is a different chapter in the story, but the moral of the story here is clear – this isn't about politics. I don't care for Paul Ryan's or Bill Clinton's politics. All I know is that their economics stink. And as we're all finding out now, America is only as good as its economy and America's economy is only as good as the people who formulate policy. Clinton sustained a good economy for much of his Presidency. Unfortunately, the wheels came off towards the end and his attempt to fix the US government's fiscal "problems" played a key role here. Paul Ryan's plan would catapult us towards the exact same situation. But again, let's not allow the politics to cloud the economics at work here and like it or not, Ryan's plan is bad economics given the current balance sheet recession. Just like the Clinton surplus was bad economics in the late 90′s.


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The Office of Personnel Management found in its annual report to Congress that 25 percent, or 168,558, of the eligible workforce reported working outside the office at least one day a week. That is up from 10 percent of the eligible workforce in 2009. Agencies say a total of 684,589 employees are eligible to telework, or 32 percent of 2,165,390 federal workers.
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Eleven thousand jobs created by a power plant. Eighteen million lives affected in the New York metro area by its demise. Those were the main numbers the protestors – of which there were many at Thursday night's – were throwing around.
The protestors were louder, or least more organized, than the pro-nuclear folks. They were also more colorful.
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staged a rally before the hearing in the back of the grand ballroom at the , with speakers ranging from Westchester Assemblyman Tom Abinanti ("Indian Point is an accident waiting to happen") to Occupy Wall Streeters and a Columbia University seismologist. Riverkeeper had a few buses pick up some 70 folks from New York City, but many of the speakers said they lived within a few miles of the energy facility.
Their message again and again (and often chanted) was "shut it down, shut it down." Their signs read Old and Dangerous or Unsafe, Unsecure, Fatal. They had buttons, pins, stickers, hats, yellow t-shirts.
Once the official forum began, public hearing fatigue can soon set in as the points made by speakers (two to three minutes each, though the rule was only sometimes enforced and other times caused friction) get repetitive and divisions become more divisive. There seemed no common ground between the anti- and the pro-, the safety-fearful and the economy-dedicated (their sign read "Save Union Jobs").
Many speakers said this wasn't their first hearing; they'd been attending this annual assessment meeting for the last 10 years. Their frustration in feeling less heard and more misled through the years bubbled up into hissing, booing, and interrupting the pro-nuclear people.
County Legislator Michael Smith, who said he was personally supportive of the plant's license renewal but wanted to "raise the quality standards," begged the hissers to give him the same courtesy he gave to them.
Despite the imbalance in noise-making, there were a fair amount of speakers on behalf of the plant. Marsha Gordon, President of Westchester Business Council, who praised the industry's importance in the region for keeping electricity costs down and people employed. Plant workers who said safety is their utmost priority. Mary Foster, Mayor of Peekskill, another person requesting a "cease and desist" on the rude reactions in the room, who supports the plant's operation but wants a better understanding of the emergency evacuation plan.
What emergency evacuation plan? Abinanti said there was no hope of evacuating the region if there were ever a meltdown. Just look at the traffic on the Tappan Zee Bridge tonight, he said. "You can't even get out of White Plains."
Abinanti compared and contrasted our outdated bridge with the plant. One of the reasons cited for a bridge rebuild is the threat of an earthquake, but this is not a threat to a nuclear power plant?, he asked.
"Lose the bridge, and some cars go in the water. Lose the plant, and you lose millions," Abinanti said. Continuing on the car theme, he said, Indian Point "is an old car whose time has come."
For their part, the representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission who oversee how plant owner Entergy is performing, at the front table facing the crowd sat grim-faced, taking notes, occasionally answering the questions posed to them, but mostly having to stomach a lot of animosity. "Public health and safety is mission one for us," Regional Director Bill Dean said.
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At the conclusion of last year, as assessed by the NRC's Reactor Oversight Process, there were no performance indicators for Indian Point Units 2 and 3 that were other than "Green" (very low risk) and no inspection findings that were "Greater than Green" (all findings were of very low safety significance). Therefore, for the rest of 2012, Indian Point Units 2 and 3 will receive the very detailed inspection regime used by the NRC for plants that are operating well.
Entergy officials remained in the hallway not the ballroom, fielding questions privately and explaining diagrams on poster board.
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In Seductive Vienna, a brand new Fashion District
As luscious and curvaceous as around the day that she was sculpted, the naked lady adorns the 1900 developing in Vienna's central square. But now this sinuous symbol of the historic Austrian city is being supplied luxurious new garments. A lot of them.
A brand new pedestrian shopping area, to be known as the "Golden Quarter," continues to be under construction. But even prior to its completion, scheduled for 2014, Louis Vuitton has taken over a historic developing, with Emporio Armani and Miu Miu up the road and a stream of international names from Brioni via Roberto Cavalli to Prada and Saint Laurent lined up to arrive next year.
The refurbished area, nestled in between St. Stephen's Cathedral as well as the stock exchange within the Unesco Planet Heritage location of Vienna, contains a building from a century ago situated at the Am Hof square as well as the historic Hochholzerhof building within the Tuchlauben location. Louis Vuitton: The Trunk Show – NYTimes.com
The area's transformation into a pedestrian zone will contain a five-star Park Hyatt hotel and luxury apartments, and the high-end stores.
Wealthy Russians trying to invest in bricks and mortar in addition to a swelling variety of Chinese guests have inspired this gilded buying location inside the heart of a city which has been rejuvenated by the opening up of Eastern Europe. But affluent consumers as well as the super wealthy are not alone in wanting one thing new out of old Vienna.
Far in the touristy central a part of the city, with its grandiose fountains and glorious buildings, there's another mini-shopping revolution: an outbreak of small stores which are tucked behind the big buying roads or in regions that the locals define as "Bobo" for "Bohemian bourgeois." A single such area is the seventh district, west of central Vienna.
"We started inside the seventh district, which as soon as housed textiles, silk and embroidery," mentioned Barbara Irma Denk, whose mission is to open as much as visitors a a lot more modern vision of art, craft and style than the city's usual offerings of Gustav Klimt's paintings, cream pastries in period tea shops and upgrades on the classic dirndl skirts.
With the encouragement on the district mayor, Thomas Blimlinger, Ms. Denk founded 7tm (www.7tm.at), a firm that aids market the style and design shops inside the seventh district. (The 7 in the enterprise stands for the district and also the tm stands for trademark.) The corporation began in 2007 by representing 20 to 30 shops and has expanded to cover an region with 57 retailers, with names like Disaster Clothing, Widespread Individuals and Significantly less is More. These indie stores possess a flavor of back-street Berlin and this region on the city, identified as Neubau, features a young, liberal, urban population. Ms. Denk has mapped out a route within the district that provides "adventurous consumers" bespoke tours with the city.
"We changed concentrate from just textile designers to furniture, which is an interesting and superior mixture," Ms. Denk stated. Her group of independent retailers, following the Viennese tradition of cobblers, craftspeople and textile designers, are usually housed in a part of the solid and spacious buildings created by the architect Otto Wagner when the city was at a pinnacle of prosperity. Louis Vuitton: The Trunk Show – NYTimes.com
The world wide web has helped these fledgling providers to expand beyond their local areas, in order that the bag designer Ina Kent (inakent.com) gets orders from distant places. "Bags inform stories" may be the designer's mantra – and her tale is of transformation: colorful purses that can be attached to bigger bags that, in turn, can morph, with all the twist of twin straps, into a backpack. As with so many of those homegrown firms, the prices are way down around the luxury labels: from less than €100, or $130, to €350 for the Ina Kent bags.
With Austria and Germany founding lots of "green" movements, Vienna's indie brands are generally striving for great social and environmental practices, a feeling that runs through the 7tm style collective and is encouraged by Ms. Denk herself.
One particular store inside the district, Madame with a Mission , supports a neighborhood social-economic women's corporation where the collection is created. The company's founder, Susanne Kreuzberger, says the organization's motto is: "Keep it very simple and sophisticated."
Set in a quiet street near the historic Naschmarkt industry, having a chocolate shop next door plus a "Bananas" antique store down the road promoting 1950s furnishings and lamps, the shop delivers that rare object: fashionable clothes that have no age barriers. Often cut flat plane, or asymmetrically, the colors are minimalist black and white having a trickle of blue. Jars of fresh flowers in the entrance as well as a scattering of bold gilded jewelry total an original and desirable appear.
A further retailer in the location, Faux Fox includes a lineup of talent, as rails are presented to fledgling designers to create a retail style collective, such as a Faux Fox magazine. Mark Stephen Baigent, who is from New Zealand, and Julia Rupertsberger made a Mark & Julia line with intriguing cuts that make the clothing far more than casual sportswear. Cotton bags with funky drawings around the word "Kadaverism" add an anarchic spirit.
Austria and its Tyrol famously had a specific style: The dirndl skirts and white blouses defined by the "Heidi" books. Too closely associated with German nationalism and, like all folklore outfits, an apparently dying trend, the Tyrolean outfits are given an edge of irony by Lena Hoschek, whose folkloric mix of Mexican straw hat, apron dresses and prints of 1950s paper patterns are lined up in her colorful shop. The designer, who shows in Berlin Fashion Week, also has a flourishing business in the Tyrolean outfits worn for weddings.
But to understand the strange beauty of a hat knitted by religious women who made tiny slits for each apostle, a wool and silk coat from a farmer's wife or a skirt that began its life as a bedcover and has the sewing imprint of different generations, seek out Susanne Bisovsky, who has built a trove of clothing, everything from the ancient to the modern.
As her partner, the shoe designer Josef Gerger, draws back the rose-patterned curtains below the mighty ceilings of a former silk maker's constructing, a magical collection appears of old garments, found from areas like flea markets or on eBay. There are pleating techniques so uncommon that similar skills are found only in rural China; or a densely patterned Spanish mantilla that Ms. Bisovsky claims is "too perfect" to transform. But a pair of Tyrolean socks have become a high-heeled boot, just because the designer/collector's full-skirted dresses are modern interpretations of Austria's heritage.
Ms. Bisovsky's symbol is the rose, which is often found on tiny ceramic tiles that make up a bodice or because the crochet flowers, nevertheless made by elderly ladies, that create generous bouquets across the room. From folkloric inspiration, Ms. Bisovsky creates a couture collection for private clients where she might use cross-stitch techniques or jet beads.
In the 1990s she developed the famous lace and latex dresses of Helmut Lang, who was once her mentor when she was at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. She then distills those ideas as her interpretation of ready-to-wear.
But the Susanne Bisovsky spirit can only be truly appreciated in her magical mix of an interior filled with religious iconography and pixie hat lampshades, of dirndls and vividly patterned dresses, of ancient morphing into modern – a template for a city that cherishes the old but comes alive with injections on the new.
Indonesian Street Artist Mixes Pop With Questions of Identity
Back in January, Louis Vuitton asked the Indonesian street artist Eko Nugroho to help style a new scarf. The luxury brand has become a master of those kind of collaborations, which have come to become identified as "artketing" – combining the globe of fine art with mass consumer marketing – but it has tended toward artists who are far more established internationally, like Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince and most recently Yayoi Kusama. The decision to select Mr. Nugroho was a sign of his quick rise.
It's not the only one. This year, Mr. Nugroho, 36, who recently made the list of Art + Auction magazine's "Top 50 under 50," is participating within the Indonesian Pavilion in the Venice Biennale, which runs by way of Nov. 24.
Mr. Nugroho mixes pop influences with Indonesian motifs and touches on issues of identity and democracy.
For the Louis Vuitton collaboration, Mr. Nugroho made six large oil paintings, using the brand selecting one particular for production – "Republik Tropis," which portrays a mythical creature whose body is made of tropical fruits and vegetables, with two masked faces peering via the twisted amalgamation.
"This creature is like a compilation in the democratic idea in Indonesia, colorful and complicated, a symbol of today's society," Mr. Nugroho said in a recent interview in Singapore. "Our democracy is still very young, not fixed yet."
Masks are integral to Mr. Nugroho's visual vocabulary, and he started using them in his practice in 2000. In Indonesia, he said, they are "more about the concept of identity and also the concealment of your true human nature."
Mr. Nugroho is a part of a generation of artists that emerged because the dictatorial Suharto regime was falling and Indonesia was slowly transitioning toward democracy; and from the start, he has used his works to communicate and engage having a general public, particularly by way of street art.
"I like to develop my work outside during daylight. It's extra free and flexible and it allows me to interact with persons, sometime asking them to help," he said. For his new solo exhibition, called "We Are What We Mask," which opened at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute last week, masks take center stage. Inspired by Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood and Willem Vogelsang's "Covering the Moon: An Introduction to Middle Eastern Face Veils," which retraces the history of veils, Mr. Nugroho has made 70 colorful paper works, quite a few of which are wearable. They include things like a series of 10 flat masks that take around the shape in the head covering worn by the women of your Rashaida tribe in Saudi Arabia, and also a series of eight full-face head pieces in absurd shapes and bright neon hues that were made from abaca cotton paper treated with konnyaku, a form of Japanese root- based gelatin, to add strength. All these "face veils" consist of text like "obey and happy" and "prohibited to prohibited" that take on a specific meaning within the Singaporean context where they were made.
"I like strong visuals. I've never used such strong colors prior to, sometime they are hurting the eyes, but the underlying idea is still about democracy as well as the freedom," he mentioned.
Dan Cameron, the chief curator in the Orange County Museum of Art in California, noted in his essay for the Singapore Tyler Print Institute's exhibition catalog: "For all his potential for caustic observation and critique, Eko is definitely an extremely funny and inventive artist, whose animated forms and characters locate him about midway on the scale amongst Kenny Scharf and Takashi Murakami, with an added dimension of playful gore to bring it into the modern visual idiom of zombies and apocalyptic fantasy." Mr. Nugroho is also participating in the 2013 California-Pacific Triennial, running through Nov. 17, which Mr. Cameron curated.
Mr. Nugroho's works were completed during a six-week residency that challenged the technical capabilities with the Singapore institute's workshop, as it was the first time staff there had sewn paper and assembled such complex forms.
"There is a magic in transforming a two-dimensional surface into a three-dimensional object, so a single in the significant achievements was making paper which is strong, durable, yet flexible to make these fabric-like mask pieces," stated the Singapore institute's chief printer, Eitaro Ogawa, who added that "we worked intensely with wood carvings for this project to give a new boldness and unique character to Eko's line imagery, usually drawn by the artist in brushstrokes."
As an additional challenge to the Singapore institute's staff, Mr. Nugroho asked them to each select their favorite head piece and arrange for themselves to become photographed wearing it in everyday Singaporean scenes – riding the MRT subway, waiting in line at a taxi stand or at a food center. The resulting photographs are also on view.
The coming months will be busy for the artist: He is opening a solo show in October at Arario Gallery in Seoul, and has plans for a solo show in the Lombard Freid Gallery in New York subsequent year. "The new work at Arario is going to be totally different, black and white, so quite a big change," he stated. For New York, he's hoping to explore a lot more installation works, with video and murals. "I like to be part of the landscape," he said having a laugh.


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Areas far north of the Garvin County border are still dealing with recovery and rebuilding efforts after a couple of days of storms dropped destructive tornadoes back in May.
However, what many residents in communities like Pauls Valley may not realize is what was assumed to be calm nights in comparison turned out instead to not leave everything unscathed as originally thought.
For Southern Oklahoma Resource Center Administrator Jeff Livingston, one of those evenings was harrowing enough as mother nature not only brought some of the damage to the campus right outside of town, they're still dealing with cleanup efforts of their own.
"The storms that ripped through here back in May closed some buildings down," said Livingston, who took time to mention a few locations that at least sustained significant wind damage.
"We had to end up tearing down on the south end of the maintenance building an enclosed wash bay that had a flat roof."
Livingston's best guess is that it could have been a smaller tornado that picked up the roof and moved the wall out before setting it back down and in order to save the automotive shop next door, a demolition company had to remove that part of the building.
There were also windows blown out, windshields shattered on vehicles around campus, which he finds surprising since it didn't do anything in town when he witnessed some of those funnels dipping dangerously close to more populated areas there.
"This is the same evening that all those tornadoes were going through like Ratliff City," said Livingston, adding how procedures had been followed where the residents sheltered in place in corridors and how he was thankful spots where the clients did not see damage that was far more severe. "It was May 30."
Insurance adjusters were out on the campus as recently as a week ago surveying the site again and meant some creative rearranging during what is supposed to be their transition of clients to the community. It resulted in services that were in hilltop being moved out of that structure, going to buildings that had been closed previously and repurposed for the time being.
These were primarily vocational services and the building being used is what is referred to as the lodge or old canteen, said Livingston. Reports also included about $30,000 in damage to Multiple Unit South's roof.
"The whole south side of the hilltop complex, it peeled the roof back and flooded it," said Livingston, noting how they also lost a tram that was used to transport residents around campus after it was picked up and then dropped upside down. "That building is chained off and most likely we'll take it down as well… got a lot of interior damage, mold."
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Harry Potter series now available in digital eBook format
Harry Potter fans everywhere can now enjoy their favorite series straight from their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The books are available exclusively through the Pottermore shop.
All seven of the Harry Potter books are now available for download. The first three books in the series are available for $7.99 each while the last four books are available for $9.99. If you'd prefer to purchase all of them, you can save yourself a little bit of money by buying all of them together for $57.54.
While it's great to be able to read the Harry Potter books in eBook format on many platforms, I'd have to say I'm a bit irritated with the process users will have to go through in order to get them on their devices.
Since they're only available via the Pottermore shop, you'll have to download them to your computer and either transfer them to iBooks via iTunes or open them natively from your device and choose to open them in iBooks. It's not the most convenient way to download a book and definitely a bit more aggravating than just opening the iBooks store and making a purchase with your iTunes account.
The Harry Potter series is also available for many other eBook readers as well. If you prefer using the Kindle app for iOS, you can choose to download them into your Kindle account and access them normally from there. I'd almost prefer using this method as I'd always be able to sign into my Amazon account on a new or freshly reformatted device and be able to access them without going through the iBooks process all over again.
I have a feeling a lot of hardcore Harry Potter fans will probably overlook the minor annoyance of getting the content onto their devices and will just be glad to finally have Harry Potter available in digital format. I'll personally be using the Kindle app as it seems to be the most convenient as of now. Any of you plan on picking up HP in digital format?
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I was able to download the sample on to my iPad using mobile Safari. When you click on the download link it will ask where you want to open it- just pick iBooks and there it is. Looks great too! As long as it works for the full book then hopefully that'll ease the process for everyone
I was able to download the free sample as well on my iPhone 4 and had it open it up in iBooks. Hopefully soon Apple and J.K. Rowling can reach a deal and will be able to sell them normally on iBooks.
Doing the Dropbox method might be the best. If you read the FAQ, I understood it to be you can only download then a total of 8 times.
Can I put my eBook on multiple devices?
Yes, you can download each Harry Potter eBook for personal use up to eight times, so you can save a copy to your computer, eReader, tablet, mobile phone and any other compatible device. See Can I read eBooks on my device? for more information.
Well spotted. Dropbox it is then!
You can buy them from Germany (although only in GB english, which I prefer). After the purchase the books can be downloaded eight times in different formats. I first linked them to my Kindle account, then downloaded them as epub on my notebook. 46,19 € well spend... :)
Do you know if you can import them into iTunes , the Kindle app and Google Play Books. Do you have to choose a format and stck with it?
I believe they come in ePub format. They can be downloaded, per the website, in all major ereader format, including all Kindle devices and apps, B&N readers, Sony readers, iBooks, etc.
You have eight downloads. You can choose for each download in which format you want to download.
I downloaded first as Kindle then as ePub.
Funny...I've had all the Harry Potter epubs on my iPad for years! wink
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Well. That one.
Curiously enough I was doing this search of Harry potter yesterday.
It is very simple to download this app.. Just few steps and you will get your collection of this adventurous series ! A great iPad app to download
Note that a "DL" to Kindle is one DL to your Amazon account. Once there, it is available in your Amazon library to move to your Kindle devices and apps as you see fit without affecting the Pottermore DL count #.
For example, I purchased and pushed all 7 books to my Amazon account. I DLed to my computer since I like to transfer to my Kindle via USB. It also automatically pushed the books to my iPhone and my wife's iPad.
On both the iPad and iPhone I deleted them off the local device/Kindle App and subsequently redownloaded Sorcerer's stone to both. I then went and checked Pottermore and noted that ALL books were still at 7 available downloads.
So to summarize again, Amazon library is 1...again....1 DL on Pottermore and you are free to move them about your authorized Kindle devices/apps as you see fit.
This is great!!!
Does anyone know if it can be downloaded to 2 separate Kindle accounts? Both of my nephews are getting Kindles for Christmas, but they'll each have their own account. Can I buy them once and have it downloaded to each of their accounts ( and possibly my own)? Or is it limited to once per format?
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Just saw the same thing, and I share the concerns. His advice at the end seems spot-on. But Barack is his own man, charting a course, so only time will tell.
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I simply can not find a place here to order a subscribtion to "Letters in the Mail" for a gift or two and also for myself.It sounds like a wonderful idea and several of my friends will be delighted to receive letters in the mail....Diane
Wonderful points altogether, you just gained a emblem new reader. What might you suggest in regards to your publish that you made some days ago? Any certain?
My favourite is Hulu.com, but I think Netflix is actually quite good. I guess there will be many and many more new sites that offer tv and movies online in the near future.
It is in point of fact a nice and helpful piece of information. I am satisfied that you just shared this useful info with us. Please stay us up to date like this. Thanks for sharing.
When I try to download the books to my iPad, I get a message saying safari cannot download this file. Any suggestions???
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This morning's Coffee Concert with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra -- the concert repeats Saturday at 8 p.m. -- were full of memorable moments, and many were just Severinsen talking.
He told us how, down in Mexico where he lives, he often tunes in to the Sirius station that is All Sinatra, All the Time.
"At 2 a.m., I sometimes turn the station on, and the memories flood over me," he said.
The image of Doc Severinsen kicked back in the middle of the night, listening to Sinatra ... unforgettable!
Doc also introduced one number by saying, "So this is 'What is This Thing Called Love?' And if anyone knows the answer, give me a call."
Ha, ha! What else did he say? Well, a little poignantly, he said: "Life is a drama, and I don't know if I'm in the last act."
But he added:
"I am not going to go quietly into the night! I am going to be tap dancing right up to the end."
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Interstate 75 Nighttime lane closures for northbound traffic Sunday through Thursday from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. between State Road 6 (Exit 460) and the Georgia line to pave the center lane which requires two lanes closed. The speed limit is reduced to 60 mph during lane closures. No lanes are closed from 6 a.m. Friday until 8 p.m. Sunday.
County Road 354 Daytime lane closures between US 27 and State Road 51 (Hal Adams Bridge) to provide pavement markings and cleanup for the new bike trail on the north and east side of the road.
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Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti responded to questions regarding his run for mayor as part of the "Talking About Los Angeles" series. Some of the questions were submitted by Patch readers.
Watch video of the interview by clicking on this link to the Livestream website.
The interview was held before a live audience at the downtown campus of Los Angeles Trade Technical College.
Moderator for the interview was Anthony Salcito, vice president of worldwide education for Microsoft Corp., the event's lead sponsor. The councilman responded to questions submitted by Patch readers, presented by Patch Regional Editor Richard Core.
Patch is a co-sponsor of the series, which has been organized by the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, a Latino voter participation organization; and Cerrell Associates, a Los Angeles political consulting firm.
Other candidates who have committed to appear include Austin Beutner, Wendy Greuel, Kevin James and Jan Perry. The next conversation, with Perry, is scheduled for May 15 at California State University Northridge.
For more information, visit the "Talking About Los Angeles" website at www.talkingaboutla.com.


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ANDOVER — Ray Jerome "Snuffy" Smith, age, 67, of Andover, Ohio, died at home with his family by his side on Thursday, July 11, 2013.
Born on Feb. 15, 1946, in Warren, Ohio, he was a son of Theodora Ruth (Waid) and Ray Oscar Smith. Snuffy was a 1965 graduate of Pymatuning Valley High School and served in the United States Army. On Sept. 14, 1974, he married Sandi Lee McGill.
Snuffy was a meat inspector for the State of Ohio for over thirty years.
He loved to spend time with all three of his grandchildren, going to flea markets and fairs, watching Nascar, reading and finding a good deal.
Snuffy was preceded in death by his father.
Survivors include his wife of thirty-eight years, Sandi L. Smith of Andover, Ohio; a son, Anthony O. (Michelle) Smith of Andover, Ohio; his mother, Theodora R. Smith of Orwell, Ohio; two sisters, Mary (Ron) Jones of Dorset, Ohio, and Darlene (Brad) Edelman of Orwell, Ohio; a brother, Arnold (Kathy) Smith of Dorset, Ohio, and three grandchildren, Katelyn, Garrett and Hunter.
A Memorial Service will be held 2 p.m. on Monday, July 15th, at BAUMGARDNER FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICE, 134 Prospect St., Andover, with the Rev. John L. Annandono officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to Crossroads Hospice.
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By JOSEPH HAMRICK
Herald-Banner Staff
Quality Concrete Products in Commerce will be completing a new project in the near future.
David Gordon, owner of QCP, said the Commerce Economic Development Corporation helped make the addition possible.
"The CEDC has been a significant contribution to us," he said.
The CEDC received a Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) from Rural Development, an agency of the USDA. The grant is used to establish a low interest loan fund to assist local businesses.
Bonnie Hunter, executive director of the CEDC, said the corporation is glad to help the local business.
"We're just excited they wanted to expand here and that we were able to assist," she said. "Along with the project will come more jobs."
Gordon purchased the 100 year-old business in 2006, and decided to add more to the production.
"We got into building storm shelters about four years ago," he said. "Every one is custom made for each customer."
The building, which Gordon said should be finished, weather permitting, by the end of January, will be used for workers to build septic systems indoors.
"Aerobic treatment plants are the bulk of the business," Gordon said. "This will be a pruduction building for casting the tanks, lids and storm shelters."
According to Gordon, his employees are the reason the business is doing so well.
"We've got a great group of people here," he said. "Our employees are my largest asset. What we strive for is an excellent customer service rate."
Dino Smajli, manager of Luigi's Italian Cafe in Quinlan, said that winter weather caused the construction of the Luigi's in Commerce to be delayed.
"The major things are completed," he said. "I'm thinking it will be completed some time this month, though I don't have an exact date yet.
Lori Burden, a manager at the McDonald's in Commerce, said the new playhouse should be opened in late January.


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Parade to change traffic pattern
CUMBERLAND — Several streets in South Cumberland will be closed during the 64th annual Halloween Parade on Oct. 23. The parade begins at 7 p.m.; however, street closures and detours will be in place prior to the start of the event.
All formation areas and streets and alleys leading to them will be closed at 5:30 p.m.: Virginia Avenue, East First Street from Virginia Avenue to Wempe Drive, South Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, Seymour Street, Grand Avenue, East Second Street and East Third Street.
Only buses carrying students and vehicles participating in the parade may move on these streets. No parking will be allowed after 4 p.m. parade night. Race Street will remain open as an emergency route.
Virginia Avenue, to include the Industrial Boulevard intersection, will be closed at 6:30 p.m. with the shut down of Industrial Boulevard at Blackiston Avenue occurring at 7 p.m. Messick Road can be used to reach Interstate 68 and Blackiston Avenue will detour around the parade formation areas.
Delays at Headsville Bridge to begin
HEADSVILLE, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Highways announces upcoming delays on Fountain-Headsville Road at the Headsville Bridge project, beginning as early as Oct. 21.
The contractor will complete the approach fill at the first abutment of the bridge.
Motorists can expect to wait up to 15 minutes while this embankment is placed across the road. Work is anticipated to be finished by the end of the week.
Flaggers will be in place to direct traffic.
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FROSTBURG — An event with World War II veterans Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. at Frostburg Heights Apartments will remember and honor all World War II veterans.


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Who here wears exterior vest carriers, and what are your thoughts on them?
We had a rep bring some to us last year and every officer that put one on love them, but because we didn't like the admin's choice for color, they just scrapped the whole idea.
We wear light blue uniforms (ugh) and all of the officers (the people that would actually be wearing the carriers) wanted navy blue to match our pants. And those of us on nights wanted them because they were darker. Admin wanted light blue to match our uniforms shirts.
What do you think about them? Pros? Cons? Which looks better, contrasting colors (lt. blue/navy) or matching colors (blue/blue, brown/brown, etc)?


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The new Range Rover Evoque has been declared Car of the Year in the Auto Express New Car Awards. The Evoque was also named Best Compact SUV by Britain's biggest-selling motoring magazine, with the Land Rover Discovery 4 scooping the award for Best Large SUV for the second successive year.
Citing the Evoque's 'mould breaking' looks and driving dynamics as key factors in its success, the magazine also praised its keen pricing: "The Evoque puts the hugely desirable Range Rover brand within the reach of compact executive car buyers for the very first time," said Auto Express Acting Editor Graham Hope. "The fact it looks and drives the way it does serves only to underline its premium appeal.
"The winner of the Auto Express Car of the Year prize really needs to break the mould – and the Range Rover Evoque does exactly that. You have only to look at its concept car styling to see why the British firm already has a bulging order book for the new baby of its range. Its appeal goes far beyond its distinctive styling."
Land Rover UK Managing Director Colin Green welcomed the recognition: "The first production Evoque was driven off the line at Land Rover's Halewood manufacturing plant in Liverpool only last month. To receive an accolade such as this so soon, and from such a respected journal as Auto Express, is a huge boost for the talented and dedicated professionals who have worked so hard and so long to bring the Evoque to market."
Mr. Green is delighted also by the success of the Land Rover Discovery 4: "The Discovery trophy cabinet is already huge, and this second successive Auto Express Award for the latest incarnation of the model underlines its superiority in a highly competitive market segment, and adds to the pride we feel today."
Auto Express says of the award-winning Discovery 4: "The versatile Land Rover has figured on the winners' list at our annual awards for seven successive years, and it's easy to see why. The latest Discovery 4 marries high-class fixtures and fittings with huge dimensions and unrivalled off-road ability. Better still, a revised model with more power and lower emissions is due to hit the showrooms in October."
With a choice of three engines, two body styles, three design themes and a wide range of options and accessories, the new Range Rover Evoque offers customers significant choice across a range of price points. The entry level eD4 Pure 5-Door Range Rover Evoque starts at £27,955 and the top-of-the-range Si4 6 Speed automatic Dynamic coupé with LUX pack is available for £44,320. Offered in both 5-door and Coupé forms, the Evoque goes on-sale next month. More than 18,000 advance orders have been received by Land Rover.
The all-new Range Rover Sport will make its global premiere in a ground breaking live drive through Manhattan, New York, on 26 March.
Freelander 2 is smart for town, tough for the country. And now it is sportier and more distinctive than ever, even more comfortable and offers even more convenience and driving enjoyment.
For the first time in Halewood's 50 year history, Jaguar Land Rover's 4,500-strong Halewood workforce will now work around the clock to meet strong global demand for the Range Rover Evoque.
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A skinny little guy goes into an elevator, looks up and sees this HUGE guy standing next to him.
The big guy sees the little guy staring at him, looks down and says: "7 feet tall, 350 pounds, 20 inch private, 3 pound testicles, Turner Brown."
The little guy faints and falls to the floor. The big guy kneels down and starts shaking him.
The big guy says, "What's wrong with you?" In a weak voice the little guy says, "What EXACTLY did you say to me?"
The big dude says, "I saw your curious look and figured I'd just give you the answers to the questions everyone always asks me….. I'm 7 feet tall, I weigh 350 pounds, I have a 20 inch private, my testicles weigh 3 pounds each, and my name is Turner Brown."
The small guy says, "Turner Brown?! Sweet Jesus, I thought you said, 'Turn around!"
At last a guy has taken the time to write down this all. Finally, the guys' side of the story. We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. These are our rules! Please note..
1. Men ARE not mind reader
2. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.
3. Crying is blackmail.
4. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!
5. Yes and No are perfectly Acceptable answers to almost every question.
6. Come to us with a problem only If you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
7. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.
8. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 Days.
9. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't Expect us to act like soap opera guys..
10. If something we said can be interpret in two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one
11. You can either ask us to do something Or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.
12. Whenever possible , Please say whatever you have to say during commercials.
13. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.
14. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.
15. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," We will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.
16. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, Expect an answer you don't want to hear
17. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as football, cars, bikes or games
18. You have enough clothes.
19. You have too many shoes.
20. Thank you for reading this. Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight; But did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.
Three men went to hell.
The devil said to them "You have come to hell, and you must now choose whether to spend eternity in room 1, 2 or 3"
He then opened the doors to the three rooms.
Room 1 was filled with men standing on their heads, on a hard wooden floor.
Room 2 was filled with men standing on the heads, on a cement floor.
Finally, room 3 had just a few men, standing in shit up to their knees and drinking coffee.
The men thought for a while, and decided to go with room 3, as it was less crowded and they could drink coffee.
They entered the door to room 3 and just as it was closing behind them, the devil said "OK men, coffee break's over. Back on your heads."
Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived; happiness, sadness, knowledge, and all the others, including love. One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all the feelings prepared their boats to leave. Love was the only one that stayed. She wanted to preserve the island paradise until the last possible moment.
When the island was almost totally under, love decided it was time to leave. She began looking for someone to ask for help. Just then Richness was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked, "Richness, can I come with you on your boat?"
Richness answered, " I'm sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and there would be no room for you anywhere."
Then Love decided to ask Vanity for help who was passing in a beautiful vessel.Love cried out, "Vanity, help me please." "I can't help you", Vanity said, " You are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat."
Next, Love saw Sadness passing by. Love said, " Sadness, please let me go with you." Sadness answered, "Love, I'm sorry, but, I just need to be alone now."
Then, Love saw Happiness. Love cried out, " Happiness, please take me with you." But Happiness was so overjoyed that he didn't hear Love calling to him.
Love began to cry. Then, she heard a voice say, "Come Love, I will take you with me." It was an elder.
Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that she forgot to ask the elder his name.
When they arrived on land the elder went on his way. Love realized how much she owed the elder. Love then found Knowledge and asked, "Who was it that helped me?" "It was Time", Knowledge answered. "But why did Time help me when no one else would?", Love asked. Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity, answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is."
Boy ask a girl in market…
-i have lost my girlfriend
- Can u talk to me for a minute please?
The girl replies – Why?
The boy replies -whenever i talk to a girl, my girlfriend finds me.


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By Mike Harrington
Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller was like plenty of people across North America today -- he was asleep when the NHL and NHLPA finally came to their tentative agreement to end the lockout just before 5 a.m. Eastern time.
"I learned of the deal when I woke up to my wife saying, 'Yay, it's over,' " Miller said this afternoon in a text message to The Buffalo News from his home in Southern California.
Miller, like virtually all players, understands the damage the lockout has done to the NHL brand and knows some quick work will be needed to regain fans' trust. The Sabres have had fewer than 50 season-ticket cancellations out of their 15,400 but this is a rabid hockey town. Not every NHL city is.
"I am happy the Buffalo fans were so patient. I'm not sure we get that in every market," Miller said. "The NHL is taking a big risk. Hope we don't injure the game beyond repair."
In an e-mail to the Toronto Globe & Mail earlier in the day, Miller apologized to the fans for their frustration.
"I know an apology doesn't make it all better, but it's a place to start," Miller told the paper. "I'm sorry and I hope that fans will forgive us for the role we played in this lockout. We will show up ready to play if they want to come to the rink and watch."
Miller was not a part of the final bargaining sessions but was intimately involved when talks nearly reached a deal before breaking off last month.
"Players should feel good about their resolve," Miller told the Globe & Mail. "This was never a deal where we were going to do anything other than minimize what we gave back to the league. "I think Don did a great job of guiding us through what was a very tough situation –- without threatening a full season --from our side."
Given my background covering Major League Baseball -- which had a nuclear summer in 1994 but is now approaching 20 years of labor peace -- I asked Miller for more insight on Fehr in these negotiations.
"I think Don was great," Miller wrote. "I know a lot of people were judging him based on baseball but in this situation he did what was right for us. He listened and considered our opinion and gave the players all the information available. Part of business at a multi-billion dollar level is to take every advantage you can. There is a lot of misinformation out there about Don but from my side he was honest and professional and he cared."


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The Raiders have locked up their top pick in this year's draft.
ILB Rolando McClain, the eighth overall selection, signed a five-year, $40 million deal with $23 million guaranteed, according to an ESPN report. McClain will report to training camp Thursday and is expected to open the season as Oakland's starting middle linebacker.
In PFW's 2010 Draft Preview, personnel analyst Nolan Nawrocki wrote that McClain is a "big-framed, long-limbed playmaker who is far and away the top inside linebacker available in this year's (draft) class."
For authoritative coverage and analysis of NFL news, free agency and fantasy football, visit ProFootballWeekly.com.


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Morning Coffee takes on the returning Oklahoma starters and the Texas Longhorn basketball team.
Quick-hitting commentary on the return of Sergio Kindle and Lamarr Houston, as well as speculation on possible transfer candidates and recruiting updates.
Morning Coffee breaks down the recruits who are on and off the radar for the Texas Longhorns' football team. AJ Dugat, Ryan Swope, and Rex Burkhead are off, while Tevin Mims, Reggie Wilson, and...
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Rameau: Keyboard Suites
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The next piece, the stunning Le rappel des oiseaux, is the first of the 'genre' pieces in his suites. Its war-like calls rouse the birds to action, becoming more insistent as the piece progresses. Then we return to the dance with two Rigaudons, the second in the major (with a double, or variation) especially emphasizing its lively and springy character. It was a dance, done in a circle, which was often included in his operas. The Musette en rondeau is a tender, pastoral scene which Rameau recycled in his opera-ballet Les fêtes d'Hébé (1739). The insistent drone of a bagpipe and the trilling of birds accompany the feeling of contentment during the grape harvest. In the orchestral version, the 'inégalité' (unevenness) of the quavers (eighth notes) is written out, attesting to the practise of jeu inégal, without which French Baroque music simply sounds wrong. As in Les fêtes d'Hébé, the Musette is followed by a Tambourin—a theatrical dance which became one of the most popular of the reign of Louis XV, and in which the dancer would have had a tambourine in hand. Rather curiously, but very effectively, Rameau decides not to end the suite there, but adds La villageoise, a poignant, innocent rondeau whose theme he ends up embellishing as an extension of the second couplet.
from notes by Angela Hewitt © 2007