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Vote of the week: When will the Wizarding World of Harry Potter open?
Written by Robert Niles
Universal Orlando's announcement Thursday that it is now selling travel packages to see its much-anticipated Wizarding World of Harry Potter starting May 28... but that May 28 isn't the opening date for the new land... raises the question:Tweet
When will the Wizarding World of Harry Potter open at Universal's Islands of Adventure?
Obviously, it will be open sometime before May 28. (I can't imagine Universal risking PR disaster as well as massive "make good" expenses by committing to the May 28 date if it were not certain the land would be ready by then.) And given the buzz coming out of Orlando now - contractors wrapping up work, new employees being hired - an opening could come weeks before the May 28 deadline.
And yet, all Universal's committed to is... "Spring 2010."
But there is a hint out there, a clue that might provide a bookend to the May 28 "latest possible opening" date.
It's been widely reported online that Dueling Dragons will be closed between Feb. 27 and March 16. This is the roller coaster that will be rethemed to Dragon Challenge in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Now, if that report is accurate, that means that Dragon Challenge would be opening on March 17, correct? I mean, Universal wouldn't take the ride down for rehab then reopen it as Dueling Dragons again, would it? What would be the point of that?
So if that rumor is correct, then we're talking Dragon Challenge being open on March 17. That, then, would be the "earliest possible opening" date for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Before people get their hopes up, let me say that I could see Universal opening the Harry Potter land in stages, with the highlight attraction, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (the robocoaster dark ride inside Hogwarts Castle), opening last. But when would that be? While I can see the land opening in stages, I can't see taking two and a half months between opening Dragon Challenge and Forbidden Journey.
That said, Universal could do what Disney often does and run the ride for several weeks before doing a press event and declaring it officially "open" on the 27th or 28th. But given the secrecy around Forbidden Journey, and the fact that details will be published widely online within minutes of the first iPhone-carrying riders getting off the thing, I can't imagine that Universal wouldn't want to get the press coverage going pretty quickly after the ride was operational.
If I had to bet on this... well, I wouldn't. But I would throw this open to Theme Park Insider readers to take a guess, as a vote of the week. :-)
The dates given are the Fridays between March 17 and May 28. And by "open," let's say that we mean that Forbidden Journey is open to park visitors (not just employees or invited guests) when the rest of the park opens in the morning. Please explain your guess, in the comments.
Readers' Opinions
From 188.8.131.52 on February 19, 2010 at 6:45 AM
I said 7th may. Wishful thinking on my part as I arrive in Orlando for 2 weeks starting 3rd May. Oh plllleeeeaaasssseee be open!!!!
From Joshua Counsil on February 19, 2010 at 6:57 AM
My choice was not present: after May 28.
From Anthony Murphy on February 19, 2010 at 7:34 AM
I would say May 28th just to make sure the thing doesn't break down (now that would be bad)
From Amanda Jenkins on February 19, 2010 at 8:02 AM
I think they will open it on March 19th. I don't think they will really let the public know about it, just allow those already visiting the park to try it out. After seeing if there are any problems (remembering RRR), then they will close it down again. I have a feeling that they will have to delay the grand opening after they see all the bugs that have yet to be smoothed over.
I really, REALLY hope though that I am wrong in my prediction for those who are planning their vacations around this.
From jenny orlando on February 19, 2010 at 8:40 AM
I applied for a job at Universal Potter and got called in for an interview for a Team Captain position. They asked me to come back for a 2nd interview (gace me a confiormed date) and later I got a strange call from UNiversal asking me if I would consider other jobs at the Park. I said yes but was puzzled? Then I got another call telling me the Team Captain jobs were gone and would I still be interested in a sales job. I was confused but said yes. This week I had the 2nd interview and the HR woman interviewing me let it slip out that Universal knew all along they were only hiring internally for Team Captain jobs (hiring best workers from Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios)and the only jobs they were offering "outsiders" were sales jobs paying minimum wage. I think $7.25 hr. Needless to say this slightly sours my view of the Potter Park.
From 22.214.171.124 on February 19, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Speaking of which, I heard rumblings that they weren't getting enough interest from people already working there so they are having to hire quite a few from outside. Word is that even people working at Blue Man don't want to work Potterland.
I voted for May 14th for the grand opening which will give them 2 weeks for all the press stuff to get done. After that, all us regular folks will jam the place.
From James Rao on February 19, 2010 at 11:01 AM
Makes no sense...why wouldn't you want to work the Potter area? Too crowded, maybe? If I were at Universal I would fight tooth and claw to be on the bleeding edge of something new!
From 126.96.36.199 on February 19, 2010 at 11:35 AM
The crowds are probably a major factor in them not being too keen on working in that area. There's going to be so many people that the lines will be insane with really cranky guests, a lot of whom will give cast members grief. Most of them just don't want to deal with it and if they're HP fans to begin with, they don't want their HP vibe ruined.
And I can't wait for the screeching by the parents who get irate about their 46 inch child not being allowed to ride the 48" ride.
"what do you mean my child's too short, I don't care about your rules, I want them to ride! You're ruining my vacation!!"
And off they go to Guest Relations to complain about it.
From 188.8.131.52 on February 19, 2010 at 11:50 AM
I personally know several people from Blue Man Group who have applied to Harry Potter. It's not that no one currently at Universal wanted to work at WWoHP, it's that they all procrastinated until it was almost too late!
From 188.8.131.52 on February 19, 2010 at 11:51 AM
I think is gone be open durin Abril mardi gra is gone be over during that time. Nobody noticed that right behind mib their a contruction going on
From steve lee on February 19, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Maybe people are being cautious. Would you want to work on a brand spanking new ride that possibly...doesn't work? I can't imagine the folks over at HRRR enjoy it when that ride screws up.
From Stephen Landsman on February 19, 2010 at 9:21 PM
I heard from an Universal employee that the vacation packages start May 28th and that by law the attraction must be running 30 days prior to that. So I'm guessing April 23rd because the 30th is legally too late. I CAN'T WAIT!!
From 22.214.171.124 on February 19, 2010 at 11:56 PM
I picked april 23rd. I figure they'll wait until after easter crowds and after the Mardi Gras event. That way locals that go to Mardi Gras will still come back for potter
From 22.214.171.124 on February 20, 2010 at 12:04 AM
You must have never worked in a theme park Mr. Lee. Most cast members love when the ride "breaks down". Unless you are stuck greeting you get a nice break. :-)
Also, Most cast members are like Mr. Rao. They would love to open new attractions, lands, parks..etc. It's bragging rights.. part of the "I was there when..." mentality.
From steve lee on February 20, 2010 at 9:47 PM
To "220.127.116.11" First off, get a freaking profile. Anonymous posts are for trolls. While I'm sure some folks love the downtime, I was thinking more of the people who have to directly deal with the GP and their seething anger when the attraction goes down.
From Robert Niles on February 20, 2010 at 11:30 PM
Usually, the opening crew at a major attraction gets some swag. That's usually a pretty popular incentive to sign up. Plus, you get extra training time before the attraction opens - which is time on the clock when you don't have to deal with guests. Finally, new attractions are crawling with supervisors, so if you're trying to get noticed for a promotion, you need to be on opening crews.
That said, the hubbub isn't some folks' style. I knew plenty of people who wouldn't get close to new attractions. They preferred to work the same places, with the same people, on the same shift.
Fortunately, popular theme parks tend to have plenty of shifts to accommodate both types of people. :-)
From 22.214.171.124 on February 21, 2010 at 8:01 AM
I just got back from Islands of Adventure and we rode Dueling Dragons, whose queue line is interrupted by the construction for Harry. We got a pretty decent view of the construction. It does not appear to be even close to completion! But it looks amazing, I must admit.
From 188.8.131.52 on February 22, 2010 at 1:53 PM
im going march 16th - 22nd. i really hope its open by then!
From 22.214.171.124 on February 22, 2010 at 2:24 PM
I'm guessing they will have a soft opening for the guests that are staying on their resort properties. Disney had a similar idea when they opened animal kingdom. My family was staying on the grounds and we were invited to go to the park for free. Some of the rides were open, while others like the main attraction, the tree of life, were not open. I would expect something similar from universal.
From Carrie Hood on February 23, 2010 at 10:56 AM
I'd be willing to bet they pull a "Soft open" for testing and any last minute fixes. Which if I where to make a bet it'll be mostly employees(Plus friends and family) and perhaps later pass holders. That's normally what the parks do to get any kinks worked out plus normally it's where they snag stock commercial footage for rides.
I'd have to say Dragon Challenge/Dueling Dragons will open to the public because it's impossible to hide and the coasters and to IOA are a huge draw. Taking one down can hurt attendance even though the time frame they're using is one of the least busy times for the parks.
My best bet, provided the soft open goes well and no massive issues happen... pick the most common week of spring break.. that'll be open.
From 22.214.171.124 on February 23, 2010 at 1:15 PM
My guess or let's call it a wish was april 2nd, because we'll be in Orlando coming from Belgium, Europe. And it would be really great to experience this theme.
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Now that the Mets have signed K-Rod, is it time to pack up and get ready for next year? Of course not. The Mets have a lot of work to do before Spring Training opens in Port St. Lucie next February. Right now, the starting rotation goes 3 deep. Much of last year's bullpen is still on the roster. Luis Castillo remains, as does the catching platoon that never got going last year. There are still things to do. Let's take a look at what else they might be thinking about
Relief Pitching
Ken Rosenthal from FoxSports.com is saying that the Aaron Heilman for Huston Street trade is off the table for now. This is disappointing to me – I was really hoping the Mets could figure out a way to make this one work. Street would be the perfect set-up man, and would be valuable insurance in case the drop in velocity does mean K-Rod is hurting. Another potential option is Matt Capps of the Pirates, but the Mets are balking at adding Jonathan Niese, and rightfully so – even if his ceiling isn't particularly high, he should be a good, cheap mid-rotation starter no later than 2010, and Omar Minaya has shown in the past how much he values cheap starting pitching.
I do think at some point, Heilman is going to get moved, and he's either going to bring back another reliever from a team that wants him to start, or a starting pitcher from a team that wants him to setup. My gut tells me the former is more likely in this case, I just don't know what his value is by himself. I do think the Mets may have made a mistake in balking at including Feliciano in a trade for Street; Feliciano isn't particularly young and is likely working his way into strict lefty specialist territory. With Scott Schoeneweis already on the roster and likely untradeable, the Mets should have acted on that one when they had the chance. Too bad.
Starting Pitching
This one is tricky. The Mets obviously weren't getting CC Sabathia. At this point, AJ Burnett has probably priced himself out of their grasp, and Derek Lowe is on his way, though the Mets are talking to Boras today. Who does that leave as the best starting pitcher in their price range? It might wind up with the Mets bringing back Oliver Perez. I will admit, at first I wasn't a huge fan of bringing back Ollie, but with the way the market is going, it might not be a bad gamble. Sure, he will continue to drive Mets fans crazy, and he had periods where he flat-out stunk in 2008, but who else is out there? Jon Garland? Randy Wolf? Ben Sheets, who will spend a good chunk of his next contract on the DL? There are no easy answers here, and the Mets need somebody halfway decent in case Maine isn't healthy.
Jon Niese is right now nominally the Mets' #5 starter, but to say I don't think he's ready is an understatement. Until he pitches in AAA, and shows he can get AAA hitters out, I think the Mets need to look at him as a contingency plan in case one of their other starters gets hurt. The thing about Omar Minaya, though, is that he has shown a reluctance to overpay for low-end rotation help, so don't expect a Wolf or even perhaps a Brad Penny here – expect either a trade or a minor league deal for somebody who can compete with Niese for the last spot in the rotation. Personally, I'd like to see a more established, good pitcher in camp, but payroll simply may not allow for that.
Second Base
I think the Mets are stuck with Castillo here. I wish it weren't true, even if I'm not personally a huge Orlando Hudson guy, but I don't see how the Mets could get out from under the Castillo contract. Incidentally…who do you think would blink first on a Castillo for Andruw Jones trade request? Right now they are paying Castillo $18 over 3 years. Andruw would require one year at $18 million, and if nothing else, would give the Mets right-handed power in the lower part of the lineup and good outfield defense. Both could use a change of scenery. I know most Mets fans have no love for Andruw, but as a #6 hitter and left fielder, he might not be a bad option.   Then the Mets could sign Hudson to play second and use Tatis and Murphy as super subs. I think it's not a bad idea.
Left Field
Not a lot of movement here. There are some interesting options available, but most of them are defensive nightmares, and it appears that Omar Minaya covets good defense, particularly since it is unsure how Citi Field will play defensively. If he wants power, there's plenty out there; Bobby Abreu, Pat Burrell, Adam Dunn, Raul Ibanez, and the big name of course is Manny Ramirez. I wonder if the Mets will continue to steer clear of Manny even as other teams show little interest. If they could do this one short-term, 2-3 years, it might not be a bad gamble. Alas, I just don't think it's going to happen.
Ever since early talk had the Mets interested in trading Brian Schneider to the Red Sox and signing Jason Varitek, there hasn't been much talk about the Mets and the catcher position. That trade might have caused me to heave something out a window, so much would I hate it – Varitek is utterly finished. I don't expect the Mets to do anything at catcher before opening day, but a transaction wouldn't catch me totally off-guard either – there just isn't much out there.
So what's actually going to happen? Heck if I know. They have to get another starting pitcher. Oliver Perez makes the most sense, even if 4-5 more years of wavering between Good Ollie and Bad Ollie is enough to cause me to break out into hives. Aaron Heilman will probably be moved, likely to a team that wants him to start and can spare a setup guy. Luis Castillo will likely be back to torture Mets fans, as will the catching platoon. Mets fans might dream of seeing Manny Ramirez in Blue And Orange, but it likely won't happen. Keep an eye out on pitching the next few weeks, and don't be too shocked if the Mets figure out a way to get another decent bat over here. The Winter Meetings may be over, but the Mets roster reshuffling continues.

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Since man bites dog stories are all the rage lately, I thought it might be a good time for me to point out that the rising Democratic attacks on teachers unions are largely misdirected.
Charles Krauthammer's latest column is titled "The Union-Owned Democrats." In it, he recounts a litany of economically ruinous actions being pursued by unions around the country, from blocking free trade agreements to hobbling Boeing's efforts to compete with Airbus. He writes that "unions need Democrats — who deliver quite faithfully," and that "Democrats need unions."
Like a hole in the head.
Yes, it's been a politically and financially symbiotic relationship for many decades. Unions get rents, Democrats get elected. But, as I argue in a cover story for The American Spectator this month (now on-line: "A Less Perfect Union"), it can't last.
The biggest unions of all are the public school employee unions—the AFT and the NEA—with well over 4 million members between them. As I point out in my Spectator piece, these unions have become too successful for their own good—and for the good of the Democratic party.
In their game of Monopoly with American kids and taxpayers they have created staggering bloat in public school employment (which has grown 10 times faster than student enrollment over the past 40 years), and they have wheedled total compensation packages worth $17,000 more per year than those of their private sector counterparts (who, according to most of the research, outperform them in the classroom).
But the union-led public school spending spree has nearly bankrupted states all over the country. If California's public schools had just maintained the same level of efficiency they'd had in 1970 (not gotten better, as other fields have, just stagnated), it would turn the state's $26 billion deficit hole into a surplus.
Americans are rapidly running out of money to pay for their states' school monopolies, and they are rapidly introducing school choice bills (42 states have done so this year), to give families alternatives. But as families escape the highly unionized monopoly and send their kids to school in the largely non-unionized private sector, teachers union power will implode. And resentment at having been gored for so long by the now bankrupt and discredited system will focus on the party that fought to preserve it until the bitter end… Democrats.
In my Spectator piece, I explain why that would be a bad thing, and what Democrats could do to avoid that fate. "Public schooling" is just a tool, and an ineffective, unaffordable one at that. Public education is a set of goals and ideals that can be advanced much more effectively by other policy mechanisms. The sooner Democrats realize that, the less likely they are to be dragged to the bottom of the political sea by the sinking union-helmed school monopoly.
Ruling just a week after hearing oral arguments in the case, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned a lower-court ruling that had struck down the law. Though other challenges are foreseen, the law reining-in collective bargaining powers for public school employees and other state workers is now likely to go into effect – at least for the time being.
Collective bargaining was always a bad idea for workers employed by a state-run monopoly, because it lacks the checks and balances of the private sector. When UPS went on strike, customers could – and did in great numbers – shift their business to FedEx, DHL and others. But taxpayers must keep paying for the public schools despite their rising costs and collapsing productivity.
Still, it is unlikely that this measure will control public school costs as well as many observers hope. I explain why in a feature story I wrote for the current (June) issue of The American Spectator. It's on newstands now, and should also be up on the Spectator's website within the next few days. [Hat tip for the breaking news to Bill Evers].
Earlier this week I was asked to comment on a new study of an old preschool program. The program in question is one of three well known (but geographically limited and now defunct) programs that have been found to have had lasting positive effects on participants. From their results, the authors concluded that the "impacts which endured [from the Chicago Parent Center program] provide a strong foundation for the investment in and promotion of early childhood learning." By "investment" they seem to mean either state or federal government spending on pre-K programs.
Here's the thing: yet another study of one of the few isolated programs already known to have had a lasting impact does nothing to support large-scale government pre-K programs. That's because we have mountains of very good research that the signature federal pre-K program, Head Start, has been a failure despite nearly half a century of effort and hundreds of billions of dollars in spending. Even the Department of Health and Human Service's own top-flight, large sample, nationally representative, randomized experimental study revealed that its impact doesn't even endure beyond the first grade.
Kudos to the reporter for being open to this cold splash of reality. But here's where the title of this blog post comes in… when it ran the story, the website of U.S. News and World Report adds the following postscript:
More information
For more information on early childhood education, visit the National Education Association.
Gee, I wonder if a national teacher labor union would support the massive expansion of federal funding for… teaching labor? Does USNews.com really not know how ridiculous this makes them look?
Albert Shanker, long-time head of the American Federation of Teachers union, said back in 1989 that:
It's time to admit that public education operates like a planned economy, a bureaucratic system in which everybody's role is spelled out in advance and there are few incentives for innovation and productivity. It's no surprise that our school system doesn't improve: it more resembles the communist economy than our own market economy.
But hang on a minute! Doesn't the following description sound a lot like the work rules in our public schools:
Promotion was determined by the Table of Ranks…. An official could hold only those posts at or below his own personal rank…. [S]tandard intervals were set for promotion: one rank every three years from ranks 14 to 8; and one every four years from ranks 8 to 5…. This meant that, barring some heinous sin, even the most average bureaucrat could expect to rise automatically with age…. The system encouraged … time-serving mediocrity
That, ladies and gentleman, is not a description of the work rules of the communist-era Russian bureaucracy. It describes the rules in the Tsarist Russian bureaucracy (see Orlando Figes, "A People's Tragedy," p. 36).
The funny thing is, according to Figes, "By the end of the [19th] century, however, this system of automatic advancement was falling into disuse as merit became more important than age."
So the modern U.S. system for promoting public school teachers was discarded as inefficient and unworkable… by the Tsars.
Last month I wrote a post on President Obama's selective citation of evidence when debating which education programs to kill and which to keep. Well yesterday the administration struck again, issuing the following statement opposing a bill that would revive DC's bleeding-out voucher program:
H.R. 471 – Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act
(Rep. Boehner, R-Ohio, and 50 cosponsors)
While the Administration appreciates that H.R. 471 would provide Federal support for improving public schools in the District of Columbia (D.C.), including expanding and improving high-quality D.C. public charter schools, the Administration opposes the creation or expansion of private school voucher programs that are authorized by this bill. The Federal Government should focus its attention and available resources on improving the quality of public schools for all students. Private school vouchers are not an effective way to improve student achievement. The Administration strongly opposes expanding the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program and opening it to new students. Rigorous evaluation over several years demonstrates that the D.C. program has not yielded improved student achievement by its scholarship recipients compared to other students in D.C. While the President's FY 2012 Budget requests funding to improve D.C. public schools and expand high-quality public charter schools, the Administration opposes targeting resources to help a small number of individuals attend private schools rather than creating access to great public schools for every child.
So, as I wrote last month, while the Prez. has no problem calling for heaps of dollars for such proven failures as the 21st Century Community Learning Centers – $1.27 billion, to be exact – he won't support $20 million for something that rigorous research actually works, quoting Andrew Coulson's recent congressional testimony:
that students attending private schools thanks to this program have equal or better academic performance than their peers in the local public schools, and have significantly higher graduation rates. This, and very high levels of parental satisfaction, com[ing] at an average per pupil cost of around $7,000. By contrast, per pupil spending on k-12 public education in the nation's capital was roughly $28,000 during the 2008-09 school year.
And such positive results, again in contrast to the President's statement, are not an aberration for school choice. The highest-calibre research on choice has almost always found clear benefits stemming from it, and has never found negative outcomes.
Obviously I can't read the President's mind – he might oppose the voucher program but otherwise love big education spending for philosophical reasons, or he might just be appeasing teachers' unions – but one thing I do know is that a fair examination of the evidence simply cannot support killing DC vouchers while spending lavishly everywhere else.
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A new chapter has been written in the story of the Staal brothers. On the first night of the NHL Draft, the biggest news was that Jordan Staal had been traded to the Carolina Hurricanes where he will play with his older brother, Eric.
Jordan found out about the trade shortly after getting married in his hometown of Thunder Bay, ON. "It's not too often just to have brothers in the NHL, but to play alongside one is a very special thing," said Jordan. "It's a very exciting time for myself and Eric and our family...It's going to be a very neat time in my career."
Check out the video below to listen to Eric's reaction to the trade and how excited the family is to have two brothers playing together.
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In response to hangnail's comment: [QUOTE] In response to skater68's comment: [QUOTE] Bruins could have kept their defense intact without giving up what they have. [/QUOTE] How's life in the time ca more »
Posted 11/19/2013 07:17:36 EST
Bruins could have kept their defense intact without giving up what they have.
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Posted 11/19/2013 06:48:20 EST
Bruins management have a track record of giving up on all-star players. I hear the same lame stuff excuses Thornton was lazy and Seguin has no character. I forget what BS they were saying about Kessel more »
Posted 11/14/2013 11:49:26 EST
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Just for the record I've never been a huge TT fan although I think he did an outstanding job that year . I also think he played over his head and that was just what the B's needed.
Posted 11/14/2013 11:36:28 EST
Was good to see him come back and play
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Posted 11/14/2013 11:11:09 EST
Lucic played solid 3 periods . And he seems to be in better control of his emotions . I see him getting better as the season goes on. I'd make him co-captain with Chara . His play is inspiring as of more »
Posted 11/14/2013 11:00:35 EST
...how do I sum this up??? oh, I know!...
You have chosen to ignore posts from skater68.
Aww my feelings are hurt
Self importance out of control. It's just conversation lighten up
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Mortgage lenders still on the hook
The $25 billion mortgage settlement that will ease the pain for many borrowers doesn't liberate lenders from future losses or years of litigation.
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U.S. lenders, including Bank of America, still face years of litigation and billions of dollars in liabilities tied to the housing collapse after agreeing to settle a probe of abusive foreclosure practices.
Government officials can pursue claims related to the packaging of loans into securities, criminal-enforcement actions and fair-lending violations, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday. The $25 billion deal with the five biggest servicers ends state and federal probes into shoddy foreclosures and pays for debt forgiveness, refinancing and other efforts to keep struggling homeowners in their properties.
"It's a big check with narrow immunity," said Paul Miller, a former examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and now an analyst with FBR Capital Markets in Arlington, Va. "You get the state attorneys general off your back, but you're not getting immunity from securitizations, which could come with their own steep cost down the road."
Banks including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Ally Financial negotiated with regulators for 16 months to seek the broadest possible release from claims tied to the creation and servicing of mortgages. They agreed to a deal that doesn't liberate them from further losses.
"Because of the narrow nature and the fact that the banks didn't get the widespread assurances they were seeking, this was mostly meaningless," said David Lykken, a managing partner at Mortgage Banking Solutions, an Austin, Texas-based consulting firm.
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President Barack Obama announced during his State of the Union speech last month the creation of a government unit to investigate misconduct in the bundling of mortgage loans into securities. The group will streamline and strengthen current efforts to investigate fraud, Holder said Jan. 27.
Regulators are "aggressive" on pursuing securities claims and created a task force to do so, said Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan. The deal doesn't protect banks from claims related to creating defective loans sold to government-owned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, he said.
"It wasn't the servicing practices that created the bubble, nor caused its collapse," Donovan said. "It was the origination and securitization of these horrendous products." Post continues below.
Another area that isn't restricted by the settlement: the right of states to pursue claims over banks' use of a mortgage database during foreclosures. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a suit this month alleging that the lenders misled homeowners, undermined foreclosure proceedings and created uncertainty about ownership interests in properties by using the Reston, Va.-based Mortgage Electronic Registration System, or MERS, to manage loans.
Expecting lawsuits
While banks have largely reserved for costs from the deal announced Thursday, bigger lenders may still face as much as $2 billion a quarter in legal expenses, said Richard Bove, a bank analyst at Rochdale Securities, in an interview with Bloomberg Television. He compared lenders' predicament to that faced by tobacco and asbestos firms after government agreements.
"What we're going to see for the next five to seven years is these lawsuits going through court after court," Bove said.
The five biggest home lenders had $72 billion of costs tied to repurchases, litigation, foreclosures and errors on faulty mortgages since 2007, with Bank of America paying the most. Investors who buy loans are entitled to ask for refunds or compensation if they find missing or inaccurate data on home values or the borrower's income.
A complex task
"If you think about the overall housing market, there's a wide array of issues, and no one action is going to put all of that to a close," Mike Heid, the president of mortgages for San Francisco-based Wells Fargo, said in an interview. "Today's settlement is a big step forward in a very substantial and meaningful piece of the business."
Adhering to the settlement provisions will be a challenge for banks, said Terry Moore, a managing director at Accenture. Bank of America, struggling to handle mortgage refinancing after a U.S. program boosted demand, told some customers they must wait 90 days before starting an application.
"The work flow that's required and the loan level that needs to be researched and understood in order to look at the individual borrower's situation, it's a complex task, and it requires skill and resources," Moore said.
Citigroup, the third-biggest U.S. bank, said it will adjust its fourth-quarter and full-year results to reflect an $84 million after-tax charge related to the settlement. The firm accounted for $2.2 billion of the settlement. Citigroup will record an additional $125 million after-tax charge to the results "in connection with the resolution of related mortgage litigation," according to the statement.
Dan Frahm, a spokesman for Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America, Ally spokeswoman Gina Proia and Kristin Lemkau of New York-based JPMorgan Chase declined to comment on banks' expected costs. Mark Rodgers of New York-based Citigroup didn't respond to emails seeking comment.
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Located directly on the banks of the Connecticut River, about a mile north of the Swing Bridge, the Blue Oar is one of those best-kept local secrets that tourists haven't seemed to figure out.
Still, even late on a Friday night, the place is hopping. The Blue Oar has outside dining only and that dining is somewhat in the rough – on large picnic tables and small bistro tables and chairs arranged on a deck overlooking the water.
But that's what gives this seasonal restaurant – which is open May to October - its very charm. With its stunning views of the Connecticut River and the boats at the nearby Midway Marina, who would want to sit inside?
Don't be fooled by its rustic character. This is no glorified clam shack, not by a long shot.
First, there's no fryolater at the Blue Oar and everything is made fresh-to-order inside a small kitchen. Diners arrive, grab a table, and then trek up the restaurant's stairs and inside to peruse the menu, which is hand-written on a large chalkboard just inside the door. If you're there later in the night, you may notice a sticky note or two slapped over some of the more popular menu offerings, like clam chowder or the daily special, that sometime sell out early.
Then you're off to the counter to place your order, take your number to display on your table and wait to be served.
While the Blue Oar serves up a bounty of fish entrees and appetizers, it also offers non-seafood items as well, such as burgers and a tasty rib eye steak finished with Gorgonzola butter.
And if you're a bargain hunter – and who isn't these days? – here's the best part of the Blue Oar; you can bring your own beer, wine or alcoholic beverage to drink with your meal.
Many diners take that "bring-your-own" spirit to another level and bring tablecloths, wine glasses, cutlery and even flowers in a vase, to dress up their tables.
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The GISA girls state soccer tournament officially got under way Friday as Class AA No. 1 seed and Region 3-AA champ Terrell Academy rolled in the first round, 8-2, against Monsignor Donovan Catholic.
Millie Foster had a masterful day, shutting down MDC in goal in the first half, then coming out to play forward and scoring two goals in the second half. Maura Milliron and Kristin Waldal also scored twice each for Terrell, while Marlee Locke and Alex Barfield each added one.
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Region 3, No. 3 seed Sherwood also opened Friday, beating No. 2 seed Westminster Christian, 1-0, behind a goal from Katie Foster and an assist from Mary Margaret Charles. But the story of the game was senior goalie Samantha Scoggins, who stopped seven shots in the shutout win. Sherwood will play the winner of Heritage and Robert Toombs next Saturday.
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Why Pop Art Is Jewish
A Roy Lichtenstein show at the Art Institute of Chicago reveals the movement's affront to WASPy decorum
Nothing, of course, could have been further from his intention; he wasn't overtly political, he was an ironist. The passing years made this clear, and the Chicago show reifies this perspective. "It's art about art about art," Marc Sheps, the director of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, commented when the mural there, a diptych on permanent display that is half abstract and half figurative, was unveiled. He was right, not only about the mural but all Lichtenstein's work. Lichtenstein was interested in the way in which ways of seeing had been altered by what Barbara Rose, in the year before the Tate show, called "discredited mass culture sources … advertisements, billboards, comic books, movies and TV." He was far less interested in his subject matter than his audience, had no message to get across except to reflect the industrialized, super-material aspect of American life, in which, through his acknowledged "vulgar" renderings of work by the great masters (he did to Picasso what Picasso had done to Velázquez) he also participated.
In all likelihood there has rarely been an artist for whom the discrepancy between his own concerns and those of his audience has been greater. Lichtenstein, who worked for many years as an abstractionist and continued to think of his subject matter as abstract even after he had turned to the comic strip for inspiration, became, despite himself, the poster boy for, well, posters. Warhol, that enigma wrapped inside a pastry, appeared to share the Pop Art joke with his audience: America was spiritually vacant and ludicrous, when he silk-screened 200 one-dollar bills we all got it. Five years ago that first 1962 silk-screen painting went for $43.8 million on the auction block at Sotheby's, which is as the world turns. Warhol enacted his art, reproduced himself, and showed up everywhere. Reviewing Warhol's diaries in the New York Times Book Review in June 1989, Martin Amis listed some representative events: "the opening of an escalator at Bergdorf Goodman … an ice cream-shop unveiling in Palm Beach, a Barbie Doll bash, someplace to judge a Madonna-lookalike playoff and someplace else to judge a naked-breast contest." Amis adds, "It strains you to imagine the kind of invitation Andy might turn down. To the refurbishment of a fire exit at the Chase Manhattan Bank? To early heats of a wet-leotard competition in Long Island City?" By contrast, Lichtenstein was reclusive and rarely broke his inexorable work routine—in the studio at 10 a.m., lunch at 1 p.m., return to studio until 6. In a 1987 interview in the New York Times, when Deborah Solomon asked him what holidays he celebrated, he had a hard time coming up with an answer until he remembered he had been at a friend's for Thanksgiving. No wonder he painted an anxious blonde with a white-gloved hand held to her cheek whose thought-bubble reads, "M-Maybe he became ill and couldn't leave the studio!" You can see her in Chicago.
Norman Mailer once affirmed that his reading of the Talmud influenced everything he had written. You'd have to do some digging, of course, to see how. The chronology provided on the website of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation does not even bother to mention that Lichtenstein's Brooklyn-born real-estate broker father Milton and his mother Beatrice, born in New Orleans, were both Jewish, although the catalog for the Chicago show does parse his German-Jewish ancestry. Lichtenstein visited Israel for the first time in 1987 when he was 64 and discussed the possibility of the large mural that presently graces the lobby of the Tel Aviv Museum. Lichtenstein's gift—he said at the time that he "wanted to give something to Israel"—was not without controversy, some vocal groups felt the wall should have been made available to a local artist. Lichtenstein, who the previous year had signed a telegram urging the Israeli government to negotiate with the Palestinians, remained above the fray and took a different tack, observing that the mural was meant for "anyone in the area."
In his extraordinary and brilliant meditation on Freud's relationship to his own Jewishness in Freud's Moses: Judaism Terminable and Interminable, Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi speculates that Freud's attachment to and knowledge of things Jewish was far deeper than the great man liked to let on. Yerushalmi offers two wonderfully dubious yet curiously persuasive arguments in support of his thesis: First, Freud had a dog named Jofi, which had to be a Germanization of Yoffi; and second, Freud's father gave him a Bible with a lengthy Hebrew inscription, and who would do that if the recipient couldn't understand the language? In Roy Lichtenstein in His Studio, a portfolio of photographs by Laurie Lambrecht of the artist at work, only one image appears twice. It shows Lichtenstein seated in a chair at work on a canvas. He looks quite at home in this particular spot. Above the canvas one can clearly see the bottom of a poster for one of his shows: The words "art of the sixties" appear in both Hebrew and English. Perhaps Pop Art is Jewish after all?
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Vesnina Ousts Stosur, Wozniacki Toughs It Out
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CHARLESTON, SC, USA - The underdogs brought their A-games at the Family Circle Cup on Thursday, as the entire round of 16 took the courts. No.1 seed Caroline Wozniacki survived; No.2 seed Samantha Stosur did not.
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Wozniacki was the first to take Stadium court, and she had to battle for over two and a half hours to beat No.15 seed Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, 76(6) 76(9).
Wozniacki let an early 4-1 lead slip and saved a set point before taking the first set in a tie-break; she fought back from 0-2 in the second set and missed five match points in the breaker, eventually saving a set point against her before closing Zahlavova Strycova out with an overhead on her sixth match point.
"I had a good start to the first set. I had chances in every game to finish off the set easily, but I missed a few shots and she was suddenly back in the game," Wozniacki said. "She's a fighter. She is a tricky opponent because you never know what to expect. She serves and volleys, then she plays high, then she just goes for it. It was difficult today. I'm happy to have pulled it through."
Zahlavova Strycova got her best career win over a No.14-ranked Petra Kvitova this year; she was looking for her first Top 10 win. "These matches are difficult because she's No.1," the Czech said. "I had set point in the first and the second set, and if you don't win these points, it's tough to win these matches.
"I played pretty good and I didn't make it, so it hurts a lot."
Next up for Wozniacki will be No.6 seed Yanina Wickmayer, who beat qualifier Anna Tatishvili, 64 75. Wozniacki is 1-0 lifetime against Wickmayer.
Stosur, the defending champion, wasn't so fortunate, falling to Elena Vesnina later on, 64 61. Stosur, who stormed to her biggest WTA title at this tournament a year ago, led 4-2 before losing 10 of the last 11 games of the match.
"A lot of things went wrong for me, unfortunately," Stosur said. "Elena played quite well. She served well and hit the ball well, and I wasn't able to really do anything to negate her hitting the ball low and flat and kind of rushing me during the points. I started well, then lost serve and the wheels kind of fell off."
The crowd tried to help rally Stosur in the second set, but to no avail. "I felt their support in the match. I would love to have played better and gotten myself back into it and be here another day, but unfortunately I'll have to wait for next year."
Vesnina was thrilled with the victory, her second in three meetings with the Australian. "This means a lot to me," the Russian said. "It has been a long time since I beat a Top 10 player. It was last year in Cincinnati I think, so that's why it was very important or me to stay focused the whole match and close it out."
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At night, No.3 seed Jelena Jankovic beat Chanelle Scheepers, 62 62. "I played a pretty good match. There were some tough points, some interesting points where I was sliding and hitting a lot of balls," Jankovic said. "I'm trying to adjust my movement to the clay, and I think I'm doing pretty well. I still need some work, but I'm getting better. I look forward to my next match."


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My weird insomnia attacks continue. I tried everything last night. I took a pill. I took a shower. I made myself a comforting snack (my go to of late is buttered toast). I put in my first season of Gilmore Girls, which I love more than anything and always find soothing. It was five before I fell asleep.
Now I'm up because I had to take Papaya to the vet to have her spayed this morning. The vet just called to tell me she has a heart murmur. They're doing an x-ray to see if they can continue with the spaying or if it is more serious. Keep your fingers crossed for me. The sweetest cat in the world seems to be plagued with health problems. I'm hopeful, though. I don't think fate brought her to me just to snatch her away.
I have no idea why I'm telling you this. I guess I'm feeling especially chatty this manana.
I'm interrupting Rose Week here at Feminine Things to do a review of the now discontinued Serge Lutens Clair de Musc. According to Perfume Shrine, Serge Lutens has recently discontinued four scents: Chypre Rouge, Miel de Bois, Clair de Musc and Douce Amère. Naturally, this sent me directly to my sample box to rummage through it to see what I might die over missing. The only one I had was Clair de Musc, so I sprayed it on with vigor in anticipation of the overwhelming sadness I would feel at having it ripped away so suddenly, because I am, like most sniffas, a masochist.
Serge Lutens offers this about Clair de Musc: "A crystal...Freshness and Finesse.A luminous musk expressing its transparency through delicate orange blossom. Tinged with powdery white iris from Tuscany...Inimitable." I have no idea what to do with this description, so I turned to Luckyscent for more info.
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There are musks that are sultry and carnal, the dirty, animalic musks full of heavy-lidded sensuality. Clair de Musc is something entirely different, a musk that is luminous and transparent, with the delicate, pure, radiant beauty that is nothing short of angelic. The fragrance begins with a soft citrus accord of bergamot and neroli. The tender floral notes, the light jasmine and the gentle iris, grace the heart of the scent; the base is warmed by a subtle note of sandalwood. The citruses, flowers and woods are understated, beautifully muted, allowing the silvery-white, lunar musk to shine in all its ethereal, seraphic glory. A sublimely wearable, wonderfully versatile fragrance that is bound to delight the musk connoisseurs and to convert the musk-wary into ardent followers.I'm relatively new to musk scents. I admit that, even two years in, there are huge holes in my perfume knowledge, and musk is definitely one of those holes. So that said, I'll tell you a little new nose secret. When I'm feeling like a perfume newb, I go to the Fragrance Families page at The Perfumed Court, to remind myself what the hell it is I'm trying to smell. This page, combined with the ability to search the site for certain notes, allows me to get a sense of what other perfumes might share a similar center note or theme, which I can then sample side by side in order to get a better sense of what it means to say "woody musk" or "floral musk."
Notes: Musk, bergamot, neroli petals, Tuscan iris powder
So now that you know how I cheat, pretending to know more than I actually do...
Onto MUSK! I definitely get some of the iris. And I love iris, so of course I thought this was delightful. I do get some bergamont as well. As for "musk," I'm still not quite sure what that means, honestly. I don't have a lot of musk-y samples, as it turns out (whole new world of scent to explore -- woohoo!), but the scent has a warmth to it, something that seems to keep close to the skin. It seems like a kind of animalistic smell, like the kind of scent one gets cozying up to a special someone who has just finished a brisk walk. You know, that natural smells a person has and when you love them, you think it smells just...good. I don't know how to describe it other than that. I know all babies have it naturally -- you know, everyone comments on the "good baby smell." And when you are in love, the person you love smells like that. So musk has a warm smell that I suspect you will either like or loath varying from scent to scent, and in this case -- love. I do. I love this. It is definitely a comforting scent, a scent to cozy up to. Thus it is, of course, a wicked ripping shame that it is being discontinued, especially right now whilst I am unemployed and cannot justify begging my husband to buy me a bottle simply because "it's being discontinued!"
Ah well. Also, every SINGLE review I could find was a rave. Buy it while you can where you can, my dears. I will have to nurse my sadness with what's left of my tiny sprayer.
Oh look! It's the Bangles episode... (returns to Gilmore Girls-athon)
"I believe it's meant to be, darling.
I watch you when you are sleeping.
You belong with me.
Do you feel the same?
Am I only dreaming
or is this burning an eternal flame?"
- "Eternal Flame," The Bangles (you can hear this song here)
UPDATE: Clair de Musc has NOT been discontinued. You can still buy it as of March 2010. Yay!
Want more reviews? Try...
~ A review from The Non-Blonde
~ A review from Perfume-Smellin' Things
~ A review from Splendicity
Images from Serge Lutens and also a band photo of the Bangles because, frankly, there were just no good pictures for musk. Trust me. And don't go googling for it. It's a dangerous place out there. The Bangles are better.


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