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These pretty cookies were a test recipe for Celine and Joni's cookbook. The recipe made six, and Tim and I ate all six in less than a day. Ooooooops. These are big shortbread-like cookies with chocolatey goodness, icing, and a fun candy on top. The devouring scenario went something like this:
(talking to self) "Okay, just one more bite."
Hand reaches into fridge, removes lid from tupperware, takes a cookie out, and chomps happily away.
Cookie goes back into tupperware, lid goes back on tupperware, I leave the kitchen.
Five minutes pass.
(talking to self again) "Seriously, just one more bite." (The bites growing bigger each time…)
Hand goes into tupperware, cookie disappears, the lid stays off, five minutes pass… See what I mean?! These cookies reminded me of Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies, only so much better. They are buttery, chocolatey, crispy, awesome. Oh, and did I mention they are easy to make? Now you must buy the 500 Vegan Recipes cookbook when it makes its way to your nearest bookstore! You just must!!!
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The University of St. Thomas School of Law has again been recognized by the Princeton Review, returning to the top ten in the category of "Best Quality of Life." The School of Law has made the top ten in this category for six of the last seven years. Last year the school was named to the top ten for having the "Best Professors."
The ranking is included in the Princeton Review's publication "The Best 168 Law Schools." St. Thomas finished seventh for "Best Quality of Life," along with elite schools such as the University of Virginia, Duke University, and New York University.
"It is always nice to be recognized when you are working hard to build a mission-centered community that places a high value on the student experience," Associate Dean Robert Vischer said. "We also have a highly engaged faculty whose commitment to cutting-edge legal scholarship enriches their teaching, and students benefit from that."
Vischer pointed out that School of Law faculty are exemplary by other recent measures. Out of 200 law schools nationwide, the School of Law ranked #30 in scholarly impact using the methodology developed by University of Chicago law professor Brian Leiter.
The Princeton Review tallied its lists based on its surveys of 18,000 students attending the 168 law schools. The Princeton Review profile quotes students who praise the School of Law's "incredible sense of community" and "sense of building something great," along with an unbeatable "downtown atmosphere without the big-city feel," which "is the perfect atmosphere for a law school."
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Stylish, comfortable and versatile RAV4.
Designed to give you the best of all worlds.
(Cruiser model shown)
RAV4's sporty personality is emphasised by stylish, aerodynamic lines and an athletic stance.
Clever design features and high quality finishes throughout make RAV4 comfortable, spacious, a pleasure to drive and ready to go anywhere in true style.
(Cruiser model shown)
The dynamic design of RAV4 epitomises the car's elite athletic personality and strength while emphasising just how much fun this car is to drive. Just by looking at RAV4's stylish exterior, you can tell this machine will switch from business to leisure in a heartbeat. The front bumper's two-piece construction accentuates an agile appearance while the wide set headlamps add to the car's over-all sporty character.
The stylish and modern interior of RAV4 features a sporty cockpit-like driver area with high quality material finishes throughout. Premium quality details include leather-accented seats (Cruiser grades) which combine with clear, easy-to-see instruments to create a space which is both practical and functional, yet comfortable and stylish.
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RAV4 is fitted with stylish LED Daylight Running Lamps as standard across the range to help ensure you are clearly visible to other motorists.
Fog Lamps[V2]
RAV4 GXL and Cruiser grades are fitted with front fog lamps. As well as being an effective safety aid, these stylish lamps are designed to enhance RAV4's athletic good looks.
Cruiser grades come with High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlights, which produce a clear white light. This is closer to natural daylight than ordinary headlights, which helps make long highway trips at night less tiring for the eyes. This feature really comes into its own when you're driving off the beaten track in the dark.
Cruiser model shown.
RAV4 Cruiser grades come with a tilt and slide moonroof. Even when it's closed it makes for a more pleasurable driving experience as it lets in plenty of natural light, creating a feeling of space around you.
Then, on sunny days and warm Australian nights, you can open the moonroof to let in some fresh air.
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[V2] Cruiser model shown.
[V3] Cruiser Turbo-diesel automatic model shown.
Add more life to your lifestyle.
Whether it's long motorway journeys, family outings or surfing trips with friends, every time you climb into a RAV4 you'll be reminded how much fun driving can be.
(Cruiser model shown)
Diesel Engine[V5]
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It also offers excellent fuel efficiency and environmental performance. Automatic models deliver 6.5 L/100km [G1] (combined) while manual models deliver a very frugal 5.6 L/100km [G1] (combined).
Petrol Engine[V4]
RAV4 offers a choice of two petrol engines - either 2.5L or 2.0L. Both are 4 cylinder engines with 16 valves, Double Overhead Camshaft and Dual Variable Valve Timing with Intelligence (Dual VVT-i).
All grades are available with a 2.5L petrol engine, while GX and GXL grades are also available with the 2.0L petrol engine.
60:40 Split Fold Rear Seats[V10]
The 60:40 split fold rear seats are designed for both convenience and comfort. The rear seats can be folded in numerous ways to create a surprisingly large amount of room for awkward shaped cargo. They have been shaped to offer maximum support while taking up as little space as possible.
This enhances the overall feeling of space and gives rear passengers plenty of leg-room. In addition, the cup holders in the rear seats are arranged side by side so there is also plenty of elbow room and armrest space for rear passengers.
Power Rear Door
Cruiser grades come with a power back door. The power back door isn't just convenient. It's also very clever. It has a built-in memory function, which allows you to set a preferred opening height. This is very handy if you have a low ceiling in your garage or if you ever need to load or unload in a confined space. (Cruiser model shown)
Storage compartments[V10]
RAV4 has plenty of storage compartments and spaces for all the things you need to take with you when you head out on the road. Large door pockets with bottle holders, cup holders in the central console, a large glove box, a storage tray over the glove box and at the front of the central console and a storage box at the back of the central console, mean you're never stuck for somewhere to put things.
Fuel consumption and emissions will vary depending on driving conditions/style, vehicle conditions and options/accessories. Source of fuel consumption data: ADR 81/02 combined cycle.
[V4] RAV4 Dual VVT-i 2.5L petrol engine.
[V5] RAV4 turbo diesel engine.
[V10] Overseas model shown.
Equipped with extensive safety features and technologies.
RAV4's advanced safety features and Driver Assist technologies help reduce the chances of an accident and help keep you safe should one occur.
(Overseas model shown)
Active Braking with intelligence (AB-i)[V6]
All grades of RAV4 come with our class leading braking technology – Active Braking with intelligence (AB-i). This advanced braking system incorporates Anti-skid Braking (ABS), Brake Assist (BA) and Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD). These technologies work together to help ensure that RAV4 can stop safely and quickly in an emergency. ABS continually monitors the car's wheels and if it detects the beginning of a lock up, it automatically adjusts brake force to free it, which helps the driver to keep control of steering in sudden braking situations. EBD works in harmony with ABS and helps to minimise stopping distances by distributing braking power to the wheels with the most grip. It also adjusts brake balance front to rear, depending on load. In emergency braking, BA interprets a quick push of the brake pedal as an emergency stop and automatically provides additional brake force to help stop the vehicle in the shortest distance possible.
Rear Parking Sensors
RAV4 comes with a four-head rear parking sensor system [B4] to help you negotiate tight spaces when reversing and to avoid hard-to-see objects.
Using four ultrasonic wave sensor heads positioned along the rear bumper, the rear parking sensor system [B4] can notify you of both the distance and the direction of any obstacles and hazards behind you such as rocks, low walls and fence posts.
Blind Spot Monitor[V2]
Cruiser grades are fitted with a Blind Spot Monitor [B4] system. This uses radar sensors to monitor your blind spots and detect other vehicles you may not be able to see in your mirrors.
When the Blind Spot Monitor [B4] system detects a vehicle concealed in your blind spot, a warning light automatically appears in your side mirror. If you flick the indicator switch to turn in that direction, the warning light will flash to alert you.
Reversing Camera[V2]
RAV4 GXL and Cruiser grades come with a Reversing Camera [B4] fitted as standard. This is a wide angle camera which shows clear, real-time images of what's behind you when you're reversing, on the 6.1" LCD audio touch-screen display The Reversing Camera [B4] automatically switches on when you select reverse.
While you should always use your own eyes to make sure it's safe when reversing, the Reversing Camera [B4] is a great safety aid, especially when combined with RAV4's rear parking sensor system.
Reversing Camera, Parking Sensors and Blind Spot Monitor (where fitted) are designed as driver assist devices only and should not be used as a substitute for skilled driving and/or safe parking practices. The area into which the vehicle is to be driven must be visually monitored by the driver.
[V2] Cruiser model shown.
[V6] RAV4 Anti-skid Braking System (ABS) (illustration shown).
(Cruiser model shown)
The latest advanced technologies for a truly sophisticated driving experience.
RAV4 is equipped with a wealth of clever technologies and innovations all designed to put you in control and deliver a great driving experience.
Steering Wheel Controls[V2]
RAV4 GX grades feature steering wheel controls that give you fingertip control of the audio system, hands free mobile calls and the Multi Information Display. Mounted below the steering wheel on the right is the Cruise Control switch.
Whichever RAV4 model you choose, the steering wheel controls allow you to select a radio station or audio device, change tracks, pump the volume up or down, make a hands free mobile call, cycle through the useful information on the Multi Information Display or set Cruise Control, all without ever taking your hands off the wheel.
Smart Entry and Smart Start
The Smart Entry and Smart Start system adds convenience to the RAV4 (available on GXL and Cruiser models only). The system picks up radio transmissions from your key fob when it's close to the car and prepares to unlock. All you then have to do is grip the door handle or the tailgate latch and the car will automatically unlock itself. As long as you have the key fob with you in the car, all that's needed to do to start the engine is a touch on the brakes then a push on the start button and you're up and running.
Multi Information Display[V7]
RAV4's Multi-Information Display (MID) makes it easy to keep an eye on important information while staying focused on the road.
The MID displays average fuel consumption levels, outside temperature, possible cruising range and more, to make keeping track of your vehicle's performance simple.
Downhill Assist Control (DAC) [G4] is standard on all RAV4 AWD automatic models. It's an intelligent system, which automatically applies the appropriate hydraulic brake pressure during steep off-road descents in order to maintain a constant low speed so you can concentrate on steering. This helps prevent RAV4 from slipping sideways, helping to keep it stable and steady, improving off-road safety and enabling you to tackle really challenging terrain with confidence.
Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) is a standard feature on all RAV4 models. From a standing start on a steep incline, taking your foot off the brake to step on the throttle could result in the car starting to roll backwards. Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) prevents this from happening by automatically applying the brake for up to two seconds holding RAV4 in place, giving you time to get back on the throttle and pull away.
Downhill Assist Control (DAC) available on automatic models only.
[N1] Current navigation mapping database encompasses major capital and primary national road networks as well as offering some coverage of regional areas.
[G1] Fuel consumption and emissions will vary depending on driving conditions/style, vehicle conditions and options/accessories. Source of fuel consumption data: ADR 81/02 combined cycle.
[G7] SunaTM GPS Traffic Updates are only available in metropolitan Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney; it operates from information provided by Intelematics Australia and may not cover all road incidents and congestion. Please see www.sunatraffic.com.au for details.
[V2] Cruiser model shown.
[V7] (Automatic AWD Turbo-diesel model shown).
[V8] Downhill Assist Control (DAC) (illustration shown).
[V9] Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) (illustration shown).


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This video is very well made and is informative. The novice to the highly skilled will learn from this video and it needs to be apart of any library on woodworking.
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- Chris and I haven't really met yet, but ... Review by Craig
... after a few books and this video set, he feels like a good friend whom I've known and learned from for a long time, much like Norm and Roy. Chris is an excellent teacher and the camera work really does capture what you need to see. Also, his speaking voice is clear and easy to understand.
There are some very popular woodworking teachers that ramble on for an hour without really saying much. That's not the case with Chris. His pacing is excellent, he is easy to follow, and he never takes too long to convey his message. Once you have these discs, it becomes really desirable to have a protected flat screen monitor and DVD player in the shop.
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I have been a power tool guy that has owned hand tools for years and years. The video delivers as promised…. Incorporate the techniques into your woodworking and you will add more precision into your work and perhaps be amazed at the speed you'll pick up. Of course these skills do come with a price tag. Practice and that is a price I am willing to pay. While this presentation does cover the basic hand tools I do hope there are more of these to follow. I ordered the digital download and have watched these videos many times. I have become a better woodworker thanks to them…. I'm ready for more in this seres….
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Benefit gig supporting Kurdish Red Crescent and Kobane
What is the benefit for?
The Kurdish Red Crescent who are co-ordinating aid for refugees on the Syria/Turkey boarder, people who have fled from Isis and the attacks upon Kobane.
Who is on the bill?
Nabil Abdulrashid
Jeremy Hardy
Nadia Kamil
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On the 23rd Nov at the Bloomsbury Theatre, Gordon St London
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BastardTrade® Triptych – Limited Edition Giclée Print
Now available in the merchandise store is this lovely triptych of the BastardTrade® logos - very limited edition signed by Mark and the artist Greg Matthews.
Cuckooed wins Amnesty Award
Cuckooed wins 2014 Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. Director Emma Callander and Mark picked up the award on the 22nd of August at a ceremony in the Edinburgh City Art Centre. Mark's speech consisted mainly of the words "This is bloody great."
Also you can now buy a copy of the programme and play script from our online merchandise store.
Cuckooed wins Fringe award
Cuckooed wins Fringe First Award at Edinburgh Fringe festival. One of the nicest ways you can start the fringe is to pick up an award, thanks to the team and all involved.
Picture L to R - Tine Selby (Tour and Tech Manager), Emma Callander (Director), MT (Gobshite), Mike McCarthy (Producer and Agent) and Sooz Glen. Picture by passing stranger.
Cuckooed in action at the Traverse. Picture by Murdo MacLeod (nicked from guardian website … hope that is OK Murdo)
Mark's New Show
No sooner has he finished one show than the next is in view. "Cuckooed" premiers at the Edinburgh Festival and is for the Traverse Theatre. "Cuckooed" sees Mark in more theatrical form as he explores the true story of how BAE Systems infiltrated the anti arms trade movement and ended up spying on a comic, himself.
It is a tale of hubris, deception, planes and betrayal, directed by Emma Callander who worked with Mark on Theatre Uncut shows at the Traverse and the Young Vic.
Mark will be doing some work in progress shows before the festival, dates are over there on the riight >>
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Those who saw the previous "100 Acts Of Minor Dissent" show may want some of these stickers, well now you can get them, along with other 100 acts goodies, in our merchandise store, buy lots and give them to your friends as presents!
The Art of Dissent exhibition at the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield.
Most comics finish a tour with a DVD Mark finishes the 100 Acts with an art exhibition featuring work that features in the 100 Acts of Minor Dissent show by the artists Tracey Moberly and Noel Douglas, designer Greg matthews and cameraman Rikki Blue. 3,500 people visited the exhibition in the week it was on.
Here are some photos from the exhibition:
New FAQ
Mark has answered some commonly recurring questions in the new "Frequently Answered Questions" section on the FAQ page.
Bravo Figaro recording released!
Mark's award winning show Bravo Figaro is at last released on CD. The show, recorded at the Royal Opera House for BBC Radio 4, was first broadcast on the 1st April 2013 and is available through our merchandise store or at Mark's shows. Cost is £6 plus £1.50 p & p.
The ATOS questionnaire
If you have been unfortunate enough to have taken part in an ATOS work capability assessment and had a bad experience then now it's time to "assess the assessors" with your own response: http://t.co/fc8sEjv7KB
The final 100 Acts Gig!
TICKETS FOR FINAL 100 ACTS GIG ON SALE ON MONDAY 2nd Dec
The final ( and only) show will see Mark listing all 100 Acts of Minor Dissent on the 15th May 2014 at The Leadmill in Sheffield. There will be only 1 show. Ever.
The show will last between 4-5 hours and Mark will provide some form of refreshment during the evening.
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Frolics in the park
One year after the Olympics the Royal Parks are charging people to play sport in parts of Hyde Park, using a private company Will to Win. On the 8th of August I was fortunate enough to hook up with the London Charity Softball League and ran the worlds first ever What's the Time Mr Wolf Championship without Will to Win coming out to demand payment.
The softballers are challenging the Minister for the Department of Media Culture and Sport Maria Miller MP in the courts over the legality of the charges. Meanwhile it is time for another championship… Stuck in the Mud.
You are all invited to come and play. Sign up to play! http://stuckinthemud-MTW.eventbrite.com
This is the pic from the finalists of What's the Time Mr Wolf:
The NEW show - 100 Acts Of Minor Dissent
Mark's new show, "100 Acts Of Minor Dissent" is now touring. It's a load of fun. Mark has committed to doing 100 act of minor dissent in the coming year and he's about 20% done. There will be lots of mayhem ensuing!
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An act of Dissent for you
On 03 June 2013 a flashmob was organised at the Regents Street Apple store, videos below and the pages that the browsers in the store were pointed at is here. You can always go do your own protest at any apple store by pointing their browsers there.
A "Thank You"
During the Bravo Figaro tour the Brewhouse in Taunton had its funding completely cut by Somerset County Council(Wednesday night) and went into receivership the next morning (Thursday), I was due to perform at the Brewhouse on the Friday. With no venue and no likelihood of tickets being refunded for the show I announced on twitter that I would try and find another venue, though at such short notice did not anticipate I would be able to do so. In stepped Junction 24 , an auction house and conference centre who offered to stage the gig and anyone with a ticket (including those who had not managed to pick their tickets up from the Brewhouse box office) got to see the show.
I have never done a gig in a cattle auction house before nor indeed had an auction ring as the backstage area but it all added to the impromptu adventure. Thanks is due to the hard work and generous spirit of the Junction 24 team , especially Patch.
The playlist
"Here it is! After requests for the music played at the start of the show here is the playlist. This is a personal compilation culled from some favourites in my collection. Enjoy!
Rollin' Danny - Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps
That's it man - The Valentines
Fujiyama Mama - Wanda Jackson
Psychedelic Train - Derrick Harriott and the Chosen Few
Mr Pharmacist - The Other Half
Lament 1 " Bird's Lament" Moondog
Jungle Rock - Hank Mizell
Boom Sacka Lacka - Hopeton Lewis and the Chosen Few
$ F--Oldin' Money $ - Tommy Blake
Rumble - Link Wray
Isralites - Desmond Dekker
Psychotic Reaction - Positively Thirteen O Clock
Know your Product - The Band Who Knew Too Much
Funnel of Love - Wanda Jackson
Ubangi Stomp - Warren Smith
That's the Bag - Fabs
Gibble Gobble - Willie Wright and his Sparklers
Radar - Link Wray
New - Bravo Figaro Programmme and Play Script For Sale
For the first time Mark has produced a full programme and script for the latest show and you can buy it right here in the Merchandise Shop.
What people are saying about Bravo Figaro!
Bravo Figaro! Tour
Here's a short video of Mark talking about Bravo Figaro! interview recorded by Too Tall Too Small Productions- sound by Paul Thorp, Camera and interview by Gabi Herrett.
Bravo Figaro! is Mark's new show and already picked up two awards at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2012, a Fringe First award recognising outstanding new theatre work and a Herald Angel award for performance. Here's Mark with his awards at the Traverse Theatre- with thanks to the helpful box office staffer who took the pic.
Bravo Figaro! is in London from the 10th September to the 6th October at the Tricycle Theatre and then touring the UK. Details of dates and venues are on the full gig details page.
Comedian Mark Thomas: why I wrote a show about my dad
As a teenager working on my dad's building sites, I used to cringe when he blasted opera out to the workers. Now I've written a show about him – in all his grumpy glory
Ten years ago, my dad, Colin Alec Todd Thomas, was diagnosed with a disease called progressive supranuclear palsy, a degenerative and incurable condition that is often misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis. He is now nearly blind, can't walk, can barely talk, can't swallow properly, has diabetes and dementia, and last week my mum, his carer, was told she could add gout to the list. It is likely he will die of hypostatic pneumonia. Frankly, he was a grumpy bastard to begin with and none of this has improved his mood.
I have responded to witnessing this cruel slide downwards with the appropriate dignity, and written a show about it for the Edinburgh festival. Bravo Figaro! is about my dad, me, love, death and opera. It came about as the result of a series of coincidences. I was the first ever guest on Radio 4's Saturday Live Inheritance Tracks slot, talking about music that reminds me of my family. This led to Mike Figgis commissioning me to write a show for a festival he was curating for the Royal Opera House; and this became the starting point for Bravo Figaro!, which, after many rewrites, now appears at the Traverse theatre.
But the larger story of how Bravo Figaro! came about started one Friday night 24 years ago, when Ben Elton introduced me to a live TV studio audience. Sweaty with fear, I stared at the crowd – then, mangling vowels in a youthful mockney accent, indignantly shouted one word: "What!" I paused, waited, rode out a few titters then, glowering into the darkness, continued: "Are they talking about …" I paused again, held it, made the wait significant, then bellowed incredulously, "… in opera?"
This was the springboard for a torrent of filth sung fast and furious, a paean to obscenely bad sex, belted out in alternating falsetto and tenor tones, thus reducing an entire artform to a series of grunts, shafts, shags and squelches. Although not the stuff of legend, the routine became my calling card on the comedy circuit, regarded at best as comedic filth with a dash of righteous toff-bashing. Hardly anyone knew that the routine was actually aimed squarely at my dad.
Colin Alec Todd Thomas was a working-class Tory and self-employed builder who discovered a love of opera as an adult and, like many a late convert, his zeal burned brightly. On Sunday mornings, our neighbours were blasted with Rossini and Verdi played at such volume that even now I have an impulse to apologise. He would take a cassette player to work, playing his favourite operas across the rooftops and building sites of south London, singing along at the top of his voice. It was excruciating. As a teenager working alongside him, I would cringe in embarrassment; I was avenged when I spat and sang my obscene parody of his beloved opera on national telly.
My father was born in the wrong century: he wanted a world where men were masters, women were quiet and children had rickets. When he said, "They should bring back the death penalty and if no one else will do it, I'll throw the switch," not only did he mean it, he would also have brought his own jump-leads and a car battery as back-up. Unsurprisingly, he was frequently the focus of my early routines.
Over time, my shows became increasingly political and theatrical, and over that same period he became just slightly more tolerant. As the well of material he provided dried up, so did my desire to draw from it. It was not my intention to return to my family as source material again. We had reached a kind of agreeable stand-off. I went off and did exposés on arms dealers and expounded the virtues of the right to protest and, in return, he stopped wincing every time a lesbian character appeared on TV.
Colin Alec Todd Thomas now sits in the corner of a room with his eyes shut, shaking, sweating and unable to remember what he had for lunch. I'm drawn to opera, the artform he loved, in an effort to reach out to him before he vanishes. So the decision to do Bravo Figaro! was more instinctive than rational; but, with so personal a story, it raised the question of how to represent him on stage. Should I treat him differently this time round because his time with us is short? Well, yes and no. Once again, my dad is resolutely lambasted as there seems no point in telling so private a tale without being truthful. And, to be honest, the stories of him being a bastard are comedy gold.
It is not all one-sided: my dad does get to speak for himself, as audio interviews with him and my mum have been woven into the script. But there is one significant change in the way I represent my dad this time around, 24 years after that torrent of filth: now, the image of him standing on scaffolding, singing opera across the rooftops of south London, is the one I cherish most.
New paperback version of "Extreme Rambling"
The new paperback format is out now. Hurrah and hooray!
Manifesto - The App!
The Manifesto IOS App for the iPhone is now available here (Don't worry Android/Windows phone users, we'll have a version for you too soon).
The app has three main sections. A manifesto policy browser containing a selection of the winning manifesto policies from Mark's shows over the last 2 years, an implementation of one specific manifesto idea and a handy stop and search card that you can have with you at all times in case of need. It's IOS 5.0 only we're afraid as we followed a development path that excluded earlier versions of IOS. If we get time we will re-write it for older versions.
The manifesto policy that has been implemented is the idea to change the word "devil" in the bible with the word "Bagpuss". There are a selection of quotations (which you can add to and amend) and a selection of substitution words that you can also add to and amend and switch on and off. It's good fun and the results can be very amusing. Get creative and send us your custom results so we can have a laugh too.
Other news
Unfortunately the promised DVD of Extreme Rambling will not be being produced due to lack of funding for the project - apologies to those who have been waiting for it but it's just not possible,
Here is a wee photo gallery from the 2011 tour and another gallery of Mark's ramble in the West Bank. If you have any photos please send them in to email@example.com and we'll add them here.
During 2010 Mark decided to go rambling in the Middle East and walked the entire length of the Israeli Separation Barrier, crossing between the Israeli and the Palestinian side. This is the story of 300 000 settlers, a 750 km wall, six arrests, one stoning, too much humuus and one simple question...
Can you ever get away from it all with a good walk?
Extreme Rambling has been performed across the UK, from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland to the Cornish seaside of St Ives. It cropped up at the Glastonbury festival (the first time a two hour set had been performed on the comedy stage), sold out a months run at the Tricycle Theatre, was performed as a benefit for Rabbis for Human Rights at the North Western Reform Synagogue and was nominated for the Amnesty Freedom of Expression Award, the first time a comic has been nominated for the award.
There are some videos of Mark explaining why he decided to go rambling in the West Bank on the Audio/Video page.
Read the article about Mark's ramble in the West Bank in the Guardian by clicking here.
Download the pdf of the poster
The more keen eyed amongst you will notice the War on Want, FBU and Fairtrade Foundation logos on the poster, this is because they have helped with the project to 'walk the wall.' However, special thanks goes to the Metropolitan Police who, as some of you might know, paid compensation when they wrongfully stopped and searched me. Half of the money awarded in compensation was given to the Miscarriages of Justice Organisation that campaigns for the release and treatment of those wrongfully imprisoned. The other half was used to fund the walk, it is therefore only fitting that I thank the Metropolitan Police for their financial assistance.
***** "Moving and inspiring… as gripping as any live performance you will see" THE GUARDIAN
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WASHINGTON - A federal judge in Washington says he will give final approval to city control over special-education transportation after years of court supervision.
U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman said at a hearing on Wednesday that he will formally end federal court supervision by dismissing a lawsuit brought by students and their parents.
Bus service for special needs students had been under federal court supervision for years as part of a 1995 class action lawsuit. Problems with transportation included an insufficient number of buses to transport students and problems with punctuality and management.
Officials said in June that city has demonstrated it can provide safe and reliable school transportation to more than 3,300 special education students.
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Starring in a Monsoon campaign has become a rite of passage for Brit models whose names have made that rare crossover into the mainstream consciousness. This season's choice of mother-daughter duo Yasmin and Amber Le Bon is a classic Monsoon pairing – the two are known for their impeccable but slightly undone style and appeal to women of all generations. Over the past 40 years the retail chain has showcased some of the best talent in the modelling biz in its windows. From Rosie Huntington Whiteley to Lily Cole, the Monsoon campaign roll call reads like a who's who of British modelling. Joining our Brit babes have been a some of the world's most feted models from Alessandra Ambrosio to Helena Christensen.
Didn't know the brand had been around for so long? Well here's the story. The Monsoon label started way back in 1973 when founder Peter Simon decided there was a gap in the fashion market for handcrafted style from countries as far afield as India and Afghanistan in Britain. In 1984 the first Accessorize store opened bringing the jingle jangle bling of the East to our, ahem, slightly colder climes. Since both brands have become synonymous with bohemian, but affordable fashion with 380 stores in the UK alone and an impressive 1053 doors in 74 markets worldwide.
So click through our gallery above to remind yourself of all the beauties that have been the face of the Monsoon brand over the years. From Liz Hurley to Sophie Dahl, it's one seriously glamorous gang of women.


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The Power of the Cartoonist
Israeli artist Michel Kichka joins Eve Jackson in the studio to talk about a new exhibition in Paris, "Cartooning For Peace". Also on the show: a tribute to the French singer songwriter Barbara, known as one of the true voices of France. Finally, tributes pour in for Larry Hagman, the man who embodied one of the great TV villains of our time.


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Movement 1 Part 1: Maestoso Allegro 'Open the gates of mirrored horn!'
Movement 1 Part 2: Animato 'Ye guards of my hold whom wanderers fear'
Movement 1 Part 3: A tempo 'Harness a steed from the gnomes dark fields'
Movement 1 Part 4: A tempo 'Vapour of night be thou my shield'
Movement 1 Part 5: 'Swift through the dell where the young bats wake'
Movement 1 Part 6: A tempo 'The armies of night are abroad'
Movement 1 Part 7: Tempo primo 'Here lies the field that was laid to our hand'
Movement 1 Part 8: 'Deep in the mould lies the golden helmed all'
Movement 1 Part 9: Più mosso al fine 'No spectre of them will answer my call'
Movement 2 Part 1: Poco adagio con sentimento 'Faint as the faith of our people long dying'
Movement 2 Part 2: Tempo poco Allegretto Poco Scherzando 'Clotted of shadows he comes to my hest'
Movement 2 Part 3: Tempo I 'Daughter of Lear'
Movement 2 Part 4: 'O God of our torment lean down and decide that we shall never meet again'
Movement 3 Part 1: Allegro, molto fuoco 'Blade that meets blade with never a sound'
Movement 3 Part 2: 'Face me afresh though the night hour fails'
Movement 3 Part 3: Tempo poco Larghetto 'Back to your grave'
Movement 3 Part 4: Tempo primo 'Break back from the battle'
Movement 3 Part 5: 'Away from this land, Fairy folk all'
Movement 3 Part 6: Poco lento 'Flit ye away while the shadows mate Branch and blest earth'
Movement 3 Part 7: L'istesso tempo (Doppio) 'For scorn follows fast on the Fairy King's fate'
Movement 3 Part 8: Cadenza
Movement 3 Part 9: Grandioso brillante 'She was the most splendid maiden'
The music starts with a lugubrious repeated rising motif played by the lower strings, almost as if to say 'Once upon a time'. In total contrast, the piano's entry with splashy octaves (Holbrooke has added 'fuoco' to my copy of the two-piano score) announces a virile protagonist and the orchestra responds with the almost martial first subject, immediately repeated fortissimo by the soloist, whose music is marked 'Appassionato'. This is presumably a musical portrait of Gwyn ap Nudd, and almost immediately the soloist adds a surging heartfelt pendant, as if to emphasise the romantic side of his character, the latter part of the theme including the rising dotted motif from the introduction, which constantly returns. Almost immediately the piano runs on with a fourth idea (track 2) characterising the fleeting shadowy nature of the elfin band which constantly recurs (for example at [track 5]). Finally the piano races on to bring the opening motif into focus as a theme proper, re-stated by the orchestra amid a torrent of notes on the piano (track 3). This rounds off the first subject group. All four ideas reappear throughout the first movement.
Throughout the work there appear brief interludes as if the storyteller is surveying the scene before going on. The first of these (track 4) leads straight into the lyrical and Romantic second subject at the words 'Fret not the face of the sleeping lake'; in fact this is surely a musical portrait of Cordelia, and this theme should be remembered, for it reappears at the end of the Concerto and returns at the most impassioned point of the first movement. The tune is taken up on the strings and built to a Romantic climax accompanied by the piano's decorative figuration. After the story has been developed with the interplay of the various ideas so far identified, the soloist returns with the Cordelia theme (track 8) leading to a brilliant coda, consisting of a scherzo-like espisode of running quavers (track 9).
In the earlier versions of the Concerto the music played on continuously, 'Segue' appearing in the score. Later, Holbrooke envisaged making a short break between the first two movements, as we have here. Yet the mood continues, the change of scene almost anticipating 'cross-cutting' as in the cinema. At the beginning of the slow movement (track 10) the horn's falling call is quickly taken up by the soloist who, unaccompanied, announces the main theme which is played at length. The strings when they finally respond are muted, giving the music a slightly spectral, twilight quality. Indeed, the mood seems to be a threatening one, not quite sure what is to come. In contrast, the scherzando middle section seems to suggest a salon encore of the period, almost a waltz, all delicate dancing and piano decoration (track 11). But soon the mood of the opening section returns and the solo piano makes a Romantic statement of the main theme (track 12) taken up by the strings. The music runs on into the third movement (track 14).
For his faery battle music, the conflict gradually dispelled by the onset of dawn, Holbrooke writes a whirlwind orchestral scherzo, the opening theme soon propelled by piano interjections and followed by the piano stating a second theme derived from the rising dotted figure from the opening of the Concerto. A succession of fleet-footed episodes introduce two further themes, the second again referring back to the first movement, before reaching the extended cadenza which ranges from dreamy introspection to brilliant exhibitionism and gradually reintroduces the theme of Cordelia from the first movement, at first as though half remembered from long ago. When the closing coda is reached the orchestra, now exultant, presents the Cordelia theme in all its languorous Romantic splendour. This is, indeed, the love song of Gwyn ap Nudd.
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Design Books to Win, November 20, 2014: Winners of Three Books Featuring Knoll Designers and Winners of Herb Lubalin Announced
The winners of our giveaway of copies of Three Books Featuring Knoll Designers and of the compact edition of Herb Lubalin from Unit Editions have been announced. The winners of Three Books Featuring Knoll Designers are: Nevin Blum, Julie Gauthier, Preston Porter, Yoni Weiss, and Eric Willett; and the winners of Herb Lubalin are: Magnus Hearn, B. Hovens, Sudji Lascols, Francisco Roca, and Robyn Ward— congratulations!
Our new giveaway runs through November 25. Details.
The Alice Award for Illustrated Book Publishing Won by the Whitney Museum for Hopper Drawing: September 26, 2014
The 2014 "Alice" awarded has been given to the Whitney Museum of American Art for Hopper Drawing by Carter E. Foster.
The $25,000 Alice award is intended to buttress the kind of slow reading movement that recognizes and cherishes the lasting values of the well-made illustrated book, and the special sense of intimacy it affords.
The Alice is awarded by Furthermore, a Program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund
Details: http://www.furthermore.org/assets/alice-announcement.pdf
New Book Release, August 5, 2014: What We See When We Read
How we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader.
By Peter Mendelsund
Published by Vintage/Random House
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Designer Peter Mendelsund's completed book jackets along with ephemera from his previously unseen creative method, including jacket sketches, interior art and editorial illustrations, and scores of rejected drafts. These images are punctuated by Mendelsund's reflections on his work and his process, as well as by texts from writers with whom he has worked and designed.
By Peter Mendelsund
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New Book Release, August 25, 2014: Hello, I am Erik
A visual biography of graphic designer Erik Spiekermann that explores Spiekermann's over 30-year career and body of work.
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New Book Release, September 16, 2014: Designing Here/Now
An ambitious global compendium of the most thoughtful and innovative design objects (over 500) invented or produced in the past five years, compiled by experts at the online industrial design magazine Core 77.
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When it came to purchasing a watch winder I did more research than i have ever done! I searched every brand and price on the web as well as in many stores. while i almost purchased a different brand, experts from watch forums told me that if i invest another few bucks my watch my last me a few more years. my watch costs around $3500 and i dont have any more money for an expensive winder. thanks overstock for reducing the price enough for me to get it. additionally, the roadster and the regular module 2.7 are basically the same price because they function the same. they only differ with design. hope you enjoy it as much as i do!
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Blackberry is Back: The Z10 in a crowded field
Google news or no news? Google pays 60 million euros to fund the French news media transition to the Internet. But who is getting the better end of the deal? In Test 24 we check out BlackBerry's long-awaited comeback… the Z10.


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At church a couple of weeks ago the Pastor began his sermon with a story on birth. A friend of his giving birth in the 1970s decided they wanted to have a natural birth and took a Lamaze class. Their goal was a beautiful, natural, pain free (ha!) experience with no drugs. During the height of labor when the pain was at its peak, the woman was struggling and in a ton of pain, so her husband got in her face and said, "Honey you can do it! Breathe" (then he did the panting breath in her face) the woman grabbed his arm in a death grip and told him where he could go. One of the pastors points (besides humor) was that change can require labor and pain.
As I was leaving an older women came up and asked me when I was due. Then she joked with me and said, "Natural birth, yea right, who wants that? " I just smiled, but in my head I was thinking well, ME! I've had several people ask me, "Why go through that pain unnecessarily?"
My personality and life philosophies contribute to my choice. I've always enjoyed a challenge and I have a holistic approach to most things. I avoid medication as much as possible, I like to eat healthy foods, and enjoy physically demanding activities. Also, I believe in the natural process of birth and think that women's bodies are designed for giving birth.
One of the biggest reasons I'd like to have a natural birth is that after 9 months of eating carefully, limiting caffeine, no alcohol, and taking very little medication, why would I want to give the baby a bunch of drugs at the end?
I know some people say the drugs don't affect the baby, but to me that just doesn't make sense. And from what I've read and in talking to other women there are side effects to epidurals and pitocin. Epidurals can cause a Mom to be confined to bed during labor (which isn't ideal for pushing the baby out) cause the mom's blood pressure to drop, cause a fever to develop, and can affect the baby making it difficult for the baby to breastfeed at first (check out this post for more detailed information Epidurals don't affect the baby and other drug myths). Pitocin (had this last time and WOW it is a powerful drug) can reduce oxygen to the baby, cause rapid labor results in cervical or perineal tears, and cause newborn jaundice. Finally, the more interventions one has can lead to a C-section. Sections were up to 34% in 2009 and this major surgery. Since I like to avoid medication, major surgery is not something I am interested in. It seems like one intervention can often lead to another and once the path of interventions is started the birth becomes a medical event and the mother and father are not left with much control. Now, I realize that modern medicine has a place and can save lives and if needed I will gladly have a c section for the health of myself or my baby, but if everything continues to be healthy I would like to have a natural birth.
Going through labor also has benefits for the baby such as squeezing amniotic fluid from the lungs, helping the baby mature and get ready to breathe, can result in more skin to skin bonding for the baby and mom and possibly easier breastfeeding.
Bottom line is giving birth is hard and all Moms have to decide what they want. For me, a natural birth makes the most sense. I would encourage all expectant moms and dads to be informed about the pros and cons of each to make the best decision for yourself. And remember Moms it isn't a competition (see post, Letting Go of the Need to be Right) having a natural birth doesn't make someone tougher and having pain medication doesn't make someone weaker. We're all just doing the best we can for us and our babies and either way many challenges lay ahead!
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Remember CD players? Companies are still making plenty of them. However, Yamaha is hoping to entice digital fans by packing a few networking features into its latest player.
The Yamaha CD-N500 CD Player invites users to dust off that old disc collection. However, it also has plenty of ways to get your digital music into the mix.
If you network this player, it will stream content from PCs, NAS systems, smartphones, tablets, web radio and even iTunes. Yamaha has a free Network Player Controller app that makes snagging all of that content a breeze—and seemless between sources, by the way. It's designed for use with iOS, Android and Kindle Fire devices.
The CD-N500 also has a front-panel USB port for hooking up iOS or USB devices to play stored music. Other features include the 192 kHz/32-bit Burr-Brown DAC, vTuner access, and support for FLAC 192 kHz/24-bit and Apple Lossless formats.
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Naked Short Selling: Wall Street's Ugly Mess, by Frank Dobrucki, 240 pp., Crestview Press, Las Vegas, Nev. and Don't Blame the Shorts: Why Short Sellers are Always Blamed for Market Crashes and How History is Repeating Itself, by Robert Sloan, 272 pp., McGraw-Hill, New York
Frank Dobrucki is an angry man.
He believes that his Las Vegas-based company, Global Links Corporation, was very nearly destroyed by market manipulators in 2005. To make his point, Mr. Dobrucki has written and self-published Naked Short Selling: Wall Street's Ugly Mess (Crestview Press, Las Vegas, NV, 2010). His book, which comes complete with copies of frustrated complaint letters to securities regulators, has not yet attracted a large following.
Dobrucki's letters to the SEC, NASD, and the U.S. Senate are founded on the view that, when 25 million shares of Global Links traded on Feb. 5, 2005, it was 27 times more stock than the company had issued. He says manipulators were issuing their own stock by selling shares without making delivery, i.e., "naked short selling."
These are impressive figures—all of which had the desired effect with the media when, in 2006, Forbes.com ran with the Global Links story as "Naked Horror."
He believes that his Las Vegas-based company, Global Links Corporation, was very nearly destroyed by market manipulators in 2005. To make his point, Mr. Dobrucki has written and self-published Naked Short Selling: Wall Street's Ugly Mess (Crestview Press, Las Vegas, NV, 2010). His book, which comes complete with copies of frustrated complaint letters to securities regulators, has not yet attracted a large following.
Dobrucki's letters to the SEC, NASD, and the U.S. Senate are founded on the view that, when 25 million shares of Global Links traded on Feb. 5, 2005, it was 27 times more stock than the company had issued. He says manipulators were issuing their own stock by selling shares without making delivery, i.e., "naked short selling."
These are impressive figures—all of which had the desired effect with the media when, in 2006, Forbes.com ran with the Global Links story as "Naked Horror."
Were phantom shares issued by traders?
Wall Street responded to the Forbes treatment of Dobrucki's charges a few weeks later, when the industry-owned Depository Trust and Clearing Company posted a note on its website:
"Whatever the actual cause of the delivery failure, the total value of the 27 million in failed trades described in the media report was less than $38,000, which hardly constitutes the threat to the capital markets that the article implied."
DTCC added that Global Links was a penny stock for which management had tried many times to prop up its stock price, most recently in a 350-1 reverse split. According to the DTCC, at least some of the excess trading in Global Links was booked at the unadjusted, pre-split share levels. A recordkeeping mistake could account for the extremely high trade failures. Dobrucki's claims would seem somewhat exaggerated in that light, as would the perception that phantom shares were being sold. In fact, Dobrucki's case against DTCC was summarily dismissed in federal court.
However, the financial industry has not been able to dismiss all the charges by Dobrucki and others in his camp.
Numerous lawsuits have been filed against the DTCC and its broker-dealer members, alleging manipulation by short sellers in ways similar to those cited by Dobrucki. These suits, which hope to force brokerage firms to compensate investors for the loss in share value of the targeted companies, are neither trivial nor frivolous, since any successful litigation could lead to an enormous class-action case if linked to the declines in stock prices over the last few years.
"Plaintiffs' lawyers claim that naked short selling is the Holy Grail," according to a Spring 2009 New York University law review article which cites Global Links and other similar cases, "and could be bigger than tobacco." Mr. Dobrucki reprinted the entire 60-page article in toto as an appendix within his 238-page book.
Governments take up the gauntlet
Fears of manipulation by short sellers have found clear voice in the actions of government regulators.
Beginning in September 2008 and continuing into the present, regulators around the world have imposed sweeping bans on short sellers in order to prevent the kind of destruction to financial stocks and sovereign bonds that Dobrucki had complained about.
In May 2010, during the Greek crisis, Germany's preemptive ban on naked shorting and forced disclosure of large short positions was subsequently validated by the European Commission's August 2010 publication of short-selling regulations for the European Union.
As a result, sovereign regulators now have legislative authority to shut down the short side of the markets whenever, in their view, an "emergency situation" is reached.
Clearly, Dobrucki's argument has found support at the highest levels of international finance.
But there is no ready consensus. For example, staffers at the International Monetary Fund have taken an opposing position—to actually endorse naked short selling in certain cases.
IMF rallies support for naked shorts
"What is being referred to as 'naked' short selling (i.e., selling of securities, or using credit default swaps to purchase protection on securities not owned) may be undertaken for legitimate reasons," states the IMF's August 5, 2010 comment letter to the European Commission.
The letter continues:
"There are situations where one would need to insure or hedge against downside risks without owning the underlying security. For instance, if one invests in a national airline and wants to protect against the downside risk of a sovereign crisis affecting the airline, one should be able to buy sovereign CDS without owning government debt. … However, certain types of naked short selling may be tantamount to market manipulation as they show a sale has taken place while short sellers do not intend to or are not able to deliver the securities (depriving investors of certain benefits of ownership such as voting and dividends) or are not hedging other legitimate activity. Thus, market prices would not reflect true demand and supply in those cases."
The back story on regulation of the shorts
Unlike Frank Dobrucki, Robert Sloan is not angry, but he is disappointed.
Sloan's recent book, Don't Blame the Shorts: Why Short Sellers are Always Blamed for Market Crashes and How History is Repeating Itself (McGraw-Hill, New York, 2010), provides an excellent survey of the shorting debate. Sloan recounts how a succession of U.S. government agencies have enacted rules over the decades to restrain short sellers—usually in the aftermath of financial crises such as the one we have just endured.
Sloan believes those rules have always had counterproductive results.
In his view, short sellers have had a positive effect on the market system:
"Short sellers function as the police officers to markets—the editors—the very checks and balances our forefathers envisioned. The shorts are a disinfectant, shedding light where there is only corporate darkness."
Sloan equates corporate executives and government officials, both of whom want to "discourage dissent and keep their power."
Corporations and governments, he argues, want to maintain the status quo, so they are natural allies in the war on shorting.
"Corporations view short sellers as snitches," Sloan writes, "people who prevent them from controlling the spin on their own companies. Shorts are an interference, or an outright block to the message they want played to the public."
Comparing the authors' works
Dobrucki's book is hard to read, partly because he (obviously) writes without an editor, but mostly because he is very angry. Sloan's book is a smooth read, mainly because he has done his homework and has lots of entertaining scoundrels and inept politicians to write about.
For instance, Sloan describes how Richard Whitney, a past president of the New York Stock Exchange, was imprisoned for embezzlement—seven years after testifying before Congress in 1931 on the innocence of short sellers in the 1929 crash. While not exactly cause-and-effect, Sloan implies that Wall Street's poor choice of a spokesman may have contributed to a poisoning of the public's attitudes toward all short sellers.
Despite their philosophical differences, Dobrucki and Sloan share a strong dislike for the Wall Street establishment.
Sloan, in particular, paints an image of duplicity in the behavior of financial firms, describing how their top executives in September 2008 quickly sought out a government ban on short sales of their stock as protection in the depths of the financial crisis, despite having made fortunes providing services to those short sellers over the years.
In essence, Sloan argues that Wall Street has been culpable of duplicity then and now, preaching deregulation when it served Wall Street interests, but vilifying the vigilante/short sellers when their own stocks came into play.
Sloan's work provides a real service to market regulators and practitioners alike. With a deft quill, he exposes the futility of government regulation while offering a useful back story to the views of contemporary market regulators.
Regulatory politics may create the answer
Given the differences in regulatory opinion, the contrasting views toward short selling expressed by two private-sector authors are not unusual. Few players with "skin in the game" can be as dispassionate as IMF staffers may appear when dealing with such an inflammatory issue as short selling. Yet, on a practical level, the IMF explains that bans on short selling are not only a bad idea, but may also be impossible to enforce:
"There are numerous ways to engage in a short/naked short sale. An exhaustive listing will be challenging and prone to circumvention. If financial market participants are convinced that financial stock prices need to fall in line with fundamentals, they can short the securities directly or indirectly (synthetically) through options or other derivatives (futures, forwards, swaps and other over the counter instruments). Even if the scope for (naked) short selling were defined very broadly, there is the—quite likely—possibility that financial innovation will succeed in circumventing the ban."
The debate is not new, as Sloan points out, since short sellers have been on the rack as far back as 1609, when the Dutch East India Company filed complaints with the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The passions engendered by the short-selling debate cut to the core of the market system, while the arguments themselves are front-and-center in the current regulatory reforms.
To distill the issue to its essentials, one may ask, "Can the academic arguments in support of short selling, both covered and naked, prevail at a time when the fortunes of business owners and the retirement savings of so many small investors have been so brutally savaged by the market chaos of the last three years?"
Or perhaps more to the practical point, "Can the hawks flying above the plains of regulatory reform pass over the easy targets that short sellers represent, and bring truly insightful changes to the reform movement?"
Politics may be the key to this issue again. No matter what argument is presented, it's hard to defend a market system that permits more shares to be shorted—and persistently failed on delivery—than were actually issued by the company.
Only time will tell if the markets can be made truly fair, but one point is certain: both Dobrucki and Sloan will be watching the reformers very carefully.
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