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Quality Studio Apartment in ski village
Price: € 52 000 | Ref.: 1657 | Views: 325
Contemporary studio a short walk from the ski slopes in friendly, family orientated two season resort of Thollon. Small chalet style development overlooking woodland and Lake Geneva, yet close to village amenities, including a newly installed Telecabine ski lift to the slopes which offer 50km of alpine skiing pistes, cross-country skiing and snowshoe walks. Situated high above the famous lakeside resort of Evian. Thollon boasts stunning vistas towards Lausanne, Montreux and the Swiss Alps. It is a good base for discovering the Swiss Riviera, only 40 mins by car. Geneva airport 60 Km.Read more... »
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Very old Bergerie (approx. 14th/15th century)
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Construction in Ardèche middle mountain area (alt. approx. 550 m), total calm, in a forest of chestnut trees, not isolated (neighbours close by, but not visible). This construction needs to be completely fitted and reconstructed (water, electricity, heating), with the exception of septic tank, wich has been installed with the obligatory draining field.Read more... »
Village house of 160 m2 surface area with land.
Price: € 110 000 | Ref.: 1386 | Views: 1 594
Mountain village house in the Ardèche , 6 Kms from the Col de Mézillac and the Ardèche plateau, 15 Kms from Saint Sauveur de Montagut and 10 Kms from Saint PierrevilleRead more... »
Farm with outbuilding to do up
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This former farm is situated in the heart of the Roannais region, a few kilometres from Charlieu.Read more... »
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Stone house approx 90 m2
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Stone house approx 90 m2 on three levels in cul-de-sac in the medieval village of Viviers (Ardèche) on the Drome-Ardeche border. Quiet village, convenient shops and services.Read more... »
One of the most beautiful apartments next to the castle
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One of the most beautiful apartments next to the castle, with a surface of about 50 sqm and a sunny terrace. The building contains four apartments and is located in a big property of a surface of about 4.5 hectares with a community swimming pool, tennis courts and a petanque ground. With the three other owners, you have access to a surface of 1795 sqm. The estate is located next to the Valvital spa and offers, for this reason among others, an excellent rent potential.Read more... »
Beautifully finished maisonnette for sale!
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Charming home on a private park of 10.000m2 of natural surroundings near the quiet village of Propiac-les-Bains, at the foot of Mont Ventoux. Propiac is in the centre of the beautiful Rhône valley, on the borders of the Vaucluse and the Drôme, north-east of Orange and a few miles from Vaison la Romaine, Buis-les-Baronnies and the banks of the OuvezeRead more... »
Building land - independant plot
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Flat parcel of land outside of a residential area, but close to shops. In a radius of 10 kilometers: golf, indoor and outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts, stadium, railway station and motorway A7. On site: primary schools, secondary schools (private and public) clinic, Medical and day care centers. Large shopping area at 5 kilometers. Lyon and Valencia are 50 kilometers, 17 kilometers to Vienne. Close by, possibility of cycling or walking in the countryside.
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Big building with 2 new apartments and room for three more!
Price: € 180 000 | Ref.: 21 | Views: 9 786
Vast home with a possible living space of 450m2, on a plot of 676m2 in a quiet small town. The house already comprises two fully fitted and renovated apartments on the first floor (one of which is rented out already for 450 euros per month). It is possible to construct another two or even three apartments on the ground floor and in the attic. The house is wedged in between two neighbours, but joined with a carport on one side and a workshop on the other, so there are no shared walls. Garden on the south side of about 500m2. The village (see photo) is on 800m height about 45 minutes from Geneva airport and 15 minutes from the new ski area of Les Plans d'Hotommes and Hauteville. 1 hr from Lyon and 45 minutes from Bourg en Bresse. The village has no shops, but the bakery passes with bread.Read more... »
Cosy alpine chalet with amazing views
Price: € 180 000 | Ref.: 333 | Views: 5 984
This cozy little chalet is located within an easy 20 mins from numerous world class ski resorts. Just a short walk to town and a 2 minutes drive to the ski lifts of St Gervais. A romantic get away with holiday rental potential.Read more... »
Nicely presented, ski in - ski out, 2 bedroom-2 bathroom apartment with amazing views in superb location
Price: € 180 000 | Ref.: 1776 | Views: 216
Situated in St Jean d'Aulps, a friendly small resort at the heart of the Portes du Soleil ski domain, only a 10 minute drive from Morzine with access to nearby resorts of Avoriaz, Les Gets and Châtel. In a quiet location on the 8th floor of one of the more recent buildings, literally at the foot of the slopes and cable car of La Grande Terche serving the Roc d'Enfer ski runs. The apartment enjoys stunning open views over the valley and surrounding mountains. It sleeps 6 and can accommodate 8 people if using the convertible settee in the lounge. Superb location with access to Geneva airport (1hr 20 min drive away) and within easy reach of Lake Geneva, Switzerland, Chamonix and the Mont Blanc valley. Ideal for all winter and summer sports and outdoor activities with excellent rental potential in both seasons. With a couple of bars, restaurants and a small shop on the doorstep (more in the village and a supermarket 5 minutes away) this is a great destination for family holidays.Read more... »
Bungalow and garden
Price: € 195 000 | Ref.: 913 | Views: 3 020
Bungalow close to Bourg-en-Bresse, Montrevel-en-Bresse and the Autoroute du Sud A6 moterway.Read more... »
Renovated apartment with view of Mont Blanc
Price: € 195 000 | Ref.: 1812 | Views: 934
Recently renovated apartment on the second floor of a small block with view of Mont Blanc. Private access, store room and two private parking spaces, one of which is covered (garage). Close to the centre of Passy. 20 km from Chamonix, Megève and St Gervais les Bains.Read more... »
Traditional house in the Ardeche
Price: € 219 000 | Ref.: 1463 | Views: 474
This house is totally independent and built traditionally with plastered stones. The exposure is west for the main entrance. It is a very light house thanks to its exposure and its independence. Very near the downtown area of Aubenas, all the shops are nearby. This house has a living area of 98m² + a south facing terrace of 45m², the field containing the house is 652m², enclosed by barriers.Read more... »


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This vacation home on Maranacook Lake was absolutely beautiful. When we arrived there was a gift baskets full of goodies. The house was spotless and very well equipped right down to laundry detergent. This home was perfect for our family and friends to meet up with us. Thank you Dennis for making our Maine vacation a success!
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I have had several people ask how my vacation was in Maine, and all I can say was it was AMAZING. The location of the home is perfect, there is nothing you can think of that isn't there for you when you are staying. Enjoyed several evenings watching the sunset while floating in the kayak, and several mornings journaling on the dock. Plenty of room for a large family. A hour and 1/2 to the ocean can't be that, and have the lake as an option. Diane was wonderful making sure all went okay, and we were satisfied. Great hostess

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To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature.Ernst Fischer
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries themPublilius Syrus
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.Winston Churchill
Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.Mark Twain
Prosperity is the best protector of principle.Mark Twain
There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.Wayne Dyer
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.Anne Bradstreet
The greatest life one can have is of service. Give joy, happiness, bliss, laughter, wisdom, prosperity, love & light to others. By doing so, you tap into the Infinite Source within ensuring that you will never have to do without these "treasures" yourself!Lateef Warnick
Wherever is Krishna, the lord of yoga; and wherever is Arjuna, the archer; there will be everlasting prosperity, victory, happiness, and morality. This is my conviction.Bhagavad Gita
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.Elvis Presley
In prosperity we need moderation; in adversity, patienceLee Iacocca
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.Horace
The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart.Franklin D. Roosevelt
Global warming has melted the polar ice caps, raised the levels of the oceans and flooded the earth's great cities. Despite its evident prosperity, New Jersey is scarcely Utopia.Godfried Danneels
To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your ownTryon Edwards
The strongest single factor in prosperity consciousness is self-esteem: believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, believing you will get itJerry Gillies
Park and open-space efforts can be described as an institutional reflection of the principal means by which urban man has historically engaged in the Edenic search. He has, since the beginnings of civilization, sought gardeners in his cities, a pastoral landscape outside of his cities, and wilderness for retreat away from his cities. Baghdad boasts a thousand gardens; Alexander set aside one quarter of his North African city as a park;...wilderness served as retreat for Jesus of Nazareth, as it did later for the Waldenisians and the Franciscans; and mediation in the wilderness is a common theme in Far Eastern cultures. Thus, there is good evidence that a prosperity for greenery as a substitute Eden in urban civilizations is not a particularity of any single race, religion, or national culture.Charles E. Little�
The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine days within me; my prosperity or misfortune has little to do with the matter.�Blaise Pascal
Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quick sand to virtueFriedrich von Schiller
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater.William Hazlitt


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Ryan Seacrest has inked a $45 million deal to extend his run as American Idol's host through 2012.
The three-year contract with Idol producer 19 Entertainment's parent company, CKX, Inc., more than triples his current salary, and his new paycheck is believed to surpass that of any reality TV host, says the Hollywood Reporter.
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"I'm truly appreciative of being part of a show that has had such an enormous impact on popular culture across all ages," Seacrest said in a statement, which did not give financial details. "I look forward to expanding the relationship with [Idol creator and 19 Entertainment CEO] Simon Fuller and [CKX CEO] Bob Sillerman, who share the same visionary approach to entertainment media that I strive for with every project."
Fuller in turn hailed Seacrest as "an essential ingredient to American Idol's success" and "one of American television's most talented stars."
"I am so happy that we will continue our relationship beyond Idol," Fuller said.
The agreement bars Seacrest from appearing on prime-time broadcast television for companies other than CKX.
On the cable front, Seacrest has a separate pact to anchor E! News for Comcast. He also has hosted Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve late-night special for ABC for the last three years.
Seacrest was Emmy-nominated for his Idol work in 2008, the year the Outstanding Reality TV Host category was introduced. Survivor's Jeff Probst took the honor. Nominations for this year's Emmys will be announced Thursday, July 16.
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Hostel QuetzalCancun, Mexico
Second time staying here at the hostel. Stayed here about two years ago. Some things have changed but overall it's still a nice hostel. Free breakfast and free dinner. Use to be able to get beers directly from the hostel and drink downstairs but now you must drink upstairs. They use to have free water as well but now they sell it. The upstairs terrace is the drinking terrace now. Like I said some small changes but I would stay here again. Everyone is very nice and excellent location.
Chaltunha Hostel San Miguel FloresFlores, Guatemala
Very nice little hostel that is a short little boat ride away from Flores. The cabins remind of being in the virgin islands and everything was very nice. Neil is the most helpful of all. Very honest owner and whatever you need he will go out of his way to help you. Would defintely recommend this place to travelers who are looking to get away and have a nice place to sleep at.
Walaba Hostel and Beach HousesPuerto Viejo, Costa Rica
The owners are really great and the day I arrived, there were three cute chihuahua that were running around. They were taken to San Jose, but I'm not sure if they are there regularly or not. Too cute. The beach is right across the street along with excellent Selvins for food. You hear all kinds of wildlife while staying here too. Overall an excellent stay and everyone was so nice and helpful.
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Gaudys Backpackers HostelSan Jose, Costa Rica
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Hostel QuetzalCancun, Mexico
I've stayed at a lot of hostels and this hostel has to be one of the top ones so far I have been to. Monica the owner of the hostel has done an excellent job with the hostel. Hudson who works there is also excellent and will help you with any questions. The dorms are great, bathrooms are good, and the free breakfast and dinner is excellent. The dinner in themselves are just as good as ones you would find in a regular restaurant. I would definitely recommend this hostel.


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Ideas for GSoC (& jMESoC) 2014
General requirements: Unless otherwise specified, all projects require some hands-on experience and general familiarity with jME3 as well as intermediate to high level of Java knowledge.
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Requirements (outline of skills required)
Further Reading (links to code, docs and conversations)
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Cinematic Editor
JME3 engine has a built in cinematic system. For now, all can be controlled by code, but it can become quite complicated for complex cut scenes with many cameras and models to interact.
Making a cinematic editor in JME sdk, would ease up the process of making cutscenes, and offer a much more wysiwyg experience to our users.
The cinematic editor would look like a compositor with a timeline and optionally several tracks.
One would create and place cinematic events on the timeline and could see the result in real time.
Several animation systems are available in JME3, Bone animation, Spatial animation and they can be combined with sound tracks and effect tracks (based on particle emitters). The cinematic editor should be should act as a conductor for all these animations.
Features needed :
– interactive editing of cinematics with cinematic events creation, and drag and drop over a timeline.
– saving cinematics in a binary file (same as J3o, but only for cinematics). This should already work, all cinematics classes implements the Savable interface.
– Being able to bake the cinematic in a video format, and be able to play it back at runtime (this can be tied to a new project : video playback in JME3)
jME3 Video PlayBack
In early alpha, Jme3 had a video playback system. but it was very unstable so it was removed from core.
Video playback is quite the feature for a game engine, and having a dedicated project to tackle this feature would be great.
Further reading:
– http://www.java-gaming.org/topics/java-media-player/27100/view.html
– http://hub.jmonkeyengine.org/forum/topic/video-rendering-system-for-jmonkeyengine/
@Momoko_Fan, @Normen
Shader Nodes
The Shader Nodes system in JME3 is not used a lot. It comes with an editor in the SDK but unfortunately, it's kind of unstable and needs a lot more work.
Here are the fixes/enhancements that it needs :
– removing a Mat param from a complex condition makes an invalid condition
– Condition custom editor or at least a check from the matparam
– Material property set : remove material parameters (clear button maybe?), display at least texture path in textureEditor (the image if possible) (inplace editor for flip, repeat and so on?)
– Big preview
– Add technique
– Add RenderState?
– Material property set additional render state
– remove output
– default diagram should have at least 1 output for vertex and fragment shader
– Handle MRT in the preview.
– Synchronize previews
– mat param should be explorer nodes and should be editable in the property set (for default value and fixed func binging)
– enable to collapse unmapped material parameters (and save state to metadata)
– possibility to see the shaderNode code
– possibility to edit a shader node code? (if it's local to the project)
– shaderNodeDefinition wizard
– shaderNodeDefinition editor
– better handling of rendering errors
– test adding node with a sn def local to the project
Further reading:
@nehon, @zathras
Integrate with Google Play game services
Especially for mobile/web games there are a lot of common social features like tracking scores on a leaderboard, comparing achievements, inviting friends to play a game and starting a multiplayer game through match-making. Google Play game services provides all of these features, and it is cross-platform (Android, iOS and Web), so it would be a good place to start.
Primary goal: Create a demo for fully functional achievements working across Android and iOS.
Further reading:
– https://developers.google.com/games/services/
– http://playtomic.org/ – "No strings attached" alternative, but appears unmaintained.
– https://developer.apple.com/game-center/ Apple's version, which seems restricted to iOS only.
@iwgeric, @zathras
Integrate with SmartBody
SmartBody is an advanced animation system for humanoid characters. We could integrate it with Blender/jME3
Further reading:
– http://www.ogre3d.org/2014/03/05/smartbody-character-animation-platform
– http://smartbody.ict.usc.edu/
"The Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) is a simple framework for embedding Chromium-based browsers in other applications." There are many uses for an embedded browser inside of a game, such as news updates and store frontends (see Valve's DOTA2 for instance).
Further reading:
– https://code.google.com/p/chromiumembedded/
– https://code.google.com/p/javachromiumembedded/
Agent System, AI
Generic agent system for all game actors, with flexible and reusable AI component system, that will be base for adding different implementations of AI algorithms. This should decouple AI and game logic from drawing and other JME systems. Include implementations of typical game tasks like weapon selection, path finding, etc. Use some existing game for prototyping. This system should allow creation of the tools for simply adding AI algorithms to game characters by simply drag n' dropping from the palette. In addition this will turn jME into a simulation virtual environment, which can be used as a testbed for various AI algorithms.
Requirements: JME, agent systems, game AI
Further Reading: http://hub.jmonkeyengine.org/forum/topic/ai-engine/
Bindings for Recast navigation
Recast is state of the art navigation mesh construction toolset for games. We'd like to have bindings created for it, similar to how we've incorporated the native Bullet physics library into jME3.
Further reading:
@sevarac, @normen
Steer AI port
Steer is an open source C++ library for steering behaviors. It provides game characters the ability to navigate around their world in a life-like and improvisational manner. These "steering behaviors" are largely independent of the particulars of the character's means of locomotion. Combinations of steering behaviors can be used to achieve higher level goals (For example: get from here to there while avoiding obstacles, follow this corridor, join that group of characters…).
The library is no longer actively developed, so there will not be new features to backport, and the Java library could be developed further.
Further reading:
– http://www.red3d.com/cwr/steer/
@savarac, @Momoko_Fan
Realistic wave behaviour
Advanced ocean simulation with a realistic wave behaviour and a proper collision detection to allow "swimming".
The basic simulation should be independent from the jME so that other graphic engines can use it as well.
Would allow awesome ship battles like in Assassins Creed 4.
Only above surface simulation (so no underwater effects. The current goal is complicated enough)
existing prototype with oceanmonkey (http://sourceforge.net/projects/oceanmonkey/) based on the theoretical work from tessendorf (see link below) and keith lantz (wrote a c++-implementation)
– very good understanding in math
– good understanding of complex algorithms
Further reading:
Getdown SDK integration
"GetDown aims to provide a system for downloading and installing a collection of files on a user's machine and upgrading those files as needed. Though just any collection of files would do, Getdown is mainly intended for the distribution and maintenance of the collection of files that make up a Java application."
An SDK integration with Getdown should make it super easy to distribute updates for PC games.
Further reading:
– https://github.com/threerings/getdown/
@zathras, @sploreg
BVH Animation
Add animation retargeting for humanoid animations (e.g. BHV) to the animation system. At the same time the animation system should be extended to support easier sharing of animations. Retargeting involves changing the animation so that a different skeleton from another model can play back the animation without distorting.
Further reading:
– http://hub.jmonkeyengine.org/forum/topic/adventures-in-bvh-mocap-blender-and-jme/
– https://code.google.com/p/jmonkeyengine/downloads/detail?name=bvh.zip&can=2&q=#makechanges
– https://code.google.com/p/dancedoll/
@nehon, @thetoucer
Plugin Repository
We'd like to establish a proper plugin repository based on GitHub. This would be a place for developers to find proper SDK plugins as well as stand-alone libraries and snippets. Every project should be hosted in its own self-contained repository.
– Experienced with web development
– Familiar with Git and GitHub API
– No Java or jME3 experience required!
Further reading:
http://www.jekyll-plugins.com/ – Covers practically all of our design goals. This is pretty much what we want.
http://directory.middlemanapp.com/ – More lightweight example.
@kwando, @sbook
Extend ScriptMonkey – Groovy
ScriptMonkey is a Groovy shell window that can be used to control a jME scene. So the app starts up with a standard jME window with a few boxes in it, some default lights, etc… but it also opens up a separate Groovy Console window.
Planned improvements:
– Saving scenes/models. That's the big one… no point in tweaking stuff if you can save it out again for later.
– HUD-related scripting. Add the ability to hook scripts on buttons in the hud and mouse events, etc… with another set of buttons to switch modes.
Further reading:
Mobile Demos (iPhone & Android)
We have a demo app for Android, but its test scenes are outdated and we've now added iOS to our supported platforms.
There should be a common "Mobile Demos" app with:
– Tests optimized for mobile.
– Apps made for both Android and iOS
Further reading:
@iwgeric, @nehon
FBX Pipeline
Create a means for FBX models to be imported into jMonkeyEngine.
Approach #1: Modify converter tool
Approach #2: Write an importer for the FBX format.
Further reading:
@normen, @Kaelthas
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Discussion in 'PatsFans.com - Patriots Fan Forum' started by SVN, Oct 4, 2006.
I have a feeling BB figured this out a long, long time ago. That's why of all the positions he will not overpay for, WR probably tops the list. It is also why he prefers even while not overpaying for them that his WR's do more than just run fast and catch the ball.
Have to slightly disagree,
Teri Hatcher's breast are not SPECTACULAR anymore,Still darn good but not spectacular
The rest of the articule is exactually what the pats have been saying(in their actions) for awhile.
I need to save that. It's almost too much fun to read.
And I might have grounds for a law suit. OK, who's been reading my posts that works for CHF? :bricks:
that is a spectacular article.
it really makes you realize how deceptive all the hype is.
this is why BB has no patience with the media.
they have no idea what he's doing and he's not inclined to explain it to them, giving away his knowledge.
this is why nobody can understand why the pats win. they don't have the big flashy stat men. it's why everyone is enamored with manning - stat boy.
they don't see what that article just showed!
Actually this was not one of the better Cold Hard Football Facts articles I've read before
The only fact they've presented is that having great, good, or bad WRs doesn't necessarilly translate into SB rings.
Duh! It's a team sport last I checked - and that in and of itself undermines the notion that the WR position is unnecessary.
This is a test from CHFF isn't it? Just seeing how gullible readers are?
I mean, eliminate the WR position as they "suggest" - instead of requiring CBs and Safeties to worry about what's happening 30-40 yards, let's just collapse coverage in the 0-20 yard range and see how offenses do.
They've completely missed the point that a WR doesn't actually need to catch a pass every play to be effective... they just need to make a catch "a few times a game" as they say in order to keep defenses honest and free up the short to mid-range game.
Am I speaking gibberish here? Or am I the only one who understands the role that WRs play in stretching the defense?
The fact that they'd lump the Titans and the Colts together to make the point that WR is over-rated should indicate that they've over-reached on this one.
We all know that Indy has great WRs - and have much success because of it. But to say that Indy hasn't won a SB because they've put too much stock in WRs is WAY off the mark as most Patriots fans should agree.
Well Said.....sometimes our fans treat any media article as near gospel....
loved the article. really puts the Pats situation into a perspective.
David Givens at 5m per is insanity.
I agree too, Joe.
First they give some examples of successful teams that have had poor wide receivers and some examples of poor teams with successful wide receivers. Big deal, indeed! Absent a proper analysis this means nothing (yes, there are people who smoke and don't get lung cancer and people who don't smoke that do ...)
Then they simply go with the number of catches receivers have made as an indicator of value. But think of this. Might it not be true -- indeed, isn't it likely to be true -- that good players in good teams will be less likely to play a dominant role statistically because those teams will have a more varied offense? But that doesn't mean that those receivers aren't valuable.
No single player can carry a football team on his back individually. That's the nature of the game. But wide receivers are obviously more dependent than most -- not just on their quarterback but, in turn, on the offensive line (and, indeed, on the offense having enough other weapons to ensure that the defense has to distribute its resources).
I'm a fan too and I love CHFF -- but this article isn't Cold Hard Football Facts but Hot Wet Fan Emotions ("Deion Branch! Deion Branch! We don't need no stinkin' Deion Branch!")
No, you're not the only one. To further your point, it's not just about stretching the defense. How quickly we've forgotten the Denver game. Not only did we lack the ability to stretch the defense and thus enabled Denver to defense a smaller playing field, that smaller field became even smaller when Bailey effectively took away the offense's right flank. A military that missing artillary and a right flank is doomed even before the battle's ever waged.
Also, I'm a bit baffled as to how the writers of the article would explain the following:
- In seven drafts with the Patriots, BB has drafted a total of 5 WRs. Three out of these five have been in the second round.
- In his tenture with the Browns, BB drafted Derrick Alexander with the #29th overall pick and Patrick Rowe in the second round.
A history of investing high first day picks on WRs hardly indicates that BB's in agreement with the "wide receiver is the most overrated – and arguably most useless – position on the football field" assertion. IOW, why waste high draft picks on a useless position when he could have elected to just keep drafting receivers in the sixth round with the expectation that another Givens or Michael Jackson would eventually be found.
I think you missed the point.
I didn't agree with all of the things the article said either.
but their basic point was there has been alot of success without tremendous production from the wideouts and there has been many examples of teams with great wideouts not doing much as far as winning goes. They are saying there's a certain level of misconception by the casual fan that you need great wideout production to be successful, and the stats don't bear that out. I thought it was a very interesting piece, albeit not completely well written.
I've seen Super Bowls won with average WRs and even average QBs (Trent Dilfer,Doug Williams) but have never seen a SB won with an average or below defense...Thats what really matters more than any area of the team,Fortunately we have an above average Defense when healthy IMO
Yes..we discussed that over, under and sideways a few years ago. As long as the other team cannot play 8 in the box the entire game your receivers are good enough.
Good post.
You could argue that RB's aren't very important either. We won two SB's with, no offence, Antowain freakin' Smith!
What about TE? Jermaine Wiggins, while no slouch but not a top-tier guy, was our starting TE in SB XXXVI. I guess you can win without an impact TE too.
Now let's go to the O-line. In SB XXXVI, Grant Williams was one of our starting tackles. Grant Williams!!!
Ok then, we can all agree that QB is the only important position on offence, right?
Terri Hatcher at 5M OTOH.....
But the key is - and this is where they completely missed the point - you can't just plug anyone in at WR and expect to stretch defenses and keep them honest.
... furthermore, WRs do not get by on speed alone.
If that were the case we'd get Bethel Johnson and PK Sam back here in a heartbeat. But we know that defenses would have little respect for him, or a WR like him who has speed but can't run routes, and although they'd probably a CB to cover him, but they'd likely send in their SS and FS to blitz or double team someone like Watson.
... and forget about nickle and dime packages... with Bethel and Sam there'd just be no need.
Quite simply you need to have a credible deep ball threat if you want to have a successful short to mid-range game.
How they overlooked that is beyond me.
I would like to know where you come up with some of these assertions?
RE: the Colts - How do you know that the Colts investment in their WR's has not been a deterrent to winning a SB? Besides, the CHFF's observation in the Colt blurb simply points out that even having the greatest WR of this football generation, Harrison, hasn't led to even winning the conference. Are you trying to say that the Colt's WR's have helped them reach the SB? Because they hadn't last time I checked. Maybe, it's Manning - how "great" was Jerome Pathon after he left the Colts?
And I'd assert that you completely missed the point of their article. You say, good WR's are needed to stretch the defense "requiring CBs and Safeties to worry about what's happening 30-40 yards (downfield), let's just collapse coverage in the 0-20 yard range and see how offenses do." Well, just take the Cardinals example - they finished dead last in rushing last year even though the safeties and corners were busy downfield doing what you say is needed to "keep defenses honest."
And this comes to CHFF's central idea, which you inadvertently make against yourself : Football is a team game and how good your team is depends on how wisely you spend your money. Spend too much in the wrong places, like too much on your WR's maybe, and you may never have a balanced team even though you may possess one of the league's leading recievers.
Very pertinent observations.
You read the CHFF article to say that WRs are actually a DETERRENT to success?
Geeze - I thought they were just saying they were irrelevant and I was blasting them for that!
CHFF very clearly put teams that have good, even great WRs in the same category as teams that have mediocre WRs in an effort to show that WR itself is irrelevant... that while they might make a few impressive plays a game they really aren't a factor.
That'a fallacious argument - especially if they are only using SB rings as a guage.
Does anyone seriously think that the reason the Colts haven't won a Super Bowl (which is a bit of a red herring because unlike a team like Phoenix, they've certainly been condtenders) is BECAUSE of their WRs? I think a more logical statement is that they haven't won SBs IN SPITE of their WRs.
If you're looking at their WRs as too expensive I think most everyone would target the Colt's QB investment long before targeting WR. Its specifically been the QB who's choking has prevented them from having post-season success.
Of course, I think we all recognize that as of last year the Colts had done a pretty good cap job - but were mortgaging their future - as they had a quality QB (when he didn't chokw), quality RB, quality WR, quality K (when he didn't choke) and actually a D that wasn't half bad. Maybe they didn't have the depth to survive injuries like the Pats, but barring injury, the Colts had a pretty good team in spite of what they were paying their WRs (not to mentione their RB and QB).
Now as far as the Cardinals WRs... 100 catches as they point out.
I'm just playing devil's advocate here, but when teams fall behind in a game, they do tend to pass a bit more and are forced to give up on the run... much like the Pats had to do against Denver a few weeks ago.
Is there any chance do you think that Phoenix might have sometimes - even often - been behind in games and had to focus more on the passing game and therefore might not have the best running stats?
Of course, no where did I suggest that stretching a defense automatically means that a team would have a great running game either... that would be another fallacious argument.
But basically, I think I'd just rest my case on the fact that since the NFL in general hasn't given up on WRs - and indeed, nor has BB and the Patriots, attempting to sign Derrick Mason so that they'd not have been in this position with Branch or Givens - should suggest that the best minds of the NFL don't view WR quite as irrelevant as CHFF.
One Sided Arguement
Byrne is the king of the one sided argument. If there are facts that don't support his argument he will ignore them.
Here is a "fact†that apparently isn't cold or hard –
The 1989 San Francisco 49ers went 14-2 and won the Super Bowl. In their 3 playoff wins they outscored their opponents 126-26. Their two starting WR were Jerry Rice (82-1,483 -17) and John Taylor (60-1,077-10). That doesn't support the argument so we will forget about that season.
Let's look at some of his arguments and my "factsâ€
Per Kerry
The Cardinals fielded TWO guys last year who caught more than 100 passes each and combined for over 2,800 yards (Larry Fitzgerald had 103 for 1,409 and Anquan Boldin had 102 for 1,402). They went 5-11 overall and 0-8 against quality opponents. Fitzgerald and Boldin are each on pace to average more than 90 catches again this season. Arizona is 1-3 and ranks 22nd in scoring (17.0 PPG).
My reply
Cleveland (1985)
The Browns fielded TWO guys in 1985 who each rushed for more than 1,000 yards combining for over 2,300 yards (Kevin Mack had 1,104 and Ernest Byner had 1,002). They went 8-8 overall and lost in the first round of the playoffs.
Per Kerry
The immortal Qadry Ismail led the 2000 Ravens with 49 catches for 655 yards. The 2004 Ravens went 16-4, including playoffs, and won the Super Bowl.
My Reply
New England
The immortal Antowain Smith led the 2003 Patriots with 642 rushing yards. The 2003 Pats went 17-2, including playoffs, and won the Super Bowl.
Per Kerry
Lions general manager Matt Millen famously and foolishly used a top-10 pick on a wide receiver in each draft from 2003 to 2005. They've gone 16-36 (.308) over that period and have averaged just 17.1 PPG in those 52 games.
My Reply
Since 1993, the Oakland Raiders have had five 1st round picks and have used 3 of them on DBs (2003- Nnamdi Asomugha, 2005- Fabian Washington and 2006- Michael Huff). Since the start of the 2003 season the Raiders have gone 13-38. So, for the love of God don't draft DBs.
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Jaimee and Travis Tuft, A Pair in Dance and in Life
By Katherine Moore of Dance Informa.
The Beginning
"Neither of us saw each other as something special," says Jaimee Tuft of her current husband and dancing partner, Travis Tuft.
When they first met as teenagers at ballroom summer camp, Jaimee and Travis Tuft were barely aware of each other and had almost no communication with each other throughout the three years that they attended the camp at Brigham Young University-Idaho, then known as Ricks College. While they had become familiar faces to each other by the time they both ended up at Brigham Young University-Provo as undergraduates, neither expected that they would become husband and wife.
Eventually, both Jaimee and Travis ended up on the Touring Team of the ballroom program at BYU-Provo, and the two became friends. Jaimee, who majored in mathematics, tutored Travis in calculus and helped him settle on a Spanish major. Their friendship evolved as they spent more time together traveling around the world with the ballroom team, and soon, they were dating.
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"We were completely opposite from the norm," Jaimee says. "We both had former partners and different dance experiences before we started dancing as partners. It was a really big adjustment and it was really hard in both our personal and professional lives, but eventually we started to find a balance on and off the floor and had success dancing together."
The Dancing
While Jaimee had many years of classical dance training growing up, Travis first encountered dance at age 14 through a weekly social dance for youth in his native Idaho, and he quickly noticed how much he enjoyed dancing and seeing improvement in his performance. Meanwhile, Jaimee was studying ballet from former principal dancers of New York City Ballet, John and Janice James Nelson. Jaimee attributes much of her eventual success in ballroom to her classical training.
"If it hadn't been for the fact that I was graceful, I would not have made the ballroom team in college," she says. "I definitely didn't make it on the team because of my cha cha skills."
However, something alluring about ballroom eventually pulled her away from a classical dance career path. Travis was similarly hooked.
"We didn't know what it was when we first started," Travis says about ballroom dancing, " but it's one of those things that really takes hold of you."
According to Travis and Jaimee, there are four main categories of competitive ballroom dance: Standard (International Ballroom), International Latin, American Rhythm, and American Smooth. While they both have training in all four styles, their specialty is American Smooth, a category that includes the Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, and Foxtrot. Jaimee's classical training may be partly responsible for some of their success in this elegant style of dancing.
"I think it sets me apart and is visible in my lines and how I use my arms," says Jaimee.
While Jaimee and Travis are now renowned professionals with titles such as U.S. Professional Rising Star American Smooth Champions, U.S. Theatrical Arts Champions, U.S. Cabaret Vice-Champions, and World Professional American Smooth Finalists, success was not instantaneous for the young couple.
After their marriage in 2008, Travis and Jaimee became the undefeated two-time U.S. Amateur American Smooth Champions, an unexpected but promising win that helped them decide to enter the professional competition ring. They decided to give it a fully committed, one-year shot at dancing and competing before moving on to Plan B. After spending hours and hours researching studios and who they wanted to train with, the couple decided to move to New Jersey to train with Gary and Diana McDonald, former U.S. and World Champions.
Even though they could sense the improvement in their dancing under their new tutelage, Jaimee and Travis experienced a shocking blow at their first professional competition in Canada.
"We were so nervous for the competition in Canada. We were in a new realm," Jaimee says, "And we took last in everything. It was disappointing. We had been champions, and now we were last."
This optimistic couple decided they could only go up from there and trained harder than ever. Six months later, they had undergone an incredible transformation and placed 2nd in the Professional Rising Star Competition and made semi-finals for the open professional event.
From that point on, their career has been anything but stagnant, and they are often invited to perform and compete at prestigious events such as the Blackpool Dance Festival in England. A couple that truly loves the process and challenge of dancing competitively, Jaimee explains that while they haven't risen to the very top, they can enjoy knowing they are definitely within the top six couples in their style.
The Lifestyle
Even though the life of Jaimee and Travis Tuft sounds glamorous, their day-to-day routine is rigorous. They arrive at the studio every morning, Monday through Thursday, to teach lessons. After lunch they spend four to five hours rehearsing their own material, whether it's technique, creating a new dance, or practicing a routine. To end the day, they close with another dose of teaching until nine or ten at night. Friday through Sunday, they usually travel to a competition or to train with a master teacher. In one year they might go to over 30 competitions.
It is a challenging lifestyle for any professional pair, but especially for a couple who works all day together and then goes home together, too. With huge events like the Emerald Ball in Los Angeles coming up at the end of April, the Tufts cannot afford to be affected by an unbalanced work/life ratio. Jaimee explains that when they go home at night as "normal people," they leave what happened at the studio at the door and head home with a fresh start.
Travis says, "Everything goes in phases, but we try to separate dance and home. In the beginning we would bicker on the dance floor, but when we go home we wouldn't let it affect us. Now, we are now a little more in harmony in our work and our process, which is good. It takes time, it's not immediate."
When discussing their process, Travis also mentions the importance of teaching in their transition from becoming amateurs to professionals.
"When you start teaching it changes how you dance," he says. "It helps reinforce principles that you've been taught."
They both enjoy the challenge of meeting students where they are, and Jaimee especially loves that teaching ballroom often means teaching people at later stages of life, unlike other forms of dance that often focus on teaching children.
Jaimee says, "Some of our students are coming back and finding joy of dance in their lives. They really appreciate the art of dance and know that you are never too old to continue learning and improving yourself."
As Jaimee and Travis continue to compete and grow in their industry as performers and teachers, they know that their success would not have been possible without hard work and the help of others. Jaimee's advice to anyone considering a similar path: "Don't underestimate the value of a good mentor."
Travis agrees, and encourages anyone considering professional ballroom to give it a shot, despite the fear.
"Our industry is not well broadcast, and it's easy to be tentative and feel like it's not something you can make long term," he says. " But had we known that it would be this good, we would not have been afraid. There are people who want to help you and take you in."


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'So' classic! Peter Gabriel discusses his new/old tour
Time moves back and forward for the Rock Hall of Famer, who performs here Monday
"The main criteria for this tour is that they were there the first time," Gabriel said, speaking by phone from Sardinia, off the coast of Italy.
"I've re-created the band from the 1986 tour that took the 'So' album around the world. Back then, we felt like we had something. But you have no idea how far these things will go. At the time, I felt it was a great work, but it's never very clear."
Revisiting the album in its entirety, live on stage, is an unusual, almost time-warping, experience for him and his band.
"We're doing the songs from 'So' the same way as on the album," Sancious said, speaking from Quebec City. "But other songs are very different, like 'Shock The Monkey,' which we now do as an all-acoustic song. We have an entire library of analog sounds, re-created (digitally), and they do sound identical, with excellent audio quality."
Sancious chuckled when asked what Gabriel has in common with Springsteen, whose E Street Band Sancious left in mid-1974 to launch his own band, the jazz-fusion-oriented Tone.
"That's a tough one," Sancious said.
"They're very different guys, with very different methods of working. I'm trying to find one common trait they share. I think what they have in common is their dedication to keep going until they get it right. To keep going at it, whatever the problem or challenge is, and make it sound the way they want. They're both very focused in their work. And they both have a pretty good sense of humor."
Where Springsteen proudly draws from various rock and soul traditions, Gabriel has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the most forward-looking and far-reaching artists in contemporary music.
In 1982, he co-founded WOMAD (short for World of Music, Arts & Dance). Originally launched as an annual festival in England, WOMAD provided a vital platform to showcase musicians from around the globe. To date, there have been more than 160 WOMAD festivals held everywhere from Abu Dhabi and Estonia to Singapore and South Africa.
The 1993 WOMAD in San Francisco drew an audience of 98,000. Performers at various editions of the festival have ranged from San Diego's Ravi and Anoushka Shankar to Haiti's Boukman Eksperyans, Senegal's Orchestra Baobab and Gabriel himself. His passion for World Music also inspired the 1989 launch of Real World Records, a borders-leaping label that has released albums by artists from across Africa and Europe, and as far afield as Tibet, Bhutan and Turkey.
While Gabriel is too modest to take credit, he was instrumental in helping such innovators as Pakistani Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Senegalese vocal star Youssou N'Dour develop an international following. Today, Gabriel's passion for the wide world of music is just as great as when WOMAD began.
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|Tue, 04-12-2011 - 5:56pm
My DD is thinking of breaking up with her bf, and it's killing me! I know this is
|Wed, 04-13-2011 - 9:17am
I know it's a good thing to do it sooner than later. DD told me he'd never had a serious gf before, so maybe he doesn't really understand his feelings either. They had a text message conversation last night that she really didn't want to discuss. She said things were taken care of, but they were still going to prom and everything was "fine". I don't think texting was the best way to do that, but I know that's the way kids communicate these days.
|Wed, 04-13-2011 - 7:09am
I echo Sabr's advice about engaging her in conversation about what she wants. I would add "what she feels".
It's pretty clear the declaration of love freaked her out! Obviously, she doesn't return the feelings. Are there other options? That is the conversation I would recommend.
The boy certainly deserves to know she doesn't return his love at this time. He deserves to know before he tromps off to college and perhaps holds himself back from experiences because he is waiting for her.
Does she have to break up with him to accomplish that? Perhaps. I would definitely sound her out about it.
We can't control "love" or "attraction". It might be frustrating for your dd to realize this and she might need to talk.
My shy, late-blooming 19 year old is dating a 17 year old girl across the country. They talk and Skpe for hours each day and seem a match made in heaven. They have spent time together three times now(a week at a time in her parents' home). I worry that he is more invested in this relationship than she is and the girl's mom shared the same concern with me. But he isn't going to hear it from anyone but the girl herself. I hope she does the right thing soon if she is indeed not on the same wavelength. He gave her a promise ring in March and has every intention of marriage.
I give your daughter credit here; I really do.
|Tue, 04-12-2011 - 11:16pm
I do realize it sounds weird, but i've heard her tell friends that she knows someday that she's going to marry her ex. I
|Tue, 04-12-2011 - 10:20pm
I think you can appreciate that he's a nice boy and you liked him, but really I'm surprised you are so invested in your child's relationship.
|Tue, 04-12-2011 - 9:46pm
The first law of being a teen is: "If your parents like it-you must hate it".
|Tue, 04-12-2011 - 9:15pm
Yes, yes, yes! My parents loved my high school BF. He was a charming, funny, popular, student body president headed for Stanford. But, he was also a serious mama's boy and a control freak. So glad I didn't end up with him!
|Tue, 04-12-2011 - 7:25pm
They will both be attending the same local college, so that makes it worse. Maybe it is a chemistry issue, but I've seem them holding hands and looking at each other, snuggling on the couch, etc...they sure seemed to like each other. Maybe things are different now than they used to be? Maybe I was just making plans for them in my head, that I wanted to happen :( . I really am heartbroken, as dumb as that all sounds.)
|Tue, 04-12-2011 - 7:18pm
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As the finance ministers from each of the 17 members of the eurozone meet in Brussels today, the main topic is "integration." It's a race against the clock.
One of the first items being discussed is putting in place the leveraging of the stability fund — otherwise known as the EFSF, or European Financial Stability Fund. At present, this fund holds some $600 billion in assets, much of which has already been invested in government bonds issued by the eurozone's weak sisters: Ireland, Greece, and Spain. The leveraging, through some opaque maneuvering, will then allow the fund to do some serious purchasing of enough of Italy's debt to solve two problems at the same time. One is to bring down interest rates to some level that Italy may be able, in the short run, to afford to pay. And the other is to give the new Italian technocrat, Mario Monti (who was appointed on November 12 to replace Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after he was forced out), enough time to implement even more severe austerity programs in order to meet eurozone guidelines.
That is the next item on the Brussels agenda: Just what are those guidelines, and who is going to enforce them, if necessary? According to Reuters, this would involve "deeper financial integration" among its members. The term "integration" is being increasingly used to disguise the erasing of national sovereignty and the installation of the final step toward a United Europe run by international bankers (such as Monti) and other unelected elites.
The European crisis continues to mushroom, even as Eurocrats meet in Brussels to try to stave off implosion of the eurozone. Tuesday's sale of Italian debt forced the government of Italy again to accept interest rates or "yields" in excess of seven percent, a level proven by experience to be unsustainable. Thursday will be another bellwether day, as Spain and Belgium — both of whose bonds are commanding steep yields — auction off debt of their own. But at the rate interests on government debt are rising across the eurozone, a few more weeks could write the epitaph for the once-touted international currency.
While European politicians continue to insist, as politicians will, that Europe's problems will be resolved and that the eurozone will be kept intact at any cost, the world's financial and banking elites are apparently coming to a different conclusion. Banks and banking regulators in Asia, the United Kingdom, and North America are busily drawing up contingency plans for a eurozone breakup while trying to reduce their exposure to European debt. "We cannot be, and are not, complacent on this front," declared Andrew Bailey, a regulator at Britain's Financial Services Authority, last week. "We must not ignore the prospect of a disorderly departure of some countries from the euro zone."
According to the New York Times' Liz Alderman, writing on November 25:
The Federal Reserve Bank committed some $7.77 trillion in funds to major Wall Street banks during the height of the 2008 financial crisis, according to a report published by Bloomberg News November 28 through a Freedom of Information Act request.
It's unclear from the methodology explained by Bloomberg's analysis of some 29,000 Federal Reserve documents released how much overlap there is with the Government Accountability Office audit published last July that counted some $16 trillion in Federal Reserve loans to major Wall Street banks. Bloomberg's explanation of its methodology does indicate at least some overlap.
Throughout the financial crisis, Congress remained blissfully unaware that trillions of dollars were being committed by the Fed with the implicit guarantee of the U.S. taxpayer. "We were aware emergency efforts were going on," Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank told Bloomberg, but "we didn't know the specifics." Frank, who announced his retirement November 28 after the Massachusetts state legislature gerrymandered him out of his district, served as Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee at the time the bailouts began. That committee is charged with oversight of the Federal Reserve and the banking industry.
Amid growing speculation over the collapse of the euro, British embassies are now preparing for worst-case scenarios, such as riots and civil unrest. The Telegraph reported, "British embassies in the eurozone have been told to draw up plans to help British expats through the collapse of the single currency, amid new fears for Italy and Spain. As the Italian government struggled to borrow and Spain considered seeking an international bail-out, British ministers privately warned that the break-up of the euro, once almost unthinkable, is now increasingly plausible."
The euro's endangerment comes as the International Monetary Fund, of which Britain is a large shareholder, may be forced to give Italy a rescue package that would allow its new Prime Minister, Mario Monti, time to implement tax increases and spending cuts.
Likewise, revelations indicate that a pact has been struck between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy that did not include Britain, nor did it include countries outside the European Union. Under that plan, EU member states will be forced to have their budgets approved by the European Union before even being approved by their own national parliaments. Likewise, countries will have to sign on to new rules on the size of debts they may take on and will be sued in the European Court of Justice for any breach of those rules.
In its attempt to quell rising uneasiness in the wake of the failed German bond sale last week, the establishment magazine The Economist rushed in over the weekend with a series of four separate articles promoting its globalist and internationalist perspective on the matter.
The first article noted that the risk to the euro within the next few weeks is "alarmingly high" unless measures are taken. The article blamed lack of leadership — "denial, misdiagnosis and procrastination" — for the unfolding and accelerating crisis. First, a recession appears to be imminent as the austerity measures are taking hold across the euro zone and slowing already shaky economies.
Second, there is evidence of a run on banks holding large positions in the sovereign debt of the weaker countries. As the banks are facing a June 2012 deadline to improve their capital positions they are now seizing this opportunity to unload as much of that debt as they can, thus explaining the significant rise in interest rates all across the zone. This reflects the simple fact that the banks have loaned money to each other — loans that exceed their deposits, according to The Economist — and now are unwilling to continue to make those loans. This is putting the various spendthrift — "feckless" is their word for it — governments at risk of default when they can't borrow the money to pay their bills. Especially at risk is Italy, which has to roll over $42 billion of debt the last week in January and another $62 billion at the end of February.
By every appearance, we are entering the final, calamitous act of the European debt crisis, a sprawling, slow-motion debacle that is about to engulf the world in financial turmoil more acute than the American meltdown of 2008. For roughly two years, European authorities have struggled to keep the debt crisis from spinning out of control, doling out bailouts to small, heavily indebted nations such as Ireland, Portugal, and Greece. "Contagion" — the notion that a sovereign default in, say, Athens, might trigger a cascade of woes elsewhere — has been and remains the watchword.
But, with Italy now propelled into the company of the desperately indebted, the Europeans have all but run out of options. Unlike Greece and Portugal, Italy, with its $2.6-trillion debt, is far, far too large to be bailed out. Italy's political leadership — like America's — has been absolutely unwilling to cut the expense of government, clinging like ivy to cherished government programs that cannot be sustained by any level of taxation. Over the past couple of weeks, markets have finally taken notice, driving interest rates, or "yields," on most Italian government bonds to over seven percent. Today, for example, the Italians managed to auction off $10.6 billion worth of six-month bonds at yields of 6.504 percent. Two-year bonds, meanwhile, were selling for 7.64 percent, and 10-year bonds for 7.26 percent. By comparison, consider that six-month Italian bonds were selling for a mere 3.535 percent only last month, while two-year bonds were just above 4.1 percent in early October and at 2.3 percent in mid-March. Borrowing rates for Italy have more than tripled in a few months.
The "disastrous" failure of the German bond auction on Wednesday when buyers failed to bid the offering and Germany's Central Bank — the Bundesbank — had to step in and purchase nearly 40 percent of the offering came just a day after SpiegelOnline posted an article critical of the country's finances. The article virtually accused Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schauble, of "cheerleading" the economy's supposed strength while ignoring major weaknesses. Merkel says her country has "a clear compass for reducing debt [and that] getting our finances in order is good for our country." Schauble was an echo: Germany is a "safe haven [because] the entire world has great confidence in both the performance and soundness of the fiscal policies of the Federal Republic of Germany."
Cracks in Germany's economy were noted by Professor Wilhelm Hankel of Frankfurt University back in November of 2010: "Germany cannot keep paying for bail-outs without going bankrupt itself. This is frightening people." He added,
You cannot find a bank safe deposit box in Germany because every single one has already been taken and stuffed with gold and silver. It is like an underground Switzerland within our borders. People have terrible memories of 1948 and 1923 when they lost their savings.
GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain styles himself a Washington "outsider," an "anti-politician," and a businessman who is just what America needs at this critical moment in its history to turn itself around. Only someone of Cain's peculiar background, he would have us believe, only someone uncorrupted by the insatiable hunger for power from which all career politicians suffer, can restore America's greatness in the world.
Again, this is the self-image that Cain works inexhaustibly to project.
There is one question, though: is it true?
The first fact that must not be lost upon us is that while Cain is a reasonably successful businessman, and while he is not a professional politician, the notion that he is the "Mr. Smith" of our time who is about to take Washington by storm is a fiction of the first order.
Cain, you see, was at one time a Federal Reserve chairman. (He was deputy chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City from 1992 to 1994, and chairman from 1995 to 1996.)
Thursday's article in The New York Times by writers Jack Ewing and Nicholas Kulish about the "rift" between factions over the role of the European Central Bank (ECB) was a distraction and misdirected attention from what is really happening there. The piece makes it sound as though the ECB is standing firm against pressures to have it buy up the debt from Greece and Italy in order to keep the debt "contagion" from spreading elsewhere.
For instance, the article quotes Spain's Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, as saying that he expected the ECB to do whatever was necessary, for "this is what we transferred power for … [to] defend the common policy and its countries." Of course Zapatero would have to say that or he would be gone, just as unelected bankers replaced elected leaders in Greece and Italy. Just a reminder as to who is in charge was reflected by the recent rise in Spain's borrowing costs, the highest since 1997, and exceeding the "default" level of 7 percent on its 10-year bond. But nothing was said in the article that Zapatero's comments reflected a desire to save his skin.
In fact the ECB has been taking an active role economically and politically by buying up the debt of those countries in massive amounts, already in excess of $250 billion, and manipulating interest rates to favor the newly installed rulers Mario Monti in Italy and Lucas Papademos in Greece. But authors Ewing and Kulish prefer to present the ECB as being run by "fiercely conservative stewards" who have "steadfastly resisted letting it take up the mantle of lender of last resort." And to support that falsehood the authors enlisted the help of experts closely tied to the creation of the ECB and to its ultimate purpose as a tool to install a European dictatorship.
Evidence shows that CNBC manipulated its online poll following a debate and that its action is part of CBS policy to ignore certain candidates and prop up others. This has placed CBS and CNBC under harsh scrutiny. However, according to Murray Sabrin — professor of finance in the Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College in New Jersey, 2008 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, and regular writer for LewRockwell.com — the main motivation behind the media's bias against Ron Paul has been Paul's harsh criticism of the Federal Reserve.


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Wow I love the first two pairs of shoes, I wish I lived near a Primark the closest to me is over an hour a way and rarely has anything nice in! xReplyDelete
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