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A work of almost breathtaking visual beauty that manages to ravish the heart while dazzling the eye simultaneously, neither at the expense of the other.
A work of almost breathtaking visual beauty that manages to ravish the heart while dazzling the eye simultaneously, neither at the expense of the other.
Avery's more than capable behind the camera, he just needs to be met halfway by his screenwriting, which dwells in overly familiar territory.
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
Patrice Leconte's "Monsieur Hire" is a tragedy about loneliness and erotomania, told about two solitary people who have nothing else in common. It involves a…
"Life Itself" won the 2015 Best Documentary award from the Producer's Guild of America.
An excerpt of Eric Kohn's Indiewire article on Oscar snubs.
A note of thanks from Chaz Ebert to the wonderful people behind "Life Itself."
A look at Kimberly Pierce's 2013 version of "Carrie."
A look at Kimberly Pierce's 2013 version of "Carrie."
An FFC comments on Roger Moore's best James Bond film, "The Spy Who Loved Me."
A Sundance review of the great "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl."
A report from the opening night of the 30th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
* This filmography is not intended to be a comprehensive list of this artist's work. Instead it reflects the films this person has been involved with that have been reviewed on this site.
Lists from our critics and contributors on the best of 2014.
Interviews with Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, F. Murray Abraham and others at the 2014 Gotham Independent Film Awards.
"Nightcrawler" and the new face of entitlement; "Suffering for their art" films; Fight against TV's "smooth motion" setting; Suicide and silence; Oliver Stone to make Snowden film.
Boone and Henderson on "Dear White People"; Brody on "Birdman"; Serpico on the NYPD; Sragow on film criticism; Uhlich on "Citizenfour" and "Nightcrawler."
A report from the Toronto International Film Festival on "Nightcrawler," "Clouds of Sils Maria," "Bird People," "The Tale of Princess Kaguya," and "The Dead Lands".
Denis Villeneuve, the director of "Enemy", "Prisoners", and "Incendies", speaks about the influences on his new film, from "2001: A Space Odyssey" to "The Planet of the Apes".
A funny thing happened on the way to the Oscars. Not to the Oscars. To me. I sustained a hairline fracture of my left hip. I didn't fall. I didn't break it. It just sort of... happened to itself. Most of the time, it causes me no pain at all. But my left leg won't bear any weight, nor can I walk on it. This pain is off the charts. It has nothing to do with cancer. It's plain bad luck.
The good news is that I've seen the films of one of the best recent years in cinema. I wrote more than 300 reviews in 2012 -- a record -- and it was unusually difficult to leave out many of the quote-unquote "best" films in 11th place.
With the 2013 Oscarcast moved up to Feb. 24, movie fans are already in a lather over the possible nominees, especially since again this year there can be "up to" ten finalists in the Best Picture category. I claim no inside knowledge (I'm still waiting to hear from my friend Deep Oscar), but it's never too early to speculate.
The Toronto Film Festival is universally considered the opening of Academy Awards season, and the weary moviegoer, drained after a summer of exhausted superheroes and franchises, plunges in it with joy. I've been attending since 1977, and have watched it grow from a bootstrap operation, with the schedule improvised from day to day, into one of the big four (with Cannes, Venice and Berlin).
"Dear Mr. Spider;I am profoundly sorry to have taken you from your home in the woods, when I was picking Himalayan Blackberries on Monday afternoon. I didn't see you fall into my bucket and which was entirely my fault; I must have bumped into your web while reaching for a berry. Needless to say, I was surprised upon returning home with my bucket full, to suddenly see you there standing on a blackberry and looking up at me." - Marie
(photo recreation of incident)
My friend Richard T. Jameson sent an e-mail with the subject line: "Why am I depressed?" In it he quoted the first two sentences of an April L.A. Weekly story headlined "Movie Studios Are Forcing Hollywood to Abandon 35mm Film. But the Consequences of Going Digital Are Vast, and Troubling":
Shortly before Christmas, director Edgar Wright received an email inviting him to a private screening of the first six minutes of Christopher Nolan's new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." Walking into Universal CityWalk's IMAX theater, Wright recognized many of the most prominent filmmakers in America -- Michael Bay, Bryan Singer, Jon Favreau, Eli Roth, Duncan Jones, Stephen Daldry.
It was that second sentence, RTJ said, that tripped him up. (Later, in a Facebook post, he recommended the article itself, but followed that second sentence with the comment: "The parade's gone by, all right."
With films like "Zodiac" (2007) David Fincher has become Hollywood's serial-killer specialist and yet his entries from that genre seem to have more in common with "The Insider" than with "Psycho" or "The Silence of the Lambs" He shows a great fascination with the details surrounding each case, than with their heroes and villains. His approach is usually just as meticulous when inspired by fictional works ("Seven", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") as by real-life events. Perhaps it is Oliver Stone's "JFK" that this film most resembles; obsession is at both their cores.
Marie writes: Intrepid club member Sandy Kahn discovered the following Danish designers "Monstrum" who make extraordinary playgrounds for children. I think they're the stuff of dreams, whatever your age. Indeed; behold the Rahbek kindergarten in Frederiksberg, Denmark, and Monstrum's first playground...
The Rocket and The Princess Tower! "Just like a set design, a playground must have an inspiring front that attracts children, and a functional backside with climbing, sliding and relaxing options. The idea of the playground is to combine a girl's mind with a boy's approach into one big common playground. The princess tower consists of three floors, and the rocket has two floors. From the top floor of the Rocket, you can slide down the 6 m long double slide together with an astronaut friend." (click to enlarge.)
What's the last great love story you've seen on film? I don't mean your typical "rom-coms" with contrived meet-cutes that rely heavily on celebrity star power. I'm talking about a genuine romance between two richly defined characters. If your mind draws a blank, you're not alone. Hollywood, along with much of the filmmaking world, seems to have either forgotten how to portray love affairs in ways that once made us swoon. Whatever the reason, be it due to our changing times or priorities, we might not see any significant ones for some time.
Marie writes: In a move which didn't fail to put a subversive smile on my face, works by the mysterious graffiti artist Banksy began to appear recently in Hollywood as Academy Awards voters prepared to judge Exit Through the Gift Shop, which is up for best Documentary. (Click to enlarge.)
The most controversial thus far was painted on a billboard directly opposite the Directors Guild of America HQ on Sunset Boulevard. A poster advertising The Light Group (a property, nightclub and restaurant developer) was stenciled over with images of a cocktail-guzzling Mickey Mouse grasping a woman's breast. As it was being removed, a scuffle broke out between workmen and a man claiming the poster was his "property" - presumably triggered by the fact that an authentic piece by Banksy is worth thousands. To read more visit Banksy targets LA ahead of Oscars at the Guardian. And to see more pictures go HERE.
Q. I'm just curious, what led you to give "Black Swan" a rating of 3.5 stars, while "The Wrestler" got 4? The two films have been compared a lot, so I'm interested to hear why you thought one was slightly better than the other. (Sarah S. Evans, Indianapolis)
Marie writes: The local Circle Craft Co-operative features the work of hundreds of craftspeople from across British Columbia and each year, a Christmas Market is held downtown at the Vancouver Convention Centre to help sell and promote the work they produce. My friend and I recently attended the 37th Christmas Market and where I spotted these utterly delightful handmade fabric monsters by Diane Perry of "Monster Lab" - one of the artist studios located on Salt Spring Island near Washington State...it's the eyes... they follow you. :-)
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Actress Jill Clayburgh, whose portrayal of women in the 1970s helped define and and reshape the role of leading lady, died last week of chronic lymphocytic leukemia at her home in Lakeville, Connecticut; she was 66. She's best known for her Academy Award nominated roles in "An Unmarried Woman" (Winner: Best Actress Cannes 1978) and "Starting Over." Roger has remembered her on his site: Jill Clayburgh: In Memory.
Some people are proposing a boycott of Newsweek because of a silly article that criticizes gay actors -- specifically on TV's "Glee" and in the Broadway revival of the Bacharach-David Musical "Promises, Promises" -- for acting too gay in straight roles. This strikes me as fundamentally hilarious for several reasons, the most obvious of which are:
1) I didn't know anyone needed additional incentive to not read Newsweek, since circulation figures indicate that lots and lots of people have been not reading it without making any concerted effort not to do so.
2) "Glee" and "Promises, Promises" are both Musicals, for god's sake. Where would the Musical be without the participation of gay actors? The movie version of "Paint Your Wagon" -- that's where. You Musical fans want to spend the rest of your lives watching and listening to Clint Eastwood singing "I Talk to the Trees"? Then go ahead and complain that gay performers are too gay to star in Musicals.
Everybody hates it when they don't explain everything that happened by the time the movie is over. What we need at the end is not open-endedness but clarity, loose-end tying-up, closure. We need more movies like "Psycho" (unfortunately Simon Oakland has passed, but Larry King is still with us) and "Mulholland Dr." -- movies that take a little time to explain exactly what happened so we're not left feeling stupid all the way home. You know what they say: The difference between a comedy and a tragedy is where you end the story. Well, the same goes for the ending: The difference between a good ending and a bad ending is how good the ending is. Here are eleven of the most outrageously unsatisfactory ambiguous endings in movie history:
"Gone With the Wind" (1939) Scarlett O'Hara says, "I'll go home. And I'll think of some way to get him back. After all... tomorrow is another day." That's not the ending of a movie -- that's the beginning of act three! Put up or shut up, Scarlett. Clark Gable has just said the word "Damn" at you and that's it? If tomorrow is such another day, then bring it on!
"Casablanca" (1942) What do you mean Ingrid Bergman goes off with Paul Henreid and all Bogart's left with is the barest hint of a homosexual future with Claude Rains? At the end he puts her on a damn plane (something about how she doesn't amount to a hill of beans) and he and Rains walk off into the fog together as Bogart says, "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Whoa! What the hell happened then? What if "Brokeback Mountain" ended right after Heath Ledger threw up? What kind of ending would that be? And how does Peter Lorre figure into it?
View image "Dirty Harry" (1971). This poster design wasn't actually used for the original release, though Critic Gary Giddins noted that this was the "DH" poster on display in Eastwood's Malpaso office in 1988. Typeface: Is that a Helvetica font?
In celebration of the DVD release of David Fincher's Director's Cut of "Zodiac" (only a few minutes longer -- I'm not sure what has been changed or added see below), here's a scripted scene, from an undated draft, that you won't find in any version of the movie: INT. MOVIE THEATER -- NIGHT
Graysmith and Toschi sit in the dark while "Dirty Harry" unspools on the screen in front of them.
MOVIE POLICE CAPTAIN (O.S.) He calls himself the Scorpio Killer. From what we understand, he's planning on targeting a school bus full of children.
CLINT EASTWOOD (O.S.) That's not gonna happen.
THE AUDIENCE around Graysmith and Toschi burst into APPLAUSE.
ON SCREEN -- The final scene. Clint has cornered the SCORPIO KILLER. Holding his Magnum .44 on him.
CLINT EASTWOOD (CONT'D) ... maybe I fired five bullets, maybe I fired six. In all the confusion, I lost count. So the only question is, do you feel lucky? Do you? Punk?
A beat. Apparently the Scorpio Killer feels lucky and goes for his gun. Clint blows his head off.
People cheer again. Graysmith and Toschi exchange a look...
And then BURST OUT HYSTERICALLY LAUGHING. At the absurdity of it all. They get some looks, but that only makes them laugh harder. They can't stop. Doubled over. Tears run down their faces. A release of all the built up tension... What a beautiful, ambiguous scene. I wonder if they could have made it work on film without having to spell it out.
In "Zodiac" itself, Toschi (Mark Ruffalo) goes into the lobby for a smoke, and Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal) approaches him for the first time. He shyly introduces himself and, awkwardly, tells Toschi how the movie ended. Toschi makes a defensive remark along the lines of, "So much for due process..." The movie (like "No Country for Old Men") never allows its characters or its audience even a vicarious catharsis. It's all about not knowing -- and having to live with the knowledge of not knowing...
UPDATE: 1 Day Later: January 9, 2008: Please see Zac's comment below for exact notations on the differences between the theatrical and director's cuts of "Zodiac." (I cannot imagine a more fitting response to the movie than this kind of detective work!)
Also: In Fincher's commentary on his movie's "Dirty Harry" scene, he says that Toschi (on whom Steve McQueen modeled his performance in 1968's "Bullitt") was "amused" at the Hollywood take on Zodiac, and that people began to say things to him like, "Guess Dirty Harry solved your case!" Fincher suggests maybe the Eastwood movie provided a kind of artificial closure for the public that they would never get in life, and that perhaps they began to lose interest in Zodiac afterwards because of it. (Four "Dirty Harry" sequels were released between 1973 ("Magnum Force"] and 1988 ["The Dead Pool"].) Fincher recalls that, as he and his family were moving away from the Marin area in 1976 (when he was about 13 or 14), he wondered if they'd ever caught the Zodiac.
As Mr. Peel observes below, Eastwood's voice and likeness are conspicuously absent from "Zodiac." Even a shot of the standee in the lobby is chopped at the neck.
TORONTO, Ont. -- It's not often you see films that are perfect. I have just seen two of them here at the Toronto Film Festival, and two others that are extraordinary, and a documentary that is spellbinding. Do I love everything? Not at all. I just happened to have an ecstatic period of moviegoing, that's all, and that's enough.
TORONTO, Ont. -- Oh, what a sad man, and oh, what a sad journey he endures to find inner peace. Jeremy Podeswa's "Fugitive Pieces," which opened the 32nd Toronto Film Festival here Thursday night, is a rare film that deals without compromise with the long, dark lifetime of the soul.


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Facebook Adds Shazam-Like Function So You Can Display Your Incredibly Basic Taste in Media
Thanks, Facebook, for incorporating another feature that's already been available in app form for years.
The social network that brought you the "ask" button so creeps can inquire about the relationship status or phone number you've purposely been keeping private will soon allow you to detect songs, movies and TV shows in order to share what you're listening to and watching with 800 of your closest friends. Read More

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A Dramatic telling of the life of AU's longest-serving president, Annie Dove Denmark
The Playhouse at Anderson University is proud to present The Denmark Story, by Scott Kirk, Saturday, January 15 at 8:00 pm at the Furman University Playhouse. It will also be performed on Sunday, January 16 at 6:00 pm at First Baptist Church of Anderson. Additionally, the play will take place at the Columbia Convention Center in Columbia, SC on Monday, January 24 at 9:00 am, as well as at Columbia College's Spears Auditorium on Monday, January 24 at 7:00 pm.
Featuring Dr. Deborah McEniry in the lead role, The Denmark Story, tells the story of the life of Dr. Annie Dove Denmark, Anderson University president from 1928-1953. In addition to being the first female college president in South Carolina, Denmark was the longest-serving president in the institution's history. Denmark was also one of the most intriguing figures in the history of the Anderson community, known statewide for her leadership ability and clout in an era when women were not usually such prominent figures. The historic nature of the Denmark legacy is such that the fascinating
play depicting her life is provided in part by the South Carolina Humanities Council and was commissioned as a part of Anderson University's centennial celebration. The play will be touring throughout South Carolina during the next several weeks. It is fitting that it be performed at First Baptist
since leaders of that church, along with influential businessmen in Anderson, were instrumental in the founding of the university 100 years ago.
Anderson University is a comprehensive university affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention offering bachelors and masters degrees. Anderson is ranked in the Top Tier (top 21) of colleges and universities in the South, and one of 68 "Up and Coming" schools to watch in America," by U. S. News & World Report. It is the #1 "Up and Coming" school in the South according to that publication. Anderson has also been named one of "Americas 100 Best College Buys," Located in The Upstate region of South Carolina near the foothills of the Appalachians, Anderson University features a rigorous education in a supportive Christian environment.


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Demolished. Property not listed in 1939.
Was called the Crown Tavern, its location also fits the entry in the Borough Police licensed premises register 1903-1923.
Also listed at 33 & 35 Crown Street in 1932.
The original Fitzroy St was to the west of what's now called Fitzroy St.
last updated 15/01/2015
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
Petty sessions info from Ipswich Journal (Kim Jennings).
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
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How do I install MultiMarkdown?
The "Basic" instructions below will get you a functioning installation of MultiMarkdown, including the following commands:
The "Advanced" instructions will help if you want to make use of some of the more advanced features, such as custom XSLT output, you will need to install the MultiMarkdown Support files.
If you want to use the LaTeX features, it would be helpful to install the LaTeX support files.
The instructions are provided for several operating systems:
Mac OS X
On the Mac, you can choose from using an installer to install the program and required libraries for you, or you can compile it yourself from scratch. If you know what that means, follow the instructions below in the Linux section. Otherwise, definitely go for the installer!
- Download the latest version of the
installer from the downloads page - Unzip the downloaded file, then run the installer and follow the onscreen directions.
If you want to use XSLT to customize your output, or you want to use
MultiMarkdown with Scrivener or TextMate, you should also download and
install the MultiMarkdown-Support-Mac
If you want to use LaTeX to generate PDFs, I recommend downloading the LaTeX
support files and placing them in
On the Mac, you can choose from using an installer to install the program and required library for you, or you can compile it yourself from scratch. If you know what that means, follow the instructions below in the Linux section. Otherwise, definitely go for the installer!
You can also install MultiMarkdown with the package manager [MacPorts] with the following command:
sudo port install multimarkdown
Or using homebrew:
brew install multimarkdown
NOTE: I don't maintain either of these ports/packages and can't vouch that they are up to date or working properly.
If you don't know what any of that means, just grab the installer.
If you want to compile for yourself, be sure you have the Developer Tools installed, and then follow the directions for Linux.
If you want to make your own installer, you can use the make mac-installer
command after compiling the multimarkdown
binary itself.
The easiest way to get multimarkdown running on Windows is to download the
installer from the downloads page and run it. The
installer is built using software by BitRock.
Just as with the Mac OS X version, the multimarkdown
binary, as well as
several convenience scripts are installed for use from the command line.
You can use Windows Explorer to create shortcuts to the multimarkdown
binary, and adjust the properties to allow you to create "drag and drop"
versions of MMD as well.
If you intend to use LaTeX to generate PDFs, you will need to install a working version of LaTeX. I have used TeX Live in the past, but the details of installing that are up to you. I would also recommend installing the LaTeX support files.
If you want to use XSLT to customize your output, you will need to install a
working version of xsltproc
and a program to allow you to run shell scripts
so that you can use the MMD-Support utility scripts. This is fairly
complicated to install on Windows, so I highly recommend that you determine
whether you really need these features. Most of the customizations you need
can actually be done within the LaTeX include files specified in the metadata,
without requiring XSLT. Check out some of the examples in the [MultiMarkdown
Gallery] and in the LaTeX Support files for ideas of what can be done.
If you want to compile this yourself, you do it in the same way that you would install peg-markdown for Windows. The instructions are on the peg-multimarkdown wiki. I was able to compile for Windows fairly easily using Ubuntu linux following those instructions. I have not tried to actually compile on a Windows machine.
As a shortcut, if running on a linux machine you can use:
make windows
This creates the multimarkdown.exe
binary. You can then install this
The make win-installer
command is what I use to package up the BitRock
installer into a zipfile. You probably won't need it.
Basic compiling
You can either download the source from github, or (preferentially) you can use git:
git clone git://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-4.git
Then, simply run make
to compile the source. You can also run some test
commands to verify that everything is working properly. Of note, it is normal
to fail one test in the Markdown tests, but the others should pass. You can
then install the binary wherever you like.
Advanced compiling
One additional step to include if you use git to clone the source, and if you
have Perl installed is to run the update_submodules.sh
script to ensure that
the submodule configurations in .git/config
have the proper URL format,
[submodule "Support"]
url = git://github.com/fletcher/MMD-Support.git
instead of:
[submodule "Support"]
url = email@example.com:fletcher/MMD-Support.git
If the update_submodules.sh
script won't run you can make the changes by
hand, and then run git submodule update
to ensure you have the latest
submodule source.
Then, simply run make
to compile the source. You can also run some test
commands to verify that everything is working properly. Of note, it is normal
to fail one test in the Markdown tests, but the others should pass. You can
then install the binary and utility scripts wherever you like, though for
consistency /usr/local/bin
would probably be best.
make test
make mmd-test
make latex-test
make compat-test
NOTE As of version 3.2, the tests including obfuscated email addresses will also fail due to a change in how random numbers are generated.
As above, if you intend to use XSLT, LaTeX, and the like, I recommend also installing the LaTeX Support files and MultiMarkdown Support packages.
If you want to compile manually, you should be able to follow the directions for Linux above. However, apparently MultiMarkdown has been put in the ports tree, so you can also use:
cd /usr/ports/textproc/multimarkdown
make install
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Reviewed By Brian K (Frederick, MD) Reviewed for a 2014 Chevy Camaro —1/24/2015 8:15 PM
Inexpensive cover that will be used in a garage.
Reviewed By William M (Long Island, VA) Reviewed for a 2003 Chevy Corvette —1/15/2015 3:37 PM
I purchased this cover after learning the hard by buying from another inferior company online . The fit and function is absolutely amazing an each time I put it on or remove it love it even more . It caresses the the car an forms to the body lines like a beautiful pair of womens silk undies ! The material is top notch an the quality makes this cover worth twice what I paid ! Coverking really is King .
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The Nintendo 3DS is another Nintendo first, a handheld capable of bringing true 3D to the masses with no need for glasses, expensive TVs or intervening technology. Unsurprisingly, in its first major showing at this year's E3 the device took the gaming world by storm.
Want the latest on everything 3D? Visit our good friends over at 3D Radar for the very latest on 3D games, movies and technology!
Nintendo's E3 conference was dominated by our first look at the 3DS and Nintendo has already lined up a massive 75 games to support it at launch and beyond.
But with so much to choose from, which titles should you go for? Well to save you wading through 70-odd party games, we've picked out the seven most exciting titles that future Nintendo 3DS owners should look out for. Here's where to invest your pennies when the 3DS hits the shelves...
Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden series is the ultimate Ninja experience; a fast paced action packed series that originally won its spurs on the NES and has become a true classic of early Nintendo gaming. The last DS outing Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword didn't compromise on the fast-paced action and featured an intuitive control scheme, so there's no reason not to assume that the 3DS version will do the same.
The Professor Layton series was so popular Nintendo was barely able to keep up with producing the cartridges. The series is known for a unique mix of story-telling and puzzle-solving, as well as a Studio Ghibli-esque visual style. It seems unlikely they'll change a winning formula for the 3DS version.
However, Layton's mind-bending puzzles are undoubtedly going to benefit from the full 3D treatment. Developer Level-5 has proven its ability to make creative, mind-bending puzzles with the current selection of Professor Layton titles, so it's not hard to imagine the level of mental-gymnastics that will be required to complete the puzzles they'll be creating in 3D.
Capcom's announcement of Resident Evil: Revelations for the 3DS is exciting not only because it looks like it will open up new frontiers for Resident Evil fans, but also because it promises to return to the Resi roots of old. The 3D capabilities of the Nintendo 3DS are going to have some cool implications for combat, but it's the possible return to the puzzle-solving conundrums of the first games that is interesting. If all else fails, Capcom can always fall back on scary zombies projectile vomiting at you in 3D.
The Final Fantasy series has always enjoyed a close relationship with Nintendo and its hardware - the series' debut was on the NES - and although it has since appeared on all other formats, Final Fantasy games truly feel most at home on Nintendo consoles.
Handheld has also always been the perfect arena for RPGs, with the portability allowing you to make levelling up or doing a few extra missions at your leisure, but what extra enhancements can we expect in 3D? Well, Square-Enix games are known for their breathtaking graphics and the 3DS titles will inevitably be a visual tour de force. Will we see a brand new title or perhaps a 3D reworking of Final Fantasy 5 or 6? Perhaps the long-awaited and highly coveted Final Fantasy 7 remake will materialize on the Nintendo 3DS? That truly would be the fans' ultimate wish fulfilled.


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The rebound in global personal computer markets this year will be 17-percent weaker than expected because of lower spending in government and education. PC growth this year will be about 6.9 percent rather than a previous forecast of 8.3 percent, International Data Corporation (IDC), a leading U.S. market research company, said. This is bad news for PC makers and also the semiconductor companies that supply them. PCs account for nearly 40 percent of global chip sales. "Government tax receipts will be much smaller this year and that will impact PC buying," said Roger Kay, senior analyst at IDC. Worldwide PC shipments are forecast to reach 145.6 million units in 2003. This is higher than the forecast by IDC rival Gartner Dataquest, which has estimated 7.9-percent growth to 138.7 million units. Some of the lost sales to government and education will be offset by expected higher levels of PC buying by corporations. But Mr. Kay noted that the corporate PC buying cycle "has been stretched to the limits" and was approaching nearly five years for some companies, compared with the traditional three-year upgrade cycle. Some analysts have warned that there are millions of ageing PCs in use within corporations and that many of them were reaching the end of their physical life, as hard drives and other components began to fail. (FT.com)
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I might have enjoyed this Andrew Ross Sorkin column, about how bringing back Glass-Steagall would have prevented neither the financial crisis nor l'affaire Whaledemort, more than most people.* Yes, the argument is pretty silly – like saying we shouldn't have speed limits because they probably wouldn't have prevented the Columbine massacre – but it contains an essential point that can't be made often enough about the Volcker Rule:
But [bad sh]it often starts with banks making basic loans. Making loans "is one of the riskiest businesses banks engage in and has been a major contributing factor to most financial crises in the world over the last 50 years," Richard Spillenkothen, former director of the division of banking supervision and regulation at the Federal Reserve, wrote in a letter to Politico's Morning Money on Monday.
Lending: it's proprietary! It's risky! And yet! You can't really get rid of it because it's kind of what a bank is. On the flip side many crisis contributors – Bear, Lehman, AIG, I'd add Reserve Primary, you name it – were never affiliated with FDIC insured commercial banks and so also would have been untouched by Glass-Steagall or the Volcker Rule, but were both risky and systemically interesting and so worth keeping an eye on.
It's worth pushing on why the Volcker Rule, and even Glass-Steagall, wouldn't do much to cure modern-day financial crises. Here's a stab at it: in 1929 there were runs on banks, and to prevent them the government created deposit insurance. To prevent the associated moral hazard, the government required insured banks to only do nice pleasing things like lend money to people who plan to pay it back, and not do scary displeasing things like flog social media IPOs to muppets, and this was called Glass-Steagall and it was good. But then over time commercial banks began to be allowed to do some scary displeasing things like sell securitizations and trade in OTC derivatives, and then in 1999 Glass-Steagall was done away with in the relevant sense that insured banks and uninsured evil investment banks could live together under one roof.
You can draw the following stylized conclusions about Glass-Steagall:
- it roughly worked for commercial banks, in that insured commercial banks had to meet capital and asset-quality requirements that regulators were more or less equipped to monitor, though sometimes it didn't,** and so the FDIC system has mostly worked well, but
- it didn't do much for investment banks, in that uninsured investment banks had lower capital and asset-quality requirements that the SEC was not especially equipped to monitor, and so all the big five independent investment banks are gone now – Lehman to bankruptcy, Merrill to BofA, Bear to JPMorgan, and GS and MS to being bank holding companies with Fed and FDIC access.
So thinking that bringing back Glass-Steagall would do much to prevent future crises requires you to basically think that non-banks don't matter that much: that only commercial banks like JPMorgan are "gambling with taxpayers' money" or whatever and so need to be cut off from nefarious goings-on like whatever is somewhat more nefarious than the London whale's doings.*** And I guess there's some case for that: MF Global managed to blow itself up without implicating much taxpayer money. There's just not that much of a case for it: Bear and AIG blew themselves up while implicating loads of taxpayer money, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs were welcomed into the warm embrace of the Fed despite having previously not been commercial bank holding companies, and Lehman Brothers … well, it's hard to be all that cheerful about Lehman's bankruptcy. Systemic danger seems to be uncorrelated with the holding of insured deposits.
A good person to read about that issue is friend of Dealbreaker Morgan Ricks, at Harvard Law School, who is out with a new paper this week on his theory – which we've discussed before – that anyone who issues short-term debt should be regulated like a bank, and that anyone who doesn't meet bank-y asset-quality and capital standards should not be allowed to issue short-term debt. The starting point here is that short-term "money-claims" are a very risky form of financing, not only for the issuer of those claims but also for the way in which they propagate systemic risk of the sort – bank runs, etc. – that Glass-Steagall once upon a time was designed to cure. So you allow that risky financing only with a government backstop (to prevent runs), and you give that backstop only to companies with lots of capital and safe investment books (to prevent moral hazard). If you want to invest in risky things, go right ahead, but term out your funding so you can't create a run. There would be exceptions for things like, I dunno, your personal use of credit cards.
Now, I personally don't really like this theory because it would take much of the fun out of investment banking, which is probably a really good argument for the theory but whatever.**** The point today is that it is an effort to have a grown-up conversation about an issue about which "reinstate Glass-Steagall" is the somewhat more childish conversation. Here I drew you a picture of that issue:
That is kind of the underlying desideratum of all financial regulation: most people agree that institutions that might blow up the world should take pains not to do so, and most people agree that I can invest my tiny personal funds as foolishly as I'd like as long as I don't expect the taxpayers to make me whole when I blow myself up. With that as a given, most of the debates are over what makes an activity safe vs. risky (whaling? prop trading?), but it's worthwhile to think about what makes an institution dangerous vs. not dangerous too. Glass-Steagall, and most of the Volcker Rule,***** just start from the assumption of insured banks systemically dangerous, uninsured non-banks systemically safe. That really can't be right. Is "short-term funding dangerous, long-term funding safe" the right assumption? I don't know, but it seems like a more interesting place to start.
Reinstating an Old Rule Is Not a Cure for Crisis [DealBook / Andrew Ross Sorkin]
Reforming the Short-Term Funding Markets [SSRN / Morgan Ricks]
* My favorite part was this bit of cynicism from – Elizabeth Warren? Andrew Ross Sorkin? Anyway:
When I called Ms. Warren and pressed her about whether she thought the financial crisis or JPMorgan's losses could have been avoided if Glass-Steagall were in place, she conceded: "The answer is probably 'No' to both." …
In my conversation with Ms. Warren she told me that one of the reasons she's been pushing reinstating Glass-Steagall — even if it wouldn't have prevented the financial crisis — is that it is an easy issue for the public to understand and "you can build public attention behind."
She added that she considers Glass-Steagall more of a symbol of what needs to happen to regulations than the specifics related to the act itself.
Oh, America! It doesn't matter if you're doing the wrong thing, as long as it gets attention.
** Like, S&Ls for one. But also, as Sorkin points out, much of the mortgage problem was caused by insured banks making bad loans whose consequences ultimately fell on their own balance sheets.
*** Because the Whale was doing things that commercial banks can currently do. But of course you could roll back to a previous incarnation of Glass-Steagall: you could say that in your conception "bringing back Glass-Steagall" includes banning commercial banks from selling securitizations or doing macro hedges with OTC derivatives. And then "bringing back Glass-Steagall" would in fact prevent the London Whale from swimming around JPMorgan, if that was the thing that you wanted to do, which, I mean, why?
**** By fun I mean things like this:
Consider the tension between the [NY Fed's] tri-party repo initiatives and the SEC's [money market fund, "MMF"] reforms. The repo task force report observes that "[d]ealers should lengthen and stagger the maturity profile of their financing" and "mak[e] greater use of term [repo] funding where available"—in other words, shift from short-term to longer-term repo funding. The SEC's reforms, by contrast, preclude MMFs from allocating more than five percent of their assets to "illiquid" securities, which are defined as securities "that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven calendar days" at approximately carrying value. In short, while the largest repo issuers are being pressured to lengthen repo maturities, the largest repo investors are being required to shorten their portfolios. The tension between these divergent regulatory objectives has already given rise to regulatory arbitrage. Large financial firms have begun issuing longer-term repo to special purpose conduits, which in turn issue overnight commercial paper to MMFs and other cash investors.
Is that not utterly fantastic and diabolical? Money market funds need short-term repo; primary dealers need long-term repo; so what you do is put an immaterial entity in between them so that dealers get to borrow long and money funds get to lend short and it all works perfectly well until IT HORRIBLY DOESN'T.
***** Except that the Volcker Rule, which basically applies to affiliates of FDIC insured banks, also can be applied to systemically important nonbanks, designated on a partly ad hoc and partly ginormous-size-and-interconnection-based criteria.
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Maxine Waters: What is Glass Steagall and who is your CEO?!
Elizabeth Warren: No one knows, but it's provocative, it get's the people going!
Maxine Waters: Good enough for me. -
Matt, if you had really tried we could've gotten to ******
-Footnote Fans Anonymous Charter Member
Matt nice job on the table but can we get some color in it?
Has Matt now gone from using his posts as subtle buyside job apps to instead looking for a consulting job?
I quite liked that post, Matty. But on a more pressing matter, did you find the final episode of House satisfying? I thought it was a bit rubbish.
Whether it be Glass-Steagall, or some variant of Volker, all the principals running the "fun stuff" will go where the regulators are not.
A few bigs spun out of the banks and loads of boutiques, rather than a few enormous desks with centralized risk management. Decentralization would yield jobs, asynchronous information (& vol)…and perhaps best of all, an opportunity for "team human" to knock the shit out of "team robot" for a while.
it get us the people going?
then again, this is about what i'd expect from Congress. -
Hey now, that's just mean.
We wrote loans in a riskless place.
– Rihanna, MBA CFA
Wait, there was a period where I was kicking the shit out of someone?
The missing "i" was also a nice touch!
Lending by FDIC Insured Bank = Risk Free Entrepreneurship
I'm afraid that your work has been slowly deteriorating over the past few months. Perhaps somebody is in a need of a break?
I'm dubious that you're really Rihanna.
Serious response follows, my apologies to the regulars here.
There really are only two "systemically important" activities in finance, that is, activities which directly impact the rest of the economy in a disproportionate way: demand deposits and short-term lending (i.e., revolving lines of credit). They correspond directly to the two activities that impact the rest of the economy – saving and lending – but given that they are short-term, disruptions to them can be disastrous for the economy at large (disruptions to long-term saving and long-term lending can be ridden out through short-term market movements, because, well, they're long-term).
Is propietary trading systemically risky? Of course not – unless it's being financed with demand deposits. Are credit default swaps systemically risky? Of course not – unless they are being entered into by banks that rely on them for capitalization, and which are using their capital for short-term lending. Is market making systemically risky? Of course not – unless the market makers are financing their market making with demand deposits. Etc.
In retrospect, Glass-Steagall only fixed one problem: it (mostly) ring-fenced demand deposits from the rest of the financial sector, but it didn't fix the problem of short-term lending (specifically, that non-financial businesses rely on the big banks for revolving credit, but the big banks are at risk of not being able to provide that credit because of other risky activities they are involved in). But solving half the problem is better than solving nothing at all. Once Glass-Steagall was gone, any number of financial institutions happily jumped into the "systemically risky" category with both feet by picking up demand deposits. Then, when their (non-demand deposit, non-short-term lending) activities blew up, the Federal Reserve and Congress felt compelled to bail them out, because, well, they were systemically risky.
The solution, in that light, easily presents itself, and I think Matt is on the right track: separate out short-term finance from the rest of the industry, so that demand deposits and short-term revolving credit are insulated from the rest of the industry. Then, the Wall Street firms can make markets, trade their own books, underwrite offerings, syndicate big long-term loans, trade currency, write options, and do whatever they please, and be free to succeed or fail at it, because their success or failure will have little to no impact on Mom and Pop's saving account and the Mom and Pop Store's line of credit.
– Guy who holds onto the slim hope of a serious discussion breaking out on Dealbreaker
Robots "took err jerbs."
If the solution easily presents itself, perhaps you could just make a note of how you'll ring-fence short term lending in the margin here?
Not that I'm quibbling with your general view, but I think the devil is in the details. Or, as Matt points out, in footnote 4.
Whoops was meant to be a reply to Serious Reply Guest, or whatever the young people are calling themselves these days.
When I see a post this long I expect geezer oil trader's tales of old… while this was quite the opposite, valid points were made.
On a side note, CRE loans are inherently good products for depository banks – at least until the advent of hyper leverage, liquidity and valuations changed the field. Some banks throttled down their CRE loan exposure, but all still had to maintain a presence and like most other sectors had to chase yield down the credit curve. So while G-S may not, at face value have prevented the housing bubble, i would guess that it would have prevented or controlled the leverage effect that i-banks created. For that matter Greenspan's rate policy is as much to blame as lack of proper regs.
The problem is, I could see it having the perverse affect of drying up short-term credit. There's no spread in the short end. If you're only funding short and lending short, you have to jack loan rates to generate a decent profit. If rates on short-term credit skyrocket, economic activity suffers.
Also, think of it this way. The goal of all of these regulations is to reduce systemic risk. The solution you propose selects one activity or set of activities and decrees them risky and forbidden to certain institutions. I'd contend that any attempt to define one specific set of behaviors that will cause systemic risk in an unknowable future is futile.
Rather than trying to do this, wouldn't it make more sense to ensure that no one institution is of such a size that it *is* systemically important to begin with? While I can't see any realistic way to enforce a regulation saying "you can not do risky things," I can certainly see a realistic way to enforce one that says "no one financial institution may own more than 2.5% of the demand deposits in the United States."
-Guy who is in fact giving a serious answer
Not being of such a size that you are systematically important is the NKI
Are you saying Geezer Oil Trader does not make valid points? If so, perhaps Geezer Oil Trader can opine here?
– Guy who enjoys GOT's tales of old and thinks he makes very valid points
I don't think the lack of spread in the short end should be a factor – you'd still borrow short and lend long, just in the more "boring" manner that commercial banks have done in the past with the same hold to maturity and other insulation against mark to market.
What I think "Guy who holds on…" is saying is that you would not be able to do is finance with short-term liquidity the riskier trades or assets that could cause your short-term funders to stop rolling your debt in a stressed environment, causing the kinds of problems you see today.
– Guy who is probably missing a lot of details and is probably sounding stupid right now
What are you trying to say about people who may have a tendency to finance risky trades with short term funding, huh?
No. I'm saying GOT:anything from Bess::"Guest who holds":Matt's readable posts
But my point is that we have no way of knowing today what the "riskier trades or assets" will be at some undefined point in the future. What is plain-vanilla under one set of market conditions (think Municipal ARS, for instance) can become wildly illiquid and risky under another unforseen set. Once you start having the regulators define exactly what constitutes a "risky" asset or behavior you start down a road of endless regulatory adjustment as new products are introduced. I think its simpler to just cut the Gordian knot and say "all banks can do whatever they want, none can be systemic."
And there's precedent for this. The US banking system used to be much more fragmented. Practically every major city had a "hometown" champion or two: Bank of Boston, First Chicago, National Bank of Detroit, etc. The American financial system didn't collapse when Continental Illinois Bank went under…
Thanks for the serious answer!
I think you are right that short-term credit is one of the critical issues. That said, short-term interest on deposits is ~1%, and short-term rates on credit cards are roughly ~15%. I'm not sure I'm seeing how it is difficult to make money off that, even with relatively high defaults – and even if banks run into trouble, short-term credit can be securitized by financial companies who specialize in just that (e.g. Capital One), although there certainly are problems with that as well.
But as important as short-term credit is, I think the core of the issue is demand deposits. The entire system of banking regulation was set up, more or less, to protect depositors. I will totally agree that risks are difficult to quantify and foresee, and so forth. But there is one huge, glaring risk which we have long and painful experience with: runs on banks due to fear from depositors for their cash.
As such, I don't think I'm being all that revolutionary by calling for us to go back to what more or less worked for several decades: a strict regime protecting banks that take demand deposits, but at the cost of relatively high regulation, meaning that they can really only get into traditional lending and a few other relatively safe investments (NOT Fannie/Freddie preferreds . . . wow, what a disaster). But mainly traditional, local lending. The idea is to concentrate the risk (yes, concentrate it) into local regions by way of a large number of regional banks, so that when banks fail – and they will – they do so individually and in a way that doesn't endanger the whole economy.
That's not the current situation, obviously, and there is no obvious path from "Too Big to Fail" to Jimmy Stewart banking. But I can identify one significant area that will have to be addressed at some point. One of the largest – if not THE largest – sources of funding for the biggest banks outside of the Fed is money market funds. MMF holdings are, in effect, demand deposits, no matter what lobbyists for the industry say – MMFs take money which they pay interest on (in effect) and return on demand, and with it they enter into financing agreements with the big banks, effectively lending to them. It's banking, again, I don't care what the industry lobbyists say. If you want to ratchet down the size of the big banks – and the risks that come with "Too Big to F6ail" – the two places to start are the Fed window and the money market funds.
I'm actually all for taking out a lot of the existing financial regulations, which can be incredibly onerous. But the best way to make that happen is to keep depositors safe by giving them a secure area to put their money that isn't completely tangled up in the chaos of the rest of the financial sector.
– Guy who posted the original post and really needs a permanent handle
1. One step back
2. ??? Steps forward
3. Profit -
Maybe another good starting point would be to have some respect for one's shareholders and control risk effectively.
– J. Stewart
you're doing it wrong.
– Bayonne Hokey Pokey Aficionados Association
One major problem with this approach is the rise of huge international corporates. Who will bank these customers? If we cut every US bank down to size, the US will lose all of that business to international competitors with different banking regimes. The biggest fish will catch all of that business.
If it's an international anti-TBTF accord, maybe it could work, but at the cost of increased friction to do business for the big corporates and funds. AT&T got a 20B bridge loan from JPM for the (failed) T-Mobile acquisition. If every bank is small, maybe they call all do whatever they want, but none of them can provide the service that this type of deal demands.
Maybe that's a stupid argument and some type of multi-bank syndicated bridge loan product will develop. But you'd need the international accord before that question is even relevant.
Wasn't Continental bailed out, though? Perhaps "not having to bail out banks" is not the goal you have in mind, though
I missed the part where the financial crisis was caused by a deposit flight – probably because it didn't happen. Commercial banks borrow short and lend long because households lend short (we call that saving) and borrow long. Banks simply act as middle men to match borrowers to lenders (aka savers) and charge a spread for taking on the inherent credit/duration mismatch. I see nothing wrong with this, despite the systemic risk it creates by its very nature. It's like oil drilling offshore. They do it because we buy it, not the other way around. You want less leverage in the banking system? Stop borrowing.
I don't think so. Multinational corporates have been around for 100+ years and during most that time the banking system was way more fragmented. We're not talking ancient history here– the first modern multi-state bank was created by the 1984 merger of Connecticut Bank & Trust and New England Merchant's National to form Bank of New England. Like you said, large loans would be floated via syndicate (I don't have the details on the T bridge by the way but I'm willing to bet JPM didn't take the whole thing on balance sheet.)
Besides: what's our goal here? To have bragging rights about the "biggest banks" or to have a banking system that doesn't need to get bailed out by the Feds every few years? Back in the late '80s the Japanese banks were the largest in the world, but that doesn't seem to have them a whole hell of a lot of good.
You could make the case that they were bailed, yes: seized by the FDIC, depositors and bondholders made whole but the equity holders were zeroed: so it wasn't like the TARP'ed institutions. Better example would probably have been Drexel-Burnham-Lambert. Point is, though, that the FDIC and Fed were able to deal with it in a more normal course of business, w/out having to invoke obscure 1930's legislation or get Treasury/Congress involved.
Matt your posts are stellar. Grade A material here.
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As some of you will recall, for our 10 year anniversary, Sean bought me a trip to Washington DC. I've never been and it has been my "No. 1 place I'd visit" for years. Due to pregnancy and young kids, lack of time, work schedules, finances and life, we hadn't made the trip.
But, on July 20th, he presented me with a tourist guide and the announcment of the trip we would be taking, the day after Christmas. He had arranged childcare, hotel was selected and I was so so so excited. I can't tell you how excited. I cried, at the resturaunt table.
This weekend, our oven broke.
It's older than dirt and has a broken handle, preheats slower than a snail passes and cooks unevenly. Still, it works and I've been using it for the past two years with no complaints about my cooking.
Saturday was the day it decided to die {the day I was hosting a shower and needed to bake!}.
Sean and I looked at the oven, on Sunday and he said,
"We need a new oven and I really don't think we will get away with one, in that space for less than $1200.00, after tax. And that is for the most basic of ovens."
I said, "Yep." and started to cry.
He knew why and I knew why and we both were quiet until I said,
"I really really wanted to go to Washington DC, Sean. Like REALLY wanted to go."
"We can't Rach. We can't afford both and you use the oven every day and the holidays are coming up and we use the oven double during that time."
"I know. I'm just ticked."
"I'm bummed too, but we will go someday. Don't worry about it. "
You see where this conversation is going and while I may not have added as much emphasis as the caps lock key did, I was bummed. It started with frustration, then entitlement and then sadness that I had felt either. We aren't going to Washington DC like planned and I'm trading in my ticket for a new oven. I was pretty upset, for a good hour.
Quickly after I had my pity party, the term, "first world problems" popped into my head and It hasn't left and all I can think of are those words....
When I look at my kids that have colds.
When I look at my kitchen that has a hole in the cabinet and too little counter space.
When I think about that friend that has hurt me or the relationship that I wish was deeper.
When I think about the pinterest-worthy party I can't throw for my daughter.
When I think about the bills that are worrisome.
When I think about the 10 extra pounds on my thighs and hips and knees and stomach.
When I think about my concerns about another miscarriage.
When I think about my frustrations at homeschooling.
When I think about the idea that I am not as multidimensional as working and career moms.
When I think about the stress I put on myself to make things just so.
When I struggle to figure out what to buy people for gifts.
When I worry about my addictions.
When I think I may not be as fashionable as someone else.
When I stay up at night wondering if I'm a good mother or a ultimate failure.
When I can't manage to find time in my schedule to dive into the Bible to consume the only bread I need to live.
I couldn't help but think about that term all morning and it still is there.
And that is the problem with first world problems.
Since you and I are surrounded by things, people and circles that are on level playing ground with us, all we see are first world problems. We look at other peoples first world problems and wish for them, gladly handing over ours, since they are so much worse. Or we look at their first world problems and thank the good Lord we don't have them. Wouldn't life be HORRIBLE?!
And when our worlds do collide with REAL problems {not problems like "I have to wait an entire 4 months before I can get a permit to re-build my house!!!!!!!"} all of a sudden we are shattered and shaken and first world problems look like Disneyland. We love our family and people we haven't talked to in months, quickly look less monstrous. Our homes seem larger and wallets seem robust.
But the dust settles and we get sucked back up by the first world problem machine.
I'm sick of first world problems and I'm sick of measuring my value, happiness and success against a first world measuring stick.
Think of those around the world that truly suffer, on a daily basis.
Lives full of loss, starvation, anger, anguish, addiction, pain, loneliness, rejection, abuse, deception, bondage and....
lack of salvation.
They're here too. Amongst us. Standing in the same lines you are and making the same commute on the freeway.
Dealing with real problems, while we stress over what school to put our kids in or complain that all we do on Saturday is spend our time at the soccer field.
I don't see our problems as problems. They are frustrations.
Some woman is reliving the pain of being sexually mutilated while I stress about someone being pissed about a blog post I wrote.
Some mother is losing her child, to hunger, while you are exsasperated because you ran out of time and have to roll through McDonald's, living with the concept that your children are going to injest high fructose corn syrup.
Those sides of the spectrum may seem extreme but in the light of the urgency around us, can we really afford to think of it differently?
I don't think so and I'll tell you what's changing my thinking {for the better} today and hopefully going forward....
If it's a first world problem, pray about it, deal with it, move on and complain no more.
Dwelling on our first world problems will not only set a horrible example to our children about what really matters in our world but will also cement us in a immovable place of non-growth.
We need to get out of ourselves and do for others.
Whatever that looks like for you, in your life.....we need to stop complaining and dwelling on our broken ovens. We need to start thinking about the mission field we have each been given and get out and do something.
Stop with our first world whining and start focusing on what matters.


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Recent comments
- Fred Penner
- February 02, 2014 - 14:41
It is comforting to know that our utility (NALCOR) has the best interests of our population at heart and is seeking out expert suppliers from across the Globe for the completion of the Muskrat Falls project. In leveraging international suppliers, NALCOR is ensuring that NLers get the best possible value for their money and are, inturn, availing of the best engineering minds on the planet to assist in the design and contruction of this milestone project in the history of our province.
- Tony Rockel
- February 03, 2014 - 17:44
Poor Fred, wait til you get your electricity bill in 2017-- thats if you actually live here.
- John Brown
- February 02, 2014 - 14:20
Interesting to see a map with "Canada" and "Newfoundland & Labrador" labeled as seperate entities. I was under the impression N&L was part of Canada.
- Redgrave
- February 02, 2014 - 10:12
I have been saying this for years now. Newfoundland has joined the Global Economy in way most people have no idea, including our politicians. This is not just a deal with Ottawa offering a few billion in bonds--the world has offered us several billion in bonds as well--risky bonds that we have to manage over the next half century. What we're managing is the interest . What we'll be borrowing for in the future will be to cover the interest. Seems a lot of this money could, and should be staying right here in Newfoundland (the same as support industry flourishes in Alberta) --if only we has the foresight to set up industry and a rail system decades ago. Still...diehard Newfoundlanders would rather worship the fish--like the recent lottery winner who wants to buy a 'crab boat' instead of building a real industry that can opperate all year and employ Newfoundlanders--"the fish is a false God" .
- Maurice E. Adams
- February 02, 2014 - 09:02
Well, I feel much better now --- knowing that our billions in one-time oil revenues are not being cubbyholed, not being safely tucked away in some sort of Heritage Fund for our children and children......... I feel much better knowing that we are not only spreading the seeds of our Goldren Age around to the rest of Canada, but being the altruistic, friendly, good-natured people that we are in "this place" , we are spreading our New-found-wealth around as evenly as possible to the rest of the less well off countries --- all around the world. What a wonderful, enlightened people we are. I am sure we must be the envy of everyone, everywhere --- especially Nova Scotia (and later, when the control of the Churcill River is shown to be with Quebec, or to avoid such an embarrassment and to get a modicum of water from Quebec, our government extends the Upper Churchill contract another 50 years past 2041).
- observer
- February 01, 2014 - 18:20
Thank you for this, Ashley. Great work showcasing some of the details of the Muskrat Falls project. I can't believe I'm reading something positive about it from the Telegram. What a refreshing change!
- Corporate Psycho
- February 01, 2014 - 17:52
Stop Muskrat now.
- david
- February 01, 2014 - 09:58
So just two days ago, Gilbert Bennett is busy writing letters to the Telegram begging for people to rely on facts and information before criticizing this project. But today? "Bennett refused comment on whether the project schedule and costs to date are on target." THIS is why we're Newfoundland.
- Brett
- February 02, 2014 - 19:46
Please, whether they are ahead or behind on budgeting now is irrelevant. There are so many moving pieces that that kind of information means nothing without a detailed breakdown of the future tasks to be completed, resources allocated/available and a huge number of other factors that can impact the price. Giving a figure is only going to create problems. Especially if the project is not at a milestone point. What do you want; weekly updates on costs put in the telegram with their master schedule and resourcing?
- david
- February 01, 2014 - 09:48
All the makings of a complete and utter fiasco.
- February 01, 2014 - 07:39
Mr. Bennett refused to comment on whether the project schedule and costs are on budget. Is this the same Mr. Bennett who wrote the opinion piece that the debate on Muskrat Falls must be fact based. The fact that Nalcor has not publically released the project estimates in over 14 months is not acceptable. They update the forecast cost to complete on a monthly basis. It should be released to the public.


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Gorilla spotting in the Republic of Congo
Parc National Conkouati-Douli
The Parc National Conkouati-Douli is an altogether different experience to the previous two reserves. This 5,049sqkm coastal area stretches from the beaches of the Atlantic Ocean where turtles clamber ashore at night to lay eggs, through a band of savannah and up into jungle-clad mountains where shy groups of gorillas, chimpanzees and elephants slink through the shadows. As with so many protected areas in Congo, the years of conflict meant that conservation was very low on the government's list of priorities, and as such, this park, with its open terrain and easy access, suffered more than most from human encroachment and poaching.
Today, the day-to-day management of the park has been largely taken over by WCS, and the society has started training new guides and rangers, cracking down on poaching, establishing new accommodation for tourists, and setting up safari-related activities such as river boat trips in search of elephants or forest walks to look for shy and elusive gorillas. The park also contains a chimpanzee rehabilitation sanctuary where travellers can see young chimps, orphaned due to poaching, being reintroduced to life in the wild.
Since the animals here are not habituated to humans, sightings tend to be much more fleeting than in the northern forest parks. But as poaching levels drop, the wildlife are likely to become less fearful and encounters more frequent.
For many people, just the name Congo implies adventure, and getting to most national parks here is going to make you feel like an explorer. Wilderness Safaris offer packages to Odzala National Park, where everything including flights from Brazzaville is included. This is the recommended option for those who require comfort on their safari.
Safaris to Nouabalé-Ndoki and Conkouati-Douli are organised through the WCS and are better suited to those with more time and stamina. You will have to make long overland journeys by bus or private car from Brazzaville and be prepared to walk long distances through the forest, even wading through swamps and riding boats up-river.
No matter which park you choose to visit, you must inform either the WCS or Wilderness Safaris in advance so that they can prepare for your trip.


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Financial Analyst Ralston Hyman wants to government to state how it plans to address the countrys energy crisis.
Reacting to the announcement of the National Debt Exchange Programme yesterday, Hyman noted that the countrys biggest problem is not its debt, but underproduction and overconsumption.
He says the country cannot produce efficiently and competitively because the cost of energy is too high.
Hyman maintains that any strategy to grow the economy must include an energy component.
Against that background, he described the second round of the debt exchange programme as a get by or debt containment strategy.
He maintains that the Government should work towards growing the country out of debt instead of contracting its way out of debt.
Meanwhile, President of the National Workers Union Vincent Morrison says he, too, is disappointed that the Government did not address the countrys energy crisis in the National Broadcast on Monday night.


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one-way bicycle camping tour begins in Ipswich Massachusets, takes you along the
New Hampshire and Maine coastline, and ends in Bar Harbor Maine, with an
alternative destination of Stonington, ME on the Penobscot Peninsula.. Average
daily ride is about 50 miles. We enjoyed cycling out Maine's many coastal
fingers, with great ocean views and lots of lighthouses. Coastal Rt. 1 in the
area around Camden was a pleasant surprise, with great shoulders. We were
disappointed by the dangerous narrow winding roads near Stonington, in this
otherwise beautiful tip of the Penobscot Peninsula. There are, however, several
roads leading to nearby Blue Hill more suited to road cycling. Mount Desert
Island and the roads in Acadia offer some of the most gorgeous cycling in the
American east, so we end the trip with a ride through the Penobscot peninsula to
Mount Desert Island.
On our trip we took
an inland route the first two days to reach
Old Orchard Beach, in order to bypass busy
coastal traffic. We also include here the
coastal route. The ride from Ipswich to
Portsmouth is very nice, but be careful
of traffic and pedestrians near Hampton
Beach NH. We have not ridden the Route from
Portsmouth through Cape Neddic to Old Orchard
Beach. Note that much of that section along
the ocean does not have paved shoulders.
Day 1 Inland route: We rode from Ipswich to Eliot Maine, northwest of Portsmouth 50 miles and camped at Indian Rivers Campground, 3 Indian Rivers Rd. Eliot ME 207-748-0844 . This campground was outdated, primarily for fishermen. Cue sheet Route map
Day 2 Inland route We rode from Eliot to Old Orchard Beach, ME 45 miles. Deb takes Amtrak back to Boston from Old Orchard Beach. For a short 2 day trip, you can return on Amtrack to Boston. Amtrak schedule: http://www.thedowneaster.com/schedule.php We enjoyed the Old Orchard Beach Campground 27 Ocean Park Road Old Orchard Beach, Maine 04064 Phone: 207-934-4477 email@example.com . No reservations are needed for tent camping. Cue Sheet Route Map
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Coastal Version along the Maine coast. 55
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may be heavy traffic on Rt. 1 and Rt. 1A
in New Hampshire and Vermont on summer weekends
near beach areas.
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2 Coastal Version, 46 miles:
Cape Neddick to Old Orchard Beach :
We have not tried this coastal
route, but it continues with gorgeous scenery.
Parts of the route do not have a paved shoulder,
and expect considerable traffic during the
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Day 3 Old Orchard Beach to Freeport For a shortened version, begin your tour after staying overnight at Old Orchard Beach Campground . This 50 mile day takes us to Freeport, ME, where we camp at Recompence Shore Campground at Wolfe's Neck Farm. . (207) 865-9307. The campground is a wooded area down a dirt road from a farm, but we had a great site that looked right out into the bay.
Day 4 Freeport to Pemaquid Peninsula We rode from Freeport to Damariscotta, 50 miles, and stayed for two nights at the Lake Pemaquid Camping, Back Meadow Rd., Nobleboro, so that we could do a loop the next day on the Pemaquid Peninsula. Phone 207-563-5202 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Extra Pemaquid Loop We stayed at Lake Pemaquid and immensely enjoyed the Pemaquid cycling loops, visiting shipyards, country stores, a nature center, and the lighthouse at the tip. Check out the Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site and Fort William Henry.
Day 5 Pemaquid to Camden We continued along the Maine Coast, passing through the charming town of Rockville, where you'll want to make sure to stop by BikesenJava , a combined bike and coffee shop. We enjoy great camping for the night at Camden Hills State Park.
Day 6 Camden to Penobscot Peninsula Today we rode from Camden Hills away from the crowded coastal section of Route 1, and returning along the coast near Searsburg and on to the Penobscot Peninsula for a total 61 miles. Camping at Balsam Cove Campground.
Penobscot Peninsula to Mount Desert Island
40 miles with some nice roads, connects
to Mount Desert Island through Ellsworth.
Stop at the visitors center soon after crossing
onto the island. We enjoyed Mount Desert
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Although it is several miles from Bar harbor,
it has excellent access to the park loop,
Cadillac Mountain, and Southwwest Harbor
Ride 1: Park Loop The primary paved road hrough Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island is the 27 mile Park Loop Road, beginning at the Hulls Cove Visitor Center on the northern side of the island) and continuing through the Park's lakes, mountains, forests, and rocky coast . There are several scenic stops, including the Thunderhole and Jordan Pond Video Map loop map
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Graduate work in Composition and Rhetoric at UNL prepares teacher-scholars as active contributors to their school, disciplinary, and community settings. We provide students a rich understanding of both historical and contemporary questions, issues, and ideals that shape the field of Composition and Rhetoric. From this exploration, we offer students support and guidance in determining their own lines of scholarly inquiry and pedagogical commitments, which, in turn, contribute to the field's knowledge.
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- participating in monthly composition colloquia, where faculty and graduate students come together to discuss issues in the field, both local and national
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- Sand backside of area to be repaired with 50 grit paper or coarser. Heavy grooving of the plastic is desirable to maximize the mechanical strength of the bond. Afterward, sand lightly with 80 grit for finer grooving which will further improve adhesion.
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- Sand frontside of damaged area with 50 grit paper or coarser and v-groove away from tear. The deeper and wider the v-groove is, the stronger the repair will be. Remove paint in the surrounding area and radius into the v-groove with 80 grit in a DA.
- Again, if the material is a TPO or PP, apply 1060FP Filler Prep Adhesion Promoter.
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