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Melissa's Misfit Freshwater Pearl Cluster Pendant
By Tara Andrews
November 12th, 2010
One of my new designs uses all of the leftover "misfit" pearls from other projects to create a statement piece. The pearls may have been a slightly different shape that the rest of the pearls on a strand or I may have had a few leftovers after a project that just weren't enough pearls to make something else with.
Either way, I loved picking random pearls and slowly building this beautiful pendant until the whole circle was filled with pearls. The frame of the pendant is a 30mm Sterling silver hammered ring. The pendant comes with a Sterling silver chain.
Because I use "misfit" pearls and build the pendant as I go, each one is one-of-a-kind. I hope someone out there will love wearing this as much as I loved making it.
This one is listed on Etsy here.
Fall Wedding Designs are Here!!
By Tara Andrews
November 5th, 2010
I love creating new jewelry designs and getting ideas from the components and pieces that all my trusty suppliers have available. You may see an empty piece of round silver, but I see a gorgeous cluster pendant with pearls and crystals.
I have been very creative lately and come up with some new jewelry designs for the Fall. Watch the following video to get a taste of my collection.
See something that you like? Visit Boutique Joliette in Halifax, Nova Scotia to view and try on many of these one-of-a-kind and limited quantity designs.
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Wouldn't you love to interact with Naturally 7 like this???!
During their time in Australia, the guys didn't stop impressing all the Aussies! Check out their performance in Sydney's The Morning Show!
Ever wondered what goes on backstage with the guys of Naturally 7? After all practice makes perfect so listen to how Naturally 7 rehearses backstage to get to that level of perfection for the show in the Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia!
Imagine how amazing this must sound in person! Those Naturally 7 fans are very lucky to have them there! Wouldn't you love it if Naturally 7 can take you there?
Which Naturally 7 member would you chose as a tour guide??
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Click here for today's Scripture readings.
Ez 47:1-9, 12
Jn 5:1-16
On the feast day, for 38 years he sat by the pool at Bethesda feeling sorry for himself, making excuses and blaming others. "I have no one to put me in the pool." "Someone always gets there before me." Self pity had paralyzed him until Jesus asked him that challenging question, "Do you want to be well?" Jesus was not interested in this lame man's lame excuses.
At times we can be like that too. We sit around steeped in self-pity making excuses that keep us out of the pool of people who are really living and enjoying life.
We tend to forget that all of us have, at times, have been hurt and wounded by others, sometimes by our own families, friends and even, sadly, possibly by the Church. This can cause us to become withdrawn, to give us a poor self image, to make us too introspective and even lead to a sense of hopelessness and depression.
Jesus asks you, do you want to be well? If so keep your eyes on him and get up and walk. He will accompany you. Walk from the darkness of self deception into the light of truth. Realize that your real value and dignity as a human being comes from the wonderful truth that you are made in the image and likeness of a God who was willing to suffer and die on a cross to prove his unconditional love for you.
It matters not what others may think or say about you. Once you embrace Jesus and get up and walk with him your miracle of healing will begin. Stop looking into the pool of humanity and start looking at yourself. "So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come." (2 Cor. 5:17)
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Paul Ryan on Fixing Entitlements
Rep. Paul Ryan: "We're really on the cusp of trading our free market democracy, the American idea, for a cradle-to-grave social welfare state that will bankrupt us."
Professor Mark J. Perry's Blog for Economics and Finance
Top Students Earn Big Money for Egg Donations
CHICAGO — "Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has won the support of dozens of church ministers in its long-running battle to expand in Chicago, a sign of how the recession has softened skepticism of the retailer in a community desperate for jobs. The ministers, most of them African-Americans together representing thousands of congregants, are pressuring the city council to grant approval for a Wal-Mart "supercenter"—a store with a full grocery that also sells general merchandise—on the city's South Side. The ministers who support Wal-Mart say that if the city council doesn't act favorably on an ordinance that would allow the Chatham Wal-Mart, they will campaign against elected officials.
Federal Reserve data show that the M2 growth rate on an annual basis fell in the week ending March 15 to 0.85%, the lowest money growth rate since May 1995 (see graph above). Notice also in the graph above that M2 growth in 2001 was actually above 10% for a longer period of time, than the money supply growth in early 2009. Further, there has been a much sharper decline in money growth in the last year than the decline between 2002 and 2005, when the growth rate fell but never went below 2.5%. In each of the last 10 weeks, M2 growth has been below 2.5%. Considering that average annual inflation never got higher than 3.4% in 2005 following the 10% M2 increase in 2001, so it just doesn't seem like there's enough money growth to create inflationary pressure now, at least nothing higher than maybe 3%.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "What's the value of a pint of beer? Let the market decide, says a new restaurant in Manhattan where prices for food and beverages will fluctuate like stock prices in increments according to demand."
The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) closed at 16.35 today, the lowest closing value since May 15, 2008 and the second lowest closing value since July 2007, more than two-and-a-half years ago (see top chart above). The VIX has closed at or below 17.0 for five consecutive days, for the first time since July 2007.
"The free market, by enabling people to compete openly, is the most effective device that has ever been invented for making people pay for their prejudices, and thus for making it costly for them to exercise it. What you do when you impose equal pay for equal work law, is that you make the expression of prejudice costless, and as a result you harm the people you intend to help."
Thanks to Matt Bixler.
"Last Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office reported that health care reform legislation would, over the next 10 years, cost about $950 billion, but because it would raise some revenues and lower some costs, it would also lower federal deficits by $138 billion. In other words, a bill that would set up two new entitlement spending programs — health insurance subsidies and long-term health care benefits — would actually improve the nation's bottom line.
Median priced existing single-family home in the Midwest (January 2010): $127,200
"Gallup has been polling public opinion about unions since the 1930's. Last year, for the first time, less than half (48 percent) of those surveyed approved of unions. Fifty one percent said unions "mostly hurt" the U.S. economy and 39 percent said they "mostly help." The percentage of the nation's private sector work force that belongs to a union has dropped precipitously. In the 1950's, over 30 percent belonged to unions. Today it's a little over seven percent.
In 2007, the ratio of the median earnings of women and the median earnings of men was 79.6 percent, reflecting a raw gender wage gap of 20.4 percent.
Last November, Martin Feldstein pointed out a fatal flaw of Obamacare in the Washington Post: It will be rational for individuals and companies to drop their current health insurance, pay the penalties, and wait to purchase insurance when they get sick:
The US Dollar depreciated by 37% between 2002 and 2008 (data here), see graph above.
Tough talk from abroad, an editorial in the London Telegraph:
"Obama has called on China to adopt a more "market-oriented exchange rate." The US Treasury Department, meanwhile, has set a mid-April deadline to decide whether China truly is a "currency manipulator," warning that America could impose new levies on Chinese products if that's judged to be the case.
The president is playing with fire. For one thing, his country is being kept afloat by China's willingness to keep buying U.S. government debt. Obama really should tread carefully. At the same time, the US is now at risk of sparking what could be an all-out trade war.
The reality is that America's "weak dollar" policy – its long-standing practice of allowing its currency to depreciate in order to lower the value of its foreign debts – amounts to the biggest currency manipulation in human history. At the same time, the U.S. has, for years, shamefully stalled on various rulings passed by the World Trade Organisation that show America to be breaching global trade rules.
Chinese inflation is now at 2.7% – close to the official 3% target. Beijing will eventually allow the yuan to rise, but in its own time and in order to tackle inflation and not because of US pressure. America needs to act smarter and get its own economic house in order. Obama has decided instead to lash out at China in a desperate attempt to placate a U.S. electorate increasingly mindful of their president's failings."
MP: The U.S. has also stalled the free trade agreements with Panama, Colombia and South Korea, which were passed in 2007 and are now languishing into a fourth year.


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Firt roll with my new red sprocket rocket camera! Trip to Verona and Venezia/Venice with friends. Too foggy for decent pictures... :-D But I love my new camera!!
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We had our single glazed wooden windows replaced with UPVC in Oct 2011. Our downstairs lounge window is 2400mm wide and has no lintel above. We were told repeatedly by our window fitter that one was not required.
We can now see the window starting to bow and bricks cracking above on the outside (no cracks on the inside).
I have had 4 builders round to look at the job and give me a price for putting things right.
2 say they would need to take the window out and put a lintel in, however the other 2 say that they could leave the window in place, take the soldier course and other loose bricks out and slot in an angle iron.
The prices are not much different, but I want it doing right.
If I can avoid the window being removed, it would save a lot of disturbance inside.
I just wondered if anyone had experience of a similar job and how they went about it.
Thank you very much - Yrachael029 31st Jul, 2012 Bricklaying
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yes the builders do not need to take the window out.
simply cut the silicone of the top of the frame/brickwork.
fit acro props to support brickwork above soldier course
remove enough bricks soldier course to allow angle iron to be fitted.
fit cavity tray and weep holes.
clean off and re use bricks if possible.
silicone frame to brickwork
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AS long as the builder uses acro props and strong boys to support brickwork above the window and the angle iron is of a good gauge of steel ie thickness and painted with red lead / galvanise to stop corrosion then i would leave the window in and take brickwork out done 100s this way and never had a problem or a call back.
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Hi , yes you can leave the window insitu you do need to remove your solider corse and any lose bricks then put in your lintel or 12mm flat stee painted primed,then I recommend you use brick thor on top of your solider corse to give some more reinforcement to the mortar and make sure all removed bricks are well beded and packed to stop when been put back, I hope this helps and make sure the person you hire has experience on this side of the job
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in our local authority people are entitled for a surveyor to give 45 minutes FREE.
We had a structural surveyors report on subsidence that turned out to be historic, but this information was vital. This was a Freebee. Make a few phone calls to some structural engineers, They will calculate the steel required, and secondly if you ever come to sell you have official paperwork to wave in the air.Pete
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yes you can put one in without removing the window. they will need to put 2 acros above window to hold the existing brickwork above.
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So I have been working on a wild yeast starter for over two weeks and I've been looking at recipes. I'm wanting to make just a loaf of white bread for sandwiches. I've got my first loaf using all starter and no commercial yeast rising now. My regular white bread recipe calls for sugar so I added 2 T in this loaf. Just wondering what other people prefer. Oh, and any of your favorite sourdough recipes would be appreciated! Thanks!
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- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Mon, Nov 19, 12 at 13:58
Hey Tracey ! Glad you are now officially wild ! I have been baking bread since the mid 70's. I converted to wild yeast 4 yrs ago and have never looked back. I get almost all of my formulas from the "wild yeast blog ". Susan's ideas are wonderful..use her personal recipe link. She also has a weekly posting of other people's formulas. I usually don't use the ones that others post as they are not as successful as hers. I have found that 100 % of her breads turn out exactly as she shows. I do put sugar but very sparingly and rarely as most of the formulas do not call for it. Give her blog a look and let me know if you have any questions. I hope that you will post pics of your breads. Also on The Fresh Loaf there are many many examples of breads with wild yeast. Most reliable posters are David Snyder and Hanseata and Sylvia...you can use the search option on the The Fresh Loaf forum to get to their individual blogs within the forum. That ought to give you YEARS of baking ! c |
Here is a link that might be useful: Wild Yeast Blog
I like Dan Lepard's book and website. He's good for troubleshooting in his forum, too. Michael Ruhlman's "ratio" works well also. He says 3:2:1 flour, water, and starter by weight. Of course to that I add a good big pinch of salt and often a 1/4 c of Bob's Red Mill 7 Grain Cereal. Then I adjust the water to give a slightly tacky result. I usually use 1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 all purpose flour and a bit of Fruit Fresh (ascorbic acid). Normally I don't use sugar. |
Like Jxbrown, I never add sugar. Unless I'm making a sweet style loaf of bread, I never add sugar to any of my breads. ~Ann |
sugar or honey in my starter, but, in my bread, no. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Mon, Nov 19, 12 at 19:15
tracey...the names I gave you on the Fresh Loaf will take you to the specific person's blog. They have posts then that have their formulas. As a rule David always posts a very good formula or the link to it in a previous post. So for ex: on the site you will search David Snyder's blog...it will bring up his most recent post and then you can scroll through his posts w/o having to read all the comments unless you want to . So it is pretty easy and less time consuming. The other way is to search for a specific;...say sourdough raisin bread etc and it will bring up the specific posts that others have done. Let me know it you need help with it. I have used it for 4 yrs so pretty much know who to look for and what they do. As to sugar you meant in your recipe not in the starter itself as you never add anything else but water and flour to a wild yeast starter. You will rarely see sugar added unless it is a sweet bread using sourdough. As far as other kinds of breads I always use some sweetening...they don't taste right without it and also the commercial yeast depends on it to help it grow just like it needs salt to slow it down...funny chemistry !! Good Luck and I hope the bread is done. You will have to teach son to always check the temp :) c |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Mon, Nov 19, 12 at 20:11
For those cold winter mornings that are just around the corner...here are two links : I haven't tried this one but it looks and sounds wonderful ! http://www.applepiepatispate.com/bread/pane-al-cioccolato-italian-chocolate/ and this is the one I make...you can just substitute some of your starter ...don't need to make more: Balthazar Bakery Chocolate Bread...there is a slide show of me making it at the link below too : http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h126/41455/KAW/?action=slideshow¤t=ea8c3299.pbw 1. Use Turbinado sugar for the top...lots not regular |
Of course there is this sourdough recipe.... |
Here is a link that might be useful: 1 minute microwave chocolate cake
I love the chocolate bread idea! I have made Ann T's decadent chocolate yeast bread a long time ago but I will have to try it with the sourdough. I tried to go to your photobucket link but it just took me to my photobucket acct. JXBrown, I will definitely be making the cake...I had to restrain myself from trying it tonight! Thanks! Oh, and my bread was great! Fully cooked and a nice sourdough tang. I have to say, I was ridiculously excited about making bread without commercial yeast:) Tracey |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Tue, Nov 20, 12 at 4:21
tracey..I am sorry..I "broke" the link when I took a pic of the chocolate bread out to use for our church auction ! I forgot...will have to make a new slide show will let you know. We go the Balthazar bakery in Greenwich village in NYC..this bread sells for over $10 a loaf..it is the most yum !! I have that chocolate cake recipe and always forget to try it. I may have to make it this weekend. c |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Tue, Nov 20, 12 at 4:25
Congratulations on the bread !! I always use scales the first time a do a new formula so that the loaves weigh about 1 1/2 #...they then bake in my iron pots in 30 -35 min to an internal temp of 210. We like a bold bake and the iron pots give a nice crust...we are all about crust LOL ! |
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Some oils we suggest to start with are Lavender, Rosemary, Tea Tree (Australian), Ylang Ylang, Peppermint, and Lemon. You can put 3-4 drops in the bath and enjoy. Peppermint has a powerful aroma, so just use 1, maybe 2, drops. Remember to mix these with a base oil, such as: jojoba, sweet almond, or any other base or carrier oil, if they are to used for massage. Essential oils by themselves can be a skin-irritant. About those 6 oils: Lavender-- Lavandula officinalis is used for a wide variety of things. One of the most helpful is in the treatment of scalds and burns. This should be your FIRST oil! No household should be without this one. How to use: in a warm bath 3-5 drops and soak for 20 minutes; diffusers, 3-5 drops; inhalation, from the bottle or 2-3 drops on a tissue and carry with you, 2-3 drops on your pillow for a good nights sleep; Laundry-put 3-4 drops on a damp washcloth and throw it in the dryer. Lavender blends well with most other oils. Eucalyptus--Eucalyptus globulus -- is used to treat colds, flu, acne, viral infections, cuts, burns, stress, depression, and mental exhaustion. How to use: for sinusitis or bronchitis, inhale a drop or two on a cottonball; for a stuffy nose put 3-4 drops in a diffuser for the room or 3-4 drops on a hot washcloth and hold to you face, (with your eyes closed). Blends well with lemon, lavender, pine, peppermint, thyme, rosemary, bergamot, and cedarwood. Cautions: Do not take with homeopathic medicines or use in strong dilutions on the skin. -is used as an astringent and antiseptic that is good for itchy skin conditions; such as eczema; or also on oily skin. It is also used for stress management, anxiety, tension and mental fatigue. How to use: 5-6 drops in dishwater, helps cut grease, smells great and leaves skin feeling soft. As an Air freshener, 6-7 drops in a spray bottle; Add to your bath, 2-3 drops. Lemon blends well with other citrus oils and fresh scents, such as; ylang ylang, pine, juniper, lavendar. Cautions: Do not use lemon oils on the skin when in direct sunlight. --Peppermint is really good for upset stomachs, stress, depression, tension, it's a stimulant, and will help clear the sinuses. How to use: Inhalation, from the bottle, or put a couple of drops on a cottonball in the car to keep you alert; in the bath, 2-3 drops (no more due to skin irritation). Peppermint blends well with lavender and eucalyptus. Cautions: Avoid contact with mucous membranes. Do not use with other homeopathic medicines. Rosemary--Rosmarinus officinalis --is used to treat stress, has an uplifting affect for concentration and memory, releives muscle aches and pains, migraines, arthritis, colds, skin problems (acne, cellulite) and hair care. How to use: As a Memory enhancer, place 1-2 drops on a cottonball and inhale; in a diffuser, mix with orange to clean and refresh the air. Cautions: Can cause a skin irritation. Tea Tree (Australian)--Melaleuca alternifolia --is an antiviral, antifungal, and antibacterial oil. It is used to treat boils, burns, warts, genital herpes, ringworm, acne, sunburn, and much much more. How to use: After showering use on boils, warts, and fungus put a drop on area after drying yourself. In the diffuser, use 2-3 drops for clean air. Blends well with lavendar, pine, marjoram, rosemary, clove, and other spic oils. Cautions:Some say it irritates the skin. Consult with a trained aromatherapist, if in doubt. --is known as the flower of flowers. It has a sweet, exotic floral aroma. It has many healing properties, such as: antidepressant, aphrodisiac, sedative, and an antiseptic. It is useful for treating acne, irritated or oily skin, and as a hair rinse or tonic for hair growth. Also good on insect bites. How to use: Massage, mix with the right base oil for your skin; In a diffuser, depending on the diffuser, 3-4 drops to calm nerves and to create romantic atmosphere; In the bath, try 2 drops of ylang-ylang, 2 drops of rose, and 3-4 drops of lavender. Blends well with lavender, sandalwood, lemon, bergamot, jasmine, neroli, rose. Cautions: It may cause skin irritation in some people. |
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Just in time for the 2013 World Series, watch "42", the life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey. Begins in 1945 and shows how both men changed baseball as well as American history. Rated "PG-13"


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A Lonely Island Movie Could Be the Best 'SNL' Movie in Decades Even If It's Not Technically an 'SNL' Movie
Movie News By Adam Bellotto on August 8, 2014 | Be the First To CommentIt's been four years since anyone thought a Saturday Night Live sketch deserved a shot at full-length featuredom. Four sweet, blissful years, unburdened by thoughts of Bill Hader's Stefon twitching his way through 90 minutes of disappointment. But now that heavenly streak has been broken. Deadline reports that Universal has bestowed a grand "you know, this might not suck" to a Lonely Island movie. All three Islanders — Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer — will star in and produce the flick, with Taccone and Schaffer co-directing. Judd Apatow will also throw his weight behind the boys and also act as producer on the film, which will be "set in the world of music." No word if that actually means a musical, but this is The Lonely Island, so we can stamp that with a definitive yeah, probably a musical. Saturday Night Live should be patting itself on the back. The Lonely Island are, without a shadow of a doubt, the most humongous thing the show has birthed in a very long time. The cast right now? Weak sauce, at least while still staffed with a pack of newbies and Kenan Thompson (who will continue his run on SNL until death then be stuffed and propped up on set so that he can remain a cast member for centuries to come). Hitching its wagon to a Lonely Island film is the smartest thing SNL could do right now.
Review: 'The Watch' Is a Funny and Foul Blend of 'Ghostbusters' and 'Attack the Block' Held Together By a Sticky Substance of Unknown Origin
Movie Reviews By Rob Hunter on July 26, 2012 | Comments (1)It can be difficult making friends once you're past a certain age because the older people get the more set in their ways they become. Youth offers any number of bonding experiences that bring people together from grade school up through college, but once you enter the real world those opportunities start to dwindle. Husbands and wives, children, jobs, existing friends…these things tend to limit the time you have for meeting new people, becoming familiar with them and building new relationships. Past the age of thirty a catalyst of some kind is required to draw people together on short notice. Something big is good. Something of planetary importance is even better. Evan (Ben Stiller) is constantly on the lookout for friends and has formed more clubs than Tracy Flick ever dared to dream. He keeps busy with running club and Spanish for Senior Citizens, but when one of his Costco employees is viciously murdered Evan decides to form a Neighborhood Watch. Franklin (Jonah Hill) failed every test the police department threw at him, so the opportunity to join a "vigilante squad" appeals to him greatly. Bob (Vince Vaughn) is a recent transplant to town with his wife and teen daughter, and he jumps at the chance to hang out with the guys. And Jamarcus (Richard Ayoade) is simply a responsible newcomer to our American shores. Together they form a local neighborhood watch. Together they will decide Earth's fate as they discover and attempt to stop an alien invasion. Together, if […]
Alright, so June didn't exactly kick us into high gear the way it should have. We didn't get another Avengers, a movie everyone lost their nuts over. From the blockbusters to the little guys, there was a lack in unanimous love and praise to be found. We did finally get Prometheus, a movie which could go down as this summer's main topic of movie conversation over whether "It was awesome! No, it sucked!" but we get those all too often during this time of year. If we're going to get one movie to feed the millions with true, big summer entertainment where all the harshest critics will be beaten across the world, then we got one 'lil superhero movie coming up that may provoke such a reaction… The Amazing Spider-Man! Actually, no, but Marc Webb's reboot does pass the time nicely and, at the very least, gives us a new Peter Parker we can care about. But that doesn't mean it made this list. Find out what did:
Andy Samberg: Give 'Hot Rod' a Criterion Release
Features By Jack Giroux on June 15, 2012 | Be the First To CommentAndy Samberg's comedic sensibility isn't exactly what one would label as mainstream. From the epic Laser Cats series, the Lonely Island sketches, to the overlooked Hot Rod, his brand of humor can be somewhat of an acquired taste. Since leaving SNL, it'll be interesting to see if he'll stick with that tone or, as he says he hopes to, give a grounded Apatowian performance someday. In the latest Happy Madison Picture, That's My Boy, Samberg doesn't give that realistic performance he's talking about. When you're acting with Vanilla Ice or going one-on-one with James Caan, realism certainly isn't the goal. But, as Samberg explains, the film also features the sentimental side Sandler's broad comedies usually play up. Here's what That's My Boy star Andy Samberg had to say about his knack for taking a beating, over thinking comedy, and why an even more bizarre cut of Hot Rod deserves a Criterion release:
'The Watch' Red Band Trailer: 'Neighborhood Watch' Gets a New Title and a New Focus On Filth
Movie News By Nathan Adams on May 4, 2012 | Be the First To CommentAfter five long years of waiting for Akiva Schaffer to direct a big screen follow-up to his ludicrous 2007 comedy, Hot Rod, the teaser trailer for his new film, Neighborhood Watch, finally hit the Internet back in February, promising more hilarity to come. But before excitement could really build for the film, its marketing efforts hit a pretty huge snag. A Florida teen named Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by a member of his local neighborhood watch, the story became national news, and suddenly Neighborhood Watch's teaser – which featured its protagonists suspiciously eying and threatening neighborhood children – looked to be in really poor taste. In response to the incident, the trailer was pulled from theaters. Though the aftermath of the Martin shooting is ongoing and is still fresh in everyone's minds, Schaffer and company still have a movie to promote, so Neighborhood Watch is back with a new title and a new red band trailer. From this point forward the film seems to be going by the name The Watch, and its new marketing has shifted its focus away from a group of overzealous men terrorizing their neighborhood and turned the spotlight more toward its alien invasion elements.
Good Taste/Self-Censorship: Fox Pulls Suggestive 'Neighborhood Watch' Ads in Florida Markets In Wake of Trayvon Martin Shooting
Movie News By Nathan Adams on March 28, 2012 | Comments (1)The tragic killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin is such a widely reported and consistently commented-upon national news item that it was bound to have impact beyond the family of the victim and the community in which it took place. The details of the shooting have yet to be poured over in a courtroom setting, which will probably entail another long stretch of media attention, and already the effects of the story have started to hit Hollywood. More specifically, they've affected the marketing of Akiva Schaffer's upcoming comedy, Neighborhood Watch, which stars Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Richard Ayoade as a quartet of overzealous members of their local neighborhood watch program. The story and the movie are being connected because Martin's shooting came at the hands of a man who was both a member of a similar program, and also thought to be by many overzealous in his pulling of the trigger. The real big problem is that the film's teaser trailer features a moment in which Hill's character makes a gun with his finger and pulls the trigger while it's pointed at a group of neighborhood kids. As you can imagine, that plays as being fairly offensive in light of recent events, so Fox has pulled the ad and the film's first poster from Florida markets.
'Neighborhood Watch' Teaser Plays Like a Promo For a Great New TV Show
Movie News By Nathan Adams on February 29, 2012 | Comments (1)The first glimpse we're getting of Akiva Schaffer's star-studded new comedy Neighborhood Watch certainly isn't giving us much of a look at what the plot is going to be—and I guess that's why they call it a teaser—but there still seems to be something a little off with the way they're introducing this one to the world. The slow motion footage of lame suburban guys trying to look hard while driving, the slightly out of date rap song that makes up the soundtrack, somehow it all adds up to make something that feels a little less like a wide-release comedy that's about to hit theaters and a little more like the funny new show that's about to debut after Weeds on Showtime.
Billy Crudup Joins the Comedic Crew of 'Neighborhood Watch'
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on October 4, 2011 | Be the First To CommentNeighborhood Watch has had a pretty dicey past, but under the eye of director Akiva Schaffer it seems to now be coming together nicely. The film has a new script penned by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg ready to go, and a bunch of casting maybes have become casting confirmations. Ben Stiller is set to star as a city guy who moves out to the suburbs and gets roped into joining a nutty neighborhood watch program. Big time comedic talents Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill have signed on to fill out the watch. Rachel Getting Married actress Rosemarie DeWitt has been tapped to play the Stiller character's wife. And now another big name is in negotiations to hop on boar as well. Almost Famous actor Billy Crudup is the latest addition, and according to Heat Vision, he's negotiating to play the character of a creepy and weird neighbor who catches the watch's attention. Seeing as past synopsis of the film's plot have pointed to the fact that Stiller and his new buddies find themselves stumbling into an alien plot to overthrow the planet, I think it's probably a good bet that we've just found ourselves our first alien. Seems like a good choice to me. Crudup is just too handsome. It's… suspicious.
Will the 'Neighborhood Watch' Have Enough Funding to Add Rosemarie DeWitt and Jonah Hill?
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on August 17, 2011 | Be the First To CommentThings seem to finally be coming together quite nicely for the long troubled comedy Neighborhood Watch. After a period of uncertainty where it was having trouble getting financed, it now has two big name comedic actors signed on to star in Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn. Sure, they may not be the freshest faces in Hollywood, and they might have been even bigger names a few years ago, but they've got a couple of in-the-now screenwriters, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, to take a pass at and freshen up the long gestating script they're working with. Plus, they've got an up and coming voice in The Lonely Island's Akiva Schaffer to direct. After failing as a Will Ferrell vehicle, Neighborhood Watch might be set up to be the most relevant things that Stiller and Vaughn have done in a while. One sign that a film is really going full steam ahead in its production is when it starts filling out its supporting cast, and this one seems to be doing that right now. In the last day or so there have been several stories popping up about new faces being added. The first rumor, and the one that's most likely, is that according to Heat Vision, Rachel Getting Married actress Rosemarie DeWitt is close to signing on as Stiller's wife. If you remember the synopsis of this one, Stiller plays a city boy who is forced to move out to the boring suburbs, and DeWitt's character would be the reason […]
Ben Stiller and Akiva Schaffer Eyeballing 'Neighborhood Watch'
Movie News By Nathan Adams on June 14, 2011 | Be the First To CommentWay back in 2009 there was supposed to be a movie called Neighborhood Watch starring Will Ferrel and directed by Wedding Crashers' David Dobkin, but talent clashed with studio to the point that it didn't ever happen. Fox isn't a studio to just lie down and die however. I guess somebody in charge must really like the project, because a whole new wave of talent has been tossed at the script. Things didn't work out with Ferrell and Dobkin creatively, but recently Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have written a new draft of the script. You might have heard of them, they did stuff like Superbad and Pineapple Express. Oh yeah, and Rogen has acted in so many movies over the last five years that you're probably sick of him. But don't worry, Rogen isn't the new guy rumored to star. Now that there's a spiffy new version of the script written by top talent comedy mega-star Ben Stiller is being courted to star in the film. Oh. His character would be a city boy who ends up moving to the suburbs and joining the neighborhood watch. What might seem like a pretty boring gig proves to be nothing of the sort when he finds himself right in the middle of some sort of extraterrestrial cover-up. Sounds goofy, so it's probably going to need a goofy guy to direct.
SNL Alum Bill Hader Landing Some Serious Roles
Movie News By Nathan Adams on March 9, 2011 | Be the First To CommentBill Hader has been pretty successful in spinning his Saturday Night Live exposure into a film career so far. Chances are, if a comedy was released in the last three years, Bill Hader was probably in it for at least a couple minutes. But usually all he does is show up in a small role, do some of his clueless, uptight, Bill Hader shtick, and then move on to the next one. Now that he's paid some dues, it looks like the funnyman is finally looking to move in a more serious direction. He's got a couple movies in the works that not only put him in bigger roles, but also look to allow him to expand his acting experience in different directions. Hader and Hot Rod director Akiva Schaffer are working together on a film called Henchman, which Hader described to The Playlist by saying, "The film is about two guys who don't realize it, but they're two henchman for like the badguy in a Bourne movie and then they slowly figure who that they're working for the wrong guys, but like doing it in the actual style of a Bourne movie." Sounds like more of a blending of the action and comedy genres than it does a straight gag fest to me. At first glance, using the Bourne trilogy as inspiration for a comedy might seem strange, but Hader explains, "The aesthetics of a 'Bourne' movie, the shaky and handheld camera, that documentary feeling is how they shoot […]
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Holiday Hazards
It's time to Poison Proof your Home for the Holidays!
Each year, Poison Centers throughout the country see an increase in poison exposures with children during the holiday season. Relatives and friends are visiting and parties are abundant. It's easy to get distracted, even for a few minutes.
The following are some tips from the Banner Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information Center on how to have a safe and healthy holiday season.
Food Poisoning
Thawing turkeys must be kept at a safe temperature. The "danger zone" is between 40 and 140°F — the temperature range where food borne bacteria multiply rapidly. While frozen, a turkey is safe indefinitely, but as soon as it begins to thaw, bacteria that may have been present before freezing can begin to grow again, if it is in the "danger zone." Bacteria present on raw poultry can contaminate your hands, utensils and work surfaces as you prepare the turkey. If these areas are not cleaned thoroughly before working with other foods, bacteria from the raw poultry can then be transferred to other foods. After working with raw poultry, always wash your hands, utensils, and work surfaces before they touch other foods.
Lock up medicines, especially when families visit. Many adult medicines can poison children, even if they swallow only one or two pills. Remind family members who might be visiting that a child is curious and may look into bags or reach for medications on the counter. Medications given to seniors often do not have child-resistant closures, which allows children to open them with very little difficulty. Also, purses of visitors may contain medicines and other potentially dangerous items.
Poisonous Plants
- Pines, Spruces, Balsam and Firs
Ingestion of small amounts may result in varying degrees of localized irritation and gastrointestinal upset. A primary concern would be aspiration or airway obstruction. Pinecones are not toxic, although contact dermatitis may result from handling. - Poinsettia Plants (Christmas flower)
Poinsettia plants were once thought to be very poisonous. Contrary to earlier beliefs, poinsettias are safe to have in the home during the holidays. Ingestion of a leaf or two has not resulted in significant symptoms. Poinsettia plants have a mild irritant, which can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. The milky sap from the flower may cause skin irritation. - Holly, Mistletoe, Jerusalem Cherry and Bittersweet
These are all poisonous holiday plants and should not be placed where children can reach them. Watch for dried berries that may have fallen to the floor.
Holly - The stiff green leaves and bright red berries are extremely attractive to children. Holly berries are significantly poisonous. Ingestion of 20 berries can result in a child's death.
Mistletoe - The berries, leaves, and stem are all considered toxic. Contact the Poison Center at 1-800-222-1222 if ingestion of any amount occurs.
Jerusalem Cherry - This plant contains bright orange to scarlet-colored berries. The entire plant is toxic. Call the Poison Center at 1-800-222-1222 if ingested in any amount.
Bittersweet - All parts of this plant are considered toxic. The unripe berries contain the highest concentration of Solanine, a poisonous ingredient, which causes heart rate to dip below 60, sedation and headaches.
Carbon Monoxide
Install carbon monoxide detectors to protect your household against this deadly gas, which is odorless and colorless. Be careful with these things that give off carbon monoxide:
- Gas and wood cooking stoves. DO NOT use them to heat the house.
- Barbecue and gas grills. Use them at least 10 feet or 3 meters away from the house.
- Gas furnace and water heater. Have them checked once a year. A furnace repairman can check your furnace. A plumber can check your water heater.
- Cars and trucks. Do not leave a car or truck running in the garage even with the door open.
- Gasoline power electric generators. Use them at least 10 feet or 3 meters away from the house.
With new toys come batteries! Button batteries are flat-shaped, coin-like batteries which are commonly used in watches, cameras, hearing aids, games and calculators, and are attractive to children and easy to swallow. If swallowed, they can get lodged in the esophagus (tube leading from the mouth to the stomach), and this is a medical emergency. Store batteries as safely as you do medicines and household products!
Alcohol and Tobacco
Appoint one person to watch the children during an event, and then clean up all alcoholic beverages and ashtrays immediately after the guests leave. Cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco contain enough nicotine to be dangerous to children, who are known to eat whole cigarettes and drink from spittoons. Children can become intoxicated by a very small amount of alcohol. It can also cause a child's blood sugar to fall to dangerous levels.
If you suspect a poisoning of any kind has occurred, call your poison center right away at 1-800-222-1222. The Banner Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information Center is staffed with experienced, certified health care providers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including during holidays.


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Keegan Deane is a guy who just can't catch a break, mostly because he doesn't deserve one. It's all this silver-tongue lawyer can do to keep living the ''where's-the-party?'' lifestyle to which he's become accustomed but refuses to earn. He makes modest money barely working, entering guilty pleas for guilty men. Itinerant and cash strapped, he's made himself a permanent guest at his best friend's house by exploiting the man's good nature. Leave? No, he tells Ben (John Ortiz): ''That will make you feel bad about you, and I won't let you do that to yourself.''
But the checks that Deane's ass can't cash have all come due. In the opening moments of Rake, the enforcer (Omar J. Dorsey) for a bookie to whom Deane, a reckless gambling addict, owes $59,000 bashes his face and delivers an ultimatum, plus a call to change. ''Pay your debts. C'mon, Kee! Where's your dignity?!'' He might as well be speaking for almost everyone in Deane's life, from the therapist ex-wife (Miranda Otto), who dumped him for being a lying cheating narcissist, to the long-suffering secretary (Tara Summers) that Deane can't pay, or won't.
Adapted from an Australian series by Peter Tolan, the creator of the FX drama Rescue Me, Rake is yet another show that tries to entertain us with a boorish, morally sketchy protagonist. Comparisons have been made to House or cable drama cads like Don Draper, but it's the differences from the ''Unlikeable Antihero'' archetypes of current TV that define the show (or at least the pilot, which was the only episode made available for preview). Rake introduces itself as an hour-long comedy unconventional for broadcast television and an old-fashioned star vehicle. As such, Tolan and his collaborators (who include director Sam Raimi) want you need you to really like their unlikeable protagonist. And so Keegan Deane is a clown, not an arse, played by Greg Kinnear (As Good As It Gets, Little Miss Sunshine) in a fully engaged, zany-charming performance, and the storytelling makes it easy to laugh at him and with him. The world is rigged to deny or subvert pleasure and reward for his bad behavior, and he just may help someone or society by episode's end, whether he wants to or not. The story inducts him at every turn, unless he's interacting with someone less honorable or more hypocritical than himself. Even then, though, Deane is keenly aware he's not one to talk. When a fellow lawyer tells him he can't pay off his poker debt, Deane tries to get indignant (''You're a real deadbeat, Jerry! … Where is your dignity? All we have at the end of the day is our dignity!''), but he can't sell it. Almost every scene in the pilot ends with some kind of comic button a look, an ironic line, a sight gag. You can practically hear the implicit sad trombone after Deane's every fail and defeat.
Typically, a lawyer show is a case-of-the-week franchise. But one of many things that I enjoyed about the premiere was its character-driven story, suggesting a series not rigidly beholden to the formulaic structure of a legal drama. The rather quirky plot of the premiere is set in motion by the fallout of the two aforementioned gambling scenes. We watch Deane as he tries to generate cash to settle his debt by trying to liquidate an asset a very large, rather valuable tuna. As a general rule, any show that tries to amuse us by having its protagonist lug around a giant fish for an entire episode deserves a gold star for effort.
While Deane tries to move his tuna, he's forced to try a case he does not want, involving a serial killer (Peter Stormare) as vain as himself. This plot struck me as meta interesting and perhaps revealing of some secondary thematic interests of the show. Both Deane and his psycho client assume they'll get much media attention, and they crave it. Instead, a high-profile, white-collar criminal upstages them at the courthouse. Quips a disappointed Deane: ''What does it say about society when a second-rate Bernie Madoff trumps a serial killer in the news?'' How about a pop culture, society oversaturated with serial killers and attuned to more relevant forms of injustice? (Or maybe that's just wishful thinking on Rake's part.) Indeed, the Bernie Madoff name-drop is one of many ways the pilot attends lightly but continuously to themes of fairness and exploitation, risk, responsibility and reward, with money as the bottom line for everything. I'm intrigued by the possibility that Rake is not only a weekly profile of its titular scoundrel, but a weekly poke at the various archetypes of very bad men that fill the culture the Dexters, the Walts, the Sopranos and perhaps present a distorted view of reality. SPOILER ALERT! The big twist in the serial-killer story line is that the serial killer is not nearly as serial killery as he proclaims to be, and while he's a bad man, he plays the part of psychopath as part of a mutually beneficial arrangement with a corrupt cop.
As Deane struggles through his pair of fish stories, we come to understand his own slimy character via the relationships that make up Deane's world. They include a son, who seems to be at risk for becoming a playa like his pop, and a ''girlfriend'' with a twist I'd rather not spoil. Almost all of the women in Deane's life are righteous ballbusters, and while they are absolutely correct to take Deane down a peg, they could use some modulation, particularly best friend Ben's wife and Deane's chief legal adversary, Scarlet (Necar Zadegan). I found myself wondering if perhaps the reason Ben hasn't mustered the guts to boot Deane from his home is that letting him squat represents his passive aggressive way of revolting against his domineering wife. If so, then Rake is slyly illuminating and mocking the appeal of the Very Bad Man archetype: They offer catharsis for the powerless, and in particular, the emasculated male. This is mirrored in the ongoing conflict that is created by Deane's ironic act of heroism in the pilot, in which the resolution of the serial-killer case puts Deane at odds with the mayor and the police department. This makes us like Deane even more. Yes, he's a scoundrel worthy of the world's enmity, but he's a bad man trapped with the rest of us in a corrupt world run by even worse scoundrels. We'll enjoy see him getting his comeuppance and his vengeance.
The biggest irony about Rake's first episode and possibly its most interesting is that it isn't actually the pilot episode, which will reportedly air later in this season. This was not by design. The pilot presented an edgier, harder-to-like Keegan, and upon further consideration, Fox decided it made for an uninviting introduction to the series.
Knowing this information suggests a show that is not a weekly fun-time wallow in the rake's rake-ishness, but a show with character development: The rake's regress. A downward spiral might loom. But can Rake tell that story and still be funny? How long before we get weary of increasingly bad behavior before we demand that the Rake begin to progress? But then, if that happens, how much self-improvement do you allow into Deane's character before Rake stops being Rake?
Knowing this information also accentuates the show's biggest flaw: the bogusness of its tone. As much as I was entertained by Rake, its ''unlikeable hero'' feels familiar and formulaic, and the comic treatment an attempt to make his archetype more likeable feels calculated and phony. It's never forced, though; Kinnear makes it all go down so easy. But it's a one-man show; another irony of this series about a narcissistic character who desperately needs to realize that the world doesn't and shouldn't revolve around the likes of him is that all of the supporting characters exist solely to service and comment upon Deane. They're well cast, but none of them offers a reason to keep watching. Whether you choose to stick with Rake beyond the pilot hinges almost entirely on the degree to which you find Kinnear amusing in this role. His performance is as good as it gets. Good enough for Rake to progress? Time will tell, and quickly. B


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Sweet "stray" Kitty
She showed up at my apartment a month ago and we didn't see her for weeks. She came back a few days ago, so we think she belongs to a neighbor because she is too friendly to be feral.
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At the invitation of the Archbishop of Westmister (Mgr. Vincent Nicholls) Abba Seraphim, accompanied by Father Seraphim Mina, attended a Mass at Westminster Cathedral on 26 November to commemorate all those who have died or been injured in recent weeks in Iraq, especially in the bombing of Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad on 31 October. White floral crosses with lighted candles and photographs of those killed, displayed at the entrance to the sanctuary, were a poignant reminder of the victims. The congregation included a large number of Iraqi and Middle Eastern Christians and prominent among the clergy attending those from the Syriac Orthodox (led by H.E. Archbishop Mar Athanasius Touma), Chaldean, Assyrian and Maronite churches. The intercessions were offered by Iraqi children and before the final blessing messages were read from the Christian community in Iraq, expressing appreciation for the prayerful support being offered by churches in England and Wales, as well as an affirmatiion of support by the Iraqi Christian communities in the United Kingdom.
Welsh Martyr honoured in ecumenical service
On 17 July 2010, Abba Seraphim, accompanied by Deacon Theodore de Quincey, attended an Ecumenical Service at Westminster Cathedral in celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of St. John Roberts.
John Roberts (1577-1610) was a Welsh gentleman, descended from the ancient British kings, who was educated at St. John's College, Oxford, and studied law in London. Although raised a Protestabnt he converted to Catholicism and studied at the English College at Vallodolid in Spain. He was professed as a Benedictine monk as Brother John of Merioneth. Ordained a Catholic priest he became a frequent visitor to England where he celebrated the mass and ministered to persecuted Catholics in London, especially during outbreaks of the Plague. He was arrested and imprisoned on several occasions and deported but each time returned. For exercising his priesthood he was found guilty of high treason and executed at the age of 33 years. Commenting on the celebration Abba Seraphim noted that as a Londoner he wanted to honour the humanitarian and pastoral ministry of the saint to Londoners; and that all those who are conscious of the problems of exercising Christian ministry in times of persecution would immediately value the saint's determination as well as realising the extraordinary sacrifice he made to fulfil his priestly vocation.
Leading this eirenic celebration were the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster (Mgr. Vincent Nichols), the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Rowan Williams), the Anglican Archbishop of Wales (The Most Rev'd Barry Morgan) and the Catholic Bishop of Wrexham (Mgr. Edwin Regan) with many other Catholic and Anglican bishops from Wales. Other Orthodox Churches were represented by His Grace Bishop Athanasios of Tropaeou (Oecumenical Patriarchate), Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh (Moscow Patriarchate), The Very Rev'd Archimadrite of the Oecumenical Throne Ephrem (Lash) and Archimandrite Deiniol, Administrator of the Wales Orthodox Mission (Ukrainian Orthodox Church within the Oecumenical Patriarchate). Large contingents from Wales were in enthusiastic attendance and the service was bi-lingual.
Syrian Orthodox Vespers – Westminster Cathedral
Abba Seraphim, with other members and friends of the British Orthodox Church, attended the Syrian Orthodox Vespers celebrated at Westminster Cathedral by H.E. Archbishop Mor Athanasios.
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A few of my garden pic's Finally, my faithful old 16 Y.O. mate who helps me with the gardening. All the best, Nev. |
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Nev, Lovely pics as usual. I am not sure your "old mate" is old as he is still in a baby seat!! Dooley. |
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OMG,these are like pototato chips,can't pick just one.I've never seen so many beauties in one place.Thank you for sharing with me. I love that #11 with the orange flowers,it reminds me of the one i have with the purple flowers.........And those bird,are those parrots?? Very colorful!! And i love the one just showing the birds head and eyes,you're quite the photographer!! Your mate there looks like he's enjoying watching you work. |
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- Posted by splinter1804 (My Page) on Tue, May 24, 11 at 16:20
Good morning everyone, I forgot to mention when I posted the pic's that if you hold your curser over the pic, the name will show. Kathi, The plants in pic #11 are Aechmea recurvata; it's a pretty common plant and grows best in full sun. Looks best in a mass planting when all the leaves colour up. By the way the flowers are mauve/light purple so your plant could be the same one. The birds are Rainbow Lorikeets, non destructive and very beautiful but very, very noisy at feeding time. The bird with the black and white head is "Jacko" our tame Magpie who comes in every day and gets hand fed little bits of mince meat. That day he thought he'd just check out my camera which I was using at the time to photograph the lorikeets. Hi Dooley good to see you here, don't see many of the others very often now except HDD. My "old mate" came into the garage one day when I was tidying up a few things and that old car booster capsule was on the floor. He just made himself comfortable in it and now when ever I go in there to do some work he looks up at it and barks until I put it down for him to lie in. Its probably more comfortable for his old bones than the concrete floor. Yes tivo I'm from Australia, on the south east coast about an hour or so south of Sydney. All the best, Nev. |
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JPMorgan Chase upped its offer for Bear Stearns from $2 a share to $10.13 yesterday in a bid to appease shareholders, staunch an exodus of Bear employees, and prompt Bear customers to have faith in the company as a going concern. In an extremely unusual move, the board gave JPMorgan new shares that give it about 40 percent of the Bear vote, making it much more likely it would be able turn away any further insurgency by (less) wiped-out shareholders.
The $1.2 billion deal still values the company at less than 20 percent of what it was trading at two weeks ago. As Bear shareholders got a 400 percent increase in their holdings, the Federal Reserve got JPMorgan to shave 3.3 percent off its $30 billion guarantee of Bear's shaky debt. Now taxpayers are just guaranteeing $29 billion in Bear scat.
Bear shareholders had screamed that they were getting "mugged," as The Wall Street Journal on A1 quotes CEO Alan Schwarz as saying.
Here's The New York Times:
Mr. Dimon's about-face illustrates the deep complexity and political sensitivity of a deal with participants who reached into the highest corners of Washington, from the Treasury to the Federal Reserve System. It also underscores the extent to which JPMorgan and government officials underestimated the wave of anger and opposition that would flow from irate Bear employees and shareholders who saw the original $236 million that JPMorgan agreed to pay just a week earlier as far too cheap.And finally, the low-ball offer cast Mr. Dimon as an unscrupulous negotiator in the eyes of envious rivals, who felt no compunction in raiding Bear for its talent, with many employees only too happy to leave. The new terms, he hopes, will show him to be a more pragmatic deal maker, willing to seek compromise to save a deal that for the time being at least, brought a jolt of confidence to Wall Street.
Hearings loom
The Journal in its front-page story says Senator Chris Dodd is going to haul JPMorgan, Bear, the Fed, and the Treasury Department before Congress as early as next week.
And in a C1 column the Journal says JPMorgan secured the rights to Bear's midtown headquarters building no matter what happens with a shareholder vote, and reports that it's "highly unlikely" the bid will be upped again.
The Times's Andrew Ross Sorkin, who broke the news yesterday, reveals that the Fed had to convince Bear execs that it was headed for bankruptcy, pushing them into the $2 deal. Kick back and watch the Fed play hardball with its bailouts:
But the night that Bear signed the original bid, the Fed opened what's known as the discount window to companies like Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers—oh, yes, and to Bear, too. Except that the Fed didn't tell Bear that it planned to open the window when it was signing its deal with JPMorgan.Had Bear known it might have access to the discount window—a crucial source of liquidity—it might have been able to hold out for a couple more days or at least had enough leverage to seek a higher bid. But the Fed clearly preferred the original bid.
Inside Bear, jaws dropped at what many considered a broad deception by the Fed. Alan D. Schwartz, Bear's chief executive, was furious, as was the board and its team of advisers. Several JPMorgan executives even offered their apologies about the way the deal "went down."
Get out your Magic 8 Ball
Stocks continued to rally yesterday, with the Dow popping up more than 187 points (1.5 percent) and the S&P 500 up 1.5 percent and Nasdaq up 3 percent. The Dow's rise puts it at 12548.64, or just 11 percent below its peak in October. That's a pretty small sell-off considering all we've been through since October and with the economy in downshift. In the last bear market, the S&P sold off half its value.
The NYT on A1 has our Quote of the Day, summing up the reason for all the stock-market volatility.
"Opinions are really sharply divided," said Brian Gendreau, a strategist at ING Investment Management. "Is this going to be a short and shallow recession? Or the beginning of the end of the world as we know it?"
Bloomberg says the market this year has been more volatile than at any time since the Great Depression, and reports that mutual funds are putting more of their investments in cash than they have since April 2001.
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Paul Krugman posted an item laying out his view of the renminbi issue in more detail that I found very helpful. I don't, however, totally understand his proposed remedy:
First, the United States declares that China is a currency manipulator, and demands that China stop its massive intervention. If China refuses, the United States imposes a countervailing duty on Chinese exports, say 25 percent. The EU quickly follows suit, arguing that if it doesn't, China's surplus will be diverted to Europe. I don't know what Japan does.
Suppose that China then digs in its heels, and refuses to budge. From the US-EU point of view, that's OK! The problem is China's surplus, not the value of the renminbi per se – and countervailing duties will do much of the job of eliminating that surplus, even if China refuses to move the exchange rate.
As I've wondered before, I don't understand what kind of a world it is we're living in when a great nation can't think of a way to devalue its own money. The Chinese economy is large, but the American economy is much larger. If they can pursue large currency interventions to bolster the value of the dollar, can't we pursue large currency interventions in the other direction to reduce it? The Chinese might try to compete with us for a while in a game of international currency chicken, but when the time is up our government will accrue a large capital gain and they'll incur a massive loss.
What's more, I've heard economists like Brad DeLong say that the markets are so fragile that Tim Geithner and other policymakers dare not explicitly say that they want the value of the dollar to decline lest they set off some kind of panic. Meanwhile Krugman observes that "many economists have a visceral dislike for this kind of confrontational policy." I don't have that strong a dislike for it, but shouldn't we try something milder first. Like what if Geithner just wandered up and down 15th Street for a while telling people he had a new weak dollar policy? Maybe something more strident is ultimately called for. But I can imagine a variety of ways in which tariff threats could go awry and the notion that the mightiest empire the world has ever known can't produce a cheaper dollar without first securing China's cooperation in the matter strikes me as odd.


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I am one of many I see,in need of Datura seeds! What has happened to Daturas? They use to be weeds! Now they are the price of gold! Well I am also begging for all 3 colors,the double yellow 'Golden Queen',any double white, and the double purple,'Black Currant Swirl'. I do have some seeds for trade that some might like. and the only Brugmansia I can grow is Versicolor,as long as it is rooted when I start. I cant root them. I just need a rooted cutting or a small plant. to trade or get in the way not allowed to mention in public here...you know 'legal tender'. Can anyone help? Thank you. |
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SAN DIEGO - Daylight saving time will have families thinking about summer vacations, and Consumer Reports money advisors crunched the numbers for the best bank and airline cards to stretch the family budget.
Travel cards can be a great way to save money, if you pay your balance off every month. In some cases, members are eligible for free flights by using the cards.
Consumer Reports reviewed airline cards and bank cards, and which type is best for you depends on what kind of traveler you are. Choose an airline card if you travel a lot on one particular airline.
Airline cards are also good if you want a free trip fast. Though they are not usually as generous with rewards as bank cards, you can sometimes score a bonus as high as 50,000 points when you sign up.
Consumer Reports lists the top airline cards as Delta SkyMiles, American Express Gold, Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Visa and US Airways Dividend Miles Premier World MasterCard.
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