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The image doesn't appear to follow the law of conservation of momentum. The shards appear to be travelling away from the point of collision faster than the spheres are travelling. It seems like at the point where the spheres are still largely whole as they are in the image, the shards should still be very close to the point of contact and rather than seeing a spray of debris there should be something more like a torroidal bulge of debris.
July 2013
catastrophe in Earth's history.
Cover art by Dana Berry
Published June 19, 2013
The July cover of National Geographic depicts a body the size of Mars slamming into the newborn planet Earth some 4.5 billion years ago. A cosmic crash like this, according to a now widely accepted theory, blasted molten rock far into space and spawned something familiar: our moon, creator of tides.
The task of illustrating this seminal event in our planet's history fell to space artist Dana Berry. Years ago Berry had imagined a collision between two ultradense neutron stars, but depicting the moon's birth was a new challenge. "You don't think of the violence involved in the formation of something as tranquil and serene as the moon," he said. "It was an apocalypse."
To capture that cataclysm in a scientifically accurate way, Berry shared drafts of his artwork with two senior scientists who developed and refined the so-called giant impact model: William K. Hartmann of the Planetary Science Institute and Robin Canup of the Southwest Research Institute. Their research suggests that the rogue body struck Earth with a glancing blow, spraying melted slabs of the planet sideways into orbit.
Berry, whose work has graced three previous National Geographic magazine covers, studied detailed images of water and other fluids splashing in "mid-flight" after such impacts. He rendered the two colliding planets and their cratered surfaces with a 3-D animation program called Maya. He then moved the artwork into Adobe Photoshop to add cracks, shards, and the impression of Earth's crust peeling off violently.
But the image still lacked the texture Berry desired to make the explosion of fiery rock look realistic. So he resorted to old-school painting: He splattered black ink across large art paper, Jackson Pollock-style, and scanned the pattern into his computer. Melding this layer with his artwork in Photoshop did the trick.
"This is so far beyond human experience," said Berry. "There's no way to comprehend what it actually looked like." For now, though, the cover represents the best bet of scientists.
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In the May 2007 issue of American Libraries (page 9), ALA's Reference and User Services Association and the NASD Investor Education Foundation announce "Smart Investing @ Your Library" grants designed to help public libraries provide investor education. The competitive grants range from $5,000 to $100,000 and more information can be found on ALA's website (www.ala.org). For the entire press release, please see the link below.
"American Library Association, NASD Investor Education Foundation team up to promote investor education in U.S. libraries." American Library Association. 2007.
http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2007/april2007/alanasd07.htm (Accessed 30 May, 2007)

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Blues notebook
Brian Elliott gets the nod in goal:
Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock told the media last week that he intended for Brian Elliott to start against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. Despite having to put Elliott into Monday's game against the Nashville Predators, Hitchcock is staying with his plan. Elliott played 32 minutes in relief of Jaroslav Halak on Monday, stopping all 13 shots he faced, as well as turning away two shootout attempts. This was Elliott's first taste of game action on the season. Elliott is 1-2-0 in four career games against the Blackhawks. He has a .923 save percentage, as well as 2.21 goals against average against the Hawks.
Different lineup expected tonight:
Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock confirmed that Tuesday's lineup will look different from the past two games according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch's Dan O'Neill. Hitchcock elected to make no changes to the lineup following Saturday's 6-0 rout of the Detroit Red Wings, but after the Blues narrowly escaped defeat on Monday with a 4-3 shootout victory, Hitchcock is looking to mix things up. Forwards Jamie Langenbrunner and Matt D'Agostini have yet to play in the young season, so one of the two, if not both, will likely find their way into the lineup.
Alex Steen plays in his 500th NHL game:
Tuesday night will mark the 500th game NHL game that Alex Steen has played in, his 247th with the Blues since coming over in a trade during the 2008-09 season. Steen has 278 points (115 goals, 163 assists) in eight NHL seasons. He told Chris Kerber in a video posted on the Blues' website that he didn't even realize this was game No. 500 for him.
"I think I fall into that category of guy who don't really look at that stuff," said Steen. "Obviously growing up I never thought that I'd play 500 games in the NHL. It's a good feeling."
Game Notes:
- After adding a goal and two assists in Monday's game, rookie forward Vladimir Tarasenko now has five points (three goals, two assists).
- The Blackhawks will be without forward Daniel Carcillo, who was injured in Saturday's game against the L.A. Kings.
- The Blues have outshot their opponents 75-38 through two games.
- The Blackhawks bested the Blues in four of the six meetings last year. Tonight will be the first of four meetings between the two Central Division teams.
- Alex Pietrangelo picked up his 100th NHL point, with his third period goal on Monday
- The Blues have not won in Chicago since Feb. 3, 2010
- Andy McDonald has a five-game point streak against the Blackhawks.


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LinkBlogging: New Wonder Twins, Gross Covers, more
- Posted by Johanna on October 23, 2010 at 12:30 pm
- Category: LinkBlogging
Wow, they're doing Legion of Super-Heroes elections again! There's a long-standing tradition of letting the readers vote for the team's next leader — and now, you can pick your choice from this website. Votes are due by November 10. I voted for my favorite, Shrinking Violet, although I was tempted to pick someone difficult for the writer, like Quislet or Tellos, just for the challenge. I was a bit disappointed by the art choices — the current look appears to be standard superhero boob- and muscle-focused. That's what drives me away from the comic, unfortunately. I'm too old to be willing to put up with that sexualized garbage.
What a wonderful redesign of the Wonder Twins! They're by Bill Walko, who's also done Wendy and Marvin. It's so cool to see people who are willing to reconsider classic characters in age-appropriate fashion but modern as well. As Chris Roberson points out, Bill's given them a "very contemporary look and feel". That's how you keep material fresh for new generations.
In contrast, here's a savage (well-deserved) takedown of some of DC's comic book covers for being gross and disgusting.
One side effect of the digital era: it's a lot harder to pull reverted books. Once they're out there, getting them removed from companies who don't have the rights is apparently very difficult. Don't buy from Dorchester, who are still selling books whose authors have removed their rights from the publisher.
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- Grant Says:
October 23, 2010 at 5:38 PMthat looks kind of like the version of the Wonder Twins that they did on Smallville.
- Jim Kosmicki Says:
October 24, 2010 at 2:04 PMouch – Dorchester is the company behind Hard Case Crime, I believe. They've also announced that they are going to pretty much abandon mmpb – printing mainly to order for their mail clubs and going digital only for the genre stuff.
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October 29, 2010 at 12:37 AM[…] on "Comics Worth Reading": What a wonderful redesign of the Wonder Twins! They're by Bill Walko, who's also […]
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January 3, 2011 at 11:31 PM[…] of classic DC lettercol events like voting for The Legion of Super-Heroes president (already brought back online). Of course, a letter page is only as good as the person assembling and responding. I hope that […]
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August 22, 2011 at 2:57 PM[…] well-drawn — what more did I need? (It was only at home that I realized I'd previously praised Bill's work at Project Rooftop.) Launched March 2010 and updates weekly. […]


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I'm sure most of you have noticed how, well, not here I have been. I simply wish to apologize and not offer any excuses. I can't tell you when for certain I'll be back or out of my funk or if any of that will happen. But, that's that.
I WILL try to get things with Travii's Army squared away, though. The CSS contest winner will be announced, rewarded, and I'll post the next contest.
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The Best Case Scenario for the Right, Part 4: Soren Dayton
This is the first of a two-day discussion between TheNextRight.com (Soren Dayton and Jon Henke) and Culture11.com (James Poulos and Conor Friedersdorf) about the Best Case and Worst Case scenario for the Right in 2008. Conor Friedersdorf's contribution is here. James Poulos contribution is here. Jon Henke's is here. Soren Dayton continues.
I have felt for a long time that the GOP's electoral collapse in 2008 is a disaster for America. While the GOP has demonstrated itself to the incompetent at both politics and governing, our country is facing serious issues. While the GOP's answers and the answers of conservatives are not completely adequate for the questions of the day, the Democrats and the left are much, much worse. Whether it is the future of international institutions, labor relations, electoral reform, immigration, welfare, taxes, trade, the nationalization of our banking system, among others, it is likely that the right will not have a seat at the table while these issues are resolved.
So let's take a deep breath and be adult for a moment. Without really disputing the points about conservatism benefitting from a sooner moment to reset and without disputing the real reasons that conservatives find John McCain wanting, the guy has to win for the sake of our country and our party.
The biggest dilemma that I see for us as conservatives or people of the right is the power of the left to enact policies that have long-term feedback loops. Let's look at some examples:
- The Democrats are proposing the "Employee Free Choice Act" or card-check which would strip an employee of the freedom to choose -- or even debate -- the structure of their employment contract. Aside from the essential loss of freedom, this will flood the coffers of union PACs and divert union pension programs from their path towards self-destruction. A President McCain can simply veto this and fight this from the bully pulpit.
- The Democrats are already drafting electoral "reforms" that will validate the essentially criminal behavior of Ohio Democratic Secretary of State who (seemingly) willfully refuses to implement the checks of the Help America Vote Act. The Democrats will talk about expanding the franchise, but they will really strip out the checks on fraud that are such a compelling story right now with ACORN. This probably wouldn't even come to a vote without a President Barack Obama to sign it.
- The Democrats are salivating at the possibility of delivering an immigration reform proposal that delivers a contrast with Republicans that will help solidify Latino votes for the Democrats. Republicans will be struck with a brand in the Latino community as hateful while giving the Democrats the image of compassionate problem solvers. McCain is a compassionate figure in the Latino community who can take credit for the passage of this legislation, regardless of what conservatives think.
- Obama's tax proposals create incentives for the same kind of dependency that conservatives dismantled 12 years ago. Again, not even conceivable with a McCain presidency.
- Finally, Obama's proposal to expanding the service corps is going end up looking like dropping 300,000 new ACORN-style organizers paid by the government. McCain has a service program, but is there any doubt that his would look quite different recruiting different kinds and people and deploying them differently?
Let's be clear. If you thought that George W. Bush and Karl Rove were rigging the American political system against the left--a not unreasonable position--, Barack Obama and his allies are going to teach with you what patsies the Republicans are at this.
The Democrats have an agenda that has nothing to do with helping America. Barack Obama's whole political career has been about paying off his constituencies. And he could end up paying them off by delivering 3-5% of a national vote in a structural and long-term sense. The best case for the GOP this year is to be able to stop this with a President McCain in the bully pulpit, regardless of all of his many failings.
The Collapse...
" have felt for a long time that the GOP's electoral collapse in 2008 is a disaster for America. "
Soren the way I see it the collapse began on 11/7/06. The GOP had 2 years to remedy the situation. George Bush and K. Rove really shot the finger at the Base on a regular basis starting 1/20/05, showing their true contempt for the Base. The problem is the GOP Hierarchy never objected. In fact they joined in on the fun. Ignoring, insulting, dis'ing the base at every opportunity. They felt like, "hey we're getting lots of $$/support from the U.S. Chamber crowd. Thats all we need. We don't need those hayseed hicks in the flyover states." So they did nothing. Plus many in the GOP are tired/weary of being the party in power. Hey, winning simply isn't a priority! They're ready to return to that cush job of minority party status. More time on the Golf Course, etc. They allowed the dem's and the msm to ramrod their agenda and "preferred Repub candidate" upon us. The GOP Hierarchy continues to insist on operating within a political election system that has been constructed by the dem's and the msm. Its designed to increase the odds of their opponents (us) failure and its working like a charm.
Its obvious to all of us Hayseed Hicks out here in flyover country what the problem is. But, again, no one is listening. The irony is that there's still time even in this short 20 days. An apology only takes less than a minute. DD
Let's be clear. If you
Let's be clear. If you thought that George W. Bush and Karl Rove were rigging the American political system against the left--a not unreasonable position--, Barack Obama and his allies are going to teach with you what patsies the Republicans are at this.
This is just flat out loony. I disagree with many Dem initiatives, but to suggest that there is big consipiracy to . . . I don't know what . . . control American in some socialist monarchy is weird. Stop harping on the Dems and start cleaning your own house. Reps just ran up the biggest deficites ever, undermined the rule of law in the justice depart, went to war with a country that although dispicable had nothing to do with 9-11, further complicated the tax, and did NOTHING to stop the fallout of the market. Yes, maybe the market fallout was initiated by the Dems, but while deficts were growing, Bush consistantly touted home ownership as proof positive that the economy was strong despite rising debt.
Clinton finished with a surplus.
Your losing support from the middle because you spend more time bashing Dems than living up to conservative promises. I'm waiting for Reps to demand . . . DEMAND . . . fiscal responsibility and the rule of law. Not just from the Dems, but your own dang party. If you can't get it from yourselves, how are you ever going to get it from them?
absolutely right
The Dems don't have some vast conspiracy, they just have different priorities. While I agree with traditional views of fiscal responsibility, the Dems have earned the right to expand health care, take care of the environment and govern as they please. As soon as the Republicans get back to lowering taxes for the middle class and come up with real, practical solutions they will be re-elected.
What is missing from your "don't elect the democrats!" rant is what exactly the Republicans are going to do for America. I'm amazed by how some on the right don't understand this. You may not agree with a lot of Democratic policies but they have outlined a plan and are very good at getting the message across on every issue. I'm voting for Obama, but I'm voting for the Republican governor for NC because he has outlined how exactly he plans to govern, from school choice to taxes.
I don't understand all this fuss over the EFCA.
As I see it, the unions are only asking for the power presently exercised by the company under present law, i.e., when 50% of the employees sign up (card check) for unionization, the "Company" (for some reason) can either accept the bargaining agent, without calling for a vote of all employees, secrete or otherwise, or hold a secrete ballot.
People in this country have a right to freely associate, not corporations. Shouldn't it be the "employees" who have the right to organize themselves by majority rule rather than the company -- metaphorically speaking?
I think we, as Republicans, have been so conditioned by our corporate rulers, we sometimes forget we are the party that represent the People and their freedoms against those who would take our freedoms away. Working men and women of this country form the backbone of the Republican Party, not corporations.
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Ferrar says....
"I think we, as Republicans,..." So glad to hear you've re-joined the fold!! So this means you'll be holding your nose and voting for John Mac on 11/4 after all. Great! Fantastic! Knew you'd come around.
For a long time now, the hard "working people" of this nation have elected pro-business leaders and have spurned labor unions. And what thanks did the business leaders, the U.S. Chamber /WSJ crowd give them in return? They fought to keep the borders open/porous so illegals could come up here, steal their jobs and drive wages down. They also sent their jobs overseas and every time there's a hic-cupp in the economy the pink slips start to fly.
So is it any wonder the political climate is what it is? Unions are just as much a part of the free enterprise system as business. But they have to work together to stay competitive in world markets. Its my hope that the more radical unions are a thing of the past, or soon will be. What do you think? DD
The problem with unions are is that they are corrupt
organizations who are in bed organized crime and have adapted their tactics accordingly. That is why they now hate the secret ballot, becaue they can't intimidate and bully their way into forcing people to join the union. Thus the card check scam is their way to cirdcumvent that process.This is also the ame reason they hate right-to-work laws because if they fail to live up their end of the bargain (which happens far more often than not since their only real concern is protecting their fat cat leaders and raising campaign funds for Democrats) then they could lose dues paying members. Thus they sccumb to the radical tactics of old, even if they deny their Bolshevik thugs but if walks like a duck and quacks like a duck well then you know what they say.
First, protect the employee.
Union elections are anything but free. In the period before an election is held, the employer has a period of time to combat the union organizing efforts. Usually they hire a union-busting outfit to advise them. They will fire the leaders of the union, push, threaten and intimidate the remaining employees with job loss, loss of pay, any number of intimidations.
The fact of the matter is, Ben; a company has unrivaled access to their employees to make threats. Though it is illegal to fire someone for supporting a union, the labor board is so backed up that by the time it hears the case, the union organizing effort is history. Your post suggests that the union will use peer pressure or worse. Any pressure the union could conceivably put on someone to sign a card is trivial compared to the pressure the employer can place on an employees to vote the union out.The ballot may be secret, but the employees are voting with a figurative gun to their head fearing that a yes vote will lead to job loss. By the way, Canada uses a card check system and they seem to be doing just fine.
Moreover, most postings I have read concerning the EFCA are woefully ignorant of the reality, legal, and historical record of union organizing, in general. The Employee Free Choice Act will simply establish card-check recognition as a binding method of establishing a union in a work place, along with secret ballot elections -- AS A CHOICE OF THE EMPLOYEES.
Currently, card check recognition of unions is a valid way to establish a union. This has been the case since 1935. All those alarmists claiming that the EFCA will "take away" the secret ballot are ignorant of the fact that card check recognition of unions has long existed. The EFCA will prevent the company from demanding a secret ballot election. It will prevent the company from refusing to recognize the will of the employees to form a union when the majority of the employees have expressed their desire to form a union by using the well-established method of card checks. It remains the choice of the employees to use either card check recognition or secret balloting to determine whether or not the employees will form a union, and, most importantly, engage management in collective bargaining .
What is cleverly overlooked by the critics of the EFCA is the current structure of Federal labor law. It has always been the company ("employer") that has the right to demand an election before recognition of the union. That is the purpose of this process--to reach the point where employers must engage in bargaining with the employees now constituted as a union. In fact, it is legal under the current law for employers to voluntarily recognize a union without card checks or any balloting at all.
Before the whole issue gets lost in a cloud of smoke and is drowned out by hysterical shouting about secret ballots, it is good to start from reality. The reality is that card check recognition of unions is no less democratic than balloting. And this has been the democratic reality in our country for over 70 years.
So why all the opposition to EFCA? Maybe because it will allow employees to form unions with fewer road blocks in their way--and wasn't that the purpose of the National Labor Relations Act in 1935? It is a funny sort of secret ballot election when only one party--the company--gets to decide on the employees' rights rather than the employees themselves.
Am I here trying to defend unions who are ..." in bed with organized crime"...? Of course not, Ben. But we, as Republicans, must make sure all have a fair chance to live out the American dream without being oppressed and without oppressing others while in pursuit of those dreams.
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You are forgetting what the rules of the Wagner Act
already lay out for unions. They can legally trespass onto any company's property and distrbute pro-union propaganda and the company can not do anything about it. They can meet with any employee individually while that employee is on the clock or request to meet with all the employess at once. The bosses of the company can only promote an "anti-union view" to all the employees at one time while they are likewise still on the clock in a company-wide meeting format.
Employess are already "protected" in that they have the right to indivudally decide whether or not a union would actually be in their best interests by hearing from both sides and having time to make a decision before a vote is called. Unions already offer a card check that guages whether or not they think enough employees would favor a union. Right now if they get 40% yes in favor of unions then they will call for an election. The problem is they simply haven't been winning to many secret ballot elections in recent years (in Georgetown, KY near where I live the UAW has tried twice to unionize the Toyota plant there to no avail as the workers have wisely decided not to follow Detroit's lead) so they want to forgo that process in favor of simple card check. No time to decide yea or nay and that through simple imtimidation tactics they are pressured to decide for a union. This report from the Heritage Foundation is good place to look into for getting a good conservative view on this issue that deals directly with the facts. Another source you might want to look into is this National Right-to-Work Committe report on this issue.
Sorry but until unions return to the pro-business volutnary unionism of Samuel Gompers and support pro-growth, limited goverment policies while cleaning up their act, then I just can't be pro-union. I am not saying they can't have a place in the modern economy but they are simply would have to adapt to today's marketplace and quit acting like this is still the 1950s in terms of the economy.
The Wagner Act notwithstanding...
..."management routinely coerces employees not to choose union representation. Freedom of association — the right of employees to join a union and bargain collectively — is theoretically guaranteed by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the U.S. Constitution, and several international human rights agreements. However, as Human Rights Watch concluded in a 2000 report on U.S. compliance with international human rights standards, employees' freedom of association in the United States is routinely violated through employer coercion." *
* Human Rights Watch, "Unfair Advantage: Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States Under International Human Rights Standards," 2000.
Ben, I think we both can agree, the American worker has the right of free association, the right to freely join a union and the right to collectively bargain. The question is, how do we, as a political party, protect these rights?
Do you really believe the reason American workers are failing to organize themselves is because they simply feel they are better off without collective bargaining rights? If Republicans believe such nonsense, this might go a long way in explaining way corporatism has taken over our party and Wall Street taken over our nation.
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I guess wee see things differently
For some reason you think collective bargaining rights are not protected and clearly that is not the case. Human Rights Watch is leftist propaganda organization whose opinion I do not value. For some reason you think this pro-union thug power grab will protect workers, I don't nor do I see opposing this scheme as supporting "corporatism". By the way perhaps you should actually gain understanding of what that term means before you go throwing it around.
I am sorry for the confusion.
I am using the term "corporatism" in a contemporary pejorative sense, a corporatocracy, as in a plutocracy.
Yes, you are right, I don't see the American worker getting a fair shake. I see big government getting bigger at the expense of the Peoples' interests, and as a consequence, the Peoples' interests getting smaller, weaker. I see our representative form of government being largely taken over by the money elite, the corporate elite, as a class representing their own interests at the expense of the Peoples' interests.
It is the People's political interests that form the backbone of our political system. This movement is big and, as Nixon once said, for the most part, it is silent, a silent majority. But every now and then political tensions arise from deep within its core, it needs only a spark to set it off and a leader to take advantage of its strength.
As I said, Nixon was, above all else, a shrewed political observer. His first campaign should be studied as a guidebook on how to capture this movement's political attention. Reagan was another politician who was able to capture it, not because he was a keen political observer, but because he was one heck of a good politician who happened to be a member in good standing of the silent majority and so could instinctively connect with it and to it, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Sarah Palin is also a member in good standing of the silent majority. But because the political aspirations of the silent majority have been so deeply frustrated by the McCain campaign, it chose Sarah Palin as its voice whether she realized it or not, wanted it or not, recognized it or not. It was really quite breathtaking to behold -- to see and feel the silent majority suddenly rise up and flex its political muscles if only for an instant.
Is Sarah Palin a good enough politician to take advantage of the silent majority's adoption of her? Only time will tell. If she can bring about a fundamental restructuring of the GOP using the Internet, she just might be able to do what Nixon and Reagan could not, convet a political movement into a new political party and change the course of history by 2012.
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Now on that we can agree, for the most part anyways.
My main fear is corporate socialism (Marxism that fully incorporates actual elements of corporatism and even partially free markets ) that is what I fear. "Welfare-state capitalism" is what we still, for the most part currently have, and it will quickly evovle into this transnational corprorate socialism. The UN (complete with all its failed internationalist bureaucracy) and other IGOS, and NGOS will be controlling much of the policy of this government on both foreign and domestic issues. No sir, I do not think it will be a plutocracy (Georgre Soros is no J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie or Nelson Rockefellar, because he is much,much worse) for it will be a triumverate of "big gorvenment " (both foreign and domestic), big business and big labor. Thus I fear it will be the corporations and the unions colluding with a totalitarian world state.
Now as for your remarks about Palin, right on. So I guess it is mix bag on that. But hey lets hope Palin does become president in 2012 or '16. Now as for forming a new party well yeah, good luck with that.
Yes, DD, I am a Republican.
Unfortunately, John McCain isn't.
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McCain suspends campain again-!!!
Will you suspend your posting in the meantime?
You would do us all a favor if you did.
I'm not sure
I'm not sure that everyone who comments here is conservative.
The point of a McCain win
... would be to allow some party building at the higher levels. In terms of top down, through his cabinet and other choices, McCain can position future "stars" like Palin. Romney failed miserably at this in Mass and in Maryland, Ehrlich did create one star at least in his Lt Gov (Michael Steele).
At the local level, we may find it easier to take over county parties if BHO is in office and in league with Nine-Percent-Nancy and her gormless Senate counterpart. The cost to the country will be grim but the boost we will get vs the GOP moderates and liberals will be substantial.
The reader of this blog should be preparing to enter the local Republican Party and get to work.
You make a good point.
I wonder how many readers of the Next Right have ever been an executive committee member of their own local (county) Republican Party?
For the record; I was elected to my EC seat for over 15 years.
If McCain wins, the GOP will not restructure itself and neither will the county offices. You just don't fix what ain't broke.
Frankly, even if McCain looses, I am not sure just how you bring about change within the party. As I have said, if we are going to free the party of its corporate rulers, we must find a replacement that can also provide the financial means to carry the party structure forward over the objection and sometimes legal and physical obstruction of the corporate class within the party.
But I agree; the place to start will be the local GOP chapters and the Internet, of course.
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Reforms trigger interest in art
PUBLISHED: 05 Jul 2011 08:00:00 | UPDATED: 27 Jul 2012 12:50:21PRINT EDITION: 13 Jul 2011Sally Patten
Attempts by the Cooper review of the superannuation system and Treasury to tighten regulations for holding so-called exotic assets in self-managed super funds appear to have had the perverse consequence of prompting trustees to purchase art.
OneVue, a privately owned investment platform, said the number of artworks registered on its system had grown 10-fold over the past 12 months.
OneVue, which has $1.5 billion of assets, ranging from cash and shares to property, said it had 100 artworks on its platform at the end of June, with an average purchase price of $55,000.
OneVue chief executive Connie McKeage attributed the surge of interest in art to the publicity surrounding the changes to the regulatory regime.
"The interesting thing is that collectables came onto the radar because of the reforms," Ms McKeage said. "The Cooper reforms brought it to the fore. It gave [the investments] profile."
Jeremy Cooper, chairman of retirement incomes at Challenger and author of the report, recommended do-it-yourself scheme trustees be banned from investing in collectable items such as art, antiques, banknotes and coins.
But the government bowed to pressure from the art industry to allow the investments to continue, albeit with more stringent rules relating to storage, valuations and insurance.
Wayne Lear, a financial adviser at Madison Financial Group, said he expects no reduction in the level of interest in art in response to the changes, which came into effect on July 1, although the legislation is yet to be passed.
Mr Lear said about 10 per cent of the 90 funds he oversees hold artworks. In the past year, the funds he advises have purchased $600,000 worth of art, with an average price of $50,000.
Mr Lear argued that art had improved the performance of his clients' portfolios because it was unrelated to other asset classes such as shares and property.
He also said if clients chose well, the gains were considerable, estimating that Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles, bought by the National Gallery of Australia in 1973, had achieved a compound annual growth rate of 13 per cent.
The Madison executive recommends clients, especially those with little experience of the art market or those who have retired, should invest no more than 5 per cent of their total portfolio in art.
When it comes to selecting works, Mr Lear said it was important to choose quality pieces.
"It has got to be quality, quality, quality. You want to invest in the stuff that is always going to be around," he said, adding it was also important that trustees spread their art portfolio over different price categories and kept records of the work's purchase price and provenance.
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GREAT thanks to you ladies who recommended this product. My angel baby was fast becoming addicted to cosleeping, and her sleep was getting lighter and her mood fussier. I've never been able to make swaddling with a regular blanket work for me, perhaps because my larger babies can get their arms out easily, so the swaddle loses its snuggling effect. And then came SwaddleMe.
Do they make these for 2 year olds in Thomas the Tank Engine pattern or anything?
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I'm going to have to buy one of these for my next baby...but I might need that 2 year old size for my newborns. Do they have a weight limit? My kids exit the womb at around 11 pounds.
Right Said Red said...
I can't believe neither of you had a SwaddleMe before now. I thought it was standard operating procedure.
JesusThroughMary said...
They have three sizes - preemie (3 to 7 pounds), small (7 to 14) and large (14 to 22). You should be able to get away with a large.
JesusThroughMary said...
My son used the SwaddleMe for the first two weeks, but then quickly figured out how to break his arms out of the swaddle. If you have a Houdini on your hands, I highly recommend the Miracle Blanket (www.miracleblanket.com). It has been great for us.
Can't wait to try this with #3! So glad it's working so well for you, JM! Hallelujah to sleeping babies... I am praying so hard for a good sleeper come August! :)
B-Mama said...
I was lucky with my kids. My husband is an expert swaddler -- even better than the nurses in the hospital. He always said he could swaddle a baby so you could pick your teeth with him/her!
But when my niece was young (and too far away for her uncle to swaddle her), my sister had a hard time getting her to sleep. So I sent her a SwaddleMe and it worked like a charm.
I've already sent her 2 more in small sizes for the upcoming twins!
I was going to recommend the miracle blanket, too. It saved my life with my crazy, colicky, son and it has little wings that they lie on so they can't get their arms out. He was nine pounds when he was born and he was in it until he was around three months old, I think. My girl is almost five months and just outgrew it. I still swaddle her though because she can't stop flapping those arms!
Joanne said...
Our Lil Boo quickly figured out how to get his arms out of the receiving blanket swaddle. The larger receiving blankets swallowed him whole and were just too big. On the recommendation of Rachel, we tried the SwaddleMe wrap and I LOVE IT!! He seems to quiet down as soon as I wrap him up! We're looking into to getting the large size now.
Carolina Girl said...
hmmm. I could never get the Swaddle Me to work with my first daughter, it never seemed to get tight enough in the right places and the little Houdini always got her arms out within minutes. With my second I've mastered the receiving blanket swaddle and all is well.
Melanie B said...
We had to switch from the small size of SwaddleMe to the large size based on length, not weight. Since, shockingly, my babies get very tall very quickly, we have both sizes.
Our first was a houdini with the swaddle (all the more reason he needed it!) We used a receiving blanket swaddle with the SwaddleMe over it, which worked like a charm. We kept the boys in just their diaper underneath and the temperature worked out perfectly for them.
One other thing...I like the cotton jersey fabric SwaddleMe better than the fleece one, which is much harder to get to stay tight. We usually didn't even use the velcro...just stretched it tight around baby and let his weight hold it down.
texas mommy said...
i second the miracle blanket for those who have houdini like babies. it may seem like a straight jacket...ok it is a straight jacket, but man oh man did it work.
I used to wake my husband up every time i fed my son to reswaddle him since I just stunk at it...miracle blanket came to the rescue.
I, too, like the Miracle Blanket for more active and bigger babies. My active babies generally just got their arms underneath the top part of the SwaddleMe and pushed up to the top in a noose-like configuration. I was worried they would strangle themselves. The Miracle Blanket has proven much more difficult for them to break out of.
Maria said...
We too tried the swaddle me and didn't love it - we did find the Halo sleepsack swaddle at halosleep.com - we LOVE this! you don't have to unwrap them to change the diaper and it is a better quality - they even have organic fabrics which i love! and the good news about this swaddle is that the wing wraps come off and you can just use the vest part as a regular sleepsack and i know they have big kid sizes too because our older one still uses them!


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Wi-Fi Mini Honeypot
OpenWrt and Tinyproxy
If your machine has enough resources, you can go one step further and use a proxy on your router. With this, you will be able to monitor, filter and modify HTTP traffic. Squid is an example of full-blown proxy solution. If you have a router that is capable of running it, go ahead. If you (like me) don't, you'll have to stick with a solution with fewer requirements. An example of such a solution is tinyproxy. To install tinyproxy in your OpenWrt, run:
opkg update
opkg install tinyproxy luci-app-tinyproxy
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file. Listing 2 shows an example of such a configuration. Notice that
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config 'tinyproxy'
option 'User' 'nobody'
option 'Group' 'nogroup'
option 'Port' '8888'
option 'Listen' '192.168.1.1'
option 'Timeout' '600'
option 'DefaultErrorFile' '/usr/share/tinyproxy/default.html'
option 'StatFile' '/usr/share/tinyproxy/stats.html'
option 'Logfile' '/storage/tinyproxy.log'
option 'LogLevel' 'Connect'
option 'MaxClients' '100'
option 'MinSpareServers' '5'
option 'MaxSpareServers' '20'
option 'StartServers' '10'
option 'MaxRequestsPerChild' '0'
list 'Allow' '192.168.1.0/24'
list 'Allow' '127.0.0.1'
option 'ViaProxyName' 'tinyproxy'
option 'DisableViaHeader' '1'
option 'FilterDefaultDeny' '1'
option 'Filter' '/storage/filter'
list 'ConnectPort' '443'
list 'ConnectPort' '563'
option 'enable' '1'
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Why using a honeypot anyway?
If you secure your rooter with somethingbetter than WEP ex. WPA why bothering to know who is attacking - they can't break it.
Is better to know the devils
Is better to know the devils there than to hide and hope he goes away,No?
Default SSID or using a
Default SSID or using a dictionary word for the SSID under 10 characters - The use of rainbow tables can crack WPA WPA2. WPA2 Enterprise as a starting point should only be considered "secure".
WPA(2)-PSK with AES cypher
WPA(2)-PSK with AES cypher with 63 characters long, random passphrase cannot be beaten by any rainbow table in some finite time. that is how I secure my WLANs and trust me, no one can beat that.
What about WAPs?
I have an old Linksys WAP11 (not a router). Will this work too?
Thank you in advance. :)
Live connection needed...
As far as I know, a live connection to the route/honeypot is mandatory in order to crack WEP and WPA... So if you don't have one, nobody will ever get in your honeypot...
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Is the 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' star turning her back on Juicy Joe? If it saves her from jail time, she reportedly may testify against him!
Real Housewives of New Jersey stars Teresa and Joe Giudice may be heading to jail for more than 50 years! But, Teresa, 41, may be able to keep herself out of trouble — if she testifies against her husband, Joe! Will the reality star give up her marriage for life outside of a jailhouse?
Teresa Giudice May Testify Against Joe Giudice — Fraud Case Legal Drama
While Teresa has continuously supported her husband of 13 years, staying by his side during his 2009 bankruptcy filing and his 2010 DUI arrest, that may change very soon. Sources tell In Touch Weekly that Teresa may choose to protect herself and let her husband take the blame for their latest legal battles. "Joe could end up taking the fall," an insider told the mag.
So, how can the reality star potentially keep herself out of jail? Federal attorney David DeStefano, who is not currently working on the Giudice case, tells In Touch:
She could try to get a plea deal. The government could make her a deal where she could plead to something lesser in exchange for testimony against her husband.
While throwing her husband under the bus may seem a little extreme, it may be the only way to keep herself out of jail for 50 years and in the lives of her four young daughters.
Teresa Continues To Support Joe, But For How Long?
For now, at least, it seems as though Teresa remains supportive of her husband, who she calls "Juicy Joe." Just days after the reality star couple was arrested on July 29, indicted on 39 charges of fraud, the couple hit the beach with their four daughters, Gia, 12, Gabriella, 9, Milania, 8, and Audriana, 3, even posing for pictures together.
"She'll continue to put on the facade that she loves Joe — until she's ready to throw him under the bus. She's not going to lose everything," an insider told In Touch.
What do you think, HollywoodLifers? Should Teresa testify against Joe to protect herself?
WATCH: Teresa Breaks Down
– Lindsay Goldstein
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It is a shame that these people of wealth and privilege resort to this type of crime. They have all the things a family could want, but at what cost and at what worth? It must be difficult on the children and family. They will need a good defense attorney to guide them through the legal process.
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Posted at 7:13 PM on September 7, 2013
she will file bankrup again and never have to pay anything.Teresa is dirt great mom your are to your kids, this is what they are going to read later in life. Let me guess you will tell your dad its not you its joe it did it. I hope your dad goes to his grave with this and know what kid of person you really are trash
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Posted at 8:28 PM on August 7, 2013
This stupid woman does NOT realize that ripping off the government for financial gain pisses people off ! It infuriates honest, hard working , tax paying American people who live their lives with dignity and values.
Don't you realize that your life as you knew it is OVER. You owe so much in taxes, attorney's, fees, penalties , and fines that it will ruin you and your family! And you so deserve that !!
Jail time is a MUST
Do you really think the public will buy your book or support watching a reality show after what you and Joe have pulled ?? The American public will boycott Bravo Network if they continue to pay you an outrageous paycheck after what has gone down. Your reality show is over ! People are disgusted with you.
and your children's lives will be spent being ridiculed and teased for what you have done !
You better shut up, get out of the limelight, and get prepared to live a poor life, with serious consequences for your selfish, arrogant, lavish lifestyle that you and Joe NEVER deserved or earned !!! HOW DARE YOu !!!!!!! The American public IS DONE WITH YOU, now let the Feds take over your fate !!
Posted at 11:32 PM on August 7, 2013
Posted at 7:31 PM on August 7, 2013
Joe needs to take the fall because he is really the shady person here. Although we hold Teresa responsible too, she did sign those papers , is is common knowledges she is very un-educated and somewhat naive to his doings. I don't want to see her go on, making money off stupid cook-books, or a continued reality show ! She does not deserve that ! I want to see her live in poverty and raise those girls. Her punishment should be living like the rest of us and never to profit from this horrible selfish arrogant doings against our government for financial gain. I really hate this woman
Posted at 7:45 PM on August 7, 2013
Posted at 8:03 PM on August 7, 2013
Another thing..those cookbooks aren't authored by her. We all know she can't speak! It's obvious that they have Chef's from the Tri-state area who are writing them all. She is a fraud. I know a good friend of her's and she has said that she never cooked before. Even her own brother said it on national tv. This whole cookbook thing is a sham put upon the viewers. It's all PR marketing. She doesn't do anything except put her name on something that someone else creates.
We all know that Theresa loves joe, but if this go to trial, she might have no other choice, to testifry against him, especially that she has 4 daughters, and if they both go to jail, its a very long time. I wouldn't be surpirsed that theresa and joe are not already thinking of this
Posted at 8:05 PM on August 7, 2013
Posted at 10:38 PM on August 7, 2013
Do a little research!
Virtually ALL mortgage fraud and bankruptcy fraud was done between 2001-2009!
Since the start of the show, Theresa omitted her income from the show in the latest
bankruptcy filing…
The Feds had enough to nail both of them before they were a household name..
Theresa and joe will both do time….
Posted at 4:19 PM on August 7, 2013
These type charges are the easiest for prosecutors to prove since it's all on paper in black and white. Any bank documents were signed in a bank branch and most likely on tape. I suspect the government does not need her and the best they can hope for is a plea deal for each, with both serving time. The charges are too serious and show a continued pattern. No, there will be jail for all.
Posted at 7:41 PM on August 7, 2013
I truly think that the show will go on JUST FINE without Teresa and Joe (now, Milania is another matter). Notice that BRAVO did not feature Teresa on any of their summer TV promos like it has in the past. A couple of big name Black celebrities have gone to prison in recent years for income tax evasion alone; how is it that Teresa and Joe will not have to suffer the same punishment?
Posted at 8:06 PM on August 7, 2013
no i don't think so, i think she will get some jail time, maybe over 5 years? the real problem is teresa doesnt want go to jail at all period!!!!!!! if she does go to prison, she will cry her out!!!!!!! about her kids, i think her brother joe will get the kids. i would be shocked if she ended doesnt go to jail.
Posted at 3:08 PM on August 7, 2013
No way is the government going to give her a plea deal. She had the same bail and restrictions as her loser husband. Half of the charges are from after she signed with Bravo, her fake cookbooks she allegedly wrote, her appearances and her products she hocks on her website. She is going to jail. Another thing…all of NJ can't stand her or her fat husband or that Housewives show, which leads me to believe that any jury wouldn't give a crap about her "fake" celebrity. They will hang her dry for her stealing money while pretending she is something is will never be.
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Backstage LFW S/S13: Corrie Nielsen
By Phoebe Frangoul September 14, 2012
Yin Lee, head make-up artist of AOFM creates a look inspired by Kew Gardens.
Backstage with Toni & Guy
The Toni & Guy team hard at work.
Texture is added through crimping.
Toni & Guy's International Artistic Director, Indira creates a clean and shiny look to compliment the floral headpieces.
One of the most exciting shows to happen on the first day at London Fashion Week was Corrie Nielsen's and before the main event we went backstage to find out how the hair and make-up was developed to accompany the exquisite, couture creations of the designer.
The hair:
Glam caught up with Toni & Guy's International Artistic Director, Indira, to find out how she created the hair for the show:
"Working with Corrie Nielsen, her inspiration this year is really nature, botanic flowers and plants. So using Emma's headpieces, which are amazing and also flower-inspired, we are actually using the hair as a continuation of her theme – again working with the flower theme and quite distressed in the wind. It literally works with a kind of side parting – whatever suits the model – and then what we're doing is we're having it really clean and shiny, really attached to the head, so it follows the head shape and then the underneath area is really crimped texture and kind-of distressed so they look really quirky and cute but at the same time we have this strong element – of this kind-of open flower in the wind."
"We're going to do two looks –some will be down and some will be slightly in a roll. Again the roll it's very important that it doesn't look historical, but it looks like a petal that hasn't been opened yet, some of them will be a bit more open, some will be still closed – again taking that botanic flower effect."
"We're working with Label M Volume Mousse to give that dry texture and also to keep all the hair in place, we then work the side parting, blow dry that really flat to the head and then use some pins and grips – silver clips at the moment – to place it into the flat shape at the nape and then we start to use mini crimpers at the ends to distress the texture and get the volume. Again we use hairspray and the crimper for that. And when that's done we use hairnets and a lot of Label M Hold and Gloss – a product that gives a lot of hold and shine and will look very wet looking on the top and then going into that drier texture on the bottom."
"And the rolls after they're done some will be rolled with the fingers – divided into two pieces at the nape of the neck and distressed with the fingers so that some areas are falling down and some not."
The make-up:
Yin Lee, head make-up artist of AOFM created a look that was inspired by Kew Gardens, like Corrie's collection, with sheer transparent mirroring leaves and dip dyes echoing the delicate catwalk fabrics. The pink veil across the eyes is meant to resemble a leaf covering face, which subtly grades down to a transparent layer.
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A Rare Unilateral Case of Ocular Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid.
Summary of "A Rare Unilateral Case of Ocular Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid."
: Ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is known to be rapidly progressive in younger patients and affects both eyes. We are aware of only one other reported case of unilateral ocular MMP. The case presented in this study is unique in that it demonstrates genuinely unilateral ocular MMP in a younger patient.
: We report a case of a 50-year-old man who presented with a 3-month history of left eye redness, irritation, and mild discharge. He also suffered from mouth ulcers, skin lesions, and recurrent nose bleeds secondary to nasal mucosal lesions.
: Examination revealed unilateral lid granulomas and cicatricial conjunctivitis in his left eye. There were no abnormal findings in his right eye. Biopsy of the lesions showed nonspecific inflammation with positive immunofluorescence for immunoglobulin G and C3 on epithelial basement membranes of conjunctiva, buccal mucosa, and skin, which were consistent with MMP. He was treated with immunosuppression and had no disease progression at 12-month follow-up.
: This represents a rare case of unilateral nonprogressive ocular MMP in a younger patient. Histological analysis and immunofluorescence testing excluded a neoplastic process and confirmed the diagnosis. This case demonstrates that the presentation of unilateral eyelid pyogenic granulomas should include ocular MMP in the differential diagnosis once a neoplastic process has been excluded.
From the *The Save Sight Institute, The University of Sydney and The Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, Australia; †Department of Anatomical Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ‡Department of Ophthalmology, Auckland University, Auckland,
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This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Cornea
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20847684
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181da580a
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The mucous membrane lining the RESPIRATORY TRACT, including the NASAL CAVITY; the LARYNX; the TRACHEA; and the BRONCHI tree. The respiratory mucosa consists of various types of epithelial cells ranging from ciliated columnar to simple squamous, mucous GOBLET CELLS, and glands containing both mucous and serous cells.
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California Spineflower [Mucronea californica Benth.]
Listing CNPS List 4 R-E-D Code 1-2-3
State/Federal. Status -- None POLYGONACEAE Mar.-Aug.
Global Rank G4? State Rank S3S4
Distribution: San Diego County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, San Luis Obispo County, Ventura County, Kern County, Monterey County
Habitat: This ephemeral annual herb grows in very sandy microhabitats in coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and dunes. It is also reported from grasslands and cismontane woodlands.
Known Sites: In San Diego County only one extant site is known near northwest of Fort Rosecrans Cemetery on Point Loma growing on property controlled by the U.S. Navy. Herbarium specimens were examined from Torrey Pines, Pacific Beach, and the San Luis Rey Valley. In Los Angeles County this species is reported from the El Segundo Dunes near LAX Airport. Smith reports this species in the Santa Barbara region from Fox Canyon in Santa Barbara, Buellton to Lompoc, Los Alamos, Santa Maria, Pt. Sal, Nipomo Mesa, lower Cuyama River canyon; also on dunes at Pt. Conception, Pt. Arguello, and Surf. Hoover reports this species in San Luis Obispo County in the upper Salinas Valley from Atascadero eastward to the north end of the La Panza Range and southward to near Pozo; also locally common around Morro Bay and southward along the beaches, and on dunes just south of Hazard Canyon. Reveal reports this species in extreme western San Bernardino County and northwestern Riverside County. Herbarium specimens were examined from Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County, Playa del Rey in Los Angeles County, South of Sudden Ranch Gate on Vandenberg Air Force Base as well as Graciosa Ridge in Santa Barbara County, northwest of Guadalupe in San Luis Obispo County, and near Wild Horse Creek in Monterey County. Raven reports the California Spineflower in Los Angeles County on sandy flats behind Point Dume.
Status: Formerly plants near the ocean with larger bracts were called variety suksdorfii. Given the paucity of reported sites in Southern California, and the likelihood that most historical habitat occurred near the coast in areas now heavily urbanized, it is recommended that all Southern California populations be protected. California Spineflower is substantially declining in the region due to coastal urban development, and may be locally extirpated over much of its historical range in Southern California.
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By Michael Birnbaum
BERLIN - The governments of France and Belgium agreed to nationalize Belgium's largest bank on Sunday as the Greek debt crisis took its biggest victim yet, while France and Germany's leaders promised far-reaching changes to the euro zone's economic governance in a bid to stabilize Europe's reeling finances.
Dexia, a Franco-Belgian bank that had a debt exposure totaling more than $700 billion at the end of June - more than twice the size of Greece's annual economic output - had invested heavily in European government bonds whose value is now under question.
The nationalization is a sign of the spiraling problems facing European banks and governments, and it may threaten Belgium's credit rating, making it one of the countries on shaky financial ground alongside Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said after a meeting in Berlin on Sunday that they are ready to recapitalize banks that have been shaken by the debt crisis. Merkel and Sarkozy are trying to head off a contagion that could balloon as large as the 2008 credit crunch that followed the default of Lehman Bros., this time with government borrowing as the culprit, not subprime housing loans. The leaders said they will announce more fundamental reforms to the euro area's common economic governance by the end of the month.
"We are determined to do what's necessary to secure the recapitalization of our banks," Merkel said at a joint news conference with Sarkozy. Of the broader issue of coordinating economic policies for countries that share the same currency, she said, "We must consolidate the system. We must develop better foundations." But she and the French leader declined to provide more specifics.
"Europe chose a single currency without considering what its economic governance might have been, without considering the harmonization of fiscal and economic policies," Sarkozy said. "So now it's up to us, in the midst of this crisis, to tackle those problems."
Moody's Investors Service on Friday placed Belgium's Aa1 credit rating on review for a possible downgrade because of the expected costs involved in bailing out Dexia and guaranteeing that no investors' deposits are lost. France and Belgium became part owners of the bank in 2008 after an $8 billion bailout, and the bank has made extensive loans to local governments in France.
The Belgian government had reached an agreement with France on Sunday night to buy as much as all of the bank's Belgian consumer banking division, Bloomberg News reported. The governments and the bank's leaders appear to be haggling over the price, but one person with knowledge of the talks said Belgium may pay about $5.4 billion, Bloomberg News reported. No specifics were made public.
Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme and French Prime Minister Francois Fillon released a joint statement Sunday saying that a solution had been reached as "the result of intense consultations with all partners involved." Trading on the bank's stock was halted Thursday after it plunged more than 40 percent last week.
Belgium's public debt, compared with the size of its economy, is the third-highest in the euro zone, after that of Greece and Italy. France is worried that its AAA credit rating may be jeopardized if it must spend large sums of money on recapitalizing its banks, which are significantly more exposed to Greek debt than banks in Germany. The International Monetary Fund has said that recapitalizing banks could cost $270 billion.
France has appeared to favor using the $569 billion euro bailout fund, known as the European Financial Stability Facility, to recapitalize banks, rather than risking exclusively its own money. Markets have been pricing Greek bonds at only 40 percent of their face value, reflecting the expectation that the country will not be able to fully repay them. European policymakers speak privately of making lenders to the Greek government write off half of their loans.
Merkel said last week that she would be in favor of a coordinated effort to recapitalize shaky banks but that she would want to use the bailout fund only as a last resort if banks were unable to raise money on the open market and their governments were unable to shore them up. Merkel and Sarkozy played down any differences Sunday, saying that they were in agreement about what was needed.
Surrendering any amount of sovereignty over economic issues has been a thorny topic for members of the European Union. But the financial turmoil in the euro area's weaker countries - Greece, Ireland and Portugal have all needed bailouts - has dramatized the need to tackle the problem of 17 countries that are bound to one another by a common currency but that have economies that move at different speeds in different directions.
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Hugo's, Berlin
2 Budapester Strasse
Germany 10787
Tel: 49 30 2602 1263
Concierge.com's insider take:
A glassed-in sliver of a dining room on the InterContinental's 14th floor, Hugo's looks out over some dramatic architecture—including the Brandenburg Gate and the illuminated-at-night Victory Column. If you're lucky enough to snag one of the coveted 42 seats, you'll find the view of your dinner plate equally compelling. Thomas Kammeier's French-Mediterranean cuisine—especially his delicate seafood preparations—have been dazzling diners since he took over the kitchen in the late 1990s. Kammeier drizzles crayfish with a cucumber-wasabi vinaigrette; he pairs crisp-fried sea bass with carrots in an orange-coffee broth, and serves monkfish with ratatouille cream and artichokes. Sample some vintages from the extensive wine list along with the view; at this place, nearly every table is next to or within clear sight of a window.
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Despite Washington, S&P Hits Another Record Closing High
TheStreet) -- The
S&P 500 Index set another record close amid speculation the
Federal Reserve will stick with its equity-bolstering stimulus program in lieu of tepid economic data releases. Solid growth from China and strong domestic corporate earnings added to the view that stocks can extend the year's record gains.
The S&P 500 rose 0.7% to 1744.48, pushing the 2013 advance to 22%, its best performance to start a year since 1997. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained a modest 0.18% to 15,399.26 while the Nasdaq surged 1.3% to 3914.28 as Google
(GOOG) reported earnings that beat estimates catapulting the stock to more than $1,000 per share, the first technology stock to rise to a four-figure price.
For the 5-day trading week, the S&P rose 2.4%, its best week since the 5-day period ending July 12. The Dow added 1.1% and the Nasdaq increased 3.2% this week.
"Today and yesterday it's as if the budget [debt ceiling] was just a bad dream," John Manley, chief equity strategist at Wells Fargo who helps manage $222.1 billion in total assets, said in a phone interview. "The Fed's not going to taper right away, the market valuation at around 14.5 times is not overvalued and earnings are better than expected, even if not great."
China's third-quarter gross domestic product rose to 7.8% in line with expectations, showing acceleration for the first time in three quarters, and helping to fuel gains in Asian equity markets.
While the U.S. debt ceiling has only been delayed until January, investors voiced confidence that ongoing monetary stimulus rather than politics would drive market sentiment. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said Thursday that the central bank shouldn't start reducing the pace of bond buying due to disruption to economic data during the government shutdown. Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher added that political dysfunction in Washington supports the case for not tapering in the near term. Several investors forecast the Federal Reserve may now not reduce its $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program until early next year."We are entering a period where we see the end of macro [concerns] where Europe, the Federal Reserve leadership and the debt ceiling all got resolved favorably," Scott Ranger, chief investment officer of Ranger Asset Management, said in a phone interview. "Now the market is more focused on earnings - GE was pretty good, Google was fantastic and large cap equities are not expensive." Ranger recently moved from Alliance Berstein where he managed $14 billion to start his own funds management firm.
Google closed up 13.8% to record an all-time closing high of $1,011.41 a share after the search engine giant posted third-quarter earnings of $10.74 a share, beating analyst expectations of $10.34 a share. Restaurant chain Chipotle CMG was the top performer in the S&P 500 as shares soared 16.1% to $509.74 after third quarter profit rose 15% and net income climbed to $83.4 million from $72.3 million a year earlier, the company said yesterday. Intuitive Surgical ISRG was the worst performer in the S&P after the maker of da Vinci Surgical Systems reported third-quarter revenue missed expectations on lower sales of devices and related equipment. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company reported earnings of $3.99 a share on revenue of $499 million. Analysts polled by Bloomberg data were expecting $3.39 a share on $525.9 million. Shares lost 5.7% to $376.52. Baker Hughes BHI, the world's third biggest oil services company, also beat profit expectations with strong drilling activity in the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Its shares added 7.3% to $55.55. Morgan Stanley MS gained 2.6% to $29.69 after posting third quarter revenue of $8.1 billion, beating expectations of $7.66 billion. General Electric GE added 3.5% to $25.55 after the company announced adjusted earnings per share of 36 cents, above expectations of 35 cents a share. Gold settled down 0.63% to $1,314.6 while oil was up 0.44% to $101.11. Ten-year Treasuries were up 1/32 to dilute the yield to 2.589% while the U.S. dollar index was down 0.08%. --By Jane Searle and Joe Deaux in New York.
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