text: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/sci.electronics.design sci.electronics.design Electronic circuit design. Google Groups TTman 2015-03-30T20:46:23Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/3uFWxco1aSE Measuring high voltages I have a circuit that generates a floating ( both sides) ~ +/- 1500V. The final output is generated by a standard diode cap multiplier block, giving 1mA current. The +ve output is monitored via a 1G resistor into an opamp then an ADC. The negative output is allowed to follow the positive which bloggs.fred...@gmail.com 2015-03-30T16:30:34Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/W5x5B3Ghs3g Indecypherable Passphrases Snowden recommends 7 words, and he should know :-) http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html Skybuck Flying 2015-03-30T09:30:26Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/ofOkT-_MO6o Strange Beeps picked up by 2 dollar microphone. Wireless communication signal and data transfer ? Hello, I am interested in fourrier transform to try out a special audio effects idea I have. The effects idea requires the audio wave to be broken down into seperate cosinus/sinus waves/functions/parameters. I have not yet come across software that can actually output a simple text file that c Hobby12 2015-03-30T00:37:06Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/FVnr6YlHRx0 Replacement for LM 6805-A Hello, I am looking for a replacement for a LM 6805-A. My shredder broke down and the board has this particular piece who had fallen off. I am trying to buy a new one, but I can't find the specs or anything at all about this part. Do you know where can I find this part (LM 6805-A) or what can Jim Thompson 2015-03-30T00:18:59Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/sG6vuuk_3zA Ping: John Larkin Assembled 6x "Billy" this weekend... 4x to go ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson | mens | | Analog Innovations | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and D Tom Del Rosso 2015-03-29T23:43:45Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/AVKUmksqX5s Android GPS voice synthesis pre-processor When the Android tells you to take exit 30 West, as you approach the sign marked "30W", it says, "Take exit 30 Watts." Apparently one of you guys wrote the text pre-processor. meow...@care2.com 2015-03-29T22:06:54Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/eZylKiCKQUY Overexcitable fan A PC cpu fan in an 8 core AMD system is very noisy at full tilt, and is rather excitable. CPU temp only need go up by an imperceptible amount and it revs up (idling for a minute.) I want to quieten the thing somehow. I'm thinking the control system is presumably pwm, and a series doide or 2 shou bloggs.fred...@gmail.com 2015-03-29T15:47:44Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/ABHyMmuPEeY Another Spin Doctor Bites the Dust A case of not putting his mouth where his money is: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/man-calls-weed-killer-safe-drink-refuses-glass-article-1.2165378 bill ashford 2015-03-29T12:12:58Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/YYfWrYseQA8 call blocker device suggestions? Enough is enough. My wife is getting upwards of 10 calls daily where no one is on the line when she answers. We have caller ID and it shows numbers never heard of before. For about 4 years, we've both put up with it but over the last couple of years, the calls have increased. I'd like to add pete 2015-03-28T16:05:50Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/F679FfiNc_4 control box mounting options? I have a small, 2x4" aluminum control box with some toggle switches and motor direction controls. I need to have the control box available at the same time I use a small laptop. The problem I'm having is that both the laptop and control box cannot be mounted permanently and have to be put awa Chris Jones 2015-03-28T15:45:42Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/DIVFxD_YSnA Oscillating regulators with ceramic caps I've just built up a batch of PCBs with several LM317 and LM337 regulators on them. As this thing will be in a hot environment, I wanted to avoid electrolytics so I used 10uF MLCC ceramic capacitors on the inputs and outputs of the regulators. Now that I have built it, all of the regulators osci oldy...@yahoo.com 2015-03-28T15:01:00Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/8jiOBYr2aVQ lumens vs voltage; incandescent How does voltage effect lumens in a incandescent bulb? A bulb rated 420 lumens at 130VAC will output how many lumens at 115VAC? boomer#...@none.com 2015-03-28T02:13:50Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/fs780Aa51iI The Loudspeaker - Some things never change I've been playing around with electronics since I was in my teens, which was in the 1960s. Some electronic components have drastically changed, while others have always been about the same. The main components were once vacuum tubes, then transistors, and now most are ICs. Capacitors, while s mgra...@accessnet.com 2015-03-27T20:01:08Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/G-Z3ahHEWhU Wide Area Loop Coil Design I would like to make a wide area circular loop of approximately 3 metres diameter. It will be fed with audio sinewaves via a 100W (per channel) car stereo amplifier. Could I please have some suggestions on: 1. The best way to construct this so it would be moveable. I also need it to functio Don Y 2015-03-27T19:49:54Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/PwKqK3L6Llo Ir comms Hi, What's the *least* data that I need to recover a (typical consumer) signal encoded using an infrared medium? I.e., I think all "remotes" just gate a fixed carrier (which may vary between manufacturers) to encode the data. If so, just storing the times of leading edges would allow a back Wanderer 2015-03-27T14:26:10Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/_Z2RdYJWDks OT: The land is rising I know I shouldn't, but this is just too funny. "It isn't that the sea level is dropping -- it's that the land is springing back up." http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-27/earth-s-surface-rising-as-ice-age-still-felt-from-u-s-to-europe So where I live in Maine, it will keep gettin Jan Panteltje 2015-03-27T09:05:18Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/GgbrBzkfh5E Silicon crystal new 1 kg reference Silicon crystal new 1 kg reference http://phys.org/news/2011-02-kilogram-approaching-avogadro-constant-enriched.html Si rules ;-) Skybuck Flying 2015-03-27T01:39:37Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/PCnJvFmQmkg ISIS Bombing Pilot Burning -> German Pilot Suicides. Hi, I had a feeling something like this would happen. An aircraft crash. Why I didn't know exactly. In hind sight I think I now know why the german pilot commited suicide. The trigger was probably the ISIS Bombing Pilot burning in a case. This difficult to process mental terror was the fin DaveC 2015-03-26T15:51:11Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/uK18wNgP37E Installing FTDI drivers? I want to experiment a little with Arduino. Apparently I need to install FTDI serial drivers to communicate with the Arduino board. I¹m quite wary about bricking my Arduino, remembering the recent FTDI driver scandal. (Who knows by sight which chips are legitimate and which are counterfeit?) DaveC 2015-03-26T15:30:32Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/DWoajskIlHs Why is the fuse blowing? http://i.imgur.com/tutmBjq.jpg Just had to share... John Larkin 2015-03-26T03:28:36Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/KjYMoJViBAo another pi/pie story Last Sunday, exactly a week after pi day, I decided to cook one on my semi-famous fruit pies, peach and blueberry. I was upstairs reading "The Armada" by Mattingly, a really good book, and running downstairs every few minutes to check on my pie. One of those runs down the stairs went amiss. Mo h Gary Eickmeier 2015-03-26T01:08:40Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/FMZ6-BZUroE Re: What kind of spectrogram is this, anyway... ? I didn't think we were supposed to send images on this group. Gary Eickmeier "Ramon F Herrera" <ra...@patriot.net> wrote in message news:firstname.lastname@example.com... > > See attachment. > > That is a beautiful work of art, isn't it? > > I found it here: > > http://goo.gl/wnn8R4 George Herold 2015-03-25T17:11:33Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/-cCfBykUSQ0 OT Dropbox sucking up internet bandwidth? We have an external company takes care of our IT. Things have been slow sometimes lately and the IT guys asked if anyone had dropbox, which I do. They said that was a large part of the problem. I'm pretty much clueless when it comes to IT, but I found in my dropbox setting under security a George Herold 2015-03-25T16:56:40Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/S0hfrubqPz8 Shielded inductors. Simple question. I'm looking for a 100uH inductor in either a toroid or a pot core. (I'd like it shielded from outside interference.) Digikey lists no pot core inductors. Are the shielded ones like this from wurth, http://katalog.we-online.de/pbs/datasheet/744777920.pdf the same (or simila Don Y 2015-03-25T04:28:04Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/aGKEhMu2SKw "12V Only" FCAL drives Hi, I was offered a couple of shelves (shelf's) of 500G drives (probably 16 per shelf?). But, they're all marked "12V only". I'm *guessing* this means they only draw power off the 12V supply (probably with a 5V regulator onboard to handle the logic). If that's the case, as long as the 12V Skelton John 2015-03-24T09:13:27Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/li5Vgccj5wU Group buy electronic complete for my robots project Recently I am building a project for a robot. But I find it hard and expensive to connect all the parts. Now we hope we can group buy electronic components at this site http://www.newsmartcom.com .If you need robots circuit diagram,I am glad to send it to you. Electronic components list (If any one kn Jasen Betts 2015-03-24T01:30:52Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/KbNKZGyvmzA wanted: DC socket with pigtail, not 5.5x2.x today we had a customer on the other side of the world plug a 12V supply into a microcontroller that was expecting 5v. bad stuff happened. We send some equipemnt with a 12V supply and some with a 5V supply. the 12V stuff has screw terminals and we attach a 5.5mmx2.1mm socket pigtail so they ca bitrex 2015-03-23T20:19:59Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/mHZhOTUiToY Weird EM question Suppose I have a hot cathode gas filled tube, argon or xenon or something. The tube is embedded in a solenoid such that the B field is orientated parallel to the axis of the cathode and anode. The B field would have a RMS amplitude of say, approximately 0.1 Tesla. Because of ionization t jurb...@gmail.com 2015-03-23T16:26:57Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/BaC483Uj83M Re : Economy Myths century of serious >practical experience? Nah, what does he know. " How to run the place into the ground. Seriously, look around you. Damnear every country is in debt. People say not to apply regular economics to macroeconomics, but look at the situation. And the same kind of thinking that got DaveC 2015-03-23T16:25:56Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/jIOhA8-b_W0 "Backpan" or "backplane"? A tech writer is asking me "backplane" or "backpan"? The use is in describing PLCs and the PCB the function cards plug into. His technical source--an engineer of the PLC manufacturer--insists the term is "backpan". I've only seen "backplane" but a net search does turn up uses of "backpan" sp Fitzgerald 2015-03-23T14:43:56Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/-9bgwEmytp0 Transimpedance amplifier Hi all, I have designed my first transimpedance amplifier and would love to get some feedback. Goal is to convert the current of a photomultiplier to a voltage of -3V to +3V. Note that the current flows into the PMT. The ADR5043 is 3V shunt voltage reference to set the zero current output, fo Ramon F Herrera 2015-03-23T13:49:01Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/aR4k-5qNwLc From Speech Recognition to Speaker Recognition? Please see this thread in the CMU Sphinx forum: https://sourceforge.net/p/cmusphinx/discussion/speech-recognition/thread/1d197b96/ TIA -Ramon Mark White 2015-03-22T17:03:44Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/1j-3EgFP4yg Recommedations for marking ICs with a dot I need to mark plastic ICs with a dot after they've been programmed. Any recommendations for a quick-drying ink or paint pen? I haven't seen any that are specifically recommended for electronics. But there are some advertised as "low corrosion" e.g. http:// http://www.markal.com/low-corrosion-mar Werner Dahn 2015-03-22T15:45:15Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/iV_5hCggkyg Nokia shedding its equipment? For the scavengers... < http://www.equipnet.com/auctions/catalog/exceptional-offering-of-communication-testers%2c-analyzers%2c-oscilloscopes%2c-ge/656/> I must admit I haven't read through the details yet but timing is short and I thought someone might be interested... Regards Werner Dahn ( Diyou ware 2015-03-21T20:23:33Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/rnT2VmSKu40 A robot to make PCBs prototypes at home Hi, We would like to present you our new project: TwinTeeth a PCB mini-factory. It is a multi-functional robot designed to make printed circuit boards at home. Make PCBs prototypes at home is a tedious task. The complete process includes using diverse techniques: printing, etching, drilling, John Larkin 2015-03-21T17:05:32Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/mH8sveNCS6I OT: Camille rocks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88_3AhU0-B0 -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc picosecond timing laser drivers and controllers jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com http://www.highlandtechnology.com Don Y 2015-03-20T23:52:27Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/4uVnCMILYaE More bad caps Hi, I've been given another batch of monitors to "re-cap". It's getting so that I can do this in my sleep. <frown> But, I'm noticing that many of the bad caps tend to be in *smaller* packages than the (equivalently rated) replacements. While I can always make the replacements "fit", I am w Jon Elson 2015-03-20T21:51:57Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/EUJFJU6N1aI Re: Strange Antenna - Quantum Anti-Wave cje...@netplus.com wrote: > > This is related to a highly dubious product, but I found the operating > principle interesting. > > I have never heard of this effect before. > > Can anyone explain or verify it? > > http://www.biznet1.com/neutralizers/how-does-it-work.html > > Claus Jensen bitrex 2015-03-20T19:46:31Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/GdlR1_2uqj0 Delta-sigma class D Say I have a delta-sigma modulator driving a class D power stage. Feedback is taken from the output of the power stage to an analog summing node prior to the delta sigma modulator. Does the noise-shaping property of a higher order sigma delta modulator help decrease the low frequency effects Jim Thompson 2015-03-20T18:46:00Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/2pCugaR_cDc Current Transformer Question Suppose I have a current transformer where the primary current is half-wave rectified. In the ideal (Spice, natch ;-), nothing will show on the secondary. In real life, what would I see? ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson John Larkin 2015-03-20T03:45:35Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/4fIYUMAwog4 Re: Hairspray as PCB Laquer On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 02:37:01 -0700, Robert Stevens <rste...@tsci.edu> wrote: > >I like to keep the underside of my Veroboard projects from tarnishing. > >In terms of effect on compnents and resoldering, does anyone know if >hairspray is an acceptable substitute for commercial PCB spray >laq jurb...@gmail.com 2015-03-20T03:41:37Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/ZTRPAvq8vRo Audio Refit (obs. STK IC) I am refitting a unit with an output amp that used to use the SI-1125-HD chip. I have enough experience that I know not to trust people who are selling these chips now, if they are bad the seller can claim something else on the board fried it, although in many cases that is dmanear impossible. edward....@gmail.com 2015-03-20T00:36:06Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/Dn2zAycdabM Networking problem Old setup: DSL -> modem -> router (masq IP) -> switch New setup DSL -> modem -> hub/switch (static IP) -> router (masq IP) -> switch We need to tap between the modem and router in order to have externally accessible static IP. But adding the hub (tried 2 they already have) breaks the XP sta Spehro Pefhany 2015-03-19T15:52:40Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/qAQobLy9wwM Brown material used in hybrids Hi, in this NASA workshop handout on hermeticity testing there are a number of photos of semiconductors and some SMPS-looking hybrids. I'm wondering what the material is that they've used to tack down fly wires and such like. Is it a special epoxy or some kind of flexible silicone or something e DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno 2015-03-19T12:30:38Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/WTlusIrc2hg NICE! (yes it is off topic) I want to work for this dude. Really smart guy. https://vimeo.com/99002635?from=outro-embed http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/11/24/compact-rotary-engine-is-petite- powerhouse/ https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=liquid+piston And build his new engine's version of this: W daku...@gmail.com 2015-03-19T03:05:27Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/r8Ufy8uJQMY AC overvoltage protection Could some electronics guru please help ? The certification standards for a wall- plug AC powered device in as Asian country states that : "for use on DC supplies up to 250 V or on AC supplies up to 1 000 V at 50 Hz" The normal AC line voltage is 230V @ 50Hz, which means that the device un CARMELO PIGNATRACOZZA DE ROSARIO ARGENTINA 2015-03-19T01:49:01Z https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sci.electronics.design/tghe5fspdUY SCHIFOSO BASTARDO NEOPIDUISTA TIZIANO RENZI (WIKI, IL FATTO QUOTIDIANO, ECT) FA DA TRAMITE FRA STRAGISTA NAZIMAFIOSO PEDOFILO SILVIO BERLUSCONI, FASCIOLESBICA MARINA BERLUSCONI E FIGLIO BERLUS-CO-RROTTISSIMO MATTEO RENZI PER FAR SI CHE BERLUSCONIA .. SCHIFOSO BASTARDO NEOPIDUISTA TIZIANO RENZI (WIKI, IL FATTO QUOTIDIANO, ECT) FA DA TRAMITE FRA STRAGISTA NAZIMAFIOSO PEDOFILO SILVIO BERLUSCONI, FASCIOLESBICA MARINA BERLUSCONI E FIGLIO BERLUS-CO-RROTTISSIMO MATTEO RENZI PER FAR SI CHE BERLUSCONIA ... NEVER DIE! 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"Highly recommended."
This book is one of the most engaging books about battle that I have ever read. It has all the drama of a epic film, the mystery of a forgotten time in history, and the inspirations that comes from brave people overcoming great difficulties.
When the Knights defending St. Elmo die knowing that no help will save them you mourn, but you also are inspired because they knew that their deaths had meaning because it meant buying time for the rest of the island of Malta.
Good book. Highly recommended.
"This makes 300 look like a tea party"
It is riveting from start to finish. Pretty much every sentence leaves you on the edge of your seat. The battles constantly surged back and forth, but the most insignificant few yards of territory were enough to defeat an empire that was poised to take over the known world.
Seriously? No other book in my nearly 500 would qualify.
You can't really name a scene as this was just one big flowing battle all the way through. The audacity of sneaking reinforcements into a nearly flattened fortress was one of those things that you would never think of doing, but I don't want to give anything away, so read the book.
Heck yeah.
If you crave excitement, want personalities to admire, love history, want to know facts that no one else does, or just revel in the strength of will on one side and the religious fanaticism on the other, then this book will not let you down.
This is one of the most enlightening books on not just a phenomenal piece of military history but a segue into understanding much of the conflict that is going on in the middle east today. Would recommend without hesitation!!!!
"The Great Siege of Malta"
A must for those who like the genre and also an interesting moment in European history
St Elmo
"Lost classic"
Historic, epic, engrossing
Simon Vance's delivery brings the weight of history to this under-told event. You are immersed by his speech but never overwhelmed and never, never bored. Minor details become as vibrant as the battles themselves in his capable narration.
Yes, yes and again yes.
Published in 1961, this history of the Turkish invasion on Malta and its epic defense by the Knights of St John is a truly fine historical account. Six hundred years after the events, it is still a stirring account of heroism, devotion and courage.


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A slightly-over-middle-age couple finds themselves in more than a rut, post-post empty nest. What to do?
An overly-simplified plot outline for a lovely, sweet, funny, sad, quiet movie that allows the cast's acting talents to shine. A great script with spot-on character development. None of your over-dramatics here.
We all know about Meryl Streep & Tommy Lee Jones, but even they deliver some newness. But Steve Carell gives us a nuanced performance without the smallest hint of shtick. Notice Elisabeth Shue in a small part that delivers big. As well as Jean Smart & Mimi Rogers.
Don't miss this one.
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Kay and Arnold are a middle-aged couple whose marriage has declined until they are now sleeping in separate rooms and barely interact in any meaningful loving way. Finally, Kay has had enough and finds a book by Dr. Feld which inspires her to sign them up for the Doctor's intense week long marriage counseling session. Although Arnold sees nothing wrong with their 30 year long marriage, he reluctantly agrees to go on the expensive excursion. What follows is an insightful experience as Dr. Feld manages to help the couple understand how they have emotionally drifted apart and what they can do to reignite their passion. Even with the Doctor's advice, Kay and Arnold find that renewing their marriage's fire is a daunting challenge for them both.
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A slightly-over-middle-age couple finds themselves in more than a rut, post-post empty nest. What to do?
Streep, Jones and Carrell Break New Ground
I am a single, 67 year old retiree, who has been married and divorced twice; and this movie really touched me. It acted as a sort of cinematic mirror to prompt me to reflect upon the many daily choices, or even finer gradations of volition, that make up a healthy or dysfunctional marriage or relationship of any kind. The movie was about how we create our own heaven or hell, in the house, in the kitchen, in the bedroom, and in life. We lose our grip on our passionate love affairs almost the way that dust slowly collects on the floor. Didn't I just vacuum that dust yesterday? That is how a marriage can ossify, degrade itself, as if consciousness itself were shot full of some sort of novocaine by sneaky subtle injections over the years, one feeling at a time numbed.
Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carrell are excellent and break new emotional and acting ground for all three master actors.
The movie made me think about my entire life, and it made me reflect upon my parents' marriage, too.
Tommy Lee Jones' portrayal of Arnold, a man who has been an accountant so long he can simply function on automatic with his customers, not really giving his passionate self to his business- or his marriage, ran the gamut from acceptance of various ruts to various kinds of rage, embarrassment, and stubbornness, refusal to drop his pride, or make compromises that would have been in the best interests of himself, his wife and the marriage.
The camera does not editorialize. It shows Arnold falling asleep watching golf instruction on television. The camera directly above the frying pan and close up, depicts Meryl Streep's Kay, sizzling a strip of bacon and one sunny side up egg for Arnold every day, day after day. He eats his breakfast with his back to her as he reads the paper, then gets up, every day, and gives her a peck on the check without even making eye contact, and he's off to work again- like an unemotional little engine that could.
When Sisyphus pushed that boulder up to the top of the hill, his punishment by the gods, he had to watch it roll back down to the bottom of the hill whereupon, he repeated this process - for eternity. But Sisyphus smiled - at least according to Albert Camus, he smiled. It occurred to me that relationships and marriages devolve into accommodations, and that passion, like air being spent out the tiny leaks in a worn tire, can evanesce before either party truly, deeply realizes what they are doing, what they have done. The smiles in this movie are forced, automatic, defensive, painful. Boulders are not openly acknowledged.
In this movie, every scene is slightly underplayed. No line or gesture is over the top. Almost every word of dialogue is realistic. I never felt that I was being lectured or preached to. I did think that the background music was too intrusive several times, however, almost as if someone did not trust Meryl Streep to carry the emotional load of the scene - an error of judgement. This movie needed no such authorial or directorial intrusion - That is my only criticism.
"Hope Springs" is a movie about the ingredients of happiness or lack of same, and the finesse of the actors, the director, the cinematographer and the editors is magnificent. They never stooped to dwell on any sort of cliche dialogue or acting flourishes. It was believable.
I felt that the movie really opened up my life. I wish I had seen it 45 years ago when I married for the first time. It is that good.
Touching and real (and unexpected)
The trailer and marketing campaign for this film is another instance of a collection of sound bites making a film seem like something that it is not. This is NOT a geriatric sex comedy. In fact, I would not even call it a comedy. There are some laughs, several smiles, but most of the time I was in tears. If you go there expecting laughs, you may be disappointed. I went there with such expectations, and I was pleasantly surprised and amazed.
I am about the same age as the couple, and I deal with divorcing couples every day. This film is so real and true-to-life, with no big fight or over-the-top scene, which is appropriate since so many marriages end as a result of a collection of little unintended cruelties becoming unbearable.
I cannot think of any film in which Tommy Lee Jones or Meryl Streep gave a more astonishing performance. Tommy Lee going to a couples therapy session run by Steve Carell? The perfect set-up for lots of laughs, but then we realize the situation is really not funny.
Imagine a film in which Steve Carell has absolutely no gags, routines or funny bits. Yet I can't imagine anyone doing that role better. He was in another film dealing (in part) with a relationship gone bad, "Crazy Stupid Love," which was a comic take (and a marvelous film). Trying to find another film for comparison, the closest that comes to mind is Bergman's "Scenes From A Marriage." But I think this film about the same general subject is much more accessible.
I would have given this film a 10, but the soundtrack of obvious songs to underscore the plot became somewhat distracting. The song most appropriate here (but not used) is "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be." The couple here would be from the same generation as Carly Simon.
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Greek "Fresh Start" Bonds Face Immediate 80% Loss, 98% Probability Of RedefaultSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 03/08/2012 14:37 -0400
As 'news' breaks of over 80% participation in the Greek PSI deal and the apparent optimism that this is somehow a good thing, we note that our analysis of what would happen from two months ago was exactly spot on. As the FT reports, "financial markets were already betting Greece would default again in the future. Grey market "when issued" pricing for the 20 new bonds were ranging from 17 to 28 cents on the euro, a highly distressed level, according to indicative quotes", which just happens to almost perfectly coincide with our view:"Which means that according to a generic bond yield calc, the price on the fresh start bonds post reorg will be... 17.9 cents of par, or immediate losses of over 80% the second these bonds break for trading from par." Given grey market bond and CDS pricing, this would imply a 98% probability of Greece redefaulting within the next few years.
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Even With Back Dated Deals Featuring Only One Party, One Can't Escape Greece's Problem Shared By Much Of The EUSubmitted by Reggie Middleton on 03/08/2012 14:34 -0400
Even With Back Dated Deals Featuring Only One Party, One Can't Escape Greece's Problem Shared By Much Of The EU. Let's look at some nasty consequences...
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Presenting Europe's Schizophrenia Post LTROSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 03/08/2012 13:25 -0400
Since Draghi's second savior LTRO, European markets have been flip-flopping gradually lower. These four charts do not seem to suggest a market that is confident about tail-risk containment, sovereign firewalls, or an orderly restructuring by Greece. Sovereign spreads are broadly higher (Spain, France, and Portugal the most), CDS spreads are underperforming (as protection is sought and CDS seen having value as a hedge), non-financial and financial credit is notably weaker, LTRO Stigma remains notably wide, stocks are broadly lower, and the EURUSD is back at 'fair' with its swap spreads (removing its over-pessimism). There has been no change in the price trends for UK-law versus Greek-law GGBs (i.e. noone believes this is over) and even if it were, a renewed focus on growth is hardly a market positive given lending trends and macro prints in Europe recently.
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Did Greek Bond And CDS Traders Just Ring The Bell?Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/08/2012 12:23 -0400
As we hear from one government spokesperson after another that the Greek PSI deal is 'going well' which appears to us to be a misnomer as either its done or its not, we note that the price for the Greek CDS-Bond basis topped Par today for the first time. While there is some noise in this (and extremely wide bid-ask spreads), looking at the ask on the bonds and the bid on the CDS which measures more accurately the price at which basis traders can exit the trade (though liquidity is challenging), it would appear that some hedgies are ringing the bell on this trade and covering at better than Par levels. While we would have expected some basis traders to hold through the event horizon, it makes little sense to look a gift horse in the mouth as the trade has met its 'theoretical' limit (and beyond in fact as the add-ons from EFSF and GDP warrants leave some extra on the table). The point is that the basis (the price of buying a Greek bond and fully hedging its 'default' risk) has peaked, implying a credit event is 100% priced in suggesting CACs are on their way later today (despite current 'news' reports'). If the Greeks really have the needed participation then we would expect to see CDS dump tighter as everyone scrambled out - even to the 45% upf that some think 'new' CDS should trade at, this is not occurring.
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Greek Reports Peg PSI Participation At "Over 75%"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/08/2012 12:21 -0400
With less than 4 hours until the Greek PSI deadline (8pm GMT), the time to start spreading rumors has arrived. Sure enough, courtesy of Reuters:
Needless to say this conflicts with what all other media reports on the topic in this latest headline frenzy. Then again, in the game of the Schrodinger PSI, where the quantum participation state is 0% or 100% depending on whether one collapses the Lie function, the only sure thing is that there will be a Dead Schrodinger Cat bounce before the CAC is triggered shortly and the market tests just how firewalled it is to a Greek CDS trigger.
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Moment of PSI TruthSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 03/08/2012 10:43 -0400
Today is supposedly the day. The initial deadline for Greek PSI will occur later today (unless of course it is extended somehow - but will be released here) and while CAC activation (and hence eventual 90% participation) is the consensus most likely outcome for bonds under Greek law (but not for all bonds under English law) - which the market appears to be very comfortable with given overnight trading - there are still risks, as BofA notes, that a number of low risk but high impact events unfold with extremely negative connotations. Clarifying expectations and market implications, it does seem that while BofA is a little more sanguine than us on this initial deadline, that the market's complacency is extremely high.
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Daily US Opening News And Market Re-Cap: March 8Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/08/2012 08:54 -0400
European stock futures have trended higher today in relatively light volumes as the market awaits key interest rate decisions (BoE & ECB) and with the deadline for the Greek debt swap deal looming. The latest talk this morning has been that the participation in the PSI deal has been well received and coupled with speculation of a Chinese RRR cut overnight and stops tripped in the E-mini S&P and Eurostoxx futures earlier this morning, contributed to a large portion of the move higher. As a consequence, the USD index has weakened (-0.5%) which has lifted the EUR/USD pair back firmly though the 1.3200 level to the upside and Brent/WTI crude futures are seen higher ahead of the NYMEX pit open. Looking ahead we await the ECB press conference as well as the latest jobs data from the US due at 1330GMT.
Frontrunning: March 8Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/08/2012 08:29 -0400
- Investors help Athens over bailout hurdle (FT)
- Greece Moves Closer to Swap (WSJ)
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Overnight Sentiment: Risk OnSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 03/08/2012 08:18 -0400
Following a busy overnight session, which saw a surprise announcement out of the Brazilian Central Bank cutting rates more than expected, and confirmation of the deterioration in the Japanese economy where January saw a record current account deficit, today we have already seen the Bank of England proceed as expected keeping its key interest rate unchanged (at 0.50%) and QE fixed at GBP325 billion. The ECB is next with its rate announcement, expected to keep things on hold. Yet the mood of the morning is set by speculation that the Greek debt swap may see a sufficient participation rate for the PSI to go through, even if that means CAC activation, as somehow a Greek default is good, and only an "out of control" bankruptcy would be bad. That coupled with renewed expectations of more QE, sterilized or not, and hopes that tomorrow's NFP will be better than expected, as somehow the Fed will pump money even if the economy is "improving", is all that is needed to send the post-roll ES contract to session highs nearly 1% higher than yesterday's close.
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News That MattersSubmitted by thetrader on 03/08/2012 05:27 -0400
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A word from Barclays on LTRO subordination of senior unsecured debt in the Euro bank funding marketSubmitted by Daily Collateral on 03/08/2012 05:06 -0400
The European Central Bank's recent LTRO programs have effected a significant increase in the amount of encumbered assets -- those pledged as collateral in repo transactions, central bank funding operations, and covered bond issuance as lenders increasingly demand over-collateralized borrowing arrangements to protect against credit risk -- on balance sheets across the pan-European banking system.
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Tim Price On One Of The Most Overlooked Aspects Of The Financial CrisisSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 03/07/2012 15:55 -0400
An engineer, a biologist and an economist are washed ashore on a desert island. After a few days without food they are starving. Eventually, they stumble on a can of beans on the beach. They spend a few minutes considering how they might feed themselves. The engineer is the first to speak: "We could hit the can with a rock until it opens." The biologist counters, "We could suspend the can in a seawater solution and wait for erosion to work its magic." The economist is last to contribute: "Let's just assume we have a can-opener." OK, so it's not the funniest joke in the universe. But it has the ring of truth.
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There is No Such Thing as Sterilized QE... The Fed is Going to Disappoint.Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 03/07/2012 14:24 -0400
Remember, just last week Bernanke told Congress that no more QE was coming. Also remember that the Fed has been largely using verbal and symbolic interventions to prop up the market rather than actual money printing or new monetary policies (Operation Twist 2 only shuffles the Fed balance sheet; it doesn't actually inject more money into the system).
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Wall Street's Knee Jerk Responses To Hint Of More QESubmitted by Tyler Durden on 03/07/2012 13:36 -0400
We shared our thoughts on the implication for more possible QE, sterilized or not, earlier, as did the market: why is risk higher, and with it the threat of inflation, if the Fed is doing perfectly innocuous sterilized easing? Maybe because it does not matter if the Fed intervenes sterilized or unsterilized, as long as the Fed intervenes, period? Now we present the knee jerk reaction of several Wall Street experts, all of whom are about as confused about this development, which is neither here nor there in terms of actually achieving any of the Fed's goals, as we are.
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Stocks, Precious Metals Spike On Report Fed Considering "Sterilized" QESubmitted by Tyler Durden on 03/07/2012 12:17 -0400
Update: yup. It's Jon "Mouthpiece" Hilsenrath all right. This is nothing but a test to gauge if the market will ramp on the clarification that future QE may be sterilized. If market ramps regardless, the sterilized clause will be ultimately eliminated. Full story link.
While we have yet to see the actual report, almost certainly emanating from Jon Hilsenrath, it appears that the QE3 rumormill has started, initially with speculation that the Fed's activity will be merely "sterilized" or more Twist-type purchases, unclear however if in TSYs or also in MBS. Via the WSJ:
- Fed Officials consider "sterilized" option for Future bond buying
- Operation Twist Reprise, QE Other Options For Fed Bond
- Still Unclear Whether Fed Will Launch Another Bond-Buy
As a reminder, yesterday we said that according to the EURUSD, the implied market expectation is for a $750 billion QE out of the Fed. However, that is for unsterilized balance sheet expansion. If the Fed goes ahead and does not grow its balance sheet (hence "sterilized"), it may well be EURUSD, and thus risk, and gold, negative, as no new money will enter the market for actual speculation. Which perhaps is precisely what the Fed is planning, as every incremental dollar now goes into Crude first, and everything else later. In other words: this is a very big risk off indicator as no new money will be available to pump up stocks!
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Only God Forgives, which stars Gosling as a criminal in the Bangkok underworld, has been shortlisted for the coveted Palme d'Or.
The film, which also stars Kristin Scott Thomas, is up against Ethan and Joel Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis, which is set in New York 1960s folk music scene and stars Justin Timberlake, John Goodman and Carey Mulligan.
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First up is Lasertom and The Blast Crew, a vehicle for the musical experimentation of Simon Cullen and friends. Formerly one half of late, lamented electrofunkers Les Bien, this new project is all about trippy 21stCentury disco grooves and blissed out horn fanfares. We already think they're a bit special after they played for us back in December.
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Jonathan Pollard 311 (R).
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It's P-Day in Washington. P stands for Peres; P stands for Pollard; and P stands
for the promise that Shimon Peres made to Esther Pollard to do everything is his
power to persuade US President Barack Obama to grant convicted spy Jonathan
Pollard his freedom on the same day that Obama confers the Presidential Medal of
Freedom on Peres.Today is that day, and everyone connected with efforts
geared toward Justice for Jonathan Pollard is waiting with bated breath to see
whether Peres will be successful in this endeavor.Will he succeed where
others have failed? Will Obama have the courage and compassion that was lacking
in his predecessors? High-ranking veterans of Israel's defense establishment say
that no previous American administration has been as generous to Israel as that
of Obama. The Iron Dome is but one example of that generosity – possibly because
one of the places that Obama visited in Israel when he was campaigning the first
time around was Sderot. He saw the stockpile of rockets that had been fired into
Israel and imagined the damage they could have done to human life had they found
their targets.Pollard is a different issue, but perhaps Obama will find
it in his heart to say enough is enough and it's time for Pollard to go
free.Among the invitees to the dinner that Obama is hosting for Peres in
the State Dining Room are former US Presidents Jimmy Carter, George Bush, Bill
Clinton and George W.Bush, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger,
who was himself a recipient of the Medal of Freedom, Vice President Joe Biden,
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro, Israel's
fifth president Yitzhak Navon, Ben- Gurion University president Rivka Carmi,
singer and actress Barbra Streisand, filmmaker Stephen Spielberg and Facebook
founder Mark Zuckerberg.■ PERES, KISSINGER and Navon will meet again
next week in Jerusalem, and not just because they will all be attending the
presidential "Facing Tomorrow" conference, which opens on June 19. They'll be
getting together before that for another awards ceremony in which Peres will be
doing the conferring. While Israel does not have the equivalent of a medal of
freedom, it does have the President's Award of Distinction, which was
inaugurated by Peres last year and which will be awarded for the first time next
week to Kissinger; Canadian human rights activist Judy Feld Carr, who was
instrumental 30 years ago in getting young Jews out of Syria; social activist
Ori Slonim, the Rashi Foundation, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz and conductor Zubin
Mehta.Slonim, a lawyer, has for 27 years voluntarily been at the
disposal of governments of Israel in negotiations to free Israeli soldiers taken
prisoner by enemy forces and by terrorist groups. A descendant of the famous
Slonim family of Hebron, he is also president of Variety Israel and a past
president of Variety International. The Rashi Foundation, established in 1984 by
Gustave Leven, is dedicated to improving the quality of life in underprivileged
sectors of Israeli society by reducing educational gaps, providing cultural
facilities and initiating programs that encourage leadership and
excellence.Steinsaltz is a teacher, philosopher, social critic, and
spiritual mentor who has devoted his life to making the Talmud accessible to all
Jews.Mehta, one of the world's greatest orchestral and operatic
conductors, has worked with many of the world's major orchestras, but is
particularly associated with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra ,which was formed
in the year he was born and which he conducted for the first time in May
1961.He has been the orchestra's musical director, a lifetime
appointment, since 1981. Prior to the establishment of diplomatic relations
between Israel and India 20 years ago, Bombay-born Mehta was India's unofficial
representative in Israel.The reason that Navon will be at the awards
ceremony, aside from the fact that he attends many of the events hosted by
Peres, with whom he has had a close friendship for more than 60 years, is that
he was a member of the committee headed by former Supreme Court president Meir
Shamgar, which reviewed the nominations and selected the honorees.■
MEMBERS OF the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University who arrived in
advance of the board's 75th meeting, which has been taking place in Jerusalem
this week, went to Massada last Thursday to enjoy the Israel Opera company's
performance of Carmen and to participate in a gala dinner with President Peres
and Israel Opera Director Hanna Munitz.Peres had also been scheduled to
attend the official opening on Sunday of the Jordan River Village, which is
chaired by beloved actor Chaim Topol and is based on the Hole in the Wall Gang,
founded by actor Paul Newman in 1988 and now known as SeriousFun Children's
Network. The Jordan River Village is part of that international network. It was
founded in 2000 by Marilyn and Murray Grant, who shared their dream of a utopian
environment for children with life-threatening illnesses.Located high
above the Sea of Galilee, it is a place of enrichment and empowerment for
children from all over the region regardless of religion, race or nationality.
The village will enable children to spend a week free of charge in an
environment filled with a multitude of experiences which will help them to cope
better while having loads of fun as they simultaneously test their stamina and
their abilities through specially designed extreme sports that also cater to
children in wheelchairs. Peres had hoped to attend the inauguration ceremony,
which was top-heavy with philanthropists, entertainers and social activists, but
was unable to juggle it with his commitments in America. It's fairly certain
that he will make a point of visiting the village before the summer is
over.■ "A THING of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases; it
will never pass into nothingness." Thus wrote British poet John Keats some two
centuries ago, and he might well have been writing about "Pure Gold," the
breathtaking exhibition that marks the 20th anniversary of the Bible Lands
Museum. Approximately 600 visitors crowded into the museum for the opening last
Wednesday. At first glance, it's like walking into a jewelry store, where each
piece – some of which are 2,500 years old – stands majestically isolated in its
own splendor.Exquisite gold adornments and artifacts, whose design has
stood the test of time, look as modern as they did when created centuries ago.
Invitees who came the following evening to the museum's gala 20th anniversary
dinner were considerably fewer in number, and were thus able to take their time
viewing the marvelous display before exiting from the exhibition hall to the
garden for a candle-lit dinner.Among the guests were Yitzhak Navon, who
has been a faithful friend of the museum since its inception; Amos Mar Haim, who
served as senior deputy mayor of Jerusalem under Teddy Kollek from 1989 to 1994
and who is a member of the museum's governing board; Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat
, MK Isaac Herzog, sculptress Debra Silver, whose late parents Nathan and Lilly
Silver were among the early and constant supporters of the museum and whose
names continue to be linked with it in perpetuity through the Nathan and Lilly
Silver Foundation; iconic photographer David Rubinger; former National Labor
Court president Steve Adler; art gallery proprietor Raphael Marrache; and Sir
John Boardman of Oxford University, who edited the well-researched catalogue and
provided the exhibition's scholarly input.Batya Borowski, who together
with her late husband Elie Borowski, brought the museum from a dream to an
expanding reality, was proud of the fact that it would remain a legacy
bequeathed by her husband to Jerusalem, but she was equally proud of the fact
that what she and her husband had started was being continued by her daughters
Amanda Weiss, who is the director of the museum, and Jessica Waller, who is
responsible for the design of the exhibition. The third generation, in the
person of Aaron Novak (Weiss's son), is also involved with the museum as its
general manager. Master of ceremonies, television and radio broadcaster Yigal
Ravid offered his services gratis, which was commendable, but which did not
excuse his brash queue-jumping to the buffet.■ RESERVISTS IN the IDF do
not always get the recognition they deserve, which is why the ones who received
promotions in rank last week were thrilled that both Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen.
Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu attended the ceremony. Among
the reserve officers promoted was genial PR man Amiram Fleisher who serves in
the IDF Spokesman's Office. It's rare for a soldier to get an army job in his
own field, but Fleisher's work in the IDF is virtually tailor-made for him. PR
people have often been there, done that and seen it all. But they are not immune
to emotion, and the pinning ceremony for Fleisher, in which his wife, Ifat, and
Gantz pinned the colonel's insignia onto his uniform to denote his new rank, was
a moment of pure elation, especially because his father and his children as well
as senior army officers were present. Afterwards, Netanyahu told Fleisher he was
pleased that the IDF demonstrates its appreciation to loyal officers who
continue to serve the state year after year.■ HUNGARIAN HOLOCAUST
survivors who owe their lives to Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg would have
been delighted to be invited to the Swedish National Day reception hosted by
Ambassador Elinor Hammarskjöld in her recently renovated Herzliya Pituah
residence. Hammarskjöld made particular mention of the fact that this year is
the centenary year of Wallenberg's birth. There are Raoul Wallenberg societies
in many parts of the world which pay tribute to this man who not only risked his
life but may well have lost his life as a result of his humanitarian efforts to
save Jews. Arrested by the Russians toward the end of the war on suspicions of
espionage, Wallenberg disappeared and no one knows exactly what happened to him.
The Wallenberg centenary will be commemorated with a number of events around the
world.For Sweden, 2012 has a particular focus, said Hammarskjöld as she
spoke of Wallenberg. "We remember what this young Swedish diplomat, who has been
recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, did to save thousands
of Jews in Hungary from the scourge of the Holocaust."Here in Israel and
around the world, this is a year of events to honor Wallenberg and those who
worked with him.Not only to remember, but also to learn and reflect on what
Wallenberg's legacy means for the future.It is an occasion to reaffirm
our commitment to fight anti-Semitism and other intolerance today."Among
the commemorative events in Israel will be an academic symposium at Yad Vashem
on June 26, where Sweden will be represented by Minister for Integration Erik
Ullenhag.In July, the speaker of the Swedish riksdag will be in Israel
at the invitation of the speaker of the Knesset to participate in the Knesset's
own ceremony for Wallenberg. From the end of August, the embassy will be hosting
an international exhibition on Wallenberg at Beit Bialik in Tel
Aviv.Commemorating Wallenberg is not only about ceremonies – it is about
people, said Hammarskjöld. "It is about Raoul Wallenberg as an individual – the
courageous choices he made at the young age of 32. It is about those who
survived the Holocaust because of what Wallenberg and his team did. It is also
about their thousands and thousands of descendants, like the young Israeli
student who approached me to say that she felt a special tie to Sweden because
her savta was saved by Wallenberg so many years ago. And it is about the choices
we all face which require courage, determination and the ability to challenge
ourselves beyond what we may think is possible."Minister for Energy and
Water Resources Uzi Landau, who represented the government, referred to
Wallenberg as "the Righteous Gentile who saved tens of thousands of Jews in
Hungary" and noted that many of the Hungarian Jews who had been saved by
Wallenberg had found their way to Israel.Among the guests attending the
reception were members of Israel's vibrant Swedish community, diplomats, people
who do business with Sweden and Israel's ambassador designate to Sweden, Isaac
Bachmann.■ IT IS not always easy for the Protocol Department of the
Foreign Ministry to find a minister who is willing to represent the government
at a national day reception hosted by the head of a foreign diplomatic
mission.While there is supposed to be a roster, certain ministers find
all sorts of excuses for evasion when it is their turn.Not so Deputy
Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz, who actually volunteered to represent the government
at the national day reception hosted at his residence by Portugal's Ambassador
to Israel Miguel de Almeida e Soussa, who only last month presented his
credentials to President Peres.It was Mofaz's maiden appearance as a
representative of the government at such an event since Kadima joined the
coalition. To make the minister's task easier, the Foreign Ministry prepares a
speech that is largely based on the bilateral relations between Israel and the
country whose national day is being celebrated. When he was a government
minister, MK Isaac Herzog, who prefers to be spontaneous, eschewed the prepared
text and spoke in direct reference to anything the ambassador had said before
him, or if he had visited the country in question, of his experiences there.
Apparently this is something that he and Mofaz have in common. Ignoring the
document handed to him by Shmuel Morgan from the Foreign Ministry's Protocol
Department, Mofaz, seizing on remarks that Soussa had made about Portugal's
willingness to assist Israel in its peace endeavors, waxed – with far greater
passion than he displays when speaking Hebrew – into an enthusiastic assertion
(in surprisingly good English) of Israel's desire for peace and his personal
belief that the Palestinians are partners for peace.Expressing his
confidence that Soussa will enhance the existing good bilateral relations
between Israel and Portugal, "in all fields" Mofaz noted that Portugal has
peacekeeping soldiers stationed on the Israeli-Lebanese border. "We in Israel
believe in, hope for and pray for peace," he said. "The most important issue to
work for is peace."Earlier, Soussa had assured Mofaz and the other
guests that no Portuguese citizen is indifferent to what is happening in this
part of the globe.Commenting that no leadership or country in the region
is immune to the changes taking place and the permanently moving scenarios,
Soussa said that Israel can count on Portugal's solidarity and support in the
quest for peace.■ HONORS ARE in the air for singer, actor, radio and
television host and current affairs commentator Yehoram Gaon, who, after
receiving an honorary doctorate from Tel Aviv University, was this week
officially recognized as the Honorary Consul of Honduras at a ceremony at the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. This is not the first time that Gaon
has been the central figure in such a ceremony. He was previously the Honorary
Consul for Chile.■ ALREADY FOLLOWING in the footsteps of internationally
esteemed Israeli statesman Abba Eban in his capacity of Israel's permanent
representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Ron Prosor is emulating Eban
yet again in his latest capacity as vice president of the UN General Assembly.
Prosor is only the third Israeli to hold this position. An extraordinarily
popular diplomat in London before he went to New York, Prosor was elected
unanimously. He will take up his new role in September, with the opening of the
next assembly. Prosor saw his election not only as a personal victory but also
as another achievement for Israel at the UN and an expression of appreciation by
the international community of Israel's contribution."We are working
hard to put Israel on the map of the United Nations as a leading and influential
country," he said, adding that the selection of an Israeli candidate for this
senior position could serve as the basis for advancing additional Israeli
candidates for other key positions at the UN.■ ALMOST EVERYONE who gets
married wants their wedding to be something special and memorable, but the
marital drama put on by Robbi Glodan and Isolda Abraham will be a hard act to
follow. Each of them has thespian aspirations, and with this in mind they
decided to write and put on a play about their courtship, with the wedding as a
grand finale. According to a report in Yediot Aharonot, the couple wanted to do
something really different. They also wanted to be honest and to include the
crises in their relationship as well as the upbeat chapters.Everything
went according to plan but for one snag: It was really tough finding a venue.
They approached the managers of theater halls and community centers all over the
country, but no one was prepared to rent out their premises for a wedding, even
if the first part was legitimate drama. Eventually they struck gold at the
Nesher Cultural Center, which has a beautiful theater. The play was a 90-minute
drama that included their first meeting, their life together as couple and
finally the culmination of their relationship with a wedding. The wedding
invitation was designed like a playbill.■ A SOMEWHAT more ostentatious
wedding ceremony performed by Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar and his predecessor, Rabbi
Eliyahu Bakshi Doron, took place at the Beit Yaacov Synagogue in Sao Paulo,
Brazil last Wednesday when Tammy Kattan became Mrs. David Safra. The groom is
the son of Joseph and Vicky Safra who are from one of the most prominent
Sephardi families in the world and are also among the richest families in the
world. Joseph Safra is the second-richest man in Brazil and ranks 52nd on the
Forbes list of the world's richest people. His younger brother, Moise Safra, is
Brazil's eight-richest person. Some 1,500 guests filled a specially built
jungle-like structure adjacent to the Jockey Club and dined from a kosher
gourmet buffet. Among the entertainers at the event were Shakira and Israel's
own Yishai Lapidot, the lead singer from Oif Simchas.■ SEEKING TO
confuse the paparazzi who were not among the invited guests, supermodel Esti
Ginzberg and property developer Adi Keizman sent out wedding invitations that
listed the venue as a villa in Zichron Yaacov.Only on the night before
the wedding did guests receive notice of the correct address, which was in the
courtyard of the home of fashion photographer Ron Kedmi, who lives in the Ein
Hod Artists' Village. It was Ginzberg's first wedding and Keizman's third. At
the time that he and Ginzberg started keeping company around two years ago, he
was still married to Ofra Strauss, who chairs the Straus Group.Strauss
was previously married for 18 years to Dan Lahat, son of former Tel Aviv mayor
Shlomo Lahat. Her name has since been romantically linked with that of Middle
East envoy Tony Blair, with whom she enjoys a close friendship. Both Strauss and
Blair have denied that their relationship is more than platonic, but neither the
Hebrew nor the British media have accepted the denials. Keisman, who is more
than a decade younger than Strauss, is 16 years older than his 22 year old
bride.■ SLIGHTLY MORE veteran supermodel Bar Refaeli celebrated her 27th
birthday with a big bash at her parents' home in Hod Hasharon.Rumored
several times to be getting married to Hollywood actor Leonardo diCaprio before
they finally broke off their long and much-publicized onagain off-again romance,
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the moment.■ TAKING A break from their busy tour schedule, Los Angeles
comedians Avi Liberman, Kivi Rogers and Ron Pearson who were in Israel for the
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