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The Pinocchio Recovery
It's been nearly three years since the recession's official end, and the economy remains mired somewhere between stall speed and escape velocity. Nobody can quite figure out how to keep it away from the former and get it past the latter. The usual prescriptions aren't working.
What we've got on our hands is a Pinocchio recovery, a puppet that wants to be a real boy, but remains just a wooden toy that moves only when somebody's pulling the strings. It needs massive amounts of stimulus — government spending, cheap interest rates, tax holidays, tax breaks on equipment purchases, and so on – to move it.
Look at fourth-quarter GDP. It rose by $143 billion (seasonally adjusted.) The U.S. federal government deficit for those three months was $294 billion. We just saw yet another example across the pond, in the U.K., of what happens when the government stops spending. Rigid austerity right now is counterproductive.
But this isn't an argument in favor of government spending. For one thing, that's an ideological debate, and we have far too many of them for our own good these days. Besides, there's a real problem with the stimulus theory. The idea is the spending holds the line, short-term, while the economy heals. We're three years into this recovery, and we haven't healed. To borrow Thoreau's phrase, the government is at best a wooden gun. A cheap prop. Government spending on its own can't create a thriving economy.
We don't seem to have any answers right now, which is why there's this feeling of drift in the nation. The liberals' ideas are all from the 1930s, the conservatives' ideas are all from the 1890s. Neither batch of ideologues has a plan for the problems of today.
The economy's problems haven't gone away, because the problems didn't start with the Panic of 2008. The panic merely uncovered the mold that had been spreading for decades.
The bottom line is there has been no natural, organic recovery. The problems that plagued us haven't gone away. We are still addicted to debt because our salaries have stagnated for a generation. It was always a bit of a fantasy to think we could recover from a crash in a couple of years, as if nothing had happened
There has to be some fundamental thing, something that sparks that "success mood," in Robert Shiller's words, and drives the economy. It hasn't made its appearance on the stage yet. We can't force it. But we need to keep an eye out for it and jump on it when it comes. Housing is dead. Forget about it. Mobile computing is hot, but it doesn't create a lot of jobs. The energy boom has some potential. It creates good-paying jobs. Will it produce enough, and in the right geographies?
Pinocchio came to life through the particular magic of a story. But we're not in a fairy tale here. These are people real lives. We need to find that fundamental thing, jump on it and get the country going again. There's no guarantee it's out there, but one always seems to come along. Let's hope it comes soon.


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Author Affiliations: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
Diagnostic imaging costs and use are increasing rapidly without clear evidence of incremental benefit.1 Approximately 20% to 50% of these tests fail to provide information that improves clinical care; more alarming, the prevalence of unnecessary radiation exposure or subsequent testing may generate patient harm.2- 4 Addressing these facts and the burgeoning costs associated with test overuse provides an opportunity to change physician behavior. Because cost consciousness and physician stewardship are not a standard curricular focus in medical ecucation,5,6 optimizing physicians' test ordering behavior can also align educational imperatives with a value-based initiative. Herein, we present the results of a quality-improvement intervention that evaluated the impact of providing cost, utilization, and radiation exposure data on radiology test ordering practices.
We implemented a 2-phase interrupted educational intervention on our inpatient medical service at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center. Each intervention targeted a total of 48 house staff and 32 attending physicians. The first intervention (October–November 2011) provided cost and utilization data for commonly ordered radiographic tests, including national comparisons. After a 2-month intervention-free period (December 2011–January 2012) the second intervention (February–March 2012) provided radiation exposure data for the same radiographic tests to determine if one, both, or neither strategy would have an impact on physicians' ordering practices. Both interventions delivered targeted educational materials that were sent electronically and posted in common ordering areas on the wards. In addition, we developed a "Radiology Utilization Facilitator's Guide" for attending physicians to use during teaching rounds. The guide served to engage the inpatient teams in an active learning and reflective exercise about our local radiology utilization data, the impact of unnecessary test ordering on cost (first intervention) and preventable radiation exposure (second intervention), and strategies to improve the appropriateness of test-ordering practices.
We assessed ordering practices for each intervention independently and compared them with a 12-month baseline period leading up to the first intervention. All x-ray film and computed tomographic scan orders were tracked before and after intervention, with intensive care unit–based orders excluded from the analysis. We then calculated the mean weekly number of tests ordered, adjusted by patient-days. We also estimated annual direct cost savings from each intervention by multiplying the percentage change in tests ordered by the total direct cost reported in 2011 based on national billing codes. Finally, we administered a brief house staff survey before and after each intervention to understand their attitudes about the impact of cost, utilization, and radiation exposure data on their own test ordering practices. For all data, we conducted 2-tailed statistical testing. This study was covered by a UCSF Human Research Protection Program waiver for quality improvement activities.
The mean number of tests ordered per 100 patient-days was reduced by 19.8% during the first intervention and 9.5% during the second intervention, with statistical significance compared with the baseline period (Table). The greatest reductions in ordering were seen for chest radiography during the first intervention and for body computed tomography during the second. The estimated annual direct cost savings of these changes in ordering practices was $108 285 and $78 155, respectively, during each intervention.
House staff also reported increased knowledge and likelihood of changed test-ordering behavior. Compared with baseline, there was a 27.3% increase after the first intervention in response to the statement "I know the cost of radiology tests I order" (2.56 to 3.26 on a 1-5 Likert scale; P < .05) and a 14.9% increase in response to the statement "I take the cost of radiology tests into consideration when ordering them" (3.28 to 3.74 on a 1-5 Likert scale; P < .05). There were no statistically significant differences in house staff knowledge and attitudes with regard to radiation exposure during the second intervention.
Our interventions combined a targeted educational curriculum with the provision of local radiology utilization data to influence ordering practices. While both interventions led to reductions in test ordering, the cost and utilization focus had a greater impact on test ordering and resident-reported knowledge and practice. Increased national attention to cost consciousness, catalyzed most recently by the American Board of Internal Medicine's Choosing Wisely campaign,7 may have increased the impact of our interventions. Our findings demonstrate that in our current culture, interventions to improve the utilization of health care resources need not be high-cost themselves. Providing physicians with individualized audit and feedback reports on their resource utilization, clinical decision-support tools, and educational interventions such as ours offer ways reinforce an important message. Providing high-value care, rather than just high quality, is a priority of our health care delivery systems.8,9
Training institutions have the responsibility to shape the behavior of future health care providers. Trainees must learn to prioritize the stewardship of making the best decisions for our patients in a system with increasingly constrained resources. Having trainees view this as part of their education and supervising attending physicians view this as part of their role modeling is a necessary partnership for desired system change.
Correspondence: Dr Sehgal, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0131, 533 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143 (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Published Online: August 27, 2012. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2012.4293
Author Contributions:Study concept and design: Neeman, Quinn, Soni, Mourad, and Sehgal. Acquisition of data: Neeman, Quinn, Mourad, and Sehgal. Analysis and interpretation of data: Neeman, Quinn, Soni, and Sehgal. Drafting of the manuscript: Neeman, Quinn, Mourad, and Sehgal. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Quinn, Soni, Mourad, and Sehgal. Statistical analysis: Neeman. Administrative, technical, and material support: Neeman, Quinn, Soni, Mourad, and Sehgal. Study supervision: Neeman, Mourad, and Sehgal.
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Additional Contributions: We acknowledge Sumant Ranji, MD, and Maria Novelero, MA, MPA, for their invaluable contributions in helping guide our interventions and data collection strategies.
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Despite how blazing fast Verizon's 4G LTE is, it's also quite expensive - especially for an entire sporting smartphones. We discussed how Verizon had planned to offer a family-share plan in 2012, but had no hard evidence to back it up. Now, it seems we have a leaked snapshot displaying a new option in Verizon's computer system.
If you squint real hard, you can see a selection (currently unselected in the picture), that reads "All Lines on Data Share". It will only cost $9.99/line for family members to tap into the allotted data. This could potentially save hundreds on many bills once it's put into effect.
This document still doesn't give us a specific date for when the plan could be released publicly - but knowing it's coming should make many of you excited. The absence of family-share plans from Verizon's lineup has really been the only piece missing in the puzzle. Customers of other carriers will likely switch as a result, because after all - who wouldn't like 4G at an affordable price?
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Birthdate: July 25, 1966
Birthplace: Cuernavaca, Mexico
Weight Classes: Strawweight, junior flyweight
Nickname: El Finito
Record: 51-0-1 (38 knockouts)
Titles Held: WBC strawweight, WBA strawweight, IBF junior flyweight
Best Performances: Rosendo Alvarez (D 12, W 12), Saman Soraturung (KO 2), Hideyuki Ohashi (KO 5), Kyung-Yun Lee (W 12), Rocky Lin (KO 2), Kermin Guardia (W 12), Andy Tabanas (KO 12), Ala Villamor (KO 8), Monkol Charoen (W 12), Alex Sanchez (KO 5), Will Grigsby (W 12), Zolani Petelo (KO 8)
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Background: Tallied 37-1 amateur record, including winning the 1984 Mexican Golden Gloves … Turned pro on January 18, 1985, in his hometown of Cuernavaca, Mexico, scoring a third-round knockout. It was the start of a 52-fight undefeated streak that eventually made him one of a handful of world titleholders to retire without a loss … Made his U.S. debut in his 25th bout, knocking out Jorge Rivera in Dallas in March 1990 … Won WBC strawweight title by knocking out Hideyuki Ohashi on Oct. 25, 1990, in Tokyo, Japan … He would go on to tally a division-record 21 consecutive title defenses, including five more fights in Asia: two in Japan, two in South Korea and one in Thailand … By the time he won the title, Lopez had developed into a masterful boxer-puncher under the guidance trainer Nacho Beristain, who would eventually join his pupil in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He moved gracefully and attacked with speed and precision. The left hook was his money punch but he had a complete arsenal of punches … "Beautiful to watch, Lopez uses a stiff, accurate jab, good combination punching, and can take out an opponent with a single blow," wrote Patrick Myler in his book, A Century of Boxing Greats. "He has a tight defense and never loses his composure" … His second-round knockout of Saman Sorjaturong in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, was especially notable because Sorjaturong would go on to win the WBC junior flyweight title and made 10 successful defenses … Two of the Mexican's most memorable bouts came against WBA strawweight beltholder Rosendo Alvarez of Nicaragua. Their first fight, on March 7, 1989, in Mexico City, ended in a controversial eight-round technical draw. The brawl appeared to be going Alvarez's way when it was stopped due to cuts caused by accidental headbutts … The rematch, on Nov. 18, 1998, in Las Vegas, was another give-and-take war in which Lopez won a split decision and the WBA belt … Relinquished the 105-pound titles and moved up to junior flyweight in his next bout, winning the IBF strap with a 12-round decision over Will Grigsby … Only fought once in 2002, and had his final bout on Sept. 29, 2001, knocking out Zolani Petelo at Madison Square Garden … Noticing that his reflexes were slowing, he announced his retirement on Nov. 28, 2002, at a press conference in Mexico City, saying: "I saved money from the ring for my family. I didn't want to be a great champion in a psychiatric hospital" … Currently works as a broadcaster for the Televisa network.


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Federal Court Rules in Favor of Commission on Multiple Grounds
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FRESNO, Calif., April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The law establishing the California Table Grape Commission and authorizing its programs is constitutional, according to a Federal District Court ruling. In a 194-page decision, United States District Court Judge Oliver Wanger rejected a First Amendment challenge to the commission's programs because it concluded that the speech of the commission, a creation of the state legislature, is that of the government and therefore immune from constitutional challenge. In addition, Judge Wanger reviewed the wide range of research, market access, issue management and education programs conducted by the commission and concluded that the commission's advertising program, which the plaintiffs alleged was unconstitutional, is part of the commission's broader efforts to increase demand for California table grapes and is therefore constitutional. "This is an important victory for California's fresh grape industry," said commission President Kathleen Nave. "Since 1967, the clear majority of California's fresh grape farmers have voted every five years to continue funding the commission. This decision affirms their right to work together for the benefit of not just the entire industry but the entire state of California." The commission is funded with assessments on each box of commercially produced grapes shipped in California. The ruling in favor of the commission is a critical decision in litigation that began in the fall of 1996. "Legally, the plaintiffs now have the right to appeal this decision and continue the litigation," said commission legal counsel Seth Waxman. "As a practical matter, however, this is a comprehensive and well-reasoned decision that rules in the commission's favor on multiple grounds." The California Table Grape Commission was created by the California legislature in 1967 to increase worldwide demand for fresh California grapes through a variety of research and promotional programs.
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Research focuses on studying the regulation and function of mammalian phospholipase A2 enzymes and the production of lipid mediators of inflammation. Our research focuses on studying cytosolic phospholipase A2alpha (cPLA2), which releases arachidonic acid for production of lipid mediators of inflammation. cPLA2 is potently activated in macrophages infected with microorganisms resulting in production of eicosanoids. This is an early response to microbial infection that initiates acute inflammatory responses. We are studying the role of pattern recognition receptors and the signal transduction mechanisms leading to activation of cPLA2 in macrophages focusing on the role of calcium mobilization and kinase activation. Calcium regulates cPLA2 by binding to an N-terminal C2 domain, which promotes translocation of cPLA2 from the cytosol to membrane for release of arachidonic acid. The role of calcium and phosphorylation of cPLA2 by mitogen-activated protein kinases in regulating its translocation to the forming phagosome during phagocytosis of zymosan is being investigated. A long-term goal is to elucidate the role of cPLA2 and production of eicosanoids in regulating susceptibility to microbial infection.
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Ghosh, M., Stewart, A., Tucker, D.E., Bonventre, J.V., Murphy, R.C. and Leslie, C.C. Role of cytosolic phospholipase A2 in prostaglandin E2 production by lung fibroblasts. Amer. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 30:91-100 (2004).
Evans, J. H., Gerber, S. H., Murray, D. and Leslie, C. C. The calcium binding loops of the cytoplasmic phospholipase A2 C2 domain specify targeting to Golgi and ER in live cells. Mol. Biol. Cell 15:371-383 (2004).
Evans, J. H. and Leslie, C. C. The cytosolic phospholipase A2 catalytic domain modulates association and residence time at Golgi membranes. J. Biol. Chem. 279:6005-6016 (2004).
Leslie, C. C. Regulation of arachidonic acid availability for eicosanoid production. Biochem. Cell Biol. 82: 1-17 (2004).
Girotti, M., Evans, J. H., Burke, D. and Leslie, C. C. Cytosolic phospholipase A2 translocates to forming phagosomes during phagocytosis of zymosan in macrophages. J. Biol. Chem. 279:19113-19121 (2004).
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When it comes to what appears to be obvious situations at hand, though, it tends to bother me even more.
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One would think having Texas Rangers all-star Elvis Andrus in the lineup compared to reserve middle infielder Mike Fontenot of Philadelphia would be a no-brainer.
While it sure looked good on paper, the results told a completely-different story. Andrus managed only a single while Fontenot slugged his first home run of the year.
As far as things most definitely not going the way a lot of folks might've thought they would, one only has to look at what also took place Friday evening at Don Drumm Stadium on the campus of Marietta College. That's where the West Virginia all-stars collided with the host Ohio all-stars from the Buckeye State during the 19th annual Battle Against Cystic Fibrosis Football Classic.
I have to admit, and I'm sure a lot of people on this side of the river likely agree, I just didn't see a 48-0 blowout in the cards for Ohio against what I thought was a pretty decent Mountaineer squad.
I also will be the first to admit there's probably a little bit of a general West Virginia bias on my part as far as me thinking Ritchie County head coach Mike Dawson's troops were going to win the game.
Of course, I also fully understand Warren head man Andy Schob's gang wanted nothing more than to end a two-year losing streak to West Virginia and set things up for future Buckeye squads to send the Mountaineers to more BACF setbacks.
Obviously, when the dust settled on the most-dominating performance by one team in the near two-decade run of the BACF contest, at least the West Virginia fans could say they witnessed history and got to see a lot of talented players from both sides of the Ohio River.
Personally, I was most anxious to finally get a shot to watch Monroe Central's Tyler Kinchen and the ex-Seminole sure didn't disappoint with some flashy runs, two of which went for scores.
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Microsoft Inc.'s decision to repurchase up to $40 billion in stock over the next five years is notable not for the questions it raises about Microsoft's future, but about buyback decisions made by other companies in the past.
After all, the company's shares, headed into Monday's action, were at $25.16, a couple of dollars off the 52-week low of $23.19, reached July 1 of this year. Goldman Sachs analysts point out that the company's 2009 price-to-earnings ratio sits at 11, compared with 15 for the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index. The buyback, along with similar announcements Monday from Nike Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., should help support those individual shares at a time when buybacks have started to decline.
Stock buybacks peaked in the third quarter of 2007, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at Standard & Poor's. Nearly $172 billion in shares were repurchased in the third quarter of 2007, right around when the market peaked, contributing to the one-year record of $589 billion in shares repurchased in 2007. The biggest contributor? Financials, which accounted for 20% of the buybacks in 2007.
Needless to say, that isn't going to happen this year. Buybacks were $113.90 billion in the first quarter, but fell to less than $100 billion in the second quarter, according to Mr. Silverblatt, who does not have final figures yet. The trend likely worsened in the third quarter, for simple reasons.
"There are two ways to buy back stock: one is to generate profits and the other is to borrow," says Paul Kasriel, chief U.S. economist at Northern Trust. "Neither one of those is looking real good right now."
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The buyback bonanza took off in the middle of 2004, notes Mr. Silverblatt, coinciding with a historic run of cheap borrowing costs for corporations, one that continued through the early part of 2007, when the impact of higher interest rates started to hit borrowers. Between 1999 and 2003, yearly buybacks averaged about $130 billion, but that rose to nearly $200 billion in 2004, and ascended from there, coinciding with the run in equities.
Now, borrowing costs have made such operations less prudent at a time when the stocks are cheaper, and if individuals remain on the sidelines, stocks are more likely than not to languish.
Since the third quarter of 2004, Microsoft has been the second-largest gobbler of its own shares, with about $67 billion in repurchases (the $40 billion authorization is not included), according to Mr. Silverblatt. Exxon Mobil ranks first, having repurchased $102.2 billion. Hewlett-Packard ranks sixth.
Goldman analysts wonder if the share price will be revived as a result of the announcement — on first blush, it would seem to ramp up the pace of buybacks, and the company's decision to sell debt (which garnered it a triple-A rating, another rare occurrence in this environment) will add to that expectations. "The debt decision signals some more urgency than we have previously seen from the company," they wrote.


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Perhaps the most well-known mark in Barbour County's history is that it is the site of the first land battle of the Civil War. The Philippi Covered Bridge was crossed by Union and Confederate troops in the historic battle, as the soldiers fought their way downtown.
The two-lane structure crossing the Tygart Valley River that was constructed in 1852 by Lemuel Chenoweth, and is still in use today. It was significantly damaged in the flood of 1985 and almost destroyed by fire in February 1989. The historic bridge was restored in 1991 to its original appearance. The restoration cost $1.4 million and kept the bridge closed to traffic until Sept 29, 1991.
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Among the hills of West Virginia rests an area rich with history. Barbour County is the home of the first land battle of the Civil War. Re-enactors bring the first land battle of the Civil War alive during the Blue and Gray Reunion each year with their representation of Union soldiers under the command of Cols. B.F. Kelley and Ebenezer Dumont marching through the Philippi Covered Bridge in 1861 and into town, advancing on the Confederate troops and firing weapons.
Visitors should also consider a stop at the Barbour County Museum, located across the tracks from the historic covered bridge. The former B&O Railroad Station was converted into a museum that features Civil War artifacts and the famous Philippi mummies.
The county's courthouse, located on Main Street and built in 1903, is still in use today. The hand-cut Hummelstown stone structure replaced the original 1843 courthouse used to house Union troops during the Civil War. The courthouse was restored in 1995 to include the replacement of the original stained glass dome.
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The Polaroid Swinger was introduced to the world in July 1965, and two recent newspaper stories marked the anniversary in fine form. One is from the Boston Globe, written by your Polaroidland host. It's visible here, on BetaBoston, and (I'm told; haven't seen it yet) it's running in the business section of today's print edition. Analog printing, baby! Nothing like it.
And about two weeks back, the New York Times ran a similarly nice post about the Swinger that draws heavily on, and name-checks, INSTANT. This one's by the presidential biographer and historian Michael Beschloss, apparently taking a break from FDR and JFK to slum it with Dr. Land and me. I am delighted.
It's almost alive! Still! And it would be, if only someone could make some Type 20 film.
A sad day here in Polaroidland: Bill Warriner died early this morning in Tucson, where he lived with his wife, Cheryl Cooper. He'd had heart trouble in the past year or so, helped but not entirely fixed by surgery, and (when last we e-mailed, a few weeks ago) was upbeat but realistic about his prospects.
In fact, upbeat just begins to describe Bill. I met him, electronically, in 2011, when I was still at work on the Polaroid book, and our encounter was unintentional. A group of Polaroid alumni and retirees, Bill among them, had been discussing a few pages from the book's galley proofs on a long e-mail chain. Most of the commentary was along the lines of "sounds promising." In among those one-line remarks, though, was a vast amount of commentary from Bill. It was thoughtful and incredibly enthusiastic, to the effect of "I don't know this guy, but it sounds like he got it! This is the book we all wanted someone to do!" When I got in touch with him myself, he was no less bubbly, and his enthusiasm carried through publication and then some.
It may have been that, because he was a maker of films and pictures and books himself, that he understood the deep trough one goes into, mentally speaking, late in a project like this. Toward the end of a long push, when you're verging on revulsion for your own work and your energy is not just flagging but drained, there is nothing like a few words from someone who knows what he's talking about. Bill offered more than a few, for which I will forever be grateful. When I asked an old colleague of his about that, he chuckled and said, "Bill is always excited." He was, it seems, an exceptionally positive soul.
And, my God, an erudite one. His résumé is a type you don't see much anymore: the Air Force, a stint in Korea just after the war, studies at Yale's Institute of Far Eastern Languages and later at Harvard, and then audiovisual projects everywhere, especially for IBM and, of course, Polaroid. Ask him about filmmaking, and he'd toss off a funny yarn about cutting negatives in a Fifth Avenue office in the sixties. Ask him about a translation of your book, and he'd explain how the three syllables "pol-a-roid" went into Mandarin as "pai-li-de," more or less. He could still sing Tom Lehrer's custom-written Polaroid version of "The Elements" from memory 40 years after it was commissioned, and even led me to Mr. Lehrer himself. In between the learned messages came the smart goofy ones: e-mailed jokes, silly pictures, funny political observations, random screenshots of beautiful science and the Arizona xeriscape. (A couple of weeks ago, he posted this link on his Facebook page.) He had interesting, informed things to say about coffee and geology and a lot of other things. And about Cheryl, whom (it was very clear, even from here) he adored.
As I've discussed on this site, Bill in 1970 made a short film of Edwin Land called "The Long Walk," in which Land laid out his vision for the future of photography and seems to predict our contemporary smartphone world with uncanny precision. I'd seen the film on a transfer from videotape, and that was good enough to write about what it contained, but the day after INSTANT was published, a 16-mm. print turned up, uncannily, on eBay. Even more uncannily, I brought it home for not very much money. (You can watch an HD copy of that print on YouTube here.) When I posted the film online, Bill was able to see it for the first time in four decades, and his commentary, posted here, will give you a taste of how entertaining an e-mail buddy he could be. I wish we'd met in person; we came close, last year, but it didn't work out. I am very sad that I won't see more of those messages in my inbox.
More than a year ago here, I mentioned a history of Polaroid by Ronald K. Fierstein that was in the works. A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War has arrived in bookstores, and I am very, very happy to see it there. Ron was one of the lawyers on Polaroid v. Kodak, spending a lot of time with Edwin Land himself, and the book exudes the authority gained from years of deep research and immersive life experience.
As I have often said, my book may have been the first one to tell the complete story of Polaroid instant photography, but it's hardly the end of the line: It was intended as an overview for a general audience. Since the company's archives are now accessible to the public, further researchers will be digging into them and coming up with more detail and bigger books for years to come. This is the first, and (I venture to say) nobody will ever do the legal story better or more authoritatively than Ron has.
There's a nice teaser in a recent issue of the Boston Globe's Sunday magazine here, and an interview with the author on NPR's "Marketplace" plus a little excerpt here. The book itself can be ordered from Amazon here—but hey, how about ordering from an indie instead? Here's a Powell's Books link.
I won't be moving on from delivering Polaroid news anytime soon, but I'm happy to announce that the proposal for my next book has sold. It'll be a biography of Weegee, a.k.a. Arthur Fellig, the greatest crime photographer ever to walk New York's streets. Henry Holt will publish, and (based on my manuscript due date) the book is likely to appear in early 2017. Like INSTANT, it lies at a place where several of my interests—New York City, photography, newspapers, journalism as art—intersect. It's an intimidating thing to sign a book contract, but I'm excited about it.
The owners of the old British newsreel company Pathé have thrown open the archive, offering free previews of tens of thousands of their films. You k now what I searched for first, and I was not disappointed. Here's a clip from 1948: Dr. Land shows off the Model 95 camera.
Breaking news in Polaroidland, and this is actually pretty big.
I've posted before about the wonders of Type 55, the 4-by-5-inch peel-apart film that gave photographers both a print and a usable negative. It was black-and-white, and slow in speed–the negative was ISO 25 to 35, the print ISO 50–so its images were extremely fine-grained. It was last produced, along with Polaroid's other film lines, in 2009. Any Type 55 that's left is long expired and entering its final stage of questionable reliability. Soon the stock of this product—for which many photographers had a deep and longstanding affection—will be exhausted forever.
Since 2011, an entrepreneur in Massachusetts named Bob Crowley has cultivated a plan to produce a new positive/negative instant film. After experiments with single-reagant processing tanks and other methods, he and a small team have worked out a product they call New55, based on an available negative and their own positive sheet. It's a complex thing to make, but they've figured out how to do it, and their prototype photographs look good (that's one by Tobias Feltus in the Kickstarter banner at right). They have also improved one detail about old Type 55: this new product's positive and negative will have the same ISO rating, so you won't have to choose which half is over- or underexposed.
The startup costs of New55 are considerable, and Crowley and an investor have been footing the bill for R&D. Now it is time for New55 to test the market, to see whether this is a viable product. The Kickstarter campaign will begin this Monday, and you heard it here first. It's a tall order—they're looking to raise an amount in the mid-six figures. But I also know that there are still many, many people who used and loved Type 55, and did not want to see it go away.
I suspect Bob and his team are going to feel that love this month, and I myself will be signing on with a preorder. I hope you will do the same. This is, I think it's safe to say, the very last chance photographers will ever have to obtain a new peel-apart black-and-white instant film. (Fuji's final run of FP-3000B is due in the U.S. this very month, and it's never coming back.) If this plan works, and the audience and the market prove sustainable, an extraordinary visual medium will have been yanked back from the edge of oblivion.
The sticking point may be price: This product is made at very small scale, and will be a lot more expensive than Type 55 was. On Monday we'll see exactly how much, but I have heard $10 to $12 per sheet batted around. It sounds like a bracing number; then again, shooting a sheet of 4×5 Tri-X and having it processed, at least in my neighborhood, is now in the $6 range, and takes a couple of days.
Until the actual Kickstarter campaign goes up, click here to get the latest news. When the actual campaign goes live, I'll add a link.
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The Penguins practiced at Kettler Capitals Iceplex Monday afternoon in Arlington, Virginia.
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We didn't get the chance to see who was responsible for busting the glass at the beginning of the Canadiens' practice at the MasterCard Centre, but from the reaction of fans standing next to it when it happened, a morning coffee won't probably won't be necessary most after having the puck literally tear through the glass in front of them and end up on the other side. Not sure if the Leafs' defensemen, who were practicing on another sheet of ice at the MasterCard Centre got wind of the glass-shattering blast, but if they did, a few of them might think twice before blocking too many shots on Saturday night.
Back when we first started up our On the Road feature a last year, the first entry in the blog was a photo we took of the visitors' dressing room at the ACC for the first game of the 2011-12 season that happened to be between the Habs and the Leafs. People were pretty much getting knocked down left and right by the sheer amount of media clamouring to get their mics and recorders into scrums surrounding Habs players. Two years later, with a monster match-up between the two playoff-bound teams on tap to close out the campaign, it somehow managed to be even worse this time around. As we did the first time, let's play a little game… can you count how many reporters are crammed into this shot? It should also be noted that the other side of the room looked exactly the same – we just didn't have a lens wide enough to capture the whole scene.
If you're a Canadiens fan in Montreal, English or French, you've more than likely had the pleasure of hearing RDS's Pierre Houde expertly calling the Habs' play-by-play on TV at least a few times in your life. While it's no secret that Pierre has an in-depth knowledge of and passion for hockey, few know about his other big passion – aviation. A licensed pilot, Pierre took advantage of his Friday in Toronto to head to the air field, rent a plane and take to the skies above Canada's biggest city for an afternoon of high-flying fun. Generous enough to share a few pictures of his scenic voyage with us during the team's morning skate, we couldn't resist asking him to let us post one, taking our final On the Road entry for the season off the road and into the skies.
On Friday, the Habs held an optional practice at the Maple Leafs' practice facility, the MasterCard Centre, in Etobioke. At least half the Habs that took part in the morning practice had played for the Hamilton Bulldogs at one point or another in their careers. Since Hamilton happens to be just down the road, there were more than a couple of fans that showed up for the practice rocking Bulldogs jerseys. Not sure if this particular fan was missing the presence of Tinordi, Weber, Dumont or Blunden from the Hamilton squad, but was clearly on site to cheer them all on. We know it's not a Bulldogs-Marlies match-up, but he'll just have to settle for a Habs-Leafs tilt on Saturday night.
Winnipeg might not have its own metro system, but with two kilometers of underground passageways and skywalks, getting around in their bitterly cold and snow heavy winters can still be a breeze. Of course, with 32 km of underground passageways snaking throughout its downtown core, Montreal can still proudly wear its crown as the most adept city at avoiding the slushy outdoors of wintertime. Despite it being almost May, when we opened our drapes on Wednesday morning in Winnipeg, it was snowing hard enough to make us decide that it was time to see if our hotel connected directly to the MTS Center without us ever having to go outside. It did, and allowed us to feel only slightly better about the all the text we kept getting from Montreal telling us it was sunny and almost 20 degrees.
Just like in Montreal metro stations, musicians take full advantage of the indoor passageways to busk and try to make a few bucks from the 21,000 employees and customers wandering throughout the sprawl that encompasses 200 stores, 60 restaurants and two hotels. The big difference is that buskers in Winnipeg can rock out on the skywalks instead of only in the underground, allowing them the chance to catch a few rays while they strum away.
Once we finally decided to step out from the shelter of the numerous underground passages and skywalks of downtown Winnipeg's shopping district, a hotdog stand occupying a nearby street corner immediately drew our attention. Why? Because we haven't seen one in Montreal since they were banned in the city in 1947. In reality, Montreal still won't be seeing any food carts of this type for a while still, but the freezing-cold vendor, happily selling hot dogs on a gray Winnipeg afternoon still got us hyped for the fact that this summer, for the first time in nearly 70 years, Montreal will be getting its own dose of street food back, as food trucks have finally been approved to roam certain designated areas of the city peddling their very delicious wares.
Like the majority of cities around North America, not to mention the rest of the world, graffiti plays a big part in the look of Newark's urban landscape. As with most graffiti, certain pieces are nicer than others and can range from simple tags on bus stop benches to intricate murals that cover the entire sides of buildings. While making the commute between the airport and the hotel, we couldn't help but notice one piece in particular that on first glance appeared to be a shoutout to Habs star-defenseman and fan favorite P.K. Subban – created, we assume, to raise awareness of his candidacy for the cover of NHL14. While five minutes of internet research revealed that the tag "PK", often found alongside "KID", is actually an extremely popular tag around the New Jersey area, we still decided after some consideration that this particular tag was, in fact, clearly in place to get folks to go online and vote P.K. Subban for the cover of NHL14 as the graffiti artist who put it up undoubtedly already did himself.
The New Jersey Devils organization turned 30 years old in 2012 and to celebrate, the team unveiled their Championship Plaza. But since a championship plaza just wouldn't be any good without a statue for fans to enjoy, the Devils installed a 22-foot, 7,000-pound stainless steel statue of a New Jersey Devils hockey player to add some allure to the area. Created by artist Jon Krawczyk, the statue arrived in Newark all the way from Malibu before finally landing in its permanent home in front of the Prudential Center. While the mammoth statue isn't dedicated to Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, Howie Morenz or Guy Lafleur, we're still happy to give it props for being huge, shiny and awesome.
Several days ago, a story detailing the origins of the names of the 30 teams that comprise Major League Baseball caught our eye. With that in mind, we decided to use our visit to Pittsburgh to offer up a short history lesson that examined the origins behind the names of the three professional sports teams based in the Steel City – the Steelers, Pirates and of course, the Penguins.
Let's begin with a quick look at the Steelers. The locals are quick to point out that the once thriving steel industry in the city isn't what it used to be. During the Second World War, more than 90,000 people made their living working with steel in one way or another in Pittsburgh. In an attempt to capitalize on that employment trend and create a sense of ownership and loyalty towards his football team, Art Rooney elected to change the name of his franchise from the Pirates to the Steelers in 1940 as a tribute to the hard-working steelworkers across the region. Some sixty years later, Rooney's efforts are still paying dividends as the Steelers remain one of the most popular teams in the NFL. While many of the steel mills and factories in Pittsburgh have since closed their doors, their workers will never be forgotten. On the river banks where countless mills and factories once stood, a monument was erected last September to honor those who made steel their life's work. No, the monument is not one featuring two Transformer robots engaged in mortal combat, but rather two giant steelworkers constructed out of steel beams from an old bridge.
On to the Pirates, the pride of baseball fans in the Steel City. They too changed their name at some point in their history. Founded in 1882, the club was initially known as the Pittsburg (no "h") Alleghenies, then the Pittsburg (still no "h") Innocents before finally adopting the Pirates moniker in 1891 during which time the Pittsburgh-based ball club was accused by a Philadelphia journalist of « pirating » second baseman Louis Bierbauer away from the Philadelphia Athletics American Association team. Not fearing any controversy whatsoever, the owners of the team decided to rename their team the Pirates. While Bierbauer didn't manage to lead the Pirates to much success on the field, he has been immortalized in the Pirates' new stadium, PNC Park, with a restaurant on the 200-level known as Bierbauer's Grill.
It's safe to say that no penguin is capable of living in Pittsbugh's climate. These living specimens, including the macaroni penguin, can however be observed at the local aquarium. So, why are the Penguins actually called the Penguins? That's an excellent question. That honor belongs to Carol McGregor, the spouse of one of the club's initial owners. The story goes that McGregor sought out the nickname for the old Civic Arena, which was then known as the Igloo. After learning of the arctic-like moniker, McGregor drew the connection – igloo…ice…Penguins!
The Bell Centre is a pretty cool place to work. If we're tired of sitting at our desks all day, we're just a swipe card away from choosing one of the 21,273 seats to sit in and stare up at the 24 Stanley Cup banners and 17 retired jerseys hanging in the rafters to soak in the history of hockey's most iconic club. As awesome as that can be, we think we met our match during a trip to the UFC Canada office in downtown Toronto.
It's no secret we're big fans of the UFC. In fact, flip through the current issue of CANADIENS magazine, and you'll see two big-time UFC stars (Georges St-Pierre and longtime Brandon Prust friend, Sam Stout) grace our pages. We stopped by the UFC Canada headquarters in Toronto to drop off a few copies of the mag and couldn't believe their keen eye for detail. For example, step into the boardroom and you'll never be at a loss for inspiration. Not only do the big wigs at the UFC do their brainstorming while looking up at before and after shots of their fighters and other signed memorabilia, the table they sit around is actually shaped like an octagon. In the middle of the table, instead of a phone for conference calls, they also keep a tiny diorama of the upcoming fight to help ideas flow a little more freely.
More exciting than the actual conference room itself is how the crew at the UFC get jacked up before a big meeting. There's nothing that keeps your eye on the prize like literally staring at the UFC championship belt on your way into a planning session. Want to feel like a champ before giving a big presentation? Some people get prepped by using tools like positive self-talk; others throw on a diamond-encrusted trophy.
Even in an office plastered with enough eye candy to get you pumped to come to work every morning, everyone is bound to have a bad day every once in a while. The UFC's got its employees covered on that front, too. Feeling frustrated on a tough day? Forget going for a walk to clear your head; just step up to the Ultimate Fighting Championship Punch Station and channel your inner GSP while pummeling the leather bag like it's Nick Diaz in UFC 158.
Anyone with grade-school aged kids has probably heard of Flat Stanley, a cutout character students print and send to classrooms around the world to spark pen pal exchanges with children in other countries. What you may not know about everyone's favorite two-dimensional world traveler is that he's also a Habs fan. At least that's what we managed to ascertain from this poster advertising Flat Stanley's big musical debut in downtown Buffalo. We've always loved the Flat Stanley concept, but now that we've seen him in bleu-blanc-rouge plastered in a window down the street from the First Niagara Center, we can't help but imagine the potential this has of taking off in every other city in the northeast division, too.
Having spent the majority of our previous trips to Buffalo walking in the rain or eating wings, we decided to mix it up and find something a little more culturally stimulating to pass the time in upstate New York. Sure, we still did a lot of walking in the rain and we ate enough wings to qualify for a contest at a local fair, but we also ventured to the theatre district when we heard the annual Buffalo Niagara Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday night. In addition to an eclectic lineup of films being shown everywhere from The Rapids Theatre in Niagara Falls to The Market Arcade Film & Arts Center down the street from our hotel, the festival also features a special Q&A session with Michael Madsen (of Reservoir Dogs fame) prior to the showing of Quentin Tarantino's Hell Ride on April 14. Who says nothing fun ever happens in downtown Buffalo?
We even managed to find some local flavor in the film festival lineup while perusing the schedule. Filmed in Montreal, Rouge Sang is a thriller packed with Quebec stars like Isabelle Guérard and Peter Miller.
Liberty, cheesesteaks, brotherly love and notoriously tough sports fans; Philadelphia has made some epic contributions to popular culture over the years. None of those has proven to be as enduring as perhaps the city's most loveable export, the Fresh Prince himself, Will Smith. You may recall a certain game back on February 6 when Smith was in Montreal for Fashion Week and hit up the Bell Centre to cheer on his new favorite Habs, P.K. Subban and Brandon Prust, before grooving for the crowd when his hit song, "Gettin' Jiggy with It" came on in the arena. After showing us that kind of love in our house, we decided to repay the favor when we made the trip to his old stomping grounds.
First up in our tribute to all things Big Willie Style, we set out to find the "playground where he spent most of his days" from the show's opening credits. While it's supposed to be set in West Philadelphia, the actual basketball court is located in the Fairmount section of Philly, in Roberto Clemente Playground. Our concierge warned us we might be venturing into a dangerous area of town, but after seeing a few dozen harmless eight year olds shooting hoops when we arrived, we assumed our well-meaning guardian angel was overly-influenced by seeing Will get spun around at center court by those "guys who were up to no good" so many times in the show's intro.
Another side benefit of walking to our first stop on the Will Smith Tour of Philadelphia instead of taking a cab was stumbling across the likely inspiration behind the name of his fictitious cousin in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Carlton Banks. Coincidence? Probably. But you never know…
Finally, after digging a little deeper into Smith's roots in the City of Brotherly Love, we found the address of his old high school, which is actually located in West Philly. Turns out, Will Smith isn't the only famous alumni to come out of Overbrook High School. Nine former Panthers have played in the NBA, including basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain, who has a plaque erected in his honor outside the school. Now part-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, Smith, a newly-converted Habs fan, has some pretty tough acts to follow in his current venture into the world of pro sports.
If there's anything we love, it's freedom. And treasure hunts. In the spirit of Easter (and the accompanying egg hunts that come with it), we decided to combine two of our favorite things during a balmy day in Boston and follow the red brick road of the iconic "Freedom Trail". A 2.5-mile stroll through US history, the Freedom Trail steers visitors through 16 historic sites that contributed in a significant way to the American Revolution. Unfortunately, in lieu of chocolate eggs, all we came away with was a basket full of historical information, which we're more than happy to share. Let the learning begin!
First stop: The Boston Commons. America's oldest park, the Commons has undergone a number of transformations over the years, from a grazing area for local livestock, to a place of public celebration, to the site of public floggings of pirates, witches, a few Quakers and others who resisted Boston beliefs (Habs fans?). We particularly liked the most recent incarnation of the park during our last visit to Bean Town, when the Commons featured a public ice rink hosting happy skaters throughout the winter months.
While not "officially" documented as a historically significant stop along the trail, it's hard to argue that the birthplace of the Boston cream pie doesn't deserve at least an honorable mention as one of the most delicious pieces of the city's history. Located across the street from the Granary Burying Ground stop on the trail, the Omni Parker House hotel invented the custard-filled local treat that eventually became the official dessert of Massachusetts in 1996.
With just over a block to go before the final stop on the trail, we were treated to a traditional Bostonian greeting when a lost trolley driver with a car full of tourists pulled over to ask us for directions on his first day on the job. When we informed him we were from Montreal, he just grinned, pointed to his 2011 Boston Bruins Stanley Cup Champions cap and said, "Oh. Well in that case, you guys like my hat?" No, rookie trolley driver, we do not.
The last landmark on the trail is also the only mobile site along the red brick road. The USS Constitution enjoyed its maiden voyage on July 22, 1798, and it's still a fully-functioning vessel. Equipped with 44 canons, the Constitution was one of the most imposing and intimidating ships in the naval fleet in its day. Now used as a museum, the US Navy still takes the old girl out for a sail every once in a while, most recently on August 19, 2012, as part of the Bicentennial Anniversary of the war of 1812.
Those are all very impressive landmarks, but as Montrealers, we'll always consider the most historically significant dates in Boston history to be: April 3, 1930, April 9, 1946, April 16, 1953, April 16, 1957, April 20, 1958, May 14, 1977, and May 25, 1978.
In our humble opinion, Pittsburgh is one of the most underrated cities with an NHL team. It's got everything: beautiful architecture, dozens of universities, three major sports teams, 446 bridges… Some might argue there's almost an embarrassment of riches to choose from when it comes to picking a few places to visit for the On the Road Blog, so we enlisted a little help from the Canadiens' official Pittsburgh expert, Colby Armstrong, to decide what to see and do during our short stay in the Steel City.
First on Colby's list was a spot he and his former teammates indulged in from time-to-time on cheat days during his three year stint with the Penguins: Primanti Bros. Sandwiches. A Pittsburgh institution, Primanti Bros. features a variety of sandwich options that all have the same secret ingredient in common: French fries. Since opening in the 1930s, Primanti Bros. has expanded to add over 30 locations around the city, and if you prefer to take your sandwich with a side of beach, there are also three spots located along the ocean in Ft. Lauderdale. Looks like we know where we'll be going the next time we play the Panthers…
On our way back from Colby's lunch spot of choice, a comic book store caught our eye. Turns out, Eide's Entertainment is one of the oldest comic book stores in the United States, dating back to March 18, 1972. While there were plenty of vintage, $5,000 original issues in stock, we decided to stick within our budget and left with a dozen used Archie comics for about $12.84. We still haven't decided which one of us will have to declare those when we clear customs on the way home.
While combing through the racks looking for a hidden gem, we did happen upon a special edition figurine of Kirk Muller, accompanied by one of his 1995 Canadiens hockey cards. Oddly enough, despite having only played 27 career games with the Islanders during his NHL career, for some reason, Kirk's action figure features the former Habs captain in Long Island orange and blue in this mis-matched set.
Nearby the Nassau Coliseum you can find Eisenhower Park, clearly named in honor of the 34th president of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower. Spread out over 930 acres of land, the park stands out as one of the largest in New York's metropolitan area. Boasting dozens of sporting venues across its giant terrain, Eisenhower Park has 16 tennis courts, 17 baseball diamonds, the Nassau County Aquatic Center, and three golf courses in addition to a slew of statues commemorating the many firefighters that lost their lives during the events of 9/11. The Commerce Bank PGA tournament was played on Eisenhower Park's Red Course for the last time in 2008.
As we were heading out of the restaurant on Wednesday night, we couldn't help but notice a giant, ornate carousel sitting right in the middle of the Uniondale shopping mall we found ourselves in. Unfortunately, the throwback carnival ride was closed for repairs and we didn't get the chance to see it in action, but since it seemed to have been a staple of the mall for some time, we did a little research to find out just how long. The ride was built completely by hand in Venice, Italy and is an identical replica of the carousel built by German designer Philippe Schneider in 1898 which was actually pulled by real horses all the way up until 1928.
With Easter right around the corner, the Uniondale mall we were visiting happened to have an Easter Bunny meet-and-greet kiosk just beside their broken carousel. You know the deal – kids' parents pay $15 so their son/daughter can get a hug from a dude in a giant Easter Bunny costume and walk away with a chocolate egg at the end of it all. Maybe the pressure of the Easter Holiday was finally catching up with him, maybe he had to deal with a hoard of particularly bratty kids that day, maybe he had one too many Long Island Ice Teas on his break, or maybe he just has some personal rabbit-issues going on – but what ever the deal was, this bunny definitely seemed to be having a rough end to his day.


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