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An experienced Continental Europe team featuring five Ryder Cup players will take on defending champions Great Britain & Ireland at next week's Seve Trophy by Golf+ following confirmation of the two ten-man teams for the eighth edition of the biennial contest.
Led by Captain José María Olazábal, who steered Europe to Ryder Cup glory in 2012, the Continental Europe Team includes three of the Spaniard's stars from the 'Miracle at Medinah', Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts, Swede Peter Hanson and Italian Francesco Molinari, as well as two of his vice captains, Denmark's Thomas Björn, the winner of the Omega European Masters, and Spaniard Miguel Angel Jiménez.
They will be joined at St-Nom-La Bretèche Golf Club, in France, by Finland's Mikko Ilonen and Italian Matteo Manassero, who played in the contest in 2007 and 2011 respectively, and three debutants, Frenchman Grégory Bourdy, Dutchman Joost Luiten and Dane Thorbjørn Olesen.
Olazábal, who will undertake his second stint as captain in the contest, having been at the helm at The Wynyard Club in 2005, said: "I think we have a very strong team this year with a good mix of players with Ryder Cup experience and some exciting, talented younger players such as Matteo, Joost and Thorbjørn.
"It is a tournament and a competition that was very close to Seve's heart, and we will have to show some of his fighting spirit to win this year and improve on our recent record. It's not going to be easy as the Great Britain & Ireland Team is also strong and they have dominated in recent years, but I'm looking forward to working with my players and hopefully we can do it."
Sam Torrance, the victorious 2002 European Ryder Cup Captain, will lead the Great Britain & Ireland team, which includes Scotland's Paul Lawrie, another member of last year's historic Ryder Cup team, and Englishman Paul Casey, a three-time Ryder Cup player.
Englishman Chris Wood, who was undefeated on his last appearance in 2009, returns to the fold, along with Scotland's Marc Warren, who last featured in 2007, and Welshman Jamie Donaldson and Scotland's Scott Jamieson, who were both part of the victorious team two years ago.
There are also four debutants, with the English trio of Tommy Fleetwood, David Lynn, and Simon Khan joined by Scotland's Stephen Gallacher.
Torrance, who will captain a team in the Seve Trophy by Golf+ for the first time, said: "I think we have got a good blend of players in the team, and I'm really looking forward to working with all of them.
"We have a couple of Ryder Cup players in Paul Casey and Paul Lawrie, the latter being an Open Champion, and the debutants are very strong. Simon Khan is a former BMW PGA Champion and was runner up again this year at Wentworth, and Stephen Gallacher and Tommy Fleetwood have both won this season, while David Lynn has had a fantastic year in America.
"So we have a lot of experience in the team, as does the Continental Europe Team, and it promises to be an exciting contest next week. I've a few ideas about pairings already, and hopefully we can retain the trophy and make it seven in a row."
Qualification for both teams began at the Nelson Mandela Championship presented by ISPS Handa in December 2012, and concluded after last week's 70° OPEN D'ITALIA LINDT. The two teams were chosen from the leading five available players from the Official World Gold Ranking on Monday September 23, and the leading five available players from The Race to Dubai.
The event format will be similar to previous editions, the only slight alteration coming on Saturday which will now consist of two sessions of four foursomes contested instead of four morning greensomes followed by four afternoon foursomes. The rest of the format remains the same, with a series of five fourball matches on each of the first two days and ten singles on the final day. As with The Ryder Cup, a team requires 14½ points for victory.
Continental Europe won the first edition of the contest 13 years ago, while Great Britain and Ireland have won the last six matches in succession, claiming a 15½-12½ success two years ago at St-Nom-La Bretèche Golf Club, which hosts the event for the third consecutive time.
|Team Continental Europe
|Team GB & Ireland
José María Olazábal
Years: 2000, 02, 03, 05
Record: 7-8-3
Sam Torrance
|Thomas Björn
Years: 2000, 02, 03, 05, 07, 11
Record: 8-15-4
|Paul Casey
Years: 2003, 03, 05, 07
Record: 10-7-0
|Gregory Bourdy
|Jamie Donaldson
Years: 2011
Record: 2-1-2
|Nicolas Colsaerts
Years: 2011
Record: 1-3-1
|Stephen Gallacher
|Peter Hanson
Years: 2005, 07, 09, 11
Record: 5-8-5
|Tommy Fleetwood
|Mikko Ilonen
Years: 2007
Record: 2-1-1
|Scott Jamieson
Years: 2011
Record: 3-1-0
| Miguel Angel Jiménez
Years: 2000, 02, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11
Record: 12-18-2
|Simon Khan
|Joost Luiten
|Paul Lawrie
Years: 2000, 2002, 2003
Record: 3-8-3
|Matteo Manassero
Years: 2011
Record: 1-3-1
|David Lynn
|Francesco Molinari
Years: 2009, 11
Record: 5-3-1
|Marc Warren
Years: 2007
Record: 1-2-0
Thorbjørn Olesen
|Chris Wood
Year: 2009
Record: 4-0-1

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Stockton, California, has the highest U.S. foreclosure rate. It also has a housing shortage.The number of homes for sale in the city fell 42 percent in October from a year earlier. Listings routinely attract multiple offers. Prices are on the rise.
When banks pulled back on foreclosures two years ago following a government investigation into allegations of faulty practices, market researchers, academics and Wall Street analysts said that a surge of delinquent homes would deluge the U.S. market once lenders resolved the claims and worked through backlog, driving down prices for years to come. RealtyTrac Inc., a seller of property data, warned a year ago of a "new set of incoming foreclosure waves." Susan Wachter, professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, said in February that a logjam may be "unleashed" and destabilize the market.
In fact, the flood failed to materialize, even after the five biggest U.S. mortgage servicers reached a $25 billion settlement with federal and state regulators in February. Instead, the number of properties for sale shrank to the fewest in a decade, prices appreciated at the fastest pace since 2005, and the gradual healing of the housing market helped boost consumer confidence and the economy.
"We don't have enough homes now to meet the needs of the market," Paul Jacobson, a Stockton native and real estate broker for 22 years, said as he cruised the city's northern fringe, where suburbia meets farmland. "People see a foreclosed home for sale in this area and they're going to jump on it."
Bank Deals
Banks have stepped up foreclosure alternatives to avoid legal challenges. They're forgiving debt, modifying payment plans and approving short sales that allow homeowners to sell for less than they owe.
The federal government, criticized by consumer activists for failing to prevent more than 4.7 million homes from being lost to foreclosure or short sales since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, is also helping to stem the crisis. Expanded loan-modification programs have gained traction, and the Federal Reserve has kept bank interest rates near zero. Investors including Blackstone Group LP (BX) and Colony Capital LLC are purchasing thousands of foreclosed homes in bulk before they even hit the market, further limiting new supply.
With the unemployment rate also coming down, concerns are fading that a deluge in foreclosures will destabilize the housing market as it recovers from a six-year slump.
"Many of us, myself included, feared a wave of foreclosures when the settlement came," Wachter, professor of real estate and finance at Wharton in Philadelphia, said in a telephone interview. "I was wrong."
Slowing the foreclosure process has allowed banks to avoid booking losses on non-performing loans, said Joshua Rosner, an analyst with Graham Fisher & Co. in New York. U.S. banks reduced their net charge-off rate on mortgages to 0.77 percent in the second quarter, the most recent available, from a high of 1.81 percent at the end of 2009, according to data Rosner compiled. That drop occurred as the rate of non-current loans declined to 9.77 percent from 10.15 percent in late 2009.
"The goal all along -- from the banks, the servicers and the government -- was sort of to slow walk the whole thing, bleed it through over time," Rosner said in a telephone interview.
Prices Rise
The strategy may be paying off. Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose 3 percent in September from a year earlier, the most since 2010, the S&P/Case-Shiller index showed this week.
An index of pending home resales climbed 5.2 percent in October, exceeding the highest estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists, figures from the National Association of Realtors showed today in Washington. The median price of an existing home sold last month jumped 11 percent from a year earlier to $178,600, the steepest annual increase since November 2005, according to the group. The number of previously owned homes on the market in October fell 1.4 percent to 2.14 million, the fewest since December 2002.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York estimated that as many as 1.8 million properties would be taken back by banks in 2012, according to a January speech by President William Dudley. Through October, there have been about 559,000 home seizures, indicating a pace of about 650,000 for the year, according to Daren Blomquist, vice president of RealtyTrac.
The so-called shadow inventory of pending foreclosures, which may be larger than the visible supply of previously owned homes for sale, is shrinking as new defaults decline and banks work through their backlog of bad loans. Home loans that were more than 90 days late or in the foreclosure process, a proxy for the shadow inventory, fell to 7.03 percent of properties with a mortgage in the third quarter, the lowest share since 2008, the Mortgage Bankers Association said two weeks ago.
Managed Process
While lenders may bring more distressed properties to market over the next year, it won't be enough to depress values, said Vishwanath Tirupattur, housing strategist at Morgan Stanley in New York.
"I don't anticipate a flood that will take the market down with it," he said in a telephone interview. "It will be a much more managed process."
The shadow inventory -- which also includes properties owned by banks but not for sale --- fell from an estimated 8.8 million homes in 2010 to 5.36 million as of this month, a faster decline than expected as fewer loan modifications re-defaulted, according to Tirupattur.
Changes to Obama's loan-modification program had the biggest impact on reducing pending foreclosures since late 2010 by creating a template that lenders followed, Wachter said. That included incentives to compensate loan servicers for reducing principal on loans for delinquent borrowers. In January, the administration tripled the award to 63 cents for every $1 in writedowns.
'Transformative Steps'
"The loan modifications were successful in this new wave," she said. "Transformative steps were being put into place in the loan modification process. I underestimated how transformative those reforms would be."
An estimated 1 million homeowners qualify for payment-plan changes with principal reductions under Obama's guidelines, according to Wachter. Assuming a redefault rate of 25 percent, that would result in almost 750,000 sustainable modifications, Wachter wrote with Mark Zandi, Celia Chen and Cristian deRitis of Moody's Analytics Inc. in a report published in May.
"Along with those that would take place in any event, this is about the number needed to forestall any further house-price declines," they said.
Principal Forgiveness
Since the February settlement, the five largest U.S. mortgage servicers provided loan relief to 309,385 borrowers, including trial plans, according to a Nov. 19 report by Joseph Smith, monitor of the deal. Almost 22,000 borrowers had principal forgiveness totaling $2.55 billion. The companies, which include Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), agreed to short sales for 113,000 borrowers for another $13.1 billion in principal write downs, Smith's report said.
The settlement helped stabilize prices, in part, by encouraging alternatives to foreclosures, including principal forgiveness and short sales, said Nela Richardson, senior economic analyst with Bloomberg Government. Modified loans have a high default rate and may eventually show up as foreclosures or short sales, she said.
"In this sense, I think the shadow inventory is still looming but it does not look like it will come out of the shadows all at once," Richardson said in an e-mail. "Rather, properties will trickle out into the market."
About 940,000 modifications will be completed this year, including 100,000 resulting from the $25 billion mortgage settlement, according to a Nov. 21 report by JPMorgan analysts led by John Sim. The pace will fall next year to about 530,000 as the pool of eligible borrowers shrinks.
Short Sales
Short sales made up 9.3 percent of transactions in September, up from 7.8 percent a year earlier and 5.8 percent in September 2009, according to CoreLogic Inc., an Irvine, California-based real estate data firm.
"The best, lasting legacy of the crisis is that the industry has created a more nuanced approach to loss disposition," said Mark Fleming, chief economist of CoreLogic. "I don't think the idea of evaluating a delinquent borrower for all different alternatives goes away after we've dealt with the shadow inventory. I think that's here to stay."
In Stockton, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) east of San Francisco by car, the foreclosure crisis is easing after a plunge in home values that has left prices down 60 percent from a 2006 peak. The city earlier this year became the largest in the U.S. to file for bankruptcy protection from creditors after the collapse of the housing market left it with mounting retiree health-care costs for employees and an eroding tax base amid accounting errors that overstated municipal revenues.
Highest Rate
One in 67 of Stockton's households received a foreclosure filing in the third quarter, the highest rate of any U.S. metropolitan area with a population of more than 200,000, according to RealtyTrac. The number of filings of default, auction or repossession fell 21 percent from a year earlier.
William Hoeurn, a teacher's assistant in Stockton, last month won a $337,906 principal reduction on his mortgage from Bank of America, reducing monthly payments on his three-bedroom house to $884 from $2,362. Hoeurn fell behind on his loan payments after his wife lost her job and two of his grown children, who helped pay the mortgage, moved out of the home.
"Before, I was having bad dreams that I am losing my house," Hoeurn, 66, a refugee from Cambodia, said during an interview in his kitchen. "Now, I feel very happy."
Short Sales
The number of bank-owned homes listed for sale in Stockton plunged 72 percent in September from a year earlier, according to MetroList Services Inc., a Sacramento, California-based listing information service. Short sale listings fell 63 percent to 155 homes.
Re-sale prices rose 14.6 percent in the 12 months through October to $179,570 in San Joaquin County, where Stockton is the county seat, according to the California Association of Realtors.
Peter Lemos, code enforcement field manager for Stockton's police department, said he suspects banks are delaying foreclosures to reduce the supply of houses on sale and keep prices higher.
"If they flooded the market, prices would go down," Lemos said during an interview in his office. "So they're getting more for what they're selling. At the same time, it's making more work for us."
Painting Lawns
There were 6,650 properties with unresolved code violations as of Sept. 30, about two-thirds of which were vacant because the owners walked away and banks hadn't foreclosed, Lemos said. His team stages night raids to oust squatters from abandoned properties. To give the appearance homes are occupied, they paint dry lawns green.
Rick Simon, a spokesman for Bank of America, and Tom Kelly, a spokesman for JPMorgan, said they aren't keeping foreclosed properties off the market to boost prices or avoid booking losses.
"Under servicing agreements and investor guidelines, we generally are compelled to move defaulted loans through the foreclosure process and bring them to market without undue delays in order to curtail servicing costs and recover as much of the investment for the owner of the loan as possible," Simon said in an e-mail.
Potential Foreclosures
The inventory of potential foreclosures remains a threat across the U.S. and could result in a new wave of defaults and depress home values, especially if the economy slows, said Robert Shiller, an economics professor at Yale University. Homeowners who owe more than their properties are worth are more likely to default if they lose a job, need to move for employment, or simply decide to walk away, he said.
"I'm still worried about home-price declines," Shiller, and co-creator of the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price indexes, said in a telephone interview. "It's funny how people have so much confidence in the recovery. History shows that these markets are hard to predict."
Delaying the process may also be hindering a faster recovery, said Anthony B. Sanders, an economics professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
"The best cure for any market meltdown is to let prices fall to whatever level is needed to clear it," he said. "Instead, we're sitting here in 2012 and we're still not out of the woods yet. The wisdom of delaying foreclosures etc. was more of a political act than an economic act."
Bank Seizures
Mortgages on homes seized by banks averaged a record 708 days delinquent in September, up from 624 days a year earlier, according to Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS) The U.S. average was 367 days in December 2008, before Obama took office and launched an alphabet soup of programs to help struggling homeowners keep their residences.
The February mortgage settlement restricted lenders from so-called "dual-tracking" -- simultaneously pursuing a foreclosure while borrowers were in the process of applying for a loan modification -- a limitation that prolongs the time it takes lenders to repossess a house.
"In hindsight, by delaying and prolonging the foreclosure process, that gave the market time to stabilize and get back on its feet," said Blomquist of RealtyTrac. "Maybe bureaucracy is actually helping, in this case, to diffuse the impact of the foreclosures. Talk about unintended consequences."
Fed Prevents
Low interest rates engineered by the Federal Reserve prevented a wave of defaults that would have been triggered by resets for borrowers with adjustable-rate mortgages, said Karen Weaver, head of market strategy and research at Seer Capital Management LP in New York.
"With very low interest rates, that's been completely finessed," Weaver said in a telephone interview. "That's another reason we haven't had the tsunami."
An Obama program begun in February allowing refinancing for Americans with more than 125 percent negative equity also has reduced incentives for underwater homeowners to abandon their property. The higher threshold opens the door for about 5 million borrowers to refinance, according to CoreLogic.
More than 100,000 borrowers a month, most of whom have no equity in their homes, have been able to get lower interest rates through the Home Affordable Refinance Program.
"We were originally skeptical," Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist for Capital Economics Ltd., wrote in a note sent last week. "But we have to admit that it has made a significant difference."
The foreclosure slowdown took place as the broader economy began to heal. The unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, the lowest since Obama took office.
Household Formations
Household formations increased to an annual pace of 1.15 million in the third quarter, driving down the vacancy rate for rental homes to its lowest rate since 2002, while the vacancy rate for owner-occupied properties dropped to 1.9 percent, a level last seen in 2005, according to the Census Bureau.
Homes that are seized by banks are attracting investors, many of which aim to turn them into rentals. Private-equity firms are raising as much as $8 billion to buy single-family homes, often purchasing at auctions or directly from banks before the properties are publicly listed for sale. New York- based Blackstone, the world's biggest private-equity firm. has been buying $100 million of houses a week, Chairman Stephen Schwarzman said during an Oct. 18 earnings call.
For those foreclosed properties that do hit the market, investor purchases are rising. All-cash sales represented 29 percent of existing-home deals in October, according to the National Association of Realtors. Investors, who account for most cash sales, purchased 20 percent of homes in October, up from 18 percent the previous month and a year earlier.
Phoenix Demand
Some hot markets are seeing even more demand. In Arizona's Maricopa County, home of Phoenix, investors accounted for a third of home purchases, including those at auctions, said Michael Orr, director of real estate research at Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business.
Investors and other homebuyers are moving east toward Stockton from the San Francisco Bay area, where the technology industry has kept property values high, said Jerry Abbott, president of Grupe Real Estate, a Stockton-based sales and development company that has acquired more than 1,000 rental homes since 2010.
"My guess is 50 percent of the active closings are investors," Abbott said in a telephone interview. "Everybody and his uncle wants to get in at low prices."
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Missoula City Fire will be conducting a controlled burn training exercise on Wednesday at 1625 South 7th Street starting at about 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity.
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This week, Papa Kenn reviews the movie that proves a remake CAN work: DREDD 3D!
"Dredd 3D"
Director: Pete Travis
Writers: Alex Garland (screenplay), Carlos Ezquerra & John Wagner (characters)
Starring: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Wood Harris
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Ready for a shocker? Dredd 3D was good. Really good! I know, I'm as surprised as you are. They pulled a Christopher Nolan on the franchise and turned a Batman & Robin (Judge Dredd) into a Batman Begins. They took a page from the original comic series that I've never read and made a dark, gritty, and ruthless movie that will make you forget all about the one with Stallone and…Schneider.
A little backstory for those unfamiliar with all this: Dredd (Karl Urban) is famously the biggest and baddest of a group of law enforcers called Judges that, due to an overabundance of crime in the post-apocalyptic metropolis Mega-City One, have been given the power of judge, jury, and executioner. In this particular movie, he is joined by rookie Judge Anderson (Olivia Thirlby) in a high-crime slum run by drug lord Ma-Ma (Lena Headey).
Despite its advertising, seeing Dredd in regular 2D takes absolutely nothing away from the experience, and that point is only emphasized by the fact that there are almost no annoying 3D tricks thoughout the entire movie! The few that exist are pretty blatant and not worth the extra price for the glasses, though the scenes are done in a way that are still beautifully done and don't take you out of the movie.
Beyond the 3D, this movie is absolutely in love with slow-motion and for good reason. Unlike most movies with an abundance of slow-motion, there is a legitimate reason for it in Dredd. As shown in the trailers, a new drug called Slo-Mo has been released that lowers a person's perception down to 1% its normal speed, and every time we see someone taking it we are treated to either their point of view, what is going on around them, or some combination thereof. In fact, this may be the first movie since The Matrix where use of slow-motion is actually appropriate and not just another overused camera trick! There are a few instances where I feel like it goes on a little too long, but that's a minor point at best.
Urban as Dredd is an amazing performance that is absolutely no nonsense and powerful. Except for maybe a few lines, there's no cheesiness or "groaners" to the role. While this was a detriment to the Total Recall remake, Dredd is made much better than 1995's Judge Dredd, with Urban showing us how he really encapsulates the character: a no-BS law enforcer that won't stop until justice is served or he's dead.
Thirlby gives a strong performance as Judge Anderson as well, though unfortunately I feel like the same cannot be said for Headey. It wasn't a bad performance by any stretch of the imagination, just unbelievable at times because she didn't seem as suited for the role visually. She has an artificial scar and snarls a lot, which in the Movie Cliche Handbook translates to "this is the bad guy". But…it's Lena Headey! She could be covered in blood from head to toe and not completely pull off a "ruthless bad guy" look in my opinion. As long as you can get past that however, the character actually is ruthless and evil, and no one in their right mind would mess with her…despite the fact that they do…because otherwise the movie would be pretty boring.
The only real negative I can think of with Dredd itself is that there were moments that things just dragged on a bit. Nearly all of these were in the middle, and really just served as filler between action sequences. Chances are, you won't even notice this while watching the movie, so don't take it to heart too much.
In the end, Dredd is a kick-ass cinematic ride that deserves a place alongside the best action films of 2012. Due to copious amounts of blood and what can only be described as hyper-violence (and the fact that it's rated R), it's definitely not appropriate for all audiences and especially not little kids (I'm looking at you, parents at the same theater I was in). Otherwise, I highly recommend Dredd to action fans everywhere that have been more than ready to forget about…this (Judge Dredd) for a long time now. I was blown away, and I hope you will be too.
I give Dredd: 9/10.
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It would definitely be a great start to getting rid of the central bank altogether. But unlike Paul's proposal to audit the Fed, the free competition legislation has not yet enjoyed much visibility.
In fact, because of the constant loss of purchasing power of Federal Reserve Notes (dollars), various alternatives have already been developed and tried over the years. Many are still in existence. But each one has its drawbacks, and the government has already quashed some of the efforts.
The "Liberty Dollar," privately issued silver and gold coins as well as warehouse receipts for the metal, was touted as "America's inflation proof currency" when it was in circulation. It was founded in 1998, but the federal government eventually confiscated what it could of the backing and arrested its founder in late 2007 on ludicrous charges that the Liberty Dollars had a "resemblance" to "genuine coins of the United States." The legal troubles persist, but a class action lawsuit against the feds is also in progress.
"Digital gold currency" and other "e"-metals are making significant headway. A company called e-gold Ltd, which allows users to trade in gold electronically, claims to have over five million accounts set up through its system. It stores gold and other precious metals and allows account holders to spend or accept electronic gold as payment with each other. GoldMoney, a firm that provides a similar service, says on its website that it is holding nearly a billion dollars worth of gold, silver, and platinum.
Alternative paper monies are also being used. In several communities across the nation, entrepreneurs have banded together to produce their own currencies, which operate alongside Federal Reserve Notes, but are used only locally by those willing to accept them in exchange for goods and services. Among them are Detroit Cheers, BerkShares in Massachusetts, and Ithaca Hours in New York. "The systems generally work like this: Businesses and individuals form a network to print currency. Shoppers buy it at a discount — say, 95 cents for $1 value — and spend the full value at stores that accept the currency," USA Today reported last year in an article entitled "Communities print their own currency to keep cash flowing." The goal is to help local economies in bad times.
But while various routes to set up alternative currencies and expose — and eventually end — the Federal Reserve gather momentum, none of the options currently in existence would offer a viable substitute for the present system if and when it suddenly collapses. And that has one monetary expert very worried.
"We have to start looking seriously at what the practical remedy is going to be as this system comes down," warned Edwin Vieira, a constitutional attorney and an expert in monetary theory who has litigated cases involving money issues. He compared the central bank's effect on the economy to having square wheels on a car: "Sooner or later, you're going to shake something loose and the car will fail. And that's our situation, we're driving this car with square wheels — the front end, the rear end and the transmission are about to fall out — and we're in the middle of Death Valley. Literally!"
Vieira told The New American that "the whole present monetary system is unconstitutional," but if the scam was exposed and the general population suddenly lost faith in its paper debt money, an economic collapse and chaos would quickly follow without a viable system ready to replace it. "This is frightening to me, because imagine one of these lawsuits [against the Fed] wins, and now it becomes absolutely clear to the general public that this operation is totally permeated, if not entirely based on fraud … the house will come down."
While Vieira had varying opinions of the different attacks on the Fed's monopoly and secrecy, he praised e-gold and competition as practical solutions. He also noted that, despite various government barriers, it is possible to negotiate contracts in precious metals. But his main suggestion for now is to start at the state level with a precious-metals-based monetary system in which the state government collects part of its tax revenue from corporations in gold.
Vieira has actually written model legislation that would accomplish this goal, and he predicts that the system would catch on. "If — or rather, when — we have another crisis down the road, at least you already have a system set up and it can immediately expand to take the entire state out from under the collapsing banking structure. So it's a kind of insurance policy — a really cheap insurance policy," he said.


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Linda Ronstadt
Sparkling. Rich. Versatile. Linda Ronstadt's voice was unlike any other.
She expanded from her country- and folk-rock roots to cover nearly every genre imaginable. Ronstadt—a perfectionist and true master of her craft—never met a song she couldn't interpret.
Nearly twenty years after she became eligible, Linda Ronstadt was finally nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and was elected on the first ballot.
Ronstadt herself has never been much for award ceremonies—Hall of Fame, Grammys, whatever. "I don't want to seem ungracious," she (graciously) said, "but I've refused all comment about this."
One tricky aspect of her relation to the Hall of Fame is that Ronstadt (b. July 15, 1946) has long since gone beyond rock in her madly diverse musical career. When she became eligible, she was already well into her standards and Mexican albums. To the disappointment of her rock fans (who, to judge from her recent book tour, remained a devoted, warmly affectionate lot), she gives the 1970s relatively short shrift in her lovely memoir, Simple Dreams. To read her now, she felt her music range to be confined; her concerts all lonely dressing rooms and bad arena acoustics and onstage unease. Indoor sports stadiums and big crowds cause her discomfort.
To discuss Linda's remarkable music career would be to place equal emphasis on all the kinds of music she has sung, from folk and folk rock, to country and country rock, to pop rock and hard rock, to Gilbert and Sullivan and Puccini, to American songbook standards, to Mexican ranchera, to Afro-Cuban, to jazz. It's kind of amazing.
Looking back on her rock career now, beyond all the success on the charts (with singles, albums, rock, country, R&B, adult contemporary, jazz, Latin), Linda's self-analysis corresponds with many of the rock critics who rated her a stiff and unspontaneous singer. Linda had always been a perfectionist; her greatest musical pleasure, aside from singing in private with her family and friends, was working in the studio—getting the pitch and the phrasing and the harmonies and the arrangements and the production details just right: what the composer and critic Virgil Thomson used to call tiny craft.
Though her records have been produced by the likes of Peter Asher and George Massenburg, and her bands led by Andrew Gold and Waddy Wachtel, Linda has remained a strong decisive voice in all artistic decisions. Asher was initially warned when he contemplated becoming her manager and producer that her assertiveness made her hard to work with. Just another cross to bear for a "chick singer," as she referred to herself and her peers, in a man's world. If a chick singer implies a docile songbird controlled by macho instrumentalists and producers, it strays a long way from this particular reality. For all her charm and grace, she has always been strong-willed, a determined feminist—and her outspoken progressive political activism in the years around her 2014 Hall of Fame Induction only reinforces that point.
Her perfectionism, however, meant that some of her rock singing sounded stiff. She has a beautiful voice in an idiom that prizes roughness, and her struggle to get the phrasing right clashed with the improvisatory spirit of many admired rock singers, female and male.
The fact that with a couple of exceptions she was an interpreter, not a songwriter, covering songs by others who had already put their imprint on them, complicated her problem. "I never came out of the blues," she told me recently. "My roots were in Mexican music and country music—and classical music, though that didn't help me one bit with rock!" Her admirers still prize many of those records from the apex of her rock fame. Despite all her different musical explorations, Linda was still making rock records close to when she was forced to retire from singing. "My best rock and roll singing happened after I made Mexican records," she said. She mentions the album Winter Light (1993) and We Ran (1998) as containing what she thinks of as some of her best rock work, particularly the songs "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" on Winter Light; and "Ruler of Me Heart" and "Cry 'Till My Tears Run Dry" on We Ran. She credits her immersion in ranchera and African rhythms on her Afro-Cuban album Frenesí (1992) with freeing her as a rock singer—ironically, long after her rock stardom had crested. Nonetheless, following her successes as Mabel in Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance in 1980 (Central Park, Broadway, a feature film), she became better known for her musical styles other than rock. She still sold millions of records (especially the standards and Mexican albums), but she had happily evolved away from rock.
What's interesting about her rock career, from her family singing in Tucan to her first Stone Poneys recordings starting in 1967 and her solo albums from 1969 on, is the stylistic diversity underneath the broad tent of what we call "rock." Linda was an eager participant in the Troubadour scene that favored folk rock and country rock. Her rock albums contain examples of all that, plus the exquisite ballads her admirers adore, even though they showed up less often on her greatest hits albums than the uptempo rock and R&B songs. Close-harmony singing (especially the Trio sessions with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton) alluded to her love for the American vernacular that preceded both standards and rock, but which can be suitably honored in a rock hall of fame.
What tied this all together was her ear (nobody was better at working out harmonies, which Linda did for most of her duet and trio arrangements); her exquisite control of pitch (losing that control was an early sign of her eventual diagnosis with Parkinson's disease); her willingness to master the rhythms and styles of every kind of music; but above all, her personality and her voice.
Linda Ronstadt was always first and foremost a singer with a golden voice. When I asserted that in a long essay about her in 1978, at the height of her rock fame and commercial ascendancy, some laughed. Linda in the Seventies was a sex symbol and an American sweetheart, duality that explains the diversity of her fan base, from horny teenaged boys (and horny older men) to girls and women, who loyally turned out in droves on her recent book tour. With her bottomless eyes, almond face and dazzling smile, Linda was such a beauty that some critics simply assumed that she owed her success to her looks. But it was her voice—its purity, lush beauty and adaptability to any kind of music—that made her a star. "I first saw Linda at the Troubadour in the 60s when she was with the Stone Poneys," Neil Young wrote in his autobiography. "So young and beautiful! She blew everyone's mind with her big voice. Can you imagine sitting in the audience, seeing this girl walk up onstage, looking amazing in her short shorts, and then hearing that huge voice? It was earth-shattering." The feeling was mutual: Linda opened for Young on a 1973 arena tour and sang on numerous Young records.
Technically, Linda's voice is a soprano with an underdeveloped top extension. Her main rock voice was her lower register, her "belting" register (not a "chest voice" as in an operatic contralto). Music teachers in Tucson encouraged her as a teenager to study classical technique—they heard operatic potential—but she was already wedded to folk, country and popular music. Had she trained classically, she would have strengthened that upper register, which is actually a female falsetto, and learned to knit it into her lower register. She used the falsetto extension tellingly as a coloristic accent on some of her rock recordings (for example, "Blue Bayou"), and in Mabel's coloratura piping in The Pirates of Penzance. But when she took on Mimi in La Bohème, which demands sustained lyric singing in the upper register, she sounded weakly unsupported.
Her lower register was her glory, and she was the full master of it. She could bend it to her will, shade pitches, float ballads, belt imperiously and blend with most anyone in harmony singing. People may have loved her looks, but they bought her records because of the sounds she made.
There was more to her rock career than her hit records and concerts, in which her onstage awkwardness usually translated into an appealing vulnerability. There was her bubbly personality as it emerged in interviews—charming, gracious, frank and sharply intelligent. There was the string of famous boyfriends and liaisons, despite her efforts to keep her private life private. And there was her role as a centerpiece of the whole Los Angeles folk-rock scene, from mid Sixties to the late Seventies. Linda was the queen of female rock singers then in terms of fame and fortune, but she was also the focus of a warm and supported circle of women singers and songwriters, local, national and international. Kate and Anna McGarrigle sang their own music wonderfully, to be sure. But Linda sang "Heart Like a Wheel" and others wonderfully as well, and made them a lot of money and certified their own fame. There were Karla Bonoff and Valerie Carter and the Roche Sisters and Phoebe Snow and Nicolette Larson and many more. Men, too: Warren Zevon, J.D. Souther, Randy Newman, Lowell George, Eric Kaz, Jimmy Webb. Linda sought out the best songs wherever she could find them, but she was also generosity itself. Her love for collaboration, for singing with others on their behalf, is attested to by statistics: more than forty-five albums have come out under her own name, but she has appeared, by one count, on more than one hundred twenty.
Then again, the McGarriles were not exactly "rock" singers in any normal definition of that amorphous word. Which brings me back to my point that Linda's post-1980 stylistic explorations were foreshadowed in her rock career, given the diversity of idioms on every album. From the very beginning she was and remains a musical omnivore.
What constitutes suitability for inclusion in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Musical excellence. Linda may have stumbled a bit in terms of rock critical respect, though there were some of us! Otherwise, she's a Hall of Famer for sure. It may have taken a long time, but she is in now where she has long deserved to be. Welcome to the club, Linda.
Inductee: Linda Ronstadt (vocals; born July 15, 1946)


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While most homeowners have stowed their Christmas trees and decorations back into their storage room or closets, others simply can't say goodbye to the magic of the holidays. They have found creative techniques to reuse their evergreens and ornaments. For this reason, Tree Classics searched all over Pinterest this month to find 100 of the most amazing ways to recycle Christmas decorations.
Christmas Cards as Gift Tags and Bookmarks
Find new use for old Christmas cards by turning them into colorful gift tags and bookmarks. Detach the cover of the card then cut it into two-inch by three-inch strips. Next, snip the corners of the strips. Lastly, punch a hole in the tags then attach a piece of string. You can also create three-dimensional trinkets using extra Christmas greeting cards.
Christmas Card Ornament Balls in a Jar
You can always prepare ahead of the next Christmas season by turning old Christmas cards into handcrafted ornament balls. To form one ornament, you need to cut out 20 circles from greeting cards and draw a triangle with equal sides on each circle, with the points of the triangle touching the edges. Fold along all the lines and join the flaps using glue. To display the ornament balls anytime of the year, place them in a tall hurricane jar.
Christmas Cards as Mason Jar Lid Designs
Add fun to plain mason jar lids by decorating them with old Christmas cards. Cut out circles and hot-glue them on the outer surface of the lid. Give them a quick coat of Modge Podge and you've got yourself a charming set of containers.
Christmas Gift Wrap on Coffee Can Planters
Brighten your home with these adorable coffee can flower planters. Turn old tin cans into reusable containers by covering them with leftover Christmas gift wrap. Choose a color pattern that highlights the beauty of the flowers placed in the cans.
Christmas Gift Wrap on Tuna Can Candle Holders
Another way to reuse excess Christmas gift wrap is by using it to cover empty tuna cans. When adorned with festive wrapping paper, these old tuna cans become stylish candle holders with a sparkle of autumnal elegance.
Christmas Card and Gift Wrap Chandelier
Upcycle cards and wrappers from presents you received last Christmas by turning them into a cute paper chandelier. Begin by cutting out as many circles as you can from the cards and wrapping paper of different colors. Sew the circles together and drape them over an old lampshade frame covered with ribbons of a complementing color pattern.
Christmas Bow Wreath
Make use of leftover gift bows by turning them into a fanciful bow wreath. To create the frame for the wreath, carefully stretch out two wire coat hangers until they become circular. Connect the hangers using floral tape then start attaching the bows to the frame. Make sure you place the bows closely together to give your wreath a fuller look.
Christmas Cards as Wall Art
If the artwork on the Christmas card is simply too precious to cut up, consider framing the card instead. To ensure a more timeless appeal, choose a simple wooden frame coated in black to set off the holiday colors elegantly.
All-Around Christmas Card Garland
Make a festive pennant flag garland out of old Christmas cards. Start by cutting out triangles then punch two holes on each end of the top side. Assemble the garland by inserting twine or a colorful ribbon into the holes.
All-Around Christmas Ball Window Décor
This fun window décor has the appeal of paper mache ornaments, but the balls are actually made of old, rusty Christmas balls. Cover each bauble with a thick coat of Mod Podge and wrap a few strips of tissue paper around it. Apply another coat of Mod Podge over the tissue paper so all the loose edges adhere to the ball, and paint the entire ball with acrylic paint once the glue is dry.
Christmas Ball Wreath, Chandelier and Table Decorations for Romantic Celebrations
Reinvent Christmas baubles as you decorate for a romantic dinner. Gather your favorite holiday ornaments in pink pastel colors and hot-glue the pieces on a heart-shaped wooden frame. Tie a fancy ribbon and hang the wreath on your dining room wall.
You can also craft your own Valentine's Day chandelier using red Christmas decorations. Hang crimson and heart-shaped ornaments using nylon strings to spread a message of love in any corner of your home.
Create a romantic tablescape by using red yuletide ornaments for your centerpiece. Place the decorations inside a tall hurricane jar.
Holiday candles can be repurposed for Valentine's Day. Red candles are perfect for illuminating romantic evenings.
Christmas Ball Wreath for the Fourth of July
Show off your patriotism by creating a Fourth of July wreath. Take red, white, and blue Christmas ornaments and assemble them on a wreath frame of your choice. Add a few stars and, best of all, a small American flag to highlight your love of country.
Christmas Balls and Beaded Garlands as Chandelier Accents
Display Christmas ornaments on any style of chandelier to add pizzazz to your home. Gold and silver baubles work well to usher in a classic, glamorous look. Opt for bolder colors and patterns if you're going for a whimsical appeal.
Christmas Balls and Beaded Garlands as Table Decorations
Mixing ornaments in a variety of shapes and sizes is among the easiest ways to create a modern vintage table centerpiece. Make sure to feature as many complementary colors and textures as possible for a more striking effect. Place your collection in a glass jar and use this to add visual interest to any corner.
Christmas Star Ornaments as Colorful Birthday Decorations
Star-shaped ornaments are perfect for Christmas, but they also fit many birthday party themes, too. To reuse old Christmas ornaments as birthday party decorations, combine stars of different colors and add curly ribbons for a fun, cheerful effect. Hang the stars above the buffet table or doorway.
Christmas Balls as Event Keepsakes
Create the perfect souvenir for a special event by saving the wordings inside a clear Christmas ball. Place strips of paper with a special message that commemorates the celebration.
You can also inscribe the words on a colored Christmas ball that matches your motif. The best thing about using Christmas ornaments as a souvenir is that you will get a chance to display them afterwards as signature pieces on your Christmas tree. Because the ornaments serve as memorabilia, your holiday celebrations become all the more meaningful.
Christmas Balls as Place Card Holders
Use Christmas baubles as place card holders for a winter-themed event. You can also inscribe the name of the guest and the details of the event so the decoration can double as their souvenir.
Christmas Balls as Fridge Magnets
Liven up a boring old fridge with magnets made from Christmas ornaments. Just hot-glue a piece of magnet to one side of your Christmas bauble or any other holiday décor. These cute and fun pieces are also great gifts for any occasion!
Clear Christmas Balls as Minimalist Ornament Chandelier
Capture the sunlight in your room by using crystal Christmas balls as a quaint chandelier. Simply hang the baubles up a coil of wire using a nylon string and display by a window.
Clear Christmas Balls as Garden Globes
Reuse any clear Christmas ball as a terrarium. Easily make this by placing a handful of pebbles, a layer of charcoal, and some slow-growing miniature plants and moss inside your crystal ornament. Hang the Christmas ball by your kitchen window. You can also simply insert Christmas tree foliage into clear crystal balls.
Looking to start a garden in a small space? Try building a nursery first by converting old Christmas balls into indoor planters. Fill the globes with a little soil then insert your plant through the opening.
Floating Christmas Tree Garden
For a unique decorating concept this spring, try converting an old wooden boat into a floating garden. Fill the vessel with sprawling evergreens and flowers in planters then set it afloat on a lake or pond.
Fresh Evergreens as Miniature Indoor Topiaries
Extend the life of your favorite Christmas tree by turning it into miniature indoor topiaries. Cut off portions of your tree then place them into small ceramic jars or pitchers. Embellish your topiaries with monograms to highlight its pastoral charm.
Fresh Evergreens in Winter Jars
Can't get enough of that yuletide cheer? Make the spirit of the holidays last longer by creating these wonderful winter jars for your home. Fill mason jars with soil then plant a small Christmas tree branch inside. Add a layer of artificial flock (or even real snow!) to complete the wintry charm of this decorative piece.
Fresh Evergreens and Clove Oranges as a Table Centerpiece for Summer
This summer, fill your home with a sweet and refreshing scent with this table centerpiece of clove oranges and fresh Christmas tree foliage. Take sprigs of evergreens and arrange them into a small wooden box. Place the citrus fruits in between. To retain the aroma of your display for weeks, stud the oranges with cloves.
Fresh Evergreens with Rustic Accents as a Table Centerpiece for Autumn
Fill your home with the bounty of an autumn harvest by placing this lovely fall centerpiece on your dinner table. Collect Christmas tree foliage and arrange them in a wooden crate. To achieve a look of abundance, place some autumn vegetables, such as pumpkins and gourds between the foliage. Add cream-colored candles to complete the look of autumnal elegance.
Create this elegant countryside display that reuses evergreens along with a vintage crate and some mason jars. Simply form a bed of greens inside the crate and allow some of the branches to fall off the side. Place the mason jars with a votive candle in between the sprigs of pine and holly.
Complement the countryside charm of your home by adding this easy-to-create rustic centerpiece. Take a small galvanized metal tub and fill it with different foliage, acorns, and pine cones. Place two small candles to act as lighting for the centerpiece.
Evergreen Wreaths as Table Centerpieces All Year Round
Create a vision of a bountiful feast by placing Christmas wreaths as decorative accents for your dinner table. Complete the timeless look by adding cream-colored candles as ambient lighting.
Evergreen Wreaths as Wall Décor All Year Round
Strip your holiday wreath of festive Christmas embellishments so you can use it as a year-round wall décor. Evergreen wreaths easily complement any style of home. They provide a natural and refreshing appeal to walls with muted colors.
Evergreen Wreath on a Chandelier
Give your light fixture a completely new look by adorning it with a holiday wreath. Whether in the dining room or kitchen, the addition of Christmas evergreens brings a fresh, natural element to home interiors. You can also hang other ornaments and drape beaded garlands for a luxurious touch.
Evergreen Canopy Bed Draping
Use your artificial Christmas garlands and swags for a fairy tale-inspired bedroom makeover. Simply drape the evergreens in your four-poster bed. Feel free to add some dreamy ornaments and accent pieces to make your bedroom look like an enchanted forest.
Christmas Lights as Mood Lighting in Bedrooms
Sleep under glittering fairy lights. Add warm Christmas lights as evening sparklers in your bedroom by carefully lacing your canopy bed or ceiling with these ambient lights. Fasten each strand using small pieces of clear tape to make sure they do not get tangled.
Hanging a string of white lights in dim corners of your bedroom gives your private sanctuary a restful glow.
If you don't have a canopy bed or the ceiling of your bedroom is too high, consider adding clear Christmas lights to your headboard instead. It creates the same subtle radiance.
Christmas Lights in an Unused Fireplace
Use Christmas lights to transform an empty fireplace into a visual treat. Set off the enchanting glow against the dim backdrop by choosing only one color of lights. Wind about 10 light strings around a plastic ball. Plug in the lights and enjoy the striking view.
Christmas Lights as Colorful Step Lighting
Light up a stairway with this glowing ribbon garland. Combine all of the season's ribbon scraps to create the garland then tie the ribbons around a string of Christmas lights. Make the necessary trimming before placing the garland on the steps.
You can also use holiday tea light candles to add some glow to your pathway. Put sand or fine gravel in an old canning jar then place a tea light. Line several of these flickering lights outside a beautiful pathway.
Outdoor Christmas Lights as Fairy Lights
Spend an intimate evening with loved ones under the warm brilliance of these fairy lights. Take your outdoor Christmas lights from the storage and use them as ambient lighting during a romantic dinner. String them around your porch or patio to recreate the beauty of a starry summer night.
Wrap a tree with twinkling lights and spread some vintage lanterns for additional lighting. Set your dinner table under the tree and enjoy the atmosphere.
Outdoor Christmas Lights on Planters
Turn your outdoor planters into festive highlights by adorning them with colorful holiday lights made for the outdoors. Make your yard stand out with these well-lit plant boxes and topiaries.
Outdoor Christmas Lights on Vine Baskets
Dress up your porch or driveway during winter using these baskets adorned with outdoor Christmas lights. To create this starry accents, you need a coiled vine basket, a string of small outdoor holiday lights, and some clear plastic ornaments. Attach the holiday lights by pushing each bulb through the lining of the basket then place the plastic ornaments on top to act as fillers.
Outdoor Christmas Light Balls
Spruce up your outdoors no matter the season with these holiday balls made with grapevines and outdoor Christmas lights. Wrap vines around inflated beach balls. Make sure the vines hold together; fasten them using small wires. Next, remove the beach balls by deflating them. Lastly, coil the grapevine balls with white outdoor mini lights.
Outdoor Christmas Lights in a Mason Jar Chandelier
Create your own industrial chandelier out of outdoor Christmas lights. Just put the light strands inside mason jars and place them in an antique canning jar basket. Hang the chandelier outside using a sturdy chain and you've got the perfect lighting for a barn or garden party.
Christmas Lights in Glass Bottles
Make your parties more colorful with these easy-to-create glass bottle bulbs. Made from old wine bottles and multi-colored Christmas lights, these festive fixtures instantly add a whimsical feature to any celebration.
LED Christmas Lights inside Paper Lanterns
Recycle used or excess Christmas gift wrappers by turning them into beautiful paper lanterns. You can create additional designs by cutting out different shapes on the gift wrap. Take a used plastic soda bottle and cut off its neck. Make an opening at the bottom of the bottle then insert your holiday LED lights. Place a thin sheet of wax paper around the bottle to serve as a diffuser for the light. Finally, cover your DIY lantern with the gift wrap.
Christmas Lights in Miniature Paper Lanterns
Reinvent your holiday lights by transforming them into miniature paper lantern garlands. Take square pieces of paper and turn them into inflatable origami balloons. Attach the origami balloons to each Christmas light bulb. Turn on the lights and watch as these lanterns brighten up your summer evening.
Hula Hoop Chandelier
Add a charming highlight to any room with this shabby chic hula hoop chandelier. All you need is an old hula hoop, some glue, romantic lace, and a set of warm clear lights. Wrap the hula hoop in lace then fasten it using glue. Attach eight pieces of lace across the hula hoop to create a canopy for the chandelier. Finally, add the holiday lights by wrapping them around the chandelier.
Icicle Lights as Table Decorations
Transform dinner tables into a spectacular highlight at your party by placing clear holiday lights under table cloths.
Christmas Lights inside Twine Balls
Add a burst of color to your space with this twine ball garland that has Christmas lights tucked in the middle. This simple project is also a great activity you can do with your kids during weekends.
Christmas Lights as Vanity Lighting
Drape an oversized mirror with white Christmas lights to create your own radiant vanity area. The addition of twinkling lights instantly brings glamour and transforms your space into a pretty dressing room.
Glittering Lightscape
Fill your room with an enchanting atmosphere with this beautiful glittering lightscape. First, plot out your favorite design on a canvass then puncture holes through it using an awl. Next, insert the bulbs of your holiday lights into the holes then secure each one with craft glue.
DIY Votive Candles Wrapped in Vellum
Create a relaxing ambience for your children's bedroom with these adorable vellum lanterns. The calfskin cover acts as an excellent diffuser for the holiday candles inside. You can also decorate your lanterns by drawing fairy tale scenes on the vellum cover.
Christmas Lights Photo Display
If you're looking for a brilliant way to showcase life's precious moments, then take out your cherished photos and Christmas lights. Create a lovely photo display by hanging white fairy lights on a wall and using wooden clips to attach your pictures to the strands.
Christmas Lights on Wedding Arches
Walk down the isle under the beauty of the stars. These wedding arches adorned with romantic clear Christmas lights create a dreamy backdrop to this special occasion.
Ice Lanterns as Path Lights
If you live in an area that experiences snow, you can make ice lanterns that use sprigs of holly and berries as embellishments. Get two buckets: one bigger than the other. Place the smaller bucket inside the larger one and fasten them with tape. Fill the gap between the two buckets with water then place the sprigs and berries in between. Leave the container outside to let the water freeze overnight. Once frozen, remove your ice lantern from the buckets.
Christmas Wreath as Easter Egg Nest Décor
Celebrate Easter by decorating your home with a rustic door décor made from an old vine Christmas wreath. Create a nest for Easter eggs by attaching a basin on one side of the wreath then layering it with dried twigs. For some pastoral charm, decorate your Easter egg nest with a few wild flowers and additional vines.
You can also arrange the nest by placing Christmas tree branches and berries in a glass bowl. Place a small wicker basket inside the bowl then add in a few feathers. Finally, tuck a pair of eggs in between the feathers and foliage.
Christmas Berry Square Wreath
Bring the elegance of the countryside into your home with this rustic red berry square wreath. Create the frame by collecting dried branches and tying them together at the ends. Add red berries, pine cones, and dried twigs from old Christmas decorations.
Candle Holders with Cranberries
Leave sweet notes for your loved ones on delightful candle holders filled with fresh cranberries from the holiday season. Make sure they get your message by drawing their attention using these luscious red berry accents.
Red Rose and Berry Centerpiece
Complete the romantic look of your Valentine display with this red rose and berry centerpiece. Simply place a few rose buds inside a crystal flask and surround them with red berry accents left over from Christmas.
Water Bottle Poinsettia Garland
Decorate your home this spring with colorful flower accents such as this water bottle poinsettia garland. First, you will need to cut the plastic bottles in half. Next, create the petals for the poinsettias by cutting vertical slits around the circumference of the bottles. Pull down the slits to create the shape of flowers. Using red and yellow crafting paint, coat the plastic flowers to make them look like poinsettias.
Angel Christmas Tree Topper as Table Décor
There's something about angels that makes them the perfect figure to grace the top of a Christmas tree. After the holidays, you can also turn these beautiful Christmas tree ornaments into table décor. These winged creatures are wonderful decorative pieces at baby showers and other special occasions celebrating love and faith. Displayed on a console table at the entryway of a home, angel ornaments convey an atmosphere of peace.
Christmas Light Bulb Wreaths
If you're looking for a quaint and minimalist take on the usual festive wreaths, try making this industrial-looking Christmas light bulb wreath. Use light bulbs with a clear transparent casing and a simple but sturdy wire frame. Hang the wreath on a twig using a sage ribbon to add a rustic touch.
If you're looking for a touch of glamour, however, then this glitzy Christmas light bulb wreath is for you. Cover the light bulbs in glitter and let them dry. Afterwards, hot-glue the light bulbs onto a flat wood in the form of a wreath. Add a matching bow in the middle to complete the look.
Christmas Light Bulbs as a Glittery Centerpiece
For a fun and sparkly centerpiece, take old Christmas light bulbs, dip them in glue, and roll them in glitter. Let them dry before placing the shiny ornaments in a vase or a bowl.
Christmas Light Sun Catcher
This star-shaped ornament from burnt-out Christmas lights makes one lovely sun catcher that you can hang in the window of your home or office. Take 14 light bulbs, dispose of their caps, and cut off their wire. Glue together the bulbs in the shape of a cross then keep adding more bulbs in the spaces between until you form a star.
Christmas Light Casing as Teardrop Earrings
Upcycle burnt-out fairy lights into fashionable, wearable pieces. To make these teardrop earrings, wrap the top end of the light bulb casing in coiled wire and connect these to earring hooks. Have fun creating your own design by combining different colors and using various patterns when bending wires.
Pine Cone Fire Starters
Make your own fire starters out of pine cones. Wrap twine liberally around a pine cone, starting at the bottom. Leave a long wick near the top for easy lighting. After it is dipped in old candle wax, it's ready to be used for kindling. Pine cone starters stored in a muslin bag also make great homemade gifts.
Pine Cone bird feeder
Help the little birdies this winter by making them this DIY pine cone bird feeder. Tie a piece of string onto the end of a pine cone, cover it generously in peanut butter, and roll it into seeds. Hang a few of these birdfeeders outside and watch your feathered friends enjoy their feast.
Pine Cone Potpourri
Make your own aromatic yet inexpensive potpourri by combining pine cones with cedar shavings and pine needles. Add a few drops of essential oil and seal the concoction in a bag for a week to let all the scents meld together. Pour the potpourri into bowls to spread this wonderful fragrance around the house.
Pine Cone Mulch
Recycle fallen pine cones as mulch instead of just throwing them away. Pine cones are the perfect bedding for an herb garden. They're also a great way to keep household pets away from your plants.
Pine Cones as Table Centerpieces
Create your own vintage table centerpiece out of pine cones. Just dip the pine cones in pastel-colored paint or any other tint that matches your décor. Let the pine cones dry before displaying them in a bowl.
Pine Cone Candleholder
Craft stylish yet inexpensive candleholders out of large pine cones. Start by painting the pine cones in your choice of colors. Once dry, hot-glue the bottom of a soda can on top, and finish off by adding a candle.
Pine Cone Votive Holder
This pine cone votive holder looks beautiful on top of a coffee table. It's also a breeze to make! Simply assemble a bunch of pine cones around a votive. Hot-glue the pieces and tie everything together with some burlap or twine.
Twig Christmas Wreath for St. Patrick's Day
In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, redecorate your holiday twig wreath by adding green embellishments. Simply cut out and assemble flowers made of felt and add some shamrock buttons.
Lucky Christmas Tree for St. Patrick's Day
Turn your Christmas tree into a St. Patrick's Day tree by adorning it with green ribbons and baubles. Give your holiday spectacle a lucky charm by adding shamrock decorations. You can also hang a rainbow ornament over a pot of gold coins for a humorous touch.
Tinsel Swizzle Sticks
Got some extra tinsel and confetti? Use them to make tinsel pom-poms. Cupcakes and cocktails look so much more appetizing when decorated with these festive swizzle sticks.
Tinsel Garland as a Disco Piñata
Add fun and glam to any party by crafting a disco piñata from tinsel garlands. Use a punch ball balloon to form the body of the piñata. Wrap the balloon in newspaper and apply paper mache before decorating it with tinsel.
Tinsel Wig
Create a funky wig out of your tinsel garland. Whether it's for Halloween or just a fun night with friends, this accessory will add color and shine to your outfit. To make, just sew strands of metallic tinsel into a hair net.
At Tree Classics, we're all about spreading the joy of Christmas throughout the whole year. If you'd like more inspiration for repurposing Christmas decorations, be sure to follow us on Pinterest where we have loads of surprises for you!


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Gilad Atzmon: The Jew-Only Panic Mobile Technology
Ladies and gentleman the 'CST Report' mobile application is ready to launch. The first 'Jew only' mobile application designed to comfort Jews, their anxiety and their very special security needs.
The London Jewish Chronicle reported today that the 'Community Security Trust' (CST) has launched a system to help members of the Jewish community, report 'anti-Semitic' incidents direct from their mobile phones.
CST Report is like an "app" for smart-phones. It can be used on any mobile, which has internet access. It is very much like "Angry Birds" yet it is designed to deter the angry Goyim.
It allows its Jewish users to register where and when an incident took place: the nature of it, a description of what happened and their details. Because CST Report is designed specifically for mobile use, it allows those who have witnessed an incident to upload a video or pictures from the phone direct to the CST command bunker in Golders Green. I think that this is a refreshing development. It would clearly disable the potential deniers of any future Shoa. With the CST Report at hand, Jews will be able to provide the CST control room with instantaneous reports from the crime scene.
However, I am puzzled by some of the technological aspects to do with this incredible invention. I am, for instance, a Jew by origin, yet I oscillate constantly between being an 'Ex-Jew' and a 'proud self hating Jew'. In those unique moments of self-loathing, as I am embarking onto some universal ethical realisations, should I hit the panic button and report myself to the CST cyber command? Also, being Jewish by origin, and being subject to constant orchestrated Jewish hate campaigns partially organised by the CST, am I entitled for support of the CST?
Apparently Sheikh Raed Salah was arrested here in the UK in June following a 'tip off' that was originated at the CST. Considering Sheikh Salah being far more 'Semitic' than the vast majority of British Jewry, could he benefit from such an application installed on his iPhone?
Finally, a suggestion, I honestly think that CST Report is a bit of a cold and boring name for such an innovative technology. I honestly believe that iVey, would appeal to a much wider audience among the upbeat Jewish community.
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Who's In It: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic
The Basics: "They" killed Mel's daughter. And being a cop he thinks the gunfire was meant for him. He's wrong, of course. But once he figures out that he's got an entire conspiracy to unravel he goes after every obvious bad guy and probable bad guy and Facebook friend of bad guy with the kind of methodical ingenuity reserved exclusively for films where one just man takes on a corrupt web of lies, greed and murder. The results are pleasurably tense, paranoid, violent, gloomy and depressing. It's Taken, minus the histrionic slaughter, grim reactionary politics, most of the face-kicking and the perversely happy ending.
What's The Deal: Films like this are musicals for people who enjoy gunfire and Mel Gibson being shouty. They're that satisfyingly heightened version of reality no one actually gets to experience. In real life, murder investigations that uncover a swarming mass of evil with players found at the top of the political and business world food chain pretty much never come along. You'll be abducted by a UFO and get verifiable physical proof before you break open a criminal case like this. But in a movie it just takes one really tireless dude who never sleeps or eats and who, though nearly 60, can go mano a mano with men half his age and break their faces with one punch. And that kind of thing totally has a place in the fake-stuff-we-like-anyway culture heap. Here's January 2010's entry for that pile.
How You Know Who The Main Bad Guy Is Without Even Being Told: Because veteran character actor Danny Huston walks into the well-appointed room of a sleek CEO's office/villain's lair and starts talking about the weather. That guy's whole career is pretty much playing the soft-spoken creepo in a suit who's secretly planning to have you murdered by a covert operative disguised as a pizza delivery boy and then get your dismembered head dumped on your grandma's front porch because she's his actual target and he really wants to give her a heart attack before he has the rest of her organs harvested.
Best Shout Out To The Passion Of The Christ: Mel Gibson has really ramped up the big-screen suffering in the past decade, whether he's directing or starring. This, of course, makes him way more fascinating than he's ever been (side note: if you really want to see him weird-out, go watch Wim Wenders' Million Dollar Hotel). So as you watch this movie and you realize where his character is going to end up, you're not fully surprised. And though he didn't need to toss in a line about how an ambivalent secondary character should decide if he's "the one hanging from the cross or the one pounding in the nails," it's another reminder that you're watching this guy age into the most rueful former sex symbol American movies have to offer.
Where You Might Have Seen All This Before: It's based on a BBC miniseries. Which is why the plot feels condensed and sometimes rushed and always convoluted and occasionally baffling. Pay attention or you'll get lost in the maze.
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Soccer Snacks
Let me just say...I HATE DRAWING PENTAGONS!!! Ugh!
These cookies were probably the most difficult ones I've made in a while....I am apparently polygon-challenged. They're not my favorite, either, but the kids liked them. I think everyone enjoys seeing their name on something, don't you?
Looking for more sports-related cookies? Try these:
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I have head that soccer balls are one of the hardest things to create in baking. I think yours turned out quite well!ReplyDelete
The red look good over the perfect black-white poligons... which color you did first? there's no bleeding at all!!ReplyDelete
Those are so cute! You are one dedicated soccer mom. That would be way too much work for me.ReplyDelete
these are awesome! i bet the kids were thrilled - probably didn't want to eat them and destroy them - lol! i tried making a soccer ball pattern for a scrapbook page one day - i finally gave up and threw it all in the trash - lol! kudos to you for perserverance :O)ReplyDelete
So cute - I bet everyone loved them!ReplyDelete
Too cute! I am actually having the same problem with my cookies when the flood icing dries that Donna @ Way More Homemade was having (the texture isn't coming out smooth at all). Could you please email me and tell me what I'm doing wrong? All of your cookies just come out so cute, and I cannot get mine to keep their smooth texture for anything. My email is paul445 at bellsouth dot net. Thank you! And again, these cookies are great!ReplyDelete
Bea...I filled in the black, then the white. I waited about an hour, then added the names in red.ReplyDelete
Lindsay...I'll email you. :)
Oh, those do look difficult. I can't cut a straight line or draw a circle, so yeah.ReplyDelete
When it's our turn to bring snacks to t-ball, I can barely organize myself to buy a box of granola bars. I'll glad none of the parents on the team are as crafty as you!ReplyDelete
These look great - and hard to make! But I agree, if their name is on the cookie anything else doesn't matter.ReplyDelete
I agree...the soccer balls are no fun, and the more you do and the longer you are looking at them they just never seem right..ya know? Yours look great though!ReplyDelete
They came out nice but totally get the polygon issues.ReplyDelete
I think they look great!ReplyDelete
Ok, I am so impressed! How pretty, precise, and I wish I had half your talent! :)ReplyDelete
WHAT A LUCKY SOCCER TEAM!! I LOVE THEM AND I BET THE KIDS DID TOO! YOU SHOWED ALL THOSE OTHER SOCCER MOM'S TEEHEE!ReplyDelete
I feel you pentagonal pain! I made soccer ball cookies for my cousin and I am even more geometrically challenged than you. Add in black and white icing and i could just be cookie decorating hell!ReplyDelete
PS -- When it came time to do cookies for my daughter's team -- I did a jersey with the team colors/design and their number...much easier.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 1, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Holey moley, I can't even draw a soccer ball, let alone make one with frosting. Yours look fabulous. You have some serious skills!ReplyDelete
Those look GREAT!!! I'll have to remember this for dd's Basketball team next year!!ReplyDelete
Hey, I wanted to ask you, do you have a large circle cookie cutter? I've been looking for one and can't find one - one of our local bakeries makes "smiley face cookies" and dd wants to make them, but I can't find a nice pain circle (maybe 4-5" diameter) LOL
Those are AMAZING!!ReplyDelete
Great job.
tedious, but the result look fantastic!ReplyDelete
You better watch it or you'll be voted in to be the "All Time Snack Bringer."ReplyDelete
I have been a team parent for years, from soccer to cheerleading to wrestling and I would like to show you something that might help your team with organizing volunteers, fundraising events and parties.ReplyDelete
It's a FREE program that can help organize volunteers and events. I think it would be perfect for any volunteer coordinators, team moms, and teachers as well as class moms organize fundraising events.
I am the team mom for my daughter's cheerleading team and I used it for our 4th of July parade signups and it worked so well, getting more volunteers than we have ever had. It really makes it so much easier than calling and emailing parents individually. I'm going to start using it for all of our events like car washes and parties and stuff.
My kid's school is going to start using it because it has been so difficult for the class moms to get volunteers. Its free so I don't get anything out of it, just thought I'd pass the info along.
Please take a look and let me know what you think.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to comment! Happy baking! :)
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