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LIVONIA, Mich. -- On the day Mitt Romney criticized him for not focusing enough on the economy, Rick Santorum stressed the need for simplifying the tax code, cutting trillions from the budget and building the Keystone pipeline.
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum often splits his time on the stump between focusing on jobs and social issues.
And while the former Pennsylvania laid out his economic plan to a local Chamber of Commerce here, he also pivoted into the social issues that have come to largely define his campaign.
"The separation of church and state that our founders believed in, which is what I just described, has now been turned on its head," he said. "And now, it's the church, people of faith, who have no right to come to the public square and express their points of view, or practice their faith outside of their church."
That was received with applause from the 300 supporters in attendance.
"All reporters in the back, they say, 'Oh there's Santorum talking about social issues again,'" he said. "No, I'm talking about freedom.
I'm talking about government imposing themselves on your lives."
The balance between talking about the economy -- which will likely be the most important issue in the Novemeber election -- and social issues has been a delicate one for the Santorum campaign. The candidate often splits his time on the stump between focusing on jobs and focusing on the issues of abortion, the family, and religious freedoms. Now, in a state hit particularly hard by the recession, the former Massachusetts governor is trying to exploit it as a weakness in his rival.
Stumping in Rockford, MI, earlier in the morning, Romney said of Santorum, "It's time for him to really focus on the economy."
Responding to Romney's critique, Santorum told reporters, "Tell him to watch my speech."
On the eve of the Michigan and Arizona primaries, the Romney campaign unveiled a new line of attacks against Santorum, building off his "sometimes you take one for the team" defense of earmarking during last week's debate. Santorum did not use his speech to defend his fiscal record in Congress, but instead split time between portraying himself as a consistent conservative and introducing his plan to rebuild America's manufacturing and energy industries.
"This is a tax plan that isn't conforming to any type of school of economics, because America has its own destiny," Santorum said. "We don't fit into a school. We do our own; we cut our own path; we're Americans; we can do things different, and we can be successful in doing it. Our plan is bold. It doesn't just, you know, take an existing tax code and play around with it in 59 or 69 or 89 different tweaks."
Last year Romney unveiled a 59-point economic plan.
Santorum's first of three stops throughout the Wolverine State compliments an op-ed he in today's Wall Street Journal outlining the major tenants of his plan.
"Capitalism is painful," he said. "We all know markets are painful sometimes. When people dont keep up, when people do things that the market doesn't like, a lot of people suffer. They suffer more if you try to rig the game. I've been consistent on that. I can go after President Obama on that. No one else can in this race can."


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Many women and even some men will try just about anything to become more beautiful.
But a fermented glop pushed by a French marketeer is being called "Magique Fromage" (Magic Cheese) after investigators found absolutely no medicinal value in the slime.
Even as an ingredient for expensive moisturizers and shampoos, the smelly slime is just worthless "Magique Fromage."
But it could be good on crackers and with a light Bordeaux…..
PARIS (Reuters) – France is investigating what it says is a scam mounted by a French woman who sold thousands of Chileans kits to make "magic cheese" for French beauty products, an official said on Tuesday.
Gilberte Van Erpe, who was arrested and placed under investigation in France last year, is suspected of setting up a vast pyramid scheme, telling buyers the fermented mass produced by the kits could be sold to cosmetics companies in France.
A French investigator, examining magistrate Sylvie Gagnard, will fly to Chile to register the lawsuits of thousands of people who claim they were victimized, said Isabelle Montagne, a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor's office.
"We call it the 'case of the magic cheese'," Montagne said.
"She swindled people, she abused their trust to make them believe that she could commercialize that material."
Van Erpe, who is under custody in France and accused of fraud and money laundering, could not be reached for comment.
The spokeswoman said three other people also were arrested last year and placed under investigation for their role in the suspected fraud, conducted through a company called Fermex.
Media have reported that Van Erpe ran a similar scheme in Peru in 2003 to 2004 and then moved on to operate in Chile from 2004 to 2006.
Claiming that the fermented substance was all the rage in Paris as an ingredient for expensive moisturizers and shampoos, Van Erpe charged clients some 300 euros ($389) for the kits, which had a market value of about 3 euros, media said.
However, the product never made it to French cosmetics labs and most investors lost their money, the spokeswoman said.
Le Parisien newspaper said Van Erpe made about 30 million euros from her activities. It also said 5,000 Peruvians and 4,500 Chileans had filed lawsuits, but Montagne was unable to confirm that figure.
(Editing by Michael Roddy)
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When Julie Decker was 17, Google couldn't help her figure out what to call her asexuality. It couldn't get her in touch with groups of other asexuals, definitions, forums, support groups, videos, smiling faces, etc.
So she did what most 17-year-olds do. She told her partner, but almost no one else. Decker — who's been going by the nickname and handle SwankIvy since she was 15 years old — speaks confidently and matter-of-factly. She doesn't say that her partner was full of support, nor does she say she was oppressed. Speaking about coming to terms with her (non) sexuality, she doesn't mention emotion too often, which confirms her strong self-described character.
Without search results to guide her elsewhere, Decker termed herself "non-sexual."
"For the most part, asexual people are realizing they're asexual when other people are realizing who they're attracted to," Decker told the Mirror. Some people pretend to have crushes on others, or let themselves be put into situations where their attraction isn't real. People have reported, Decker said, that they've gone so far as to get into sexual activities with people they weren't attracted to for fear of being left out (not an uncommon occurrence in the LGBT community).
"Some people deal with that by listening to the buzz around them, which is telling them there's something wrong with them if sex isn't something they want," the now-35-year-old told SFGN. "I dated a couple of people in high school because of peer pressure. If asexual people listen to everyone, cave in, and try to fake it, their peers won't believe them and keep moving the bar up — and keep changing what you have to try to do to make it work."
So at first you have to date to be normal. Then it becomes fooling around. Then first base determines normalcy. Then second and third and this and that, ad nauseum. People don't want to believe asexuality is a thing — that it's an actual experience of sexuality. It sounds inexplicable and false when someone claims to live contently within the vacuum that's left without sexual desire (Decker's peers and others like them wouldn't be the first to have a hard time believing in the absence of what they consider an innate existence).
"I don't have to answer to anyone about my sexual feelings," Decker said, adding that she didn't have a hard time maintaining her own truth about the matters of sex, in lieu of the attempts of persuasion invading her daily life. "I was used to defining my own reality." Adults told her she'd like someone of another gender when she'd get older — the heteronormative expectation had been bestowed. "You might be confused, or you might think you're gay — though there are many other options except for gay or straight."
Dating failed and she categorized it as unsatisfying — she wasn't seeing the same results between her and her dates and those between her friends and their dates. She figured she must be a late boomer. "I totally expected to develop some kind of sexual attraction in some sense," she said. But it never came.
In 1998, the precocious (both in spirit, mind and technology) Decker took to the web and wrote about her asexuality. You can read what Decker said is a "slightly edited" copy of that essay at http://bit.ly/xmvAh2 (Decker has her own site at SwankIvy.com). She soon got emails from people claiming they were happy to know they weren't alone. To this day, Decker is an outspoken activist in the asexual world, all starting with those first few emails in response, reaching out into what was for the first time no longer a dark room.
"I was never a person who needed communal support, so it didn't really change anything for me," Decker said about getting those emails and for the first time finding community. "But what disturbed me about it was how many of them had been so disturbed by it."
Many people had gotten married and had kids, been sexually abused, barraged for not prioritizing sex, just for "basically not wanting what people had decided was a basic human experience."
These days things are different, with sites like Asexuality.org , home to the Asexual Visibility & Education Network (AVEN) and movies like (A)Sexual, in which AVEN's founder David Jay is heavily profiled. But they're not too different.
Decker was part of the Huffington Post's six-part series of stories that overviewed asexuality. She told the Post for a June story that "Sexual harassment and violence, including so-called 'corrective' rape, is disturbingly common in the asexual community," and that she'd received "death threats and has been told by several online commenters that she just needs a 'good raping.'"
And her experience isn't limited. In a 2012 column for Psychology Today, Brock University professor Gordon Hodson, who specializes in stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination, wrote about the prejudice that asexuals face. From the piece: "Relative to heterosexuals, and even relative to homosexuals and bisexuals, heterosexuals: (a) expressed more negative attitudes toward asexuals (i.e., prejudice); (b) desired less contact with asexuals; and (c) were less willing to rent an apartment to (or hire) an asexual applicant (i.e., discrimination). Moreover, of all the sexual minority groups studied, asexuals were the most dehumanized (i.e., represented as 'less human')."
"In the broadest sense, 'queer' is a term people use to describe someone whose sexuality isn't normative, and we definitely fall into that," Decker said, adding that LGBT people aren't always the most sympathetic or inviting to asexuals. Likewise, many asexuals don't want to be part of the LGBT community. "We are never seen as dealing with the same king of levels of prejudice, and I don't believe we're an institutionally oppressed groups."
While not oppressed as a group, it's not uncommon for people to push for sexual contact when rejected by the admission of asexuality. And when that happens, it's not because the person is asexual, but because the pusher (man, woman, gay, straight, transgender, etc.) is mistaking that person for someone with a normative sexual attraction — whatever that means.
"We are interlopers. We're invisible," Decker said. "It's really hard to have something bad happen to us because of our sexuality because most offenses are misrepresentations — it's pretty complicated."
But it's also very simple: Aexuality is the lack of sexual attraction, Decker explained. But there are other, subtly different definitions, like the one describing an asexual person as someone who doesn't desire or is not interested in sex, but may still be sexually attracted to a person. Confused? Decker said sex is just a behavior. It's not defining and its scope is limited. So can an asexual person be in love? Yes, Decker replied, and what kind of love!
"A lot of people will say that physical sex will change a relationship from a friendship into a romance," she said. "But it's all about intimacy. That intimacy doesn't have to be physical or sexual. I really, really hope that most people who are in romantic relationships don't think sex is the most important part of the relationship."
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Head football coach Doug Martin announced Monday that Kevin McKeethan has been named the team's new tight ends coach. He will also serve as the program's academic liaison.
"Kevin is a really creative and intelligent football coach and has paid his dues with me, having been a graduate assistant at Kent State," Martin said. "I was really impressed with him at Kent State and always knew that I would hire him somewhere down the road and this is a great opportunity. Kevin relates very well with the players and has great interest in their academic life, so he will coordinate our academic resources with the players as well. This is a tremendous hire for New Mexico State."
"I am extremely excited and honored to join Coach Martin and his staff at New Mexico State," McKeethan said. "Through my experience working for Coach Martin in the past, I understand the success he has had as a head coach and know the type of man he is. I firmly believe in his vision for the Aggie football program and in him as the leader of it. The New Mexico State football program and players have so much potential, and I am very grateful for the opportunity to work hard every day to achieve the type of success that our players, our university, and our community will be proud of."
McKeethan begins his second year with the Aggie coaching staff. In 2012, he served as a graduate assistant coach on offense, working with the quarterbacks and assisting the offensive coordinator.
McKeethan spent the 2011 season as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Greensboro College in North Carolina. There he mentored freshman quarterback Ryan Throndset to all-conference honors, where the freshman compiled the best completion percentage in school history, as well as top five marks in attempts, passing yardage and total offense. McKeethan coached four first-year players to the all-conference squad in 2011, including first team receiver Dexter Russell, who set a school record for receiving yards in a game. The offensive system that McKeethan utilized is a mirror image of the Aggies' offense. He learned the system while working with McManus and Doug Martin for four years at Kent State. McKeethan served as a graduate assistant for the Golden Flashes from 2007 to 2010, where he was responsible for coaching the scout teams, film breakdowns, out-of-area recruiting and assisting with coaching the quarterbacks and wide receivers. In 2010, he worked with All-MAC receivers Tyshon Goode and Sam Kirkland.
McKeethan earned a master's degree in sports and recreational management from Kent State in 2010. In 2007, he earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Maryville College. While attending Maryville, McKeethan was a letter winner as a quarterback in football, as well as in baseball, earning the top offensive player award in 2005 and helped lead the team to a conference title in 2007.
He was a three-year academic all-conference selection and seven-time member of the Maryville College Dean's List. A native of Oak Ridge, Tenn., he began his coaching career at Oak Ridge High School in 2006.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – On any given day, you could be drinking coffee from Columbia, eating fruit from Central America or wearing clothes made in China.
Ever think about how they get to the River City?
One group does, and it wants Jacksonville residents to as well. Its grassroots movement called Support Our Port is aimed at getting funding for JaxPort expansion.
"The port is transportation. That's what we are," University of North Florida student Albrex Cortez said.
JaxPort is a family affair for Cortez. The transportation and logistics major hopes to work there, just like his dad. So all 32 members of his family, along with a group of UNF students, put pen to paper asking for funding for JaxPort.
"By doing this, they know the future is bright for us," Cortez said.
So far, they've written nearly 2,000 letters to lawmakers at every level asking for the $40 million necessary to improve JaxPort and capture new business. The students say they are looking at it like the investment it is -- a job.
"There's $19 billion worth of transactions that go through the port every year that support 65,000 jobs in northeast Florida," UNF student Wesley Jones said.
There are a number of improvements that the port needs government funding for, but the biggest is a project called Mile Point, which restricts when ships can come into port and how big they can be. Once the Panama Canal opens its wider doors in 2015, JaxPort won't be able to handle those larger ships that will carry more goods, create more jobs and bring in more money.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Miami cornerback Thomas Finnie is facing a grand theft charge and has been suspended indefinitely from the football program.
Coral Gables police say Finnie was involved in the theft of a laptop computer from a dorm room on campus. He was arrested Tuesday and faces charges of occupied burglary and grand theft.
Police say Finnie surrendered to campus police and was taken to jail in Miami.
Finnie has appeared in 23 games over his first two seasons with the Hurricanes.


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Bluntly speaking, we have a president who apologizes for our successes as Americans, who demonizes hard work and dedication by those who flex the muscles of capitalism through discipline, dedication and years of hard work. Since our Founding Fathers established the foundation of America, we have built earth's greatest nation on the notion that each man is entitled to equal opportunity, not equal results."


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So I've a simple window program that starts up and hooks to a dll, (I'll try only post relevant parts)
Window and calling the DLL:
DLL side:Code:typedef void (*registerCall)(void*); registerCall registerHooks; static HINSTANCE hinstLib=NULL; set_dll_stuff() { std::string dll_attrib = "theDLL.dll"; hinstLib = LoadLibrary(dll_attrib.c_str()); error_window(hinstLib == NULL, "ERROR: unable to load DLL, ", dll_attrib); dll_attrib = "registerHooks"; registerHooks = (registerCall)GetProcAddress(hinstLib, dll_attrib.c_str()); error_window(registerHooks == NULL, "ERROR: unable to find DLL function", dll_attrib); registerHooks(NULL); } int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hThisInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpszArgument, int nFunsterStil) {...} LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure (HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) {...}
All of this compiles and runs as expected, barring CBT, obviously. I know this because I can have my app running as a taskbar tray icon only and get a cout of window names to my console.Code:HINSTANCE _hInst= NULL; DWORD hookThreadId = 0; HWND display= NULL; HHOOK llMouseHookHandle; HHOOK llCBTHookHandle; size_t bufSize = 32; char* buf = new char[bufSize] extern "C"BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HINSTANCE hInst, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved) { switch (reason) { case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH: _hInst = hInst; break; default: break; } } LRESULT CALLBACK MouseProc(int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { if (nCode < 0) return CallNextHookEx(NULL, nCode, wParam, lParam); MOUSEMOVEPOINT * mmp = (MOUSEMOVEPOINT *)lParam; POINT pt; pt.x = mmp->x; pt.y = mmp->y; if((wParam) == WM_LBUTTONUP) { if (WindowFromPoint(pt) != NULL && (display = WindowFromPoint(pt))) { strcpy(buf, ""); GetClassNameA(display, buf, bufSize); cout << buf << endl; SendMessage(display, WM_NULL, 0, 0); } } } LRESULT CALLBACK CBTProc(int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { cout << "anything!!!" << endl; return CallNextHookEx(NULL, nCode, wParam, lParam); } __declspec(dllexport) void __stdcall registerHooks(void* _extra_info) { llMouseHookHandle = SetWindowsHookEx(WH_MOUSE_LL, MouseProc, _hInst, 0); error_window(llMouseHookHandle == NULL, "llMouseHookHandle"); llCBTHookHandle = SetWindowsHookEx(WH_CBT, CBTProc, _hInst, 0); error_window(llCBTHookHandle == NULL, "llCBTHookHandle"); hookThreadId = GetCurrentThreadId(); } __declspec(dllexport) void __stdcall unregisterHooks() { int ret_val = UnhookWindowsHookEx(llMouseHookHandle); error_window(ret_val == 0, "Unhook llMouseHookHandle"); ret_val = UnhookWindowsHookEx(llCBTHookHandle); error_window(ret_val == 0, "Unhook llCBTHookHandle"); }
From the CBTProc, I get nothing, no matter what I've tried to do, I've not been able to get it to print out unless the mouse is within it's own process, then if I resize, or move, or whatever, it works like I want it to.
I've read through quite a few forum posts, from here and other places and there are some who think
or variations of that. From my efforts of trying to get it to work, though, none of them have.Code:llCBTHookHandle = SetWindowsHookEx(WH_CBT, CBTProc, NULL, GetCurrentThreadId());
Am I doing something elementary that is preventing it to work, or is my whole approach wrong? Would I need to go down the route of injecting my DLL into processes (I've not succeeded in this yet, either, but if I need to I'll incorporate that)?
All I want is to listen for window opening and closing, to get a handle of a particular window and only run when that's open, then if / when that closes, I want my app to close too.
Thank you all for any help that you could give me.


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The gift will provide $100 million over 10 years for an estimated 2,600 undergraduate scholarships. The remaining $250 million will be invested $50 million at a time over five years into endowments supporting 50 new faculty members charged with interdisciplinary research and teaching.
Hopkins President Ronald J. Daniels called the gift, which according to one list ties for the fifth-largest from an individual donor to a university, "spectacular," and "transformative." University leaders presented Bloomberg with a vision for a more collaborative model of research addressing challenges like environmental sustainability and urban revitalization in June, and the business magnate and politician was receptive, Daniels said.
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Hopkins officials announced the gift Saturday night. Bloomberg declined to be interviewed.
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His gifts have totaled $1.118 billion, something that university officials say makes him the only person to have ever given as much to a single U.S. institution of higher education.
The $350 million gift is among the largest single donations ever made to a university worldwide, according to a list of major philanthropic gifts maintained by the Chronicle of Higher Education. It ties as 10th-largest among all gifts, and ties as fifth when not counting gifts made by foundations. Two other Bloomberg gifts to Hopkins already appear on the list, which includes gifts of $50 million or more.
Bloomberg's previous largest single gift was $120 million to help build the university's $1.1 billion hospital that opened last year. The hospital's children's center bears the name of his mother, Charlotte R. Bloomberg, who died in 2011.
The gift helps advance a set of priorities and initiatives Hopkins leaders have been planning for two years, Daniels said. Faculty appointed to the newly endowed positions will be assigned to at least two departments within the university, acting as what Daniels called "human bridges" between various disciplines in which research may be tacking the same challenges in different ways.
For example, addressing environmental sustainability requires collaboration from engineers, economists, political scientists, philosophers and ethicists, among others, he said. Hopkins leaders explained the strategy to Bloomberg in seeking funding for the endowments.
"When we brought him this idea, I think it really resonated with him because it really dovetails with what he has stood for," Daniels said, citing Bloomberg's efforts to promote collaboration within New York City government departments and within his financial data services businesses. "It was clear from the get-go Mike was very excited by the way in which the university had developed the proposal."
The announcement came as a welcome surprise to research leaders at the university. Scott Zeger, vice provost for research who is leading an interdisciplinary initiative focused on individualized health care, said he and a group of more than a dozen faculty had been meeting weekly, plotting ways to boost their research. They planned to coordinate ongoing research in different disciplines and try to recruit more researchers, but the addition of endowed faculty dedicated to the mission moves the project forward more rapidly, he said.
"Health care depends increasingly on new ways of measuring and bringing new information to bear on decisions that we make for treating patients," Zeger said. "This interface of data science and biomedical science, there just aren't a lot of people in that space right now. This grant is going to enable us to hire individuals who are at the interface."
State Sen. Bill Ferguson, a Baltimore Democrat who is also director of reform initiatives for Hopkins' school of education, called the donation a "catalyst for Baltimore City, leading to greater innovation, advancement, and exploration."
"Mr. Bloomberg continues to demonstrate his unyielding passion for reinvigorating America's post-industrial cities," Ferguson wrote in an e-mail. "He recognizes the long-term results of investments in education, and he clearly values the ongoing returns that flow from the pursuit of knowledge."
Bloomberg has also emphasized access to the university to all students regardless of financial means, in recent years funding 20 percent of all need-based financial aid grants for undergraduates in the university's schools of arts and sciences and engineering. The university gave $65 million in financial aid to those students in fiscal year 2012. Bloomberg's gift will go to more need-based scholarships.
That includes support for Baltimore high school graduates who earn scholarships to the university through the Baltimore Scholars program. Eryn Gordon, a Randallstown native who benefited from the program, said she felt pride in Bloomberg's gifts — in part because she is now living in his city of New York working as a paralegal after graduating from Hopkins in May.
"The fact that Hopkins has propelled him forward and now he's so generous maintaining the school's reputation, it's an amazing thing," Gordon said. "It's an honor to have anything in common with someone who has the means to donate so generously."
Bloomberg, 70, is the 11th-richest person in the U.S., according to Forbes, with a net worth of $22 billion. He founded what would become financial services firm Bloomberg LP in 1981. He has served as mayor of New York since 2002.
Bloomberg donates $350 million to Johns Hopkins for research, scholarships
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is donating $350 million to the Johns Hopkins University for student financial aid and research addressing "complex global challenges," one of the largest-ever gifts to a university, bringing Bloomberg's support of the Baltimore institution to more than $1.1 billion.


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Got a call from my brother last night. A local Target store had some Halloween items on the shelves finally.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
3 comments:
- Jay's Shadow said...
i wish i could say the same for my target
- September 16, 2009 at 5:06 PM
- Jennifer MacNeill said...
Good to know about the Target, I've been stalking that place for 3 weeks waiting for the back to school stuff to go away:)
- September 16, 2009 at 6:04 PM
- screaminscott said...
Yes, our local Target has most of it's stuff out. Nothing much new this year though.
- September 18, 2009 at 10:33 AM
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This chart is meant to add to my previous post. It shows the implied volatility in bond and stock options. Note that vol has dropped significantly from the highs of late last year, but it still remains at elevated levels from an historical perspective. I take this to mean that the market is still very nervous about the future, which is another way of saying that the market's outlook for the economy is far from clear. That's why you see lots of talk these days about a W-shaped (double-dip recession) recovery, or an L-shaped (no recovery) recovery. My point is that this market is not priced to optimism, and is still plagued by lots of doubts and fears. If the economy can mount even a modest recovery, as it appears to be doing, then it will pay to be optimistic.
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"I take this to mean that the market is still very nervous about the future"
MOVE 3m is an index of 3m implieds. Short dated implieds are largely determined by realised. Realised vol in rates has been relatively high of late: e.g. average range over the summer in the 10y has been 13.2bp and average daily move has been 7.6bp (data courtesy of ML - too busy to check!). I would posit that is why implieds remain high.
If you want to see if the market is still nervous about the future, look at longer-date implieds. The market IS worried, but mostly about high inflation, hence way OTM payers / caps are so bid.
- August 31, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- Scott Grannis said...
Good observations. But even if realized vol drives implied vol on short-dated contracts, realized vol is still a good measure of how skittish the market is and/or how much the changing data are causing expectations to shift. In other words, volatile Treasury yields across the curve are an indication of uncertain conditions, and uncertainty is a key ingredient to fears and nervousness.
- August 31, 2009 at 11:55 AM
- Public Library said...
Maybe you should throw out the data between half '04 and part of '07 since we now realize this period of time was throwing off massively false signals about risk.
And now that Big.Gov has asserted itself into every facet of the economy, it would be wise to recalibrate your risk tools.
- August 31, 2009 at 12:12 PM
- Scott Grannis said...
I think that data is too valuable to throw out. We need to keep it to remind us what an overconfident market looks like. I remember at the time saying to clients that vol was so low that it made me very nervous; something awful was likely to come out of nowhere, but I had no idea what it would be. What made it especially difficult, however, was the length of time that low vol conditions persisted. The more time went by, the harder it was to justify caution.
- August 31, 2009 at 12:20 PM
- Public Library said...
Of course. I meant more in terms of this post.
We should all log the past 5 years in the books for later use!
- August 31, 2009 at 12:44 PM
- Jay Norman Davis said...
My wife thought that since next year is an election year the Govt. will have to do something to stimulate jobs. She thought one way would be to give breaks to business in order to create hiring. Any thoughts.
- August 31, 2009 at 3:50 PM
- Scott Grannis said...
For the moment, tax breaks for business don't appear to be on the Democrats' priority list. That could change, however, as the elections approach but the economy fails to stage an unemployment-reducing recovery. I'm hoping that there is a change in the political winds that puts more emphasis on giving businesses incentives to create jobs, and less emphasis on redistributing income (see my subsequent post to this).
So it doesn't look very likely now, but I don't think you can rule it out. There has already been a sea change in the political landscape in the past seven months, and the elections are still over a year away.
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Ed Ruscha sells gated Malibu estate
Artist Ed Ruscha and his wife, Danna, have sold their Point Dume-area home in Malibu for $4 million.
The 1-acre estate includes a gated, one-story ranch-style home that had been updated and two guesthouses. The main house has open-plan living and dining rooms, a breakfast area in the kitchen, an office, a family room and three bedrooms. The master suite opens to a swimming pool with spa. Extensive windows and French doors give the house an indoor-outdoor feel. The primary guesthouse contains two bedrooms and a living room with a fireplace. In all, the structures have five bedrooms and five bathrooms in 4,100 square feet of living space.
The property came on the market in July at $4,995,000. The couple sold because they have purchased another home in the area.
Ruscha, 72, is perhaps best known for his word paintings and books of photographs, including "Twentysix Gasoline Stations" (1962). His retrospective, "Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting," opened in London in 2009 and traveled to Munich and Stockholm this year.
The listing agents were Christopher Cortazzo of Coldwell Banker, Malibu West, and Barry Sloane of Sotheby's International Realty, Beverly Hills, according to the MLS. Cortazzo also represented the buyer.
But is there a game room?
Game-show host Bob Eubanks and his wife, Deborah James, have put their Westlake Village residence up for sale at $2,595,000.
On 31/2 acres at the end of a cul-de-sac, the Normandy-style home was built in 2006. The single-story house has custom built-in cabinetry, French doors, four bedrooms, an office and 41/2 bathrooms in nearly 5,000 square feet of living space. The kitchen has Viking appliances, granite counters and a marble backsplash.
The grounds include an outdoor covered loggia, stone walkways, fountains, a swimming pool with spa and a two-story play fort.
Before Eubanks, 72, became a staple of American television as host of "The Newlywed Game," he got his start as a disc jockey and a concert producer.
Keli Dahl and Leisa Schwartz of Aviara Real Estate, Westlake Village, have the listing.
Los Feliz house is out of 'Flipping' limelight
Real estate investor and "Flipping Out" star Jeff Lewis has sold a Los Feliz-area house featured on his reality series for $2,325,000.
The renovated 1960s post-and-beam home emphasizes clean lines and open spaces in its more than 3,000 square feet of living space. In the Oaks neighborhood above a gated driveway, the two-story contemporary has views from Hollywood to the ocean. The first of two master bedroom suites has city views, a spa tub and a walk-in closet. The other features a fireplace and a patio with access to the swimming pool and spa. There are two more bedrooms, each with bathrooms.
Lewis, 40, stars on the Bravo series in which he buys, remodels and sells homes for profit. The show recently completed its fourth season.
Property records show that he bought this property in March 2007 for $1.7 million. The house was featured in Season 2, and Lewis lived it in during Seasons 3 and 4.
Boni Bryant and Joe Reichling of Sotheby's International Realty's Sunset office and Caroline Berkman Lewis of Prudential California, Beverly Hills, had the listing. Steve Sanders of Coldwell Banker, Sunset Boulevard, represented the buyer.
Jon Douglas' estate lists at $18.7 million
A Bel-Air compound owned by the late real estate broker Jon Douglas has come on the market at $18.7 million.
Set behind gates on nearly 2 acres and built in 2001, the property includes an 11,700-square-foot main house and a 1,750-square-foot guesthouse. The main house features a grand circular entry hall, a wood-paneled library, a gym three guest bedrooms and a master suite that includes a study, a sitting room, his-and-her walk-in closets, his-and-her bathrooms, a sauna and a kitchenette. The guesthouse has two more bedrooms and 21/2 bathrooms.
Douglas died in August at 73. His Westside brokerage, the Jon Douglas Co., merged with Prudential in 1995 and was one of the largest in the country. It had 70 offices when it was purchased in 1997 by Coldwell Banker, according to Times archives.
The listing agents are Joyce Rey and Michael Sahakian at Coldwell Banker's Beverly Hills South office.
Next stop on his tour is Hawaii
Update: Singer-songwriter Graham Nash and his wife, Susan, have sold their longtime Encino home for its asking price of $1.6 million. The house came on the market in mid-August and was in escrow within a week.
The couple raised their children in the house and now plan to make Hawaii their full-time residence.
The Tudor house was the center of their family life as well as a place to entertain and for Nash to compose. He wrote songs on the grand piano in the living room and in the guesthouse, which includes a recording studio.
The gated property includes the main house, a guesthouse and a pool with spa. A total of six bedrooms and 61/2 bathrooms are in more than 4,600 square feet of living space.
The two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, who started with the Hollies, tours as part of Crosby, Stills & Nash. He appeared on "American Idol" in 2008 singing "Teach Your Children." Nash, 68, also has published books of his photographs.
The couple bought the house in 1986 for $900,000, according to public records.
Julie Jones of Sotheby's International Realty's Sunset office had the listing; Harriet Cameron of Prudential California, Sherman Oaks, and Andrew M. Spitz of Prudential, Encino, represented the buyer.


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Tagged: Depression
Same Story, New Chapter
Last year was the year of Josh Hamilton. By the time the All-Star game rolled around, you couldn't turn on ESPN or hit the internet without running face-first into one of the ubiquitous pieces on Hamilton and his recovery from depression and drug addiction. In fact, I think that my colleague, Mr. Lung, may have actually written the best piece I read on the subject.
However, it seems that our esteemed sportswriters may have missed Jeff's column because the same thing is happening again. This year's poster-boy is Zack Greinke and even places like Deadspin have begun to focus on his issues along with those of guys like Dontrelle Willis and define them accordingly.
Now, I'm of two minds on this. On the one hand, it is important to destigmatize issues like depression and drug abuse by talking about them. And when athletes come forward and admit even off-handedly that they, too, face these kinds of demons, it's good for our awareness of the issue. But, when their whole story then becomes boiled down to a point where we see them only as the guy who fought depression or the guy who overcame his drug dependency, we eliminate all the gains and just create a new stigma. They are no longer people. Instead, they become the disease they defeated.
This issue is all the more important because it affects more than just athletes. Thousands of our friends and family members are coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan having seen and experienced things that are truly beyond human comprehension. But when the inevitable depression and its symptoms like PTSD and drug abuse start to rear their heads, the stigma keeps them from being able to seek help. This isn't a new problem. The same thing happened to veterans of Vietnam, the two world wars and as far back as Ajax in Greek mythology.
I admit that I don't have an answer to this stigmatization problem. If Sophocles couldn't answer it and the best minds in psychology today can't figure it out, it's probably a little out of my range as well. But, it might be nice if from time to time we stopped referring to Greinke's "amazing comeback" or Hamilton's "heart-rending journey" and just appreciated them for who they are. A couple of guys who have overcome the same kind of problems that a lot of us face day in and day out and also happen to be able to do amazing things with a baseball.


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"My most recent analysis ... reveals a striking trend: A generation of conservative young priests is on the rise in the U.S. Church." - Fr. Andrew Greeley, in the article, "Young Fogeys", from The Atlantic Magazine. January, 2004.
Monday, June 08, 2009
My interview on The Journey Home
15 comments:
- Damaris said...
Thank you for your yes to Christ. We the Church need you - because without priests we would not be able to receive our spiritual nourishment in the Eucharist which is soimportant to those if us who are restless without Him. May the Lord bless you always!
- Obi said...
Father Jay,
I watched you on EWTN this evening and I was very inspired. Thank you for the good work you are doing for Christ Jesus and His Church. May He bless you abundantly.
Obi Emmanuel, Houston, Texas
- Chris Osgood said...
Fr. Jay,
I am watching it right now!
- Unknown said...
I also watched you this evening on the Journey Home program and I found myself thinking of some very dear Jewish friends. He is the only person I know who read the whole of Crossing the Threshold of Hope in one night. I was also reminded of the sister of a friend who grew up Roman Catholic but married a Jew and become the most orthodox of Jewish wives. It is interesting to contemplate the twists and turns of life. Thanks for your ministry.
- Brian Murphy said...
Hello Fr. Jay -
I have been a fan of Journey Home for a long time - and I was suprised when I turned on the TV tonight and listened to a priest from NJ. It was a great interview!I am also from NJ, the Newark Archdiocese. God bless you - thank you for your witness and your priesthood.
- Unknown said...
Saw you on the JH tonight, so I thought I'd check out your blog. So glad you mentioned the need for new media in our evangelization. I love listening to Catholic podcasts. I'll keep checking your blog.
Patty from Little Rock
- Charlemagne said...
Fr. Jay T!
I got a call from another Mounty, Fr. Brian Geary, one of your classmates, and watched with great pride! Great work brother. Keep up the great work and know that you are in our daily prayers.
Fr. Carl Beekman
- Ruth Ann Pilney said...
I, too, watched the Journey Home interview, which airs at 10 p.m. here. Father Jay, I enjoyed hearing your story and I'm just amazed at how God's grace works! And now I want to read your blog, too.
- Janice said...
I have lived in Union County all my life and your stories reminded me of home. Also, your straightforward drive to the Catholic Church that just "happened" it seems is refreshing.
I have an interesting spiritual journey that is plagued with heaviness and struggles. God bless you!
- Janice said...
I enjoyed your straightforward story about getting interested in the Catholic Church little by little, especially by going to daily mass.
That daily mass with those faithful people going every day was and still is a powerful witness to the Catholic Church.
- C. E. Abbott said...
Hi Fr. Jay!
It was cool to see you on "The JH!" Interesting conversion story. I only wish we could have been able to call in and ask questions, as is the norm for that program.
Congrats on your new assignement! I hope they realize how blessed they are to be getting you! You are very missed at St. Mary's! The parish, or as it seems to me, has never been the same after your parting. Your powerful homilies, which touched our lives and our hearts, not to mention the many times you made us laugh out loud, are also terribly missed!
Wishing you all the very best Fr. Jay and it is always a delight to see you on EWTN! Keep up the great work in your service to God and His Holy Church!
God bless you!
Cindy G.
- Anonymous said...
Hello father Jay,
I have been trying to watch EWTN for a while. I'm not a big fan of tv because I tend to tune on crappy tv,, like home decoration or food channel, and then time flies! So anyway I just switched off tv for a while but I also try to spend time in the living with my husband when he has to work at night. So here I was turning on ewtn, I usually watch about 5 min before I have to change, simply because I can't relate to what they talk about...
But yesterday I listened to you and the animator. It was a good talk. I'm glad I saw it. Personal stories are very interesting, I love to see God at work in my life and in other people's. My husband is presbyterian, but he listened some parts of your story too.
I really liked your comparison with the pizza, I would say my faith is not the cheese but the dough of my pizza :)
Anyway I just wanted to say "congratulations! You made the first show that I could actually watch and get interested in, on the EWTN!"
Thanks :)
- Fr. Brian Geary said...
Fr. Jay,
I enjoyed seeing and hearing you on the JH last night. God bless your priesthood. I will check your blog regularly now that I know about it.
Fr. Brian Geary MSM 98
- PJMULVEY said...
Hello Father:
Your interview brought back memories of my NYC childhood. Young boys in the city are the most ecumenical of all social groups and equally respectful. Unfortunately, through adult socialization those fraternal ties start to fray over time but you do see residual behavior in the military and workplace. If you were called names or teased by your neighborhood buddies when you were a little Jewish boy, you would have built up an animus against Catholicism that would have been difficult to overcome.
Your parting words about living your life as a Christian were very wise. When I met my wife she was 'spiritual' from a non-church background. She converted to Catholicism because of my late saintly mother (similar to your grandmother in many ways) and in spite of my oftentimes bad example and behavior. Her grandfather, a searcher of the truth throughout his whole life, converted to Catholicism during his final illness and held off death till Easter Sunday - he kept asking every day in a whisper if it was Easter yet.
The Lord works in mysterious ways.
God Bless you and your work.
- C.S. said...
Fr. Jay You have a very loving and humble presence, a bit shy, but very committed.
I was raised as nothing . My mom
and Grandmother Jewish, my dad Irish. The Jewish side of the family mostly secular or Mason,- the Scottish Rite branch. Family went from Germany to Scotland to America. I never got to know my dad
- war causality.
I converted to the Catholic Church at age 18 after a very troubled life and abusive childhood.
In my 40s I began to search out my Jewish roots and my husband, of blessed memory, had discovered he had Jewish roots also. To make a long story short I fell in love with Judaism and converted. It felt like coming home. I now know it had more to do with my own personal need for inner healing than a rejection of anyone or anyway of being Christian.
I was afraid to make such a drastic change, tho I felt so drawn to do so after much study. I went to Mass one last time and in the Homily the Priest said something out of context to what he was talking about that was,a sock to my brain. He said, " if G-d is calling you to do something, no matter how ridiculous it sounds, you better do it"!!!! Whoa! The result for me being a deeper relationship with G-d the Father than I had ever known.
70 years young, now I am still taking care of one of my 7 kids. My profoundly Autistic daughter. Being unable to go to services at my Chabad Synagogue very often anymore as her care has become so intensive, I have been watching EWTN. I am seeing and hearing the Torah (truth, guidance, law) in so many ways!
I still believe I am where I am supposed to be as a student and pray-er for the my people. I love the WORD as the Jewish people teach the O.T. and the Oral Torah - Talmud, Mishnah, and things like the Midrash, Tanya and Sohar. Chassidic Jews have a great love for HaShem,(meaning The Name), that blesses me so much. I am deeply in love with G-d the Father.
I am grateful and thankful for my time in the Catholic Church. I have many memories of how that candle lit, incense fragrant space was such a comfort to me. Maybe I will be back some day. I do not know. The love the Catholic people have for the Jewish people blesses me also. I just want to say I love you too.
Shalom from Chanalee


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Club Cross champion Joseph Gray earns USATF's Athlete of the Week
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INDIANAPOLIS -- "To be honored as one of the athletes of the week is a huge accomplishment for me, and it's something I will always remember," said Gray. "I have been involved with USATF for a long time in my career - since I was running in Junior Olympics."
The 27-year-old Gray (Lakewood, Wash.) represented Club Northwest among a field of over 400 runners in the men's open 10 km Club Cross event, and he finished in 31:05, noting, "The best way to say it is that I went out really aggressively because there were so many people in the race."
Always keeping the front of the pack within reach, "Slowly I started making my way up to fourth place approaching the back stretch," he continued. "When we had the long climb and it was windy, I was able to take the lead and from there I decided to hang on."
For Gray, crossing the finish line was unforgettable. "It was a great moment from such a long running career," said the champion. "I've been coming to Club Cross for a long time, so it was unbelievable and a dream come true to win in such a competitive field."
His elite running career dates back 2003, when he earned his way on the U.S. Junior National Track & Field Team, running steeplechase at the Pan American Games. The 13-time National Team member ran for University of Portland, where competed in the 2003 NCAA Cross Country Championships before transferring to run at Oklahoma State from 2004-2006.
2013 Winners: January 9, Bobby Mack; January 16, Mary Cain; January 22, Ajeé Wilson; January 30, Duane Solomon; February 6, Chris Derrick; February 13, Jeremy Taiwo; February 20, Alysia Montaño; February 27, Galen Rupp; March 6, Jenn Suhr; March 13, Tia Brooks; March 20, Bridget Franek; March 27, Ben True; April 3, Darvis "Doc" Patton; April 10, Octavious Freeman; April 24, Erik Kynard; May 1, Queen Harrison; May 8, Tyson Gay; May 15, Jon Olsen; May 22, Mary Cain; May 29, Michael Tinsley; June 5, Mary Cain; June 12, Brianna Rollins; June 26, Brianna Rollins; July 3, Thomas Burns; July 10, Ryan Whiting; July 17, William Bell. Sr.; July 24, Jenny Simpson; July 31, Tia Jones; August 14, Brittney Reese; August 21, LaShawn Merritt; August 28, Megan Glasmann; September 4, Matt Tegenkamp; September 11, Mandy Ortiz; September 18, David Oliver; September 25, Molly Huddle; October 3, Desi Davila; October 10, Kathryn Martin; October 17, Michael Mannozzi; October 24, Matt Flaherty; October 30, Kelly Calway; November 7, Tatyana McFadden; November 18, Molly Huddle; November 25, Abbey D'Agostino; December 11, Alexa Efraimson; December 18, Joseph Gray.
About USA Track & Field
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, some of the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the country's #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States. For more information on USATF, visit www.usatf.org.
Christa Mann


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The world is about to end and the seahawks are about to make a playoff run to the super bowl...What madness is this?
hawksfansinceday1 wrote:21/12
Screw the Mayans, it's RUSH day!!
HoustonHawk82 wrote:hawksfansinceday1 wrote:21/12
Screw the Mayans, it's RUSH day!!
Sounds good (literally).
Just put in Permanent Waves a bit ago and am listening to "Jacob's Ladder" at the moment.
"...thunder heads are rumbling in a distant, overature!..."
Largent80 wrote:Nah, it's just the end of the 9ers winning streak.


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Yoenis Céspedes declines comment about Guillen
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One reported reason Yoenis Céspedes chose the A's over the Marlins was the possible circus atmosphere in Miami - he wanted to focus on playing baseball more than being the Marlins' symbol for anti-communist and anti-Castro sentiment.
Céspedes' extraordinary power and five-tool capabilities are the main stories in these parts, especially because he refuses to discuss politics, the circumstances in which he defected from Cuba or Ozzie Guillen's motor mouth.
Far removed from the Gui- llen epicenter, Céspedes declined Tuesday to address the Miami manager's flattering comments about Fidel Castro and ensuing apologies.
Earlier Tuesday, the Marlins suspended Guillen for his Castro statements to Time magazine.
"Miami's very political, and he feels more at ease, more relaxed here," said Amaury Pi-Gonzalez, the longtime announcer who's working on the A's Spanish broadcasts this year. "When I met (Céspedes), I said, 'I will not ask you anything political.' He said, 'Even if you did, I won't talk about it.'
"From that indication, he doesn't want to get involved. He just wants to play ball. He could be idolized in Miami, but the pressure would be humongous."
Pi-Gonzalez was 17 when he left Cuba in 1961, two years after Castro took power, and settled in Miami long before it became a professional sports hotbed. He said Guillen's five-game suspension is enough, adding, "Ozzie speaks before he thinks," but it's not enough for Cuban American groups that want Guillen dismissed.
A native of Venezuela, Gui- llen was quoted saying he loves Castro and respects the retired Cuban dictator for maintaining power so long. At a Tuesday news conference, Guillen said he was misinterpreted in the article but took responsibility for his comments.
A new era of Marlins baseball is under way, featuring a new ballpark, new uniforms and, yes, a new manager. The team historically hasn't drawn well and expected the Cuban American community to be a huge part of the fan base, so there wasn't a worse time or place for Guillen to pop off.
Asked to envision Céspedes playing for Guillen, Pi-Gonzalez said, "That would've been interesting. The Marlins never had a big Cuban superstar (hitter). He could be a hero on that team, but if he lays an egg, the pressure could be bigger than in Oakland."
Last weekend, I asked Céspedes if he had any regrets about not signing with the Marlins, and he suggested joining the A's was a business decision. He wanted a four-year deal, and the Marlins were offering six. His A's contract allows him to return to free agency before the 2016 season, when he'll be 30.
Even without Céspedes and Albert Pujols, another of Miami's offseason targets, the Marlins beefed up their roster heading into their new ballpark, signing shortstop Jose Reyes and pitchers Mark Buehrle and Heath Bell. Gui- llen oversaw Hanley Ramirez's transition from shortstop to third base and even agreed to babysit volatile pitcher Carlos Zambrano.
Guillen was supposed to be the glue, the man who'd mold the team into a winner and serve as liaison between the team and Latin Americans throughout South Florida. If he stuck to baseball, he'd be fine, but Guillen never sticks to baseball. The Jeffrey Loria ownership, with a track record that's anything but glowing, needs to take blame.
Guillen has a history of saying outrageous things, and if Loria didn't want that in a manager, he shouldn't have hired Guillen. The suspension was levied by the club and supported by Commissioner Bud Selig, who spoke in a prepared statement of baseball as a "social institution with important social responsibilities."
Selig called Guillen's remarks "offensive to an important part of the Miami community and others throughout the world" and said they "have no place in our game." No explanation in the statement as to why Selig, along with Baltimore owner Peter Angelos, sat with Castro during an Orioles exhibition game in Cuba in 1999.
That's part of the game Céspedes keeps to himself. A long way from Miami, he chooses to focus on baseball and stay away from politics. Unlike Guillen.
John Shea is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Twitter: @JohnSheaHey. firstname.lastname@example.com


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A new production blog video (#7) has been posted by Peter Jackson:http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=6823Keep an eye out for little cameo towards the end. Really looking forward to this, hopefully we'll get a new trailer soon - or at least this summer.
jadesfire? I used to know a jadesfire...
So, I saw the trailer last weekend finally, and was sorely disappointed. I don't know if there are multiple, different trailers floating around out there, but the one I saw sucked out loud. All they showed was a bunch of hobbits and dwarves capering around like idiots. Is the film G rated?The only thing even remotely sinister looking was the final shot with Gollum, but everyone already knows about him, so very underwhelming. Where were the orcs, goblins, and fing Smaug?!?!(Ok, I get Smaug is probably being held back for the 2nd movie, but there has to be some kind of villain for the first part, right?)
Eh... I don't mind a trilogy. If it's three 2.5-hour movies instead of two 4-hour movies, I can see that actually being a better overall experience.
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