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SALT LAKE CITY – LDS Hospital has been named one of the nation's best when it comes to caring for women, according to a new ranking by Becker's Hospital Review. The national publication has selected the Salt Lake City hospital for its list of "100 Hospitals With Great Women's Health Programs."
The recognition comes just a month after U.S. News & World Report named LDS Hospital the best hospital overall in Utah and No. 29 in the nation for gynecology care.
"This is a wonderful validation of the care we provide," said LDS Hospital Administrator Jim Sheets. "We're gratified to be recognized for our outstanding, personalized care in women's services."
To compile the list, the publication looked at clinical accolades, quality care and women's health proficiencies and awards.
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UTSA and USDA Forest Service sign memo of understanding to partner in research
(May 9, 2014) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio and the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) have signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct research in environmental science and conservation.
"Our partnership with the U.S. Forest Service allows us to advance in our mission of seeking knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. This agreement will give our students the tremendous opportunity to gain real-world experience as they work with the station's research scientists," said George Perry, dean of the UTSA College of Sciences. "Not only does this relationship propel UTSA toward its goal of becoming a Tier One research institution, it positions future scientists for academic and professional success."
For the past two years, environmental science students in the UTSA College of Sciences have been working on several projects with SRS scientists.
Sample projects include:
- Researching the effect climate change has on hydrology and seed dispersal of native and non-native plants along the Little Tennessee River in North Carolina
- Tracking the changes in amphibians and small mammals in response to forest management practices
- Studying the effects of acid rain and lime treatments on leaves and leaf litter
- Monitoring changes in soil conditions after fires in high spruce-fir forests
Anna Boeck, a UTSA doctoral student in environmental science and engineering working under the supervision of Associate Professor Janis Bush, has been doing groundbreaking research around the Little Tennessee River in North Carolina, along a portion of the river that has never been studied. Her research will help demystify how potential climate change could influence invasive and native species plants that grow along the Little Tennessee River.
"There is an overall understanding with climate change that there will be either an influx, an increase or decrease in precipitation patterns which would cause the river to rise or to fall," said Boeck. "I want to know how is that going to influence the distribution of native and invasive species of plants. I am looking at the seed bank, trying to understand not only what trees and plants are growing above ground, but what is in the seed bank. That is the source of regeneration of the community."
To conduct her research, Boeck and three UTSA undergraduate environmental science majors collected 31 long soil cores that were a meter in depth and 3.5 inches wide. The group also collected 310 short cores, which were only 20 centimeters in depth. Boeck keeps the soil core trays in a greenhouse and has identified hundreds of newly germinated plants.
"The local residents are extremely excited about my research, since I am trying to maintain the current community vegetatively," said Boeck. "There are two endangered species of fish, and there are a couple of inner species of mussels in that river system. They are very concerned about the quality of the water, and as the plant community changes, it can definitely influence the quality of the water. So, there is huge interest in that respect."
Boeck hopes to generate more community awareness and design a model that can be used on all meandering rivers in the eastern region of the United States.
>> Learn more about UTSA environmental research projects.
About USFS
Headquartered in Asheville, N.C., the Southern Research Station is comprised of more than 120 scientists and several hundred support staff who conduct natural resource research in 20 locations across 13 southern states from Virginia to Texas. The station's mission is to create the science and technology needed to sustain and enhance southern forest ecosystems and the benefits they provide.
About UTSA
The University of Texas at San Antonio is an emerging Tier One research institution specializing in health, energy, security, sustainability, and human and social development. With nearly 29,000 students, it is the largest university in the San Antonio metropolitan region. UTSA advances knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service.
The university embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property -- for Texas, the nation and the world.

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Sundance Channel announced today that it will rebrand itself as SundanceTV in February leading up to the premiere of the network's newest original scripted series, THE RED ROAD. The network's rebrand supports its commitment to creating fresh and daring original programming. The new design adapts to stand out in today's multi-platform TV ecosystem and will feature a streamlined logo in a modern sans serif font and neutral palette. The updated logo reflects the creativity, ambition and innovation of the network's original content. Additionally, the network will reposition itself in the digital space with a new website, www.sundance.tv.
In honor of legendary musician Lou Reed who passed away earlier this week, Sundance Channel will re-broadcast the episode of the interview series SPECTACLE: ELVIS COSTELLO WITH.. featuring the rock icon and Velvet Underground founder, on Saturday, November 2 at 7pm.
Sundance Channel announced today that it would be the first ever TV channel to use innovative ADVNTR technology to stage an interactive digital storytelling ad campaign. Entitled "Choose Your Own Adventure", users will interact with an online pre-roll ad and select various scenarios to play out based on their preference. The promotion is pegged to the premiere of the network's new drama THE RETURNED which will premiere on Halloween, October 31st at 9:00PM ET/PT.
Sundance Channel takes a deep look at the worldwide fascination with beauty in the second of four all-new specials hosted by ELLE Creative Director Joe Zee, REVEALING: FACE VALUE, airing Wednesday, December 4th at 9 pm ET/PT. Continuing his hard hitting investigation into the world of glamour, Zee uncovers both the allure and danger of the obsession with looking good. Through compelling social experiments and in-depth interviews with beauty industry insiders, Zee dives into the beauty industry and how it has exploded in recent years.
It was a hell of a week on Dream School. When this whole project started, I wondered if all the kids would stick with it – or what would happen if things hit the skids. And this week, we found out. Kyle opted to leave in the most infuriating, sad way – walking out because he didn't want to deal with his self-admitted anger management issue. But what killed me was his Dad let him. The dad – a former Marine – is so wracked with guilt over the issues Kyle and his brother Sean have due to their parents' divorce, he kowtows to Kyle… when what Kyle really needs is a good kick in the pants. Or an actual Marine.
Sundance Channel announced today that it has acquired US broadcast rights to the supernatural drama THE RETURNED from Music Box Films. The eight-part French series distributed by Zodiak Rights was created by Fabrice Gobert and is based on the feature film Les Revenants by Robin Campillo. It will premiere on Sundance Channel on Halloween, Thursday, October 31st at 9PM ET/PT. It will air every Thursday night at 9PM.
The critically received series was a smash hit for France's Canal+ and the UK's Channel 4. The New York Times recently profiled outstanding foreign drama series and pronounced it "fresh and unexpected." The Independent wrote "THE RETURNED…is actually one of the greatest, creepiest, most compelling shows brought to…TV screens in 2013," and The Daily Telegraph commented, "Probably the most stylish thing you'll see on TV this year."
New York, NY – August 27, 2013 –Sundance Channel takes a fresh look at the fashion industry in four all-new specials featuring ELLE Creative Director Joe Zee, beginning with REVEALING: EXTRAVAGANCE, airing Friday, September 20th at 10 pm ET/PT. In the first installment, Zee examines how an obsession with luxury has become an addiction for modern society. Through a compelling and in-depth investigation of a real life Bling Ring, a gang of high-end thieves ('The Rainbow Girls'), insider interviews and consumer experiments, Zee uncovers what our fixation with luxury brands means.
Accessorized with commentary from a high-end list of fashion contributors including: model, actress and entrepreneur Iman; fashion designers Zac Posen, Narciso Rodriguez and Carolina Herrera; Editorial Director of nymag.com's The Cut Stella Bugbee; models Kiara Kabukuru, China Machado and Andrej Pejic; historians David Eisenbach and Valerie Steele; psychologist April Benson; and luxury market expert Pamela Danziger, the first hour-long special stages three amusing yet revealing social experiments that place subjects at the mercy of luxury items and exposes their impact both physically and emotionally.
Sundance Channel announced today an impressive list of innovators and leaders from a cross section of professions including music, politics, film, science, journalism and more who will come together to create a DREAM SCHOOL for 15 troubled students in the network's new six-part unscripted series premiering on October 7 at 10:00pm et/pt.
From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone to astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison, these instructors will have one mission – to excite young minds and reignite their students' desire to learn. An ambitious project where the best and the brightest in our culture teach kids who have been falling through the cracks, DREAM SCHOOL is designed to motivate troubled teenagers to turn their lives around. Pregnant, neglected, bullies or bullied; the kids all have one thing in common — they are dropouts. Now Sundance Channel is giving them a once in a lifetime chance to start over, but overcoming past failures and future obstacles will prove to be no easy task for both the students and their instructors.
Sundance Channel announced today the cast and start of production for its gripping new original scripted series THE RED ROAD. The full cast includes Martin Henderson (Devil's Knot, The Ring, Smokin' Aces), Jason Momoa (Wolves, "Game of Thrones"), Julianne Nicholson (August: Osage County, "Boardwalk Empire"). Tamara Tunie ("Law and Order: Special Victim's Unit," "The Good Wife"), Annalise Basso (Oculus, Standing Up) Allie Gonino ("The Lying Game," Hidden Away), Kiowa Gordon (The Twilight Saga, Wind Walkers) and Golden Globe® nominee Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor, Heat). Production will begin in Atlanta on August 19th.
Sundance Channel announced today that Golden Globe® nominee and critically acclaimed actor TOM SIZEMORE (Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor, Heat) has been cast in the network's next original scripted series, THE RED ROAD.
Tom Sizemore plays JACK KOPUS, a terrifying and unpredictable drug dealer and the father of Native American ex-con Phillip Kopus (Jason Momoa). Phillip (Momoa) returns home to run Jack's (Sizemore) small-town drug ring in the mountains of northern New Jersey.
THE RED ROAD is a hard-hitting drama that revolves around a local cop struggling to keep his family together while simultaneously policing two clashing communities: the small town where he grew up and the neighboring mountains, home of a Native American tribe. After a terrible tragedy and coverup occurs involving the cop's wife, an unholy alliance is forged between the cop and Phillip Kopus (Momoa), a dangerous member of the tribe that will come back to haunt all involved.
Sundance Channel announced today that award winning director James Gray ("The Immigrant," "Two Lovers," "We Own The Night") will direct the first episode of the network's next original scripted series The Red Road (formally The Descendants). Today's news comes on the heels of the recent announcement that Jason Momoa ("Wolves," Game of Thrones) was cast in a lead role in the series.
On the heels of receiving a record 10 Prime Time Emmy® nominations for its miniseries TOP OF THE LAKE and RESTLESS, Sundance Channel is offering viewers an opportunity to enjoy back-to-back episodes of both critically-acclaimed series. The seven-part, TOP OF THE LAKE marathon will air on July 28th from 1pm -8pm ET/PT, and the two-part RESTLESS marathon will begin with the first two-hour installment airing July 31st at 8pm ET/PT, followed immediately by part two beginning at 10:00pm ET/PT.
Sundance Channel announced today that Jason Momoa (Wolves, Game of Thrones) has been cast in a lead role in the network's next original scripted series THE RED ROAD (formerly THE DESCENDANTS). Today's news comes on the heels of Emmy® announcements in which Sundance Channel received a record ten PrimeTime Emmy® nominations for its miniseries TOP OF THE LAKE and RESTLESS.
Sundance Channel received a record ten Prime Time Emmy® nominations for its miniseries TOP OF THE LAKE and RESTLESS, including a category nomination for TOP OF THE LAKE for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie and acting noms for Elisabeth Moss and Peter Mullan as well as Charlotte Rampling for RESTLESS.
SundanceTV announced today it has signed a co-production deal with BBC Worldwide, North America on the original mini-series THE HONORABLE WOMAN starring Academy Award nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Elisabeth Moss and "Push Girls" Take Home Awards
LOS ANGELES, June 10, 2013 – Sundance Channel received top honors tonight at the 3rd Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards for both its original scripted and unscripted programming, winning two awards for TOP OF THE LAKE and PUSH GIRLS. The honors were handed out by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association at The Beverly Hilton.
Presented by Sundance Channel and Entertainment Weekly, THE WRITERS' ROOM is set to premiere on Monday, July 29 and will be hosted by Academy Award©-winning screenwriter (THE DESCENDANTS), comedian and actor Jim Rash (Community). The six episode half-hour series will spotlight an array of scripted television shows – from today's pioneering cable dramas, including BREAKING BAD, Dexter, Game of Thrones and American Horror Story to the most critically acclaimed and popular network sitcoms, including Parks and Recreation and New Girl. The roundtable talk show will delve deep into the world of TV's creative masterminds, divulging inside details about their smartest choices, toughest decisions and biggest mistakes. The announcement was made today by Sarah Barnett, Sundance Channel President and General Manager.
Sundance Channel will premiere season two of their groundbreaking docu-series "Push Girls" on Monday, June 3with ten highly-anticipated new episodes. The show once again features the four beautiful, captivating and intelligent women audiences became enamored with last season, as they continue to challenge society's perception of what life is really like in a wheelchair.
"I feel like I am developing some kind of skitsophrinia behaviors," reads one letter. "I hear voices echoing as I try to fall asleep." That's how one New York prisoner describes his lengthy experience directly from solitary confinement. The New York Times took a look at some of the letters to the New York Civil Liberties Union from more than 100 prisoners who spend 23 hours a day in elevator-sized cells. The correspondance is part of the NYCLU's efforts to change the laws around solitary confinement. New York is one of the few states that has not wavered from extensive use of solitary in its prisons.
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute this evening announced the Jury, Audience, NEXT and other special awards of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the feature film Awards Ceremony, hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Park City, Utah. An archived video of the ceremony in its entirety is available at www.sundance.org/festival.
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, "The films at our Festival this year truly reflect the unbridled passion, immense talent and diverse stories coming from the independent filmmaking community. I am confident that the awards presented this evening will fuel those films with special promise and that audiences will continue to champion the films they have discovered here."
"The lively dialogue and genuine excitement sparked by the films over the past 10 days is sure to resonate as they further reach audiences in the weeks and months ahead," commented Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute. "We congratulate and thank all of the filmmakers who shared their stories with us, and we look forward to continuing to support them."


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Sun Valley, in Blaine County, Idaho, is known as the "Grand Dame" of ski resorts. The name Sun Valley is used to describe the resort itself and the region generally--the valley area south of Hailey and the city of Ketchum. To get to Sun Valley travel could not be easier. Just 2.5 hours drive through scenic vistas from the major airport at Boise, the area is also served by Friedman Memorial Airport which is less than 15 miles away. By road, the Sun Valley is easily accessible from Interstate 85 and State Highway 75 running through the region. Famous for its great ski conditions, the weather goes from the 20s Fahrenheit in winter to the high 60s Fahrenheit in summer.
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With over 250 days of sun per year, you may believe that it is not an ideal ski location but you would be wrong. The days may be glorious and sunny but the nights bring the snow and each morning, the snow conditions are fabulous. More advanced skiers head to Bald Mountain, affectionately known as "Baldy," for its challenging conditions. It has a variety of constant-pitch terrain of assorted difficulty levels, a 3,400-foot (1,036 m) vertical drop and little wind. Among serious skiers, Baldy is reputed to be the best mountain in the world. Beginners and intermediate skiers will find the treeless Dollar Mountain perfect for developing their skills and learning. With Sun Valley vacation rentals available close to both mountains, visitors will find the perfect property for their individual needs.
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There is no better way to get a feel for how the original settlers and inhabitants explored the area than on horseback. The area has some spectacular riding trails, one of the best of which is Cold Canyon. It is a scenic ride, best seen in late summer and early fall when the fall colors are in their prime. Many of these trails are closed to motorized vehicles, making for safe, scenic, peaceful rides.
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LAWRENCEVILLE -- The City of Lawrenceville is hosting a Chalk Walk and Art Frolic on Oct. 29 in Honest Alley Garden across from the Visitor's Center on Crogan Street.What does that mean? Local residents have a chance to enter a chalk sidewalk competition and anyone is allowed to join. It costs $20 per person, which includes chalk and space to create concrete masterpieces. There is a cash prize for first, second and third place, and a portion of the proceeds goes to ArtWorks! Gwinnett. "We are looking forward to meeting members of the community at the Chalk Walk," Sally Corbett said, executive director of ArtWorks! Gwinnett. "We hope that this is the first of many events that we can get involved with in Gwinnett." The competition begins at 10 a.m. and all drawings need to be completed by 2 p.m. when the judges come by to analyze the works. Winners will be announced at 4 p.m. For those who would just like to watch the competitors and take in the artistic beauty, they can "frolic" through Honest Alley. There will be an art exhibition displaying mixed media and photography from local artists, including Dave Morrison of DBM Photography from Lawrenceville. Anyone interested in participating in the competition or would like to display their art in the exhibition should email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
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This module develops an understanding of why public policies fail. The first part of the module examines competing definitions of policy failure and policy fiascos, exploring different explanations for the failure of public policies, be it for example poor formulation, implementation deficits or systemic constraints. The second part evaluates the different explanations of policy failure through their application to specific case studies of policy fiascos and policy failures. It then examines the policy instruments and regulatory tools available to government and the diverse strategies deployed to combat policy failure. It concludes with an analysis of the dynamics of policy learning and whether governments can indeed 'learn'.
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Through our Holy Mother Clare's letter to Ermentrude of Bruges, she exhorts us to "pray and watch at all times!"
As contemplative Religious, prayer is our primary 'work'. Our enclosed life does not separate us from the needs and burdens that you carry upon your heart. Through our hidden life, we act as a bridge between Heaven and earth, lifting up your needs and begging Jesus to pour out His grace upon you.
Therefore your prayer intentions are important to us. As perpetual adorers of the Most Blessed Sacrament, our entire life revolves around hours of Eucharistic Adoration. The intentions that you email to us below will be remembered as we spend time each day adoring Our Eucharistic King. Your petitions will also be printed out and placed in our cloistered adoration chapel.
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- Number of Discs: 6
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- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: November 20, 2012
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The Old Maid
Let the fireworks begin. Miriam Hopkins poses as the mother of the child Davis bore out of wedlock... but the arrangement is beginning to fray.
All This, And Heaven Too
Enchanted by governess Davis, nobleman Charles Boyer murders his wife. But is "la Bette" as innocent as she appears?
The Great Lie
Friends make the best enemies. Scheming concert pianist Mary Astor and selfless Davis are entangled in secrets and lies.
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Homewrecker Davis runs off with sister Olivia de Havilland's hubby... and that's just for starters! "Davis at histronic height" (Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide).
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Modern luxury vinyl flooring fools the eye
By Allen Norwood, Charlotte Observer | January 25, 2013
Photo By (Courtesy Mannington/MCT)/HOModern luxury vinyl is a broad category that includes wood- and stone-look products.
Photo By (Courtesy Armstrong/MCT)/HOArmstrong's LuxePlank is a good choice for high-moisture areas such as bathrooms and laundry rooms. It also works in kitchens.
Photo By (Courtesy Armstrong/MCT)/HOArmstrong's Alterna Mesa Stone is designed to be an alternative to ceramic and stone tiles.
Luxury vinyl flooring? Really?
Yes. But these products definitely are not the shiny orange sheet that covered your mom's kitchen floor or the old peel-and-stick school-hall tiles your dad plopped down in the foyer. Modern luxury vinyl is a broad category that includes wood- and stone-look products with colors and textures good enough to fool the eye.
It's a category that's growing rapidly. Earlier this year, the industry website Floor Daily called it the most dynamic category. Sales of luxury vinyl hit $500 million last year, up 13 percent, Floor Daily reported.
Local flooring pros say they've seen the trend in their showrooms.
"In the past year, it's like it's a hot item," said Jennifer Fallon, owner of the Floor Gallery of Lake Norman in Mooresville, N.C. She sells slightly more of the tile-look luxury vinyl, but wood styles are not far behind.
At Hughes Flooring in Charlotte, N.C., Rodney Hughes reports the same. "It's taking off," he said. "(Floor companies) are putting a lot of marketing money into it, and we're starting to see that."
If you visit your favorite home center or floors website, you'll find lots of options. Online you'll find discussions of the best products and techniques.
There's even a shorthand: LVT for luxury vinyl tile, and LVP for luxury vinyl plank.
These are products you can install yourself if you're reasonably handy. Some products click together for ease of installation.
If you have the top products installed by a pro, though, you can pay about as much for luxury vinyl as for some standard hardwood or ceramic tile. Say, $8 to $10 a square foot installed, Fallon estimated. Hughes said simply: "This is not a price-point product."
So, if not for price, why choose luxury vinyl?
Again, the appearance is one reason. The tile-look products can be grouted to make it look more like ceramic or stone. The wood-look planks feature rich colors and textures. Hughes said that the technology responsible for such looks is helping to drive the popularity.
It's softer under foot than tile and stands up to spills and large pets better than hardwood, Fallon said. Hughes said one huge advantage for luxury vinyl is that it isn't damaged by moisture. "You can soak it in the bathtub, and it won't swell or buckle," he said. "There's no wood inside."
Hughes still likes the high-end laminates, but manufacturers have never been able to fully eliminate that distinctive - and sometimes objectionable - clicking sound when it's walked on.
Luxury vinyl has a couple of advantages for remodeling projects.
These floors can be glued down, or they can be "floated." Individual tiles and planks can be clicked together and then installed without glue, to float on a layer underneath. Floating floors can cover up minor imperfections in the subfloor during a renovation.
Luxury vinyl is thinner than hardwood and thinner than stone or ceramic tile installed on the required layer. When remodeling, it's easier to match a thinner product to the level of the surrounding existing floors.
Which leads to the one complaint Fallon and Hughes share about luxury vinyl.
There are few good-looking options for the edge, or transition, where luxury vinyl abuts another type of flooring or a floor that's a slightly different level.
"They don't make a transition," Fallon said. "I sometimes have to use wood and stain it to match. They make metal, like you'd use on an old vinyl floor. But it doesn't look good."
"They definitely need to make better trim pieces," Hughes agreed. "It's just less attractive with metal."


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Fund for Animals v. Babbitt, Civ. No. 97-1126 (D.D.C.)
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On behalf of the Fund for Animals and other groups, in 1997 we settled a suit
against the Park Service requiring the agency to prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) concerning winter use in Yellowstone National Park. In 2001, the
agency completed the EIS and decided to eliminate snowmobiling in the Park, but to continue grooming snow-packed roads, despite their adverse impacts on bison
Plaintiffs: The Fund for Animals, Inc., Biodiversity Legal Foundation, Predator Project, Ecology Center, Dr. Bill Willars, Walt Farmer, George Wuerthner, Phillip Knight, and Richard Meis
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Steven Spielberg on Readers and Writers
"Only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers." — Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg is one of my favorite storytellers. He and I have something in common: we were both English majors! He knows what he's talking about when he emphasizes the importance of reading. The simplicity and elegance of Spielberg's remark makes this one of my favorite quotes on writing. Read more
Quotes on Writing: Elizabeth Gilbert
"It has never been easy for me to understand why people work so hard to create something beautiful, but then refuse to share it with anyone, for fear of criticism." — Elizabeth Gilbert
I share my writing all the time, thanks to this blog. In the early days, shortly after I launched Writing Forward, I would sometimes wake up in a panic, wondering whether I'd made a fool of myself on my new blog. Had I said something stupid? Misspelled a word? Misplaced a comma? A few times, I did make a fool of myself. I've published posts with typos in the headlines, and once I spelled a famous author's name wrong–that appeared in a headline, too.
Putting your work out there is a risk, and it can be scary. Read more
Quotes on Writing: Leonardo da Vinci
"Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt,
and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen."
– Leonardo da Vinci
What is Art? What is Poetry?
For centuries, people have been asking the question what is art? Is art a question? An answer? An expression? A statement? Maybe it's sheer entertainment.
It's a question we all must answer for ourselves, especially artists and writers.
I believe the best art entertains while it provokes thought or emotion, but that's just my personal opinion. You might seek art that makes you laugh or fills you with awe. Some prefer art that is masterfully crafted, regardless of the content or messages it communicates.
Poetry That is Felt
In the world of art, poetry is particularly tricky to define because it can be so many things. Consider Dr. Seuss's frolicking stories written in meter versus the social-political poetry of Adrienne Rich or the tribute poetry of Robert Frost and you soon realize that poetry's purpose is really the poet's purpose.
When Leonardo da Vinci talks about a painting as a poem that is seen (as opposed to read), I think he's making on observation about art, something similar to the idea that "a picture is worth a thousand words." A single painting can express ideas and emotions that would take a thousand words or more to convey in poetry or prose.
But when he talks about poetry as a painting that is felt rather than seen, he digs into the heart of what poetry can be–text that moves people emotionally. I would expand on that to note that often poetry (and other art) provokes emotions that are difficult or even impossible to put into clear words. Sometimes you read a poem and it makes you feel or understand something, but you couldn't possibly explain it in concrete terms, and if you could, it would take an essay–or even an entire book–to convey what the poem communicated in a few lines.
That's the magic of art and poetry. Ultimately, it is a form of communication that is almost psychic in nature.
What does poetry mean to you? How do you define or identify art?
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Quotes on Writing: E. B. White
"A writer who waits for ideal conditions
under which to work will die
without putting a word to paper."
– E. B. White
What are your ideal writing conditions? Is it quiet or are there stimulating background noises? Are you alone, curled up in a chair with a pen and notebook, or are you in a bustling café, gleaning inspiration from fellow patrons and a tasty meal or cup of coffee? Are you already rich and successful with all the time in the world to dedicate to your craft or are you a starving artist, hungry to get that first publication credit, desperate to complete that first novel?
Inadequate conditions are one of the many excuses that would-be writers use to explain why they're not getting any writing done. Their schedules are too full, their bank accounts too empty. They're too tired or not inspired. They haven't found the perfect story idea. They don't have a comfortable chair or there's too much noise–too many distractions.
Every excuse–every reason not to write–is just that: a distraction. Writing is the cheapest and most accessible craft in the world. All you need to get started is a pen and notebook. If you have a fancy computer and state-of-the-art software, all the better, but owning these tools is not essential. Anyone can rent computer time in a local library (Ray Bradbury rented typewriters when he first started his writing career).
Ideal conditions may happen someday. Your personal responsibilities will dwindle. You'll have a spare room you can convert into your own personal writing studio. You'll have spare cash you can spend on tools, equipment, and weekly trips to a quaint café. In the meantime, why let all these excuses stop you from doing what you love?
If you really want to write…if you truly want to become an author, you won't let anything get in your way, least of all, imperfect conditions.
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Quotes on Writing: Jodi Picoult
"You can always edit a bad page.
You can't edit a blank page."
– Jodi Picoult
They say it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. We can say the same thing about writing: It's better to write badly than to write nothing at all.
Jodi Picoult's quote summarizes this idea in a clear, concise manner. Writing is a craft, not a science. There will be days when everything you write ends up in the recycle bin. There will be days when you have to rewrite every single word. And on rare days, every word you type will be golden.
The good news is that the more you write, the better your writing will become. You know what they say about practice, right?
I have written hundreds of thousands of words–probably millions of words–that had to be thrown away. And I've written millions more that I've had to edit and rewrite. Every word, even the throwaways and especially the edits–is worth it.
How much time do you spend on editing? Do you force yourself to write through the bad days? Share your thoughts by leaving a comment.
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Quotes on Writing: William Wordsworth
"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart."
– William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth expresses a simple concept that can be difficult to execute: being yourself.
Filling your paper with the breathings of your heart means being honest and raw in your writing. It means exposing yourself, taking risks, and being vulnerable. It means being passionate and caring about your work.
It's easy to fall into the trappings of the marketplace. Vampires were popular, then zombies became a big hit. Writers, agents, and publishers leaped onto the bandwagon and soon the market was flooded with these stories, and some of them lacked that extra special something that makes good stories so good–and I suspect the missing ingredient was the authors' honest connection with the work.
When you fill your paper with the breathings of your heart, you're writing about things that matter to you, and it shows in your writing. What do you fill your paper with? Do the contents of your heart make it to the pages you write?
Quotes on Writing: Gloria Steinem
"Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else."
– Gloria Steinem
I feel the same way as Ms. Steinem, although I only realized it recently.
It was late and I was tired. Exhausted, really. I should have been asleep. My face needed washing, my teeth needed brushing. I still needed to brew my nightly cup of chamomile tea. If not sleeping or getting ready for bed, I should have been reviewing the proof copy of my next book, which was sitting on my desk with a red pen sticking out of it.
Instead, I sat there writing for almost two hours, taking a break halfway through to brew that cup of tea. It was late when I finally crawled into bed, about three a.m.
For those two hours, the world disappeared. Nothing mattered, there were no distractions, and I was completely inside a story of my own making. I forgot about how tired I was and didn't care about washing my face or brushing my teeth. The proof of my next book didn't even cross my mind. I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing: writing.
Has that ever happened to you? When you're writing, do you get lost in your work? Do you ever feel distracted?
Quotes on Writing: Natalie Goldberg "Good Books Will Come Out of You"
"If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you." – Natalie Goldberg
Writing Good Books
We are all influenced by the world around us. Natalie Goldberg's quote on reading good books is a reminder that whatever we take in will affect whatever we put out.
I believe this is a truth that goes beyond writing. When we surround ourselves with positive, supportive people, we in turn become more positive and supportive, fostering a nurturing environment that is conductive to achieving our fullest potential–as writers and as human beings.
Whenever I revisit this quote, I am reminded that the stories I take in though film, television, and of course, books, have a strong impact on what I write. The quality and content of my work is subject to these influences. That doesn't mean I never read books that are mediocre. I learn from those too. But I try to spend more time studying the greats, with the hope that some of their brilliance will rub off on my own writing.
What do you read? When you choose entertainment, do you consider how it will affect your work? Do you actively look for inspiration and influences in the stories you see in film, television, and writing?
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Quotes on Writing: Ernest Hemingway "Learn to Write"
"It's none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way." – Ernest Hemingway
Learning to Write
Nobody's born knowing how to write; we all have to learn how to do it. Yet the myth persists that people who write well (or do anything well) are endowed with special talent. They are the chosen ones.
This idea that ability or success relies entirely on talent is silly. Talent is helpful, sure. But the best and most successful authors study, practice, and learn. They develop good habits and commit to the craft. They work hard. It's as simple as that.
We tend to look at successful people and believe they made it overnight, and that's not limited to how we see authors. We see wildly successful people enjoying the fruits of their labor but what we don't see is the labor itself–the struggles and the many failures they endured to get to where they are now.
What struggles and failures have you encountered on your writing journey? Have ever given up or almost given up? What made you stay the coarse?
Quotes on Writing: Stephen King Says Read and Write!
"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot." – Stephen King
Writers Must Read and Write a Lot
Stephen King's statement is one of my favorite quotes on writing. It should be repeated often and expressed in as many ways as possible.
Writing begins with reading. It is through reading that we learn how to tell stories, how to choose words and craft sentences. The books we read will inform and inspire the books we'll write, and there's a lot we can learn from the authors who have gone before us. How can we write if we don't read?
It might seem obvious: if you want to be a writer, you have to write a lot. But a lot of would-be writers are struck with an idea and think they can become published authors overnight. I can't tell you how many times I've heard people say things like how hard can it be to write a book? Anyone can write a book. You have to do a lot of writing before you're experienced enough to write a book that people will pay to read–unless you're some kind of prodigy, which most of us are not.
Stephen King's sage wisdom on reading and writing a lot is the foundation upon which all writers can build their habits and practices. So what are you waiting for? Pick up a book, read a few chapters, and then dig into a nice, long writing session.
How often do you read? How much do you write? Do you have any favorite quotes on writing? Share your thoughts by leaving a comment!
- Stephen King quote: Goodreads
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Quotes on Writing: Maya Angelou
"The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart." – Maya Angelou
We've all read books, articles, and poems that we completely forgot about once we were done. But some written works linger. They haunt us or stimulate our thoughts. They provoke our emotions.
That kind of writing is special.
When you create an emotional connection between your writing and your readers, there's a lasting impression.
The first book that had that kind of impact on me was Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, and the first poem that evoked that kind of response in me was "Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou.
Those two works, along with dozens of others, became threads in the tapestry of my world. That's the power of writing that goes straight to the heart. It affects people, influences them, and shapes their lives.
Maybe your readers will enjoy your work but get back to their lives as soon as they've closed the cover on your story. Or maybe you'll make a difference. Maybe you'll change lives and make some small (or great) change in the world.
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Quotes on Writing: Robert Frost on Emotions and Poetry
"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words."
― Robert Frost
Emotions are fickle beasts. Sometimes they're clear and brilliant: we're happy, sad, frustrated, or angry. But emotions can also be complicated, layered, and conflicting. Sure, we're happy but we're also kind of annoyed about something. We're sad but we also have something to be glad about. When emotions are textured and gritty, they are difficult to describe.
I believe music is the single best expression of human emotion, but poetry is a close second. Capturing complex feelings in words without the support of music is a marvelous feat. Only the deftest poets do it well.
Four-time Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost is one of the most well known and beloved poets in the American literary canon. He knew how to convey emotions through language.
I was first introduced Frost's work with the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay," which was featured in Outsiders. One of his most famous poems is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening."
I'd like to share an excerpt from my favorite Frost poem, "The Road Not Taken."
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
By definition, poets take the road that is less traveled by. Some poets gently steer away from the mainstream; others rail in the face of convention.
According to Wikipedia, "In 1894 [Frost] sold his first poem, 'My Butterfly. An Elegy' …for $15 ($398 today)." These days, getting $15 for a poem would be an incredible feat. Getting $398 would be impossible. But there was a time when there was a market for poetry, when ordinary people (who were not writers, artists, or poets) bought and read poetry. Maybe back then people understood that poetry had the unique ability to interpret and explain emotions. Where do we turn for those interpretations and explanations today?
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Pictured above is Graeme Patterson's Secret Citadel installation.
Local artist Graeme Patterson has an art project called Secret Citadel which currently being displayed at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
Secret Citadel, a project five years in the making, is based on Patterson's memories and experiences of male bonding friendships.
Patterson said the best way to describe it would be a miniature self-referential world.
The narrative is told by an anthropomorphic cougar and bison, which Patterson said he chose because of their more serious presence and the fact that they weren't to personal to any one person in his life, either friends or himself.
"I picked those two because they're kind of my favorite mascots as animals but also kind of polar opposites."
The work is broken down into four parts of different time periods, age groups and friendships with a 30-minute stop motion animation.
Patterson said people might find it confusing and overwhelming and as if there is a lot going on.
"They might not all relate at first but it's the kind of thing where you spend more time and you start to hopefully connect."
Patterson noticed different reactions towards this body of work and said there is a broader group of interest in it than in his previous work.
"With this one, kids love it and teenagers are kind of frightened. I think there is awkwardness about it. Something a little creepy, either imperfections or suggestive things within the narrative that they get but aren't sure of."
Patterson said adults react in many ways to the piece saying some turn into kids when they see it.
"The people that really want to invest in the deeper layers get there."
Patterson said Secret Citadel, while based on real experiences, is also complete fiction.
"It's intended that the viewer doesn't really know which is which. They know that some of it must come from reality in a certain way."
Adding fiction into his work takes away from it being too personal, said Patterson and he finds that doing that makes creating the work more fun and the topic more universal.
"In the end it's more about expressing the feelings than expressing the details."
The idea for Secret Citadel came to Patterson when he moved into a house with two male friends.
He said it was the first time he had been living with roommates like that and his time there brought back memories of when he was a kid, spending everyday with his friends.
"It just clicked that I really missed that. So, I started to obsess about the past and the present and about my feelings on it. Then that just opened more doors about older memories on feelings I never really thought about much."
Patterson says it's an exploration, trying to uncover things he may have buried or thought weren't important.
"It always comes from a personal place."
Patterson is currently working on the designs for a hard cover catalogue while curators writing the texts on Secret Citadel, which should be finished by late spring.
"I am also trying to retell the story through book format. So it becomes a new way to experience the work, which is enjoyable. I think when artists are allowed to design their own catalogues it's usually a good thing."
As for other major art work Patterson said he is playing around with things he found interesting and is in the experimenting mode again. He has a few things in mind.
"I'm interested in how mostly domestic appliances and machines with the history can really represent something. I start with some kind of domestic furniture or object and use that as a base or some kind of metaphor."
Patterson said a player piano that he used in his Secret Citadel work is what opened doors to possible new work.
"It's a machine, it functions and it works even though it's like 100 years old. Right now I've got a fridge and an old sewing machine. I might try to find another player piano and see where that leads."
Patterson said it takes patience to come up with an idea and time to do it.
"It's one of those things that if you're working on a project for say five years, the longer you spend the more layers you add."
Patterson said he follows what he's interested in and trusts that ideas will come and that his work will start to mean something and defy what everything he was doing before.
"It grows in an unpredictable way."
Patterson said he is fortunate.
"The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia has always been a big supporter in what I do, so they were always kind of ready for another tour, another show."
Paterson said it is unknown when a tour, like the one Secret Citadel is on, will happen for him again.


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Twenty-five years ago, the gay rights movement was born in a wild, late-night melee between police and a group of patrons at the Stonewall, a seedy gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village. The police had come to the Stonewall that night prepared to do what they had done many times previously: roust the clientele, intimidate, harass and humiliate those present and pack anyone who looked the least bit suspicious or disreputable off to jail in the waiting paddy wagons.
To this day, no one knows why that particular July night turned out so differently; why instead of meekly playing out what by then had become a well-rehearsed script of cringing resignation followed by abject submission, the Stonewall's customers turned on their tormentors with a fury. The scuffling escalated into a brawl that spilled into the streets, attracting a crowd that turned into a mob. Some of the fighting was brutal; only a miracle, in hindsight, prevented anyone from being seriously injured or killed.


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By Kyra Kirkwood
Film (with rating): Magic Mike (R)
Studio: Warner Home Entertainment Group
Summary: A popular male stripper takes a young dancer under his wing and schools him in the fine art of partying, picking up women and taking off his clothes for money.
Review: Director Steven Soderbergh ("Traffic") created a surprisingly sassy, spicy and slightly moralistic tale involving male exotic dancers. Don't get confused; this is no "Traffic," and when Soderbergh tries to venture into that arena, "Mike" falters. But luckily, the movie doesn't toe that line very often. Instead, we've got a handful of young, talented dancers who spend their lives partying and living the fantasy life coveted by most young men. But Mike (Channing Tatum, who was a real-life stripper in his teen years) wants more, and it's going to take a virtuous woman to help him get a more grounded, real life.
But who am I kidding? This film, while it does have a surprisingly rich plot peppered with likeable characters, is pretty much a 110-minute drool fest featuring some of the snappiest dancing, gorgeous glutes and yummy eye candy of any film since….I'm not really sure. "Mike" is like "Showgirls" and "Flashdance," but for girls, and with some brains. It's this strange hybrid of bachelorette party and cozy romantic dinner. And it works. Well, I think it works. I'm still a bit flustered by all those gleaming pecs and crazy dance moves (thank you, Channing!). The movie is full of clichés, but somehow, it all works out.
I think it's the magic of the pecs.
Extra highlight: The extended dance scenes "too hot for theaters."
What to serve for dinner: A bottle of merlot and your kids' Halloween candy.
What to talk about over dinner: Would you ever date a stripper? Would you ever be a stripper? Who was your favorite character? Have you ever been to a strip club? Ever had a stripper at one of your parties? What's up with Matthew McConaughey and his crazy weight loss for a new film?


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Remo Pre International Heads
I have restored an old premier kit and have a tom 12x9 that has had normal 12" heads on it, and it sounded ok.
I picked up a remo ambassador clear reso pre international cheap and easily but I am having a harder time getting hold of a remo ambassador coated pre international for the batter.
I have found someone that can supply this head but it will be a few weeks and, as I work in a school was hoping to record my kit in the summer holidays and wanted to get a recording with new heads etc.
Does anyone think that if I put a standard coated ambassador on, will it make a difference as you can see about a 5mm gap around the head, between the shell and rim.
Am I being impatient? Should I just wait or do the recording with the current 12" standard premier batter.
Any advice, please!
It gets better with age!
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Grab that red and white checkered tablecloth and wicker basket full of favorites. It's picnic season!
1. Like any outdoor sport, picnicking requires a few accessories. Pack a corkscrew, cloth napkins and a pocketknife, and remember to bring your own garbage bags for easy clean-up. 2. Depending on your menu, pack plates, forks, and wet-naps for sticky fingers. Don't forget serving utensils for salads and desserts. 3. If you're using your park's grills, bring charcoal briquettes, tongs, grill brush and matches. 4. Sunscreen, a Frisbee or kite, ball and glove and an outdoor blanket are all you need for a perfect summer afternoon.
Picnic sandwiches are the backbone of the beloved tradition of eating outside. For home-cooking with heart, slice some meatloaf onto marbled rye and serve with homemade potato chips.
On a warmer day, lighter fare hits the spot.
Just moving a meal outside transforms it into an occasion. Make your al fresco afternoon special with these themed menu ideas:
Let's start with some classics.
Add a little Mediterranean flavor to an all-vegetarian menu.
Planning a picnic under a time crunch? Keep it simple with baguettes, a wheel of Brie, wine, seedless grapes, and a quick and classy Caprese Salad.
Are your friends foodies? Go gourmet!
For a unique, hands-on experience, bring the fixings for wraps and let your guests assemble their own. Or feed a family with a single loaf: ham and cheese picnic bread with pimento and olives.
The perfect pairings for an outdoor concert in the park.
No outdoor concerts scheduled? Let the sounds of flowing water be your musical backdrop.
A picnic spot can be as close as the local park.
Bring plenty of water, fresh fruit, and these high-energy snacks.
Let the moon be your candlelight.
Something about the grill's heat brings out the best flavor in the simplest chicken recipe.
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My physical therapist!
When I was getting back into riding years ago, I asked my
physical therapist
what would be better for my back.
She replied that the recumbent position of a cruiser bike (which I was intending on getting) directs all of the road shock right up the spine. Think of all the old cruiser riders with back problems and kidney belts!
She then said that the more forward position of the sport touring style would actually work my back muscles and strengthen them!
After over a hundred thousand miles of pain free riding I am singing the praises of the sport touring bikes.
In fact, my ex took my advice and got himself a Ninja 650 for his commuter. He reports the same improvement in his back too!
+1 To this. I have mild scoliosis in my back nothing major but certain angles and positions cause it to flare up.
I can ride all day on my BMW r1150r without any discomfort, but if I spend more than an hour or so on my Vuclan 900 cruiser I develop some serious stiffness and pain.
Obviously everyone is different, but for me a slight forward position is much easier on my back.
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July 12, 2011
The Cause Of The Meltdown
Peter Wallison's column in today's Wall Street Journal sets the story straight on the financial meltdown. It was not unregulated banks and Wall Street brokers who got us into this mess. As Mr. Wallison rightly points out, at the root of crisis was the housing bubble, and the major culprits were — guess who:
Far from being a marginal player, Fannie Mae was the source of the decline in mortgage underwriting standards that eventually brought down the financial system. It led rather than followed Wall Street into risky lending.
Yes, Fannie and Freddie ,as facilitators of government housing policy, were instrumental. Mr. Wallison is the Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies American Enterprise Institute. His Journal column might be considered a reply to a remarkably dishonest piece by one Phil Angelides that made the pages of the Washington Post some time ago. In that column Angelides said that the "real causes of our economic crisis" were Wall Street greed and excessive deregulation. Translation: The Bush administration was to blame.
The report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission detailed the recklessness of the financial industry and the abject failures of policymakers and regulators that brought our economy to its knees in late 2008. The accuracy and facts of the commission's investigative report have gone unchallenged since its release in January.
Where have we heard that before? Oh, yes. It's the Democratic partly line, the one about how President Obama inherited a mess from the Bush administration, but then heroically saved the nation (and the world, too) from a worse depression than the one we're in. Mr. Angelides was chairman of the aforementioned Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, so naturally he had good things to say about its work. Said he:
The accuracy and facts of the commission's investigative report have gone unchallenged since its release in January.
In reality the report was immediately challenged by none other than Peter Wallison, who as a member of the commission wrote the dissenting statement in the Commission's report (see page 443). His dissent says what most people already know. If we are looking the single most significant cause we have to look at the housing bubble.
There are always many factors that could have caused an historical event; the difficult task is to discern which, among a welter of possible causes, were the significant ones—the ones without which history would have been different. Using this standard, I believe that the sine qua non of the fnancial crisis was U.S. government housing policy, which led to the creation of 27 million subprime and other risky loans—half of all mortgages in the United States—which were ready to default as soon as the massive 1997-2007 housing bubble began to deflate. If the U.S. government had not chosen this policy path—fostering the growth of a bubble of unprecedented size and an equally unprecedented number of weak and high risk residential mortgages—the great financial crisis of 2008 would never have occurred.
The financial crisis would never have happened without the housing bubble, and the housing bubble was created by U.S. government housing policy. The odd thing about the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was that it was initiated and did all of its work after congress had already passed and the president had already signed the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation which we were told was intended to prevent future crises. Good luck.
The question I have been most frequently asked about the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (the "FCIC" or the "Commission") is why Congress bothered to authorize it at all. Without waiting for the Commission's insights into the causes of the financial crisis, Congress passed and the President signed the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA), far reaching and highly consequential regulatory legislation. Congress and the President acted without seeking to understand the true causes of the wrenching events of 2008, perhaps following the precept of the President's chief of staf —"Never let a good crisis go to waste." Although the FCIC's work was not the full investigation to which the American people were entitled, it has served a useful purpose by focusing attention again on the financial crisis and whether—with some distance from it—we can draw a more accurate assessment than the media did with what is often called the "first draft of history."
What, then, was the purpose of the Commission? And who was Phil Angelides? According to Wikipedia:
Philip Nicholas "Phil" Angelides ( /ˌændʒɨˈliːdɨs/ an-jə-lee-dees; born June 12, 1953 in Sacramento, California) is an American politician who was California State Treasurer and the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of California in the 2006 elections. Angelides currently serves as the Chair of the Apollo Alliance and of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.
Well, there's some confidence inspiring information. A former California State Treasurer is telling the rest of the country about managing finances. Shortly after Mr. Angelides wrote his Washington Post column, Investors Business Daily responded with more insight:
Earlier this week, Phil Angelides, the Democratic hack who ran the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's sham investigation, felt compelled to write a column for the Washington Post to try to plug the holes in the dike before it can spring any more inconvenient facts.
He insists his final report proves the crisis was caused by "the recklessness of the financial industry," and that the history books should be closed on the subject — period, end of story. But Angelides' report is a 550-page cover-up.
For starters, it glosses over the affirmative-action quotas HUD used to drive Fannie and Freddie deep into the subprime market. And it fails to cite any of HUD's statements about its efforts to reduce underwriting rules at Fannie and Freddie.
The historical record is clear. Yet instead of documenting it for the public, which lost $14 trillion in the crisis, the Angelides Commission rewrites it.
What's more, the hundreds of "fair lending agreements" HUD strong-armed private mortgage bankers like Countrywide Financial into signing, aren't even mentioned in his artifice. The pledges, which committed bankers to targeting credit-poor minorities for loans, ensured a continuing flow of funds into riskier and riskier mortgages.
Also missing from the report: quantifiable evidence that the government was responsible for more than two-thirds of the 27 million subprime and other bad mortgages that were outstanding when the market crashed in 2007.
In his column, Angelides railed against "Wall Street's conflicts of interests," but his own are legion.
In fact, Angelides ran a dirty investigation. He fixed it so trial lawyers who donated more than $225,000 to his political campaigns in California could leverage banks for class-action settlements for union pension funds that invested in bad subprime securities.
As IBD first reported, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd — the country's dominant plaintiffs law firm for class-action securities lawsuits — ran the crisis inquiry through chief investigator Chris Seefer (a Robbins Geller partner) and FCIC commissioner Byron Georgiou (a Robbins Geller counselor).
Last September, months before the FCIC had closed its "investigation," Georgiou and Angelides spoke at a conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., hosted by Robbins Geller. Congressional investigators are probing whether the two violated ethics rules when they talked about their ongoing commission work.
Talk about unfair advantage: The commission essentially provided a massive discovery operation and service for trial lawyers at public expense.
Angelides dumped millions of pages of subpoenaed confidential bank documents on the FCIC website so his trial lawyer pals could get a multibillion-dollar payday.
Angelides and his cronies pinned the crisis on banks to justify more bank regulations, while protecting the real culprits — Democratic politicians who pressured banks to make "predatory" multicultural loans.
This is the Obama administration at work. Nothing is done without somebody getting paid off somewhere, with the payoff aimed in such a way that a chunk of it will come back into Democratic party coffers. With Obama invariably putting political advantage ahead of all other considerations, it's small wonder that the Great Recession drags on. The recession will not end until Obama leaves the White House. Let's make it sooner rather than later.
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The only institutions that required bailouts were institutions that bought mortgage backed securities containing faulty loans.
The loan originators of the faulty loans got off scott free.
Fannie and Freddie were two of several institutions that required a bailout. They did not require a bailout because they were loan originators or underwriters. They required a bailout because they were buyers of faulty mortgage backed securities.
Unlike institutions on Wall Street, Fannie and Freddie were limited in the mortgage backed securities they could buy. Thus, they lost market share to institutions that were not limited in what they could buy. Thus, they lobbied the Bush administration to relax the standards for what they could buy -- which the Bush administration did.
Posted by: SteveJ | Jul 13, 2011 1:30:27 PM
As I said above, "The financial crisis would never have happened without the housing bubble, and the housing bubble was created by U.S. government housing policy."
So could you explain how the Washington Post article disputes that statement?
In 2004, as regulators warned that subprime lenders were saddling borrowers with mortgages they could not afford, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development helped fuel more of that risky lending.
Eager to put more low-income and minority families into their own homes, the agency required that two government-chartered mortgage finance firms purchase far more "affordable" loans made to these borrowers.
Fannie and Freddie were leaders, not followers, in the mortgage market.
In order to curry congressional support after their accounting scandals in 2003 and 2004, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac committed to increased financing of "affordable housing." They became the largest buyers of subprime and Alt-A mortgages between 2004 and 2007, with total GSE exposure eventually exceeding $1 trillion. In doing so, they stimulated the growth of the subpar mortgage market and substantially magnified the costs of its collapse.
Or maybe you're just reflexively trying to blame the Bush administration for everything. But that doesn't wash.
The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago.
Under the plan, disclosed at a Congressional hearing today, a new agency would be created within the Treasury Department to assume supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored companies that are the two largest players in the mortgage lending industry.
The new agency would have the authority, which now rests with Congress, to set one of the two capital-reserve requirements for the companies. It would exercise authority over any new lines of business. And it would determine whether the two are adequately managing the risks of their ballooning portfolios.
As the Washington Post article to which you refer acknowledges, HUD was pushing Fannie and Freddie for more affordable housing for years.
Since HUD became their regulator in 1992, Fannie and Freddie each year are supposed to buy a portion of "affordable" mortgages made to underserved borrowers. Every four years, HUD reviews the goals to adapt to market changes.
Bush's push for greater oversight was an attempt to wrest regulatory control of Fannie and Freddie away from HUD.
Posted by: Tom Bowler | Jul 14, 2011 9:25:58 AM
My understanding of a comments section is that you can add your thoughts. I did not consider my comment a refutation of most of your article or analysis which I find quite good. It certainly wasn't a support of Democrats. I find it interesting that you jumped to the conclusion that I meant it as such.
Having said that, you act as if HUD was somehow independent of the Bush administration. HUD was part of the administration. HUD pursued many of the same policies under Bush as it did under Clinton -- in an even more reckless manner. And why should that surprise anybody?
This is a guy in Bush who never vetoed a spending bill, signed Ted Kennedy's Medicare Part D legislation, and expanded the Department of Education as well as virtually every other facet of government.
Can you honestly say that a Ronald Reagan HUD would have behaved as it did under Bush? Not a chance.
The idea that Bush pushed for greater oversight because of comments made at a hearing by his treasury Secretary is questionable when he didn't follow it up.
Bush was a major cheerleader for affordable housing for the poor under so-called "compassionate conservatism" -- which was neither Conservative nor compassionate.
If there is one disconnect on your web site, it is that you support the Tea Party, but continue to laud a person in George W. Bush who is one of the major reasons a Tea Party became necessary.
Posted by: SteveJ | Jul 14, 2011 11:53:52 AM
My apologies for misunderstanding the import of your comment. And I will say, you are correct about my support for George Bush, which was due in the larger part to his willingness to fight the war on terror. I've been inclined to give him a pass on other issues because of it.
That said, HUD spent years pushing Fannie and Freddie, who were not unwilling players, into buying riskier and riskier loans, and because of that I tend to take issue with folks who call it Bush administration policy. Especially when the Bush administration was pushing for reform of Fannie and Freddie, unsuccessful though they were.
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THE LETHAL GENE - The
white ones that are deliberately bred to die.
Microphthalmia better known as the 'lethal gene' in guinea pig
breeding is cruel occurance thjat can happen in the breeding of
guinea pigs and yet it is also completely avoidable.
It is
estimated that approximately 25% of guinea pigs born from the
breeding of two roan guinea pigs or two dalmation guinea pigs or two
dalmation or roan carriers (guinea pigs with this breed in their
background), will result in a lethal baby. A
lethal guinea pig is always completely white with bluish pink eyes. It is
worth noting that their are normal healthy pink eyed white
guinea pigs that are NOT lethals. These guinea pigs are not born
from roan or dalmation parents or with disabilities. A lethal baby
is born only from roan or dalmation parenting and
lethal babies have obvious deformities.
What is a roan guinea pig?
A roan
guinea pig has white hairs mixed with flecks of
another solid colour through the white hairs. Some roan guinea pigs
may only have a couple of roaned hairs which may not be easily
Below are photos of some roan guinea pigs.
What is a Dalmation guinea pig?
Dalmation guinea pig looks very similar to that of a Dalmation dog.
The dalmation guinea pig is of two colours being white with one
other solid colour. The dalmation guinea pig can come in several
colours including chocolate, lilac or black. The guinea pig will
have the same single solid colour on all four feet, ears and face
with a white blaze running up the face. The guinea pig will also
have the same colour 'spots' down the body and then white through
the rest of the body.
Above: A
lethal baby born from a roan surrendered sow with no eyes and no
teeth at ACS Brisbane Shelter in 2009. Sadly the baby only survived
below: What a 'roan' guinea pig looks like. White hairs
mixed/flecked with another colour throughout all or parts of the
Shelters have had many roan guinea pigs surrendered each year. Many 'backyard' breeders do not know what a
roan or dalmation guinea pig is and as a result it is uncertain exactly how many
lethal babies are commonly born in Australia each year. ACS Shelters
have had several lethal babies born due to the ignorance
of those that have surrendered pregnant roan or dalmation guinea pigs to us. As a
result we have encountered dead lethal babies and babies with
deformities which have lived only to serve a life of disability.
Several of the ACS Shelters have been forced to keep the lethal
guinea pigs born that live due to their ongoing care requirements
needed in order for them to survive and live a happy as close to
normal life as they can.
Click on thumbnails below to enlarge photos.
terrible gene does not seem an issue to many. These breeds of guinea pig are
also deliberately bred in the pedigree world of guinea pigs for their
breed type and in turn to conform to a set standard. To achieve this
standard of perfection for the show table naturally litters need to
be bred each year.
the gene has been so inbred into many guinea pigs throughout
Australia it is not uncommon at all to see a roan guinea pig. The
roan gene is quite dominant in guinea pigs and roan offspring in
turn is guaranteed.
Lethal guinea pigs a born with one or more of the following
deformities and symptoms.
dead or dies within a few weeks of birth
born white
blind in one or both eyes
with no eyes
deaf in one or both ears
with unpigmented eyes
Mild to
severe teeth deformities/missing teeth.
immune system
Permanent internal damage
Of those
that survive, they will live their life with mild deformities. Most die young although
their have been reports of some living for several years.
ACS is
does not support the breeding of roan or dalmation guinea
should be valued and every life born is a gift and such little
regard is common when it comes to the breeding of the roan gene.
Many roan guinea pigs each year are deliberately bred whereby the
guinea pigs owner knows full well that the roan gene will be bred on
again and that in turn a lethal baby has a chance of being born with
deformities, suffering and poor quality of life.
Their is
no greater cruelty than intentional cruelty. Sadly though many
lethal babies intentionally born, if they survive, are discarded by
those that know what they are.
Those that
do breed that are unaware of this gene may not even realise that
they have bred a lethal white guinea pig. In turn the babies
may be seen as a stillborn or those that do survive may end up being
further bred or sold. ACS Lakes Shelter had a lethal guinea pig
surrender brought into the shelter which had been found 'for
sale' in a local petshop.
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I don't know how you can just ignore admitted steriod use when considering HOF credentials.
BTW, I think it should have counted against Phil Neikro for being known as a spitballer. Ty Cobb was an a-hole, but that did not effect his baseball accomplsihments and Pete Rose should be in the HOF