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The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity recently selected history professor Bill McCoy to participate in a summer faculty development workshop in the cities of Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa on "Public Theology: The South African Experience."
The workshop will bring together eight North American scholars with
12 African scholars of various disciplines under the direction of Dr.
Nico Koopman, a distinguished South African theologian who directs the Beyers Naude Institute for Public Theology at the University of Stellenbosch, in order to create some fresh perspectives on Christian political thinking.
The workshop will cover a wide variety of public policy issues, as scholars seek to find Christian perspectives on debates about the future of democracy around the world. As one of the great democratic experiments of the recent past and one in which Christian leaders have played prominent roles, the South African context will help shape the discussion and the perspectives of the participants. Out of the workshop, which will gather during the first two weeks of June, the Nagel Institute plans to develop a book of essays on the critical issues regarding Christianity and democracy emerging from their national contexts, and a practical guide with principles and mandates for Christian service in politics and governance. Prof. McCoy also hopes to use the material from the workshop in shaping his own future courses in both African history and the new general education course, "The West in the World since 1500."


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November 9, 2012 in Design Dilemma
Where do you like these wall panels better: family room or dining room?
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I like them in the dining room better because I like how they look against the color of your dinning room walls. I would however move them a few inches closer together to make a more dramatic look with them. They look too heavy to be hanging above your sofa. They are grand pieces that look great by themselves...like in your dining room.
Dining room
November 9, 2012 at 4:04PM Like
November 9, 2012 at 4:07PM Like
Dining room
November 9, 2012 at 4:16PM Like
Dining room....agreed. They look better with the dining room colors
November 9, 2012 at 4:30PM Like
Kelly Volz
dining room!
November 9, 2012 at 5:00PM Like
Tracy Blaylock
The dining room. Love the wall color behind the items!
November 9, 2012 at 5:01PM Like
BRC Interior Design
dining room
i would put one above the other and leave a space in between (space them enough) apart
goes nice with the color (green wall) of the dining room wall
the silver looks very nice - i would then add 1 more item on the wall to make 3 pieces hanging together - have fun !
i would put one above the other and leave a space in between (space them enough) apart
goes nice with the color (green wall) of the dining room wall
the silver looks very nice - i would then add 1 more item on the wall to make 3 pieces hanging together - have fun !
Kimberly Dekker
I like them in the dining room.
November 9, 2012 at 5:07PM Like
Dining room.
November 9, 2012 at 5:08PM Like
Dining room, but I prefer things in odd numbers so maybe a third piece in between the two panels
November 9, 2012 at 5:23PM Like
Denise Martin
living room ther colors make them POP more
November 9, 2012 at 5:29PM Like
Dining but a little closer together. :)
November 9, 2012 at 5:42PM Like
Joanna Zygo
dining room
November 9, 2012 at 5:59PM Like
This website is great! Thanks for your ideas! I bought these from home decorators.com for a great price too. Very inexpensive.
November 9, 2012 at 6:01PM Like
Wilmer Yariel
Dining room
November 9, 2012 at 6:22PM Like
Dining because of the color of your chandelier.
November 9, 2012 at 6:26PM Like
Kathy Martz_Walsh
dining room but I really do not like them, I think I would if they were painted
November 9, 2012 at 6:41PM Like
Family room, they add texture.
November 9, 2012 at 7:53PM Like
Rodenna Avans
in the family room
November 9, 2012 at 8:24PM Like
Would love to know which direction you decide to go. I love them in the Dining room with your beautiful wall, but also like them in the family room.
November 9, 2012 at 8:37PM Like
Carole Dupr
They work in both. But they seem a bit heavy or more than you need in the family room. And if you use them in the dining room, they need to be closer together.
November 9, 2012 at 9:09PM Like
Samantha Chilcutt_Crosby
Wow...that's a tough question. They do look nice in both rooms. The color in your dining room is so pretty and the pictures look lovely against it. But I think they 'show' just a little more in your family room. Either way, you can't go wrong. :)
Urban Abode
Yup - dining room. In the living room, the contrast between the door trim, wall color and art pieces are just too much for my liking - especially due to the size of the pieces. Dining room - looks niiiiice!
November 9, 2012 at 9:31PM Like
Family room
November 9, 2012 at 10:52PM Like
I prefer the dining room. Place the pieces closer together, the distant between the 2 pictures try 1/3 of one picture, and wall center the two pictures as a unit.
November 9, 2012 at 11:21PM Like
Dining for me
November 9, 2012 at 11:44PM Like
I like them in the dining room. I would put them closer together though. Definitely not in the family room. They clash with the white window treatment.
November 10, 2012 at 2:45AM Like
I like them in the dining room. I would put them closer together though. Definitely not in the family room. They clash with the white window treatment.
November 10, 2012 at 2:45AM Like
Young Art
November 10, 2012 at 3:11AM Like
dining, closer together
November 10, 2012 at 3:28AM Like
what I also love about them is that they are changeable. I suspect you can change their color and some point. If you wanted to improve their shine (if they are metal) -- you could even have them plated some day. dipped. but only if you tire of the look now. I like them just the way they are.
November 10, 2012 at 3:39AM Like
Dining Room, their scale is too big for the space between the windows in the living room and place them closer together.
November 10, 2012 at 4:34AM Like
Dining room!!
November 10, 2012 at 4:43AM Like
Definitely the dining room closer together.
November 10, 2012 at 8:31AM Like
DEFINITELY dining room. Move them closer so the space is about half of what it was. They look so much better in there with the similar light fixture colors. They clash with the couch.
November 10, 2012 at 9:45AM Like
Zara Grace Home
I would have said the family room, but either room would work if you space them as they are in the family room.
November 10, 2012 at 10:30AM Like
Sara Christensen
November 10, 2012 at 10:45AM Like
Dining room!!!
November 10, 2012 at 11:31AM Like
Eric Tang
Family room
November 10, 2012 at 11:44AM Like
Sara Parker
Family room. No impact in the DR.
November 10, 2012 at 12:14PM Like
orlando momma
Dining room
November 10, 2012 at 12:19PM Like
Christine Austin Design
Dining Room. They tie into the finish on your chandelier and yes...move them closer together.
November 10, 2012 at 12:29PM Like
Ann Alderson
Dining room wins! Space an inch or two apart and centered on the wall as one unit.
November 10, 2012 at 12:39PM Like
I like them better in the dining room. I agree ...move them closer together.
November 10, 2012 at 1:46PM Like
Family room and spaced closely. Nice pieces!
November 10, 2012 at 3:35PM Like
Thank you, thank you! Definitely seems dining room won, and I will move them closer together. Now the dilemma of what goes above the couch-- maybe a large clock?
November 10, 2012 at 7:44PM Like
Mary Pat Curran/Curran Interiors
Dining room but center them.
November 10, 2012 at 9:25PM Like
Maybe something like this above couch...
November 10, 2012 at 9:53PM Like
Dining :o)
November 10, 2012 at 10:26PM Like
The dining room
November 11, 2012 at 12:28AM Like
Christopher James Interiors
Family room
November 11, 2012 at 12:37AM Like
Glynis Williams
Dining Room
November 11, 2012 at 12:48AM Like
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Windermere Homes & Estates
Dining room!
November 11, 2012 at 2:49AM Like
dining room
November 11, 2012 at 6:09AM Like
Spaces To Love
Dining room hands down!
November 16, 2012 at 9:48AM Like
Walker Woodworking
Dining Room
November 16, 2012 at 9:51AM Like
HI -- Def dining room - too big for family room .
November 16, 2012 at 9:53AM Like
Paradise Restored Landscaping & Exterior Design
Dining room (a bit closer together) as the seem to big for family room - is their another wall in family room?
November 16, 2012 at 10:04AM Like
dining worked really well! are you happy with the decision?
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These rings will add a colorful fall flair to your Thanksgiving table. And they're so easy, you can even make extras to send home with your guests.
To make some, cut 1-inch sections from cardboard tubes and paint them inside and out with acrylic paints.
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Calm, confident, reflective, open, and friendly are just a few of the adjectives which come to mind upon Ryane Clowe's first meeting with reporters at the MSG Training Center on Wednesday morning, some 15 or 16 hours after being acquired by the Rangers in a trade with the San Jose Sharks.
Clowe discussed closing the San Jose chapter and opening a new one in New York, how he thinks he'll fit in with his new club, what the future holds for him as an unrestricted free agent, getting right at it and playing the Penguins tonight at The Garden, and much more.
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Software testing is a necessary step in both the software production chain and during future maintenance. Testing can be performed using many different techniques. It is much easier to test a piece of software during the original development process, rather than after the system has been deployed and in use for many years. However, testing must be performed whenever software is altered. How should testing be performed on legacy software? The answer to this question is the focus of this thesis.
Regression testing is performed on software during its maintenance stage. Usually it is done after changes have been made to the software or its environment. The concept of regression testing does not assume the existence of a test suite for the software. It might be the case that test cases have to be created from the scratch. However, when software with a huge existing test suite is under consideration, then it is not always a good idea to run the whole test suite in order to perform regression testing. This might be too expensive both in time and human effort. This problem motivate the concept of regression test selection, which tells us that by using certain selection criteria it is possible to select a subset of an existing test suite and run that subset on the software instead.
Our project involves reducing the burden of regression testing for a legacy system that is built on top of the Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle database. The changes are made through patches that are sent by Oracle. Most of the time, patches do not introduce big changes to the E-Business Suite. Also, it is likely that the legacy software application uses a relatively small portion of Oracle's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. In this case, it is crucial to be able to select a subset of the test suite for regression testing. Running the whole test suite can be very costly, and is almost always not necessary.
The approach we adopted relies on building the access dependency graph of the whole system first. An access dependency graph is a control flow graph but with fields and methods of classes as nodes. Then, after identifying which places in the Oracle E-Business Suite changed after patching, the inverse calling paths are built with changed places as starting points and functions in the customer's application as end points. Now, when affected functions have been identified, it should be possible to select a subset of the existing test suite which will exercise functions that have been directly or indirectly changed by the patch, and which will not include tests that are not impacted by the changes to the software system embodied in the patch. We also demonstrate that the selection technique proposed in this work is safe (does not miss tests that should be included). This gives us some confidence about the applicability of the algorithm.
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Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis
By Ed SikovHenry Holt
What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting
By Marc NormanHarmony
The Star Machine
By Jeanine BasingerKnopf
The movies made during the studio era—what the cineastes have dubbed "the classical Hollywood cinema"—are, along with jazz, America's best creative work from the late 1920s to about 1950. But although those pictures are revered, they're contested. Products of a system run by five vertically integrated companies, they spark ardent and surprisingly nasty debates—about the relationships between art and commerce, convention and innovation, individual and collaborative effort, administrative constraint and creative freedom. These boil down to a single argument: Were the great pictures made because of, or despite, that system? To be sure, plenty in these books could be used in a hackneyed indictment of the studios as fiendish machines that stifled individual creativity, talent, and vision.
More important, any Hollywood history illuminates the dichotomy between those movies that the system most highly prized and those we love now, raising some doubts about the much-vaunted "genius of the system." MGM under its production head and later special-projects producer Irving Thalberg (Fitzgerald's model for The Last Tycoon) was the most factory-like and systematized studio, with the biggest and most shimmering collection of stars. When Jeanine Basinger and Marc Norman expatiate about the methods and practices of "the studios," they're usually describing processes that only MGM had the organizational wherewithal to realize fully. Its luxe "product" was considered Hollywood's best. But many of its luminaries (Norma Shearer, say) and its self-important "prestige" pictures (Rose-Marie, Romeo and Juliet) long ago lost their magic; glamour, unlike style, is inherently ephemeral. True, the mystique of Metro's greatest star, Garbo, remains undiminished. But for the most part, those pictures Hollywood thought would endure (Metro's lofty movies from the 1930s, Warner Brothers' ponderous "artistically ambitious" Paul Muni biopics of Socially Progressive men) are now far overshadowed by the studio era's stylish entertainments, whether rollicking (My Man Godfrey), effervescent (Trouble in Paradise), light-headedly lovely (the Fred and Ginger movies, the highest and purest "art" Hollywood ever produced), hard-boiled (Double Indemnity), or high-trash melodramatic (Dark Victory)—movies no one thought would be watched in 10 years, let alone 70.
At the height of the classical era, each major studio released at least a movie a week. Organized along industrial lines, the studios had staffs of readers to find stories (MGM's had to be proficient in at least one foreign language), writers, technicians, costumers, art directors, cinematographers, directors, film editors, and actors—an army of well-paid, talented, intensely skilled people working on tight production schedules at breakneck speed. Over this presided the central producer, who—in some cases directly, in some cases through a small number of associate producers—conducted contract negotiations, developed stories and scripts, assigned directors, and edited the pictures. This system engendered two seemingly contradictory results. In the interests of brisk and efficient storytelling, the studios—shot by shot, sequence by sequence, cut by cut—achieved a seamless and uniform style. But just as the Hollywood movie came to have a specific look, so the movies of each of the studios or of their smaller production units (the biopic unit at Warner's, the Astaire/Rogers unit at RKO) developed a signature style, thanks to the consistent way they were written, lit, photographed, directed, and edited, the way their costumes and sets were designed, even the way their film was processed.
Of course the prejudices and self-images of the studios and of the men running them helped shape that style. But the elements that defined it served and revolved around only one set of people: the stars, for whom most of the studio-era movies functioned as "vehicles," delivering them to their public and broadening and enhancing their appeal. Among the highest-paid people in the country, stars were the primary engines driving one of America's most profitable industries. They taught generations of Americans—specifically young, middle-class women, the viewers for whom most of the pictures were made—how to light a cigarette, wear a suit, kiss, decline or accept a pass, how a gentleman ought to behave.
The Star Machine examines how the studios manufactured and maintained the stars' personas, and how, in turn, the stars responded to and maneuvered in the studios' often suffocating embrace. Basinger goes over ground well tilled in Andrew Walker's Stardom and, in a more scholarly and precise way, in two extraordinary works of history, The Classical Hollywood Cinema, by David Bordwell, Janet Staiger, and Kristin Thompson; and Tino Balio's more recent Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930–1939. Her potted biographies of an eccentric assortment of screen idols (she eschews the era's biggest stars) make this, at some 600 pages, a work at once bloated and elliptical. But her dissection of, for example, Errol Flynn's and Irene Dunne's overlooked careers is perceptive, and the case she builds for their strengths is cogent. Moreover, almost nothing about the movies makes sense without the stars—not the directors, not the screenwriters—at the center of the story, because their fame and appeal pretty much exclusively ensured a market for Hollywood's product in what was a notoriously risky and unstable business. As Balio starkly puts it, "In economic terms, stars created the market value of motion pictures."
Too important a commodity to be left to chance, stars were made, not born. They were subjected to studio-directed dentistry and surgery, and were taught how to walk, to speak, even to breathe. Then their personas were just as meticulously and methodically manufactured. A studio would cast a potential star in many small, wildly different roles, and test audience response to each. This inherently humiliating, usually fruitless, and always exhausting process—Gable made 17 movies in his first three years at MGM—ensured that novices soon became professionals on the set and in front of the camera. (Movies can never again approach the craftsmanship the studios commanded when their employees at every level, from grips to stars, worked six-day weeks, month in and month out.)
To control the images they so assiduously and expensively developed and to safeguard their irreplaceable assets, the studios deployed the notorious "option contract," which normally gave them control over actors' roles and public appearances and bound actor to studio—but not studio to actor—for seven years. If an actor refused a role, the studio could tack on the time the actor sat out to the end of the contract—an extraordinary practice that was rescinded only in 1945 when, in a suit brought against Warner's by the demure and wide-eyed Olivia de Havilland (poor Melanie!), the California Supreme Court famously upheld a ruling that the clause violated the state's anti-peonage laws.
No wonder Hollywood's "golden age" is a history of driven, freakishly hardworking, unhappy people, including its show-horse stars—with such exceptions as the thoroughly louche and blithe Flynn and the preternaturally serene (and happily married) Dunne. And no one was more unhappy than four-times married, two-times Oscar-winning Bette Davis, an actress whose high-strung, spiky screen persona famously matched her personality. The unusually intelligent Davis suffered all the indignities and frustrations the star machine could dole out. Put through some two dozen movies in her first four years in Hollywood, she was done up as a platinum-blonde flirt and a vamp. Even after she won acclaim, her studio, Warner's, seemed perversely unwilling to give her consistently good roles. She refused a part assigned her, flamboyantly went on suspension, and was forced to return. Warner's then bought Jezebel for her, the movie that made her a star and gave her her first serious—and strict—direction (by William Wyler). But for every great part she was assigned (dying finely in Dark Victory, loving the man she killed in The Letter, nobly self-sacrificing in Now, Voyager), she'd get a rotten one. Her salary grew enormously and she was given more vacation time, but Warner's never granted her total control over her roles (her greatest turn, in All About Eve in 1950, was as a freelance at the end of the studio era).
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Blackhawks: Christmas And Crunch Time
David Morris | Dec 25, 2010 | Comments 7
"Christmas, game 41, New Years, all-star games, you can look at all (of them). To me, I look every day. Every day you're looking at what it's going to take." Those were the cautious words of Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville ahead of the Christmas break. He knows this is crunch time for his team. Does his team know? Hawkey watchers are about to find out.
December started poorly for the Hawks, with a blanking by the Canucks at the United Center, and the seeming banishment of Marty Turco to the backup goalie role. If the Blackhawks thought Corey Crawford would save them after taking the next two, they got a stiff reprimand as they dropped three straight to San Jose with back-to-back collapses against the Avalanche, surrendering eleven goals in those two games. Something had to give, and Hawk fans were waiting for the roof to fall in as the 'mighty' Red Wings came to Chicago. But a funny thing happened.
The Blackhawks began to play defense as a team.
The Hawks de-feathered Detroit, and it was as if a switch had been flipped, a light had gone on, call it what you will. But without Marian Hossa, Patrick Kane and Viktor Stalberg, the Blackhawks suddenly realized they already had the components to win games.
And as the Wings, Kings and Predators found out recently, when a team realizes that winning hockey games is about executing the fundamentals instead of putting on a show, that team can beat any other team in the NHL.
If there is anything remarkable about the 2010-11 season, so far, it is the observation that the difference between teams on a nightly basis is minimal in terms of talent. What appears to be the determining factor is the willingness of a team to play within 'The System'. When interviewed, NHL coaches will cite the same things over and over again: the importance of forechecking and backchecking, gap control, the ability to protect 'the house', low-risk plays, puck protection, limiting turnovers, the elimination of lazy penalties, and so on, all of which have become clichés. Not very interesting to listen to for a fan, and probably not very interesting for a brash young hockey player who wants to show off his skills.
But as veteran hockey players discover, these 'boring' aspects of the game are essential to winning with any consistency. On teams where the balance favors experience, like a Detroit or a Philadelphia, watching them, validates the theory that simplicity and execution are more important than pure talent. Not to say those teams don't have talented players, but their modus operandi under coaches like Babcock and Laviolette is predicated on their Cup-winning formula, the now-hackneyed but persistently accurate phrase, 'do the little things'. In the early part of the season, and in their recent losses, the Blackhawks' failures can all be traced to the failure to 'do the little things'. While that may seem simplistic to the hockey writer or the fan, the reality is that in a game as fast as hockey, being able to do 'the little things' may be the most difficult part of the sport.
With the departure of so many players, the big question for the Hawks this year was how their replacements would fare. Looking at the roster, a few things have become clearer in that respect.
One is that the Blackhawks are still auditioning the sixth man for their 'Top 6'. Toews, Kane, Hossa, Sharp and Bolland have both the salaries and the qualifications; below them, there is a dramatic drop-off in compensation, and ability to apply skill effectively.
So far, neither Troy Brouwer nor Tomas Kopecky have established themselves as Top 6 forwards. At about a million dollars each, both slated to be free agents next summer, both are playing for their jobs.
Below them, Bryan Bickell, Jack Skille, Viktor Stalberg, and when he has been called up, Jeremy Morin, have all taken their turns at playing on the top lines. With the exception of Stalberg, none has yet played a full NHL season; so patience can be deemed reasonable. In the case of Stalberg, his time with a dreadful Leafs organization whose collective performance was less than AHL level, can hardly be called quality schooling, so he also needs more time to fulfill his potential.
Skille and Bickell appear to have found the 'touch' recently, scoring goals at key times. If Bickell can keep his pace, he is on track for 20 goals. Jack Skille, whose draft position is too often cited (Dan Cleary was also a Chicago Number One pick, and there are many other such stories), is finally playing with poise and patience. With Bickell and Skille on task, the Hawks' forward depth is augmented.
The so-called 'bottom 6' has been better than expected, with Jake Dowell, Fernando Pisani and now Ryan Johnson all demonstrating they are solid supporting players. Jordan Hendry and John Scott, pressed into duty at forward with the spate of injuries, have performed adequately.
With the Hawks being as cap-strapped as they are, the latest results, with Hossa, Kane and Stalberg still ailing, provide encouragement not only to fans, but to management. Trades will not be easy to make this year, so if the solutions can come from within the existing personnel, all the better. As Quenneville's philosophy of rolling four lines has proven successful in the past, the improved play of his new guys is a major boost.
On defense, the answer seems to be a more equal distribution of ice time among the Top 4: with a healthy Brian Campbell, Quenneville can now rotate both pairs, which has reduced the factors for error that come with overwork. Nik Hjalmarsson's play has improved noticeably as well, with Campbell using his speed and puckhandling to throw opponents off-balance. With greater cohesion, the play in the defensive zone, long a weakness of the Blackhawks, appears to have been transformed. Exits are cleaner, the slot is well-covered, and loose pucks are being retrieved from in front of Corey Crawford.
Though I had reservations about Jassen Cullimore, he seems to have found suitable form as a 5/6 man, as has the often-bashed Nick Boynton. Playing within their limitations and given defensive support from the forwards, both these veterans can get the job done until prospects like Nick Leddy are ready, or if Stan Bowman trades for an upgrade .
Crawford's emergence has to be the big story so far for Chicago. Some are still not 'sold' on the young netminder; but as my Hockey Independent colleague Al Cimaglia and I observed at the beginning of the year, Crawford has become the Hawks' equivalent of Jimmy Howard.
Like Howard, Crawford paid his dues for a long time in the AHL, and both of them faced skepticism when moving into the starting role. But both have an excellent grasp of the position, and both can make game-changing saves. In my view, Crawford is superior to Howard at this stage. If Marty Turco has become, as Al and I both agreed would probably be the case, the backup by Christmas, Hawks fans should not be disappointed or perturbed.
With five games to go, as of this writing, before the halfway point, the Blackhawks find themselves in a position not unlike the Red Wings last year; and the Penguins the year before. If some question the relevance of comparisons, these analogies are nonetheless instructive. Both Pittsburgh and Detroit, following consecutive trips to the Finals and respective Cup wins, had to re-shape their personnel significantly due to salary cap constraints. Both of those teams found themselves either in the pack jockeying for playoff position, or even on the outside, as Christmas arrived and New Year's loomed. Both teams (like the Hawks this year) had to deal as well, with injuries to key players in the first half of the season; as the hockey world saw, both of those teams went on to recover from their setbacks.
Whether the Blackhawks do indeed make the playoffs in a dogfight that is extraordinarily tight, with six points separating first from ninth, and three points separating fifth from twelfth, depends on their willingness to play so-called 'boring', efficient hockey, going forward.
And with Detroit's recent struggles compounded by the loss of Pavel Datsyuk for the next four to six weeks with a broken hand, even the Division Crown may be up for grabs.
One thing is for sure: if the Hawks can achieve consistency, and maintain that when Hossa, Kane and Stalberg return, they have a credible and unique opportunity to defend their Stanley Cup Championship.
But as Quenneville reminds his team and all Hawk watchers, it's about looking at every day, what it's going to take to win that day, that game, that period, that shift. And playing every one for keeps.
With three big games coming up, two against Division rivals, and all against teams as desperate for points as they are, there are no 'gifts' for the Hawks this Christmas, just the sound of Crunch Time.
(photo: Bryan Bickell, Jack Skille; NHL/Yahoo Sports)
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Dave, With the Hawks having a good chance to get some practices in between their games, It will definitely help Coach Q get this team in top form. I see this team becoming much stronger and better. If that does not happen then there is something wrong in that dressing room.
Thanks Vito> agreed, this time off should be good for the team…if the last 3 games are any indication, the Hawks are getting their act together.
Great article Dave, What's your opinion on what happened going into the Detroit game. They wouldn't/couldn't play the disciplined hockey that they showed from the first shift of the Detroit game and have carried on since, all the start of the season. Did they get scared into playing the defensive game against Detroit for fear of being embarrased then saw how good they looked and bought into it. Or has Q's staff been trying to get them to play this style for a while? Will getting Hoss and Kane and Stalberg back bring back bad habits like looking for the home run pass more than getting it up ice on sticks or will they just be better in their new system?
Brian> it's impossible to know what goes on inside the collective mindset, but we do know, from various recent reports (and an ingame shot of him cursing the guys out on the bench), that Jonathan Toews had been extremely vocal about his displeasure with the team's inability to finish off opponents.
Was that the spark? Possibly.
Certainly, the coaches have been hammering away at the message. The turnaround can be traced to a number of factors (painfully gaining experience, being one of them)…but having Detroit come in, the Hawks' backs to the wall as it were, following two embarrassing losses, everything may have added up.
Beating the Wings was HUGE. It always has been.
In any case, winning is a 'must' now, and the way they have won the past three games demonstrates to the players the results of discipline and focused effort.
IMO the photo of Bickell and Skille used here (from the Nashville game) is very eloquent. You can see from the facial expression and body language, the exuberance of young guys are realizing how good it feels to *earn* a win. Ultimately, those two can have a lot to do with the Hawks' chances for success going forward, because they are big, versatile players (much like Andrew Ladd was).
When Hossa, Kane and Stalberg come back, I think the Blackhawks just get stronger and more dangerous to play against…IF they stick to the game plan.
To your point, the home run pass just doesn't work (except on rare occasions)…it's all about executing the fundamentals, getting the lead early, provoking turnovers by the opponent, crisp moves up ice and attacking in waves…which is what they have done the last few games.
Whether the Blackhawks will maintain the desired consistency, is anyone's guess; but I tend to believe they would *all* rather be rising in the standings, and hearing the cheers at home, than the boos.
That is where being the Champion becomes an advantage…when you know you can win, and you're ready to do what it takes. Seems simple, but very few teams ever get there. Most of this Hawks team understands that, and the rest are beginning to grasp it.
Having a hungry vet like Ryan Johnson on board also helps. You can see Johnson wants to make the most of his chance.
The next few games are an excellent opportunity to push back their Division foes, and to build the momentum they will need, to secure a playoff berth.
As the saying goes, 'Carpe Diem'.
[quote]And as the Wings, Kings and Predators found out recently, when a team realizes that winning hockey games is about executing the fundamentals instead of putting on a show, that team can beat any other team in the NHL.[/quote]
My favorite sentence in your piece, Dave. Love reading your thoughts no matter where they are!!
Simply said, IMO the Hawks have become a tough team to play against. No longer do we see much perimeter hockey but instead get the puck deep, pucks and people to the net, win puck battles in the corners, forwards flying back and clearing pucks from the crease and a goalie who plays the sport on his feet square to the puck.
As you point out Dave there are many reasons for the Hawks improved play, but IMO the biggest is that they have become tougher to play against, which translated means they are fundamentally sound doing the little things that win hockey games.
Going forward I think the Hawks have a top 4, not a top 6. Toews, Kane, Hossa (when healthy which ain't often enough) and Sharp. After that it is Q's juggling that determines the top 6, and that is not day to day but shift to shift.
I know he hates taking Bolland off of the very important shut down 3rd line, but Johnson's addition gives him the flexibilty to move Bolland up and still have a shut down 3rd line. Adding Johnson as a 5th center will be huge going forward cuz it gives Q flexibility which he really values with his juggling.
I've long ago stopped questioning Q's line decisions as they so often click, even in game. What I've learned to look for are the number of options he has knowing he will find the right mix if given options.
The recent resurgence of the Hawks have been accomplished with two Dmen, Scott & Hendry, playing 4th line wing. Add Hossa and Kane and you delete those two and that gives Q even more cards to play. Couple that with the way the Hawks have played of late and Hawk fans have every reason to be very excited going forward.
Great to see you get a blog out Dave. Hope to see many more very soon………
Dave: Always enjoy when I get to read one of your too few blogs. Your the man!
Lee, Mr Ricochet>thanks…let's see if the Blackhawks take advantage of their opportunity…Hawk wins in the next three, combined with some Wings losses (as DET hits the road without Datsyuk) could see Chicago close that five point gap.
It CAN be done, and *now* is the time.


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The Room for Color Contest is Back!
And, you don't have to only sit back and be a spectator - let this be your year to participate! We know that Apartment Therapy readers work hard on their homes - now is your chance to show off and share the most beautiful, colorful room in your home with our community and get lots of kudos, feedback and hopefully, "favorites" from your fellow Apartment Therapy regulars. It's easy to enter - you just need 5 (good!) photos of a single room and a color palette to get started.
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i so enjoy this contest! bring it, people.
I love the way that blue looks in the photo. Is it really kind of teal, or is that just the lighting/photography?
Yay! My favourite contest on AT!
love this photo! I've been struggling with how to decorate with my teal living room area and this helps :) hopefully, one day soon I'll be brave enough to enter one of these
I must say, with all of the amazing rooms I saw last year, the winner was pretty disappointing. Come on, people! Let's not pick a boring one this time!
I seem to be in a cynical mood today, so I just have to say, @ameliepoulain, that it's not up to AT's regular readership to pick a winner, but the entrants' social circle. Whoever convinces the most friends to sign up and vote wins. The end. Still, I enjoy seeing all the pretty rooms during the contest, so what the heck.
@rosenatti, EXACTLY! I was going to enter this year so I went to take a look at all the entrants from last year, saw that this room (no offense to the winner) won, and thought how boring and not very colorful it was, it's just an accent wall! Then my thought process led back to high school where people would vote for their friends in class elections, a popularity contest, and that the winners here must also get everyone and their mom to sign up and vote for them. It totally discouraged me.
^ Well, that's not entirely true, guys. We made it to the international division's finals, and the only person that signed up to vote for us was my mom! (She was so excited) Even though we didn't win, it was fun to share our room and read all the interesting comments. As a major plus, I loved the beautiful coral kitchen in Montreal that we lost to. :)
it wasn't the first time the contest had a surprising winner. but at least we have all the wonderful entries.
I hate the way the contests have been run the past year or two, where they pair up two homes and whoever wins from that room moves on. It makes no sense. Sometimes they pair up two that are both great, but they can't both move on to the next round even if the loser has more votes that another pairing. And then they'll pair up two where I don't like either one and one gets to move on to the next round. It makes me really frustrated with these contests.
I also really hope next year AT goes back to allowing any and all rooms as part of the contestant's entry and not just limiting it to one room.
When did the title change from the Fall Color Contest to the Room for Color contest?
@ameliepoulain and the ones that follow, I so agree with you! Some rooms were miracles and others, including the winning one, were mere disappointment. I mean, they were not even on equal ground. A complete mystery to me :)
@Cashew, it might not be entirely true, but it's mostly true... and that's enough to be kinda depressing. The International Division is slightly saner, imho. I loved last year's intl. winner, and I'd have sworn I was allergic to anything coral.
@HeyNowTex, I so agree. An illogical and frustrating process. I do wish AT would bring in a designer panel for the final cut, as with this year's Design Showcase. Whether readers agree with the outcome or not, at least they'll know it wasn't based on vote sluttery. I also long for the format from the Small Space contest's early years, in which finalists offered up extra pics to help in the final decision.
Alas and woe. Must remind self to chill because I'm only here for the eye candy... the eye candy... the eye candy....
Oh, cassielynn, I do hope that potential contestants won't be discouraged! I know that people enter to win, but please don't let that be the only reason. It's true that it's a popularity contest (in most instances), and that the voting process is often unfair, but I SO look forward to all of the beautiful submissions. Please don't disappoint me!
Does that sound selfish?
I considered submitting a room but the "most colorful" concept threw me. If we are talking "best USE of color", that's one thing. "Most colorful" sounds like a room that uses a lot of different colors, a rainbow, and my decor usually is a bit more restrained than that...
@SherryBinNH - I'm a bit confused about the rules myself, and the contest page did little to clarify. AT request we submit a "colorful" room, but also asks for the color palette, leaving room for only three color choices in the palette... so what is meant by "colorful"?
Also, the pictures shown on the contest page all have colorful walls (whereas every "colorful" room in my apartment has white or off-white walls), but then why would the grand prize be 15 cans of paint if the winners already had their walls painted?
Maybe someone who's been around AT longer than myself can clarify...
SherryBinNH and hipsterhousewife don't worry, the idea is indeed to show good use of color (afaik looking at this site every day for a couple of years). Colorful doesn't mean "full of colors" but "full of nice color" I guess. Don't let any of the things that you mention scare you.


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Pararescuemen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron execute fast rope, hoist, and ladder training with the help of HH-60 helicopters from the 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.
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The Idaho Air National Guard supports Exercise Combined Resolve II with A-10 Thunderbolt II jets at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. The exercise is a U.S. Army Europe-directed multinational exercise at the Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas, including more than 4,000 participants from 15 allied and partner countries including special operations forces from the U.S., Bulgaria and Croatia. Interoperability training during the exercise promotes security and stability among NATO and European partner nations.
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Senior Airman Russell Elder, a Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) specialist with the 22nd Training Squadron, out of Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, participates in personnel recovery training during Exercise Angel Thunder in Tucson, Arizona. Angel Thunder is a multilateral annual exercise that supports the DoD's training requirements for personnel recovery responsibilities through high-fidelity exercises. AT provides the most realistic PR training environment available to USAF rescue forces as well as their joint, interagency and coalition partners.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradley C. Church, 7 MAY 2014.)
Lawmakers readying legislation to block A-10 cuts
Lawmakers in both the House and Senate are planning legislation to block the Air Force's plans to retire the A-10.
The A-10, which the Air Force wants to eliminate from its fleet to save money, has vocal supporters in the House and Senate who say they are looking for other defense costs to cut in order to save the aircraft. (Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur / Air Force)
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A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan flies a combat sortie over northeast Afghanistan. The A-10 Thunderbolt was activated into service in the US Air Force in 1976, and almost forty years later remains the sole aircraft specifically designed for close air support of ground forces.
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"The fiscal 2014 National Defense Authorization Act as adopted by Congress, however, blocks cuts to the A-10 fleet in 2014 and vocal supporters in Congress are pushing to keep the jet flying far beyond this year." (Air Force Times, 30 DEC 2013. Source.)
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U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 48th Rescue Squadron conduct swift water rescue training near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., during Angel Thunder 2013. Angel Thunder is the largest joint service, multinational, interagency combat search and rescue exercise designed to train personnel recovery assets using a variety of scenarios to simulate deployment conditions and contingencies.
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Lindsay Lohan was flat broke at the time she was sentenced last year in her shoplifting case, but things have changed dramatically, because we've learned she'll rake in more than $2 million this year.
Sources directly involved in Lindsay's finances have given us the breakdown:
-- Playboy (December issue but she was paid in 2012) $1 Million
-- "Liz and Dick" Lifetime movie -- $300,000
-- "The Canyons" -- $6,480 (scale)
-- "Scary Movie" (Lindsay is about to sign on) -- $200,000
In addition, Lindsay was paid for her appearance on "Glee." And she's pulling in money for being the face of Philipp Plein. But wait, there's more. Lindsay is also getting $$$ for endorsing Jag Jeans. And she makes $2,000 -- $10,000 per tweet endorsement for several companies.
Our sources say, all tolled, Lindsay will make north of $2 million this year.
The way we see it, definitely enough to afford a driver.
Let's see, she got a supposed MILLION dollars in the beginning of the year for showing her rapidly sagging body for Playboy in a very underwhelming photo shoot and $6,480 at the end for having sex with man, woman, and beast at the middle of the year.
Kind of makes you wonder what kind of exciting opportunities will present themselves by time December rolls around. I'm guessing a donkey show just over the border in Tia Juana - no doubt by then the donkey will get top billing.
That's peanuts compared to how much real actresses are making. Even the Jersey Shore cast, Kartrashians, and Paris Hilton are making more than her. Also she wont have that cash for long this dumbass is in serious debt to a lot of companies, she has to pay her owned tax, plus the account she spends on her coke and crack, and dont forget she has to pay her pimp mama 10%. Oh yes all the lawsuits where she has to pay of her victims and her lawyer she'll be broke again by the new year. I have no sympathy for her she made millions and millions which most people would be grateful to have just a fraction off and she spend it all on drugs and a load of crap. She doesn't deserve another chance to be in any movies again after all the things shes done. I understand if she made a few mistakes as no ones perfect but shes constantly in trouble or treating people like their nothing. Give movie parts to young actresses that are looking for their big break not this washed up, nasty looking hag.
It's sickening people are willing to throw their hard earned money in the direction of these people, really sad. They laugh at their 'fans' all day and night long, I would too frankly. I don't get this American "Celebrity worship" thing, and most of them I wouldn't leave my wallet laying around frankly.
This is chump change for the way she spends and what she owes. How much do her drug habits cost her per year?
Dear I.R.S.......
I have 2 million more dollars. Come and get it!
One thing is for sure... People do NOT like Lindsay! What a difference a couple of DUI's, 5 jail stays and 5 rehab stays make!
TMZ, again, failed to calculate the following items: 1) agent percentage 2) taxes 3) pending lawsuits 4) insurance claims 5) other monies due. Basically, she is or will be broke again by the end of September.
TMZ, again, failed to calculate the following items: 1) agent percentage 2) taxes 3) pending lawsuits 4) insurance claims 5) other monies due. Basically, she is or will be broke again by the end of September.
Uncle Slam is on his way over to the Chateu marmont to kick the door in..
and siez all her assets....good by Hobie
Is it me or does Lindsay's Playboy pictures look phoney? To me it looks like her head and someone else's body. They are some of the worst pictures ever in Playboy. I'm old I have seen a lot of Playboys.
> TMZ, why does a supposed gossip site run these BS 'exclusives" when there are REAL, TRUE stories like this one:
> This story is what your readership wants to see, not the crap that you cut and paste from Dina Lohan's e-mail to harvey.
> What I found most illuminating about the Eastwood dust-up was that Clints daughter was there with about a dozen friends, while Lohan showed up with one guy - I'm guessing it's that guy she hangs out with who always wears the baseball hat.
> I'm guessing Lohan saw camera's rolling because Eastwood's kid has that reality show and the coke whore figured anyway to get on video is a good way. She ends up getting thrown out of yet another Hollywood establishment and what do you think the odds are that Producer Clint will ever let any of Lohan's antics ever see the light of day.
BTW, what kind of addled mind would ever think that making yet another drunken/drug fueled scene is good for your career?
Can't think of a more undeserving person to receive this kind of money. When Meryl Streep is asked about Lohan and all she says is that she prays for her, no mention about her talent, just that she prays for her, you know you're in trouble as an actress.
One million > $300,000.00 > $6,480.00.
In one year, Linds' earnings have shrunk by "close to" 90%. Way to go, Linds!! Time for a "stalker" story. Make sure to schedule "Scary Movie31" to coincide with the Next PerpWalk, so you can claim you "need to work because you're broke".
She should use some of that money to take a vacation in rehab.... She needs help.... Own sick gal....
You forgot about taxes, which will bring her income down (thats if the skanks pays em) to about 1.3 million...which is nothing compared to what other actresses make on one movie.......or actresses make on a hit tv series.......and the way people sue this bitch left and right...and what her lawyers and management team takes...this aint crap!


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Sanctuary of Truth in Pattaya welcomes Songkran revellers
The Sanctuary of Truth or Prasart Satchatham in Pattaya is welcoming Songkran revellers to enjoy the festivities at the backdrop of the magnificent wooden castle.
'Anywhere', a well-known travel magazine, has taken the media on a trip to Pattaya. Besides beautiful beaches, night clubs, and shopping venues, Pattaya also offers traditional Thai attractions; one of them is the Sanctuary of Truth.
The gigantic wooden construction is 105 meters high. It was constructed to withstand the wind and sunshine on the seashore in Chonburi Province.
Almost the entire wooden building is carved in a traditional Thai style. Other than preserving the art of Thai carving, the owner of the building wants to offer jobs to the locals. The construction process is set to be prolonged for as long as possible. More works and more carving are expected to give the locals a long-term income.
This Songkran holidays, the Sanctuary of truth will hold the Thai traditional-water festival from April 13-17. Visitors can enjoy Thai cultural shows, dances and plays, shopping for Thai OTOP products, and other fun activities. Merit-making ceremony will also take place for blessing.
For more information, please visit www.sanctuaryoftruth.com.
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Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's new Leader, Cllr Andrew Morgan, has announced his new Cabinet team.
Cllr Morgan has described the new Executive of the Council as offering the right mix of experience, expertise and fresh ideas to support him in taking the Council forward.
To support an extension of free parking in town centres during the important Christmas period, Cllr Morgan announced reductions in the salaries to the Executive including a five percent reduction in his own salary.
County Borough Councillor Andrew Morgan, Leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council said:
"To support me in my role as Leader I have appointed a new Cabinet to work alongside me in taking the Council forward and to deal with the challenges this local authority and our communities face.
"Working alongside our recently-appointed Chief Executive and his Senior Management Team, the new Cabinet provides the right mix of experience, expertise and fresh ideas.
"Joining the long-standing and experienced members I have asked to continue as part of the Cabinet, I am pleased to welcome three new members to the Executive.
"I would also like to place on record my thanks to the previous Cabinet for the commitment they offered to their roles.
"In these challenging financial times, I have taken the decision to reduce the size of the Cabinet and also to reduce the level of senior salaries offered to the Cabinet.
"This includes a five percent reduction in my own salary and a three per cent reduction in the salary of the Deputy Leader. There will also be a one per cent cut to other Cabinet salaries, on top of the one percent reduction agreed by all members of my group on the Council."
At the Annual General Meeting of this Council this evening, Cllr Morgan also announced a reduction in the level of salary offered to the Mayor and Deputy Mayor.
The savings made on remuneration to the Executive and Civic roles will be used to support the extension of free Christmas Parking from two weeks to a month to support town centres during this important trading time. As part of these savings, the size of the Cabinet is reduced from ten members to nine.
The new Cabinet of the Council is:
Leader of the Council and Chair of the Cabinet: Cllr Andrew Morgan (Mountain Ash West)
Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Safer Communities, Tourism and Heritage: Cllr Paul Cannon QPM (Ystrad)
Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Planning: Cllr Robert Bevan (Tylorstown)
Cabinet Member for Environment, Leisure and Sport: Cllr Ann Crimmings (Aberdare West and Llwydcoed)
Cabinet Member for Education and Lifelong Learning:Cllr Eudine Hanagan (Tonyrefail West)
Cabinet Member for Children's Social Services and Equalities: Cllr Geraint Hopkins (Llanharan)
Cabinet Member for Service Delivery, Communities and Housing: Cllr Keiron Montague (Maerdy)
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Seattle Seahawks starting right tackle Breno Giacomini has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow and is expected to take four to six weeks to recover. The team announced Giacomini underwent the surgery on Tuesday morning at the Seattle Surgery Center. The surgery was performed by Dr. Edward Khalfayan. The team did not specify what was repaired. Giacomini played through the problem in his elbow during the final weeks, appearing on Seattle's injury report with an elbow injury late in the season. He started all 16 regular season games and both of Seattle's playoff games. It was the first time in his career Giacomini had started more than eight games in a season.
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Opera Theater to stage Verdi's 'Falstaff'
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Audiences absolutely love this rollicking comic opera, says guest director Leland Kimball of Verdi's Falstaff, the Opera Theater's spring production, with performances (sung in Italian, with supertitles) this weekend.
"The 400-year-old debate among opera aficionados is whether people come to hear the beautiful melodies or for the story," said Kimball, who is producing artistic director for Opera Delaware.
"With Falstaff, Verdi makes it a moot point: He's created a perfect balance between the importance of words and the importance of music with his own beautiful melodies, his brilliant librettist Boito, and the larger-than-life rascally hero he's taken from Shakespeare, who sets the plot in motion."
Falstaff follows the antics of Sir John Falstaff, a corpulent, conniving cad who's down on his luck and decides to write love letters to two wealthy married women.
Upon discovering his treachery, the two women decide to teach Falstaff a lesson and set him up for a series of humiliating debacles to take their revenge. Singing the title role is Kuwon Lee, a master's in opera candidate in Boyer College of Music and Dance.
In addition to the comic tangle of plots and counterplots, Falstaff offers up the conflict of the rich versus the servant class, young lovers defying the dictates of their families, and a magical forest complete with dancing sprites.
The staging of the Temple production represents a collaboration with the Peabody Opera Theatre in Baltimore, which presented Falstaff last fall. The two companies pooled their resources and shared sets, costumes and props.
"Given the ever-rising costs of mounting a production, it enables us to present a higher quality product on the stage, in terms of the design values," noted John Douglas, music director for Temple Opera Theater, who will conduct a 46-piece student orchestra from the Boyer College.
The Metropolitan Ballet Academy is providing the dancers.
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"Falstaff was Verdi's last opera, written when he was nearly 80, and he put everything he knew — about music, operatic singing and staging — into it. It's packed with ideas, humor, drama, emotions and a lot of surprises."
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Dont Tax the Recovery
Voices, January 22, 2010
My concern as the head of a U.S. market and a global exchange is that we continue to provide the proper market structure and regulatory framework that will foster connecting good ideas with capital.
Last year, the collective focus among government, markets, and regulators was financial services reform. In the closing days of 2009, the House of Representatives did act on a broad regulatory reform bill patterned on the input from President Obama and his advisors. The resulting bill is not perfect and has attracted criticism over various aspects, but it is a good start. Now, it is the responsibility of the Senate to propose its plan and act quickly to fortify our markets.
Some proposed initiatives threaten to throw sand directly into the gears of our marketplace. One example is the recent proposal by some in Congress for a securities transaction tax as a way to "punish" Wall Street for the excesses of the past decade. To clarify, I'm not speaking of the "TARP tax" or "financial crisis responsibility fee" which the Administration discussed last week but something very different: a tax on all securities transactions that would cause a long term change to functioning markets. This tax would introduce new and unnecessary friction to our markets, markets that functioned well even during the worst of the financial crisis in the fall of 2008.
While the sentiment of disdain for the architects of the Financial Crisis is understandable, the transaction tax will miss the intended victim and hit the American worker and the American investor, at just the wrong time. We are not speaking of a tax on leverage, or on the balance sheet of a bank; this is nothing other than a tax on market liquidity. Raising trading costs hurts market liquidity, and lowering liquidity hurts job producing capital market activity.
Rather than encouraging capital formation, these proposals would damage our equity and ownership culture.
History shows us that past efforts to tax the functioning of the markets have failed. In 1932 when lawmakers were looking about for ways to raise new revenue in the Depression-spawned deficit, they doubled the transaction tax, as well as sharply increasing income tax rates. Many in the markets saw the move as ruinous, but the Revenue Act of 1932 under Hoover was enacted nevertheless. And GDP in 1932 fell about 14% from 1931, with another slight decline in 1933. The unemployment rate remained in the 15 percent range for the rest of the decade. Even though it didn't raise a lot of money it remarkably remained on the books for another 34 years, before disappearing in 1966.
When we speak about the transaction tax, lawmakers are wielding a tool that will slow economic progress.
The international examples where this tax has been tried and failed also offer a strong warning. Consider Sweden, a country NASDAQ knows well since our merger with OMX. In 1984, Sweden introduced a 1 percent transaction tax and then doubled it. By 1990, over 50 percent of the volume of Swedish shares traded in London. The day the tax was announced, the Swedish market fell by 2.2 percent.
Revenues were sharply lower than expected – only about 5 percent of the expected total was derived from the tax on fixed-income securities, for instance. And that tax was only two-thousandths of a percent. Even with such a low level of taxation, bond trading fell 85 percent in the first week – a sign of the lengths to which parties will go to avoid a tax. Futures trading fell by 98 percent.
Fortunately for Sweden, the taxes were abolished in 1991. Now, the Swedish markets are dynamic, innovative, and growing.
To get a further sense of what a transaction tax would do to the markets, look also at China. In 2007, concerned that its markets were overheating, China tripled its 0.1% transaction tax – and the markets fell by 6.9% in only a few hours. Trading stopped for 50 of the CSI 300 benchmark members that hit the limit of a 10% decline. All this shows the lengths to which people will go to avoid a tax -- and the predictable effect a tax would have on trading levels and stock valuations.
Well-functioning markets are fundamental to capital raising. A debated topic in 2009 was the role of "darkness" in the markets, trading that is not subject to the normal, open pricing on a public market. Most commentators from outside the industry reflexively decided that dark markets were bad. But, the answer is more nuanced. It is true that darkness sometimes reflects legitimate trading interests. The innovation, commitment of capital, and participation in the "dark" markets brings value, especially for large institutional orders and for low-volume equities that may have great ideas but little public following. In fact, dark liquidity from dealers improves trading in low-volume stocks by 25 percent.
There is a tipping point beyond where darkness which does not contribute to price discovery can harm the markets, reduce liquidity, and distort the pricing process that should instead offer fair and equal access to all market participants. The SEC recently published a concept release on market structure, a good thing given it has been a decade since we have visited fundamental market structure issues. We look forward to an open, healthy discussion on these topics. While our markets remain the envy of the world, they are not perfect and we take pride in our ability to continually improve.
There was a great deal of discussion in 2009 around dark pools, but, to borrow a phrase from Chairman Gensler of the CFTC, there is a 'dark ocean' out there – the OTC derivatives market.
We also need comprehensive reform in this market, the notional value of which now amounts to $300 trillion, or more than 20 times the size of the American economy.
Given that derivatives contracts have become more standardized since they were introduced a few decades ago, sensible regulation becomes easier. I call on the Congress and Administration to take action on the regulation of OTC derivatives this year.
Each of the issues I have discussed – dark pools, regulation of OTC derivatives, and the transaction tax – share a common theme. How (and whether) we address them will significantly affect the course of the markets.
We need an enlightened regulatory effort that will encourage capital formation and growth. And sustained economic progress will be the best way to ensure the health of the markets.
Bob Greifeld is Chief Executive Officer of The NASDAQ OMX Group, the global operator of exchanges and supplier of market technology. Greifeld assumed leadership of NASDAQ in 2003. This comment was part of remarks made at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on January 21.
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