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I was about to go home when I swung by Tom's Journey. I read there, on the top of his posts, these quotes from the book Red Moon Rising by Pete Grieg and Dave Roberts.
"I feel like God is waiting to see if I am waiting. If he just flooded in with answers and guidance right now, I would not have changed, I would not have learned to wait and trust without the answers and without a roadmap for the future. So I'm glad that God was silent, because I actually want to wait…
I don't necessarily want ease and instant anything any more. I want to be different before I do anything different. So I'm waiting for God, and God is waiting for me to see if I am really waiting for him, and not just wanting things from him."
I am one of those people who has engaged in this game for a very long time. I continuously pray for God to help me on my struggles with a lot of things but sometimes I don't even give Him a chance to speak or even listen to what He has to say. I always go back to what I have been doing and don't take heed on His words. Sometimes we don't get the answers to our prayers because we are so busy looking for the answer ourselves. And if He just gives us what we want, right away, we will never change. We will continuously do what we used to do knowing that God will help us anyway. We just want things from Him, but we won't listen.
But no, God wants us to wait for Him. It's like hearing Him say, "If you won't listen to what I have to say, then you won't get what you ask for". Lol! It just struck me that sometimes, prayers are not answered because we asked. We get the answer to our prayers because we listened. We waited on what the answer would be: would He be giving us what we ask for, or would He be leading us into something that is much better?
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AMID the ruins of World War II, the victorious leaders imagined a global community. These ``United Nations'' would rest on a consensus of two great powers, the United States and the Soviet Union; two no longer so great, Great Britain and France; and one hoping to become great, China. They would lead the way to a brave new world of independence. They would police the world and keep it peaceful. But they had erected their structure on a fault line of ideological antagonism between communism and capitalism, East and West.
They divided the globe into three parts. We were the first world. Stalin reigned in the second world. And the rest was something loosely called the third world, the undeveloped world. The third world became an arena of struggle between first- and second-world superpowers.
In 1989, the Berlin Wall came down, the second world collapsed, and, hooray, our first-world team had won. We were ready to survey the fruits and costs of the cold war. In the 40 years of cold war, the casualties were almost entirely limited to what each superpower did to its own people and its own environment - and to the third world.
We left warring clans with weapons that they could use to kill each other. We have not done much to change the lethal mix of too many people driven to prey on their environment and on each other. Why genocide in Rwanda? Rwanda has the highest population density in Africa. Why does Haiti struggle to survive? Its population is 7 million, expected to double in 18 years.
Before we can imagine a global community, there are some words from our cold-war lexicon that need to be redefined. One is ``aggression,'' which is not just a matter of marching across a border with an army. Aggression can be committed by despoiling an environment and denying people a chance of future livelihood. Another word is ``security,'' which is not safety just against bombs and guns but against the less obvious threats created by pollution and population. Another word is ``violence.'' A child who dies of plague or AIDS dies violently.
If we are to imagine a global community, we must imagine one that can organize against new kinds of aggression and violence into a new kind of collective security. Perhaps we should look to NATO, which is regarded as a great success and needs only a new definition of security to give it a new mission of deterring violence and aggression. I don't care much whether NATO recasts itself or whether some new kind of alliance is created. I care only that an institution be created in which the US can function effectively, dedicated to the cause of human security in a world no longer divided into first, second, and third worlds. Just one world. The Opinion/Essay Page welcomes manuscripts. Authors of articles we accept will be notified by telephone. Authors of articles not accepted will be notified by postcard. Send manuscripts by mail to Opinions/Essays, One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115, by fax to 617 -450-2317, or by Internet E-mail to email@example.com.


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i alluded to this before, but my closet suffers from a condition known as severe wardrobe imbalance. these 5 dresses represent only the tip of my anthro dress collection iceberg, and yet i end up rotating the same like, 4 tops with the same jeans every time i go out to a casual get-together.
i need outfits that i can wear to the store without looking sloppy; pieces that are comfortable, flattering, and age-appropriate. somehow, i got it into my head that it is okay to splurge on a special occasion dress (even if it will only be worn a couple of times!) but bad to succumb to temptation when it comes to basics. really, the opposite makes more sense, since quality matters more in the clothes that we wear day in and day out!
and with that, i have justified my
even though i KNOW i am in need of simpler pieces, anthro's quirkier styling is where my heart truly lies!
anyone else suffer from wardrobe imbalance? any suggestions of places to find cute-but-not-boring high quality basics? i am in need of pants, too, but i think that's worth a whole other post.
journal J has arrived
my planner from everyday happy smile (via ebay) arrived yesterday, just 8 days after i ordered it! that is quite fast for a package coming all the way from korea.
i will definitely do a FULL review, but i think i should probably use it a little bit first before i do. i will say that the paper quality is really nice and this journal has all of the features that were described.
here's a little taste . . .
yay!! i would be lying if i said i WASN'T filled with glee about starting to use this next week. of course, i'll let you all know how it goes!


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Of course, the country will be delighted with its new health care program - even the furious protestors, all of whom will blithely continue to rail against the socialist president - much as those who've come around to deem the Iraq war a debacle seem incapable of reevaluating their early view of war protestors as un-American. And much as many furiously anti-stimulus Republican congressmen proceeded to brag to constituents about the resulting flow of local economic development funds.
This particular dementia is not unique to the right or to any other single group (though it appears that way when one observes across a divide). Rather, it's a deep-seated bug in the human OS. We are easily capable of changing our minds on issues while blithely sticking to an over-arching story. The evidence may change, but the judgement remains in force.
Years ago, a few horrendous assholes swaggered onto the message boards of Chowhound.com and proceeded to post in vast profusion, relentlessly pummeling anyone who dared disagree. We asked them to give others a chance, rather than monopolize every conversation, but their compulsive output continued to spread like kudzu. We expunged the nastiest stuff, and, when they howled with indignation, we begged them to start their own forum...which, praise Jesus, they finally did. Predictably, they used the new forum to prattle on about how they'd been forced out because I'd felt threatened by their superior food knowledge.
But people believed it (a lie oft-repeated becomes truth). And even though these individuals eventually became duly notorious for their "special" qualities, it's amused me that no one ever thought to reexamine the "Leff is a Tyrant" trope they'd worked to circulate.
On the other hand, this psychological issue may represent a "feature" rather than a "bug". If every time we changed an opinion, it involved a major unraveling and reevaluation of our thought systems, it'd be impossible to get on with our lives. And so we retain an irrational but practical ability to insert and retract individual ideas and opinions modularly, without affecting the fundamental structure of our outlook.


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Groupon app update brings support for Android tablets and more
If you're a fan of the coupon/deals app Groupon, the company has issued an update for Android users. The embedded application brings a new universal search feature to make it easier to find deals that are nearby. That improved search functionality allows users to search not only time sensitive local deals but persistent offers that are close by as well.
Groupon says that the new search feature will eventually be made available outside of the United States. Exactly when the search feature will be rolled out to other countries remains to be seen. So far, Groupon has only said that the search feature will be enabled across its entire mobile footprint this year.
Another important new upgrade that comes with the app update is support for tablets. This update marks the first time that the app has been optimized for screens up to 10 inches in size. The Android application also gains support for some new countries including Belgium, Japan, Malaysia, South Africa, and Switzerland.
That means the Android app is now supported in 18 countries. Currently the iPhone app is supported in 42 countries, but Groupon says that it hopes to bring parity between the iPhone and Android app user base by the end of the year. The updated app is available to download now.
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HHS Theatre Presents: The Miracle Worker
HHS Theatre Presents: The Miracle Worker by William Gibson. November 17th and 18th at 7 p.m. General Admision tickets will be sold at the door; $8 for adults and $5 for students
Helen Keller is a bright, strong, energetic child—but left both blind and deaf in the wake of an illness as a baby—she is also a feral, frustrated mystery to her exhausted family. As a last resort, the Kellers send for a governess from the prestigious Perkins Institute for the Blind, and get Annie Sullivan, a lively and stubborn Yankee girl, barely out of school herself, with the experience of childhood blindness—now cured, after numerous operations—and the title of valedictorian her main recommendations.
Driven by the demons of her traumatic past, Annie, the unlikely Miracle Worker, fights to reach Helen and bring light to the darkness of her mind. But faced with the well-meaning pity of the Kellers and the fearful, furious trickery of Helen herself, it will take all of Annie's patience, creativity, and firmness of spirit to bring about the transformation of Helen, the trapped wild creature, into Helen, the brilliant and communicative child she could become.
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TheSelby Gets Deep into Fashion
New Films and Book Dive Deep Into Photographer's Latest Obsession
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Photographer/director/illustrator Todd Selby has made a name for himself capturing creative individuals in their element, in the form of rich, highly detailed portraits that depict the artists, authors, designers and all other sorts of folks who make stuff -- immersed amidst their creations, tools and work spaces.
He's collected his works in a series of books, "The Selby is In Your Place," "Edible Selby" (which focused on chefs) and, very recently, "Fashionable Selby," which visits the workshops of some of the biggest names -- Dries Van Noten, Isabel Marant, Iris van Herpen, and more under the radar talents from the global fashion scene.
He teamed with Mother New York to create the latest volume, a vibrant, beautifully chaotic colllection that combines with Mr. Selby's illustrations, typography and even cut-out dolls. The design of the book was intended to tell two stories -- that of the fashion designers and the worlds that inspire them, and that of Mr. Selby's creative energy and the dialogue he maintains with his subjects.
To accompany the book, Mr. Selby has a directed a series of films that appear on his site, TheSelby.com, featuring color expert Audrey Louise Reynolds, and Tokyo designers Yuma Nakazato, Blackmeans, and, in the film featured here, Yoshikazu Yamagata of Writtenafterwards.


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The Senate Intelligence Committee announced Wednesday that it has reached the conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election with the specific aim of electing President Trump, The Washington Post reports. The report confirms findings by the intelligence community, but conflicts with the conclusions reached by House Republicans in April, which were called "highly partisan" and "incomplete" by former CIA Director John Brennan.
The Senate committee additionally released some 2,000 pages of documents related to a heavily-scrutinized meeting between Trump campaign officials and a Kremlin-linked lawyer at Trump Tower, although Wednesday's report does not weigh in either way on the question of if the Trump team colluded with Russia. Such a determination will come in the Senate's final report.
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said in a statement that "there is no doubt Russia undertook an unprecedented effort to interfere with our 2016 elections." The dispute between the House and Senate GOP "sets up a clash … over which record of events is most accurate," The Washington Post writes. Jeva Lange
Actor Javier Bardem decries the 'public lynching' of Woody Allen and says he'd work with him again
Many of Woody Allen's past collaborators have distanced themselves from him, but at least one has now come to his defense.
Javier Bardem, who starred in Allen's 2008 film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, said at the Lumière Film Festival this week that the filmmaker is a "genius" and that he'd "work with him tomorrow," Variety reported Wednesday. He also warned that "public accusations are very dangerous."
Allen's adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, has accused him of sexually assaulting her in 1992 when she was seven years old. Allen denies the allegation, and New York State's Department of Social Services at the time said they found "no credible evidence" to support it, per The New York Times. Farrow stood by her claim in 2014, and her brother, investigative journalist Ronan Farrow, has said his sister's allegation is credible. Although the claim against Allen has been public knowledge for years, the #MeToo movement has spurred many actors who have worked with him to publicly announce they would not do so again, including Michael Caine, Colin Firth, and Greta Gerwig.
Bardem, however, equates this to a "public lynching" of Allen, writes The Hollywood Reporter. He says that if Allen were found guilty in a court of law, things would be different, but for now, "nothing has changed."
Whether Bardem would actually have the chance to work with Allen again remains to be seen, however. The director's latest movie may not be released at all, as several cast members have expressed regret about working on it and donated their salaries to charity. The New York Post reports that Allen has yet to secure financing for any future movies. Brendan Morrow
President Trump appears to be hoping Texas voters have forgotten about the 2016 Republican primaries.
On Twitter Wednesday, the president expressed his support for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) after watching his debate with Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke, saying that Cruz has actually "long had my Strong Endorsement!"
This comment seems to raise some questions about how Trump defines "long." Trump famously gave the Texas senator the nickname "Lyin' Ted" back in 2016, accused his father of being involved in the plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy, and tweeted out a picture of his wife while threatening to "spill the beans" about her, per CNN. Their feud was even more vicious than that of typical political rivals. Cruz called Trump a "sniveling coward" and refused to endorse him when he spoke at the Republican National Convention, prompting viewers to boo him off the stage.
Trump's attacks on Cruz, in fact, were so brutal that O'Rourke borrowed them during the debate, saying the "Lyin' Ted" nickname stuck "because it's true." Brendan Morrow
Congressional Republicans are once again distancing themselves from a shocking tweet made by President Trump.
After Trump referred to adult film star Stormy Daniels as "
Several other GOP members of Congress have also criticized Trump for this comment against Daniels, who claims she had an affair with Trump in 2006. Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) responded to the tweet by saying, "that's not the way men act," while Rep. Ryan Costello (R-Pa.) said that the insult was "unbecoming of any man, let alone the POTUS." Even Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), typically an ardent Trump defender, felt the tweet went too far, saying that although Trump may be "a street fighter," he's "also the president." Watch Ryan's comments to CBS below. Brendan Morrow
.@SpeakerRyan on President Trump's "horeseface" tweet: There's no place for that. There's no place for that kind of language. He should not have said that. pic.twitter.com/R4Ikz3IsPV
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Mitch McConnell blames the soaring deficit on Medicare and Social Security, not the GOP tax cuts
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) "single biggest regret of my time in Congress," he told Bloomberg News on Tuesday, is "our failure to address the entitlement issue." McConnell said that the mushrooming federal deficit, which the Treasury Department just said grew to $779 billion last fiscal year — 77 percent higher than when McConnell became majority leader in 2015 — is "very disturbing," but he blamed Medicare and Social Security spending, not the $1.5 trillion tax cut he steered through last year.
"I think it's pretty safe to say that entitlement changes, which is the real driver of the debt by any objective standard, may well be difficult if not impossible to achieve when you have unified government," McConnell said. Because cutting Social Security and Medicare are politically toxic, he added, it will be "very difficult to do entitlement reform, and we're talking about Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid," while Republicans run everything. While top GOP lawmakers have recently proposed cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid to shrink the deficit, Democrats reiterated Tuesday that they won't be on board if they win one or both houses of Congress.
When advocating for the tax cuts last December, McConnell predicted they would at least pay for themselves due to stronger growth. The White House blamed the ballooning deficits on stagnant tax revenue and higher spending. "Business tax revenue fell sharply in the first nine months of this year because tax rates were cut under last year's law," The Washington Post notes. "McConnell blamed the recent run-up in the deficit on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, but there haven't been policy changes in those programs to explain the major run-up in the debt in the past two years. The bigger changes have instead been bipartisan agreements to remove spending caps on things such as the military, and last year's tax cut." Peter Weber
It seems Idris Elba has landed his next role. It's not James Bond, but for musical fanatics, it's equally iconic.
Elba is reportedly in talks to join the cast of Cats, the new movie adaptation of the popular (and incredibly bizarre) Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. He'd be playing Macavity, who is essentially the story's villain, per Deadline. In the long-running musical, a group of cats gathers together to decide which of them will be sent to a sort of cat heaven referred to as the "Heaviside Layer."
The Cats movie already had a fairly random lineup of cast members including Taylor Swift, Ian McKellen, Jennifer Hudson, and James Corden. Tom Hooper, whose filmography includes the Oscar-nominated 2012 adaptation of Les Misérables, will direct, and Steven Spielberg will
It's certainly a great time to be an Elba fan, as he's also currently filming the Fast & Furious spinoff
Robert Mueller will reportedly issue reports on Trump and Russian collusion, obstruction after midterms
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and any involvement by the Trump campaign is still chugging along, quietly, but "Mueller is expected to issue findings on core aspects of his Russia probe soon after the November midterm elections as he faces intensifying pressure to produce more indictments or shut down his investigation," Bloomberg News reported early Wednesday, citing two U.S. officials. "Specifically, Mueller is close to rendering judgment on two of the most explosive aspects of his inquiry," whether there is clear evidence of collusion, and whether Trump tried to obstruct justice.
If Mueller does issue those reports, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein may still prevent them from being sent to Congress or made public. Rosenstein has been privately pressuring Mueller to wrap up his investigation as quickly as possible, and President Trump has been doing so publicly, Bloomberg reports, but a lot could change after the Nov. 6 elections: Notably, Rosenstein and/or Attorney General Jeff Sessions could be gone, giving Mueller a new boss, and Democrats could win control of one or both houses of Congress, changing the political calculus in Washington.
"That suggests the days and weeks immediately after the Nov. 6 election may be the most pivotal time since Mueller took over the Russia investigation almost a year and a half ago," Bloomberg says. "So far, Mueller has secured more than two dozen indictments or guilty pleas. ... And because Mueller's investigation has been proceeding quietly, out of the public eye, it's possible there have been other major developments behind the scenes." Former federal prosecutors say Mueller appears in no hurry to close up shop and probably has several important leads he is still nailing down. You can read more about what Mueller may be up to Bloomberg News. Peter Weber
A Trump political appointee has been named to oversee investigations of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has told his staff that Suzanne Israel Tufts, a political appointee at HUD, has been named acting inspector general of the Interior Department. The role of internal watchdog at federal agencies is traditionally nonpartisan, and the Interior Department's inspector general's office has several investigations ongoing into conduct by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, making the installation of a political appointee all the more unusual, The Washington Post reports.
That's not the only strange thing about Tufts' apparent appointment. The Interior Department's Office of Inspector General said it "has received no official communication about any leadership changes," and an Interior Department spokeswoman, Faith Vander Voort, referred questions to the White House, noting that the inspector general "is a presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed position, which would be announced by the White House." The White House has not announced Tufts' nomination and did not respond to the Post's request for comment. A HUD spokesman said Tufts was on temporary loan to Interior, but Carson described her departure as permanent.
Tufts is a lawyer from Queens with no experience in government oversight; when she was hired at HUD, she replaced a career official who had objected to Carson's costly office makeover, the Post reports. The current acting Interior inspector general, Mary Kendall, is a longtime government lawyer who has served as deputy inspector general since 1999. She took over as acting inspector general in 2009; President Barack Obama nominated her to serve as inspector general but the Senate never voted on it.
Kendall's investigations of Zinke include a Montana land-investment deal involving the chairman of Halliburton and a foundation tied to Zinke and his wife, Lola; Lola Zinke's government travel with her husband; a casino project blocked after Zinke met with MGM Resorts International lobbyists; and whether the shrunken boundaries for Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument were drawn to benefit a Utah Republican state lawmaker. Peter Weber


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Orange Central is a perfect time to celebrate the accomplishments of our alumni and students. The Syracuse University Alumni Association and the Office of Alumni Engagement take this opportunity to present the following awards to those whose achievements are truly exceptional.
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Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc.
Woof! Woof! Happy Friday! We will check it out. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
Beautiful Paintings. Hope they do well.
Stay out of Earl's way.
Hamish & Sophie
What an awesome subject and incredible 'lighting'!
Sending lotsaluv
Well that looks like someone I know! :)
Soooooo GReat!
Happy FrEYEday!
We will sneak that plastic thingy out of the drawer tonight after the humans go to sleep, and place a bid. Don't tell them, it would spoil the surprise.
Mogley G. Retriever
That is one gorgeous painting - oh my. I went to see his other paintings too - they are stunningly beautiful - what an artist! We were recently in the Tahoe area camping and thought of you all - hope you are not in the path of Earl.
Big Hugs xoxoxo
Sammie and family
Have not heard from you in a while, just wondering how things are in Bumpass???
Hope all is OK in Bumpass-land. We have missed you.
Gussie n Teka
(teka says she misses the Boru jokes)
We have started our paws going voting for Almost Heaven rescue in the new shelter challange.
Hamish & Sophie
Hi Y'all! You've been kinda quiet lately. Y'all do such great stuff sharing all you do for pups that I wanted to give you an award. When y'all get a chance, stop by and pick it up at http://browndogcbr.blogspot.com/
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We keep stopping by to see if you are back. We miss you. Most of all, we hope you all are okay.
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Kolobeng continued—lake 'Ngami.
Koboleng failing through drought—Sebituane's country and the Lake 'Ngami—Livingstone sets out with Messrs. Oswell and Murray—Rivers Zouga and Tamanak'le—Old ideas of the interior revolutionized—Enthusiasm of Livingstone—Discovers Lake 'Ngami—Obliged to return—Prize from Royal Geographical Society—Second expedition to the lake, with wife and children—Children attacked by fever—Again obliged to return—Conviction as to healthier spot beyond—Idea of finding passage to sea either west or east—Birth and death of a child—Family visits Kuruman—Third expedition, again with family—He hopes to find a new locality—Perils of the journey—He reaches Sebituane—The Chief's illness and death—Distress of Livingstone—Mr. Oswell and he go on to Linyanti—Discovery of the Upper Zambesi—No locality found for settlement—More extended journey necessary—He returns—Birth of Oswell Livingstone—Crisis in Livingstone's life—His guiding principles—New plans—The Makololo begin to practice slave-trade—New thoughts about commerce—Letters to Directors—The Bakwains—Pros and cons of his new plan—His unabated missionary zeal—He goes with his family to the Cape—His literary activity.
From the Cape to Linyanti.
Unfavorable feeling at Cape Town—Departure of Mrs. Livingstone and children—Livingstone's detention and difficulties—Letter to his wife—to Agnes—Occupations at Cape Town—The Astronomer-Royal—Livingstone leaves the Cape and reaches Kuruman—Destruction of Kolobeng by the Boers—Letters to his wife and Rev. J. Moore—His resolution to open up Africa or perish—Arrival at Linyanti—Unhealthiness of the country—Thoughts on setting out for coast—Sekeletu's kindness—Livingstone's missionary activity—Death of Mpepe, and of his father—Meeting with Ma-mochisane—Barotse country—Determines to go to Loanda—Heathenism unadulterated—Taste for the beautiful—Letter to his children—to his father—Last Sunday at Linyanti—Prospect of his failing.
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Jazz 97, Timberwolves 93
MINNEAPOLIS -- It took a while, but the Utah Jazz finally arrived at Target Center on Wednesday night.
Early in the second quarter, the Jazz -- perhaps a bit hung over from Tuesday's home victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder -- finally woke up from a quarter-long offensive stupor to assert themselves.
Led by 21 points by Paul Millsap, 20 from Al Jefferson and 11 from DeMarre Carroll, the Jazz shrugged off a 5-for-20 first quarter to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 97-93 in the final game for each team before the All-Star break.
The Jazz (30-24) enter the break on a two-game winning streak. The Wolves (19-31) enter it having lost 16 of 19 games.
Minnesota had three players record double-doubles: guard Ricky Rubio (18 points, 10 assists), Derrick Williams (24 points, career-high 16 rebounds) and Nikola Pekovic (19 points, 13 rebounds). Luke Ridnour scored 18.
Slow start? Utah's 10 first-quarter points were the least by a Wolves opponent this season. However, once the Jazz got back into the game, they were hard to stop. Utah led by two at halftime and by five after the third quarter.
The Jazz asserted control with less than two minutes left in the third quarter. Ridnour hit two free throws with 1:52 left in the quarter to give the Wolves a 61-60 lead. Utah finished the quarter on an 8-2 run, then started the fourth on an 8-3 run to go up by 10.
Minnesota had one more run left. Down 90-77, Pekovic scored, then Williams had a three-pointer and a dunk, the latter coming with 1:03 left, cutting Utah's lead to 90-84.
After a Jazz turnover, Rubio fed Pekovic for a layup with 50 seconds left that cut the lead to four. Following two free throws by Earl Watson, Pekovic scored again with 25.8 seconds left to make it a four-point game.
Millsap made one of two free throws, and then Millsap fouled Williams on a 3-point attempt. Williams made all three free throws with 19.3 left to pull the Wolves within two. However, Minnesota couldn't get closer than that. Utah's Randy Foye made four free throws down the stretch, the last two with 4.1 seconds left.
Minnesota led 17-10 after one, thanks to seven points by Ridnour. The Wolves ended the quarter on a 13-2 run, which went to 16-2 on J.J. Barea's 3-pointer early in the second that gave the home team a 20-10 lead.
But the Jazz, finding its rhythm, responded with a 14-0 run to take a 24-20 lead on Millsap's two free throws.
From then through halftime, it was back and forth, with the Jazz leading 42-40 entering the third.
NOTES: With the NBA trade deadline nearing, Wolves coach Rick Adelman said he hopes his team looks hard at deals that could make the squad better, with an emphasis on long-term improvement rather than a short-term bandage. "I think, when healthy, we have a good core group," Adelman said. He added that shooting and size at guard are priorities. ... Jazz swingman Gordon Hayward missed his 10th game with a shoulder issue. He is expected to return to practice after the All-Star break. ... Wolves forward Andrei Kirilenko missed his fifth game with a quad strain, but he is expected back after the break. ... Minnesota guard J.J. Barea continues to play despite a sprained left foot. "Just got to get through this one tonight," he said before Wednesday's game, "go to Puerto Rico, put it in some hot water, hot sand and I'll be back ready to go."


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Tidbits from the 2013 Annual Report of the BC Court of Appeal
There are a couple of interesting tidbits regarding legal information issues in the 2013 Annual Report of the British Columbia Court of Appeal.
The Court's Library Committee reports that in light of increasing costs the Judges' Library has either cancelled subscriptions outright, or reduced the number of subscriptions, for 36 looseleaf publications.
The Report sets out the Court's practice with respect to neutral citations and publication of judgments, as follows:
All reserve judgments are given a neutral citation and are posted on the Court's website. All oral judgments of a division are transcribed, given a neutral citation, and posted on the website. Oral chambers judgments are transcribed and placed in the Court file. All oral judgments can be found in Court Services Online (CSO) attached as a document to the Court of Appeal file. Oral chambers judgments are available to counsel or parties upon request, but are not given a neutral citation or posted on the website unless they are considered to be of precedential value.


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Concepts Foundation supports charitable programs which provide educational, vocational, psychological and social, rehabilitation services which combat social problems, including addictive disorders, poverty, homelessness and unemployment.
Concepts Foundation is committed to pro-social change by supporting programs and organizations that provide social rehabilitation services for disfranchised families, men, women and children. Concepts Foundation funds innovative programs that help individuals and families deal with homelessness, unemployment, addictive disorders, mental illness, medical problems and other impediments to self-sufficiency.
Concepts Foundation was created in 2004 by Dr. Sushma D. Taylor along with a distinguished group of concernd citizens interested in conducting philanthropic activities to support charitable programs that will promote the development of services for underserved communities, individuals and families by improving quality of life, self worth and dignity and promoting personal and social responsibility.
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World percussionist and two-time Helen Hayes Award winner for Outstanding Sound Design Tom Teasley performs for one night only at Virginia MOCA. Tom plays his original score live to accompany the 1926 German animated fairytale film, The Adventures of Prince Achmed. Based on stories from the Arabian Nights, a wicked socerer tricks Prince Achmed into riding a magical flying horse, which he used to embark on many adventures. While traveling he falls in love with the beautiful Princess Peri Banu, and must defeat an army of demons to win her heart.
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FAQs: The New eSignature Process
Q: What does KBA stand for?
A: KBA stands for Knowledge-Based Authentication. When you prepare an eSignature package containing a Form 8879 to send to your client, the IRS requires a KBA to be performed. A third-party vendor asks a series of questions that must be answered by your clients in 5 minutes to verify their identity.
Q: I'm preparing a married filing jointly tax return. Will I be charged $5 for the taxpayer and $5 for the spouse upon a successful eSignature completion?
A: The charge is based on a per-authorization transmission bundle, rather than per-individual taxpayer, and only applies upon a successful eSignature. So whether the 1040 return is single or joint, the fee is $5.
Q: My taxpayer and spouse share an email address. Will that be a problem?
A: Yes. Both the taxpayer and spouse must have a unique email address, as they'll each receive their own email for identity verification purposes.
Q: If I send a state Form 8879, will I be charged an additional $5?
A: If a state return authorization is included in the same envelope that you send to your client for their signature, it's a single $5 fee. However, if you send federal Form 8879 for authorization to your client, get a successful signature back, and then separately send a second eSignature package with one or more state authorizations, that would indeed trigger an additional $5 fee.
Q: Is there anything I can give to my client to help with this process?
A: Yes! We have an Overview of the eSignature Process document available on our Marketing Tools page. This Microsoft Word document, which can be customized with your firm information, walks your client through the eSignature process to ensure successful signature completion.
Q: How can I track the eSignature envelopes?
A: On the 2014 UltraTax CS home page, you'll find an eSignature Status Live section that presents the client ID, name, product, type (organizer or return), date, and the current status at our Thomson Reuters data center. In addition, Form 8879 (and its state equivalent) signature statuses are tracked in the UltraTax CS Electronic Filing Status utility. Select Utilities > Electronic Filing Status.
Q: After sending an eSignature envelope, a change in the return is needed. How do I revoke an eSignature transmission?
A: On the 2014 UltraTax CS home page, in eSignature Status Live section, adjust the horizontal scroll bar to the right so the Date column header is visible. Click on the Date column header to sort the most recent eSignatures. Scroll left to see the Client ID column and locate the eSignature that needs to be revoked. Scroll right to the last column, Status at Thomson Reuters data center, and click the Revoke link next to Electronic Signature Sent.
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"Tabula Rasa" is Lost's first Kate-centric episode and one of the better episodes featuring her character. It holds up surprisingly well considering that we've learned so much about the circumstances surrounding Kate's criminal past over the years. One of the fears I had with giving this show a second look was that the "mystery" wouldn't be there the second time around. Well, the mystery really isn't there, but now I find myself focusing far more on the process and how the showrunners crafted their mythology.
After a short scene with Jack discovering that Kate is the owner of the handcuffs, we pick up with Sayid and crew discussing the 'French Woman's' signal and whether or not they should tell the others. This is the first time we see the group splinter as Sayid suggests that they don't tell everyone else about the signal. This is obviously the right decision and prevents panic from spreading to the rest of the group. However, while this decision won't have much in the way of repercussions in the future, this way of thinking eventually causes trouble down the road.
In Kate's first flashback, we meet-up with her in Australia, already on the run from the law. She meets a sweet old man named Ray Mullen (Nick Tate) who lets her work on his farm for a place to stay and a little extra spending cash. Sadly, things go down hill as Ray, who has a substantial mortgage to think about, sells Kate out to US Marshal Edward Mars. After the reveal last week that the handcuffs belonged to Kate, this did a good job of adding a bit of substance to her character. The key here is her successful effort to save Ray from the burning truck instead of evading Mars and capture. It's one scene, but it speaks volumes about her character. Later, it's revealed that she wanted to ensure Ray still received his reward for her capture. This is a great start to the mystery surrounding Kate's criminal background and whether or not the rest of the group should trust her.
Jack's attempts to save Ed Mars are for naught as the antibiotics are simply not working and there is nothing left for him to do. This leads to a great scene in the plane's fuselage between Sawyer and Jack. Sawyer suggests, in his cavalier way, that Jack stop thinking like he's still in civilization and start considering that he may have to do the unthinkable to put an end to Mars' suffering. It's their first real encounter with each other and does a great job of conveying the contrast between these two characters.
Later, at the request of Mars himself, Sawyer uses the final bullet he has to end Mars' suffering. This is a terribly frightening moment that has stuck in my memory to this day. Hearing Mars cry in agony as we learn that Sawyer's attempt to end his life was unsuccessful is something that isn't easily forgotten. It's a fantastic character moment for both Sawyer and Jack. This added an incredible amount of depth to Sawyer's character, who awkwardly began fumbling his cigarette after he realized what he had done. The tough guy front that we had seen so far is completely ripped away for a moment and a bit of the Sawyer we get to know in later seasons shines through. As for Jack, we are left to assume that he euthanized Mars and finally ended his suffering. His vacant stare and cold sweat after leaving the tent tell us all we really need to know.


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Roboto Regular V2
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Velino Sans W01 Cd Book Italic
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SF Intoxicated Blues V1
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Danny Dyer lands Sexiest Male nomination
- Bang Showbiz
- 28 April 2014
Danny Dyer is up for Sexiest Male at the British Soap Awards next month. The 'EastEnders' newcomer will go up against 'Corrie's Ryan Thomas in the category
Danny Dyer has been shortlisted for Sexiest Male at the British Soap Awards.
The 'EastEnders' newcomer, who joined the show as pub landlord Mick Carter last December, is among the five soap hunks nominated for the Sexiest Male prize at this year's TV awards ceremony, which takes place next month.
Danny will compete against 'Hollyoaks' stars Danny Mac and Ashley Taylor Dawson, 'Coronation Street' bad boy Ryan Thomas and 'Emmerdale' actor Matthew Wolfenden.
Michelle Keegan - a five-time winner in the Sexiest Female category - is once again shortlisted for the prize along with fellow 'Coronation Street' beauty Georgia May Foote, Jacqueline Jossa from 'EastEnders' and 'Hollyoaks' stars Jennifer Metcalfe and Jorgie Porter.
Former 'Corrie' star Julie Hesmondhalgh leads the nominations for Best Actress following the demise of her best-loved character Hayley Cropper in January. Julie will compete against Lindsey Coulson and Lacey Turner from 'EastEnders', and Stephanie Davis and Nikki Sanderson from 'Hollyoaks'
Soap fans will decide the winners of six of the categories - including Sexiest Male and Female, Best Villain, Best Actor and Actress and Soap of the Year - while a panel of judges will decide the other ten categories.
The British Soap Awards, hosted by Phillip Schofield, will air on ITV next month.
The British Soap Awards shortlist:
Viewer voted categories:
Best British Soap
- 'Coronation Street'
- 'Doctors'
- 'EastEnders'
- 'Emmerdale'
- 'Hollyoaks'
Sexiest Male
- Ryan Thomas (Coronation Street)
- Danny Dyer (EastEnders)
- Matthew Wolfenden (Emmerdale)
- Danny Mac (Hollyoaks)
- Ashley Taylor Dawson (Hollyoaks)
Sexiest Female
- Michelle Keegan (Coronation Street)
- Georgia May Foote (Coronation Street)
- Jacqueline Jossa (EastEnders)
- Jorgie Porter (Hollyoaks)
- Jennifer Metcalfe (Hollyoaks)
Villain of the Year
- Charlie Brooks - Janine Butcher (EastEnders)
- Dominic Power - Cameron Murray (Emmerdale)
- Jesse Birdsall - Fraser Black (Hollyoaks)
- Anna Passey - Sienna Blake (Hollyoaks)
- Greg Wood - Trevor Royle (Hollyoaks)
Best Actor
- David Neilson - Roy Cropper (Coronation Street)
- Danny Dyer - Mick Carter (EastEnders)
- Jeff Hordley - Cain Dingle (Emmerdale)
- Kieron Richardson - Ste Hay (Hollyoaks)
- Jeremy Sheffield - Patrick Blake (Hollyoaks)
Best Actress
- Julie Hesmondhalgh - Hayley Cropper (Coronation Street)
- Lindsey Coulson - Carol Jackson (EastEnders)
- Lacey Turner - Stacey Branning (EastEnders)
- Stephanie Davis - Sinead Roscoe (Hollyoaks)
- Nikki Sanderson - Maxine Minniver (Hollyoaks)
Panel voted categories:
Best Comedy Performance
- Simon Gregson - Steve McDonald (Coronation Street)
- Sarah Moyle - Valerie Pitman (Doctors)
- Linda Henry - Shirley Carter (EastEnders)
- Laura Norton - Kerry Wyatt (Emmerdale)
- Dan Tetsell - Jim McGinn (Hollyoaks)
Best Dramatic Performance
- David Neilson - Roy Cropper (Coronation Street)
- Chris Walker - Rob Hollins (Doctors)
- Lindsey Coulson - Carol Jackson (EastEnders)
- Charley Webb - Debbie Dingle (Emmerdale)
- Stephanie Davis - Sinead Roscoe (Hollyoaks)
Best Young Performance
- Alex Bain - Simon Barlow (Coronation Street)
- Oliver Woollford - Tim Finlayson (Doctors)
- Mimi Keene - Cindy Williams (EastEnders)
- Joe Warren-Plant - Jacob Gallagher (Emmerdale)
- Ellis Hollins - Tom Cunningham (Hollyoaks)
Best Newcomer
- Amy Kelly - Maddie Heath (Coronation Street)
- Maddy Hill - Nancy Carter (EastEnders)
- Michael Parr - Ross Barton (Emmerdale)
- Charlie Clapham - Freddie Roscoe (Hollyoaks)
Best On-Screen Partnership
- David Neilson and Julie Hesmondhalgh - Roy and Hayley Cropper (Coronation Street)
- Danielle Henry and Lu Corfield - Mandy Marquez and Lois Wilson (Doctors)
- Kellie Bright and Danny Dyer - Linda and Mick Carter (EastEnders)
- Charlie Hardwick and Chris Chittell - Val and Eric Pollard (Emmerdale)
- Jennifer Metcalfe and Joseph Thompson - Mercedes McQueen and Dr Paul Browning (Hollyoaks)
Best Storyline
- Hayley's cancer (Coronation Street)
- Jas stalking (Doctors)
- Hello Stacey, goodbye Janine (EastEnders)
- Killer Cameron (Emmerdale)
- Sienna steals Nancy's life (Hollyoaks)
Spectacular Scene of the Year
- Nick and David's car crash (Coronation Street)
- Opening of Austenland (Doctors)
- Johnny comes out to Mick (EastEnders)
- The Woolpack flood and siege (Emmerdale)
- Hollyoaks blast (Hollyoaks)
Best Single Episode
- Hayley's death (Coronation Street)
- 'Perfect' (Doctors)
- Lucy's death - the aftermath (EastEnders)
- The Woolpack siege (Emmerdale)


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Im 34 weeks, cramping between mylegs in the tendons by my wohoo. Norm?
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When ever i walk too much, for example, from one end of the house to the other maybe three times i start cramping between my legs in the tendons that are right next to my you know what. and if i dare walk anymore or anything that deals with standing up it start hurting like hell. is this normal at 34 1/2 weeks? this has been going on now for like three weeks or less. and another thing if it matters i have been carrying this baby low the whole pregnancy. this is my third pregnancy. please someone shine some light on this for me lol
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Just saw my doctor yesterday and he said that it is from my baby dropping its head into the canal. Its my first baby and im only34 weeks and 5 days today. I've already lost a lil mucus from the mucus plug and they think I am going to deliver at around 37 weeks due to the way the baby is and its size. I also am already dialated to 3 cm so we will see... but just make sure u talk to you doctor. Before he checked for the dialated cervix the doctor told me about the nerve that is explained in the above post, but then when he saw the dialation he told me that is what it is from...Hope u feel better and that everything goes just fine!
You and I are in the same boat. I've been going through this since like 27 weeks when my tummy started shifting down. my doctor said there are excrection ducts that help a woman function normally that run down our legs to our woohoo's. These ducts can become swollen due to the baby and the position of your belly. Apply ice when you feel swelling, massage the area to help ease the tension. If you feel the cramping, just stop and stretch it as much as you can. Wearing a maternity belt can also help get the baby up off the area. I hate wearing mine, because it's not the most comfortable thing in the world, but I have to admit it helps a lot! I also have a belly band that helps too (Old Navy, Target, Motherhood Maternity all sell them). The way you are carrying the pregnancy definitely matters and I'm on #3 too, so stuff is definitely stretched out. I cramp up so bad sometimes, I just have to lay out on the floor and relax until the cramp eases before I can go any further. (I'm 32 weeks yesterday). Try the maternity support belt - it will help a lot. :)
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OSHKOSH, Wis. — Wearing safety glasses and with Elmer's Glue in hand, second-grader Julia Bock layered fingernail-sized brown and tan pieces of glass on top of each other, shaping her light brown hair in a self-portrait during art class at Washington School in Oshkosh.
"It looks more like hair that way," the 8-year-old said, explaining her creative process as she dropped another dot of glue on a blue background.
Bock and her classmates were in just one of the school's kindergarten through fifth grade classes creating self-portraits out of glass, which will later be fused together as a school portrait. About 300 pieces made by students and staff will make up "Faces in Glass: A Washington School Family Portrait Mural," which will hang in the school's lobby for years to come.
The project reinforces the idea that the school is one big family and everyone is an important part of it, Washington School Art Specialist JoAnn Keen told Oshkosh Northwestern Media (http://oshko.sh/1mRLDL3). It builds community connections and strengthens the ties between students, teachers and families.
The school-wide art project was a collaboration between Keen and Jenna Larson, a glass artist and educator with 15 years of experience with the medium.
"I love the thought of kids working with glass," Larson said, adding that children and glass aren't usually thought to be a good combination. "When you teach them how to use it and how to respect it, they use it as a medium."
Students worked diligently in a calm and quiet classroom Friday, each creating their own artistic reflection of what they look like. They chose from an assortment of colorful, rectangular-shaped backgrounds, circles in different shades for faces and pieces of all shapes and sizes to add as much detail as they liked.
Jedediah Larson-Poeschl, Jenna Larson's 8-year-old son and a student in the class, chose bright blue circles to make his eyes, while a girl a few tables over used a glass nippers to cut a piece smaller.
Maddilyn Selner grabbed a yellow piece with her thumb and index finger — abiding by the safety rule for handling glass — to represent the color of the shirt she was wearing, and Jackson Todd made the freckles on his face out of bits of glass glitter.
"Do you like it?" he said, proudly holding it up.
If the noise levels began to rise, Larson simply raised her hands and the students followed suit, taking a deep breath together before calmly returning to their work.
The collaboration with Larson gave the students an experience they wouldn't have had otherwise, Keen said. The two plan to do similar projects in the future.
"Not only is (Larson) an artist, but she has a degree in art education," Keen said. "We're so lucky to have her here."
Throughout the four-week project students learned about the history, science and art of glass, as well as how to safely use the tools and materials. They explored their sense of self while gaining knowledge about line, shape, collage, realism, color and a variety of other artistic concepts. They will reflect on and write about their experience at the end of the project.
In May the finished mural will be unveiled during the school's family night, sponsored by the 21st Century Community Learning Center and Lighted School House.
The project was funded by the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation, SAGE funds, which provide funding for reduced class sizes at schools with high poverty rates, the Washington School Student Council and art budget, and largely by SOAR, or Special Opportunities for Artists in Residence, which provides funding to bring artists, writers and performers to Oshkosh Area School District classrooms.
"Without (SOAR) we would have never been able to do it," Keen said.
Washington School Principal Susan Martin said the art project is a great opportunity for the students to leave a lasting piece at their school.
"It's fantastic," Martin said, echoing Keen's words of gratitude to SOAR. "I think it makes it extra special that the artist happens to be one of our own Washington moms and is a Washington alumni."
Martin said she hopes students take away from the project that though they might look different or come from different places, they all belong to the Washington school family.
"It's awesome and I love that all of the kids gets to put their faces (in it)," she said. "That our whole school family will be on the wall and... that all of us get to play a part."
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James K Galbraith: Wall Street so riddled with fraud, it's beyond repair
October 3rd, 2011
So it was endemic fraud and the collapse of the rule of law—not global imbalances or government and regulatory failure—that destroyed the financial system. In a keynote speech given at the Post Keynes conference in Denmark earlier this year, the Keynesian economist James K. Galbraith of the L.B.J. School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and head of the university's Inequality Project argued as much. Here are some edited highlights of the speech. Image: WilliamBanzai7
Two years ago, you may recall, our profession enjoyed a moment of ferment. Economists who had built their careers on inflation targeting, … the efficient markets hypothesis, … the virtues of deregulation and privatization and the Great Moderation were forced by events momentarily to shut up. The fact that they had been … wrong even imposed a little humility on a few. The apogee of this moment was the publication in the New York Times Sunday Magazine of Paul Krugman's essay, "How Did Economists Get It So Wrong." In it Krugman admitted that:-
"a few economists challenged the assumption of rational behavior, questioned the belief that financial markets can be trusted and pointed to the long history of financial crises that had devastating economic consequences. But they were swimming against the tide, unable to make much headway against a pervasive and, in retrospect, foolish complacency."
In keeping with mainstream practice, Krugman named almost nobody. So in a reply essay entitled "Who Are These Economists Anyway?" I described the neglected, ignored or denied second- and third-generation work, mostly but not entirely in the tradition of Keynes, who did get it right …
Hyman Minsky developed an economics of financial instability … that it puts finance at the center of economics … for the simple reason that capitalist economies are run by banks …
What you cannot get – not at a meeting at the IMF, not from the participants at INET – is any serious discussion of contract, law and fraud. I know, because I've tried. No one will deny the role of fraud in the financial debacle – how could they? But they won't discuss it either. Why not? Personal complicity plays a role, among present and former government officials, regulators, consultants and the academic ideologues who advised them and those either played the markets or took fees from those who did.
… There is a vast web of negligence and culpability here, deeply abetted by the way universities (and especially business schools) are funded and by what they teach.
But it's more than any of that. The commodity is the foundation-stone of conventional economics. The theory of exchange requires the commodification of tradable artifacts. Without that, there is no supply and demand. A world of contracts, each backed by a separate and distinct set of promises, each only as good as the commitments specifically made the ability of the laws and courts to enforce them, is a different sort of world altogether. Just because you can call a set of such contracts "collateralized debt obligations" or "credit default swaps" – and just because you can create something called an "exchange" to trade them on, it does not make them into commodities with a meaningful "market price."
Complexity defeats the market. With infinite variability in principle, and in practice more distinct features than one can keep up with, in great volume, contracts of these kinds are per se hyper-vulnerable to fraud. Examples range from the New Jersey phone company that printed made-up fees on its bills, to the fact that almost no one at AIG realized that the CDS contracts they were selling contained a cash-collateral clause. They range from the unnoticed provisions permitting CDO managers to substitute worse for better mortgages in previously-sold packages without notifying the investors, to the Mortgage Electronic Registration System and the pervasive incentive to document fraud in the foreclosure process.
The concession that "fraud was present" is like the phrase "Minsky Moment:" though true it doesn't begin to cover the case. Even to say that "fraud overwhelmed the system" doesn't go far enough. Read the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Report, the Report of the Senate Permanent Committee on Investigations, the many reports of the Congressional Oversight Panel and the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Fund.
It's plain as day: fraud was not a bug, but a feature. The word itself, along with "abusive," "egregious," "reckless" and even "criminogenic," suffuses these reports.
… The financial world as it exists has nothing to do with the commodity world of real-exchange economics, with its delicate balance of interacting forces. It is the world of technology in the form of quasi- mass-produced legal instruments, of uncontrolled complexity. It is the world of evolutionary specialization, in the never-ending dance of predator and prey. In nature when the predators achieve an overwhelming advantage the prey suffer a population crash, from which the predators in turn suffer later on. In economics, it's a financial crash — but the dynamics are essentially the same.
Corporate fraud is not new. Financial fraud is also not new. What was new here was the scale and complexity …
Mortgages are each a claim on the revenue stream of a different household, backed by homes of a diversity made irreducible by the simple fact that each one is in a different place. Long-term mortgages have existed since the New Deal, but they were rendered manageable by their simple uniform structure, their substantial margin of safety, and the fact that the secondary markets were
public and imposed public standards. All of this meant that supervision was possible.
There could be a well-understood code covering what was right and what was wrong, alongside practitioners who understood professional ethics and enforcement officers who could work with them smoothly for the most part. With computers we entered the world of private-label securitization of the negative-amortization payment-optional Adjustable-Rate-Mortgage with a piggy-back to cover the down-payment. Oh, and… documentation optional.
There was a private vocabulary covering these loans and related financial products – liars' loans, NINJA loans, neutron loans, toxic waste – which tells you that those who sold them knew their line of work was not 100% honest. To learn that at the mortgage originator Ameriquest office chiefs fed their sales staff crystal methamphetamine adds just a touch of telling detail.
Rendering such complex and numberless debt instruments comparable requires a statistical approach, based on indicators. And that launches us into a world not imaginable in (say) 1927: a world of credit scores, algorithms and ratings, and a world of derivative and super-derivative instruments, of sliced-and-diced Residential Mortgage Backed Securities, of collateralized debt obligations, of synthetic CDOs and of credit default swaps – all designed to secure that AAA rating and to place the instruments – counterfeited, laundered and fenced – into the hands of the mark, who as Michael Lewis has told us (in The Big Short) was known to the industry by the nickname, Düsseldorf.
The Texas institutionalist Clarence Ayres stressed most strongly the role of technology and the irreversible contribution of new tools to the production process. In finance, the algorithm is that new tool – a radically-cheap substitute for underwriting, a device for converting the financial game into a computerized casino in the strict sense, where one can never be sure by how much the house is bending the rules. We only observe that RMBS ratings models did not factor in the default risk when teaser rates reset; nor did the holders of synthetic CDOs know that the managers could substitute sure-to-default 2006-7 vintage mortgages for the slightly-better 2005 vintages without notification.
Keynes I think understood these issues as far as they went in his time, and they led him to argue that the speculative markets should be small, expensive and restricted to those who could afford to play and lose – but that they should not repressed, on the famous grounds that it is far better for a man to tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow man. And in Keynesian terms, what we've seen since the financial crash is no surprise at all. Absolute distrust, leading to absolute liquidity preference, is the incurable consequence of overwhelming financial fraud.
… The diagnosis is of an irreversible disease. The corruption and collapse of the rule of law in the financial sphere is irreparable. It is not just that restoring trust takes a long time. It's that under the new technologies it cannot be done. The technologies are designed to sow distrust and that is the consequence of their use … And therefore there can be no return to the way things were before. It's the true end of illusions – the illusion of a marketplace in the financial sphere.
Let me extend this analysis into Europe. It is commonplace to speak these days of the "Greek debt crisis," the "Irish crisis," the "Portuguese crisis" and so forth as though these were distinct financial events. This fosters the impression that each can be resolved by appropriate agreement between the creditors – headquartered in Frankfurt, Brussels, Berlin and Paris – and the debtors taken one by one. Good behavior, taking the form of suitable austerity, will be rewarded by a return to normal credit conditions and market access. The "financial market" in this imagery is severe but fair: she cracks the whip on the profligate, but praises and rewards the prim.
But that Greece has a weak tax system and a big civil service was not news. It was a fact overlooked in the good times and surfaced when convenient. The initial shock to Europe came from the American mortgage markets. When European banks and others realized the extent of their losses there, beginning in late 2008, they looked for ways to protect themselves. They did this by selling weak assets and buying strong. That is why yields rose on all the small peripheral countries despite their very different circumstances but fell for the large.
Greece cannot implement the cuts demanded of it without crashing its GDP. But even if it could, any event affecting any European country could sink Greece again, irrespective of what Greece does. So obviously there is no national policy solution, and no financial market solution. That is the meaning of the negotiations now underway. There will be a restructuring or a default. And there must be an economic and not merely a financial rescue, and a new European architecture not built around the banks and the credit markets. Either that or the depression in Europe will simply go on until the European Union falls apart. This is the practical meaning of an incurable
Our challenge as Keynesians now is to work out the practical implications of this reality and to spell out a course of action. And the first aspect of this challenge is to condemn clearly the False Keynesianism that came briefly to power with the new administration in America in 2009.
In January, 2009, as you recall the new Administration announced the need for a "stimulus" or recovery program. Without it, they calculated, unemployment might rise as high as 9 percent by 2010 before beginning to decline again. With it, they forecast, the rise in unemployment would be held to 8 percent, recovery could begin in mid-2009, and by early 2011 unemployment would be down to 7 percent, on its way back to 5 percent by 2013.
The forecast was a political and economic disaster. But in retrospect it's most interesting for what it tells us about those who made it. Plainly, they did not understand – perhaps they did not wish to understand – what was going on. The assumption of a glide path back to five percent unemployment meant that the natural rate of unemployment was built into the mentality and the computer model – the only issue was speed of adjustment. And the stimulus package was meant to increase that speed slightly.
There was, in short, no real crisis in the minds of those who took office in 2009. There was, rather, just an unusually deep recession – a Great Recession, it came to be called. But the recession would end – Chairman Bernanke said so from the beginning – and when it did, things would return to the normal prosperity of the mid-2000s. It was the mindlessness of estimated output gaps, of consensus business cycle forecasting, of "Okun's Law." The "Minsky Moment" would surely pass.
We have of course seen this bad movie before. Recall that in 1960 Larry Summers' uncle coinvented the Phillips Curve, stipulating on weak empirical evidence and no clear theory a relationship between unemployment rates and inflation. True Keynesians … were appalled. The construct was doomed to collapse, and when it did after 1970 the school that most people thought of as "Keynesian" was swept away in the backwash.
Today the failure of the forecast behind the recovery package is conflated with the failure of the "stimulus" itself, and so the same thing is happening again. Those who failed most miserably to forewarn against the financial crisis have regained their voices as the scourges of deficits and public debt. There is a chorus of doom, as those who once thought the New Paradigm could go on forever now inveigh against "living beyond our means" and foretell federal bankruptcy and the collapse of the dollar and the world monetary system. This includes such luminaries as the leadership of the International Monetary Fund and the analytical division of Standard & Poor's. It would be pathetic if it were not so dangerous, but the fact is, these forces are moving down a highway cleared of obstacles by the retreat of the False Keynesians.
It is our task – whatever the odds against us – to build a new line of resistance. I think that line must have at least the following elements within it.
- First, an understanding of the money accounting relationships that pertain, within societies and between them, so that we cannot be panicked by mere financial ratios into self-destructive social policies or condemn ourselves to lives of economic stagnation and human waste.
- Second, an effective analysis of the ongoing debt-deflation, banking debacle and of the inadequate fiscal and illusory monetary-policy responses so far. In America and in Europe this is a crisis primarily of banks, not of governments, and it is for us to call attention to this fact.
- Third, a full analysis of the criminal activity that destroyed the banking sector, including its technological foundation, so as to quell the illusion that these markets can be made to work again. As part of this, there must be a renewed commitment to expose crime, punish the guilty and enforce the laws.
- Fourth, an understanding of the way in which financial markets interact with the changing geophysics of energy – especially oil – to choke off economic recovery, unless the energy problem is addressed squarely.
- Fifth, a new strategic direction, to redesign and rebuild our societies for the challenges of ageing, infrastructure, energy, climate change and shared development that we all face, and to create the institutions required to make this happen.
- Sixth, a commitment to achieve these goals by mobilizing human brains and muscles, to overcome unemployment and to assure a widely-shared, decent and reasonably egalitarian society according to the most successful and enduring social models.
- Seventh, the reconstruction of the instruments of state power – the power to spend, the power to tax, the money power and regulation – so as effectively to pursue these goals, with democratic checks and balances to help prevent the capture of new state institutions by predatory forces.
I will not pretend, as Keynes did, that nothing stands in the way but a few old gentlemen in frock coats, who require only to be bowled over like nine-pins and who might enjoy it if they were.
We should take on this challenged simply as a matter of conscience. We are not contestants for power. It is for us a matter of professional responsibility and civic duty. As Bill Black likes to say, and in the words of William of Orange, it is not necessary to hope, in order to persevere.
James K. Galbraith, son of the economist and author John Kenneth Galbraith, gave this speech at the Post-Keynesian conference in Roskilde University, Denmark on May 13th, 2011. Listen to Galbraith delivering the speech
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