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The press preview of our show STEAM was a success tonight! Yipee!
We got such lovely feedback from the journalists, our friends and family! I can't wait for the 2 weeks of shows starting june 10th till June 24th! Come see us!
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Penzance Literary Festival became a registered charity in July 2016. Our public record is available to view at the Charity Commission website.
Our trustees
Paul Hunter
Having worked for 35 years in the building materials industry in a variety of senior operational and commercial roles, I was able to take early retirement 2 years ago. This allowed a move to Penzance where I have had links for over 25 years.
I am a Trustee Director for a large £3bn pension scheme representing 35k members for the last 5 years and chair the Defined Contributions committee.
As a lifelong devotee of the arts in all forms, I am pleased to have the opportunity to promote the Penzance Litfest and ensure its future success. I also help with other organisations such as the Penlee Gallery, Morrab Library and the Arts Society West Cornwall.
Robin Knight
Prior to my retirement from 40+ years as a Biomedical Scientist I was the National Head of the NHS Blood & Transplant Red Cell Immunohaematology Reference Services, with responsibility for a budget of £10 million, a staff of 230 working in ten different laboratories across England.
During my career I played an active role in three professional bodies that included organising national and international scientific meetings. I have published 24 peer reviewed scientific papers and co-authored and edited five text books, two of which were published by the World Health Organisation.
Since my retirement from the NHS I continued for a further five years to act as a Scientific Consultant to the Malawi Blood Transfusion Service and still act as an advisor to a community development organisation working on the Kachin-China border in northern Myanmar. I am now devoting more time to local activities as a volunteer for two environmental groups, trying to write more creatively and for the Penzance Litfest.
Linda Camidge
Linda enjoyed a teaching career, including 27 years as Head of English at Mullion School, before retiring in 2014. Since then she has worked as a writer and performer. Linda contributed a chapter to the recent Penwith Local History Group book Women of West Cornwall and is working on her own book about aspects of the history of Penzance. She co-founded History Through the Looking Glass, which has staged a number of productions locally, notably the Dylan Thomas in Cornwall walks and indoor shows; Linda co-wrote and co-performs in all of these shows. She also has a leading role in local writing forums Sunday Speakeasy and Writers Cafe, is an active member of the local folk music community, and volunteers regularly at the Acorn Arts Centre. Linda has a PhD in 15th century cultural history and is currently treasurer of the Literary Festival.
John Pestle
A trainer and employment relations person by trade now operating on a freelance basis. I have lots of experience of working for different types of festivals in various capacities and have been part of the organising team of the Penzance Literary Festival for around five years. I am also a local community radio presenter and community correspondent mainly concentrating on social and cultural issues.
Rachel Viney
Rachel's first full-time job was as Publicity Manager for an independent London publishing house. Stints at the BBC and in commercial radio were followed by a move into TV as a policy executive at the Independent Television Commission (ITC). Rachel went on to study for an MA in European Cultural Policy and Arts Management at Warwick University and work for herself as an independent media consultant – something she still does today. She's also been a partner in a publishing business, producing publications for international photojournalists. Rachel has written widely on media and cultural topics, and is the author of two books about broadcasting.
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So, where did I leave off? I went home on August 11th to visit my family for two really quick days. My dad picked me up from the airport Thursday night and I was greeted at home by my mom, my Aunt Alicia, and some freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. What more could a girl ask for?
There were two things that my dad seemed really excited about: (1) the new windows in the house (I must admit they are nice) and (2) his new bird feeder with the upside down cone to prevent squirrels from climbing up it and stealing all of the bird seed. We talked about these two things in great detail.
Friday night we had dinner at Marcus and Stacey's house and then had a rousing game of Farkel. I almost won, but my mom came back and beat me at the end. My dad however was Farkeling out of this world. If you have ever played any kind of game with him, you should know he is quick to give you advice...on how best to lose.
I left Saturday evening, but not before enjoying a nice dinner with the family at a neighborhood Mexican restaurant. It was a quick visit, but it served its purpose.
So how is my dad doing??? He's doing pretty good. He loves not having to go to doctors for chemotheraphy and other unnecessary activities involving needles. He has started biking again, with my mom of course, so I'm sure he's happy about that as well. He is still pursuing alternative treatment methods, but some of the options may take longer to materialize than he had originally hoped for.
Oh, a belated shout out to our family friend, Carla, and her quilting group at St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church. They made two lovely quilts for "strength and support...with love, hope and prayers" that my mom and dad now keep on the sofa in the family room. They make great napping accessories I might add.
Also, here's a belated picture of my dad and his new BFF (best friend forever), Abbott. It was taken back in April. Enjoy!


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The great King Oliver Band influenced Lu Watters. Shown standing is Louis Armstrong with Joseph "King" Oliver. Other inspirations in that band were Johnny Dodds and Edward "Kid" Ory to name just two. In 1920, Paul Lingle (one of Lu Watters' early band members) used to hear King Oliver's Band at the Pagoda Ballroom on Market Street in San Francisco. Louis Armstrong influenced Bob Scobey even more than Oliver.
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Lora's rally cry on Friday (and the subsequent drama that played out in my mind alone) kept me all knotted up in my head all weekend. If you haven't read her post yet, go do it.I'm not guaranteeing that her post will make this one make more sense, by it might give you some context and hey, at least you'll have read something coherent and thought provoking at the end of this little exercise if you go read it. I'll wait.
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My comment (which I subsequently deleted for reasons I'll get into in a bit) was this (edited a bit because I don't always pay as much attention to my grammar/wording when I'm putting in my 2 cents elsewhere. Also, because I'm totally okay with using my kid's name on other peoples blogs but still a little wigged out about using it here. I can't figure that one out, either.):
I was thinking today about the [not-so-]subliminal messages that are constantly slamming our kiddos upside the head. We had a repairman out to fix the microwave a few weeks back who told [Himself] "Boys don't cry." as he was leaving ([Himself] had stubbed his toe or was hungry or needed a nap or was just being 3 or something, hence, tears and whining). I was a bit taken aback by how seriously [Himself] took his comment. We talked about how "silly" it was for a bit and I thought that was the end of that. But it came up again just a few days ago. He fell down and scrubbed his knees, but instead of coming to me as he usually would, he just brushed himself off. I asked him if he needed help, but he told me "I'm a boy. A big boy. I don't need to cry, Mommy." Which made me want to cry.
Then, this morning, I didn't flip fast enough to escape him seeing Oswald on TV (thank you, daycare, for creating that recognition factor), so that provided us with blithering background noise for the next half hour or so. Within the first few minutes, the plot line was obvious: Oswald is the hero because he is embracing new things, is willing to run out the door without a plan and let life smack him upside the face willynilly; Henry is the stodgy old pudge that nothing fun ever happens to because he is unwilling to break from his comfortable routine. In part I agreed with the message -- I don't want [Himself] to be the slave to routine and schedule and predictably that I've become, but shouldn't there be a balance? Isn't there something admirable about being someone who can be counted on? Is there nothing redeeming in being responsible and thoughtful and practical? And while I don't want him to blindly follow rules and go just because he is told to, isn't there some point at which I also need to teach him to put aside his own desires and consider the needs and whims of others as well? I don't know. I've always felt like the Hare got the short end of that tale (and I refuse to read Tootle anymore, even though it was one of my childhood favorites), but I constantly stress about swinging too far to the other extreme.
Lora's response (I'll assume it was to me. Hadn't you noticed the world revolving a little more to the left these days?) was:
Well, of course we have to be good sometimes. I am trying to raise Jake to not necessarily follow the path to the letter, but certainly don't jump the fence either.
I believe you have to do everything in your power to be sure you can afford to veer a bit. Stay in school as long as possible, follow the Golden Rule, keep a job, etc. But once you've done that, set yourself free from time to time.
Which, duh. The next to last line of her post reads:
Obviously I don't believe in All Hare All the Time. We'd be a hot mess. But from time to time, stop listening to the Man and start listening to your heart.
But I guess I was already stepping into a steaming pile of my "issue" when I got to that point, because all I could hear by then was my inner defense team gathering their notes for closing arguments.
It seems that somewhere along the way, whether it be nature or nurture, I latched onto the sweeping notion of "it is or it isn't". If it isn't good, it must be bad; if it isn't right, it's either left, or wrong. Shades of gray, although I see them and they are all right for YOU, are just blacks and whites not living up to their full potential. 98% is still two shy of 100%.
The battle I fight daily (and realize I am losing every other Tuesday) is one of not leaping from one extreme to the other. The good Dr. has been encouraging me to keep track of my issues. To recognize them and to take a moment to feel what it feels like to be all caught up in the middle of them again. The hope is that someday I'll learn to make better choices.
So I was rather proud of myself when I had one of those "aha!" moments when I clicked back over to check in on my comment an hour or so after leaving it. "Aha, wow! Sure enough, I did it again. Totally missed the middle ground on that one," I reproached myself. And left another little comment to show the world that I got it, that I had been a boob. And then clicked the little trashcan icon following both so as to erase* from written history yet another example of my boobies. Because one over-reaction surely deserves another! Let's not be strong enough of our convictions to leave it alone where someone else might read it and not agree with it! Must! Be! Erased! Hurry!
And then I I couldn't just let it go because I was afraid that Lora might think I was mad at her if I just took down the comments and didn't tell her why and then she'd get mad at me for being so silly as to think she'd get mad at me for sharing my thoughts and then not being strong enough to stand behind my convictions because I was afraid that she might get mad at me and OHMIGOD this is effing junior high all over again and I am SO. DONE. WITH. IT. So I did the very adult thing and made a passing remark to the entire incident in a comment on another of her posts just to see if she noticed.
She had. And we had a lovely back and forth string of emails in which I discovered that she actually liked the first comment and, well, the rest of this was a very still exercise in unnecessary drama.
I laughed the first time Dr. R told me that "overthinking things" might be one of my issues. The second time he brought it up it didn't seem so funny. And now I'm just pissed that I'm going to have to go in there tomorrow** and admit that he's right. A whole weekend's worth of (private) drama over a silly comment on someone else's blog that might be read by people I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
My brother once said something along the lines of "Why is it that the kids in the foothills are the ones with all the angst?" And I agreed with him and laughed along at those silly, privileged kids, living in their Mommy's and Daddy's million dollar houses and driving Hummers and swimming in their Olympic sized pools! What do they have to feel all misunderstood and dye-my-hair-blue for? Ha! Ha! H-- and then I realized that "kids in the foothills" could be a metaphor for "me".
Do you see where I'm going with this? Never mind, neither do I. Anyways, my neck is getting a cramp in it from staring into my belly button. It stinks and all I ever find in there is fuzz. I'm done.
*Well, sort of erased. So pleased was I with the phrase "stodgy old pudge" that I couldn't erase it all together. Under the guise of saving it for some later post, I brought it over here. And, well, here it is, so I guess that wasn't really a guise, was it?
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Pope Francis Must Remove All Church Leaders Protecting Sexual Predators - Cardinal Bernard Law is the Tip of the Iceberg
Pope Francis must remove Bishops and Cardinals that protect and enable sexual predators and pedophiles, not promote them, as the former Pope did of disgraced Cardinal Bernard Law
Cardinal Law who is known for protecting pedophiles is dead, the Pope's responsibility now is to remove all Bishops and Cardinals protecting sexual predators
ALBANY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, December 21, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Cardinal Bernard Law is dead and he escaped justice here on earth because he was protected and shielded from criminal prosecution, now his fate is in God's hands. The shame, disgrace and black stain upon the Catholic Church regarding Church leaders protecting sexual predator and pedophile priests and caregivers is what Pope Francis must address now. Cardinal Law was promoted by the former Pope, instead of prosecuted. Cardinal Bernard Law should have spent the rest of his life in prison for his part in protecting sexual predators and pedophile priests and for enabling them to continue to rape dozens upon dozens of children. You do not honor someone involved in such heinous crimes and atrocities.
The Jonathan Carey Foundation which advocates for vulnerable children has been shining a light on the current Church Sexual Predator Cover-Up Scandal that must finally be addressed and dealt with by Pope Francis. But, first everyone must understand what we are dealing with regarding Catholic Church systemic failures within and their actions protecting other institutions and institutional and government leaders involved.
Cardinal Bernard Law will be remembered for protecting sexual predators and for protecting one of the worst known serial pedophile and rapist priests in Church history – John Geoghan.
If you Google John Geoghan this will pop up on Wikipedia;
"John J. Geoghan (/ˈɡeɪɡən/; June 4, 1935 – August 23, 2003) was an American Roman Catholic priest and serial child rapist while he was assigned to parishes in the Boston Archdiocese of Massachusetts. He was assigned to several parish posts involving interaction with children, even after receiving treatment for pedophilia.
The investigation and prosecution of Geoghan was one of numerous cases of priests accused of sexual abuse in a scandal that rocked the archdiocese in the 1990s and 2000s. It led to the resignation of Boston's archbishop, Cardinal Bernard Francis Law, on December 13, 2002. Law lost the support of fellow clergy and the laity after it was shown that his response to allegations against dozens of priests consisted of assigning them to different parishes, thus allowing sexual abuse of additional children to take place."
Here is the first Boston Globe Spotlight investigative team exposé that started it all in 2002.
"Church allowed abuse by priest for years"
"Aware of Geoghan record, archdiocese still shuttled him from parish to parish"
This bombshell exposé started the avalanche of revelation that Catholic Church leaders were knowingly allowing pedophile priests to sexually victimize and rape hundreds of more innocent children. Here is from the very beginning of this incredible news piece that had to come out;
"Since the mid-1990s, more than 130 people have come forward with horrific childhood tales about how former priest John J. Geoghan allegedly fondled or raped them during a three-decade spree through a half-dozen Greater Boston parishes.
Almost always, his victims were grammar school boys. One was just 4 years old.
Then came last July's disclosure that Cardinal Bernard F. Law knew about Geoghan's problems in 1984, Law's first year in Boston, yet approved his transfer to St. Julia's parish in Weston."
Just a little later in this same exposé which you must read for yourselves because the truth come out. What was written shines a light on the much bigger problem, which is the worst of the worst offenders, those that protect and shield sexual predators and pedophiles, which allows them to continue to do what they do, which is to commit crimes, rape and destroy lives.
"Now, as Geoghan faces the first of two criminal trials next week, details about his sexual compulsion are likely to be overshadowed by a question that many Catholics find even more troubling: Why did it take a succession of three cardinals and many bishops 34 years to place children out of Geoghan's reach?"
Currently, many Bishops and Cardinals within the Catholic Church worldwide are guarding and protecting sexual predator priests and caregivers of the disabled that are raping innocent children and people with disabilities. Many Church leaders, Bishops and Cardinals, are protecting government leaders that are allowing these atrocities to continue, if they were not silent and complicit, the massive sex cover-ups would have been diminished drastically. What has surfaced in Australia is happening in many parts of the world today and the Catholic Church hierarchy has not addressed the institutional cover-ups by its top leaders.
Watch this less than 3 minute "Spotlight" movie trailer than please watch the full movie as soon as you can to fully grasp and understand how horrific sex crimes committed against vulnerable people with disabilities also get buried and covered-up. Try to wrap your mind around how many people have to be involved to protect powerful institutions that are more damn concerned about money and protecting themselves.
The sad fact is what the Catholic Church was caught doing, protecting and shielding sexual predator and pedophile priests is the exact same as what is going on in New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo's mental health agencies. The same wicked pattern of protecting pedophile priests was exposed by the Boston Globe's, Spotlight investigative reporting team in 2002; their hard work won them a Pulitzer Prize. Two Catholic Church leaders, Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Edward Scharfenberger have known about the cover-ups of thousands of sexual assaults and rapes of the disabled, yet have remained silent and complicit. Pope Francis has been asked to remove both Cardinal Dolan and Bishop Scharfenberger for their involvement in protecting countless sexual predators instead of the disabled which hopefully will happen soon. When Catholic Church leaders look the other way and protect a Catholic Governor that has been protecting sexual predators for over a decade emergency actions must be taken by the Pope.
For over ten years Attorney General Cuomo and then Governor Andrew Cuomo have protected countless sexual predators, pedophiles and rapists within State run and private mental health facilities and group homes from firing and prosecution. This timeline proves years of Governor Andrew Cuomo's direct involvement.
This was released publicly yesterday in a national press release by the Jonathan Carey Foundation before the news came out to notify everyone of the death of the notorious Cardinal who protected and allowed John Geoghan to rape dozens of children and destroy so many lives.
"Breaking News: Catholic Church leaders in New York State are looking the other way as thousands of women and children with disabilities are being raped in institutions and group homes. Pope Francis, this is not 'fake news' or old news, this is current news, it is happening right now in New York State as your Church leaders look the other way."
Pedophiles Catholic priests are sexual predators, anyone that rapes a disabled person is a sexual predator and Church and government leaders protecting sexual predators are not only committing 'grave sins' they are even worse criminals. People that rape children are very sick individuals, but people that knowingly protect these sick people committing such evil acts are committing far greater evil.
Thousands of reported sexual assaults and rapes of vulnerable New Yorkers, many of whom are vulnerable Catholic's are covered-up by Governor Cuomo and his corrupt Justice Center. Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Edward Scharfenberger have known about the scope of these sexual assaults, rapes and cover-ups for an extended period of time, Michael Carey the founder of the Jonathan Carey Foundation has repeatedly informed them and sought their help, but they chose to do nothing to stop the sex crimes and the criminal cover-ups which are atrocities. Pope Francis must remove Bishop Scharfenberger and Cardinal Dolan.
Church leaders are supposed to stand up and speak up for righteousness, they are not to be silent and complicit as the most vulnerable among us are being raped and severely damaged by very sick and sexually deviant individuals. Pope Francis must finally start to look at and address the real underlying and root problems why so many sexual predators remain in positions to harm our most vulnerable, which are the Church and governmental leaders involved in protecting these sexual predators and the wide-scale discrimination of the disabled.
Most sexual predators and sex crimes can be stopped very quickly if Pope Francis and other governmental leaders move to protect the safety and lives of extremely vulnerable women and children, instead of trying to protect their institutions. There must be zero tolerance and it must start at the very top – everyone involved cannot continue to escape justice. Bishops and Cardinals must be removed and prosecuted for their crimes.
Pope Francis, has received a number of emails by Michael Carey and the Pope has seen the Jonathan Carey Foundation's investigative work and the foundation's series on Pope Francis News Today which is attached below. The Jonathan Carey Foundation is bringing to light facts and real current new, not 'fake news.' Over the last few weeks, the case has been brought out publicly for everyone to see. The New York Times has just reported on the horrors and sexual atrocities in Australia facilities and institutions in which the Catholic Church was heavily involved.
Pope Francis must now address this international crisis surrounding sexual predators preying on the disabled which is occurring in a far greater scope than the pedophile priest sex scandal. Pope Francis's actions now are critical for the Catholic Church to makes significant changes. The Pope must start by removing all the Bishops and Cardinals involved in guarding the sexual predators and the Catholic Church Institution instead of the most vulnerable. This damning New York Times news is incredibly important and the quotes below are extremely powerful.
"Tens of thousands of children have been sexually abused in many Australian institutions," said the report, which was particularly critical of Catholic organizations. "We will never know the true number. Whatever the number, it is a national tragedy, perpetrated over generations within many of our most trusted institutions."
"It is not a case of a few rotten apples," the report said. "Society's major institutions have seriously failed. In many cases those failings have been exacerbated by a manifestly inadequate response to the abused person. The problems have been so widespread, and the nature of the abuse so heinous, that it is difficult to comprehend."
It is important to repeat this quote again because of the significance of this statement;
"Society's major institutions have seriously failed"
"This quote is true, it is a fact – the Catholic Church has failed in this area. New York State has failed in this area. Many people in top positions of authority in many different institutions have failed to protect our children and people with disabilities. We are at a defining moment in time to bring critical changes and to stop failing our children and the most vulnerable with disabilities. We must work together and do what is right and just and to start winning." – Michael Carey
Michael Carey is the founder of the Jonathan Carey Foundation which advocates for the safety, equal rights and lives of people with disabilities. Michael Carey is calling on Pope Francis to step up to the plate in a big way to begin to deal with the much bigger problems that have never been addressed. Top Church leaders and governmental leaders are involved in protecting and enabling sexual predators which allows them to continue to violate and destroy countless lives, Pope Francis must swiftly remove these individuals. Pope Francis must remove Bishop Scharfenberger and Cardinal Dolan from being able to continue to allow these sexual assaults, rapes, cover-ups - these atrocities to continue in New York State.
Pope Francis, also has the responsibility to speak out against any governmental leader involved in such heinous sex cover-up crimes and he has an even greater responsibility when these leaders proclaim to be Catholic. Governor Andrew Cuomo is a Catholic and Pope Francis must demand that he immediately resigns for being involved for over a decade in covering-up sex crimes and protecting countless sexual predators. It is time that true spiritual leaders stand out in the light and take all of their responsibilities seriously, the sexual harassment, sexual abuse, cover-ups and people enabling sexual predators is on the international stage.
Michael Carey's hope and appeal to Pope Francs personally is for him to do what is right and just for the defenseless now and for the Pope to come along side to help champion the next greatest Civil Rights Movement to finally ensure the protection, safe care and services and equal rights for people with disabilities.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan's Silence for Years has Protected Cuomo & Countless Sexual Predators & Pedophiles
Gov. Cuomo & Cardinal Dolan Do Not Dispute Allegations of Protecting Sexual Predators & Pedophiles
Cuomo & Dolan Still Silent on Combined Sexual Predator Cover-up Scheme
Gov. Cuomo & Cardinal Dolan Ensure Protection of Sexual Predators in Sex Scandal
Gov. Cuomo & Cardinal Dolan Protect Sexual Predators & Pedophiles in Sex Cover-up Scandal
The Worst of the Worst are Leaders that Protect Sexual Predators, Gov. Cuomo & Cardinal Dolan
Gov. Cuomo & Cardinal Dolan protect sexual predators like powerful people protected Harvey Weinstein
Gov. Cuomo & Cardinal Dolan are Protecting Sexual Predators and the Motive is Money
Gov. Cuomo & Cardinal Dolan Refuse to Protect Disabled Women & Children from Sexual Predators
Pope Chastises Media, yet Ignores Current Church Sex Scandal Sins
Pope Francis asked to Swiftly Intervene in Cuomo-Dolan Sex Cover-up Scandal
Pope Francis Must Demand Resignation of Cardinal Dolan & Gov. Cuomo
Pope Francis Must Call for Cardinal Dolan & Gov. Cuomo to Resign for Protecting Sexual Predators
Pope Francis Must Address 'Real Problems & Real News' – Church Leaders Guarding & Enabling Sexual Predators
I would encourage everyone to pray for Pope Francis and the Catholic Church as a whole that great changes can come forth for the Church and Society. I would also encourage everyone to pray for Cardinal Dolan, Bishop Scharfenberger and Governor Cuomo, although they must be removed from authority, they like the Apostle Paul can have an encounter with Jesus, receive His mercy and forgiveness like anyone can and they can become some of the greatest witnesses for Christ the world has ever seen. Justice demands their resignations from their positions of power and authority though now.
Please donate and support this vital Civil Rights Movement. Thank you.
If you have any tips or knowledge of sexual assaults, rapes, deaths or cover-ups, please call the Jonathan Carey Foundation sexual abuse & death tip hotline @ (518) 475-7500
Michael Carey
The Jonathan Carey Foundation
(518) 852-9377
email us here
The incredible life and tragic preventable death of Jonathan Carey, who was disabled, had autism, was non-verbal & only 13 when he was killed by his caregivers
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Er...yes. I'm actually more than a little bit embarrassed about posting this! Miserly May was meant to carry on until next Wednesday, but it was pay day on Friday, I had some time to kill in the afternoon, and I had a voucher for 25% off at Dorothy Perkins (it's probably a bit late to head to the shops now, but it's still valid online until the end of today) and, well, it all went a bit wrong. Dorothy Perkins isn't somewhere I'd usually think to shop at, but they've got some absolutely gorgeous dresses at the moment. And you know I'm a sucker for a dress! So I ended up with this:
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And then I happened to go to Zara, and they had these gorgeous little stripy jumpers in a whole range of colours:
So I bought one in orange, and one in black. I love stripes, they're absolutely perfect for the slightly chilly spring days we've been having, and I can see myself wearing them to death...but OH MY GOODNESS, the SPENDING! I will be living on beans from here on in.
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Miserly meltdown...
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I absolutely love those dresses, especially the first one. I've wanted to wear dresses like that orange one my whole life. Unfortunately, they always look awful on me--even when I was a skinny thing. Maybe it's because I don't have a waistline (even when I weighted 100 pounds) or something. But, they are so, so pretty. I would say it was a completely justified expense!ReplyDelete
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If illusions are bad, why am i chided for being dis-illusioned?
When an illusion becomes your reality, then reality is nothing but an illusion.
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What of the fact that, 'All things are merely an illusion?' Can all things be bad then? :)
Hope you managed to get some food?
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My hope and prayer is that the body of Christ in America will awake with holy boldness, a boldness content neither with silence nor mere words but that backs up those words with action and results.
Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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This last month and a half has been one of vacations. In late December, I decided at the last minute to go to Zanzibar (an Indian ocean island off the coast of Tanzania) with a group of friends for Christmas.
We (PC friends and I) took a bus from Kigali (capital of Rwanda) to Dar es Salaam (capital of Tanzania) at 6:00 a.m. on Dec. 19th. But we weren't to arrive until about 3:30 p.m. the next day. At around 10 p.m. "sleepy time", the road became a bumpy dirt road making it very difficult to sleep. The landscape was beautiful and very African looking. After arriving in Dar, we took a boat that evening to Zanzibar (2 hrs). We arrived in the Stone Town, a beautiful city that I'll describe later.
The electricity was out on the entire island due to the explosion of a transformer (or something). I found a cheap hotel with a generator and unloaded. I met with two friends that night for dinner. We walked aimlessly along the ancient winding streets only to come across a park on the sea lined with dozens of tables lit by lanterns and manned by men in chefs hats. Big eyed and curious we walked up to the first table. "Welcome, please take a look", the short charismatic chef said in his charming African accent, "as you can see we have the freshest shark that is cooked by our amazing chef, and octopus, crab..." he continued to list the types of seafood that lay on the table for a couple minutes (there must have been 20+ varieties to choose from). We ate like kings and sipped on delicious fresh squeezed sugar cane juice.
The next day we stumbled upon the ruins of an ancient palace. Went to a beautiful beach and walked out to sea only to get our feet scratched. We came back bleeding a little but still satisfied. We also got to see a Taarab band (traditional Zanzibar music that basically sounds middle eastern except the lyrics are in Swahili). We wandered around the streets of stone town admiring the elaborate doors that had been carved out of wood with large elephant stopper spikes sticking out. The streets were tiny and dark. The electricity was supposed to come back before christmas but it never happened but we had a great time still. Our group did a secret santa gift exchange for christmas which we spent at a friends house in Zanzibar and on the most beautiful white beach I've ever seen. I guess we had a white christmas after all! This time we walked in the water again past the seaweed farms trying to get to the tide which was hundreds of feet out. We didn't make it before a friend was stabbed by a sea urchin and then stung by a jelly fish almost simultaneously… so we went back satisfied just to eat mangos on the beach.
I left the group to return to Rwanda a little early to begin my next journey. The bus ride back was pretty rough though. Conclusion… Zanzibar is incredible. It is literally a mix of Africa, the Middle East and India all in one. By far, it was the most unique place I have ever seen.
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Tamara took a seat in the leather chair in her office and sighed heavily, happy that the night had finally come to an end. She was the manager of Bolton's Steakhouse, and because it was Valentine's Day, it had been non-stop busy all day long.
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Tamara's ex-fiancé, Tristan, had left her unexpectedly six months ago, with no real explanation, other than the lame- it's not you, it's me– break-up line that people give when they can't- or don't want to- tell you the real reason they're kicking your ass to the curb…and he'd told her this via a damn text message. Ironically, their wedding had been planned for today…Valentine's Day- the holiday that pathetic, ridiculously happy couple's flaunted their love in people's faces, and most single women around the world despised. For them, this day was like being on a bad twenty-four hour date with a total loser that they just can't escape; like, no matter how hard or fast they run trying to get away from him, or no matter which way they run, he's there. Thanks to Tristan, Tamara had unwilling been added as the newest member to the anti-Valentines Day club.
She'd been heartbroken and humiliated…especially after she'd had to return the beautiful, mermaid style Ramona Kaveza wedding gown- which had been the very first dress she'd tried on and had fallen in love with, when she, her mother, and her two girlfriends had gone to Davina's Bridal; then, she'd had to cancel the venue and caterer's- which unfortunately, had already been paid for; and lastly, make the call her mother- who'd often jokingly referred to her as an old maid who would end up old and lonely, with only her cat to keep her company- and tell her that the wedding was off…especially since she'd been so happy to hear that some man was finally going to marry her daughter, that she'd offered to pay for the wedding herself.
In an attempt to get The Douchebag (as she'd been referring to Tristan ever since he'd dumped her) off of her mind, she'd been pouring herself into her work over the last several months. Surprisingly, she'd gotten over him rather quickly- once she got over the initial shock and embarrassment of it all…and she was able to not cry every time someone even mentioned the words wedding or marriage.
She worked diligently for the next several minutes, counting and calculating all the money, twice; then she separated the cash that was to go in the safe, from the money she'd have to deposit at the bank. Once she was finished entering the daily report into the computer, she shut it down, grabbed her purse and jacket, and headed out of the office. She was ready to get home, snuggle up with her cat, Lucky, and spend the rest of the night watching movies on the Hallmark channel while divulging into a bowl of Blu-Bel butter pecan ice cream.
Hell, I might even have two bowls, she thought to herself. She was over Tristan packing his shit and disappearing like a thief in the night, but knowing that she should be in a five-star hotel, consummating her marriage to him, instead of going home to watch movies alone, made her sad. And besides, she'd worked so hard today, she felt she earned the extra treat.
She'd just walked out to the dining area and stopped briefly at the register to grab the keys to the store off of the counter so that she could lock up, when someone suddenly began banging loudly on the glass door, startling her and causing her to jump. Everybody around here knows they closed at 10:30, so she was confused as to who this fool was knocking on the door.
There was no way in hell that she going to let whoever it was in, especially since she was there alone. She quickly ducked down behind the counter, attempting to hide while hoping that whoever it was would go away, but she had no such luck. The unwanted customer, continued to knock.
"Please, can you help me, ma'am?" the man yelled, while still knocking. "I know you can see me; I really need your help. I had a flat tire and I need to use your phone."
Tamara weighed her options. Common sense told her that nobody in this day and time didn't own a cell phone, so him saying he needed to use the phone, just didn't sound right to her. She could just see it now- she'd give in and try to be the good Samaritan, only to have whoever the guy was who was pounding on the door, kill her once she let him inside. However, since she was an avid watcher of the Investigation Discovery channel and she didn't trust anybody, she quickly came to the conclusion that she was overreacting a bit; what if this man seriously needed her help? It could be a life or death situation, and she was wasting time trying to decide if she should let him in or not.
What would Jesus do, she wondered. After another minute, she stood up, put her things back on the counter, and made the decision to let the guy in. If something did happen to her, she hoped her good deed would earn her some cool points once she got to heaven.
She started to head over to the door, then suddenly, she made a u-turn and ran into the kitchen, where she grabbed a butcher's knife. She may have decided to lend the stranger a helping hand, but she wasn't crazy. If this man made one wrong move, she was stabbing first, and asking questions later.
Tamara walked over to the door and gazed at the man through the glass as she cautiously unlocked the door. The first thing she noticed was that he was really SEXY. And not just normal sexy…Idris Elba, sexy. She got a whiff of his cologne as he hurriedly brushed past her to get in out of the cold and rain, and almost fainted due to the intoxicating aroma. Instantly, her mouth began to water.
"Thank you so much for letting me in," he said as he removed his damp coat. She could only stare at his biceps through the tight, black thermal type shirt he was wearing.
"Y-you're welcome," she stuttered, while giving him a quick once over. Because she'd gone without sex, or any type of physical interaction with a man since Tristan left, she'd gotten into a bad habit of staring at men's crotch's- even when she tried not to- wondering how big his cock was. The tight jeans this unknown man was wearing, emphasized the bulge between his legs. Her mind immediately began to wander into dangerous territory. Would he think she was the weird one if she asked him if she could just see it? That's how horny she was. She hadn't realized that she was staring, until he reached out and shook her slightly.
Tamara snapped out it. "I'm sorry, what?"
"The phone… where is it?"
"Oh, it's in the back…I'll show you."
She told him to follow her as she headed back behind the counter and around the corner. For some reason, she decided to throw a little extra swing in her hips, just in case he was watching her ass.
She went back out front while he made his call. He was fine and all, and she had- for a brief moment- imagined him screwing her brains out on one of these dining tables, but she wasn't about to take any chances. Letting her guard down just because the man looked good, could be what got her knocked off. She'd wait by the door, knife in hand, until he was finished…just in case she had to run fast. She stared out the glass door, listening to the sound of the rain while she waited. She saw a flash of lightening in the distance. On night's like this, she really missed Tristan. She'd always hated sleeping alone when it was storming outside, and his arms wrapped tightly around her, had always made her feel safe.
"Tamara." The deep baritone of the strangers voice, along with his hand on her shoulder, snapped her out of her thoughts, startling her again. She jumped as she turned around and faced him.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."
"No prob…wait, how did you know my name?"
The grip on the knife in her hand tightened. This was it, she thought…the moment she'd been afraid of. Was he some kind of creepy stalker? She was sure she'd never seen him before, so how did he know her name. He had his hands behind his back- as if he were hiding something- and she didn't know if that something was a gun or a knife, but she wasn't going down without a fight.
"I come in here everyday…mostly just to look at you…although you never notice me."
She looked at him oddly; she was sure she'd remember if he was in here everyday.
"I've never noticed you in here."
"I know…you're usually very busy when I come during the lunch rush, helping the cook man the grill."
She looked at him in confusion. "I'm sorry, who are you?"
"My name is Deshawn. I own the towing company down the street, and I come here almost everyday and order a t-bone steak, twice baked potato, a sweet tea and…"
"A slice of pecan pie for desert," Tamara said, finishing his sentence. "Now I recognize you…I usually fix your order, because you like your steak cooked a certain way…not too rare, but not too well-done?"
"Yeah…that would be correct."
"Wow, you look so much different up close."
"Is that a good or a bad thing?" he asked.
Tamara only blushed in response. She decided to change the subject. "So, uh…did you make your call?" she asked, glancing down at her watch. As much as she was enjoying staring into Deshawn's seductive brown eyes, she was ready to get going before it started raining even harder.
"Actually…I lied; I didn't need to use the phone," he said.
The hairs on the back of her neck began to rise. So, he really was a stalker. Mentally, she began planning her escape, wondering how fast it would take her to knee him in the groin and make a run for it.
"I'm not a stalker, Tamara," Deshawn said as if he'd read her mind. "I know you're usually very busy during the day; and since I don't know your phone number or where you live, I knew this was the only time to catch you."
She heard what he was saying, but because he still had his hands hidden behind his back, she still was hesitant to trust him; however, she was interested in what he had to say. "I'm confused?"
Deshawn took a deep breath. "I've wanted to ask you out for quite a while, now. I've even asked a few of the other employees here about you, and they all say that I don't stand a chance in hell, because you're about your work, and not much else…but I decided to take a chance, anyway. I've gone over and over in my mind, different ways to go about trying to get your attention, and this was what I finally came up with. I realize that approaching a woman late at night like this, probably wasn't such a great idea, but I had do this now, before I lost my nerve. You're a very beautiful woman, Tamara, and I'd be honored to spend some time with you…outside of work. I know you don't know me from Adam, but I can assure you, I'm a good guy. I know the day is almost over, but I still have time to ask, will you be my Valentine?" He finally brought his hands from behind his back, and he was holding a bouquet of roses in one of them, and one of those heart shaped boxes of chocolates in the other. While it was a little corny, it was also really sweet.
Tamara felt herself blushing. "I don't know what to say."
"Say, yes! Yes to being my Valentine, and yes to going out to dinner with me tomorrow night."
Maybe she was jumping the gun, but Tamara said yes…to both of Deshawn's requests as she took the roses and brought them up to her nose.
"Thank you, these are beautiful…roses are my favorite."
"I have one more thing to ask you," Deshawn said.
"What's that?"
"Can I please kiss you? Like I said, I know you don't know me, but I've spent so many nights lying awake in my bed, fantasizing about what it would be like to kiss your lips…and I just have to know, now."
"Yes…you may kiss me, Deshawn."
He stepped closer to her, and pressed his body into hers, while looking her in the eye. Then, he gently took her face between his large hands, and kissed her lips, gently at first, but then deeper, and with more passion when he saw that she was kissing him back.
Tamara dropped the knife and flowers on the floor, and threw her arms around his neck as their tongues tangoed with each others. Her body trapped between Deshawn's athletic body and the glass door, she moaned sensually when his erection pressed against her hip. She was disappointed when Deshawn's lips briefly left hers, but she got excited again after he planted a soft kiss on her forehead, before his lips found that sweet spot on her neck.
"I want you so bad right now, Tamara," he whispered in her ear while one of his hands found her breast and squeezed, causing Tamara to moan softly again.
Hearing Deshawn make that declaration, caused the space between Tamara's thighs to moisten. That had to be the sexiest thing a man had ever said to her. And even though technically, she'd just met this man, his lips were reminding her that she hadn't had any sexual healing in quite a while. She wanted to screw him six ways from Sunday, but she knew that giving it up so soon, might make him think negatively of her, so she gently placed a hand on his chest and put some space between them.
"I'm really flattered, Deshawn, but seeing as how we just met…"
"Yeah, you're right. I don't want you to think that all I want from you is sex, because it's not. I just had to kiss you, though, and I got a little carried away. My apologies!"
They stared at each other for several moments.
"Well, I guess I need to get going," Tamara said finally. "Thanks again for the beautiful roses and the candy."
"Thanks for being my Valentine…for all of fifteen minutes," Deshawn joked as he bent over and picked the flowers and knife up off the floor and handed them to her.
She took her things, then Deshawn walked her to her car. They exchanged numbers, and he said he'd call her the next day, to make plans for their date.
As Tamara drove home, she thought about the passionate kiss they'd shared. She'd definitely be taking a cold shower tonight. She had been sure that she was going to forever be one of those women who hated Valentine's Day, especially since it was the date she and Tristan were supposed to had gotten married; but Cupid had made a surprise appearance at the last minute, creating a new memory of this day for her. She'd often read that the best relationships usually began unexpectedly…and she definitely hadn't expected Deshawn to show up at her job and ask her out tonight. She hadn't spent Valentine's Day as she'd intended to- walking down the aisle or dancing the night away at an elaborate wedding reception- but somehow, the little amount of time she'd just spent with Deshawn, was even better.


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Rendering Classroom Camera Recordings in Camtasia
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Camtasia - Rendering Classroom Recordings
What follows is a step by step walkthrough for lab aides and tutors on how to take camtasia .camrec files and render them so that they appear correctly in the iam.colum.edu/screenz website.
The Process
- Find the Camrec files under Classfolders\fun_stuff\Camtasia\RawVideo\<CourseName>\<CurrentSemester\<InstructorName> (Grab all the files for one class at a time and ONLY for the current semester)
- Copy those Camrecs and paste them into C:\User
- Double-click on one of the Camrecs to open Camtasia
- Drag the Camrec from the clip bin into the timeline to create the first segment of the video you are making. Camtasia will ask at what resolution you would like to create the video. Choose 800x600.
- Click into the timeline and press [Space] to start playing the video you are creating. Make sure that the Camrec you used is the first part of the recordings for that day of class. Hopefully, the teacher is nice like Jeff and announces at the start of the video, "Hello, this is Data Design Class 9 Part two!"
- Click and drag the segment to the left until it snaps into place, so that the segment begins as soon as the video starts.
- From C:\User, click and drag your second segment (Most classes end up with two Camrecs a week. If you are working with more than two Camrecs, feel free to just drag them all in at once) into Camtasia's clib bin.
- Drag each of your additional Camrecs from the clip bin into the timeline one at a time. Make sure that your segments are in order from first to last, and make sure that there is no space in-between the end of one segment and the beginning of another. When you are re-arranging your segments in Camtasia, remember to shift-click to include both your audio and your video channels as you move them around.
- When you're done arranging your segments, use CTRL + P to produce and share. USE CUSTOM SETTINGS
- After selecting custom settings, click continue through all the default settings until you come to the watermark. Make certain that the watermark is set to be the BrandIdentity IAMTreatment120.png (found in Classfolders\fun_stuff\Camtasia\)
- When you produce the final video use the following naming convention: <CourseName>_<Semester>_<Week>_<InstructorInitials>.mp4 (e.g. OOP_SP16_WK1_JM.mp4), then click finish.
- After successfully recording, copy the production file you produced from C:\User to classfolders\funstuff\camtasia\<CurrentSemester>\<CourseNameAndSectionNumber> (Verify which section the instructor is using as there may be multiple sections running).
- Verify the videos are accessible on iam.colum.edu/screenz
- Delete all local copies of your files.
A Visual Walkthrough
Camtasia training video


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February 05 in History – What happened on 05 February in Past
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05 February - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
In India and world history February 05 has a special significance, because on this day there have been many such incidents which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let us know that some of the most important events that will increase your general knowledge. The collected facts will be such as: the people born on this day, the passing of the famous persons, the war pact, the freedom of any country, the invention of new technologies, the change of power, the important national and international day etc
What happened on February 05 in history:
|Event / Incidence / Incident
|The jury selection has been started in the Los Angeles and the cops beating Rodney King case.
|Medgar Evers murdered Byron De La Beck. He has been sentenced to life, in Jackson for 30 years after the crime.
|Brook Lee from Hawaii has been crowned as 46th miss USA.
|The author tom Clancy confirmed that he has signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, which is an NFL franchise record.
|In the super bowl XL, the Steelers defeated the Seahawks by 21-10 runs.
|The Danish special force stormed a ship which was captured by Somalia pirates and fearing 25 crew members on board.
|The Protesters continued their 12th day of nationwide protests in Cairo in Tahir square, calling on President Hosni Mubarak to step down.
|Josefina Vazquez Mota is the first woman ever endorsed by a Major Mexican Party to run for President of Mexico.
|Michael Dell, the founder leads a consortium that announced plans to take Dell as private with a$24.4 billion which was the largest buyout seen since the recession.
|Mario Cuomo, the Governor of New York has planned to announce executive action to loosen Marijuana laws. It also allowed the use of the drugs for medical purposes.
List of February 05 famous birthdays:
|Name / Profession / Country
List of February 05 famous Indian birthdays:
|Name / Profession / Country
|Abhishek Bacchan / Actor / India
|Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy / Cardinal / India
|K. S. Nissar Ahmed / Poet / India
|Khurshed Alam Khan / Politician / India
|Bhuvneshwar Kumar / Cricketer / India
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For a full index of site contents click homepage. Thousands of photographs just a click away.
GERMANY - Plauen 1992
I was researching new printing presses for the Hartlepool Mail and we went to Plauen in recently repatriated East Germany. it was a fascinating place with old trams and lots of Trabants. These are general shots and give a flavour to a place in transition. The group picture shows from L-R Me, MD; Gerry production, Paul Finance, Arnold (Richardson) Project Manager (Photobus) and David- MAN Presses.Read More


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Extremely pleasant red on that leaf. Simple in a good way, no distractions, and it's beautiful.
If you like critique; perhaps photo looks a bit arranged, maybe you could have been a bit more shrewd with the installation, or cropped it so that one cannot see those stems(im not sure about the word, i mean the point from where the flower starts..) But lovely photo!
Hey you beat me to it.
Nicely done. Now I have some idea what to do when I get close to a banana tree.
Thank you Reima and thank you Bobo.
Well,it was arranged,Reima,in the sense I had removed many fallen flowers from around that red bract.
The banana flower is an inflorescence. Everyday, in the evening a bract opens up revealing nectar-rich,white flowers. The bats visit them in the night and the banana-butterfly in the morning. By about 8AM the bract and the male flowers start to fall down.In this particular case there was an old yellow banana-leaf on the ground upon which they fell and waited for me. It is a beautiful sight, with the slanting golden morning sunlight on those fallen bracts and the flowers cast out in disarray (I was late.)
I have been spending some time trying to shoot a bat, but it is much skilled at beating me. Immediate threat has priority over hunger!
BTW banana is a large herb, not a tree. What you see above the ground is a cylinder of leaf-petiole sheaths - a pseudostem. The actual stem is underground.
Here is how it looked first..


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Markets Face Worst October since 1987: Dow Jones Industrial Average on Pace for Worst Year to Date Record since 1931.
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At the start of Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 36.83% for the year. How bad was that? Let us put it this way, the only two years with more Shakespearean tragic one year performances were in 1907 and 1931. That is how significant this crash is. Even with the amazing recovery of 11.29% this week which again, massive market volatility is a sign of an incredibly unhealthy market, the Dow is still down 29% for the year. The 29% market decline currently places the Dow at the 6th worst year in history. We would have to go back to 1931 during the Great Depression to find a year with poorer performance.
First let us examine a chart depicting the accelerated drop in October for this year:
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The obvious and clear trend in the chart is that the Dow was already heading lower until the markets came unglued at their edges in October. Like a rollercoaster reaching the apex and then suddenly falling at full velocity. This week was unprecedented in terms of it jumping up 11.29% but even with that, the markets are still down. In fact, this week the overall fundamental news on the economy was poor. Consumer confidence came in at an all time record low, American Express talked about cutting 7,000 workers, gross domestic product contracted, and the initial unemployment claims are at recessionary levels. Earnings were disappointing for the most part so this massive jump was simply a technically based run up and nothing based on the fundamentals of the economy. Just wait until next week when people take a look at the their monthly October 401(k) performance. It will be scarier than any costume that Hollywood can design.
Let us take a look at the historical record of the Dow seeing the worst years on record:
It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that 3 of the top 5 worst Dow years came during the Great Depression. We also have the 1907 crash and the 1920 crash. These were significant events in their time and should put the Great Depression in perspective. But if we look at where we stand currently, if the Dow is to stay at 29% it would come in as the 6th worst performing year in history.
If you really think about how low we actually got, the Dow was flirting with having the 2nd worst year ever. That is no small matter. And if you look at the near term at economic fundamentals the news will not be good:
(a) The unemployment report next week will once again show the employment sector contracting based on current unemployment claims and company job cut reports.
(b) Just as troubling, the consumer sector is contracting at the worst possible time, right before the holiday mob shopping season.
(c) Many of the Dow components are in industries that will have horrible earnings. Take a look at how heavy they are in finance: American Express, Bank of America, Citigroup, and JP Morgan Chase. Many of the others are directly related to massive consumption: Hewlett-Packard, Intel, and Walt Disney to name a few.
And if you think the Dow isn't a good measure of the economy take a look at the S & P 500 and NASDAQ:
The S & P 500 and the NASDAQ are off 34% and 35% respectively. The S & P 500 at the low point reached on October 27 was down a stunning 45% in one year. These are epic drops. Looking at how quick and sudden the fall came, it is understandable why the technical figures do not show a recession. That is, we do not have 2 consecutive quarters of declining GDP. Most people looking at the fundamentals knew even at the peak in October of 2007 that something had to give. A recession was all but baked in.
It doesn't help that currently outstanding there are $10.5 trillion in home mortgages in the United States and $2.55 trillion in consumer credit. Our national debt is now running side by side with home mortgage debt at $10.5 trillion and will soon grow with the implementation of the massive bailout program.
It is hard to imagine how the markets do not fall anymore in the forth quarter. All the fundamentals through the year will be tough. Roughly 72% of our economy is consumption based and this pulling back during this time in the year will prove to be a very tough holiday season.
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