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Success stories
Join the team
Currently, the R&D teams in Sofia are interested in high-tech oriented engineers to join the projects that lead the trends for smarter and more autonomous vehicle.
Over the years we have grown to a technical center with full competence for transforming customer requirements to fully tested solutions ready to be deployed in mass production. We achieve this by effective collaboration between our major departments – System Requirements, Mechanics, Electrical Engineering, Software Development, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Connected Car&Cloud, Quality and System Validation. If you want to become a part of the Visteon team and you have a passion for technology, browse the open positions:
Internship Program
Engineering is about using theory in practice.
Visteon is in close collaboration with technical schools and universities in Bulgaria to support educational programs with technical relevant updates, equipment sponsorships and guest speakers.
Our Annual Internship Program with duration up to 12 months provide unique opportunity to work on real customer projects, learn from experienced engineering team and feel company spirit. Students benefit from flexible work time schedule that allows them to remain focused on studies and personal projects.
Turn your passion into profession! Design your future – learn, develop and grow in global environment.
Create cars of the future!
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Join Visteon team
Welcome on board
On-Boarding Program –get understanding on company's culture, achievements, teams and processes for successful integration.
Mentor Program
A mentor will make sure you learn fast in fail-safe environment.
Technical Programs
Trainings in advanced technologies and tools is essential for our market leading position.
Soft Skills Programs
Building capabilities to effectively collaborate in global environment.
Team Workshops and Events
Workshops and team events to learn how to stick and grow as high-performing team.
Authentic Leaders in Action
Our leader learning cycles will support you to develop your own style of engaging others…
Explore your potential, develop you and your team through engaging coaching programs. Take part in company transformation journey…
Develop by doing
We foster culture of continuous learning though hands-on experience, sharing knowledge and taking charge of own development.
Social Responsibility
Throughout its history in time, Visteon is doing business in accordance with approved standards. The company
operates on the principle always to follow the right choice. This is what improves the business results,
reputation, productivity and jobs in Visteon.
- Working with all Technical Universities in the country – Technical University Sofia, Technical University Plovdiv, Technical University Gabrovo, Technical University Varna, Rousse University etc.
- Investing in Laboratories.
- RoboLeague Bulgaria – sponsoring the first national robotics contest.
- Protected Home, Lukovit
- Razliv Orphanage
- Pernik DayCare Center "Good Heart"
- Medical Center Montana
- Orphanage "Asen Zlatarov", Sofia
- Project "Get involved"
- Crisis center for children affected by violence "Viara, Nadezhda I Liubov"
- SOS Kinderdorf
- Foundation "Dechitsa"
- Orphanage "Nikola Vaptsarov", Roman
- Christmas, Martentisa and Easter charity markets in the office – charity events on which the children from Lukovit protected home, Day care center Pernik and Roman orphanage are selling art pieces, created by themselves. The collected money from the bazaars are used to purchase materials for their art classes.
- "Sweets charity bazaars" – the employees of Visteon create homemade delicacies and sell them among their colleagues. The money are used to support various causes.
- Charity photo contest – organized among the employees of Visteon in support of different charity projects
- Animal Rescue Sofia – Every year the employees of Visteon purchase the calendar with the animals of Animal Rescue Sofia
- Donation to St. Nicolas Orphanage, Novi Han – the employees of Visteon Sofia donated toys, food, sheets and blankets, books for children, various kitchen utensils and money.
- Donation to Kindergarten "Prolet", Kazanlak – with donated vouchers from the employees of Visteon Sofia, the kindergarten managed to secure all radiators in the rooms with special fences, so that the children can play safely.
- Taking part in AmCham "Volunteering day"
- Annual blood donation in association with Bulgarian Red Cross
- Annual Christmas parties – Each year Visteon Sofia organizes great Christmas parties for all employees. They are a perfect opportunity to bring everyone together, providing a lot of fun, a lot of dance on favorite music and full relax after the dynamics of the everyday work.
- Team spirit – the employees in Visteon Sofia know how to have fun. Different teams have their different way to do this – rafting, paintball, carting, bowling and many others.
- Test drives – as cars are part of our daily work it is necessary to have some fun with them. Regularly test drives are being organized in our office and all colleagues have the opportunity to get in touch with the newest models on the market. Most of which of course have our products in them.
- Visteon Sofia football team – our colleagues from the football team take part in the IT football league
- Visteon Sofia internal football tournament – 8 teams compete twice a year in the Visteon Sofia football tournament. A nice way to combine sports and teambuilding
- Visteon Sofia Foosball Tournament – Jaga-foosball tournament took place in the office of Visteon Sofia and was another great opportunity for getting the colleagues together
- Тennis tournament – Visteon Sofia participated several times in annual tennis tournaments
- Visteon Sofia volleyball team
- Visteon Sofia Table Tennis teams


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Pomegranate Jelly is what I set out to make! This the recipe for pomegranate jelly. My jelly did not set, and I now have 8 jars of pomegranate syrup in my refrigerator which I plan to use for glaze and dessert toppings! Because I believe our kitchen stories help each other most when we share both successes and "detours" I will post the process here. Since I have figured out what went wrong, I thought you might benefit from my mistake!
The harvest from our two pomegranate trees was enough this year to create my desire to make jelly from our crop. With Joe's help I spent a good part of the day last Monday cutting and collecting seeds from a big mound of pomegranates. In case you don't know, there is a trick to this. Soak the pomegranates in water first to soften the leathery skins, then cut the whole fruit into two or three pieces. In a large bowl of water, submerge each portion of pomegranate while you work on loosening the arils (seeds) from the white membrane that holds them. This keeps pomegranate juice from squirting all over you and the kitchen, and actually makes the separation a little easier. In small batches, pulse a few times in a blender to release juice and strain through a sieve. Use a wooden spoon to mash the pulp and get as much juice as possible. Then use the juice obtained to make jelly, molasses, syrup, or freeze it. I chose jelly. Because I didn't have quite enough juice, I supplemented with purchased pure pomegranate juice.
When I shopped for the packaged fruit pectin, I could not find the powdered pectin I have formerly used (Sure Jell). Instead, the supermarket canning supplies offered Ball Low Sugar pectin in a bulk jar. Since it had instructions on the label for how much powder to substitute for one package, I brought it home and proceeded to substitute. THAT was my mistake! I now know a sad fact – that not all pectin brands are equal. They have very different processing requirements. You can't substitute one brand for another and use the same instructions. I found out the hard way. That is in no way an indictment of one brand, just a fact. Since this recipe calls for "1 package of powdered pectin", that is what I needed to use, simple! Another need is to watch carefully when instructions say to add the pectin, and when to add the sugar. You can't just plop everything into your pot and proceed. Now that I have gotten that settled, I will say that this is a good thing to learn now, instead of after you have filled your jars.
Pomegranate Jelly
4 cups pomegranate juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 package powdered pectin
5 cups white sugar
You will need 6 – 7 eight ounce jars and lids
Juice pomegranates as recommended above or use purchased pomegranate juice. Prepare jars. I ran mine on the sanitize cycle of my dishwasher.
Measure pomegranate juice and lemon juice into a 6 quart pan. Add pectin, stir and place over high heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly to prevent scorching. When the juice has reached a full rolling boil that cannot be stirred down, add sugar. Boil hard for exactly 2 minutes. Remove from heat, let stand for a minute and skim off any foam.
Fill jars to 1/2 " of rim of jar. Wipe rims clean. Screw on 2 piece lids
If you are storing in the refrigerator, allow jars to cool before placing in refrigerator. If you are canning the jelly for unrefrigerated storage, place jelly jars, not touching, on a rack in a tall pot of boiling water which covers the top of the jars by at least an inch. boil for 5 minutes and remove from water. This is best done with canning pot and rack and equipment for lifting the jars. Let the jars cool, then check seals. The lids should be sucked down. You will hear a popping noise as this happens while the jelly cools. Once the jars reach room temperature, put them in the refrigerator for a few hours to assist setting.

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Water Aerobics
Water aerobics combines cardiovascular exercise with strength training for a low-impact, full-body workout. By exercising in water, you take advantage of the water's resistance to strengthen your muscles as you move.
This form of exercise has become the stereotypical senior workout, but with good reason. Like with swimming, the water takes stress off of your joints and allows you to build strength and endurance with very little impact. It's a common misconception that you need to be able to swim to participate in water aerobics classes. Most take place in shallow water -- between waist and chest deep -- so swimming is not a requirement.
You can find water aerobics classes at gyms, the YMCA and community pools. Some cities offer low- and even no-cost water aerobics classes for seniors, making it easy to get started. Check with local community centers or your city's parks and recreation department to see what's offered in your area.


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Covering the Front and Back Pages of the Newspaper
June 21, 2005
POLITICS: He's Dead, Jim
Joe Biden becomes the first to don the red shirt for 2008.
I like Biden in some ways; he's certainly more likeable than Kerry (faint praise, indeed), is prone to occasional bouts of candor, and at least seems to have given some thought to serious foreign policy issues, although his instincts are erratic at best. But he clearly suffers from the same classic Senate combination of inflated self-importance, windbaggery and inconstancy that has damaged the presidential runs of Kerry and so many others; he's the textbook Senate "show horse." Plus, he may have the worst hair in American politics, which is not going to help.
Posted by Baseball Crank at 7:35 AM | Politics 2008 | Comments (8) | TrackBack (1)
You know, there's a certain amount of irony in that "red shirt" link, although you could argue that last year's Democratic contenders were such a poor bunch that even a Senator could get nominated.Posted by: Devin McCullen at June 21, 2005 10:29 AM
I'm not saying a Biden campaign is necessarily doomed, of course, although with Hillary in the race the odds of him even getting the nomination are extremely steep.Posted by: The Crank at June 21, 2005 10:43 AM
That's not his hair...Posted by: annika at June 21, 2005 12:36 PM
Don't you think that in this day and age that even Biden was a freaking saint that the plagerism issue would just kill him?Posted by: jim at June 21, 2005 12:49 PM
Once something like the plagiarism thing is a long-known fact, it loses it's ability to be damaging, I think.
However, I really think the Democratic nomination will come down to Hillary and a bunch of governors. I don't think Biden or any other non-Hillary Senator is going to be able to get much traction.Posted by: Jerry at June 21, 2005 1:31 PM
Agreed on both counts. The plaigarism thing is a dent in Biden, but I agree with Glenn Reynolds that it probably would not have been a campaign-killer today.
Hillary's unique status makes her mostly immune to the perils of being a Senator. George Allen may be in a better position as well, being an ex-Governor who's only been in DC since 2000. McCain has his own problems. Most of the other Senators will be campaign cannon fodder.Posted by: The Crank at June 21, 2005 1:41 PM
Annika - I know it's not real hair, although I guess I'm unclear at this point whether it's plugs or a bad toupee.Posted by: The Crank at June 21, 2005 1:41 PM
The allegations of Joe Biden's plaigarism were of two accounts...one in law school where he credited the source, but did it improperly by not crediting all instances (which he was excused of any wrong doing) and once in a speech he used some thoughts of a guy from England that he failed to credit in that specific speech (even thought he credited him using the same stuff in various other speeches). If Joe Biden isn't an upstanding, great guy, than now one is.
And as far as whether he can gain the democratic nomination with Hillary in the race... he's going to beat the pants off of her. For no other reason than he is the best chance America has for a bright future:)
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Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping: Timeline
Here is a timeline of the mass kidnapping that captured global attention:
– Snatched from school –
On April 14, 2014 Boko Haram gunmen seize 276 girls aged 12 to 17 from the Government Girls Secondary School in the remote town of Chibok in Borno state.
The girls are forced from their dormitories onto trucks and driven into the bush. Fifty-seven manage to flee.
Boko Haram factional leader Abubakar Shekau claims responsibility in a video released on May 5 and vows to sell the girls as slave brides.
One year on
On April 14, 2015 Nigeria's president-elect Muhammadu Buhari warns he "cannot promise" that the girls will be found, as vigils are held to mark their first year in captivity.
In September 2015, Buhari raises the possibility of an exchange of Boko Haram prisoners for the girls.
In December he says he is willing to negotiate with any "credible" Boko Haram leadership and if there is proof the girls are alive.
'Proof of life'
In April 2016, on the eve of the abduction's second anniversary, it emerges that Boko Haram has sent a "proof of life" video to the government.
It shows 15 of the girls in black hijabs in the first concrete indication that at least some are still alive.
In May 2016 the Nigerian army confirms the first of the schoolgirls has been found.
The 19-year-old was discovered with a four-month-old baby and a man she described as her husband near Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest enclave.
– First releases –
In October 2016, Nigerian officials announce the release of 21 of the girls following talks between the government and Boko Haram, brokered by Switzerland and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Local sources say four jihadist prisoners were freed as part of the deal.
The army finds two other girls in November 2016 and January 2017.
In May 2017 another 82 girls are released in exchange for five Boko Haram commanders as part of the same talks.
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My mother awoke one morning suffering from severe backache and a very painful leg. The following day she was finding it almost impossible to walk. We decided that we needed to seek urgent medical help and telephoned Salvatore who advised us to go to the "Pronto Soccorso" department of a nearby hospital. This was to be our first encounter with the Italian Medical System – We had no idea what would lay in store.
Arriving at the hospital Mamma was immediately assessed by the triage nurses, and only had a few moments wait before being examined by a doctor. She was then taken off to have numerous X-rays, they seemed to be very thorough in their work. It was decided that she needed to go to another nearby hospital to see a Orthopaedic Specialist. Expecting to be given an appointment for a couple of months time, we were amazed that she was told to go straight there, as the Specialist was currently available.
On arriving at the second hospital we were swiftly directed to the appropriate department, and after a wait of only 15 minutes we were ushered inside the Specialist's consulting room. He at first seemed rather brusque, however realising that we were English he began to loosen up, chatting in rather a jocular fashion. The X-ray had shown that all the cartilage in one knee had been worn away over the years. Tina had been born with a congenital hip deformation (which strangely was quite common in some Italian babies, in fact one of Tina's sisters had suffered from the same disability). Mamma had always told the story that she had weighed 14 pounds at birth, which may have been a contributing factor !!! At any rate, the dislocation had been left uncorrected, thus she had one leg shorter than the other, and had always walked with a significant limp. Thus her "good leg" had taken the strain over many years. The Specialist told her that she had severe arthritis in many joints, and that basically she required a knee replacement, however she was a poor candidate for surgery, having had one lung removed. During the Second World War, whilst living in London during the Blitz, Tina and several members of her family had contracted Tuberculosis. For several years she had been sent away to a Sanatorium, before eventually undergoing surgery to remove a lung. The Specialist apologised that there was, in fact, little he could do to help her. However just understanding what was causing the problem seemed to significantly reassure Mamma.
Thus, we were considerably impressed with the service we had received, so far, through the Italian National Health System, and as Mamma was a pensioner and we were European citizens, we were not required to pay for the consultations. For the next few days Tina rested in bed, and gradually the pain and inflammation receded, however we resolved to get ourselves registered with a local General Practitioner as soon as possible.
When we first arrived in Italy, as EU citizens, we found that we were covered for health treatment by the normal E111 Travellers Health Form, which allowed us to take advantage of reciprocal health agreements. We were then told that as we were to be permanent residents in Italy, we needed to register with the "SSN", the Italian National Health System – this was to be our next bureaucratic challenge.
We were so fortunate to have found a dear friend, by the name of Angelina, who works in a local town hall. We mentioned to her that there was a delay in getting the "Certificati di Residenza" for my elderly mother, father and that we were rather concerned as it was very important to get them registered with a local doctor as soon as possible. She told us "non vi preocupare", and that she would see what she could do to assist us. It seems she had a relative who worked in the appropriate office and amazingly enough managed to pull a few strings to get my parents' Certificati processed swiftly.
Angelina then asked if we came down to town very often, as she said she had not seen us out and about. She invited us to meet up with her one evening in the main square. Normally, by this time of night we were winding down for the evening, but we made the effort to stir ourselves into action on this occasion. She soon appeared at the designated meeting place accompanied by her husband Luigi, who greeted us warmly. Angelina said that she had arranged for us to go to the local "USL" (L'Unita Sanitaria Locale) (pronounced "oozz-la") which was a clinic where we could meet a senior doctor who could help organise our registration. The couple then invited us to "passeggiata" with them. We now realised why she said she had not seen us around, as up until this point we had not often partaken in this somewhat peculiar Italian evening ritual. Together we sauntered around the streets and eventually stopped for refreshments at their favourite bar. Here we were introduced to Angelina's mother and some of their friends. They were all thoroughly intrigued to know just how and why we had come to live in Itri, and were full of questions. We chatted for some time and took pleasure in their genial company.
The following morning we duly presented ourselves at the local "USL" clinic. The waiting area was incredibly chaotic. Eventually, after a prolonged wait, we were able to talk to a medic, who was very helpful and obliging. He advised us to continue using our European E111 health forms, which were valid up until the end of the year and he provided us with a list of local general practitioners. However, when we proceeded to contact one of these doctors, he told us to do the complete opposite – to register immediately with the Italian National Health System.
Consequently, our next destination was to be the nearest ASL (Azienda Sanitaria Locale) or Regional Health Authority office in a larger nearby town. We made enquiries at the reception kiosk, but were told that the department we required was not open on certain days, and we were advised to come back on Wednesday morning. Yet another wasted journey – this happens so often in Italy and can be quite exasperating.
So, on the following Wednesday morning we accordingly trudged yet again to the "ASL" office, clutching our bulging file of paperwork. The receptionist directed us to the "Department for New Applications" which was on the ground floor. Here we were greeted by a plump, heavily bespectacled lady in her late 50's who informed us that the department was very soon to shut for lunch. But …….. it was only 11.30 am? She proceeded to draw down the counter's blinds to signify the department's imminent closure. However, she seemed to take pity on us, so we were directed to go round to the back of the office to continue our discussion.
However, when she realised that we were in fact "stranieri", and that the form filling might be slightly complex, AND that there were 5 people to be registered she began to melodramatically remonstrate, feigning to wipe the sweat from her brow. Meanwhile another unfortunate customer further irritated her by daring to lift up the office's shutters in the hope of speaking to a member of staff, but was only to be brusquely dismissed with a flea in their ear.
Now where was she? ….. ah… Sí. "5 application forms !!! All in one morning !!! But this was all too much!!!" She didn't know if the department could cope with such intense pressure !!! There was a solitary, archaic computer in the whole department, and the signora apprehensively began the task of entering our details, one by one, onto a simple form on the system. It soon became apparent that her IT skills were sadly lacking, as we observed her stumbling her way through this relatively simple process. She moodily huffed and puffed, wringing her hands and grumbling to her colleagues about how much she had to do, and how difficult and taxing it all was – Oh woe is me !!! As she struggled onwards she was further harassed by more people rattling the blind for assistance. How could she possibly cope !!!
Finally, over an hour later, the printer finally spat out the documents. The "signora" proceeded shuffling the sheets of paper in an exaggerated fashion, in an attempt to look especially efficient and professional, before summoning one of her colleagues from an adjoining room to take some photocopies. Ten minutes later the original printouts and their copies arrived back. There were three more female clerks in the office, and we soon learned that one's speciality was rubber stamping, the other's was tearing off strips of paper from the bottom of the forms, stapling them together in the correct order and the third folded the documents and put them in envelopes. Well, if this was the normal way of going about things, no wonder the Italian wheels of bureaucracy grind so incredibly slowly !!!
In any case, it had taken a deal of time and patience, but each of us now were suitably registered with the Italian Health System, and had been allocated a "Tessera Sanitaria". Impatiently the clerks handed us some more forms to decipher, before bundling us out of the office and loudly slamming the door behind us.
We were fast learning, through bitter experience, that nothing in Italy can be simple and easy. Public offices don't seem to always open according to the written timetable, being open just for odd hours and unexpectedly closed without any apparent reason. To get anything official done is an epic struggle taking up at least 3 or 4 visits !!! One needs "Pazienza … Molta Pazienza !!!"
At the "USL" office in back in Itri, we attempted to obtain further information regarding assistance for pensioners with medical expenses. Here the accommodating administrative assistant helped us complete and sign the necessary forms. For most people there is a system of co-payment for drugs, specialists' consultations, treatments and analytic laboratory tests.
We were then asked to choose who we would like to be our family doctor, or "Medico Generico". Angelina had already given us her recommendation: Dottore Rossi. Presently, when we all presented ourselves at his studio or "ambulatorio". At first he seemed to be very sombre and reserved, however in hindsight I think he was just rather shy and a little in awe of us. The previous day I had spent several hours writing down details of all our medical histories, ailments, and various medications, and had then translated them all into Italian. The doctor studiously read through this information. He took both of my parents' blood pressure, and then took out a small book which seemed to contain information regarding various medications, and he looked up individual drug names to find the Italian equivalents. This took some considerable time and a great deal of concentration, and throughout he didn't utter a single word. We sat anxiously, twiddling our thumbs and shuffling our feet, wondering how long this silence would prevail. He then began writing out numerous "ricette", red printed prescription forms to be taken to the "farmacia". By this time we had been in his surgery for over an hour, and we didn't have the courage to ask him to sort out prescriptions for Paul and for myself in addition. As you may well imagine, the other patients who had been waiting to see the doctor were somewhat irked by us "stranieri" taking up so much of the doctor's precious time.
Since then we have come to know Dottore Rossi well. He is a kind, gentle, caring man. He drives a shiny red Mercedes, and wears designer sunglasses to co-ordinate with his colourful stylish knitwear. He has a shocking racking cough as he is a heavy smoker – Perhaps not exactly the best advertisement for healthy living !!!
When we needed to see him at his surgery, we soon learned that there was absolutely no point in rushing, as the 10 o'clock morning surgery inevitably starts a good deal later. First he must complete all his house calls. Italian GP's seem to generally operate individually, not in the group practices that we are familiar with in the UK. It is said that Italy has the highest number of doctors per capita than any country in the world, yet the system at first sight seems somewhat haphazard. There is no appointment system at all, it seems there is no point as there is little likelihood of being seen on time anyway. Patients are just seen on a "first come, first served basis", which consequently involves a lot of waiting around with patients sniffing, coughing and spluttering and generally complaining about their afflictions and the doctor's inevitable tardiness.
As more patients arrive, each acknowledges the others in the waiting room politely with a loud, "Buongiorno". There is an extremely important phrase to master for these circumstances which is: "Chi è l 'último"? or "Who was the last one to arrive ?"
Finalmente il Dottore will make an appearance, to everyone's great relief, as by now we are all shivering and our noses and toes have will have become quite numb in the icy waiting room.
It seemed that just recently Doctor Rossi had been presented with a new computerised system, which he struggles to master, as previously he had always written everything out by hand. Alas, the computer seems to be more of a hindrance than an aid.
On certain days "il Dottore" has a receptionist, or perhaps she should be more aptly known as the "prescriptionist" because Elisabetta is armed with a pad of pre-signed prescriptions, so if you take along an empty box of the medication you require she is happy to oblige by writing out a "ricetta" for you. We soon learned that Dottore Rossi was only too happy to carry out home visits for elderly patients, such as my ailing parents and was happy to hand out his mobile phone number.
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Get ready to see even more of Brandon Maxwell. The fashion designer and stylist, best known for outfitting Lady Gaga, has signed to IMG Models, WWD reports. The company will apparently be representing Maxwell not just as a designer or stylist but outside of the fashion world as well, assumedly with his directing as, last year, Maxwell helmed a video clip promoting Lady Gaga's Joanne track "A-Yo" for Apple Music.
"I'm looking forward to exploring new exciting opportunities to continue growing my career," Maxwell told WWD. (W has also reached out for comment.) "IMG is a powerhouse, and I look forward to working with them in future endeavors."
Maxwell has certainly been busy. Just last week he brought together some of the fashion industry's biggest names for his New York Fashion Week show, which featured the likes of Gigi and Bella Hadid, Karlie Kloss, Joan Smalls, and Taylor Hill, to name a few. "To be very literal, my life has felt very colorful in the last six months," he told WWD of his presentation. "I have been in such a great mental place. I just really enjoyed this creation process. It was such a joyous experience for me."
Joy is something that informs all of Brandon Maxwell's designs, as he told W earlier this year. "Shows, in general, tend to be very homogenized—same hair, same makeup, same slightly angry walk. But I think there should be joy in clothing. When I'm selling clothes in a store, it's not to an angry woman who's walking fast with a bowl cut. The most important thing for me to know, as the protective older sibling of a bunch of sisters, is that when a young girl in the middle of nowhere comes across an image of my collection on social media, that she sees someone like herself. Not just African-American, but also Indian, Asian, Hispanic." Now signed to IMG, Maxwell's reach — to the middle of nowhere and beyond — will be significantly bigger.
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Archive for June 6th, 2017
The Lawless Presidency
David Leonhardt writes in the NY Times:
Democracy isn't possible without the rule of law — the idea that consistent principles, rather than a ruler's whims, govern society.
You can read Aristotle, Montesquieu, John Locke or the Declaration of Independence on this point. You can also look at decades of American history. Even amid bitter fights over what the law should say, both Democrats and Republicans have generally accepted the rule of law.
President Trump does not. His rejection of it distinguishes him from any other modern American leader. He has instead flirted with Louis XIV's notion of "L'état, c'est moi": The state is me — and I'll decide which laws to follow.
This attitude returns to the fore this week, with James Comey scheduled to testify on Thursday about Trump's attempts to stifle an F.B.I. investigation. I realize that many people are exhausted by Trump outrages, some of which resemble mere buffoonery. But I think it's important to step back and connect the dots among his many rejections of the rule of law.
They are a pattern of his presidency, one that the judicial system, Congress, civic institutions and principled members of Trump's own administration need to resist. Trump's view of the law, quite simply, violates American traditions.
Let's walk through the major themes:
LAW ENFORCEMENT, POLITICIZED. People in federal law enforcement take pride in trying to remain apart from politics. I've been talking lately with past Justice Department appointees, from both parties, and they speak in almost identical terms.
They view the Justice Department as more independent than, say, the State or Treasury Departments. The Justice Department works with the rest of the administration on policy matters, but keeps its distance on law enforcement. That's why White House officials aren't supposed to pick up the phone and call whomever they want at the department. There is a careful process.
Trump has erased this distinction.
He pressured Comey to drop the investigation of Trump's campaign and fired Comey when he refused. Trump has called for specific prosecutions, first of Hillary Clinton and more recently of leakers.
The attorney general, Jeff Sessions, is part of the problem. He is supposed to be the nation's head law-enforcement official, but acts as a Trump loyalist. He recently held a briefing in the White House press room — "a jaw-dropping violation of norms," as Slate's Leon Neyfakh wrote. Sessions has proclaimed, "This is the Trump era."
Like Trump, he sees little distinction between the enforcement of the law and the interests of the president.
COURTS, UNDERMINED. Past administrations have respected the judiciary as having the final word on the law. Trump has tried to delegitimize almost any judge who disagrees with him.
His latest Twitter tantrum, on Monday, took a swipe at "the courts" over his stymied travel ban.
Donald J. Trump
We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety!
4:17 PM – 3 Jun 2017
It joined a long list of his judge insults: "this so-called judge"; "a single, unelected district judge"; "ridiculous"; "so political"; "terrible"; "a hater of Donald Trump"; "essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country"; "THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!"
"What's unusual is he's essentially challenging the legitimacy of the court's role," the legal scholar Charles Geyh told The Washington Post. Trump's message, Geyh said, was: "I should be able to do what I choose."
TEAM TRUMP, ABOVE THE LAW. Foreign governments speed up trademark applications from Trump businesses. Foreign officials curry favor by staying at his hotel. A senior administration official urges people to buy Ivanka Trump's clothing. The president violates bipartisan tradition by refusing to release his tax returns, thus shrouding his conflicts.
The behavior has no precedent. "Trump and his administration are flagrantly violating ethics laws," the former top ethics advisers to George W. Bush and Barack Obama have written.
Again, the problems extend beyond the Trump family. Tom Price, the secretary of health and human services, has used political office to enrich himself. Sessions failed to disclose previous meetings with Russian officials.
Their attitude is clear: If we're doing it, it's O.K.
CITIZENS, UNEQUAL. Trump and his circle treat themselves as having a privileged status under the law. And not everyone else is equal, either.
In a frightening echo of despots, Trump has signaled that he accepts democracy only when it suits him. Remember when he said, "I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election — if I win"?
The larger message is that people who support him are fully American, and people who don't are something less. He tells elaborate lies about voter fraud by those who oppose him, especially African-Americans and Latinos. Then he uses those lies to justify measures that restrict their voting. (Alas, much of the Republican Party is guilty on this score.)
The efforts may not yet have swung major elections, but that should not comfort anyone. They betray the most fundamental democratic right, what Locke called . . .
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4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, playing on Sundance on Thursday, July 9th, at 8pm
In my haste to get this post ready this week, I nearly skipped checking Sundance's schedule, since they usually only have a couple I want to highlight anyway. Glad I didn't, because they're running some of my favorite foreign films from recent years, including Romania's 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, which I've been touting everywhere I can since it came out. TCM of course has its usual high quality stuff as well.
Monday, July 6
6:00am – TCM – Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock built the foundation for all future psycho-killer movies with his classic. It's not as terrifying as it once was, but that doesn't at all diminish its greatness. Must See
8:00am – TCM – The Manchurian Candidate
The original 1962 version, not the pale comparison of a 2004 remake. Former soldier Frank Sinatra starts having nightmares about his war experience, then finds that he and his unit were part of a brainwashing experiment – the result of which was to turn his colleague Laurence Harvey into a sleeper agent assassin. A classic of the Cold War era, full of well-honed suspense and paranoia.
6:15pm – IFC – Millions
Danny Boyle has a way of making very simple stories into something special, and this is no exception. A young British boy finds a bag with millions of pounds in it; the catch is that Britain is days away from switching to the euro, so the money will soon be worthless. The shifting ethical questions combined with a sometimes almost Pulp Fiction-esque style and a fascinating religious backdrop (I'm still not sure where he was going with that) at the very least means an intriguing couple of hours.
(repeats at 4:00am and 11:30am on the 7th)
8:00pm – TCM – Manhattan
In one of Woody Allen's best films, he's a neurotic intellectual New Yorker (surprise!) caught between his ex-wife Meryl Streep, his teenage mistress Mariel Hemingway, and Diane Keaton, who just might be his match. Black and white cinematography, a great script, and a Gershwin soundtrack combine to create near perfection. Must See
2:35am (7th) – Sundance – Volver
Pedro Almodovar deftly straddles the line between drama and comedy in one of his more accessible films. Two sisters return to their home at the death of their aunt, only to find their mother's ghost – or is it a ghost? And as always in Almodovar's films, there are related subplots aplenty. Penelope Cruz is incredible as the younger, fierier sister – she's never been more moving than in her passionate rendition of the title song, nor funnier than when calmly cleaning up a murder scene. Must See
(repeats at 2:15pm on the 7th)
Tuesday, July 7
8:00pm – TCM – Scaramouche
Stewart Granger was sort of a poor man's Errol Flynn in his 1950s swashbucklers – never quite had Flynn's panache, but hey, he tried. Scaramouche is one of his better films, and does boast the longest sword fight in cinema history. So there's that.
12:00M – IFC – The Cooler
In this under-the-radar film, William H. Macy plays a loser whose bad luck gets him a job as a "cooler" at a casino – his luck spreads and cools off any hot winning streaks that might be going on. But when he starts a relationship with Maria Bello, his new-found love and acceptance turns his luck. This film reinforced my knowledge of Bill Macy's talent, made me take notice of Maria Bello, and gave Alec Baldwin pretty his best role until 30 Rock.
(repeats at 4:00am on the 8th)
Wednesday, July 8
8:00am – TCM – Till the Clouds Roll By
MGM throws its bevy of musical stars at a biopic of Jerome Kern that, like most of MGM's 1940s biopics, has very little in common with Kern's actual life. What it does have, is Kern's great songs performed by some great singers and dancers. The most interesting section looking back on it now is an extended section from Show Boat starring Kathryn Grayson and Lena Horne – Grayson would get the part of Magnolia five years later when MGM produced Show Boat in full, but they were unwilling to actually cast Horne as mulatto Julie, instead giving the role to Ava Gardner.
10:15am – TCM – Ziegfeld Follies
Rather than go the biopic route to exploit Ziegfeld and their cast of thousands (oh, wait, they already did that with The Great Ziegfeld 10 years earlier), MGM instead modeled Ziegfeld Follies after an actual Ziegfeld show – it's basically just a series of sketches and musical sequences in revue format. Most are decent, a few are duds, and a few are exceptional, as you might expect. But it's worth it at least for Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly dancing together, Judy Garland imitating Greer Garson, and a rare cinema sighting of Fanny Brice (who was in many of the original Ziegfeld shows on Broadway).
11:30am – Sundance – Paris, je t'aime
I have a huge soft spot for Paris – basically any movie set there I will like to at least some degree. So an anthology film with eighteen internationally-renowned directors giving their take on Paris with eighteen short films all mashed together? Yeah, instant love. Obviously some sections are far stronger than others – the Coens, Gus van Sant, Alexander Payne, Isabel Coixet, Tom Tykwer, and Wes Craven turn in my favorites.
12:15pm – TCM – Words and Music
Words and Music is another excuse for MGM to bring out their stable of stars to retell of the career of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and it's pretty routine. What isn't routine is Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen's dazzling rendition of "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue," a ten-minute dance number that is 100% worth the price of the film.
12:00M – TCM – I Know Where I'm Going!
This is one of those little films that doesn't get much press and is very quiet and unassuming, but once you watch it you won't easily forget it. Wendy Hiller is a confident young woman who knows exactly what she wants and where she's going – that is, to meet her wealthy fiance and marry him on one of the Scottish Hebrides. But when a storm strands her on the way, she finds herself thrown off-course in more ways than one. There's nothing wasted here, and I Know Where I'm Going! stands as one of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's crowning achievements, even if it's not as well-known as Black Narcissus or The Red Shoes.
12:00M – IFC – A Hard Day's Night
Richard Lester's 1964 Beatles-starring film straddles several genres – musical, concert film, documentary, comedy. The good news is that it's an excellent film in any genre. You'll be hard-pressed to find any film an exuberant as this one, and with the Beatles right on the cusp of becoming the greatest band of all time, it's a definite Must See
4:30am (9th) – TCM – Lassie Come Home
Family classic that has every kid wanting a collie at some point in their lives. Hint: Get a border collie. Regular collies are quite high-strung.
Thursday, July 9
8:00pm – IFC – The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
This is the one Wes Anderson film I haven't seen. I need to rectify that, because I LOVE everything else he's done.
(repeats at 2:00am on the 10th)
8:00pm – Sundance – 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
This unflinching Romanian film remains one of the most powerful things I've seen in the last several years. Set in the mid-1980s, it builds a thriller-like story of a woman trying to help her friend obtain a dangerous illegal abortion – yet it's a thriller so deliberate that its very slowness and lack of movement becomes a major source of tension. When the camera does move, it has an almost physical force. I can hardly describe how blown away I am by this film…tough to watch, but incredibly worth it. Must See
10:00pm – IFC – Chasing Amy
Kevin Smith's third film, not as low-fi indie as Clerks, as goofy as Mallrats, as irreverently genius as Dogma, as self-referential as Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, or as racy as Zach and Miri Make a Porno, but perhaps sweeter than all of them – Ben Affleck falls for Joey Lauren Adams, with the only slight obstacle being that she's a lesbian.
(repeats at 4:00am on the 10th)
10:30pm – TCM – Dodge City
Dodge City, not a particularly great movie. It's a fun entry in the group of Errol Flynn-Olivia de Havilland matchups, as Flynn deals with the outlaw element in the western frontier town of Dodge. The real reason I like it? Fantastic barroom brawl at one point.
12:00M – Sundance – That Obscure Object of Desire
Luis Buñuel, ever one to come up with outlandish conceits, here directs two women playing the same role. The result is trippy and mesmerizing.
12:30am (10th) – TCM – Stagecoach
Major breakthrough for John Wayne, here playing outlaw Cisco Kid – he and the various other people on a stagecoach form a cross-section of old West society that has to learn to get on together to make it to the end of the ride alive. The most memorable, though, is Claire Trevor's prostitute – a woman who does what she must to survive, and is shunned by everyone except Wayne. Her reaction to him treating her as a lady is perfect. Must See
Friday, July 10
6:00am – IFC – Umberto D
Vittorio De Sica's neorealist classic about an aging man struggling to live on his meager pension in post-war Rome. Doesn't sound like a lot, and granted, not a lot happens. But by the end, you'll have extraordinary sympathy for gentle Umberto and his dog. Oh, and a fantastic performance by non-actress Maria Pia Casillio – she offered to take acting lessons for the part but De Sica forbade her. Good choice.
(repeats at 12:15pm)
7:00am – Sundance – Avenue Montaigne
Sometimes you're just in the mood for an unassuming, heartwarming little French film. Avenue Montaigne fits the bill well, following a waitress working on the titular Parisian avenue (an arty area with art galleries and a concert hall nearby) and the people she interacts with. There's not a LOT of substance here, but the French can carry these slight things off with a great deal more panache than we Americans can, and Avenue Montaigne is likely to put a smile on your face.
(repeats 2:35pm)
10:15am – IFC – Miller's Crossing
The Coen brothers take on 1930s gangland with this film, and do so admirably well. As they do most things. I have to admit I wasn't quite as enamored of it as I usually am of Coen films, but it definitely has its moments and I think a rewatch would jump it up in my estimation greatly.
(repeats at 3:30pm)
8:00pm – TCM – On the Waterfront
Marlon Brando's performance as a former boxer pulled into a labor dispute among dock workers goes down as one of the greatest in cinematic history. I'm not even a huge fan of Brando, but this film wins me over. Must See
8:45pm – IFC – Moulin Rouge!
Baz Lurhmann admittedly has a love-it-or-hate-it flamboyantly trippy aesthetic, especially in the informal Red Curtain trilogy which Moulin Rogue! closes. And sure, it's over the top; sure, the story is fairly routine; sure, the acting is so-so. I love it to pieces anyway.
(repeats at 5:15am on the 11th)
10:00pm – TCM – A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire won Vivien Leigh her second Oscar as fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois, and made a star out of Marlon Brando. It's also one of the films I'm most embarrassed to say I've never seen. I even have it on DVD somewhere! Someday, I will get to it.
Saturday, July 11
4:00pm – TCM – The Magnificent Seven
Homage comes full circle as American John Sturges remakes Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai as a western – Kurosawa's film itself was a western transposed into a Japanese setting. Sturges ain't no Kurosawa, but the story of a group of outcast cowboys banding together to protect an oppressed village is still a good one, plus there's a young Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson in the cast.
Sunday, July 12
7:30am – TCM – Baby Face
If you want a good dose of Pre-Code film style, look no further than 1933's Baby Face, starring Barbara Stanwyck as a girl quite willing to sleep her way to the top of a downtown firm – literally moving up floor by floor as she moves from conquest to conquest. Look quickly to see a young John Wayne, in a suit, no less!
4:00pm – TCM – High Society
This is not one of the best music-centric films ever made, but it is the musical version of The Philadelphia Story, with both Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra crooning it up with songs by Cole Porter. Oh, and one of Grace Kelly's last roles before she retired to become a princess and stuff. Still, you wish with that pedigree that it were better than it is. Ah, well.
7:15pm – IFC – Garden State
Somehow it has apparently become fashionable to hate on Garden State, but I refuse. I love it, and I don't think that's going to change any time soon.
(repeats at 5:00am on the 13th)
8:00pm – TCM – The African Queen
One of several films John Huston and Humphrey Bogart did together pits Bogart against the Amazon river – and straight-laced missionary Katharine Hepburn, who is forced to travel with him to escape Germany enemies. Well, boats are small, and one things leads to another, you know.
9:00pm – IFC – A Fish Called Wanda
John Cleese and Michael Palin bring their patented Monty Python-esque slapstick humor to this comedy of a jewel-heist gone terribly wrong. Also along for the farcical ride are Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline (who won an Oscar for his role).
(repeats at 3:00am on the 13th)
10:00pm – TCM – Night of the Hunter
If there's ever a film that defined "Southern gothic," it's this one. Underhanded "preacher" Robert Mitchum weasels his way into a young widowed family to try to gain the money the late father hid before he died. But what starts off as a well-done but fairly standard crime thriller turns into a surreal fable somewhere in the middle, and at that moment, jumps from "good film" to "film you will be able to get out of your head NEVER." In a good way. Must See


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Joel Edgerton has joined the cast of Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby in the role of Tom Buchanan, Deadline reports.
In the film, based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic, Leonardo DiCaprio will play Jay Gatsby and Tobey Maguire wil play Nick Carraway, the narrator in the novel. Carey Mulligan will play Gatsby's love, Daisy Buchanan, who is married to the wealthy Tom Buchanan with Isla Fisher as Myrtle Wilson.
The role was originally rumored to go to Ben Affleck, but he was forced to drop the project due to his upcoming directing gig, Argo.
The Great Gatsby is being eyed for an August start, which presumably won't conflict with Edgerton's recently announced commitment to Kathryn Bigelow's Untitled Black Ops film.


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Norman Ditches Los Angeles for the California Desert
In the latest episode, Norman is in California and ready to see some of his friends — both old and new. He stops by the shop of friend and bike-builder Yaniv Evan and takes one of his bikes for a spin.
Of course, no visit Norman takes to Los Angeles is complete without visiting one of his closest buddies Greg Nicotero, The Walking Dead Executive Producer and Special Effects Designer. Norman is like a kid in a candy shop in Greg's 20,000-square-foot studio, a pseudo-museum for all of the undead oddities and iconic horror props that Greg has created during his prolific career. Norman even runs into a lifelike dummy of himself — and, of course, he takes a selfie with it.
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Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, says the closure of the country's land borders is contributing to rising inflation.
Last week, the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released figures that showed that the consumer price index, which measures inflation, rose to 11.61% in October, an increase of 0.36 percentage points compared to 11.24% recorded in September.
That was the exact inflation rate recorded in May 2018 when the country was recovering from the recession and high inflation rate.
At the end of the federal executive council meeting on Wednesday, Ahmed told state house correspondents that inflation rose due to hikes in food prices arising from border closure.
"On inflation, headline inflation declined every month for several months before we noticed an optic in the last two months. And now headline inflation is at about 11:61 percent as at the end of October. The slight increase in this inflation between September and October is due to food inflation," she said.
"The food inflation we are ascribing to prices of cereals, rice and fish. And part of the reason is the border closure but the border closure is very very short and temporary and the increase is just about two basis point. Remember there was a time inflation was nine percent and it grew to about 18 percent in January 2017 when we were in recession.
"The relationship between inflation, interest rates and growth is managed by the monetary authorities and is a management that is tracked on a regular basis.
"So if you reduce interest rate you expect more borrowing for investments in the real sector. But at the same time that also has the tendency of reducing money that is used for consumption on a day to day basis.
So it's a balance that we continue to watch on a regular basis, we expect that this will be moderated as border closure impact fizzles out and also as the monetary authorities continue to support the MPR rate therefore ensuring that interest rates are not on the high side."
Ahmed added that closure of the border is temporary, highlighting the benefits of closing the borders.
"I need to remind us that the border closure is temporary. We have really advanced in our discussions between ourselves and our neigbours. We expect that the outcomes of those discussions and agreements is that each party will respect the protocols that we all committed to and then the borders will be open again," she said.
"What we are doing is important for our economy. We signed up to the African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA) agreement, we have to make sure that we put in place checks to make sure that our economy will not be overrun as a result of the coming into effect of the ACFTA. That is why we have this border closure to return to the discipline of respecting the protocols that we all committed to."
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Campaigning against the influence of creationism in the UK Science Classroom
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a_haworthroberts wrote:If he was a genuine Christian Long would admit to Sorensen that I backed up my specific claim of 24 hours ago that Sorensen's post contained fourteen LIES.
I'm not holding my breath.
Go on Curtis - surprise me.
a_haworthroberts wrote:https://www.piltdownsuperman.com/2019/11/the-fading-magnetic-field-is-important.html
And the Bible says about Earth's magnetic field ... zilch.
The cult of YEC. Reject evidence-based uniformitarianism whenever it disproves a 6,000 year old Earth. And assume uniformitarianism (regardless of evidence) when frantically trying to prove a 6,000 year old Earth (with regard to current magnetic field weakening or lunar recession).
You can pick and choose if you are a YEC. Because it's religious apologetics - not science.
Oh and you can and should rail against the 'lie' of anthropogenic global warming even though these lies aren't even biblically 'necessary'.
Because YEC is a cult. A fundamentalist cult.
''The link sends you to my article, which then links to a CMI article. I was thrilled that they used a "meme" that I put together. (Haywire the Criminal Cyberstalker hates this.) Even in the graphic here, look at the upper left on the chalkboard. -CBB''.
CMI are - still - in bed with the proven liar, hate-monger and intellectual coward Sorensen and, yes, I despise them for that. They are bigots lacking intellectual or moral integrity (they just attack people more politely than Sorensen does).
''The Page has a number of people who like to harass us, and several target me personally. including implied physical violence. One maniac used a number of aliases to set up fake accounts and impersonate several creationists, and he set up Pages to attack this one. Amazingly lacking in intellectual capabilities. When his main Page was shut down, he blamed me (incorrectly) and said, "Who else could it be?" He was given a list.
An older stalker who had written dozens (hundreds?) of weblog posts attacking me personally, then later hid them all, came back to take a shot at me on one of my sites. He quoted a line where I said that the Nazis were socialists, then added that I am "clueless". Uh, they are the National Socialist German Workers' Party, says so in their name. Who is clueless now, Cletus?
I could go on about denial of service attacks on my site, efforts to have this Page shut down, other stalkers, and more. The big ministries have it far, far worse. -CBB''.
All you ever see on Sorensen's Facebook hate pages is HIS side of the story (those who harass him, even if they do so with FACTS - as I tried to do years ago - are routinely BANNED and BANISHED). That would be because he IS a (proven) serial liar as I personally know. One who, like the rank coward he is, demonises people in a place where they are unable to defend themselves (in order to gain a 'following').
He will never ever repent because his final destination, unfortunately, is hell.
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What do you do for $:Fed reveals partial data on emergency lending facilities, still mum on discount window
Update: Well, it would appear absolutely EVERYONE got a bailout except the middle class. And I do mean everyone.
Zero Hedge breaks down the 35 foreign banks that the Fed bailed out here.
…$1.27 trillion in agency MBS was traded by foreign banks…
led by the $410 billion by German-based Deutsche Bank ..
…the $382 billion by the Switzerland-based Credit Suisse.
Other highlights of the disclosure include that GE among other commercial endeavors got $ from the Fed, and that the Fed has essentially been taking all the polluted assets from everyone with a pulse (again, except for the US middle class consumer/homeowner who has been lectured about 'moral hazard' and whose house has been foreclosed upon):
.the Federal Reserve purchased $1.25 trillion in agency MBS from all participating banks.
Goldman Sachs borrowed 84 times from Fed's dealer facility (PDCF) from Sept. 15 to 11/26/08 for amounts ranging from $100m to $8b
Bank of America borrowed 118 times from the PDCF from Sept 18 2008 to May 2009, in amount ranging from $375 million to $11 billion.
And even CA Pension funds got in on the bail out action, per ZeroHedge:
Looking at the TALF data, we see that the biggest borrower by subscription is Calpers, with a total of about $5.4 billion
Federal Reserve data breakdown and press release here. More from WSJ here
…The data released Wednesday include short-term liquidity moves for financial institutions and companies made as part of the Fed's traditional role as lender of last resort, liquidity injections directly to borrowers and investors in key credit markets and financial support for Bear Stearns Cos. and American International Group Inc. (See all the data from the Fed)
Fed officials reported details on more than 21,000 transactions from December 2007 to July 2010. The emergency programs caused the size of the Fed's balance sheet to swell. (See a history of the Fed's lending)…
Housing: Foreclosures still rising – RealtyTrac confirms earlier UBS' forecast- won't peak until 2010…
Here is our post on the UBS forecast for housing foreclosures and mortgage defaults
RealtyTrac concurred with UBS' position today:
Team TOTUS needs to get the programs that they have already announced properly implemented (HAMP, HASP, PPIP) and either a. working or b. scrap them, cut off the funds, and try something else as far as housing is concerned or we will hit that second leg down in conjunction with a rising tax environment a la Congress and the consumer will go down for a generation IMO…
and don't even think about anything in the Middle East happening to hit oil prices cuz then we will get another 2 years of TOTUS blaming THAT for his economic failure just as he stops blaming Boooosh!
Barney Frank and Dick Durbin are ready to reintroduce the bankruptcy cramdown bill and the banks have no one to blame but themselves at this point.
..The second-most powerful Democrat in the Senate called the Obama administration's mortgage modification program"a waste of time" Wednesday, hours after the White House released disappointing new data about the program's effectiveness…
…Mr. Frank has been arguing that if the administration's loan modification efforts, which rely on voluntary participation by mortgage servicers, don't improve, then the political winds will move in his favor—and against the banks. "Let me put it this way," he said at Wednesday's hearing. "The best lobbyists we have for getting bankruptcy legislation passed are the servicers who are not doing a very good job of modifying mortgages. And if they do not improve their performance, then they improve the chances of that legislation."…
Meredith Whitney mentioned on CNBC this morning that the banks have increased their MBS holdings of all things, are they buying each other's properties to avoid taking writedowns after 90 days on foreclosed props??
Is that why people are making market offers and getting turned down by the banks? When will the banks get a CLUE that in THIS political environment their best interest is not served by artificially inflating asset values and failing to make MEANINGFUL modifications with the Federal incentive payments and taking a tiny profit, rather than not doing so and being TOTALLY rolled by Frank and Durbin and thereby starting a cycle of bad loans to people who cannot afford the homes all over again???? Hmmmnnn? Memo to banks suck it up, take the hit, walk it off like consumers do before you get reamed by Team TOTUS' machine…
Market Mover Monday: FED expanding TALF, no WH FY10 budget forecast yet? GE Capital RE to sell MBS to China…
Market Update: 11:00am EST: DOW down 190.90 to 9130.50; S&P down 23 to 981 and NAS down 48 to 1936 (ouch we were just over 2000 last week)….
CNBC: Federal Reserve is announcing now they will expand TALF to March 2010 from December 2009, commercial securities program through June 2010..
Not a soul reported the WH FY 2010 budget update the WH said they would release Friday at 5:00pm…is it so bad they didn't release it?If we go to the WH site we will get cookied! Oh Noes! will any journOlist person NOTICE they have not reported the figures to us yet?!
GE Capital RE is about to sell China a bunch of our mortgages with Uncle Sam money isn't that great? frakkers.
China Investment Corp, the country's $200 billion sovereign wealth fund, is set to pour up to $2 billion soon into the U.S. mortgage system by hiring mandates under the U.S. Treasury-backed Public-Private Investment Plan (PPIP)..
…Under the PPIP program launched earlier this year the U.S. government plans to seed a number of public-private investment funds that would combine taxpayer money with private capital to buy as much as $40 billion in toxic securities from banks…
...CIC, established by the Communist government in late 2007, is keen to participate in the PPIP as it expects the U.S. property market to start to recover gradually late this year, said the sources.
This is the same PPIP that had an EPIC FAIL when NO BIG BANK would participate, Jamie Dimon of JPMChase was all, we are eager to get the hexx away from the government, in his own words of course, lol…so the toxic assets still sit on big bank books while Jeff Immelt, (worst CEO in the worrrrld!?!) prepares to sell our loans directly to China..this should go over well with evicted homeowners 😦 maroons.
Midnight Oil courtesy of onlythepianoplayer
Market Mover Thursday: JPMC knocks the cover off the ball…Foreclosures rise 15%…
JPMC knocked the cover off the ball with their earnings..MiM does not trust any bank earnings as a long term indicator for investment until the underlying toxic crap is off the books, it is not being written down thanks FASB, and not sold, thanks PPIP failure! It is out there sitting..not until unemployment turns around and Team TOTUS stops killing the economy will we be safe there as far as I am concerned..
Team TOTUS is to announce more housing plans today, we shall see how that goes..
But of all the banks Jamie Dimon is the best CEO on the globe IMHO, seriously…if banks are your bag, Jamie is your guy…
…Though the second-largest U.S. bank is widely considered among the healthiest of the nation's major lenders, the amount set aside for bad loans in the quarter more than doubled from a year earlier, to $9.7 billion.
It said a surge in credit card and loan losses was likely to worsen.
Second-quarter results benefited from improving credit markets as well as federal regulators' efforts to stimulate the economy by keeping borrowing costs low, bolstering mortgage and other lending activity.
Chief Executive Jamie Dimon's bank skirted the worst of the credit crisis by largely avoiding losses and writedowns on complex debt and mortgages that hurt many rivals.
Among the six largest U.S. banks, JPMorgan is the only one not to lose money in any quarter since the recession began in 2007….
Jamie agrees with MiM!!!
…Dimon expressed opposition to an Obama administration plan to create a consumer finance protection agency, echoing other banks.
"The more agencies, the more politics and bureaucracy," he said…
Weekly jobless claims are all whacked due to seasonal auto adjustments and bankruptcy filings:
The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits fell sharply last week to the lowest level since January, the government said on Thursday, but the data was distorted by an unusual pattern of automotive industry layoffs that amplified the drop
Initial claims for state unemployment insurance fell 47,000 to a lower-than-expected seasonally adjusted 522,000 in the week ended July 11, the Labor Department said. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast claims to be unchanged at 565,000 last week.
A Labor Department official said that far fewer layoffs than anticipated based on past experience in the automotive sector and elsewhere in manufacturing accounted for both the large drop in seasonally adjusted claims last week and in the very steep decline in so-called continued claims.
This was the second week in a row that seasonal factors had affected the data and the official said this would continue for one or two more weeks before this influence faded. "The big drop is not necessarily a reflection of what is going on in the economy," he said…
In other business headlines, Housing foreclosures rising:
The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes soared by nearly 15 percent in the first half of the year as more people lost their jobs and were unable to pay their monthly mortgage bills.The mushrooming foreclosure crisis affected more than 1.5 million homes in the first six months of the year, according to a report released Thursday by foreclosure listing service RealtyTrac.
PPIP Asset Pricing – Geithner Q&A 4 – CNBC.com
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TARP Oversight Hearing: Geithner Q&A parts 1 and 3 – CNBC.com
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Market Mover: Jamie Dimon: Ready to pay back TARP, will NOT participate in PPIP…
UPdate 2: Earnings Release .pdf courtesy of FT
Update: Earnings analysis – Bloomberg
There's our Jamie! We have been wondering where his fire went….
Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said the bank has the money to repay the $25 billion in taxpayer funds it received from the U.S. government in October…(JP Morgan Chase) reported better-than-expected first-quarter profit as improved investment banking performance offset increased losses from credit cards and other consumer debt, sending its shares up as much as 4.5 percent……
…JPMorgan was forced to take the bailout funds under the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program…"We could pay it back tomorrow," Dimon said on a conference call, adding that the bank is waiting for guidance from the government on when it can do so…
Jamie is calling the WH bluff, he says he will pay back TARP right NOW without raising capital, AND he said he will NOT sell assets into PPIP or buy any..he has 'learned his lesson' about dealing with the government…
He called the TARP the Scarlet Letter…heh heh heh…
…Still, Mr. Dimon says the firm is going to "await the results of the stress test and guidance from the government and see what happens" regarding a capital raise. He then added that "I don't see why a company with that kind of capital would have to raise capital…we could raise it, and I, you know, what Goldman did is what Goldman did. It has nothing to do with us."….
…Regarding the government's private-public investment partnership program, the firm said it does not have plans to use it. "We're certainly not going to borrow from the federal government because we've learned our lesson about that and — but I do think that a PPIP is properly executed, it could be good for the system because it could give some prices to certain loans and help some companies do things they might not otherwise have been able to do," he says….
BWAAAAAHAAAAAAHAAA!!! Ball in your court Timmeh…heh heh heh….
Update 2: Bloomberg Interview: Video Up…Larry Summers backs off Obama Administration forecast of 4.00% GDP in 2011..
Update 2: Gee Larry gave an awful lot of 'Exclusive' interviews today LOL. Here is Bloomberg:
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Maria Bartiromo is doing an EXCELLENT interview with Larry Summers on CNBC now..
She is cornering him left and right and really nailing him down on answers
Heh- He just backed WAAAY OFF the Administration's 4.00% GDP for 2011, waaaay off
Then she followed up in a one-two with a, 'well okay if the economy does not grow at 4.00 in 2011 are you prepared to tell him, Obama, to back off raising taxes on top earners?'
He won't answer, wiggle wiggle, it is expiring Bush Tax cuts he keeps saying, she got him anyway
I will get it up right away when CNBC loads it
Right now, Dow down 102 to 7954, NAS down 20 to 1622 S & P down 11 to 846..


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The Chancellor announced a series of changes which will affect schools in the budget, addressing both structural issues, spending and children's public health.
George Osborne said that all schools would have to become academies by 2020 or have official plans to do so by 2022.
He also reiterated the Government's commitment to developing a new national funding formula, including announcing that schools would be able to get transitional funding to ease the change to the new system.
After-school activities would gain extra support – allowing schools to open for longer to provide activities such as sport or arts. The proceeds of a sugar tax on fizzy drinks would also boost sport in primary schools.
Mr Osborne announced that there would also be a new focus on improving school performance in northern England.
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The Supreme Court of South Carolina
In the Matter of Brian DeQuincey Newman, Petitioner.
Appellate Case Nos. 2019-000336 and 2019-000449
On April 20, 2017, petitioner was administratively suspended for failing to file a report showing his fulfillment of continuing legal education (CLE) requirements with the Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization. In re Admin. Suspension for Failure to Comply with the Continuing Legal Educ. Requirements, 2017-04-20-01 (S.C. Sup. Ct. Order dated April 20, 2017). Petitioner has filed a petition for reinstatement pursuant to Rule 419(e), SCACR, demonstrating (1) he has paid all license fees and penalties due to the South Carolina Bar; (2) he is current on all CLE requirements, including any fees and penalties; and (3) the Office of Disciplinary Counsel is not currently conducting any disciplinary investigations involving petitioner.
On November 14, 2018, petitioner was suspended from the practice of law in this state for a period of six months, retroactive to the date of his interim suspension.1In re Newman, 425 S.C. 420, 821 S.E.2d 689 (2018). Petitioner has filed an affidavit demonstrating he has complied with the requirements of Rule 32, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR.
Petitioner's requests for reinstatement are granted, and petitioner is hereby reinstated to the practice of law in this state.
1 Petitioner was placed on interim suspension on January 8, 2016. In re Newman, 415 S.C. 239, 781 S.E.2d 355 (2016).
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In Houston, low-income households disproportionately burdened by rent
It's no surprise that high-income people are able to afford more expensive rent — but they still pay less on housing, as a percentage of their earnings, than people who make less money.
According to the big annual report from Harvard's Joint Center on Housing Studies, 83 percent of households that make less than $15,000 per year and 77 percent of households that make between $15,000 and $30,000 a year pay more than 30 percent of their income in rent, meeting the definition of "cost burdened." That's way higher than the national average of nearly half the renter population in America that qualifies as cost burdened.
RELATED: Harvard housing study shows huge increases in home prices
Houston is slightly less cost burdened than the national average, with 46.7 percent of its renter households paying more than a third of their income on rent. According to my own analysis of Harris County census data, the disparity between high and low-income areas is still present: In the third of ZIP codes with the highest median household incomes, 31 percent of renters pay more than 35 percent of their income on housing. In the bottom third of ZIP codes, the share is 49 percent.
Of course, the real disparity isn't among renters — it's between renters and owners. The share of homeowners who pay more than 30 percent of their income on a mortgage and associated costs is only 24 percent, which has been falling for about a decade.
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In Houston, by an alternative measure, only 31 percent of housing units were rentals in the third of ZIP codes with the highest incomes. In the bottom-earning third of ZIP codes, 52 percent of housing was rented (or, put another way, the homeownership rate was about 20 points lower).
This is important because it means that the real estate market isn't supplying housing at prices affordable to people up and down the income spectrum. The more you have to spend on rent, the less you can spend on nutritious food, educational opportunities and recreation — all of which recirculate income in the local economy.


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We won't see the first trailer for "Deadpool" until Tuesday night, but that's okay — because that trailer now has a trailer, and it's pretty much everything you'd expect from a Deadpool movie.
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