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Foreclosure Crisis Finally Hitting Banks Where it Hurts: Their Stock Prices
Posted on October 16, 2010 by Neil Garfield
see also WHAT IF THE POOLS ARE EMPTY?
see also heres-that-devastating-report-on-bank-of-america-that-everyone-is-talking-about-today
I'm surprised it has taken this long for Mr. Market to wake up and smell the coffee.
Major bank suspending foreclosures in a whole passel of states, overwhelming evidence of fraud on courts (commemorated in sworn testimony), and increasing evidence that these developments are mere symptoms of much deeper problems had been spun by the banks and its Team Obama enablers as mere "technical" or "paperwork" problems.
It's taken analysts a bit of time to start taking a stab at what this might mean for banks. The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Financial Times all have prominent, alarmed articles tonight on the decline in bank stocks and residential mortgage bonds.
The funny bit is that the analysts whose reports stirred so much alarm really don't have a good grip yet on the nature of the liability (as in you need to understand what units with the bank are vulnerable due to their involvement with this mess and what their exposure might be). A Washington Post piece gives a more candid comment on the lack of a decent understanding of the wider ramifications:
It is not yet clear what the consequences would be if large quantities of mortgage-backed securities turn out to be defective – or how the trouble could be solved.
"If the basic principles of property law have been violated here . . . it may be extremely difficult to fix," said a source involved in government oversight of financial institutions, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the uncertainties involved. "There is a chain of questions that no one seems to know the answer to."
We've been poking at this story since early in the year, more intensively since May, and even with persistent effort and good contacts to people in a position to give good readings on the legal and procedural issues, there are still a lot of unknowns, simply because the real estate market is fragmented and practices varied. But what has been striking the deeper we have dug into this morass is that on almost every matter of fact (as in how exactly did the banks handle the notes, which is the borrower IOU), the answers are coming in consistent with worse case scenarios. I continue to be gobsmacked at the flagrant disregard by large numbers of securitization industry participants for adherence to their own contracts and legal procedures necessary to protect their clients and ultimately, their organizations.
Ah, but I forget, a banker's primary loyalty is to his own paycheck.
With that as background, the analyst reports that caused a bit of frisson on Thursday are actually pretty tame, in that they are putting more realistic numbers on known issues but have not yet made a serious reading of the implications of the escalating foreclosure mess and the much bigger issues it raises of the failures to convey residential mortgage loans properly to the securitization trusts.
The sighting that caused the big alarm focused on a longer-standing but not widely recognized process, namely, that Freddie and Fannie have been putting back mortgage backed securities to due to purported problems with the loans as originated. The report by Manal Mehta Branch Hill which was released in August but got heightened attention today, includes some pretty dubious analysis. For instance, it seems remarkably unaware of the fact that the suits filed by some monolines are called "rep and warranty" suits, in that they allege that the defendant made inaccurate representations and that those in turn led to investor losses. Gee, the banks sold subprime crap, it blew up, surely the monolines have a case, right?
Um, not so easy. The banks did say these were not such great loans. So the legal question is two part: to what extent were the loans worse than specified, and to what extent did those shortcomings produce losses.
So guess what? The second part gets argued on a loan by loan basis. No joke. The plaintiff has to establish that loans failed because they were crappier than promised, as opposed to, say, bad luck (the economy went to hell and a lot of people lost their jobs). Proving why a borrower defaulted is not trivial. Therefore these cases do not generate large settlements.
And amusingly, the presentation lists Assured Guaranty as a potential beneficiary of litigation related to putbacks (see page 4). Guess what? Assured hasn't even filed a lawsuit. Kinda hard to win the lottery if you haven't bought a ticket.
Having said that, Chris Whalen for some time has flagged putbacks by Fannie and Freddie to the major banks as a continuing drain on bank earnings.
But the banking industry is still in denial about the severity of its new headache, the foreclosure mess, from a legal and therefore monetary perspective. The battle lines are pretty clearly drawn. On the one hand, you have the industry apologists, as represented by the Wall Street Journal and some websites that I normally respect, such as Housing Wire, but in this case are taking up industry talking points verbatim.
A good piece by Max Abelson of the New York Observer discussed the yawning cultural divide:
A former member of the Goldman Sachs management committee was not so sure. "Don't you think, out of 10 million data points, there will be 500 unbelievably screwy examples? It's a little bit so what," he said on Tuesday. "I don't get it. It doesn't feel like this is fraud. Maybe there is sloppiness, but at the end of the day, people took out mortgages they can't pay back. Now I worry that if anything, the government is making something that is just a clerical error into something that would be nefarious or whatever."
Yves here. We keep coming back to the "my dog ate your mortgage" excuse. It's "sloppiness" or "error" (better yet, "clerical error", those Masters of the Universe never got close to the operational stuff to be accountable, right?). And now the defenders will 'fess up that there were abuses, but really it was very few people, so what's the fuss? After all, as Reuters argues in an article that reads like dictation from the banks' communications department, the borrowers were all deadbeats anyhow.
It has hit the point that the increasingly disconnected financiers are getting told they are way off base as far as little niceties like the rule of law, not by the usual pro-borrower sorts, but the Financial Times, in its editorial yesterday "Wall Street's bad behaviour redux" (hat tip Richard Smith):
The growing scandal over the improper, and perhaps fraudulent, foreclosures on homes by US banks is becoming both a financial and a political hot potato. Wall Street is being forced to admit to yet more unsavoury practices linked to mortgage bonds….
The banks and their defenders mutter that this is all a bureaucratic technicality and much ado about nothing. Almost all the borrowers had defaulted on their mortgages, they point out, and the problem is simply of the paperwork being improperly prepared, which can be corrected.
They are wrong, and the fact that they regard court proceedings to repossess homes so lightly is a worrying reflection on Wall Street's ethical standards, or lack of them. At worst, the banks may have been lying to courts over a vital safeguard in property law – the sanctity of documents.
This scandal is a mirror image of the lax and often improper lending practices that grew up in the years before the 2008 financial crisis as Wall Street raced to extend mortgages in order to have fodder for asset-backed securities. They never took seriously the importance of lending soundly and thoughtfully to homeowners.
In a sad bit of synchronicity, the World Justice Project published its Rule of Law index this week, and the US showed dismal rankings:
The world-wide study examined how nations implement and enforce its laws for ordinary citizens. And more importantly, whether the poor have equal access to civil justice remedies that are available to the wealthy. How did the U.S. measure up? Not good. The exorbitant costs of lawyers and limited access to civil justice placed the greatest country on earth at number 20 out of all 35 countries surveyed. The countries of Mexico, Croatia and the Dominican Republic treat their poor and disenfranchised better than we do when it comes to civil justice.
And a more pointed take came in comments from reader ABSGuy:
This has the makings of a mess of monumental proportions.
Back in 2007 when the ABX (the subprime MBS index) had fallen a few points, the Street came out in force saying this was a gross over-reaction. Losses would never be more than a few percentage points. Buyers of protection (like myself) were pooh-poohed as hysterical nut-jobs. Within a few months the ABX had dropped by a third, on its way to 40, and a short time later the entire banking system was on life support.
The lack of a perfected security interest in the mortgage loans on the part of the securitization trust (if true) is a very, very big deal. The requirements for the conveyance of mortgages is well-established, "black-letter" law. Anyone who says this is a "technical" problem is uniformed or lying.
The press accounts of analyst efforts to dimension the potential costs to banks of this escalating crisis, as we indicated, so far look way too light, but are completely in keeping with the "nothing to see here" party line. For instance, consider this take via the New York Times:
"I don't see how it can be cleared up in a short period of time," said Richard X. Bove, an analyst with Rochdale Securities. "The moratorium won't last that long but the problem will last at least four or five years, maybe a decade." In the short term, he said, "it could easily cost $1.5 billion per quarter."
Yves here. Um, what do we consider "the problem" to be? If the trusts don't have the standing to foreclose, the RMBS are at best unsecured paper (this may seem awfully counterintuitive, and lawyers might find this recap a bit imprecise, but a party has to have its rights perfected to a fairly high degree to be in a position to foreclose; a lesser degree of perfection of rights, as in showing clear intent but not completing the stipulated steps in full, may be deemed to pass muster by a lot of courts as far as the ongoing monthly mortgage payments are concerned). That alone will kick off the mother of all litigation, with the bank trustees as the biggest targets.
Just consider one element of collateral damage: second mortgages. The most likely resolution of this thorny situation is cramdowns or mass mods (which is an outcome most investors would prefer; better to take a 40% to 50% loss on a mod than a 70% loss on a foreclosure). That means seconds, which the four biggest banks are carrying at 80% to 90% of face value, will be wiped out. These are roughly $400 billion in total.
And if you think that is bad, consider what happens when investors who bought RMBS as secured paper and learn it to be something else start taking aim at the banks.
But the estimates thus far are almost entirely well below quite conceivable outcomes. For instance, Bloomberg notes:
Paul Miller, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets in Arlington, Virginia, raised his estimate for the cost of litigation and delays to banks to $10 billion yesterday from $6 billion…..
The New York Times did mention that this estimate excluded costs due to abusive foreclosure proceedings, which Miller put at an additional $3 to $4 billion.
One Bloomberg source does come up with big numbers, but then discounts it as very unlikely:
Wide-scale principal reductions may lead to "huge losses" for banks, said James Ellman, a former Merrill Lynch & Co. bank- stock portfolio manager who is now president of San Francisco- based hedge fund Seacliff Capital.
"You could potentially be talking about hundreds of billions of dollars in losses," Ellman said. "Though it is a low probability, banks would have to go back to the capital markets for more capital."
The credit default swaps market is starting to take note. Widening spreads indicate worries about funding stress and ultimately viability. Bloomberg again:
Credit-default swaps on Bank of America widened to 193 basis points, on pace for the biggest weekly rise since June 2009, according to data provider CMA. Contracts on JPMorgan are headed for their biggest weekly increase since May, to 92 basis points, and those on San Francisco-based Wells Fargo increased the most in a weekly period since June 2009, to 131 basis points, CMA data show.
We have focused on possible civil action, but more and more people are calling for criminal prosecutions, and those demands are likely to get more traction as this crisis drags on. Alan Grayson has asked the FBI and the US attorney to investigate possible criminal activities by banks operating in Florida. And the attitude presented by the Financial Times is likely to win out:
The correct approach is for states to hold banks to account, and show them that their slapdash and contemptuous approach to their legal responsibilities is unacceptable.
We can only hope we have enough of an independent judiciary left in this country to bring these miscreants to heel.
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indio007, on October 16, 2010 at 9:56 pm said:
"There is a chain of questions that no one seems to know the answer to."
Uhmmmm … more like they don't like the answer so are pleading ignorance.
frankielee, on October 16, 2010 at 8:44 pm said:
The Treasury Department said on Wednesday that it has appointed Marjorie Magner, a former Citigroup executive, as one of its two representatives on the board of Ally Financial, the bank formerly known as GMAC Financial Services.
Treasury gained the right to appoint two directors as part of its multibillion-dollar bailout of Ally, which made the federal government the lender's largest shareholder with a 56.3 percent stake.
Ally, once the financing arm of General Motors, has been battered by its residential mortgage lending operation. The Treasury Department deemed the firm important to its rescue of G.M. and Chrysler, which Ally now services as well.
Ms. Magner co-founded the private equity firm Brysam Global Partners after serving as a high-ranking executive at Citigroup alongside Michael Carpenter, who is now Ally's chief executive. Both were part of a group of insiders close to Sanford I. Weill, Citi's longtime chief.
"This appointment is part of the administration's ongoing commitment to prudent stewardship of TARP investments," Herbert Allison, Treasury's assistant secretary for financial stability, said in a statement. "We're confident that Ms. Magner will represent the taxpayers' interests effectively."
Yeah, I'm sure you are Herb. Financial stability secretary? How's that working out for you, never mind the rest of us. Excuse my concern, It's just that I don't believe that you would know prudent stewardship from a pile of steaming dung. Your days are numbered. Open up the window, take in the view, then jump.
Prudent stewardship of TARP is an oxymoron, kind of like finding the appropriate way of hiding massive crimes against humanity. Crimes that I hope you and Ms. Magner are eventually convicted of. The bottom line is this…you can't be where you are without knowing the crime…..therefore, you're complicit. Just open the window and jump.
ANONYMOUS, on October 16, 2010 at 5:03 pm said:
b davies,
Wish I get those scribds – not technical – do not get them.
Mike H, on October 16, 2010 at 9:01 am said:
We are watching the culmination of what began in June 1968 when Congress removed the 10% gold reserve requirement for the issuance of Federal Reserve Notes and removed the "will pay to the bearer on demand" clause from the Notes. Jokingly, they added "In God We Trust" to the reverse of the Notes.
We know from history that "God" will not be mocked!
He wil exact his revenge on the mockers!
Apparently, our leaders will not "put on sackcloth",
confess their sins and swear to sin no more, but rather
continue the fraud and denial, which will lead to disaster.
In retrospect, 9/11 was the first warning, 2008 was the second warning and no one has the sense to return to the "old ways" and return integrity to the system.
Old silver coins need to be revalued to 20 times face
value so they will enter back into circulation. US Notes
and Silver Certificates need to be reissued. The gold
reserve requirement of 10% needs to be reinstated and the redemption clause put back on the Federal Reserve Notes.
Gold will have to be revalued to whatever! Confidence needs to be restored to the system and
fraudulent debts wiped out so a "new" beginning can
occur. A return to God, Nation and the Constitution!
b davies, on October 16, 2010 at 8:57 am said:
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LPS DEFAULT CLASS ACTION. THIS IS THE HEART OF THE BEAST. STOCK DROPS!!!!!!
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leapfrog, on October 16, 2010 at 8:49 am said:
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THE A MAN, on October 16, 2010 at 8:31 am said:
The issue is the run on the banks? What will the banks or the FDIC do when people want to take their money out of the banks once the banks stocks collapse.
Will the FDIC which insures up to $250K per depositor do? Does it have enough money to cover the bill?
Predatory lending is predatory lending. And the consequenses are dire to the economy as a whole.
Nightbird, on October 16, 2010 at 8:10 am said:
The A Man – on commercial loans, do you suppose we'll hear anyone decrying all those businesses who just bought way more store than they could afford?
With the Stocks of the Banks going down?
Will there be a run to take the money out of the banks?
Does the FDIC have the money to give to all the people who take their money out?
This is serious Sh–t
Wait until the full extent of the Commercial loans are exposed.
Today most landlords of commercial properties are not paying their mortgage.
Today most tenants of commercial properties can not pay their monthly Leases.
The banksters are like parasites they sucked the blood out of the economy.
CONDO, on October 16, 2010 at 4:56 am said:
VISION BANK, Panama City Florida-Received $30 million in TARP and over $100 million in goodwill funds from its $7.1 billion parent company Park National Corporation, but still is has a very high nonperforming loan portfolio.
According to TheStreet.com; The bank with the second-highest nonperforming assets ratio — 23.08% as of June 30 — was Vision Bank of Panama City, which was also the largest bank on the list with $863 million in total assets. Vision Bank is a subsidiary of Park National Corp. (PRK_) of Newark, Ohio. Vision Bank was well capitalized as of June 30, with a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 13.18% and a total risk-based capital ratio of 17.84%, exceeding the 5% and 10% thresholds required for most banks to have this distinction.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10838435/florida-banks-strongest-and-weakest-in-2010.html


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This order came in response to a public interest litigation filed by the Over-The-Top (OTT) platform users against changes in the messaging service's policy that took effect on 25 August. The order was given by the division bench of justices G Rohini and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal. WhatsApp has been directed not to share with Facebook information of users who would deactivate their accounts as well as the existing users up to September 25 to protect their interest.
The bench said that, keeping in view that the issue relating to the existence of an individual's right of privacy as a distinct basis of a cause of action is yet to be decided by a larger bench of the Supreme Court, it was considering it appropriate to issue the said directions. WhatsApp had earlier informed the court that, when a user account was deleted, the information of that person was no longer retained on its servers.
The platform has been directed to erase all information, data and details of users who choose to delete their accounts. The bench has also prohibited the messaging service from sharing any data or information acquired from users who decide to remain post the date mentioned.
The aggrieved users had also sought for directions to be issued to the Centre and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to consider the issues regarding the functioning of applications like WhatsApp and take an appropriate decision as to whether it is feasible to bring the same under the statutory regulatory framework.


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by Steven Douglas December 4, 2018, 8:17 am
What's better than owning a Bugatti Chiron? Driving a Bugatti Chiron. And that's exactly what this guy did at a drag strip accompanied by the guys from the Drag Times fellas. But just as they were about to rocket the German car down the strip, the car refused to show off its immense power and bogged down.
What should be quite an easy car to drive became a problematic pig after its ECU intervenes with the throttle control and barely allowed it past 40mph before it finally letting it loose. Instead of merely planting the right pedal, it turns out you need to fiddle with the endless knobs and electronics this car uses to fine tune its performance – or in this case, shoot itself in the foot.
the team eventually get to grips with the launch control however, and after hitting 60mph in just 2.66 seconds, complete the quarter mile in 9.9 seconds at 149mph. While this is more than fast enough, it's still nearly 2 seconds slow to 60 than Bugatti have advertised. There may be room for improvement in the team's launch, but that will have to be seen in a later video.
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Published on AlterNet, by Joshua Holland, July 29, 2009.
… Finally, there's a sad irony to this whole discussion – one that few commenters have bothered to note. It is true that the potential savings contained in the proposals currently on the table are limited, but it is also true that the reason for that shortcoming is that Congressional leaders have ushered through a series of bills that are far less expansive than progressive reformers have long advocated, and that's only been done to mollify the very same Dems and Republicans – those ideologically opposed to the effort and/or especially cozy with the "disease-care" industry – who are now complaining about the limited potential for savings (It's enough to make your head spin).
Just consider the "public insurance option." While progressives were promised a "robust" public insurance program that would be open to all comers, what emerged from the Senate HELP Committee and from the leaders of three House committees was a pale shadow of what had been touted during last fall's campaign season. Instead of insuring as many as 130 million Americans as candidate Obama suggested his public option would, lawmakers restricted eligibility for the program in such a way that the CBO's preliminary estimate suggested that just 10 million Americans would be enrolled in the public insurance plan by 2019. (That's out of about 30 million who could buy insurance – either public or private – through the publicly-run insurance exchanges.) This was a nod to the power of the insurance industry – nothing more, nothing less.
In designing a (pretty good) system, but then tightly controlling who could gain access to it, the potential for cost-containment – through greater economies of scale, more bargaining power with providers and a decrease in the shuffling of paperwork that's estimated to account for about 30 percent of our health spending – has been greatly diminished.
So, next time you see some congressional meat-puppet on TV discussing how much a plan will cost, or lamenting its limited potential for cost-containment, keep in mind that it's his or her ideology that is directly to blame for those shortcomings.
It's only because of pressure from industry groups, Republicans and Blue Dog Dems that congressional leaders took single-payer off the table (and threw advocates out of the room) and gave us a limited public insurance option – a pale shadow of what reformers had been promised. Now, those same forces are bent on killing an already watered-down proposal. If they succeed, we can expect more human suffering, more outlandish increases in premiums, more people being denied care, an increase in the numbers of uninsured and a continued drag on the American economy. (full text three long pages). But even that standard doesn't tell the whole story. Looking only at how the current proposals impact health spending over a 10-year window ignores the longer-term impact they might have. For example, contained within both the Senate and House bills are provisions that would create more incentives for preventive care. Most analysts agree that prevention costs a lot less than waiting for people to develop serious illnesses and then treating them, as we now do, but those savings can only be fully realized over the long term. If a young obese person visits a doctor whom he or she might not have seen because of a lack of insurance, and as a result of that visit makes changes that prevent him or her from developing diabetes – with all its attendant complications – it will save the health care system a small fortune, but probably not for several decades.
Finally, there's a sad irony to this whole discussion – one that few commenters have bothered to note. It is true that the potential savings contained in the proposals currently on the table are limited, but it is also true that the reason for that shortcoming is that Congressional leaders have ushered through a series of bills that are far less expansive than progressive reformers have long advocated, and that's only been done to mollify the very same Dems and Republicans – those ideologically opposed to the effort and/or especially cozy with the "disease-care" industry – who are now complaining about the limited potential for savings (It's enough to make your head spin).
It's only because of pressure from industry groups, Republicans and Blue Dog Dems that congressional leaders took single-payer off the table (and threw advocates out of the room) and gave us a limited public insurance option – a pale shadow of what reformers had been promised. Now, those same forces are bent on killing an already watered-down proposal. If they succeed, we can expect more human suffering, more outlandish increases in premiums, more people being denied care, an increase in the numbers of uninsured and a continued drag on the American economy. (full long 3 pages text).


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Blood of the Prodigal by P. L. Gaus
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Book 1 of the Amish-Country Mysteries
"For greater than a decade, P. L. Gaus has been writing quietly spellbinding mysteries about... the conservative previous Order Amish of Holmes County, Ohio."—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times
within the wooded Amish hill kingdom, a professor at a small university, a neighborhood pastor, and the county sheriff are the one ones one of the mainstream, or "English," who own the instincts and talents to paintings the instances that influence all county citizens, regardless of their code of behavior or spiritual creed.
whilst an Amish boy is abducted, a bishop, worried for the security of his fans, plunges 3 outsiders into the generally closed society of the "Plain Ones."
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M. BRANDEN stood looking down at the legs of Jeff Hostettler, jutting from under the front bumper of an old pickup. Hostettler wore black boots and a dirty pair of blue mechanic's coveralls. " Branden answered, "I've been looking for him precisely one day, Mr. Hostettler, and that's today. " Hostettler said and pushed out on his roller pad from under the truck. He stood, walked over to the workbench in his garage, took down a wrench, lay down again on the creeper, and slid back under the truck.
His sinfulness endangered us all. Now it endangers my grandson, too. "It is our son, Professor, who has the boy. " Reaching beneath his vest, he drew out a carefully folded 22 BLOOD OF THE PRODIGAL note and handed it over without comment. Branden opened it, read it, refolded it, and handed it back to the bishop. The bishop gestured for him to keep it. "My son intends to keep Jeremiah for the summer, but he does not know the danger," Miller said. "He never really did. The danger of the world. " Branden asked.
Jonah went on to another parochial school. "Years later, on the day after Jonah's sixteenth birthday, Bishop Miller drove his buggy into Massillon and waited for school to close. After the children had left for home, he walked into my classroom and laid those very same volumes on my desk. "Then he said: 'You'll remember, I'm sure, Jonah Miller. You gave him these books when he was in the fifth grade. Jonah is beyond his school years, now, Miss Beachey. I intend no disrespect, but Wir sind Bauern.
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Sydney Lupkin Sydney Lupkin is the pharmaceuticals correspondent for NPR.
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Sydney Lupkin is the pharmaceuticals correspondent for NPR.
She was most recently a correspondent at Kaiser Health News, where she covered drug prices and specialized in data reporting for its enterprise team. She's reported on how tainted drugs can reach consumers, how companies take advantage of rare disease drug rules and how FDA-approved generics often don't make it to market. She's also tracked pharmaceutical dollars to patient advocacy groups and members of Congress. Her work has won the National Press Club's Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism Award, the National Institute for Health Care Management's Digital Media Award and a health reporting award from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.
Lupkin graduated from Boston University. She's also worked for ABC News, VICE News, MedPage Today and The Bay Citizen. Her internship and part-time work includes stints at ProPublica, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The New England Center for Investigative Reporting and WCVB.
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Biden promised a billion COVID tests. Contracts to buy them are being announced
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Rhett Walker Band Releases Sophomore Album "Here's To The One"
The Rhett Walker Band releases their sophomore album today, Oct. 14, on Essential/Sony titled HERE'S TO THE ONES, with a deluxe version also available, containing four additional bonus tracks.
Since their 2012 debut, COME TO THE RIVER, the Rhett Walker Band has toured non-stop with everyone from MercyMe to Newsboys, spending more time on the road than at home. The project generated the band's first Top 10 hit, "When Mercy Found Me," which garnered Walker a GRAMMY© nomination for CCM Song of the Year. The band also received three 2013 Dove nominations in multiple categories including New Artist of the Year, Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year and Rock/Contemporary Song of the Year. Since their inception, the group has been invited three times to perform on the Grand Ole Opry, and recently appeared on the show featuring new cuts from the forthcoming album.
"The first Christian radio single from the album, titled "Love Like Jesus," explores what it looks like to make the most of each day inside the context of our faith," says Walker. "I know, for me, the song is a reminder every morning when I wake up…It's about living life to the fullest; but I don't believe we can unless we choose in every avenue of our life to always love like Jesus."
Their song, "Here's To the Ones," which also became the title track and theme of the album, is an All-American ode to the hard working middle class. To connect with those everyday heroes, the Rhett Walker Band has partnered with Pepsi MidAmerica in October and November as the featured artist for their Mountain Dew Camo Fall Promotion. Together, the band and Pepsi MidAmerica will also hold a contest throughout their territory titled the "Rhett Neck Nashville Experience." Four winners and their guests will win a trip to Nashville to meet and spend time with the Rhett Walker Band, attend a barbeque at Rhett's home, view a private concert with the band, and more.
Cuts like "The Mystery," "Love Like Jesus" and "Adam's Son" reaffirm the band's creed to share the message of Christ with the masses. The stand-out track "The Mystery," is a personal favorite of the band's as they sing about a God who is less concerned with tattoos and cigarettes and more concerned with the heart.
"It's easier to point a finger because it's harder to look in the mirror at ourselves… Jesus isn't worried about all that stuff," says Walker. "What Jesus is worried about is if you know at the end of the day that He's always loved you. I think if we're going to stand on any side of faith, which we do, it is that kind of story that we hope we can tell."
The band – Rhett Walker (guitar), Kenny Davis (drums), Kevin Whitsett (bass) and Joe Kane (guitar) — met in Nashville five years ago, drawn together by a collective love for music and a desire to pursue a career recording and touring. Their diverse influences are interlaced into the 11 cuts on the new collection which include: Clone, Here's To the Ones, Love Like Jesus, Adam's Son, The Mystery, The Other Side, Amazed, Better Part of Me, Someone Else's Song, Broken Man.
Fans can catch the Rhett Walker Band perform songs from HERE'S TO THE ONES on their current tour which carries through until Nov. 1, 2014.
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Explore Wild Barrier Islands on Virginia's Eastern Shore
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The barrier islands that hug the 70-mile coast of Virginia's Eastern Shore are home to wild, unspoiled stretches of beach, delicate natural habitats and remnants of the past left by those who once called this frontier home. You'll feel like the last person left on earth as you stand on the edge of the Atlantic.
Hire a local guide and boat or kayak out for the day or play captain and set sail for a day on the beach yourself.
ABOUT THE ISLANDS
There are 14 barrier islands off the coast of Virginia's Eastern Shore. They comprise the largest stretch of coastal wilderness left on the eastern seaboard of the United States. They have been designated an International Biosphere Reserve by the United Nationsand a Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network Site of International Importance. This barrier island chain is one of only 17 locations in the United States designated as wetlands of international importance.
The islands are owned primarily by The Nature Conservancy and state and federal government and are open for hiking, nature study, swimming and photography during the day. All of the islands except Assateague Island, which you can drive onto, are accessible only by water.
Virginia's Eastern Shore is one of the world's top destinations for paddlers, with the Chesapeake Bay on one coast, and the Atlantic Ocean on the other.
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Many of these islands were once home to thriving communities. Island residents farmed, fished, hunted and ran lodges and hotels for tourists to make ends meet. In the 1930s, island residents began fleeing as hurricanes battered the coastline. Many houses from the islands were moved to the mainland and still stand today. You can learn about the history of the barrier islands and their fascinating residents at the Barrier Islands Center.
There is no road or bridge to these wild islands. The saying that getting there is half the fun when you travel, is definitely true of a trip to Virginia's barrier islands. Hop in a kayak or canoe and paddle through salt marsh to the islands or head out with a boat captain who knows more about the barrier islands and the waters that surround them than you could fit in an encyclopedia. Take to the air and get a bird's eye view. We recommend that you do all three — each experience will give you a unique perspective.
If you want to paddle the barrier islands on your own, bring your own kayak, or rent one here, then follow the Seaside Water Trail. Tackle small sections of the trail or if you're feeling ambitious, kayak from one end of Virginia's Eastern Shore to the other. Enjoy the peace of floating quietly among the salt marshes and bays with wildlife all around.
Learn more about kayaking on Virginia's Eastern Shorehere. See below for details on where to launch your kayak.
If you have a boat, the barrier islands are really just a stone's throw away. You can launch from a boat ramp in one of the Eastern Shore of Virginia's quaint seaside harbor towns and be standing with your toes in the sand on a barrier island in as little as 10 minutes. Pack a picnic, hop in the boat and spread your towel on the sand for a relaxing day on a secluded stretch of beach. Bring your binoculars for some spectacular bird watching or grab your rod and reel for a little surf fishing.
Here's a list of boat rampson the Atlantic coast of Virginia's Eastern Shore. Most are free but any fees are negligible compared to most popular boating destinations.
You can also hire an expert guide to help you explore the barrier islands. Catch a ride on DayTripper's boat taxi. They'll drop you off on Dawson's Shoals, a sandbar off of the seaside village of Wachapreague, for a beach day. Take a cruise with a licensed captain and certified eco-tour guide who will point out shorebirds and regale you with tales of days gone by on the islands.
The guest house at Holly Bluff, on a privately owned barrier island, dates to the 1930s but has every convenience you need.
Kayaking outfitters can design guided trips out to the barrier islands. You can paddle around Assateague and get a closer look at the famous Chincoteague ponies, kayak out to Metompkin Island and learn about wildlife along the way or book a multi-day kayaking adventure and spend your evenings relaxing on Holly Bluff, the last privately held barrier island.
Learn more about guides or book an eco-tour here.
From the Air
Get above it all and see how the barrier islands form a long strand off the coast of Virginia's Eastern Shore. You'll get a whole new perspective on the barrier islands and the peninsula they protect.
Learn more about air tours here.
Not all of the islands are open to the public. Below is a list of islands that are open to the public with details about allowed activities.
The barrier islands are very delicate ecosystems that serve as an important habitat for migratory birds, are home to protected plants and animals and serve as a buffer for the Eastern Shore of Virginia against storms. These shifting and dynamic sands play an important role in the environment. Please treat this fragile ecosystem with the utmost respect.
Camping, dogs, vehicles and open fires are prohibited at all times.
Obey all posted signs to protect nesting birds and other sensitive wildlife and plants.
A good way to avoid doing any harm is to stay below the high tide line.
Leave nothing but footprints behind.
If you bring a picnic make sure to pack your debris out with you and dispose of it properly.
If you spot any trash while you're out there, be a good samaritan and pick it up. It will make you feel good and it will keep trash out of the ocean and out of the bellies of wildlife.
Anchor your boat just offshore and spend a day on the sand on one of the Eastern Shore of Virginia's barrier islands.
The Nature Conservancy Most TNC-owned islands are open to the public for low-impact, non-commercial, recreational day use, such as swimming, hiking, bird watching, surf fishing and photography. These include Cobb, Godwin, Hog, Mink, Myrtle, Parramore, Revels, Rogue, Sandy, and Smith Islands, and the TNC-owned portions of Cedar and Metompkin Islands. Seasonal restrictions apply. Little Cobb and Ship Shoal Islands are closed to public access. Learn more here.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Assateague , Assawoman , and the FWS portions of Cedar *_and *_Metompkin Islands and parts of Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge are open for day use with some seasonal restrictions. Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge is closed to public access, but you can take guided tours during the winter months. Learn more here.
VA Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries Mockhorn and the state-owned portions of Cedar Island are open for use with some seasonal restrictions. Learn more here.
VA Dept. of Conservation & Recreation
Wreck Island is open seasonally to public use and is closed to public access April 15 through August 31. Learn more here.
VA Marine Resource Commission Dawson's Shoal is open to the public for low-impact day use. Seasonal restrictions apply. Learn more here.
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Jola or else Jola Darkovic or simply Darko is one and the same Greek artist with many different faces and a tendency for experimentation amongst different styles, surfaces and materials. This month we talk with him.
Where does your name come from? Is there a story around it?
I created Jola's tag from the initials of my name, at the age of 14-15 when I started drawing graffiti. Since then, I have never changed it. The only thing that has changed is the way in which I am writing, creating a code of symbols, numbers and other elements. During the past years, I drew my main inspiration from fences/ gates which I observe constantly.
My main logo is a symmetrical symbol based on the number 8 (infinity- dash- infinity) constituting my name. Personally, it symbolizes my dual personality in the things I do.
Have you studied something relevant to art and which are your main influences?
I moved to Athens at end of 2001 to study at AKTO (applied drawing) and afterwards I continued my studies at the Technological Educational Institute, Technology of Graphic Design, gathering both theoretical and practical knowledge on design and printing.
The people that I met in Athens were mostly likeminded artists, so there were always stimuli and influences from them. These brought us closer both to with each other and to our own selves through our creativity.
It seems like you have more than one style in your work (calligraphy and illustration). What do you enjoy drawing the most and how do you think those two are combined?
Starting point to my art was the street, a starting point that opens up lots of paths, like illustration, design or any other form of art. I cannot limit myself to molds and call myself a graffiti artist, street artist, painter or Illustrator… I have many sides even in my art, separating however some basic principles like the applied art from my personal work as an artist.
I started doing graffiti in 1998 while I was hanging out with a group of skaters who also did graffiti. Since I was a child I enjoyed drawing but when I met graffiti a new world opened up to me. I used to draw pieces with different styles in the urban landscape, which I later enrich with elements from graphic design, printing and calligraphy. Meanwhile, I occupied myself with painting and graphic design, and later illustration. Additionally, lately I work with wood, a mixed technique which takes on a journey in time and awakens creative memories from my father's workdays.
I like doing many different things and I am constantly experimenting with materials, techniques and styles. I can't say that I like something more than the other thing, everything satisfy me in the same extent but everything in a different way.
I believe that it is very important to have a unique way of writing; this is what give you your "identity" and recognition amongst the see of art that we see today. Personally, I don't enjoy sticking with one way of writing that will become mannerism when used continually. I like experimenting with different styles and techniques, having also some older samples of writing and adding some new elements to them. I consider evolution to be one of the most important things for an artist.
Describe to us the process you follow when creating a piece in the street. Do you follow some specific steps?
Most of the times I have found- marked the spot where I want to interfere and other times I come across a spot and I start Improvise in accordance to the space. In the case of an illustration – design, I begin with a faint draft, which I will use as a base to build my theme and draw with different material (brushes, paints, strays) in order to reach the desired result. The truth is that it is difficult to say when and in which step the piece is complete, but when the outcome is close to my expectations I complete it.
In the case of the calligraphy, things are more simple and direct, I investigate the space and I visualize my interference to it. I use large brushes and brooms in order to succeed the font that I desire. The final execution is very quick, spontaneous and it is based on the same movement of the hand, which is done one off without any drafts. This gives me the absolute freedom to express myself without caring about the aesthetic criteria of the outcome.
Do the themes which you design interact with the overall space – location? Is each piece specifically drawn for its locations or could it work anywhere?
Most of the times, my themes are drawn in accordance to the space which I have discovered. I interfere redefining each space. Other times I will just draw something I have in my mind without caring about the surrounding space. In any case I consider some of my pieces suitable for different spaces.
Most of the times, street artists are forces to draw at night or in spaces where not many people visit. Have you faced difficulties-danger?
Generally, I still like "tagging" at night; it is a bug that I can't get rid of. I used to draw both during the night and daytime, but during the past years I prefer the daylight. I go to deserted places, abandoned factories, ruins to which people don't have access. As far as difficulties do, besides some chases and 3 times in lock-up, I have been assaulted once.
Airbnb Street art apartment, tell us about your experience. Are you open to mural painting subcontracting or commercial work?
It was with great pleasure that I accepted my friend's and partner's Giannis X. (set designer) proposal, when he suggested that I decorate the Street art apartment that he was working on. After hours of discussions and many drafts we decided to create different themes in each space of the house with referenced to the street art. Our mutual friend's involvement, Manoli (RTMone) who designed one of the bedrooms and two WCs, was also very important. All this was a unique experience, team working for fifteen days in a row.
I created may of the implementations, as for example the wall paintings and the calligraphies in the rooms and on the furniture, the printings on the wood, and we concluded with an implementation of iron oxidation which was intended for the bed's headboard. I think that, for everyone who worked on this project, the overall result did us justice and Ι took a lot from this collaborative experience. These past years, I am open to commercial work proposals and wall paintings, given that there are good intentions and a substantial financial reward.
Untitled-1! How did this happen? Which is your relationship with music and which is your goal through this project?
This idea has been in my head for years and it has been a dream of a sort which I had with my friend Viktoras (Bend Design). As music lovers, both of us, we decided to make our first music release. The amount of difficulties and responsibilities that we came across were overwhelming, because we made the whole production from scratch, artwork, design- research, printing, packaging and many more. This is where the name came from, untitled-1, since we started from a white canvas, and all the production elements go through us until we create each final product. Then, Nicolas P. also joined the team, who is a close common friend, music and design lover. So, at this point we have three members and we hope to include many more, as we go on, who will share the same passions and zest as we have for this project.
Untitled-1 is an independent publishing team based in Athens, which focuses on music releases (vinyl, cassettes) books of art and printing. We are deep believers of the collaborative element and the power of team work. Through Untitled-1 we aim to publish a platform through which creative people will be able to present pieces of art – releases of different art forms.
In 10 years from today?
I hope to have evolved both professionally and financially, and to have created a powerful independent group- collective- business, though which we will be able to produce our own work and offer printing and design services.I would certainly like to be able to live in an island for some part of the year, far away from the stress of Athens, where I would draw in piece.
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Bulldogs conclude season in first round of playoffs
Brett Gray, Sports Editor
The Montevallo Bulldogs ended their 2011 season with a lackluster record of four wins and sixes losses, with a first round appearance in the 3A regional play-offs.
However, before they took a road trip to face Bayside Academy in the playoffs, the Bulldogs had a streak of important games to get them to that point.
The first of these games was against the Gordo Green Wave at home. The Bulldogs had just come off a major televised victory against Northside two weeks prior, and a bye-week the week after that. Montevallo had the home field advantage, and momentum from the past two weeks carrying them into the game, so they were looking for a major upset.
This mindset served the Bulldogs well in the first half, where they were able to carry a 7-0 lead into the locker room. After a big stop on defense, the boys in blue were able to jump start a long drive down the field, resulting in senior running back Garrius Chappell's touchdown run, followed by senior kicker Brett Gray's extra point.
Yet, coming out after halftime, the Bulldogs were unable to continue their stunning performance, and gave up 64 points in the second half.
While Chappell scored the team's only touchdown, senior running back R.J. Scaife led the team in rushing, with 12 attempts for 107 yards.
After that disappointing loss to Gordo, the Bulldogs began preparations for a regional game against Hale County, a must win for the Bulldogs to make it to the playoffs.
After a long week of practice, the team traveled to Hale County prepared for war. They prepared correctly, shocking the opposing team with a 35-20 victory. Montevallo beat Hale County in all major categories, including first downs (19-11), rush attempts and yards (43-320, 38-146), and total offense (410-267).
Chappell scored two touch downs, as did Scaife, one of which came from the arm of senior quarterback Taylor Burr, who was 5 for 7 on the night, for 90 yards and no interceptions. Senior running back Eugene Rodgers also added one more to the score board. Gray was good on all five extra point attempts. This huge win clinched their playoff birth, and sparked new life in the players.
This new energy took them on yet another road trip, where they played Coosa Central in a non region match-up. While they only scored 25 points, the Bulldogs dominated Coosa, putting up 249 rushing yards, 87 passing yards, and 336 yards of total offense. Chappell and Scaife once again handled the scoring duties, with the former scoring two, and the latter adding the final blow. Gray was 1-3 on extra point attempts.
After the win against Coosa Central, Montevallo only had one short week to get ready for the Bayside Academy Admirals. Four days, and a four hour ride later, the Bulldogs were on the field prepared for kickoff. In a sad turn of events, Bayside completely owned the first half, putting up 40 unanswered points. However, after an inspiring halftime speech, the Bulldogs returned rejuvenated.
Things started rolling for the Bulldogs with a 42-yard touchdown pass from Burr to Rodgers. Bayside answered with a quick touchdown. Once again, the Bulldogs rallied with Rodgers scoring two more touchdowns, one on a 71-yard run, and 27-yard run. Gray was good on all three attempts. Rodgers ended the night with 12 carries for 172 yards, and Chappell had 12 attempts for 56 yards. Burr finished with 4 completions of 7 attempts, for 49 yards and one interception. The play-offs ended for the Bulldogs with a final score of 54-21.


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Day archives: July 31st, 2020
Student Research Resources 2020
By Marcus P. Zillman, 31 Jul 2020
This timely and extensive guide by Marcus Zillman includes resources for students, teachers and parents who together begin this school year with most, or in many cases, all of their courses conducted via online distance learning. The guide includes a wide range of links to augment and expand your current toolkit, including: open textbooks and learning resources for all subjects; free online courses; tutorial resources; educational search engines; video lectures and talks; tools to capture and organize ideas; comparing prices on new an used textbooks; and strategies for organizing notes for comprehensive exams.
Subjects: Distance Learning, Education, Internet Resources - Web Links, KM, Open Source, Reference Resources, Search Engines, Search Strategies, Technology Trends
LLRX New Issue – July 2020
By Sabrina I. Pacifici, 31 Jul 2020
Articles and Columns for July 2020 Student Research Resources 2020 – This timely and extensive guide by Marcus Zillman includes resources for students, teachers and parents who together begin this school year with most, or in many cases, all of their courses conducted via online distance learning. The guide includes a wide range of links to …
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How to hide from a drone – the subtle art of 'ghosting' in the age of surveillance
By Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, 31 Jul 2020
Drones of all sizes are being used by environmental advocates to monitor deforestation, by conservationists to track poachers, and by journalists and activists to document large protests. As a political sociologist who studies social movements and drones, Prof. Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick documents a wide range of nonviolent and pro-social drone uses in his new book, "The Good Drone" and shows that these efforts have the potential to democratize surveillance.
Subjects: AI, Big Data, Civil Liberties, Legal Research, Privacy
Private browsing: What it does – and doesn't do – to shield you from prying eyes on the web
By Lorrie Cranor and Hana Habib, 31 Jul 2020
Prof. Lorrie Cranor, Carnegie Mellon University and Hana Habib, Graduate Research Assistant at the Institute for Software Research, Carnegie Mellon University, highlight their research on how many people who use private browsing have misconceptions about what protection they're gaining. A common misconception is that these browser modes allow you to browse the web anonymously, surfing the web without websites identifying you and without your internet service provider or your employer knowing what websites you visit. The tools actually provide much more limited protections.
Subjects: Civil Liberties, Competitive Intelligence, Internet Trends, KM, Legal Research, Online Legal Research Services, Privacy, Search Engines, Search Strategies, Social Media, Spyware
The Sticky Service Challenge for Law Libraries
By David Whelan, 31 Jul 2020
As a law librarian, law and technology expert, professor, writer and speaker, with significant work experience in multiple sectors, David Whelan is uniquely positioned to discuss the critical question – What does it take to make a service sticky enough for people to stay?
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Scotland Architecture
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Building and Waste
We are modern people. Sometimes, we are moving with too high speed, forgetting about all the consequences. Just look at modern cities and you will see how much the...
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The British Museum. This is the world's oldest museum, begun in 1753 and embracing items of interest going back 6, years. Popular attractions include spectacular...
Aberdeen Centre
Richmond, BC Located in a suburb of Metro Vancouver, Aberdeen Centre offers a new paradigm for the North American mall. Unlike most shopping centres that look inward...
Buildings in Art
The Art in State Buildings (ASB) Program acquires artwork for new public facilities built with state funds. The program requires that up to .5% of the construction...
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I m standing in the former home of Jonathan Fyffe, surrounded by old fireplaces and their grates, brass doorknobs, mirrors, doors and fancy tiles. I went down Belfast...
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@Nancy_Kelley What I want to see is a high fashion Alaska architecture (read: half-buried plywood dump) in some ritzy neighborhood in Paris.
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@mitchgrassi if you weren't a singer, I think you'd have a successful career in architecture or fashion design.
Historic Edinburgh
Where To Stay in Historic Edinburgh
Edinburgh's oldest district lies in the center and is home to Edinburgh Castle and many other famous landmarks. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this medieval maze of 'wynds' (the local name for the narrow streets between buildings) is a huge draw with tourists. At the heart of the Old Town is the Royal Mile boulevard, which English writer Daniel Defoe once described as "perhaps the largest, longest, and finest street for buildings and number of inhabitants in the world". The Royal Mile has four different segments – Castlehill, Lawnmarket, High Street, and Canongate and runs from the castle down to Holyrood Palace. Aside from the much talked about castle, there's plenty to see in this part of town. St Giles' Cathedral is worth visiting, as is Greyfriars Kirkyard graveyard. The Scottish Parliament building is also worth seeing due to its controversial design by Catalan architect Enric Miralles.
Situated just north of the Old Town, New Town is famous for being one of the largest Georgian developments in the world. Some of the houses date back more than 250 years and it is the Britain's largest historic conservation area. It's possible to reach this neighborhood in about 15 minutes on foot from the city centre. It is made up of a network of picturesque squares and terraces and there are a number of pleasant green spaces such as the pretty Regent Gardens. Perhaps New Town's most famous landmark is the world renowned Edinburgh Playhouse, the UK's largest working theater. It is modeled on the Roxy Cinema in New York! Looking to stay in the New Town? Take a look at this pleasant Wimdu apartment here.
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When my daughter got this book as a present, it really made me smile and we enjoyed sharing it... even though of course I was the perfect little girl!!!
You can watch me introduce this story here on my YouTube channel; this might help you decide if you want to read the rest of the blog!
This book can be enjoyed as the fun story of a mum trying to tell her child that she was the perfect little girl when she grew up... However the pictures tell a different story!!
After each page, on the 1st reading, the teacher can ask: "Est-ce qu'elle...?" and the pupils will (hopefully) all reply: "Non!". On the second reading the children can act out what is happening in the story.
The text can later be adapted by the children with or without their teacher: they could change one noun or one adjective in each sentence or they could also think of other behaviours which are considered to be good and write about them in French (dictionary work).
I want to use this book because the children will relate to it and to how adults might not always be as good as they say they are! It is also great to introduce and practise different negative structure and sounds in French (here in particular: o & an/en).
The students could rewrite each main clause and either take the negation out or add it to the sentences depending on whether it was negative in the first place or not.
This book gets the children to think about what is considered to be right or wrong as you grow up and how you may or may not have been brought up.
Here is a pdf giving more ideas on how you can exploit this text: mamanetaitpetiteavantdetregrande. I have never used it in class yet but intend to very soon! Please let me know if you have used it already.
You can buy the book here on Amazon.co.uk.
I think this is the perfect book to celebrate mothers in all their imperfections. If you are looking for another suitable story around Mothers' Day, click here to check my recommendations.
Were you well behaved as a child? Please tell my in the comments! I was as good as gold of course ha ha!


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As part of the current large exhibition A Hard Choice at Portsmouth City Museum a community case & display area was set up to allow local people to have the opportunity to share their own treasured collections with the rest of the city. A few weeks ago three winning collections were selected from the incredible shortlist of submissions with judges Rosalinda Hardiman the city's collection manager, Mark Waldron from The News and myself from Strong Island. The collections submitted were fantastically diverse including vintage postcards, royal clocks, an 80s fashion designer, glasswear and much, much more. Finally three submissions were selected for the community display and the first of these to go in to A Hard Choice is all about the Back to the Future Trilogy.
The Hill Valley Preservation Society present a small portion of their Back to the Future props and costume display at Portsmouth Museum. This collection includes some of the most iconic items from the Back to the Future Trilogy and is made up of officially licensed replicas, screen-used/production made props, reproductions and vintage items. If you are a fan of the films this is an incredible collection and well worth a visit, alongside 'A Hard Choice' exhibition, from the end of March until the end of May. Don't forget that entry to Portsmouth Museum is FREE.
A Hard Choice, Back to the Future, Portsmouth City Museum
Silver City: Exhibition of 500 Years of Portsmouth's History
Playful Family Printmaking Workshop at Portsmouth City Museum
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NextBio Teams With Emory University for Cancer Biomarker Discovery
NextBio Clinical to be Used for Translational Research Focused on Multiple Myeloma
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NextBio today announced a partnership with Emory University and its Winship Cancer Institute using genomic data to identify unique biomarkers and treatments for patients with multiple myeloma. The centerpiece of the partnership is a translational research study that will use NextBio Clinical to interpret molecular data from patients with multiple myeloma, with the ultimate goal of making new discoveries that will improve the care of patients with refractory and relapsed forms of myeloma. These forms of myeloma, a plasma cell cancer that constitutes about 1% of all cancers in the United States, have been particularly challenging to treat.
"As a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated center, The Winship Cancer Institute is committed to using the latest technologies in conducting research studies," said Sagar Lonial, M.D., nationally recognized authority on myeloma research and Director of Translational Research for the B-Cell Malignancy Program at Winship and principal investigator for the study. "For this study, we will be collecting RNA-seq, SNP, and CNV data from our own patient samples. In addition, we plan to access the multiple myeloma cell line data available in the NextBio Platform as well as myeloma data from public repositories that NextBio has curated. Integrating use of molecular data alongside clinical data in our cancer translational research projects is a top priority, and this partnership will help us solidify that workflow."
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The Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is the only NCI-designated cancer center in Georgia, and one of only 59 NCI-designated centers providing cancer care in the country. Winship investigators conduct more than 150 therapeutic clinical trials and enrolled 700 patients in 2011. Winship has the largest unit in Georgia for phase I clinical trials, which are important to introducing new therapies against cancer.
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