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Candy Crowley Explains Controversial Debate Performance: 'I Had A Flashback To When My Kids Were Young'

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If you thought CNN’s Candy Crowley seemed at times during the 90 minutes of the second presidential debate like a harried mother trying to keep her kids in the backseat from pulling each other’s hair out, you’re not wrong.

In an appearance on “The View” Wednesday morning, Crowley, who served as the event’s moderator, said Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, arguing over whether the latter had called the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi an act of terror, both looked at her as though they expected her to intervene.

“I had flashback to when my children were young,” she said.

Intervene Crowley did, of course, and that decision has earned her both abundant praise and abundant criticism. Crowley said her intent in doing so was not to set the record straight for viewers but merely to steer the discussion out of a cul-de-sac.

“They got stuck on this word,” she said. “It did not come to me like ‘I’m going to fact check this.’ It came to me like ‘Can we get past this?’”

Asked by Barbara Walters, herself a former moderator of multiple debates, whether she had producers guiding her via an earpiece, Crowley said she was wearing one but it played no part in the Benghazi/terror exchange.

“The one thing they were saying was, ‘The president’s five minutes over Romney, you need to let Romney speak more,’” she said. No one told her that Obama had, in fact, uttered the word “terror” the day after the Benghazi attack, and no one had to. “I’d heard it in the Rose Garden,” she said, “I’d seen it before. I’d heard this conversation before.”

Crowley acknowledged that her on-the-spot fact-check was itself factually problematic, since it hinges on the question of whether Obama was speaking generically or specifically when he invoked “acts of terror” in the Rose Garden.

“People are going to look at this through the prism they look at it through,” she said.

But she made no apologies for interpreting her role the way she did.

“I was kind of the advocate for these 80 people sitting up here, which required me to say, ‘I don’t know why we’re talking about Chinese currency because the question was about assault weapons.”

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  • Donna Sims Donna Sims 2 years ago

    Candy Crowley brought the transcript of the President speaking in the Rose Garden after the Benghazi attack??? She was prompted by Obama to read it??? Was this obviously planned??? She chose the questions, Obama knew she had the transcript. This is disgraceful! It was not her place to throw her two cents in about the question or comment on either candidate’s response. Did she facts about the economy and everything else (from the questions SHE chose)? She was totally out of line, and a sorry moderator. By the way, when Mr. Romney tried to rebut a statement by the President, Candy did not allow it, and gave President Obama 4 more minutes of time. I am very disappointed in her performance and hope to never see her moderate again.

  • James W James W 2 years ago

    Candy Crowley would never accept Candy Crowley’s excuse for unprofessional behavior, declaring a candidate wrong during the debate, and, after crossing that line, realizing that SHE was wrong. Her recovery now has to include her kids and feeling like a harried mother and so she was completely reasonable for her poor judgement — which is sad retraction from her more honest appraisal of her career-damaging move last night.
    Jeff Bercovici MUST support Crowley since he wrote such loving praise of her after the debate, and was completely unaware that she was WRONG and admitted as much. Bercovici finds it much more fascinating to debate what the definition of “is” is.

  • Keith Turner Keith Turner 2 years ago

    It is a “cardinal sin” for a moderator to interject themselves into a debate to the point of answering for one side against the other. Regardless of which candidate you support, Candy Crowley clearly stepped outside the bounds of moderator and “ran interference” for President Obama when she defended his statement about what was said, or not said, about “acts of terror”. As moderator, it was not her place to “come to the president’s aide”. This action undermined the concept of the moderator as being impartial and affected the debate on a critically important subject.

    Second, Ms. Crowley clearly interrupted Mitt Romney more times than the president, and allowed the president to speak a full 3 1/2 minutes longer than the governor.

    Further, it should be noted that Ms Crowley selected the questions to be asked from those submitted by the audience. That explains why there were so many ridiculous questions asked.

    IMO Candy Crowley should be fired for her poor performance and partisan antics.

  • Rosa Adriana Rosa Adriana 2 years ago

    I thought Crowley had interrupted Obama more in the early parts of the debate and actually let Romney have an extra response out of turn. When Obama tried to interject a few times she shut him down so I don’t know where you get that she was favoring Romney. She was just trying to keep everyone to their time limit and he wouldn’t stop babbling.

  • Chitra Sundaram Chitra Sundaram, Contributor 2 years ago

    She shd apologize tho for interjecting herself at a crucial moment. I think it arises from a sense of intellectual superiority. We can all do this. I’ve seen myself do it. In team meetings, where we step in thinking we’re interpreting 2 people to each other and actually we’ve just created an unholy mess. By interjecting herself she saved Prez O from having to answer the question. If she was indeed advocating for the audience why didn’t she ask the Prez to answer the question!

  • No matter who you support in this election, I believe Candy Crowley stepped over the line in the debate last night and acted in an extremely unprofessional manner. In my opinion, MS Crowley’s interpretation of the speech given by Mr. Obama after the Libyan attack was out of context and her opinion is uncalled for. As a moderator she should not express her opinion and should at least try to appear neutral. Was she there to judge, to referee or sway opinion? From my view, based on her conduct, these lines are seemingly blurred.

  • We were disappointed that Candy Crowley chose to not allow Mitt Romney equal opportunity on two occasions in the debate to respond as per the rules of the debate, and at the end she was persuaded by the President to allow him to make his “important point” even though his time had run out. We have always believed she was an excellent reporter and analyst, but her reputation is much diminished in our view after last night’s performance. Then there is the whole misinterpretation of the President’s Rose Garden explanation of the vicious attack on our consulate and ambassador and guards. Just because he used the word terrorism is not a statement regarding the ugly incident. His administration has been engaged in a cover-up of the truth. Shame on Ms Crowley for not allowing
    a fair interchange on this subject. She had no business injecting her interpretation
    of the words the President used. CNN is also guilty of bias by editing the actual statement in the Rose Garden, beginning with quote on “terrorism” without putting it in context. We would have been better served if CNN had played the entire statement, or at least some sentences preceding. We look to CNN for fairness, but it was lacking

  • Lisa Taylor Lisa Taylor 2 years ago

    I agree. No matter who one is supporting, it is not the moderators place to interject and say something that could sway opinions of the people. That is what she did. It was not professional.

  • Steven Siegel Steven Siegel 2 years ago

    If Ms. Crowley truly wanted the candidates to “get past this” then that’s how she should have handled it. ‘Let’s get past this and move on…” would have been appropriate. She is a seasoned professional and she let her personal bias get in the way. Happens to the best of us, but for her to claim otherwise is disingenuous. She was bailing out the president.
    Second, after three debates the Democratic candidates have enjoyed the “time advantage” in all three with last night’s being the biggest discrepancy (3 to 4 minutes depending on who is timing). Once, yes. Inevitable. Twice? Maybe, that’s the way it goes. Three times?!! No, that’s a little hard to believe. Hard to argue with the stopwatch.

  • Lisa Taylor Lisa Taylor 2 years ago

    I think for the next debate, they should have microphones that shut off at 2 minutes and professional moderators. This lady is obvisouly a supporter of Obama and she did not give equal speaking time.

  • David Carlson David Carlson 2 years ago

    Why is not one pointing out the real issue with this debate; the follow up questions. This is something that Crowley decided to add on her own. They were very one side towards Obama and caused many of Mitt’s need for a follow up which Crowley would deny.

  • Wyatt Burton Wyatt Burton 2 years ago

    The questions screened by the moderator were slanted toward Obama and social policies. No questions about the fiscal cliff??? No questions about the future debt??? What about the President’s inability to politic his policies through congress over last 4 years??? Why does he deserve another 4 years? Why is there grid-lock? Why was the President not able to pass his policies when he had a super majority in Congress for 2 years??? Why no questions about the job market and bringing America back to economic power in the world. Were these really undecided voters? Questions wasted time on guns and other non-pointed topics. Are these really the most important questions on their minds? What about the most important thing THE ECONOMY! JOBS – And the NEXT 4 YEARS???

  • Rosa Adriana Rosa Adriana 2 years ago

    I heard the speech in the Rose garden too and I interpreted the president as saying the attack was an act of terrorism. He may have backed off of that afterwards because the investigation was ongoing, but I think it was well known within a few days. The question was whether or not there was a demonstration covering it. In hindsight, it looks like there was not a demonstration but at the time it was a reasonable assumption considering what was going on in other mid eastern cities. I don;t think this is a cover up of any sort, just confusion during the fog of war. I think it would be worse to jump to conclusions and take action without all the facts like Republicans are prone to do. That would only make matters worse.

  • hostdude99 hostdude99 2 years ago

    Crowley needs to stop beclowing herself. She’s just digging the hole deeper. Unfortunately, with 1 sentence, she essentially added herself to the Dan Rather list. A mea culpa would have stopped everything in its tracks. Since she chose not to apologize, the story will just continue and will become her epitaph.

  • Kay Nichols Kay Nichols 2 years ago

    I fully agree with the comments that Candy Crowley clearly stepped out of bounds in interjecting her opinion or recall of ‘the facts.” Whether Romney’s or Obama’s recall of the events was faulty, it was up to the other candidate to challenge them, not the “moderator.” The debate is partially an assessment of the candidate’s ability to present their position and confront their opponents flawed positions and data.

  • What is unsettling to me about Ms Crowley is that fact that she is doing this skip-to-my-Lou around personal responsibility. Instead of coming out and saying that she was wrong, and that’s it…no spin, no excuses, no flash-back to her kids. Moreover, I watched the debated, and they did not look at her with deer-in the-headlights looks or for her to interject. It is sad that personal responsibility has gone by the wayside, and Ms Crowley and this entire administration is a prime example of just that.

  • Dave t Dave t 2 years ago

    If this is a flashback to Candy’s kids then she must have hated one of her kids and loved the others. If Obama was clear on September 12th then why, when asked directly on The View 2 weeks later could he not confirm his belief that it was terrorism? The bias is unarguable other than backing Obama on a fact that turned out to be false. Candy interupted Romney 28 times to 9 for Obama and she can’t argue that Romney kept going over time, Candy gave Obama almost 4 more minutes of talk time. Coincidntly the democrats got more talk time and less interuptions in all 3 debates so far. Candy should be fired and should never work in journalism again and if CNN had any desire to be a respected news organization again it would. That is not the case, instead CNN stood up for Candy’s bias and for propaganda news, Stalin would be proud.

  • Candy Crowley was wrong. I am on the fence and I re watched this interjection several times in disbelief. If she got flustered, was trying to neutralize the situation, or felt the debate was just about semantics, then she does not belong as a moderator and does not need to be at the debate tonight. I am sorry Candy, I have seen people get fired from many different media positions for lesser things. This was a presidential debate – very big deal very big honor to moderate. Where are her journalistic ethics?

    Candy Crowley outright lied to the candidates and to the american people. I hope that she never moderates another debate. If she does, I will not watch it! What she construed as the candidates looking at her for a way out, was actually for her to tell the truth. She obviously does not know how to do that. She says she had a flashback to her children. Did she lie to them also?


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Can Obama Really Use The 14th Amendment To Raise The Debt Limit?

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Where Obama is more likely to get into trouble is dealing with the question of whether or not a unilateral raising of the debt ceiling is Constitutional- catastrophe or not.

So – is it Constitutional?

Your guess is as good as mine as the Supreme Court has never addressed the question.

But here is what we do know – or think we know.

Section 4 of the 14th Amendment reads-

Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.

In order to attempt to work out whether or not this grants the President the power to act without Congress in this regard, let’s look at the history behind this Amendment.

Section 4 of the 14th Amendment was the direct result of a concern, following the Civil War, that members of Congress from states that previously formed the Confederacy would attempt to block the country from paying the bills incurred by the North during the war. After all, the Congress wasn’t about to pay for the Confederacy’s war bills leaving the Southern states to face their obligations on their own. This did not make the Southern caucus very happy. To insure that this would not be a problem, Congress passed the 14th Amendment and put it out to the states for ratification, making it clear that the North’s bills would be paid by Constitutional requirement while the South’s would expressly not be covered by the government.

While the situation then is not clearly on point with now, there are some similarities.

What you had following the Civil War was the introduction of new Congressmen from what had been the Confederacy. Obviously, they had not been a part of Congress when the appropriations were made to pay the bills of the Northern army. When they arrived, they took the position that they were not interested in honoring those commitments of a previous Congress because it was not in their interest to do so-especially when Congress was unwilling to pay the war debts incurred by these Confederate States.

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  • Hello Rick,

    Default is not a legally acceptable option, at least according the the SCOTUS.

    During WW I the US government offered a series of four “Victory Liberty Loans” (i.e. War Bonds).  After the war a fifth bond, for post-war reconstruction was issued.  Sales of the first four had not gone too well so with each new offering the government had to “sweeten the deal”.  The fifth bond was offered to US citizens at 4.75% interest and was to be redeemed in gold. This was on top of very large tax rate increases, the top bracket increased from 6% to 77%.  The total cost of the war was about 30 BUSD (the entire Federal Budget in 1912 was just under 1 BUSD). While the first four bonds were retired in good order, fifth “post-war” war bond which was maturing in the 1930′s when the country was in the worst throws of the depression.  Part of the reason was that Secretary of the Treasury Mellon fought for and got very significant tax cuts, the top bracket dropped to 25% by 1925.

    Rather than attempt to pay the last of these bonds off, FDR got Congress to pass House Joint Resolution (HJR 192) in April of 1933. The US government then attempted to pay this last bond at a fraction of the face value and not in gold but paper.

    However, this was challenged in the court and in Perry v. United States the SCOTUS overturned HJR 192. SCOTUS ruled:
    “The Joint Resolution of June 5, 1933, insofar as it undertakes to nullify such gold clauses in obligations of the United States and provides that such obligations shall be discharged by payment, dollar for dollar, in any coin or currency which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts, is unconstitutional….

    “By virtue of the power to borrow money ‘on the credit of the United States,’ Congress is authorized to pledge that credit as assurance of payment as stipulated — as the highest assurance the Government can give — its plighted faith. To say that Congress may withdraw or ignore that pledge is to assume that the Constitution contemplates a vain promise, a pledge having no other sanction than the pleasure and convenience of the pledgor.

    When the United States, with constitutional authority, makes contracts, it has rights and incurs responsibilities similar to those of individuals who are parties to such instruments.

    The right to make binding obligations is a power of sovereignty.

    The sovereignty of the United States resides in the people, and Congress cannot invoke the sovereignty of the people to override their will as declared in the Constitution.

    The power given Congress to borrow money on the credit of the United States is unqualified and vital to the Government, and the binding quality of the promise of the United States is of the essence of the credit pledged. (P. 293 – 294).

    This of course was a very conservative SCOTUS overturning the efforts of a very liberal president and congress. Nonetheless, if legal precedent means anything at all, the US Congress may not legally default on loans it has made.

  • Rick Ungar Rick Ungar, Contributor 3 years ago

    Interesting. I will read the case!

  • chriscollins chriscollins 3 years ago

    great pun!

  • tehfunnay tehfunnay 3 years ago

    I don’t get it. Washington D.C. is supposed to be the home to some of the smartest people on Earth. Then why is it that it seems only the Dumbest people are actually running things?

    Why are the only options to our current fiscal crisis a) Raise Taxes, or b) borrow MORE money?

    Yes, Default is not a legal option, but I don’t need the SCOTUS to tell me that. I need look no further than my own finances. When I have to pay a debt, I can’t borrow more money, nor can I go to my boss and tell him, “Oh, by the way, I need some more money to pay my mortgage this month so I am charging you $2 an hour more for my services this month.”

    Doesn’t work that way.

    In order for me to not default on a loan, I have to REDUCE SPENDING. Instead of buying steak, that month, I buy hamburger.

    Raising the debt ceiling for the purpose of borrowing money to pay off money we borrowed is the most irresponsible thing we can do.

    So, what…are we destined to do this until the end of time? I can see it now, several years down the road, when President “X” says, “We need to raise the debt ceiling so that we don’t default on the loan we took to pay the debt we incurred when we raised the debt ceiling, before, to pay the debt we incurred when we raised the debt ceiling, before that, to pay for the debt we incurred when we….yadda, yadda, yadda.”

    I’m sorry, I think this country needs a period where we tighten our belts, come together as a community, learn to do with less and get rid of all this entitlement garbage.

    We need to stop spending so much.

  • iicapn iicapn 3 years ago

    Amen. PS — I’m thinking of changing my nick to “ReidsRingTone”.

  • Rick Ungar Rick Ungar, Contributor 3 years ago

    Apparently raising taxes or defaulting are not the only options since the Reid Bill that would solve this does not raise one penny in taxes- all cuts.

  • Rick Ungar Rick Ungar, Contributor 3 years ago

    Also, remind me not to ever loan you money.

  • rjw918 rjw918 3 years ago

    >>I don’t get it. Washington D.C. is supposed to be the home to some of the smartest people on Earth. Then why is it that it seems only the Dumbest people are actually running things?

    The “Tea Party” freshmen in Congress know politics but they don’t know how to govern.

    >>Doesn’t work that way. In order for me to not default on a loan, I have to REDUCE SPENDING. Instead of buying steak, that month, I buy hamburger.

    A country and its government are very different from a family. Different obligations and different responsibilities

    It simply doesn’t make sense to try to analogize how family finances work with how government finances work.

    BTW – if you have a car loan, or a mortgage, or a student loan, or even a credit card which you don’t pay off every month -you too are a deficit spender.

    In any of those cases, you have borrowed so that you can spend more than your current income.

  • iicapn iicapn 3 years ago

    The “cuts” in the Reid bill were mostly illusory and far off. He counted the end of the wars, which was already counted, which Barack could already save by doing what he promised to do (bring the troops home). A promise from Congress to cut spending “tomorrow” is like a promise from a teenage boy not to engage in sex. Both mean well enough, but when the boy sees an opportunity, memories get short and rationalizations get long.

  • iicapn iicapn 3 years ago

    Rick, if my personal finances are such that I’m borrowing 40 cents out of every dollar I spend, PLEASE don’t lend me money. Beyond that, why is it so easy for you to deny me a loan, but not the US Government? And don’t tell me it’s to avoid default – the US Government brings in 170 billion every month, enough to avoid default.

  • Rick Ungar Rick Ungar, Contributor 3 years ago

    That’s swell- but you still don’t get it. What, if or how much we cut going forward has absolutely nothing to do with our obligation to pay our debts, whether we like it or not. It has only been coupled as a political device. If you decide to go on a budget diet tomorrow, good for you – but it doesn’t forgive you obligation to pay the mortgage you promised to pay back last year.

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For the love or hate of air conditioning

POSTED: March 19, 2014 4:00 p.m.

It’s a funny thing. That’s what Mama used to say when something baffled her. Like Mama, I prefer that things make common sense. Otherwise, I’ll ponder, figure, study and try to decipher that funny thing until it’s somewhat sensible.

In this case, it’s my relationship with air conditioning that I’m unable to completely explain to others though I seem to understand it myself.

I don’t like the icy feel of air conditioning in our home even in the smothering humidity of deep summer. It has to do with my raising as do most things for most people.

As I often write, I come from people who managed to turn suffering into a shrug-of-the-shoulders and a normal, almost expected way-of-life. My mountain grandparents lived without electricity until near the end of World War II when the EMC managed to weave power lines through the back roads and thicket of trees. Until then, they used kerosene lamps, fireplaces, hand-cranked battery radios and a “spring box” plunked down in the nearby river to keep dairy from spoilage.

Both of my grandfathers died without ever knowing the luxury of indoor plumbing, never visited a movie theater and, certainly, never dreamed that cold air could be manufactured. To them, the breeze from nearby rivers and towering trees provided relief through wide open windows and squeaky screen doors.

My parents bravely escaped. They scrimped and saved until they could pay cash for a beautiful piece of land with water that ran through it, a lifelong requisite for any land Daddy purchased. “Never buy a piece of land that doesn’t have water on it,” he said repeatedly.

That was his raising. Water was needed to be toted to the house, keep the spring boxes, and provide cooled air.

With the help of friends, he built a small brick house, sturdy and plain. It always did and still does remind me of the little piggy who built the house that couldn’t be blown down. It was strong, but it wasn’t air conditioned. My fingers did not touch a thermostat for air conditioning until I was out of college and in my first apartment. It felt like magic.

When I recall my 22 years without air conditioning, I don’t remember it as suffering. Those summers are entrenched in my mind as pleasant filled with fresh, fragrant air that flowed through the windows and screen doors. I picture Mama and me sitting in the 1950s style glider on the porch in the early evening, stringing beans from our garden and feeling the gentleness of dusk fall over us.

In those days, we slept with all three outside doors open and the screen doors latched. We arose in the morning to the sweet, cool air flowing in. I fell asleep in my tiny bedroom, daydreaming of life to come as crickets sang outside my wind and squirrels scampered about. On the rare occasion of a heat wave, I took an ice cold bath before bed, which was the perfect remedy. Daybreak brought the happy singing of birds, which gave me a feeling of downright joy as my eyes opened to another day.

For these reasons, I struggle with air conditioning that calls for closed windows and doors and doesn’t promote a late afternoon escape to the porch. That’s why I don’t turn on our air conditioning until June 1 so we can celebrate nature through open doors and windows. Ceiling fans throughout allow us to keep the thermostat in the high 70s while our back porch is scattered with rocking chairs, swings and colorful pillows that entice us into a summer evening where crickets and frogs rejoice as the stars and moon come out.

So, you see, I love, as most do, the comfort of air conditioning. But, oh, how I miss that time with nature and all that profound daydreaming I used to do.

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Dave Murphy —  December 12, 2012

I am not quite sure what to write about this Lakers team. I don’t want to be an alarmist and in fact, I don’t feel like one. I don’t feel like ranting and I don’t feel like trying to put a positive spin on things either. A smart man once told me to look in the window if I wanted answers. In other words, the best way to objectively and dispassionately observe, is to pretend that you are walking past a window. You stop and witness the situation at hand. Don’t try to spin what you see – you are only watching events unfold.

The Lakers have had a rough start. They have dealt with injuries, system uncertainty, coaching changes, more injuries and more system uncertainty. They aren’t quite treading water, they’re actually drifting backwards. They are losing more than they are winning, against good teams and against not so good teams. They haven’t had a particularly tough schedule, except that they have made it a tough schedule. They are a team of battle-tested veterans who have faced every imaginable adversity and challenge over their long collective careers. As a team, they are letting their season slowly slip away.

From ESPN.GO, Magic Johnson talks to reporters about the Lakers.

Jovan Buha for ESPN Lakers Index, offering the rapid reaction for last night’s loss.

Mike Bresnahan from the LA Times writes about last night, and the fall to 12th place in the west.

From Kevin Ding at the OCRegister; Kobe Bryant says this is his most challenging stretch of basketball in 17 years.

From Kelly Dwyer at Ball Don’t Lie, Coach D’Antoni gets testy with T.J. Simers.

It is only fair to include T.J. Simer’s response.

Mark Medina at the L.A. Daily News reports that Mitch Kupchak is trying to show patience.

From TrueHoop researcher John Fisher, The Lakers are 1 and 10 when Kobe scores 30 or more this season,

Drew Garrison at Silver Screen and Roll mentions the Lakers’ apparent interest in Delonte West.

Arielle Moyal at Lakers Nation writes about the importance of Nash, plus recaps and rumors.

Steve Nash may not yet be playing basketball but he is a member of a basketball team. He is known as a leader. He attends practices, he talks to his teammates, he makes suggestions. He is a smart guy. Pau Gasol is a smart guy. Kobe is a smart guy. Dwight is a smart guy. And there are other bright, experienced, intuitive players on this team as well. They know what they are doing wrong, and they will readily admit and explain what they are doing wrong. And there are moments when they correct their mistakes and there are moments when they play like they should. Until they don’t. Steve Nash will be back at some point and Pau Gasol will be back at some point. And the team’s fortunes may turn around. As a fan, I hope that’s the case. I hope the Lakers turn the page, and find another storyline.

Dave Murphy

11 responses to Wednesday Storylines

  1. I said it was a no brainer for the Lakers to sign Delonte West before the season and I’m glad the FO is coming around. Even when Nash comes back the Lakers still need Delonte to back him up.

  2. Delonte > 0

  3. From the last post:
    Tra, aka, T Rogers, Jerke-

    So everyone not named Kobe is 15-47 and he needs to shoot less and move the ball for more shots? When we blew out Dallas and the Nuggets it was because players were *making* their wide open shots! I said as much then while it was happening. This team needs its players to make their shots. Nash might cut down on the turnovers which will limit the opposition to less fast break opportunities, but that doesn’t change the fact that other players are simply missing wide open shots. Jamison and Meeks were 2-10 on 3 pointers last night. How did they shoot in the Dallas win? If you want to blame Kobe for something, then point out his poor defense. (which was fairly decent last night) His shooting this year is not the problem because no one else can hit anything. When they *do* hit shots take a look at his assists. For the most part, it’s not that he doesn’t pass to other players, it’s that they either make them or miss them.

    And yes let’s give Delonte a try. Gotta try something with this team.

  4. One quibble: the Lakers aren’t letting the season slowly slip away. It’s running away at a full out sprint right now.

  5. How many parole officers do we have to clear West’s signing with first? There’s a reason he’s not on a team right now. We just need to wait and grit it out. The Steves should be back some time around the return of Mad Men to AMC in 2025.

  6. @kenoak – I’m not bagging on Kobe – none of this is his fault. He’s just not a creator and when he has the ball too much, everyone just stands around and watches. He can setup up guys for a game or two but he knows that’s not his game either. Giving the ball to him in iso is the most predictable play in the book and he routinely had double teams etc.. He’s just doing what he knows – unfortunately this team needs facilitaors more than a 30pt scorer. Right now w the injuries, Kobe is damned if he does/doesnt on offense and I don’t necessarily blame him for that – you know he’s that sort of beast.

    That being said, his defense has seen better days.

  7. KenOak,

    I responded on the last thread. But to summarize my response:

    Keep passing the ball even when guys aren’t making shots. The team’s chances are better taking that approach. Kobe going solo is an automatic loss these days. Are the Lakers the only “competitive” team in the league that scraps their entire offensive system mid-game because players miss some shots? What happened to letting them play through it? Wouldn’t that actually help build some consistency?

  8. Reasoned piece from Ric bucher here –

    “For those wondering why the Lakers’ coaching change has had no impact on the team’s fortunes, one big reason is,

    according to sources, that an ill Dr. Jerry Buss ordered the firing, posthaste, from his hospital bed, without concern about who might replace him. The move, hasty and unplanned as it might be, was apparently supported by voices outside the organization who thought it would open the door for Phil Jackson to return. But no one in the front office intended to move on Brown that quickly and, thus, no succession plan was in place. They were in full scramble mode. Teams usually consider their team’s health and the schedule and make a coaching change at optimal times — lots of winnable home games, lots of practice time, coinciding with a star returning to the floor — to make the change look like it provided a solution and aid in getting the players to buy into the new system. Instead, the Lakers made the move at the worst time. Interim Bernie Bickerstaff got the benefit of an easy homestand (4 games in 8 days), whereas the Lakers have not had more than one day between games at home since Mike D’Antoni took to the bench and won’t until after they return from the current trip next week. Steve Nash has yet to play since D’Antoni came on board and Pau Gasol, already dinged up, limped through seven games before shutting it down. When I look at the circumstances, the Lakers’ problems aren’t about D’Antoni’s system or Pau not playing in the post or Jim Buss not wanting to re-hire Phil. This is about oversized expectations not being instantly met and an ill-timed panic move that was supposed to magically make everything better. Panic moves rarely do.”

    Thats pretty much it in a nutshell.

  9. @Mike – you’re probably right but the ‘slowly slip away’ looked better on the page, haha.

    @Jerke – thanks for posting that – interesting stuff.

  10. Sorry, I mean’t to post this here.

    Dwight Howard is not yet healed, so he is having problems holding onto the ball. The back is intricate and effects every limb adversely until it is at optimum strength.

    Howard’s butter fingers are in direct correlation to his back not being at full peak. Add to the fact, as another poster stated, that donning a Lakers uniform is not easy and wrought with underlying adversity.

    I have touted forever that playing for the Lakers is far different than playing for any other team in the league. Few players are capable of playing at a level of excellence in the uniform of the Los Angeles Lakers. Klieg lights shine brightly upon the Lakers, is it any wonder that players can shoot and score on other teams, but when they join the Lakers they can’t throw a pea in the ocean.

    One positive about Phil Jackson is that players have to stay with the team 2-3 years in order to learn the system and as an aside they learn to play on the Lakers. Derek Fisher was always able to handle the pressure of wearing the uniform, although his skills became prohibitive to him staying with the Lakers.

  11. First of all, it’s my contention that there are players who are trying to accomplish too much. Kobe tries to put too much on his back (not any different from past seasons). He forgets when he’s the distributor he plays a much more controlled game and the others benefit as well. We have all noticed when Kobe is shooting more not only is his shooting percentage dips and the team generally loses. What’s more disconcerting is his lack of urgency on defense especially when he misses a shot and tries to engage the refs makes the Lakers vulnerable to transition baskets. There are a few other bad habits I’ve noticed but that’s for another post.

    Whereas Howard has been very good about getting back, he tends to try to block every shot near the basket. What usually happens is that the off-side forward doesn’t rotate to the lane and as we’ve seen layup after layup or a upsurge in opposition offensive rebounds. Then there’s the situation that once Dwight gets the ball he tends to go to the basket and doesn’t look for the dish to others. Essentially he’s stopping the ball and triggers the defense to sag without worrying about the perimeter.

    The upshoot is that the team tends to recognize Kobe and Dwight as the prime targets and look only to get their approval by feeding them the ball. In most cases once they pass they end up watching rather than seeking offensive rebounds or getting to open spots on the floor. Finally I blame this on the coaching who seem not to want to ruffle the feathers of the superstars. They know better but are afraid to alienate themselves.


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Workarounds not mentioned once in pro-Samsung brief by Google, HTC, SAP, Rackspace, Red Hat

When a Google-led group of companies (also including, in alphabetical order, HTC, Rackspace, Red Hat and SAP) last month asked the Federal Circuit for permission to file an amicus curiae brief in support of Samsung against Apple's appeal of the denial of a multi-patent injunction against various Android-based devices, Apple opposed the request because Google is not an impartial friend of the court -- but a Samsung ally and the maker of Android, the operating system powering the accused devices. On Wednesday the Federal Circuit granted the motion against Apple's objections (Apple at least got an opportunity to draw the appeals court's attention to Google's vested interest in a certain outcome), and today the public version of the brief, which was originally filed on May 6, became available (this post continues below the document):

Google HTC SAP Rackspace Red Hat Amicus Brief Supporting Samsung Against Apple

Amici don't have to address every issue relevant to a case -- they can choose. This Google et al. brief addresses only the first one of the four transcendental issues I outlined in a recent post on this appeal: it basically argues that even if Apple was right and injunctions over patents covering smaller features of complex, multifunctional products became unavailable as a result of the "causal nexus" requirement, this would be a just outcome. And like Samsung, these amici also rely on non-patent cases in their effort to support a stringent causal nexus requirement.

One may agree or disagree with Apple and Microsoft, who oppose injunctions over standard-essential patents, but their positions are honest and logical: you can support injunctions over non-SEPs while arguing that FRAND-pledged SEPs must be licensed and not serve as a basis for injunctions. But Google takes positions the combination of which doesn't make sense: while doggedly pursuing an SEP-based injunction against Apple, Google submits an amicus brief like the one shown above, arguing that "denial of injunctive relief would not substantially impair the patentee's legitimate interests" because the right holder "can recover damages to compensate for any ongoing infringement". One can be against all patent injunctions, or maybe in favor of all of them (if one takes a radically IP-centric, antitrust-ignorant position), or in favor of non-SEP injunctions (which are thermonuclear) and against SEP injunctions. But there's no way, unless someone wants to take inconsistent positions as Google is doing here, to argue that non-SEP injunctions aren't necessary but injunctions should be available over SEPs.

Another inconsistency between Google's SEP and non-SEP positions is that in the non-SEP context it claims "holdup power would permit patent holders to capture a greater amount of money than their invention is worth". Google's Motorola attempted SEP-baed holdup against Apple and Microsoft, and failed.

I said before that amici can selectively address the issues in, or relevant to, a given case. But sometimes these choices are revealing. The anti-injunction argument made in this brief completely misses the point if one considers the possibility of working around (or "designing around", as some prefer to call it) a given patent. This is something that I've always stressed, and I sometimes felt Apple could or should stress that point even more (Samsung actually talked more about workarounds in its appellate brief than Apple did). Let me just quote from a very recent ruling written by Chief Judge Rader, Douglas Dynamics v. Buyers Products:

"If indeed Buyers had a non-infringing alternative which it could easily deliver to the market, then the balance of hardships would suggest that Buyers should halt infringement and pursue a lawful course of market conduct."

Google and its friends couldn't anticipate Douglas Dynamics when they filed their brief. But if the Federal Circuit at large adopts the position of its Chief Judge on the question of workarounds, then the persuasive impact of this brief will be minimal or even zero. In that scenario it won't matter whether Apple's asserted features are, as Samsung and its supports allege, trivial. The answer will be: "If it's trivial, then please work around it."

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Premier League: Stoke 2 Man United 1

Stoke City recorded a first league win over Manchester United since 1984 as Charlie Adam's brace helped them to a 2-1 victory on Saturday.

On a day where none of the top four sides played and Tottenham dropped points, United failed to take advantage, going down to an organised Stoke side at the Britannia Stadium.

In a first half largely dominated by United, Stoke went ahead after 38 minutes thanks to a deflected Charlie Adam free-kick.

The former Liverpool midfielder's effort hit Michael Carrick on the edge of the area, taking the ball beyond the reach of a helpless David de Gea.

United were level just two minutes after the break, Robin van Persie the man on target as he became the first player in Premier League history to score in eight successive appearances against a single opponent.

The visitors' celebrations were cut short however, when Adam unleashed an unstoppable effort past De Gea from outside the area after 52 minutes.

It proved to be the winner as United lost their eighth league game of the season and their third straight match on the road in all competitions.

United boss David Moyes started the attacking trio of Juan Mata, Van Persie and Wayne Rooney for the first time as they looked to claim a third victory over Stoke this season.

While United were able to field a full-strength forward line, Moyes was given a defensive injury headache just 10 minutes in when Jonny Evans was replaced by Rafael Da Silva having suffered what appeared to be a hamstring problem.

Rooney then had the first chance of the game, turning and firing wide inside the area after 14 minutes following Patrice Evra's cross from the left.

From there, United began to pile on the pressure, Van Persie next to go close with an effort that deflected wide past Asmir Begovic's right-hand post.

However, Stoke survived the strong United spell and perhaps should have engineered a shot on goal when Jonathan Walters was slow to react to a loose ball on the edge of the box - Phil Jones producing a well-timed tackle.

Van Persie went close for the visitors when his close-range header took a deflection off Glenn Whelan and crept over the crossbar.

However, seven minutes before the break, Adam's free-kick, with the help of a large slice of luck and an inadvertent Carrick deflection, put the home side ahead.

Things got worse for United before half-time when Jones was taken off injured after a clash of heads in the air with Walters.

However, Van Persie was again the man to haunt Stoke as he angled a finish past Begovic following Mata's carefully-weighted throughball.

The scores were level for just five minutes however, when Adam registered his sixth league goal of the season with a magnificent left-footed strike.

With time running out United threw everything forward, and Begovic produced a stunning save in seven minutes of added time to deny Rooney from a free-kick.

But Stoke, who were in the relegation zone prior to kick-off, held on to move 11th in the table with their first league win since December.


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A poster at the Butterfield Overland Stage station provided fair warning to anyone interested in purchasing a ticket: "You will be traveling through Indian Country, and the safety of your person cannot be vouchsafed by anyone but God."

To fully understand how the Butterfield Overland Mail Company came to be, step back in time to 1846 when the United States declared war on Mexico. It needed soldiers to push the Mexicans south and to formally take possession of lands that now make up much of the Southwest from Texas to California.

During that same time period, Mormon pioneers based in Iowa were migrating to Utah, but they needed government cooperation for their westward migration. An agreement between President James Polk and the Mormon Church resulted in the formation of the U.S. Mormon Battalion, which was tasked with blazing a wagon road from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Los Angeles, California, and pushing back any Mexican armies that happened to be in that area.

On July 20, 1846, the Mormon Battalion of nearly 550 men left Council Bluffs and marched to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where each soldier was issued personal weapons and supplies. A cash allotment was also provided to purchase uniforms, but soldiers were not required to wear uniforms so many of them used the money for other purposes such as sending it back to their families in Iowa.

During the months of January and December, the Battalion crossed Arizona and arrived in the San Diego area in the last week of January. No Mexican armies had been encountered; however, they had marched across the most hostile lands in the territory being claimed from Mexico. They had been the first to take wagons through that country and had established a wagon route for future use.

Before the Gold Rush of 1849, California was just a place somewhere out West that very few people cared about. Then, someone discovered gold. Some references claim it was discovered by a retired member of the Mormon Battalion. Regardless of who made the discovery, gold fever spread across the country, and all of a sudden, everyone wanted to know where California was. The year of the '49ers put California on the map. In 1850, it officially became a state.

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When dust from the Gold Rush began to settle, most of the '49ers discovered the best that they could hope for was a working-man's wage. They began to miss the homefolks. Getting a letter from California to the states back East was nearly impossible. Some of it went around the continent on ships, and other mail went by private companies at inflated rates. Nothing was done to improve the lack of communications between the East Coast and West Coast until 1858.

Government officials in Washington decided to establish a mail route using the wagon route blazed by the Mormon Battalion 12 years earlier. A government contract was awarded to John Butterfield who resided in New York. He would be paid $600,000 a year for six years to carry mail from St. Louis to San Francisco. Stagecoaches left St. Louis and San Francisco twice a week. The journey was completed in 25 days or less.

John Butterfield was a true entrepreneur. In 1850, he founded the American Express Company. American Express was the result of a merger between the Wells Fargo Express company and Butterfield's own Butterfield and Wasson Express Company. The result was American Express with Butterfield in the top chair; however, Henry Wells and William Fargo both owned huge shares of the new company. The next time you see an American Express card, take a moment to reflect that it all started with a stagecoach.

Butterfield probably would have fared better if he had not won the bid on the mail contract. He spent the first two years' proceeds just getting the Butterfield Overland Mail Company started. Although the contract's primary purpose was mail delivery, passengers could also make the 25-day journey (2,800 miles) by purchasing a $200 ticket.

Most passengers probably only made the trip once. One writer described it as a "trip through Hell." In order to average more than 100 miles a day, the wagons were driven 24/7 at the fastest speeds allowed by the terrain and the team pulling them. They averaged slightly more than 5 miles per hour.

There were no sleeping quarters, the food at the stage stations was horrible, and they were subject to the full range of weather conditions. Attacks by Indians and outlaws were also common. The lack of water and the condition of the water in other locations added to the misery of the journey.

The Butterfield Overland Mail Company continued its trips twice a week in each direction for the next 2-1/2 years. During that time, Butterfield was pushed out of American Express due to huge debts. Wells and Fargo took over the Butterfield Overland Stage Company contract. They were almost immediately facing a new problem due to the Civil War. In 1861, Texas joined the Confederacy, so the route had to be moved.

Officials in Washington rewrote the mail contract to use a new route across Nebraska and Wyoming. It is unlikely the Butterfield Overland Mail Company had even made its initial investment back at that point. Nevertheless, the company had to abandon its stations, pack up all the animals, and move more than 20 empty stagecoaches back to California where they could connect to the new designated route.

Wells Fargo prospered where Butterfield had failed. By 1866, the company dominated the overland stage and mail business throughout the country. It continued to dominate that business until 1869 when the first transcontinental railroad put overland stagecoaches out of business.

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Most of the route used by the overland stage has been swallowed by modern developments. There are a few locations around the country where sections of it can be followed by vehicle, and some others where only hikers and horseback riders are permitted.

We decided to visit a short 4x4 section east of Gila Bend in Arizona. That section skirts the southern boundary of the Sonoran Desert National Monument and is maintained by the Boy Scouts of America. Historic signs and trail markers along the way take visitors over Butterfield Pass to the location of a stage stop designated on most maps as Desert Station. It's more modern name is simply Happy Camp.

The stage route runs parallel to Highway 238. Access roads connect the two routes. Since we came from Phoenix, we used the east access.

We were threatened all day with heavy clouds but rain never came, so using four-wheel drive was not required. The surface was sandy and rocky with occasional deep washouts. Careful navigation kept the running boards on our rental vehicle out of harm's way.

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Due to the cloud cover, you won't find a lot of blue sky in the photos, but the area is beautiful even without sunshine. We found a variety of cactuses, including an abundance of saguaros. These giants come in many different sizes and shapes. They can live up to 200 years and grow 40 different arms. Being experts at absorbing moisture, they can live up to two years on one good rainstorm. When full of water, a single saguaro can weigh as much as 7 tons.

The saguaro cactus normally blossoms in May or June. Its flowers are white and carry the official status as Arizona's state flower. There can be hundreds of flowers on a single plant, but they only open a few at time over a period of about a month. Each flower will open at night and then close the following day, with a life span of less than 24 hours. They have a waxy feel and fragrant aroma.

You can find other roads to follow in the area, including more of the Mormon Battalion route. For those who enjoy hiking, the national monument provides enough diversions to keep busy for weeks.

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Weather can be dangerous, especially in the summer. It is not unusual for temperatures to exceed 100 degrees F and stay there for weeks. Nighttime offers very little relief. The best time of year to vacation in this desert is when everything to the north is digging out of snow.

There are numerous primitive campsites along the route, but we were only there for a day trip. Although we would have really enjoyed a night under the stars, time just did not afford that luxury. Another coach was waiting to be moved. No, not a stagecoach, but a modern-day coach, also known as a motorhome.Another part-time job that keeps us busy is moving motorhomes across the country for others. It's a lot more pleasant than it would have been to drive a stagecoach, but there is a part of us that would really enjoy going back in time and experiencing the rough-and-tumble 2,800-mile journey in a Concord coach.

Larry E. Heck is the author and creator of numerous books and videos dating back to 1985. For more information, visit his website at or call (303) 910-7647.

Trip Meter Latitude Longitude Description
0.0 33 0.0705 112 25.3194 Begin trail at highway billboard on Highway 238between Mile Post 17 and 18.
1.4 33 0.8419 112 26.3182 Right fork goes to stage trail.
4.4 33 3.2799 112 26.7269 Left is Butterfield Trail. Right is Mormon Battalion Trail.
5.6 33 2.9760 112 27.8861 Butterfield Trail campsite.
7.6 33 2.2105 112 29.5309 Water collector.
8.3/0 33 1.8268 112 30.0146 Happy Camp Desert Station. Reset trip meter.
1.6 33 1.2422 112 31.5367 Right fork.
1.9 33 1.1100 112 31.7060 Continue going straight. From here, there are several roads branching off. Stay on the main road until it reaches a T-intersection.
2.7 33 0.5395 112 32.2256 Left at T-intersection.
3.0 33 0.4497 112 31.9647 Pit toilets and corral.
4.2 32 59.5951 112 31.3622 Highway 238. Between Mile Posts 10 and 11.
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U.S. Adults Dying of Preventable Diseases

U.S. Adults Dying of Preventable Diseases

U.S. Adults Dying of Preventable Diseases Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Kill More Americans Than Car Wrecks WebMD Health News By Daniel J. DeNoon Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD More from WebMD Sleep...

July 24, 2009 – Diseases easily preventable by adult vaccines kill more Americans each year than car wrecks, breast cancer, or AIDS.

Yet relatively few in the U.S. know much about these diseases -- and far too few adults get vaccinated, find surveys by the CDC and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID).

"It may surprise you to learn that over 50,000 adults die each year of diseases that are potentially vaccine preventable," NFID president-elect William Schaffner, MD, said at a news conference held to announce the survey results.

"We have a chronic disease epidemic in the U.S. It is taxing our families and taxing our economy," the CDC's Anne Schuchat, MD, said at the news conference. "We have a need for culture change in America. We worry about things when they are really bad rather than focusing on prevention, which can keep us out of the hospital and keep our families thriving."

What are these diseases? Don't be surprised if you don't know. The surveys show that fewer than half of Americans are familiar with this list:

  • Flu. Most Americans don't know that flu is the biggest killer of all vaccine-preventable diseases.
  • Hepatitis B. Only 40% of Americans say they know about this major cause of liver cancer and liver disease.
  • Pneumococcal disease kills 4,500 U.S. adults each year -- yet only 20% of Americans know much about it.
  • Meningitis. It's a killer, but only 36% of Americans know this.
  • Shingles. Fewer than half of young adults know that chickenpox virus hangs around to cause shingles later in life.
  • Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes cervical cancer and genital warts. There are more than 6 million new infections each year, yet only 30% of Americans say they're very aware of the problem.
  • Tetanus. Fewer than half of young Americans know tetanus causes lockjaw.
  • Pertussis or whooping cough. Only 37% of young people, and only 67% of older people, know that there's a vaccine to prevent this disease, which can be serious in adults but life threatening when adults transmit the disease to young children.

A big problem with getting adults vaccinated is that universal coverage for the cost of vaccines ends when a person turns 19. Many adults think vaccines are just for kids.

As a result, vaccination rates are low. According to the CDC survey:

  • Pneumococcal vaccine is used by 25% of Americans at high risk of severe illness and by 60% of Americans aged 65 and older.
  • Hepatitis B vaccinations were completed by 32% of high-risk U.S. adults under age 50 and for 34% of non-high-risk adults under age 50.
  • HPV vaccinations have been given to only 10.5% of American women 19-26 -- and only 6% got all three shots.
  • Tetanus shots are current for only 60% of U.S. adults under age 65 and only 52% for older adults.
  • Flu shots are taken by fewer than two-thirds of adults at high risk of severe flu complications.
  • Shingles vaccines are taken by only 7% of U.S. adults 60 and older.

"These findings show poor insight and possible complacency about adult immunization among the adult population -- and lack of knowledge about vaccine-preventable diseases in general," Susan J. Rehm, MD, medical director for the NFID, said at the news conference.

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Several Winter Products Under Recall

Federal regulators are alerting consumers about four winter product recalls.

The most far-reaching: about 70,500 units of Big Lots' 1500-watt portable space heater, sold at Big Lots stores nationwide, between September 2010 and March 2012.

Regulators say the product can overheat and melt, posing a fire or shock hazard.

Impacted model numbers are #FH107A and #PTC-902T.

Consumers are advised to stop using the products immediately, and return them to Big Lots retail locations, for a full refund.

Questions may be directed to Big Lots consumer relations at (866) 244-5687, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, or at

Also under recall: approximately 68,000 units of "Harbor Breeze bath fans with heater and light," sold exclusively at Lowe's, between September 2010 and March 2012.

The suspect fans bear the model number 7109-01-L.

Consumers may contact Delta Electronics, the product manufacturer, at (855) 301-6578, between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, or at

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Futures Tick Up as Traders Shrug Off Cyprus Worries

Published March 19, 2013

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U.S. stock-index futures edged higher Tuesday as traders shook off worries about Cyprus and responded to better-than-expected housing data.

Today's Markets

As of 8:39 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 22 points to 14412, S&P 500 futures gained 3.3 points to 1550 and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 8.5 points to 2796.

The week kicked off with a choppy trading session, and a reminder that the eurozone's debt crisis can still flare up. Cyprus' financial and political landscape have been roiled by a bailout proposal that would tap depositors' bank accounts as partial funding. The move has threatened to cause bank runs and potentially boil over into more systemically-important countries, like Italy and Spain, by making borrowing costs there jump.

The Cypriot parliament was expected to vote on a softened version of the plan that would ease the terms for individuals with less than $129,000 in their accounts, although media reports suggested the chances of it passing were fairly slim.

Also on the European front, a closely-watched reading on German economic sentiment from the ZEW Institute unexpectedly ticked slightly higher. Germany is Europe's biggest economy, but it has taken a beating from the eurozone debt crisis.

There was also a key report out on the U.S. housing market.

The Commerce Department said housing starts increased 0.8% last month to a 917,000-unit annual rate, slightly better than expectations of 915,000. Permits for construction jumped 4.6% to a 946,000-unit rate, also coming in ahead of estimates of 925,000. Both readings were the highest since June 2008.

The market for new homes has been showing signs of improvement in recent months, and many economists say housing more broadly is going to be an increasingly big part of the economic recovery.

Stocks of homebuilders like KB Home (KBH) and Toll Brothers (TOL) could be impacted as well.

On the corporate front, Citigroup (C) said it would pay $730 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over financial disclosures during the financial crisis. The nation's third-biggest bank by assets denied any wrongdoing in the case. UBS (UBS) said it would exit the EURLibor setting panel as it continues shrinking down its investment-banking operations.

Energy futures were little changed. The benchmark U.S. crude oil contract rose 24 cents, or 0.26%, to $93.98 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline dipped 0.29% to $3.12 a gallon. In metals, gold fell $1.90, or 0.12%, to $1,603 a troy ounce.

Foreign Markets

The Euro Stoxx 50 slumped 0.57% to 2690, the English FTSE 100 slipped 0.16% to 6448 and the German DAX fell 0.39% to 7981.

In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 surged 2% to 12468 and the Chinese Hang Seng dipped 0.19% to 22042.

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Chesapeake Turns 3Q Profit on Lower Expenses

Published November 06, 2013

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Chesapeake Energy (CHK) turned a profit in the third quarter amid lower expenses and stronger production of natural gas liquids and oil.

The Oklahoma City-based company reported net income of $202 million versus a year-ago loss of $2.01 billion, which included a $2 billion write-down related to the value Chesapeake’s oil and natural gas properties. Per-share earnings checked in at 24 cents, up from a loss of $3.19.

Excluding one-time items, earnings rose to 43 cents a share from 10 cents. That matched estimates from Wall Street analysts.

Revenue soared 64% to $4.87 billion, well beyond expectations for $3.85 billion.

Chief Executive Doug Lawler said the company was lifted by improved oil and gas liquids production, in addition to higher realized natural gas prices and a decline in per-unit expenses.

Chesapeake, the nation’s second-largest producer of natural gas behind Exxon Mobil (XOM), said its average daily production fell 2% to 4 billion cubic feet equivalent due to asset sales. Average daily production of natural gas liquids jumped 31%, and oil production climbed 23%. Natural gas production slipped 10%.

Including realized hedging impacts, the average realized price was up 18% for natural gas but fell 15% for natural gas liquids. Average oil prices edged 1.4% higher.

Operating expenses were down 28% at $4.43 billion.

Chesapeake has been selling assets to raise cash and focus on projects that are more profitable. Lawler, who took over the company in June, has made several changes to the Chesapeake’s executive team. Last month, Chesapeake announced plans to lay off roughly 900 employees.

Shares have risen 36% since Lawler stepped in as CEO. On Wednesday, the stock was up 1.3% at $28.50 in pre-market trading.


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A Look Into the Future With SocGen

Sometimes, the world feels like a James Bond movie. We’ve got international intrigue (see: the drama around Greece and European bailouts), backroom politics (see: super PACs and the primary debates) and even the threat of global war (see: U.S. tensions with Iran).

The economy is way more volatile than it used to be, even on average; in fact, some economists speculate that volatility may be the new norm.

So, we’d really love someone to tell us, “What does the future hold?” That may sound like a pie-in-the-sky request, but Société Générale, a very large European bank, has granted it. SocGen, as it’s called, has released its Global Economic Outlook report with its predictions for the global economy, and Business Insider has provided a useful, user-friendly summary.

Here are the highlights of SocGen’s predictions for different economies around the globe:

  • United States: Although the U.S. economy has been on the rise lately (the Dow hit 13,000 just this Tuesday), SocGen doesn’t expect the momentum to continue. Turmoil in Europe remains a risk for us—if Greece defaults, the contagion could spread—and the current growth in GDP may not be enough to keep our economic engine chugging.
  • China: Growth is expected to decelerate this year, with the country’s biggest risk being the tightening of its housing sector.
  • Britain: The bank doesn’t predict much growth for the other side of the pond through the middle of the year, but then, they say, the country can expect an uptick due to the Olympics.
  • Germany: SocGen predicts a sharp slowdown because of the European crisis in other countries.
  • France: Expected to grow only 0.5% this year, France’s big hurdles will be its presidential election (because that will greatly influence the 2013 and post-election national budget), the European debt crisis’s impact on credit and rising oil prices.
  • Italy: The recession, according to SocGen, will get way deeper, and worse than expected, with cuts to worker wages and households unable to pay their debts. The biggest issue, Business Insider reports, will be “long-term and sustained debt reduction, while improving GDP growth.”
  • Spain: The report predicts a double dip recession for Spain, in which the economy recovers briefly and heads back into a recession. Here’s more on what a double dip recession means.
  • Sweden and Norway: Both countries will experience moderate growth, though they’ll be pressured by the rest of Europe. Both have room for policy actions if conditions worsen.
  • Czech Republic: This Eastern European country could be at the edge of recession because of weakened consumption and the European debt crisis (the Czech economy relies heavily on exports).
  • Japan: The Japanese economy will grow in 2012, by as much as 2.4%.
  • Russia: The economy will probably slow down, but the government will step in to help, SocGen predicts. Consumer demand is expected to continue growing toward the beginning of this year, slowing down later in 2012.

For the full coverage, check out Business Insider.

What This Means for You as an Investor

First and foremost, the events of 2012 don’t actually have a lot of bearing on our investing portfolios, or at least they shouldn’t. Because the stock market is naturally volatile, you shouldn’t be putting your money into it unless you know for sure you won’t need it back within the next five years or more. And then, if you needed your money back within ten years, you’d probably choose “safer” investments than if you had decades before withdrawing your retirement investments.

Stock investments aren’t generally considered as “safe” as investments like bonds, because there’s a greater degree of risk. Of course, there’s also a greater potential upside. So, if you have money you’ll need back within the next decade or less, you probably shouldn’t have a ton of it invested in stocks, anyway.

The whole beauty of investing is that time has the ability to mediate risk. So if you plan to retire and withdraw your money 40 years from now, the world will be a very different place, and these hiccups along the way will be just that—speed bumps in our collective memory. As the mantra goes, we should aim to buy when prices are low, so we can sell later on when they’re higher. If anything, setbacks now mean that there’s more room to grow in the future.


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New York teen Brittanee Drexel had "her mind set" on spring break in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Her mom didn't want her to go, but the strong-willed 17-year-old from Rochester, N.Y., went anyway. Now she's missing, and her mom fears the worst.

Brittanee's mom, Dawn Drexel, said her daughter made it to her South Carolina hotel and kept in touch until last Saturday night. That's when the messages suddenly stopped and the high school junior vanished, seemingly without a trace, she said.

"It's a parent's worst nightmare," said Drexel. "There's a lot of things that don't add up, and I'm scared that there's the possibility that she's not alive."

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Drexel is worried because her daughter suffers from depression, and she's losing hope that she will be found safe. She said Brittanee may have been upset because her mother and stepfather are getting divorced.

Brittanee had asked for permission to travel to Myrtle Beach, but Drexel said she wouldn't let her go.

"I just said no, you're not going," Drexel told The Associated Press. "But when she gets her mind set on something, she just wants to do it, and that's it. I'm pretty positive she had left Wednesday night."

Male Friend May Have Been Last to See Teen Alive

The teen's hotel room at the Bar Harbor Hotel was abandoned, and she left all her belongings behind. Her cell phone, which has been tracked, was the only item missing, according to Myrtle Beach police spokesman Capt. David Knipes.

Brittanee left the Bar Harbor Hotel Saturday night about 8 p.m. and went to visit a friend named Peter Broswick, who was with a group of male friends at the nearby Blue Water Resort.

Detectives believe Broswick may have been the last one to see the missing teen alive.

Broswick is also from Rochester and left the beach town for home about 1 a.m. the night Brittanee was last seen, according to News Channel 15's

Police released footage of the girl entering and leaving the lobby of the Blue Water about 8:25 p.m. Saturday.

Knipes told he doesn't know the nature of the pair's relationship.

"I'm not sure what their relationship was, other than they knew each other," he said.

Broswick has been questioned on the phone by Myrtle Beach investigators and in person by Rochester, N.Y., police, according to Knipes.

"He left before we were notified of the disappearance," Knipes told He has reportedly retained an attorney.

Knipes stopped short of calling Broswick a person of interest in the disappearance.

"We haven’t named anybody as a suspect," Knipes told "But since this case is under investigation, nothing has been ruled out. We don’t know whether this is a simple runaway or an abduction. We don't have anything to go on."

Knipes said Broswick's sudden, middle-of-the-night departure from Myrtle Beach could raise suspicions, according to

"I have not had the chance to interview him to find out why. Obviously going back to Rochester is a 16-17-hour drive," Knipes told the station. "I don't know what his plans were. So it's hard to speculate without talking to him directly."

Brittanee reportedly left Broswick's room when one of her friends at the Bar Harbor called saying she needed back her pair of shorts, reported. The girl apparently vanished Saturday night going from one hotel to the other, a distance of about 20 blocks, according to Knipes.

She wasn't reported missing by one of her friends until the next day.

Brittanee's mother said she is suspicious of the timing of Broswick's departure from the beach town hours after her daughter disappeared.

"I'm not stupid," Drexel told the station. "You don't check out at one or two in the morning."

She told News Channel 15 that a private investigator said her daughter's friend didn't collect his security deposit before leaving the hotel, though that hasn't been confirmed.

Little Evidence, Surveillance Tapes Sought

Knipes didn't elaborate on whether police had collected any forensic evidence in the case, but implied that they hadn't.

"We have no crime scene," he told

Police are seeking other security camera videos that may have captured the girl on film.

Knipes declined to describe where police were looking for more surveillance tapes, saying they were seeking any and all footage of the missing teen.

An intense search for Brittanee Drexel has yielded little, other than a look-alike on a bus whose sighting led police on a wild goose chase until they realized she wasn't the missing girl, but a local hotel employee.

"Even though this lead did not pan out, we are still hopeful that we locate Ms. Drexel safe and sound," Knipes wrote in a Thursday press release. "We continue to investigate all leads."

But they have no concrete leads to go on.

"Obviously it's a very concerning thing, when you have a 17-year-old with a history of depression who could do harm to herself or others," Knipes said.

Her worried mother initially thought her daughter, a junior on spring break from Gates-Chili High School, was staying with friends only a few miles from home.

Dawn Drexel didn't know Brittanee was in Myrtle Beach until the girl's boyfriend John Grieco called her, according to Then, on April 23, Brittanee texted her mom that she was "at the beach."

Dawn Drexel said she communicated with her daughter through cell phone calls and texts between Thursday and Saturday, exchanging messages about soccer equipment she was going to buy for Brittanee.

Those messages stopped at 8 p.m. Saturday. Grieco notified Brittanee's mother about her disappearance.

"He said, 'Yeah, they can't find her,'" Drexel told the station. "I said, 'Are you serious?' He said, 'Yeah.'"

Drexel said stress from her impending divorce to Brittanee's stepfather may have contributed to her daughter's depression — and possibly her decision to come to Myrtle Beach.

"She tries to watch out for her brother and sister," Drexel said. "It was very stressful in the household."

Comparisons Drawn to Natalee Holloway

The case is reminiscent of the high-profile disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba four years ago this month.

Holloway has never been found, despite exhaustive investigations and searches on the Caribbean island. Three boys last seen with her have been arrested, questioned and released, but no one has been prosecuted in the case.

"There’s obviously similarities if people are thinking about that: a young woman goes on vacation and disappears," Knipes told "But we don’t have anything to show any foul play."

Still, police investigating Brittanee's disappearance and the teen's loved ones are hoping she will be found alive.

On Monday, Brittanee's mom, boyfriend and a handful of her friends posted dozens of flyers in Myrtle Beach bearing the missing teen's picture and description.

Her father, who lives near Tampa, Fla., is in Myrtle Beach with his wife and relatives and is helping in the search, Drexel said.

Brittanee's stepfather also has been helping out from Rochester, fielding some media calls during the teen's disappearance.

Teams from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children are also assisting in the search, according to Knipes.

Detectives in Rochester are interviewing Brittanee's friends and others from the area who traveled to Myrtle Beach last week.

Allanna Lippa, 19, said she was one of about 15 people in the group who stayed "in one big room" at the motel. Lippa returned to Rochester, where she is now worrying about her friend.

"There's a million things that could have possibly happened to her," said Lippa, 19. "She was fun, a little ball of energy. But she was also depressed."

Brittanee Drexel has blue eyes and shoulder-length brown hair with blond highlights. She's 5 feet tall, weighs about 103 pounds and was last seen wearing a multi-colored shirt, black shorts and flip-flops.

Those with any information are asked to call Myrtle Beach Police at (843) 918-1300, 1-800-CRIME-TV or 1-800-THE-LOST (843-5678).

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More than 100 demonstrate in Saudi capital for release of people detained without charge

Residents of the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh say more than 100 people have demonstrated to call for the release of people detained without charge.

Saudi security officials say they arrested at least five people. They spoke anonymously in line with police regulations.

Dozens of security vehicles blocked the intersections of two streets Saturday where the demonstrations were taking place.

North of Riyadh in the city of Buraydah, around 30 people — mostly women related to the prisoners — held a similar rally.

In past years, a small number of Saudis have demonstrated in Riyadh to demand the release of thousands of people detained without charge or trial on suspicion of involvement in militant activity. Some have been held for up to 15 years.

Protests are rare in the conservative kingdom.


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Making a *great* living doing what you love — having that sense of fulfillment that you’re doing what you were meant to do, and being paid what you deserve — requires certain skills.

One of them is writing.

So a few people have asked me, “do I have to be a good writer to start an online business with something that I love?”

My answer is yes, but it depends what we mean by “good” writer.

Generally, when we think of a “good” writer, we imagine a well-read person, with a polished journalistic style, writing with a lot of wit and pulling out great research to come up with award-winning books and articles.

Do you have to be that “good” to succeed?

Certainly not.

But you have to touch, move, inspire and even *shake up* people with your words. You have to learn to find your own voice, and share it with the world.

I don’t think of myself as a “good” writer, but I have a passion for writing and sharing, and connecting with people with my words in a meaningful way.

If you read my articles, you can probably tell at times that English is not my first language. And often there are a lot of grammatical mistakes the e-mails that I send out.

But I don’t let that stop me.

A few years ago, I was working with a book editor. This guy, who worked for a newspaper, used to spend hours and hours writing me long e-mails to criticize my style. He was appalled that the first edition of my book “The Raw Secrets” had “so many” mistakes in it, and was written in “crappy English”, even though a few proof-readers had gone through it.

At some point, I didn’t want that kind of negativity in my life anymore, so I stopped working with him. And this editor in question had written two books of his own, which he had really polished and worked hundreds of hours to research and create.

And you know what? These books were just accumulating dust in his basement. When he would get orders from Amazon or other companies, he didn’t even bother sending them out in a timely fashion. Instead, he would spend all his time writing me these long letters to criticize my work.

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