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Florida Panthers vs Boston Bruins Prediction, 10/30/2021 NHL Pick, Tips and Odds
by Josh Schonwald - 10/29/2021
Game: Florida Panthers vs Boston Bruins
Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA
TV: NESN
Odds/Point Spread: Panthers (+104) Bruins (-115)
Spencer Knight and the Florida Panthers go to TD Garden on Saturday where they'll take on the Boston Bruins. The Bruins open this matchup at -115 while the Panthers are priced at +104. The total is set at 6.
The Panthers were on the winning side of the scoreboard with a 4-1 win over the Bruins in their previous contest. The Corsi for the Panthers sat at 49 and the Corsi against when the final whistle blew was 50 which means they had a Corsi rate of 49.5%. Their offensive zone starts came in at 59.2% and they had a PDO of 111.5 for this game. Florida accumulated 2 minutes in the box for this matchup. The Panthers had a solid offensive output and it showed in this win. Their Fenwick came in at 37 and the Fenwick against finished at 34, giving them a Fenwick percentage of 52.1%. They amassed 18 face-off wins when at even strength and were beaten on 35 opportunities to win the puck. Furthermore, they had 1 chance on the power play but didn't net one. In the outing, they netted 4 out of the 27 shots they looked to score on.
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Florida Panthers opponents have earned 29 power play tries (2nd in the league) and have come away with 4 goals in those chances. The Panthers have had 220 shots attempted against them and have earned a save percentage of .941. Florida has attempted 237 shots and has a shooting percentage of 13.1%. When at even strength, the Panthers have given up 9 goals while notching 26 on the offensive side of the ice. Florida is sitting with 26 power play chances and they have notched 5 goals out of those tries, garnering them a rate of 19.23%. For the current season, the have a total of 14 points and their points percentage is 1.000. When discussing their scoring capabilities, the Florida Panthers have accounted for 31 goals (1st in the NHL) so far this year and have given up 13.
The player in the crease for this game is Spencer Knight. Opponents have been able to score 12 goals against Knight in his professional career and his goals against rate is 2.21. Knight has been in net for 6 contests during his pro hockey career. His save percentage is at .921 for his 327 minutes in the crease. He has accumulated a win-loss record of 6-0-0 and got the start in 5 games. In his professional hockey career, Knight has 2 quality starts and his percentage for quality starts is .400. Knight has seen 151 shot attempts against him and has recorded 139 total saves.
When they took the ice last, Boston opposed the Hurricanes in a matchup where the Bruins ended up losing by a score of 3-0. Their PDO was 90 and their percentage of oZS was 56.8%. They had 5 attempts on the power play in this game but didn't score a goal. Their Fenwick percentage was 53.9% by compiling a Fenwick of 41 and the Hurricanes finishing with a 35 Fenwick at even strength. The Bruins recorded 0 goals out of the 33 shots on goal they were seeking. Boston went home with a 54.3% Corsi rate. These Corsi stats tell us the story of the kind of game Boston had and we're sure they will look for better performances in the future.
For the season, the Boston Bruins have accumulated 15 goals, 6 points, and a points percentage of .500. They have permitted 18 goals to be scored by of a combination of 15 goals at even strength and 3 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Bruins have accumulated 13 goals at even strength and 2 goals (30th in professional hockey) while on the power play. They have earned 16 power play opportunities and they have accumulated a power play percentage of 12.50%. Boston has attempted 204 shots (22nd in the NHL) and has accumulated a shot percentage of 7.35%, while allowing the other team 166 shots. They have earned a penalty kill rate of 85.00% on their opponents 20 opportunities on the power play, and their save percentage is currently 89.2%.
For the opposition you will find Linus Ullmark protecting the goal. The opposition is averaging 2.77 goals per game and he has yielded 316 goals overall. Ullmark's quality start percentage comes out to 55.7% and he has 64 quality starts in his pro hockey career. He was named a starter in 115 games and his ice time sits at 6,853 minutes. Ullmark has compiled a career mark of 52-48-13 and has been in goal for 120 contests. He has recorded 3,299 saves out of the 3,615 shots tried, which gives him a save % of .913.
Who will win tonight's hockey game against the spread?
Josh's Pick: Take Florida (+104)


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Grenier wurde 1817 in Baume-les-Dames im Département Doubs geboren. Er studierte zunächst an der École de dessin Besançon bei Antoine Borel, Auguste Charpentier und Charles Antoine Flajoulot, seit 1838 an der EcBA Paris bei François Edouard Picot. Es schlossen sich ab 1841 Studien bei Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps und Eugène Delacroix an, nach deren Ende er in Barbizon unter anderen mit Narcisso Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, Louis Français und Constant Troyon zusammenarbeitete. In diese Zeit datiert auch der Beginn der Freundschaften zu den Malern Delacroix, Ary Scheffer, Paul-Marc-Joseph Chenavard, Charles Gleyre, Eugène Fromentin und Camille Corot und den Schriftstellern Prosper Mérimée, George Sand, Théophile Gautier und Emile Augier.

Im Jahr 1844 begann eine längere Reise Greniers, die ihn zuerst in die Niederlande, dann nach Deutschland, in die Pyrenäen (1846), nach England (1849) und nach Italien (1852/53) führte. Grenier starb 1883 in Paris; der Großteil seines Werkes ging an seinen Bruder, den Dichter Édouard Grenier, und die Stadt Besançon über. 1884 wurde in Paris eine Ausstellung seiner verbliebenen Werke organisiert.

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How to prevent situations from becoming crises
Issues and crises
By René A. Henry
Author René Henry (www.renehenry.com) kindly granted permission to publish this excerpt from his book, Communicating in a Crisis: A Guide for Management.
There are 10 steps a company, organization or institution needs to take or have in place to hopefully prevent a crisis, quickly close the crisis, or to meet the crisis as a challenge and create a positive opportunity.
Anticipate and have a plan
Anticipate every possible crisis and ask "What if …?" for every possible incident and scenario that can be envisaged. Organize a crisis management and communications team, and then create a detailed plan to communicate and be in a position to control the message to the media and all publics.
Respond immediately
When a crisis strikes, respond immediately. Have the spokesperson prepared and ready to go. Follow the steps outlined in the crisis communications plan and put the team into action. The first few hours are most important in establishing credibility and building public trust and belevability. Do not stonewall. Be responsive to the media and inform the people who need to be kept informed, especially employees, shareholders, vendors and customers.
Eliminate "No comment." from your vocabulary. One way or the other, the media will get information, but it may be inaccurate and the sources unreliable. In a crisis, perception is stronger than reality and emotion stronger than fact. When those responsible do not communicate, the crisis still gets played out in the media and possibly even later in court.
The communications plan should do a "What if …?" for all potential situations, and in many cases a news release can already be prepared for media distribution. For example, if a crisis team believes the company may be a target for a labor strike, a news release can be prepared, approved by all concerned and put on the shelf for future use. One former client faced a situation where the two top officers traveled frequently, and might not be reachable for a quick response to the media. Having a pre-approved news release would allow the company to quickly respond until the top executive could be reached.
If there is potential of litigation, either as a plaintiff or defendant, have detailed fact sheets and background materials prepared and ready to release to the media when needed.
Use the company's website as one of the important information vehicles and have someone assigned to keep it constantly updated.
Do not overtalk
Just the opposite of stonewalling, do not overtalk or release information without having all of the facts. Never speculate on what may or may not be happening. Be sure to analyze each situation for its newsworthiness. Some information may not warrant media attention. Former White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said: "You don't have to explain what you don't say."
You don't have to answer every question. Just because a question is asked doesn't mean you have to answer, but you should have some kind of response. In any crisis, there are questions that you simply cannot or should not answer. Hypothetical questions, proprietary questions and speculative questions should be politely turned away. The spokesperson needs to be trained and reminded that he cannot be expected to know the answer to every question asked. But never withhold information that should be disclosed.
Always tell the truth
Never lie or deceive the media or public with misinformation. Sir Winston Churchill once said: "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." It is all right to say "I don't know" if you don't have the facts. The media and public will respect you for that, and know that you are telling the truth. Never speculate. Colin Powell said it is best to get facts out as soon as possible, even when new facts contradict the old. "Untidy truth is better than smooth lies that unravel in the end anyway," he wrote in his book, My American Journey.
According to a survey conducted by the Porter/Novelli public relations firm, 95% of people are more offended about a company lying about the crisis than the crisis itself. Even worse, 57 percent polled believe that companies either withhold negative information or lie.
However, if you are in a crisis in a political campaign in the State of Washington, the state's Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, declared that lying is not unconstitutional, or, put another way, it's just fine.
Accept responsibility
If there is a problem, admit it. Be accountable and accept responsibility. There is an old Belizean Creole proverb, "bad ting neba gat owner," which literally means bad things never have owners. Everybody disclaims responsibility when things go wrong.
Today's leaders in government and business and even the media have fueled a rising tide of public distrust and skepticism. The sooner a company accepts responsibility for its actions, the stronger is its credibility with the general public and the media. In any crisis situation, the faster a company, organization, institution or individual tells a public it is responsible and accountable, the faster it will be able to manage communications and have its message believed or even better, closure on the incident and crisis.
In October 2004, Citigroup had banking problems in Japan because of ethical violations and lax controls that may have led to money laundering. Charles Prince, chairman and CEO, flew to Tokyo and with Douglas Peterson, CEO of Citibank Japan, confronted what happened by publicly apologizing and making amends, Japanese-style. A photograph of the two men bowing deeply, bent forward from the waist and heads lowered, was transmitted around the world. Prince then fired three top executives responsible for the violations.
Ronald J. Alsop, staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal, believes doing the right thing, no matter how painful, is especially important in a crisis. In his book, The 18 Immutable Laws of Corporate Reputation, he cites how Johnson & Johnson did the right and trustworthy thing in 1982 in responding to Tylenol poisoning with its product recall. He compares this with how Roman Catholic bishops covered up incidents of sexual abuse by priests and put the church's reputation above the interests of its parishioners. "Cover-ups almost never work. Why? Because today almost anyone can disseminate information quickly and widely on the Internet, where it can be seen by millions of people," writes Alsop. "In addition, the Internet is a key source of story ideas for many mainstream news reporters and editors."
A company's liability issues may need to be resolved with the attorneys involved but winning in the court of public opinion, in the long run, is far more important that winning a decision in court. Never go into a denial mode. The media and the public will believe a spokesperson who accepts responsibility, and this is one way to build public trust.
Select the right spokesperson
Determine in advance who will speak for the company in the event of a crisis. More than likely there will be several individuals who are the only ones authorized to speak for the organization during a crisis. Have one individual designated as the primary spokesperson and another as the backup. Additionally the company should have individuals who can serve as technical experts or advisors, such as a financial expert, engineer, or someone who can speak about a highly technical subject.
Too often the wrong person speaks publicly, and others, because of an "ego syndrome" just want to get in front of a camera. The names of those who are authorized to speak needs to be communicated to all so they understand that requests for comment by the media or anyone else must be directed to an authorized spokesperson.
Always remember that the media will seek out anyone for a soundbite, so there must be a policy in the crisis plan and everyone made aware of it regarding the official voice of the company or institution.
It is important that the person be believable. This doesn't mean being slick or polished. He or she must be someone the public will trust to tell the truth. All spokespersons must be professionally trained and completely prepared for the media. If time permits, there should be a rehearsal before any media interviews to review all anticipated questions.
"The CEO should be one of the spokespersons, but not necessarily the primary spokesperson," says Jonathan Bernstein, of Bernstein Crisis Management, a national consultancy on crisis management headquartered in Southern California. "The fact is that some chief executives are brilliant business people, but not very effective in-person communicators."
Public opinion has shown that lawyers are not the most trusted of spokespersons and especially outside consulting attorneys. It is best to get the CEO or one of the most senior executives in front o the media as soon as possible.
Stop rumors and correct misinformation
A no-response is almost the same as implied consent. When something incorrect is printed or said, immediate action should be taken to point out the error and ask for a correction. Otherwise, the media involved will only assume that what was written or said is correct. One publication could print a damaging story with incorrect information. Another publication could assume the information was correct and refer to it in a follow up article. When repeated over and over, fiction and errors become fact.
In a matter of seconds, the internet can spread misinformation or rumors around the world. This is why it is so important to have open lines of communication with all employees, customers, vendors, shareholders and friends. You want to control your message as best as you possibly can but you can't control what others say. The media will seek out anyone with any connection to the company or organization for information and a quote. Be sure that all authorized spokespersons have correct and current information.
Just as there are clipping services that read newspapers and magazines for any mention of a company or organization, and services that monitor radio and television programs, there are monitoring services that can be retained that regularly check the Internet for information. Adversaries, disgruntled employees and former employees, and whistleblowers can leak confidential information, misinformation or outright lies that are republished on Internet websites, message boards or blogs, and eventually find their way into mainstream media.
Ronald J. Alsop believes companies must protect their corporate reputation by refuting any harmful rumor that is picking up momentum on the Internet. "Ignoring the spread of a detrimental rumor is dangerous in the extreme," he writes. "The correct strategic response is to neutralize the attack with a factual response." He cites Coca-Cola as one company which is a frequent target of many rumors, and which publishes denials and refutations on its own website, while others, including Nike, develop separate websites devoted exclusively to refuting rumors.
The electronic age has created entirely new problems for crisis managers and attorneys. "Thanks to modern technology, all a person needs to extract and use misinformation from a false, archived article is a PC, Google, and a disposition to work someone else's old material into an article on the theory that if Big Media reported it five years ago without repercussions, it must be true," says John J. Walsh, senior counsel of Carter Ledyard and Milburn, New York. In most jurisdictions, after one year, statutes of limitation expire on libel and defamation claims against a publication.
Walsh notes that a media crisis based on an article or broadcast can occur without warning, and often can be precipitated by a whistleblower and a quick decision by the media to go public. He says the injured party can ask for a correction, a retraction or an apology. A correction by the publisher tells the public that a mistake was made and provides the correct facts. A retraction advises the public that specific statements are withdrawn, usually accompanied by an apology or at least a statement of regret.
Sometimes the information you release could be wrong, and this must be corrected. During the Persian Gulf Desert Storm operation, Colin Powell had an argument with General Norman Schwarzkopf regarding television comments that four Scud missile sites had been destroyed when, in fact, air reconnaissance photos showed that the targets were fuel trucks. A CNN camera crew shot film of the destroyed trucks and contradicted Schwarzkopf. Powell told his general to admit the error. "Protect your credibility; it's a precious asset," said Powell. "It is better to admit a mistake than be caught in one."
Show compassion and remorse
It is not against the law to show compassion, sympathy, passion and remorse for victims and their families and friends. This often is when the public relations counsel and lawyers disagree. The public relations professional wants to win in the court of public opinion, and the lawyers are concerned about potential liability and losing in a court of law.
"Expressing sorrow or concern publicly in the wake of a tragic event is understandable. It is also critical," says Jeff Braun, founder and president of Crucial Communications Group, LLC, a Houston, Texas-based firm specializing in crisis and emergency response communications training and support. "Empathy or caring is a key component of credibility. And establishing credibility must be the overriding goal of any communication. If your audience does not see you as a credible source, you won't get your message across or be able to address people's concerns. Empathy and caring accounts for half of a person's credibility and is assessed in the first 30 seconds. You have to convince the listener that you are credible, believable, trustworthy, and even likeable."
Compare what Braun recommends with how San Diego State University responded when a student opened fire in a classroom and shot and killed three faculty members who didn't agree with his thesis. When the university refused to comment, the media interviewed a maintenance worker and two people who had been in the classroom when the shooting began. The university missed an opportunity not only to tell its story, but to express remorse and show compassion for the loss of three members of its family as well as their families and friends.
Build your reputation before a crisis
Never take any chance of losing your credibility with the media and public. That is why it is so very important to establish your reputation before a crisis and have credibility in the bank. Build relationships with the media so they know you are telling the truth in the face of challenges from adversaries.
According to Harris Interactive, a company's reputation is often overlooked as a component of business growth. In today's market, consumer trust is at an all-time low. Following the series of high-profile scandals that have irreversibly changed the corporate landscape, Hill & Knowlton believes the need to establish trust and confidence is more recognized than ever.
The degree to which a company will get the public to believe its story will depend on the company's reputation before a crisis. Magazines will publish lists of 'most admired companies' or 'best companies to work for,' but this doesn't always translate into winning public trust if the public relations department and the people who are in contact with the media have not established their reputation and credibility with the media.
But Americans today also are less trusting of the news media. Of 1,100 individuals surveyed, 42% responded that the media are not credible in general, and that television news, newspapers and magazines all were less credible than five years earlier. Only 8% considered the government, and 2% considered political parties, to be believable sources of information.
During a crisis, it is important to listen to what the public and adversaries are saying and to be sure that they, and the media, understand what you are saying. Listening is essential to communicating, negotiating, resolving conflicts and even avoiding crises. You have to be an active listener to anticipate the actions of others. However, listening is hard work. For some people, it is very difficult, but it can be learned. Listening is truly an admirable and enviable art for those who listen well.
From our earliest development years, we all are taught how to speak, read and write. No one is there to teach us how to listen. Stephen R. Covey ranks listening as one of his "7 Habits of Highly Effective People." "Seek first to understand, then to be understood," he says. "Most people don't listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. They're either speaking or preparing to speak."
"The ability to listen to others is essential," says Harvard University's Dr. Lawrence Susskind, conflict resolution guru and author of "Dealing With an Angry Public. "When high-ranking spokespersons or executives are being assaulted by those who are fearful, anxious, and angry, they must put aside their own feelings and defensiveness so they can listen carefully to what people have to say.
"Good leaders, effective in times of crisis, must be as keyed into their audience's interests as their own," Susskind adds. "You will not be able to acknowledge the concerns of others if you cannot hear them. Listening must be active. This means reiterating what has been heard to be sure the message has been received."
In any conflict or negotiation, you must be an active listener. Focus on the speaker and your adversaries, take notes, ask questions, and make eye contact so they know you are listening. Communication must be two-way. Communicate your expectations clearly, accurately, timely and honestly.
Remember that the less you say, the more someone else will be able to remember what you say. It is just as important for someone listening to you to fully understand your message as it is for you to understand what they are saying. Saul Alinsky, who wrote the bible on nonviolent disruption, Rules for Radicals, says it best: "If you try to get your ideas across to others without paying attention to what they have to say, you can forget about the whole thing."
(Communicating in a Crisis is available from Amazon.com or your local bookseller.)
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September 5, 2017 4:18PM ET
Walter Becker's Daughter Pens Poignant Tribute to Father
"You loved music more than anyone I know," Sayan Becker writes. "Your presence makes everyone's day a little brighter. I love you for that"
Walter Becker's daughter, Sayan Becker, shared a sweet and moving tribute to her father, the late co-founder of Steely Dan.
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Walter Becker's daughter Sayan shared a poignant tribute to her father, recalling his obsession with guitars and head full of humor and knowledge. "You loved music more than anyone I know," Sayan wrote. "You're always there bobbing your head to each beat, doing a little dance here and there, or sitting over there with your big headphones on and swaying back and forth. I could see it, your dissecting the song — listening in closely for each beat, for each musical instrument — you know, whatever you musicians do. But I get it."
Becker, the guitarist, bassist and co-founder of Steely Dan, died Sunday at the age of 67. No cause of death or other details were provided. Becker and his wife, Elinor, adopted Sayan and also had a son, Kawai.
In her note, Sayan spoke about road trips with her father that always included a pit stop at a random guitar store. Sayan said she would sit and watch her father noodle on guitars for hours without ever buying one. "I understand, though; it was your fun place, like an arcade; playing all you can, and as loud as you can," she said. "Your candy shop."
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Sayan spoke about Becker's ability to rattle off random facts about everything from the states and countries they visited to the seals at the Central Park Zoo. She also recalled her father's sense of humor, noting, "I may not understand the meaning behind your witty, highly intelligent comments or jokes, but for you to smile and make everyone – or even thousands all at once – smile and laugh, then yeah you got something going for you pops… I get it. Your presence makes everyone's day a little brighter. I love you for that."
Sayan closed her note thanking Becker "for your love for music, your fatherly advice and devotion, your knowledge about the world and your blindingly sharp sense of humor… for all that and more." She added: "It's true your love is shining from the next galaxy. I could see it now; you got a whole galaxy of guitars to look at. Rock on dad, rock on until your heart is content."
Sayan Becker's Tribute to Walter Becker
You loved music more than anyone I know. You're always there bobbing your head to each beat, doing a little dance here and there, or sitting over there with your big headphones on and swaying back and forth. I could see it, your dissecting the song — listening in closely for each beat, for each musical instrument — you know, whatever you musicians do. But I get it.
Every road trip without fail came The Pit Stop at some guitar store. Heck, dad, I keep telling you why don't you just own your own store? Five hours go by as I sit watching you fiddle with a guitar here and there…yet you never end up buying one. I understand though; it was your fun place, like an arcade; playing all you can, and as loud as you can. Your candy shop.
Dad you're kinda funny; sometimes I may not understand the meaning behind your witty highly intelligent comments or jokes, but for you to smile and make everyone — or even thousands all at once — smile and laugh, then yeah you got something going for you pops… I get it. Your presence makes everyone's day a little brighter. I love you for that.
Coast to coast. How is it that you know so many facts about every state or country we visit? We would walk through Central Park Zoo and just randomly point out some little thing… and here it comes, some long historical fact about it. Dad, it's a seal for crying out loud! It amazes me how intelligent you are.
"Dad, I like that we understand one another"
"Sa-girl, we are soul mates"
"Dad I love you to the moon and back"
"Girly face I love you more than that, to the next galaxy"
"Wow, that's far!"
"Well it's true"
… for your love for music, your fatherly advice and devotion, your knowledge about the world and your blindingly sharp sense of humor … for all that, and more.
We had one hell of a ride. You are my world, my soulmate, my father, that I love so much.
It's true your love is shining from the next galaxy. I could see it now; you got a whole galaxy of guitars to look at. Rock on dad, rock on until your heart is content.
I get you.
-Your only Pulama Ama Lama.
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Q: Does There Exist a Term for the Unique Nonpositive Square Root of a Nonnegative Real Number? The term "principal square root" describes the unique nonnegative square root of a nonnegative real number.
Does there exist a term to describe the unique nonpositive square root of a nonnegative real number?

A: I have heard "negative square root."  It's about the simplest and most aptly descriptive thing I have heard.

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off-broadway Jan. 22, 2019
Colin Quinn Thinks It's Time for the United States to Break Up
By Michael Stahl
Colin Quinn. Photo: Monique Carboni
Colin Quinn cut his teeth on stand-up stages in New York City, his hometown, before breaking into TV as announcer for the late '80s MTV hit game show Remote Control. By the late '90s he served as "Weekend Update" anchor on Saturday Night Live, and the aughts saw him host Comedy Central's Tough Crowd, where he continued to discuss pressing social and political issues. Though Quinn's first one-man show, An Irish Wake, debuted on Broadway in 1998, over the past decade he's become entrenched in the medium. In his 2013 show Unconstitutional, Quinn offered his take on U.S. constitutional history. Then, there was New York Story, performed in the summer of 2015, all about immigrant history in the five boroughs and how the various waves of newcomers shaped the city.
But as Donald Trump continues his turbulent presidency, and as Americans on both sides of the political spectrum retreat into bubbles of common perspectives, Quinn's back on a New York City stage with yet another politically inspired one-man show opening at the Minetta Lane Theatre tonight, Red State Blue State, about the sorry state of the union. Over a quick-paced hour of spoken word, Quinn zigzags through hot takes on all 50 states during the Bobby Moresco-directed show while making the case for a radical reimagining of America, broken up into smaller city-state sectors.
Vulture caught up with Quinn at one of his neighborhood hangouts, Woodrow's, an American-Irish tavern in Tribeca, to talk about his new show, recent health woes, sometimes-violent social-media alter ego, and his down-the-middle political viewpoints that clash with the status quo.
Like his performances, in person Quinn is smart, funny, and endearingly manic, so this interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
You suffered a heart attack last February, but you've trimmed down and look great. What have you been doing to address your health since then?
I'm on medication, I go to physical therapy, more cardio. I'm not eating bacon. I used to eat bacon every day. I love bacon. Before I had the heart attack I started getting these weird things where I knew I ate bacon that day. I'd feel like I had a pulsing in my arteries or in my bloodstream. It was interesting.
Congrats on surviving that and on the new show. What prompted or inspired you to start work on Red State Blue State?
I was in the middle of writing another show, and then when Trump got elected, I was like, Wow, this is a really interesting divide. I've always felt divided from the left and the right in this country, just maybe because I'm a Gemini, or maybe it's just the way I am. But this was the one where I was like, Oh, this is big. I had already done the Unconstitutional show, and then [with Trump's election] I thought, This is getting really serious.
People were just bugging me, left and right. I still go on social media, and I can't believe people are this unaware of what they're becoming, what we're becoming. This is prelude to war talk from everybody. That's how I feel. So anyway, I just wanted to make a show about that.
What were some of the things you were seeing or hearing that made you think that? Are you talking in the media or just social media?
Mostly social media, but social media is the media now. They've taken over. You used to have to go to school for journalism and now you just … everybody's got a Twitter feed, whatever they want, Instagram.
We all have that instinct of being drawn to negativity and drama. I mean, I have it, too. But now I hope people realize what it's going to lead to. It doesn't lead to something mellow.
Unconstitutional does end on a hopeful note, where you imagine the right and the left meeting in Philadelphia with "no press" to hash out their problems. But Red State Blue State does feel a bit bleaker. You talk about how we're in danger of a civil war breaking out. Have you totally lost hope for the country?
I haven't lost hope for the country; I've lost hope for the country as it is now. I've lost hope for the United States as we've always looked at it. I think it's time to reconfigure the place, or it's going to happen the ugly way. It happens one way or the other.
It's interesting — you always wonder, How could these wars happen? How come people don't see it? This is what it looks like. Everybody's like, "Oh, Americans are too comfortable." That was always the line: "We've got all these creature comforts, so it'll never come to that." But now I don't feel that way. Just the way people are, they're unconsciously girding for it — the way they speak, the way their faces look. I feel like it's different than even three years ago.
When you say the country needs to be reconfigured, what does that look like?
I just think that we need to be like the U.S.S.R. They broke up into Tajikistan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan … whatever the other ones are. Uzbekistan … still more. That was for a reason. I just think somebody needs to go, "Hey, wait a minute, what are we doing? Everybody's miserable. This is not going well. Let's try to figure something out."
When I did Unconstitutional, I did it in Dallas, for example, and when I talked about the country breaking up, they cheered. They cheered in Boston. People are done with each other. That's the funny thing about America — you just think, The United States does not break up. We don't break up — it's called 'United' in our name. And now it seems like we may have to.
You say in the show that if we do break out into another civil war today that we'd have the "Battle for Six Flags." What do you think the Battle for Six Flags looks like?
[Laughs.] Every movie and every TV show is dystopia, dystopia, dystopia, and Six Flags almost lends itself to that. It almost has the look of one of those medieval encampments.
You talked earlier about how part of your inspiration for this show was what Trump has triggered. But how has Trump himself, and his presidency, influenced Red State Blue State?
I feel like he's the embodiment of all the coagulated hatred of everybody come to life. He's as much a product of our psyche as he is a real person, which is a better explanation than considering him a real person, that's for sure.
As I say in the show, too, he's like the comments section of every article you read. He really does represent that part of everybody that is filled with hate [and] is just selfish. But the people who like him like him because he's saying, "I like you." And everybody else has been telling the red-state guy, "I don't like you; you're the problem with this country." That's the narrative that's been in the media, anyway, for 40 years, which is, "You're the bad guy; you're the narrow-minded; you're the racist." And they're like, "Oh, really? We'll throw this grenade at you — see how you like that."
I know a lot of people who voted for him — not that many, but more than you might think. And with them, I'd be like, "But he's nuts," and they go, "Yeah, but guess what? We don't give a shit at this point."
You don't talk about Trump much in the show, though.
I talk about him a little bit, but Trump didn't start this; Trump's not going to end this. But Trump certainly doesn't help this. When he's gone, it's not over.
You have a script for the show, but the way you present it onstage feels like a stream of consciousness. You start and stop in between thoughts sometimes. Is this something you're aware of? Is this something you're trying to execute?
I'm trying not to execute it. I'm trying to make it smoother. My whole career, it's been this ADD — I don't even know what to call it, just too frenetic. That's just the way it's always been. My director, Bob Moresco, he directed my original play, Irish Wake, which I did back in the '90s, and he's like, "Colin, you've got to slow down; it's not comedy." I'm trying to be comfortable in the silences, because in comedy, if there's no laugh, you're like, I'm bombing. I'm doing bad. This crowd is about to turn. That's just a muscle you develop, and this show is not about that.
The title of the show, and the performance itself, points to your centrist views. But growing up in New York, establishing a career in the arts, have you always found yourself in the middle and to the right of many of your peers?
When I was growing up in New York, people would have contradictory, gray-area opinions. I know that's not in fashion now, [but] I've just always been like that. I feel like I'm very liberal in certain ways, but in other ways not. I think I said in Unconstitutional, "I'm pro-gay marriage and pro-choice, but I'm also pro-death penalty. So I'm anti-overcrowding." That was my joke. I feel like if you're not marching in lockstep with everybody — whatever side you're on — immediately, you're dismissed. That's how it is now. There's a real Footloose parent in people.
In the comedy community, though, have you had struggles relating to your colleagues?
No, because most comedians, most people have more centrist, or at least contradictory, views.
Are you a registered independent?
All my life, I'm a registered Democrat, but usually I'll vote for the middle candidate.
Over the years you've been fortunate enough to have a career that gives you access to other parts of the country, and even the world, that many people don't get to experience. Has that shaped your political viewpoint in any way?
No, because most of the people who are hard-core leftist in New York are from those [conservative] places, so it's hard to say that where you're from has any effect on it.
It's pretty rare to meet a New York comic like yourself so willing to throw barbs at the left.
Since Trump earned the nomination for president, the left, for better or worse, has really banded together to challenge him and his policies. Have you felt any pressure to not criticize the left so as not to help Trump in any way?
No, because the whole point of comedy is to say whatever you feel like saying. Nobody tells you what to say. It's disrespect, being lucky enough to be a comedian, if you start saying, I better make sure I do this for my career. There's a big danger in showbiz because people are not comfortable, even in comedy, with hearing anything other than what's the accepted stance on things. But [countering that] is good for everybody, I think. People go into comedy because it's dangerous to go onstage and try to get laughs. You can bomb, so you have to enjoy a little bit of [the danger].
One of your opening lines of Red State Blue State is that the left looks at the country "like they're in the ICU: 'Sorry, but there's nothing more we can do.'" What do you see happening that makes you say that?
I say the right's too positive; the left's too negative. The right only wants to see this country as this great, shining example. The left only wants to see it as corrupt. Can't we have a little of both? Whatever happened to nuance? Whatever happened to [the] layers of things?
Everything that occurred in this country, to [the people on the left], is still under the cloud of this racist, sexist [agenda]. Nobody's denying that part — I'm not denying that part — but that's not all of anybody's whole story. And people say, "This country is based on just genocide," and it's like, "Yeah, that's what every country's based on: genocide." That's how countries got formed — by people going, "Hey, let's get rid of these people and call it our country." That's just the way it is. And then the other side, the right, is like, "No, we're all good." So there're these two sides of ignorant, definitive truths, [and] in a world of subjective truth, they think there's objective truth. And that bothers me when anyone does it.
You're very critical of the left for its fight over political correctness and its impact on free speech. Do you feel like we're going overboard with sensitivity toward people and groups?
Everything has the same dynamic: It starts as this great thing, then after a few years the idiots start to notice it, and they take over, and it becomes stupid. And the same thing has happened with political correctness. It started as a great thing, and then the idiots get in charge, and it gets destroyed. For 200 years in this country, all the censorship, all that political correctness came from the right. Then, 40 or 50 years ago, now it all comes from the left. I don't feel limited, but I do think that there's a tendency to try to squelch dissenting thought and opinion. I think that's a big instinct, [today], that only came from the right, and now it only comes from the left.
You seem to have this nuanced view of where we should be on the free speech debate. You're critical of anyone who limits speech. Then, in the show, you say that if 15 years ago someone said, "We're going to have this idea: Everybody's gonna give their innermost thoughts to the whole planet, all day, every day," we would say, "Oh my God, please don't do that." You're sort of saying that you should be able to say what you want, but not some other people. Can you explain that?
Yeah. I'm a contradictory hypocrite, just like everybody else in this country. I think I'm special. I think I've done the work. That's the only explanation I can think of. [Laughs.] It's true, that's the sad part.
What do you think the left can do better to right the ship that is America?
I don't think the left or the right can do anything better. I think it's irreparable. I don't think it's up to the left or the right to do anything but realize they don't belong together. I feel like the left has as many valid points as the right, but it's two different ways of looking at life, and I feel like the idea of compromise is gone. The left and the right to me have the same problem: They cater to the most strident of people, because people are scared of strident people.
It's like the William Butler Yeats quote: "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." People who are just true believers, zealots, are the ones setting the tone in each party. That's it. And that's beneath us.
Social media has definitely enhanced that, or sped that up, right?
Yeah. The fastest typists and the people with the most time on their hands set our national tone.
Speaking of, on Twitter you seem to play a version of yourself.
[Laughs.] Yes.
You can be boastful, but then you retweet shit-talkers. Is your Twitter game like some subversive piece of performance art?
Twitter had just started, and I didn't realize that irony doesn't translate, sarcasm doesn't translate. Then people started retweeting; people started cursing me out. It just made me laugh so hard.
[In 2011, when former prime minister of Libya Muammar] Gaddafi had died, I was like, "You know what? The man did a lot of bad things, did a lot of good things, too. A lot of friends left behind …" just giving him a send-off. And people were like, "What's your fuckin' problem?" So I just kept feeding into them because I'm a natural ball-breaker anyway. I was like, "Well, you can say what you want, but the guy definitely had friends."
Then I said Will Ferrell was using and dealing heroin. I just thought it was funny because Will Ferrell is like the nicest, most clean-cut guy ever. So I go, "Look, he stole my script for Anchorman. I had a script, it was called Newsman," or something. People were calling me "a bitter fuck." I'm retweeting them, going, "You say I'm bitter, but you weren't there." And then finally, his manager, who was my ex-manager, calls me and says, "Quinney, could you please issue a statement, because everyone thinks Will's a heroin dealer and script stealer." So I did. It was so much fun.
Now the joke's over, but I used to have hundreds of people saying, "You fucking asshole," and I would just be like, "You talk a good game, but just be aware you're talking to a sixth-degree black belt." And it would pull some people back, which was funny, too.
In those days on Twitter, I'd threaten to stab people. I'd be like, "Guess what, when I stab you, we'll see how funny it is then." Imagine doing that today? People would be like, "Oh my God! This guy threatened to stab people." It was a different time on Twitter, too.
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Steven Jay Hilderbrand
Steven Hilderbrand was born on September 21st, 1951 in Marshalltown, Iowa. He was the eldest son of Shirley and Merle Hilderbrand. The family moved from Iowa to Huntington Beach, California in 1961. Steven always said that living in California was the best gift his parents ever gave him. He got a chance to grow up in a beautiful place in Huntington Beach, Orange County. It was a magical time in his life, he got to do everything he dreamed of in Southern California. He graduated from Fountain Valley high school in 1969. He joined the United States Marines Corps in 1969 and became a wire chief. While Steven served in the Marines, he received the National Defense Service Medal and achieved the level of rifle sharpshooter. He was honorably discharged in 1975. After the service, Steven worked in the auto body business, in sheet metal fabrication for Hot Rods by Boyd, was a technical advisor for Westech Motorsports, and worked as a department manager for Flexible Metal Hose Corporation and manufacturing engineer for Arrowhead Manufacturing Products. Steven met his wife Kay in Costa Mesa and married on June 2nd, 1990. They moved to Laguna Niguel until his retirement from aerospace at Arrowhead in 2013. Upon his retirement, Steven moved to a home in Menifee to enjoy the desert. He spent lots of time in the garage designing or restoring cars and hand fabricating parts. He loved to ride motorcycles, ATV's, and go camping with friends in the desert for which he had an enduring passion. Steven also liked gathering for social events with friends, holiday meals filled with smiles, storytelling and laughter. He provided endless wisdom and guidance to his family across a wide range of subjects. Steven was a hardworking, principled and loving individual who loved God, his family, friends, and his work. He loved rock and roll music, science, nature, adventures, politics, religion, the military, commercial aircraft and aerospace products. He loved to talk and share stories. He especially enjoyed outdoor activities like exploring hiking trails, Historic State Parks and Beaches, traveling up to the California Coast and Nevada. In his late years, he often spent long mornings enjoying his breakfast and coffee with honey, listening to YouTube, and watching critters: bunnies, humming birds, and lizards in the front and back yard. He regularly attended Bible study with the Men's group at the Impact Church. He also enjoyed talking to his mother and friends on the phone, visiting his longtime friends for lunch, holiday parties, and trips to the casino to have some beers and good food with relatives. Steven went with the Lord following a brief illness on November 2nd, 2021. Steven was preceded in death by his father, Merle and brother, Tom. He is survived by his mother, Shirley; wife, Kay; nieces, Krista and Alejandra; nephews, Brian, Israel and Drake, and great nieces, Makenna and Atalia and many wonderful brothers and sisters-in-law and caring friends. Steve was the most loving and caring husband, son, brother-in-law and uncle. He will be missed very much. But, with our loss, we are comforted knowing that he is in the heaven now with his father, Merle and brother, Tom looking over us His family would like to give special thanks to the doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists at Loma Linda hospital in Murrieta, relatives, neighbors, friends, BPMC group and the Men's group whose compassion and kindness have made our grief bearable. A celebration of life will be held in the spring of 2022. In lieu of flowers, please donate to your choice of church or charity in Steve's memory.
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Coroner ID's two killed in Newberry Township crash
Rebecca Klar
Two men in the backseat of a car died early Saturday in Newberry Township when the vehicle they were riding in struck a tree, according to the York County Coroner's Office.
The men, Ryan Klaiber, 25, and Joseph Stevens, 26, both of Cumberland County, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the release.
The single-vehicle crash happened in the area of 735 Old Trail Road around 1:45 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, the coroner's office stated in a news release.
The reported driver was flown to an area hospital, and another passenger was transported to a hospital for treatment; their conditions were unknown, according to the coroner's office.
A preliminary investigation found the vehicle, a 2017 blue Ford Fusion, was traveling south on Old Trail Road, according to Newberry Township Police.
The driver lost control of the car, and the car crossed over to the northbound lane and struck a tree, police said in a release.
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Newberry Township Police is investigating.
Pennsylvania State Police is reconstructing the crash.
Deputy Coroner Michele Kirchner and Chief Deputy Coroner Claude Stabley responded to the scene and certified the deaths.
Autopsies have been scheduled for 10 a.m. and noon Monday, Dec. 3, at Lehigh Valley Hospital.
A GoFundMe page was set up to raise funds for Klaiber and Stevens, as well as Bryan Hammaker who is still hospitalized from injuries according to the page.
The funds will be split evenly between the three families.
As of 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, $5,280 had been raised.


We have identified a large-scale structure at z ≃ 0.73 in the COSMOS field, coherently described by the distribution of galaxy photometric redshifts, an ACS weak-lensing convergence map, and the distribution of extended X-ray sources in a mosaic of XMM-Newton observations. The main peak seen in these maps corresponds to a rich cluster with T_X = 3.51^(+0.60)_(-0.46) keV and L_X = (1.56 ± 0.04) × 10^(44) ergs s^(-1) (0.1-2.4 keV band). We estimate an X-ray mass within r_(500) corresponding to M_(500) ≃ 1.6 × 10^(14) M_⊙ and a total lensing mass (extrapolated by fitting a NFW profile) M_(NFW) = (6 ± 3) × 10^(15) M_⊙. We use an automated morphological classification of all galaxies brighter than I_(AB) = 24 over the structure area to measure the fraction of early-type objects as a function of local projected density Σ_(10), based on photometric redshifts derived from ground-based deep multiband photometry. We recover a robust morphology-density relation at this redshift, indicating, for comparable local densities, a smaller fraction of early-type galaxies than today. Interestingly, this difference is less strong at the highest densities and becomes more severe in intermediate environments. We also find, however, local "inversions" of the observed global relation, possibly driven by the large-scale environment. In particular, we find direct correspondence of a large concentration of disk galaxies to (the colder side of) a possible shock region detected in the X-ray temperature map and surface brightness distribution of the dominant cluster. We interpret this as potential evidence of shock-induced star formation in existing galaxy disks, during the ongoing merger between two subclusters. Our analysis reveals the value of combining various measures of the projected mass density to locate distant structures and their potential for elucidating the physical processes at work in the transformation of galaxy morphologies.
© 2007 The American Astronomical Society. Received 2006 April 27; accepted 2007 January 12. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the entire COSMOS collaboration consisting of more than 70 scientists. The HST COSMOS Treasury program was supported through NASA grant HST-GO-09822. The COSMOS Science Meeting in 2005 May was supported in part by the NSF through grant OISE-0456439. This work is based on observations obtained with XMM-Newton, an ESA science mission with instruments and contributions directly funded by ESA Member States and the US (NASA). In Italy, the COSMOS project is supported by INAF under PRIN-2005/1.06.08.10 and XMM-COSMOS is supported by INAF and MIUR under grants PRIN/270/2003 and Cofin-03-02-23 and by ASI under grant ASI/INAF I/023/05/0. In Germany, the XMM–Newton project is supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung/Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt, the Max-Planck Society, and the Heidenhain-Stiftung. Part of this work was supported by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR project Nos. 50 OR 0207 and 50 OR 0405. L. G. thanks Claudio Firmani and Marco Scodeggio for enlightening discussions on galaxy evolution, Davide Lazzati for invaluable help with IDL routines, and Stefania Giodini for help with the mock samples.


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Achill Island
Samuel Gamble Bayne
On an Irish Jaunting-Car through Donegal and Connemara
I AM writing this from memory and without notes, so I may be pardoned for having forgotten to introduce in its proper place our trip to Achill Island, one of the most interesting of our experiences. I shall start by saying that we crossed over to the island at its nearest point to the main-land, and, taking our seats on a "long" public car which stood in readiness, we were pulled by two immense horses the thirteen miles to the village of Dugort at a steady pace that never "slacked up" for the entire distance. It rained, but the car was plentifully supplied with tarpaulins, which were strapped round us in artistic style, and so we arrived at the Slievemore Hotel dry but benumbed. "Mine host" of the Slievemore, one Captain Sheridan, is perhaps the best-known Boniface in the west of Ireland. The iridescent splendor of his imagination, his contempt for detail, and his facility in escaping when cornered, place him on a plinth so high that, compared with him, Baron Munchausen would seem to be a practical monument of truth and accuracy; indeed, the Baron is his only rival in all the years that have gone to make up history. He greeted us with: "I saw you coming; knew by your looks you were the real thing, and wired for a ten-pound salmon."
The Fishery, Achill Island, Slievemore in the Distance
We were stiff and cold after the wet drive, and asked for a nip of Irish whiskey. "Bad luck to it, anyhow, I haven't a drop in the house, but my team is hauling a cask of 'Power's Best' from the mainland. But I have 'Scotch,' boys, as is 'Scotch'; not a headache in a hogshead of it!" So we had the substitute, and, upon our asking its age, he started in rather modestly at "five," and when we gave him a drink quickly raised it to " ten year old." Before the evening was over, he told us, in a confidential whisper, that the prime-minister had been his guest some time before and had pronounced it "twenty," so he did not know how old it really was—we must be the judges. He had a collection of stuffed birds and horns, and upon being asked what he would take for a pair of ram's horns, he exclaimed: "'Tis simply priceless they are! 'Twould cost you a thousand pounds to fit out an expedition to get them, and besides you would have to get permission from the Grand Llama of Thibet, for 'tis only in his dominions that these rare animals are found; but still, I have too many horns, and I'll let you have the pair for forty guineas, packed up and ready for the steamer."
He admitted that he was a first cousin of Phil Sheridan's. "They try to make out that Phil wasn't an Irishman, that he was born half-way over, but I tell you the true facts are that he was born before he started," was the way he conclusively settled General Sheridan's nationality.
Guests "move on" at the approach of rain in Irish hotels, so our genial host would pass from room to room if it threatened rain, calling out to an imaginary guest, "'Twill be a lovely day to-morrow." Pressed to divulge his sentiments on the landlord-and-tenant question, and not knowing how we stood, he said: "I'm for 'give and take'; the tenant to give what he thinks fair, and the landlord to take it or leave it"
He had a supreme contempt for rival attractions, and said that the Dunfanaghy puffins were corn-fed and the seals were chained to the bottom to attract visitors. He had a comic-opera, smuggler, weather predictor, and long-distance-sea-serpent man who turned up every morning and mingled with the guests. He dressed the part to perfection, á lá Dick Deadeye, and would tell how many whales and seals he had seen in the bay at daybreak. As for the weather, with him it was always assured; if it rained while he was talking, he would belittle it by saying, "Sure, 'tis but a little bit of a shower; 'twon't last ten minutes"; then he would pilot a schooner over the bar and disappear.
But, after all, our host Sheridan was a kindly, good-natured fellow and very accommodating; he had told his tales so often that he really believed them, and was not so much to blame as one would think at first sight. His wife was a most capable manager, and largely made up for his shortcomings in the fulfilment of promises. Cead Mille Failthe (a hundred thousand welcomes) was emblazoned on a large crescent over the door.
The place was well supplied with pets—cats, dogs, and a tame crow making up the family. The house has four pairs of stairs leading from the hall vestibule; there is a high mountain close to its rear and another right in front of it, with the Atlantic to the west; so that it must be described as a picturesque establishment in every detail. The weather became foggy, and we were about to leave without trying to see anything, when the sun suddenly broke through the clouds and we changed the programme by remaining.
Achill Island is fifteen miles long by twelve miles wide; it is bounded by Blacksod Bay on the north and by Clew Bay on the south. There is a small grocery store on the west side of the island which is said to be the nearest saloon to America, and proud is the owner of this distinction. The people lead a very peculiar life. The latitude is high, and consequently in the dead of winter the day is very short, and they cannot fish in the stormy waters surrounding the island. They save enough money in summer to carry them through the winter months, and amuse themselves during the long nights by dancing. Every community has its fiddler, and it is his business to provide a house with a large room in which the dances can be held. Each family furnishes the supper in turn, and all "pay the fiddler." One would suppose that whiskey would play the leading part in such entertainments; and up to the latter part of the last century it did, but it is now entirely absent. Long experience taught the participants that if peaceful family parties were to be indulged in, the "mountain dew" must be an absentee; so they took to Guinness's stout, and the piles of "empties," everywhere to be seen, show clearly that the Guinness shares are a valuable investment. This dancing is carried on in most of the northwestern counties, where the winter days are short. The "balls" end at about 3 A.M., and the dancers sleep till eleven the next morning.
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Bailouts for bankers or homeowners?
Two books on the twin housing and financial crises of the late 2000s debut this month, one by former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the other by economists Atif Mian and Amir Sufi. The two books offer decidedly different takes on whether the nearly insolvent financial system or embattled homeowners should have been the focus of policymakers responding to the crises. Our interest in both books is for the thinking behind the policy decisions that were made at the time or could have been made differently—not least because of the possibility of future crises in housing and finance.
Geithner's book, Stress Test, released today, reprises his role as Treasury Secretary during the spring of 2009 as well as the President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank during the most intense days of the crisis in the fall of 2008. The book furthers the argument made by Geithner— now president and managing director of leveraged buyout firm Warburg Pincus—that saving the U.S. financial sector was the best policy response to the panic.
Geithner's book and his view may be best read in context with another book to be released later this month. House of Debt by Princeton University economist Atif Mian and University of Chicago economist Amir Sufi is the result of their years of research into the role of household debt and its role in the Great Recession of 2007-2009. The two economists agree that some form of financial sector rescue was needed, but their recommended response to the Great Recession is quite different from Geithner's. For the former Treasury secretary, the banking system was the source of the crisis and where it would be solved. For the economists, the problem was the high debt loads of households.
Matt Klein of Bloomberg View points out on Twitter that the publication of these books at almost the same time is an act of synchronicity. Indeed, the dueling-at-a-distance authors disagree on many fronts, but the role of the distribution of debt is a prominent one. Geithner's view—Mian and Sufi call it the "banking view"—really doesn't consider the distributional consequences in the government's response to the twin crises. In Geithner's view, if the banking system can be rescued and credit starts to flow again then the economy as a whole will be rescued. For Mian and Sufi, the distribution of household debt is front and center.
In their view, the distribution of losses in the housing was the cause of the crises because the mostly low- and middle-income homeowners who suddenly faced foreclosure ceased spending money, throwing the economy into recession and dragging the broader housing market. The proper policy response, they argue, would have reduced the mortgage debt for "underwater" households and therefore the most likely to spend and get consumption going again.
The importance of distribution in Mian and Sufi's viewpoint can be seen in how they explain why the bursting of the housing bubble caused the Great Recession but why the popping tech bubble resulted in a much lesser one. The key difference: really only the rich owned the stocks that plummeted in price during the dotcom recession in the early 2000s, whereas a large swath of the U.S. population owned homes that lost value during the Great Recession
Arguments about the best response to the bursting of the housing bubble and the financial crisis will go on long after Geithner, Mian and Sufi stop writing. But as this debate continues, both sides need to recognize that the distribution of gains and losses in future crises will be perhaps vitally important.


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Discussion Forum - Disneyland Resort - Thread
Jaiden
Rumor: Tower of Terror becomes a Guardians of the Galaxy ride
Edited: March 25, 2016, 6:17 AM
I don't know what to say... this makes me really sad.
Joe I
I need evidence because this makes zero sense. ToT is one of Disney's most popular rides so I doubt they'll re-theme it. Plus Guardians could help out a much depressing Tomorrowland or Future World
Kent Goodrich
"GotG are in space. They find a hole in the time/space matrix and go back to 1940s Hollywood, where they crash into a hotel. Weird happenings ensue. This crap writes itself!"--Disney Exec.
I don't understand it ether... But I saw it on the Internet and had to post about it.
colandoj
Here is a link to one article I found. If they actually do this permanently I will be so angry. I loved the GotG movie don't get me wrong, but they need to build its own attraction, not take a classic attraction and change it.
http://www.wdwthemeparks.com/rumors/2015/04/27/guardians-of-the-galaxy-overhaul-coming-to-tower-of-terror
eonbroadway
Out of all rides to convert, not this one. Maybe they should use the space from Stitch to create a GotG ride
James Trexen
Yeah, I'm not buying this rumor. That's all I'm going to say.
I wouldn't mind the change at California Adventure for its version of Tower of Terror is pretty bad. Changing the classic version in Orlando is a mistake.
Edited: March 21, 2016, 1:14 PM
TOT at DHS is my #2 ride in all of Orlando (only behind Spider-Man). In no way do I support this change.
Someone has said that Disney's license from CBS for the use of The Twilight Zone IP is expiring. But I would remind everyone that Disney's already crafted an excellent substitute for Rod Serling's role on the Tower.
Juan Hamilton
FYI This rumor is quickly picking up steam across the theme park world.
Rob Pastor
The rumor started Sat. night on WDW Magic when it was reported by the insider "Spirit" who has a pretty good track record on Disney info (But a poor record on Universal info). There's dozens of pages to go through. I've done the read on two occasions since Sat. because its so long. For what it's worth....Bottom line, it appears the leaks are coming from WDW execs. who don't agree with the suggestion that's originating from Disney Anaheim, most specifically Chapek. One point suggested on the discussion is similar to what Robert is saying, that Disney doesn't want to pay for the IP rights that cover fees, merchandise and attendance. But, as Robert suggests, there's the Hightower alternative. But Spirit is saying there's much more to it. I'll use a few of his statements because they sum it up without getting too wordy. Spirit, "This is not Blue Sky. It is in the development pipeline.....this is a Chapek project and comes from his desire to get Marvel product in the parks as quickly as possible". This information is backed up by Insider Marni, who has an excellent track record on both Disney & Universal info. A few quotes by Marni, "Nothing more to add than what's said....It could happen. Lunatics are running the asylum. Sad. Sad. Sad." ....."I had heard the knives were out on Sunset Blvd. Either Tower or RnRC".....The Insiders talked in depth about Disney wanting to do it on both coasts to cut costs. There were heavy insinuations that WDW (Disney Orlando) didn't want to do it or pay for it (either a temporary overlay or a complete redo). Anyway, I've never read a thread over there that generated so much hostility towards Disney for thinking of doing it. Once again, it's only a rumor, but it does come from two Insiders that have a pretty decent record concerning Disney info.
Rob if you could provide a link if there is one, it'd be much appreciated
Why would they redo a great ride like TOT though? Why not Innoventions or Stitch's Great Escape?
Joe: Don't know how to link here. But it's on WDWMagic.com....Scroll down a bit on the home page and you';ll come to the top Forum posts on your left. It's the Forum thread with Marvel in it's name... Good luck reading. LOL It's already up to about 4 dozen pages. WDW1974 is "Spirit", Marni is Marni,and there's another prominent insider posting there that has a website & magazine, his name is "Lee" . They're all basically saying the same.
Gabriel Schroll
@Jaiden - I saw it on the internet and had to post about it.
Come on, man. At least give us the name of one forum or website where you read this.
Thank you Rob, for providing actual details on this. It just frustrates me that Jaiden waltzed in here and threw out this rumor with absolutely no additional details - at all.
That's like me starting a thread saying "I read on the internet that Animal Kingdom is removing all of their animals so they can build new attractions in the Serengeti. I just had to post about it. You know, because I read it online."
Next time, please at least tell us where you read this.
As for the rumor itself, a Guardians of the Galaxy attraction would be great. Just not in place of Tower of Terror. I could see Rock N Roller Coaster replaced, as an indoor roller coaster themed to GotG might work. But like someone Eon and Juan suggested, putting it in Tomorrowland would work a lot better. A LOT better. I mean, Iron Man is being built in Hong Kong's Tomorrowland, so I have to imagine they've thought about it.
Change the name to Hightower of Tower. Then we can call it "HoT". That ride is so HoT. Lol.
AJ Hummel
Here's the thing...As an IP, Twilight Zone is mostly worthless at this point. The show is from the 60s, and while people born in the 70s and 80s likely know about it you'd probably be hard-pressed to find anyone from the 2000s or later who really cares about the show. I'm also guessing that very few people ride Twilight Zone Tower of Terror because of the IP. Therefore, if it would cost a significant amount to renew the license it makes a lot of sense to let it go.
However, just because you lose the IP does it need to be replaced? I'm of the belief that IP can enhance a great attraction, but it cannot make an average attraction great. Is Twilight Zone Tower of Terror a great attraction? Absolutely. Would it still be a great attraction without IP? Yes. Does that mean it should be rethemed without relying on IP? Not necessarily. However, the right IP must be chosen.
In California, Marvel Land will be built on land very close to Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. As the land will likely absorb part of Hollywood Land and/or A Bug's Land, retheming the ride to a Marvel Theme makes sense. In Paris, Marvel Land will be taking over what is currently the Backlot, and while Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is not in this area it is close enough that a retheme could work. In Florida, there is talk of Disney reclaiming some of the Marvel rights and Sunset Boulevard would be the most likely candidate for a Marvel Land there, so a retheme could potentially make sense in Florida as well.
Notice, however, that I specified a Marvel retheme, not specifically a Guardians of the Galaxy retheme. I'm not saying that they couldn't be involved in the attraction, but nothing about Guardians of the Galaxy really fits with the ride system used in Tower of Terror. In my opinion, the best use of that property would be a roller coaster type attraction (I'd suggest a Rock 'n' Roller Coaster retheme). However, I could see plenty of other Marvel themes working well on the ride, particularly something related to one of Stark's inventions or something related to the Infinity Stones (which involve the Guardians of the Galaxy but really span throughout the whole Marvel universe). Also note that I always included the retheme with a Marvel Land. Due to the location of the attraction in the parks, it cannot be Marvel-ized without an entire area redo and not stick out like a sore thumb. Hyperspace Mountain works because Tomorrowland is somewhat spacey and the base attraction lends itself well to the theme. Trying to do the same thing with Tower of Terror would be nothing short of a disaster.
I have no idea what will happen, as nothing I've heard about Marvel Land plans has ever mentioned Tower of Terror. However, if this rumor holds any water I sincerely hope Disney will think long and hard about what they do. Contrary to popular belief, I do not believe Marvel is quite as stable as it appears. Release a bad MCU film (or if not one, 2-3 would do it) and the whole thing could fall apart. Create a weak Marvel attraction in the theme parks, particularly as a replacement to (arguably) the best attraction in that individual park, and demand for future Marvel theme park attractions may nosedive. In many things, there is the right way and the easy/cheap way. The latter option typically comes with greater short term benefits, but the long term drawbacks usually outweigh these, so I really hope Disney is smart and opts for the former.
Lastly, Jaiden, you have been posting a lot of news threads lately, and I think that's good as some of those parks wouldn't be featured here otherwise. However, when posting legitimate news or rumors, you should always include a link to a source. Without a link, it can look like you made it up, and that is a good way to lose credibility. So, for future reference, I would strongly suggest including a source any time you post something like this, especially when it is news that could cause the fan community to explode.
How does Disney get away with this considering the "east of the Mississippi" clause in the Universal contract?
Guardians is a somewhat different situation, although one of the characters may fall in a grey area. They probably won't be able to advertise it as a Marvel attraction if they do it though...................Concerning the rumored Marvel Land in DCA, they address that in the Magic thread. Spirit is saying that the Capt. America coaster proposed for DCA has been cancelled due to the massive Shanghai cost over runs. Tower of Terror is a much cheaper alternative. An update from last night posts, Spirit was saying that it's 50/50 on WDW since WDW doesn't want it unless Anaheim pays for it. But it's 90% probability in Anaheim....Once again, this is a rumor.
Sorry here is the link! http://www.screamscape.com/html/disney_california_adventure.htm
Kris V
Aha, this rumor makes my prediction of the Rock'n Roller Coaster changing to a Hannah Montana theme ever so closer to becoming reality. Not that I want it to. I would rather they theme it to a legit band whose members still have a pulse.
Seriously though, without the Twilight Zone IP, is it so hard to come up with a haunted hotel concept that is only slightly different from the current attraction?
Factor in that unless the story behind the GOTG overlay involves them time traveling to the Golden Age of Hollywood to check into a hotel it makes little to no sense. That whole area of the park would need to be re-themed which would be a shame. How much more revenue would a GOTG overlay even bring in?
If Shanghai is the elephant in the room that is causing all of the cost-cutting and odd decisions being made stateside, then to me it seems that building that park was a massive mistake by Disney. Especially if the Chinese economy keeps slowing and there is no one in the country that can afford to visit the park in the first place.
A big chunk of GotG involved the heroes escaping from a super-max prison. It wouldn't be impossibly difficult to re-dress the hotel into a prison. The ride could be an elevator that goes haywire during the escape
I hope this doesn't happen, but I can see how it could.
"Escape From Shanghai"
Douglas Hindley
Tokyo DisneySea (bless it) has a version of the Tower of Terror without the Twilight Zone IP, since that brand is almost universally unknown in Japan. Instead it is the New York hotel of one Harrison Hightower circa 1900. Harrison, a globe-trotting robber baron, cruelly stole a cursed idol from some indigenous peoples, and it is this idol which - erm - gets the drop on him. So if it's really just a question of a Twilight Zone licensing fee, this would be an easier, cheaper overlay with proven success.
It of course cheapens both the TOT and the GOTG to fuse 'em together, when we could instead get a brand new "Tree Talk With Groot" or "Rocket Roller Coaster" or "Test Drax." I mean, what do they do with the Tower's exterior, redress it as a big crazy outer space monolith?! Either they do, and this ludicrous thing looms inappropriately over every park it's in, or the interior (space opera) and exterior (1920's Hollywood) are completely unrelated. And by bifurcating the entire TOT experience in such a way, you destroy everything which makes this ride more than a bog-standard drop tower.
This idea? Disney should just drop it!
I am still calling this as an April Fools Prank.
These are the blueprints I found for the attraction.
Jaiden,is this some sort of a joke? It's a link to some YouTube video by Rick Astley. If it's a joke, I don't get it.
James, you just got Rick-rolled.
Tree talk with Groot sounds awesome. Sign me up
Rick-rolled...I'm getting too old for this group. Next thing you'll be telling me is that you can't believe everything you read on Facebook. Time for me to get down to the activities room at my Senior Citizens center...Bingo starts at 10 a.m. (and who is that hippie Rick Astley? He needs a haircut!)
Bradley Wilbanks
I also wonder if they have taken into consideration the fact that the exterior blends in with the Morocco Pavilion in EPCOT? So making it spacey on the outside would kill that perspective.
"when posting legitimate news or rumors, you should always include a link to a source"
I disagree. This rumor originated at the Forums at WDWMagic and I highly doubt anyone would agree it is legitimate. Plus, it made its way to other blogs and rumor sites so it anyone could have read it anywhere and still report it here.
Jaiden linked to Screamscape, which was not the original source of the rumor.
It's perfect fine to post rumors without attribution, but it helps. News should have links, but they are just a Google search away in most cases.
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at DCA is a disappointment because it lacks the 5th Dimension room that was just creepy. The elevator booth coming out of the shaft is it's greatest achievement. Without it, the attraction lacks a element that takes it over the top.
Either they make the ride darker and more scary, or make it more thrilling and exciting. Marvel will likely make the attraction the latter. Make it seem like you're going to visit Shield's hidden headquarters at the basement. Something went wrong. You're thrown about and above. You're sucked into another dimension to save you. You return to California Adventure. All is not lost.
So there can be Avengers attraction at WDW as long as they are not pimped as Marvel characters?
Hmmmmmmm ....
At this point, there is very little Disney could do to surprise me.
James Rick Rolling has been around for 10 years or so.... I hope they don't do this to ToT.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling
TH: Nope.Avengers are in the contract.Family, characters & name....Probably the loophole with the present incarnation of the guardians is that the group was conceived after the contract was signed, and the characters (except for possibly one) aren't members of the extended families mentioned in the contract. Even though there's only X number of families mentioned in the contract, there's been so many book and group crossovers over the decades, that most every character is probably off limits. As an example, the villains from the GOG movie probably couldn't be used in an attraction. This is one of those cases that the lawyers will probably sort out.
David, so the purpose of Rick rolling is what? Other than to make me disregard anything Jaiden posts in the future as questionable I don't see the point.
Giovanny Cruz
I think that this idea should be considered a crime against humanity and anyone who's behind it should be arrested. Now for the members crtiizing Jaiden for not having a link can you just calm down ? It is not that serious , he was just trying to have a discussion about the issue with his fellow insiders.
@Douglas Hindley
We... Are... Groot.
Jaiden did clearly identify it as rumour, so a "source " is kind of redundant. It may have been nice to mention where he saw the rumour though, so people can check it out and make their own mine up as to its validity.
If you can't tell I'm just ingnoring all of you talking about me.
dlrwdwkd
I am going to cry if they do this. THEY HAD BETTER NOT!
I wouldn't have a problem with DCA doing this considering they're better off making Hollywood Land a Marvel themed area, plus the Twilight Zone has been irrelevant for years
Still a fan
I love the Twilight Zone theme on TOT. A Guardians of the Galaxy overlay would be a grotesque desecration.
It would fall under the east of the Mississippi Clause or soon will and if not clearly does it will be a certain court battle. Guardians is projected to merge with Avengers as the Infinity Stones are in both franchises now. As the Disney XD show also crosses the Guardians also.
Um ... a "grotesque desecration?"
I believe this would become the Tower of Error.


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