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Friday, October 09, 2009
Pete Hawley: American Greetings!
David LaFleur is an art director at AG and a big fan of Pete Hawley's work. When David and I began corresponding a year or two ago he told me he had heard that the AG 'art vault' still contained hundreds of Pete Hawley's originals. Here are some excerpts from David's emails that shed a bit of light on Pete's work for AG:
"Just by chance today, I happened to spot a couple of Hawley's sitting on a stack of art in a side-room. Planners often request originals from our archive for purposes of reference or for "re-works". One was a monkey...he did lots of critters for AG. This particular piece was painted on acetate with a piece of colorful burlap beneath (a technique he used to great effect, often letting several different fabric patterns show through in select areas). If you saw it printed today, you would swear it was Photoshopped!"
"When I get a spare minute, I'm determined to get down to the vault and do some real detective work."
... and more recently:
"A couple of months ago [a friend] and I were cleaning out several file cabinets and ran across a couple of Hawley sketches and two gouache comps. [My friend] said there used to be a three-drawer file cabinet full of his originals and sketches. In addition, we both ventured to the "art vault" and indeed, verified the presence of dozens if not hundreds of Pete's originals. They look as fresh as the day they were done! The Halloween stuff is killer."
Tantalizing news! But what was most invaluable was David telling me about an art director named Lily Fueger, who worked closely with Pete Hawley for many of the AG years. I was able to connect with Lily and spent a good half hour interviewing her on the phone yesterday. With her help we now have a comprehensive overview of the last and perhaps most important and prolific phase in Pete Hawley's career.
Lily told me that when Irving Stone, the head of American Greetings, saw Pete Hawley's Betsy Bell ads in the early 60's he realized this work would be perfect for greeting cards.
Stone contacted Pete and, according to Lily, the artist was ready to work for American Greetings. Pete gladly accepted the contract. He saw the potential of a steady income with a good client as an ideal situation.
Since we know the Hawleys moved to Sedona in 1964, we now have a clear timeline for when this new arrangement began. Lily says she must have been working as an artist at AG when she first saw Pete. "It was at a luncheon and I looked over at him and I thought, "My God, he looks like a cowboy." He was a handsome man. He had those sunburnt eyes."
Pete had come to AG to sign the contract that would initiate this next phase of his career. Lily says, "I just happened to be at that luncheon and I was sitting quite a distance away from him. I didn't have a chance to talk to him. But I had this impression of a very nice man."
"It was only later when I was given the responsibility of calling him and art directing and talking to him over the phone that we built up a very fine friendship. Pete was quiet and had a terrific sense of humour," says Lily.
I asked Lily, as an artist who was working at American Greetings in that early 1960's period, what she thought of Pete Hawley's work when it first started coming in. She says, "I thought it was fabulous."
"The animation was terrific. The expressions on the children's faces and the humour was fabulous," she says emphatically. "You know, a real pro. And very unique work. No one worked like Pete."
For a long time there has been the impression among Pete Hawley afficionados that AG, hoping to exploit the success of the artist's work, built a sort of "Pete Hawley Label" - a stable of artists who would work in his style to crank out additional material. Lily quickly debunks that theory. "Oh no. I don't know what the upper officials said about this but no one ever tried to imitate his work. It was very unique. No artist at AG would even dare to try to imitate him. That would not be a kosher thing to do."
"But in fact I can say that there was someone at Hallmark who tried to imitate his style. We were amazed at this. It was just for a short while... and maybe word got back to them that we were so shocked that they were even attempting this that they stopped."
I wondered if Lily might know if Pete was so busy with AG work under the terms of his contract that he no longer had time for other clients. She remembers him having other projects - unrelated to AG - on the go. That jibes with what Pete's granddaughter Shelley told me.
Shelley sent this series Pete did for a pharmaceutical client that looks to me like it was done during the late 60's or early 70's.
Both Shelley and Lily are under the impression, though, that such other assignments became increasingly rare for Pete as his involvement with AG continued. The thinking is that by the 70's he had settled into a comfortable routine with his one good client and let other freelance opportunities fizzle out.
Lily confirms that Pete never got involved in the popular movement among illustrators to move to the South West and become "Cowboy Painters". "No," she says, "no, he didn't. In fact he sort of looked down on it. He thought it was a lot of fakery, you know, taking advantage of the Indian influence and doing cowboys and so forth. He didn't do any fine art painting. When I visited him in Sedona he took me to some of the galleries. He got a big kick out of some of the "artwork" they were selling," she says with a chuckle. "And I think it was because of his expertise. He wasn't jealous at all."
When Lily became Pete's art director around 1974, or '75, she typically assigned him to create six to ten new pieces per month.
"He was quite proficient," she says, "He would use children in the neighbourhood as models." A practice that went all the way back to the late 1940's, when Pete's own children were often pressed into service as models for their dad's assignments.
I asked Lily to describe the way she an Pete would work through a typical assignment. She begins, "Most of the time I would art direct on the phone. We would read through the copy, then I would offer some suggestions about the subject matter... I would encourage Pete to have, for instance, the boy in question just hilariously laughing. Sometimes I would suggest a certain colour combination. Pete usually got stuck with very primary colours and those were, at one time, going out of style and all sorts of colour combinations were coming in."
"So I would send Pete clips of all sorts of colour combinations that he could use. And he would use them very well! In fact he really liked some of the new colour combinations I would send him. You know how we get into a rut with our compositions or our colour?" she chuckles. "Pete never took offense at my suggesting things of that sort."
"Of course I never had to suggest anything for his drawing... his execution. It was always so marvelous. He knew how I valued his work and that meant a lot to him." Pete never sent back sketches for approval. Lily says, "No. It wasn't necessary. He knew exactly what I was talking about."
Lily continues, "Sometimes, when I called he would be in a bad mood and I would joke him out of it. He liked that," she chuckles, "he liked that a lot. He could get very sour sometimes because Sedona was becoming so overcrowded, and the beautiful area where he lived was being spoiled by urban sprawl."
Pete worked 1/3 up over the printed size, in gouache, on Bainbridge illustration board. Lilly says, "He could create marvelous depth and shadows with it... he was a pro." Usually when a group of illustrations came in from Pete I would call him and tell him what I thought of them, and then give him his next assignment. So he would have a break for a few days each month."
Lily and Pete worked together as artist and art director for about 17 years, until Lily retired in 1991. She thinks Pete likely retired at the same time. It was that year that Lily was invited out to spend a week at the Hawley home in Sedona when she met Pete's wife, Micky. "I was very impressed with her," says Lily, "She was a very sweet woman; very smart."
Sadly, Micky suffered from serious health ailments later in life. Tragically, the Hawley's youngest daughter, Jane, also became extremely ill around the late 1980's. Shelley asked her dad, Pete's son Michael, if Pete ever actually retired. He said no. With both Micky and Jane to care for, Pete needed to continue bringing in as much income as possible. "He was working right up to the very end," says Shelley. Jane died in 1993. Micky passed away the following year.
Pete Hawley, having for years brought smiles to the faces of millions of people, young and old, died February 10, 1996.
* I have so many people to thank this week, chief among them Shelley Nugent for all her invaluable assistance with this week's series on her grandpa, Pete Hawley.
* Thanks as well to Shane Glines of Cartoon Retro for his tremendous generosity. Many of the scans we've seen this week are from his Pete Hawley archives and the phases of Pete's career would not have been nearly as thoroughly illustrated without them.
* David LaFleur of American Greetings and Lily Fueger, formerly of AG - thank you both for the "inside scoop" on Pete Hawley's work for that company.
* David at plan59.com for digging up the archived newspaper articles on the young Pete Hawley.
* And finally thanks to Glen Mullaly and Scott Caple who provided many additional scans for today's post and Dave Broad who provided a Betsy Bell ad seen earlier in the week.
* My Pete Hawley Flickr set
26 comments:
Wow Leif, this was a great one. I'm pretty sure I received a couple of those cards during my childhood.ReplyDelete
Wow...this has been my favorite week. I mean, it's hard to top Bernie Fuchs, but I've been absorbing a lot of Pete's work for a project I'm doing I just can't get enough of it.ReplyDelete
Oddly I see a connection to the way Disney did some of their work in the 60s and 70s. There's something about it. They both did "cute" so well but I have to think Hawley must have influenced somebody there. Just a wild idea maybe.
Awesome stuff and I'm glad everyone was so generous to contribute too!
Fantastic artwork. Thanks for all this. Being in England, I had never heard of Pete Hawley before.ReplyDelete
There really should be some big fat art books about these great illustrators, instead of yet another book about Renoir or Monet.
- Anonymous9:06 AM
Sorry, having praised your site quite recently I am amazed that you see any merit in this kind of 'art' (using the word with irony.)ReplyDelete
I often wondered who drew these type of things and always assumed it would be some nobody who hadn't the talent to get any other work in the world of illustration or advertising.
Mike (England)
Jason, Shane and Don;ReplyDelete
Thank you all for your enthusiastic and encouraging comments. I certainly appreciate them and I'm sure the Hawley family will enjoy reading them as well.
Mike (England);
While I'm never opposed to well reasoned criticism to the material I post, I have to admit I don't understand what motivates one to go to the time and effort of leaving an unhelpful and insulting remark that will only offend the party who obviously went to a lot of effort in preparing this material and, more importantly, the family members and friends who loved the artist in question. Surely it must be clear to you that the children and grandchildren of this artist generously donated of their time, knowledge and artwork so that his story could be told, and it doesn't take a giant leap to realize they will be reading these comments. That you would have such complete disregard for their feelings leaves me feeling angry and disheartened.
There's an old saying: "If you have nothing nice to say, then say nothing." I encourage you to take it to heart. If you really feel the need to be critical, support your criticism with some substantial argument. Your comment is the kind of shallow, wrong-headed thoughtlessness that illustrators have had to endure for much of the last hundred years and is entirely contrary to the spirit of this blog.
Holy moly, that's a lot of work - he was really an illustrating machine! Love those Halloween specials. Thanks for the extensive post, Leif.ReplyDelete
Haha - that's pretty funny. Of course, any of the subject matter here is...well... subjective, but man, you must not have personal experience in the arts at all. Not to appreciate the talent and effort obviously put forth to create the imagery shown, at the very least displays an elementary understanding of the arts in general.
As seen on this site, there have been a lot of excellent illustrators that have floated between attitudes throughout their careers, but kudos to Hawley for continuing to hammer out his unique, noteworthy style.
Thank you for another great post. I have clipped a folder of the Betsy BellReplyDelete
illustrations and have always admired them. I have enjoyed seeing all the
other art Pete Hawley has done that I was not aware of.
The animation style and the good drawing it takes to do it in such
a unique way is as difficult to do as any kind of art. I like his work very much!
Awesome! These cards are fantastic. I greatly appreciate all the generous time and effort from all parties involved.ReplyDelete
Great retrospective article Leif! It was fascinating to read how the freelancers for AG worked in the past. When I worked at AG WHQ I had the chance to talk with David a couple of times about Pete over lunches. You could tell how much Pete's illustration meant to David who is a superior skilled painter in his own right. I was also surprised and pleased by how much Pete's work is still respected around the studio. A true master.ReplyDelete
- Rich1:30 PM
Powerful man!ReplyDelete
He has a way with lighting and those colored shades and shadows.
Funny contrast also here between all those cuties and the Haloween monsters.
Leif, in reference to Mike's arrogant comments, I have witnessed the same sort of attitude before, from what I call non-commercial art snobs. Norman Rockwell has been hammered by art snobs for decades, yet it didn't seem to effect the long lasting admiration and popularity of his work, by much of the illustration community and the public alike.ReplyDelete
I was vaguely familiar with Pete Hawley's work, but TI has really exposed how versatile, prolific and uniquely talented he really was. I particularly admire versatility, because it takes very sound drawing skills, more than adequate design skills, the ability to change course and experiment, and a creative mind that can dream up workable concepts with great clarity.
It is evident to me, that Pete Hawley's work has put a smile on a lot of people's faces.. and that-in-itself, is quite an achievement. Sorry that Mike (England) doesn't see Hawley's abundant talent.
Tom Watson
Hey Lief,ReplyDelete
Thanks for the mention in the post...but the few pieces i have by Hawley PALE in comparison to everyone else's contributions...I just happened to start picking up the greeting cars whenever i saw them in the seventies and eighties, they eventually disappeared forom the racks.... it never occurred to me to actually get in touch with the guy or his reps, but then the world was a different place in those days, especially in a small town in Southwestern Ontario. i had no idea that so much of his ORIGINAL work is around. Thanks for doing so much to put this right.
Wooooooowwww! Look at all the great Hawley greeting card art!!! Excellent! I definitely remember his style dominating that genre of greeting cards.ReplyDelete
And is it me or does that "Happy Halloween" card have Rankin-Bass written all over it? Did he work for them at any time, Leif?
Wonderful, all-encompassing job you've done on Hawley Leif---thanks very much.ReplyDelete
There are many ways in which to view art (or in this case illustration). One can (& sometimes should) set aside such aspects of time or purpose (i.e., market) a work was created during or for & admire strictly from the perspective of craft...
Thanks for giving a name to this artist. As a child I was fascinated with his crazy blue shadows and loose brush work in the greeting cards. It's amazing to see how diverse and prolific he was and I love his mature illustrations.ReplyDelete
Hello Leif,ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing all these wonderful
images and the time you take to get info on such a fantastic artist.
The CUTE factor in all these cards are pretty awesome.
A wonderful retrospective for a wonderful talent. Thanks Leif.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:47 PM
I'm sorry if I've caused offence with my last comment, that wasn't the intention or was it to belittle the efforts of yourself and others connected with the work. For that please accept my apologies!ReplyDelete
But... Perhaps I can put it this way, I don't see the appeal at all in the style of illustration work - particularly the greetings cards. Here in the UK such imagery on cards shouts 'cheap and cheerful' and appeals to people who I have to say in the main have little or no perception of artistic ability or merit - which is not to say Hawley's work hasn't any.
In another way given where this kind of work appears and still does in the UK (cheap children's books and greeting cards) I have always got the impression that artists who do it do so because we all have to earn a living - and sometimes that means taking jobs that we'd rather not do if the choice was available (isn't this why so much social housing is so badly designed?)
Can someone enlighten me as to the appeal of it? Somebody compared it to some of Disney's work, well to me Disney too has work of great quality and sometimes work that surely he must have been almost ashamed to put out (I can't think of examples).
It gets described as 'cute', but isn't this the kind of thing that Jeff Koons is parodying (and in a critical way) or am I missing something there too!
Again, my apologies for any offence caused I hope this can move things on to debate
Mike (England)
Anon, brought up a point about taking work beneath the threshold of artistic merit. It's all supposition now, but I kind of feel Pete was enjoying the opportunity to do these over the top 'cute' cards. His execution was never compromised and he did work these ultra cute creatures into some of his more adult illustrations.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the great post on Pete Hawley! Nice to find out about the guy behind the brush...I've have some samples in my own "Hawley" file and often wondered about the artist at AG.ReplyDelete
Thanks again, and thanks for all the other great things you've posted.
As much as I like Hawley's early work, I was really knocked out by these examples of his cards. The technique and craft is easy to overlook because so many of the next generation of card illustrators took notes from Hawley's work. But what I think the critical commenters don't get is that there is a finest hair of a line between a card expressing those sweet and pure emotions of childhood and one that drips mauldlin. Hawley knew where that line was and never crossed it.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for sharing this with us, Leif.
This was great post thanks. It's strange, and this happens to me a lot when reading Today's Inspiration, seeing one of these cards out of context I probably wouldn't give it a second glance. But reading about the artist here and putting everything in context with his body of work I really get an appreciation for art I may not normally pay attention to.ReplyDelete
Thank you.
I came across your blog via Drawn and really appreciate you putting Hawley's work and life out there.
Great job!
I started at AG in 1978 and was somewhat familiar with his work, even though I was doing the funny cards for what was then called HiBrow Studios---Pete worked in humorous with Lily, who I knew.
Wish I had the chance to meet him.
As it turns out, I went pretty much the same route, going on full contract in 1981, while maintaining my freelance illustration work outside of the cards.
( There's something to be said for receiving a steady pay check doing something you love).
It's been 28 years,and David LeFleur funnels some of my work to me now.Have a few from him due next week,actually.Should probably start one.
I worked with Lily in the late 60's and early 70's. We are still very good friends. I actually assigned Lily cards when she was freelance. She was very prolific herself specializing in humorous cards. Pete Hawley was one of my favorites as a child when he produced the Bell Telephone ads with the baby that appeared in Good Housekeeping Magazine. I too got to help Lily assign Pete cards to do. We always waited in great anticipation for his work to be mailed in. We were never disappointed.ReplyDelete
How great to come across this blog entry today!ReplyDelete
I also worked as an illustrator at AG. (1981-1991 Humorous/Juvenile and Hi Brow) Lily was my first art director and taught me so much.
(Hi George!)
Thanks for sharing a great story. Pete Hawley was in a league of his own.
Lily Feuger passed away this week:ReplyDelete
I will never forget her.


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The great majority of advisory firm owners fixate on growing their businesses. It is a fundamental characteristic of their DNA. And why not? Multiple positive outcomes can be achieved as a firm grows and achieves greater scale. These aspirations, however, frequently overlook the very real risks that rumble beneath the growth trajectory and threaten to derail firms when growth goes wild.
Both in terms of recent history and objectives for the future, independent advisory firms are clearly in growth mode. In each of the last three years, the typical firm achieved double-digit percentage increases in revenue. As of this writing, client growth was expected to finish out 2012 at an annual rate greater than any year since before the onset of the recession.
In sum, 85% of firms report recently experiencing significant growth. Firms are far from satiated, however, as nearly as many (80%) hold strong aspirations for continued growth. About two-thirds of these firms are serious enough about growth to have defined growth targets and be actively managing initiatives for achieving these targets.
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So what is it that typically motivates firm owners to put capital at risk, reinvest in their businesses and navigate the sometimes painful challenges that can result from growth? The answer may surprise many.
Those firms that indicated a strong desire to grow also shared their motivations to pursue growth (see Figure 1, left). Topping the list was the desire to better meet the advice and service needs of clients, with 27% of firms indicating this as their primary motivation for achieving growth. Taking care of clients ranked ahead of financial gains for shareholders, saving costs and realizing efficiencies.
Putting clients first is consistent with fiduciary obligations, but we suspect advisors also understand that the ability to better meet client needs is also good business. These firm owners understand that client sophistication is increasing and that deeper and broader advice needs are required to both attract and retain clients. Achieving greater size is a way to broaden capabilities, develop more specialized expertise and generally achieve a scale that can offer deeper and more customized advice and service delivery.
Benefits of Growth Are Widespread
Despite just a few factors surfacing as primary motivators, better meeting client needs chief among them, the actual ways in which growth can benefit a firm are widespread. The results in Figure 2 provide an interesting complement to what was revealed in Figure 1. Those advisory firms that reported experiencing significant growth cited a variety of positive changes as a result.
The three most cited benefits—increased efficiency, profitability and productivity—all relate to improved operating performance and are typical of firms realizing economies of scale. Improved quality of client service falls to a rank just below these three. Many other reported benefits are personnel related: greater career opportunity, reduced dependency on key individuals, improved management capabilities, greater succession choices and an improved ability to attract talent.
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We're up to the last division left to review with the NL West. You can also take a look at my previews of the AL East, AL Central, AL West, NL East, and NL Central.
Last Year's Records
San Francisco – 92-70
San Diego – 90-72
Colorado – 83-79
Los Angeles – 80-82
Arizona – 65-97
Notable Additions
Arizona – Xavier Nady, Russell Branyan, J.J. Putz, Melvin Mora, David Hernandez, Kam Mickolio
Colorado – Matt Lindstrom, John Maine, Jose Lopez, Ty Wigginton, Felipe Paulino
Los Angeles – Marcus Thames, Matt Guerrier, Jon Garland
San Diego – Brad Hawpe, Cameron Maybin, Jorge Cantu, Aaron Harang
San Francisco – Miguel Tejada
Notable Losses
Arizona – Ryan Church, Adam LaRoche, Mark Reynolds, Brandon Webb
Colorado – Miguel Olivo, Clint Barmes, Jeff Francis
Los Angeles – Russell Martin, Ryan Theriot, Scott Podsednik
San Diego – Adrian Gonzalez, Miguel Tejada, Chris Young
San Francisco – Jose Guillen, Edgar Renteria
My Thoughts
Arizona – Under the leadership of new GM Kevin Towers, the Diamondbacks have already begun the process of rebuilding by trading away Mark Reynolds and letting Adam LaRoche and Brandon Webb leave via free agency. They seem extremely unlikely to compete this season, but will look for improvements from Justin Upton and Stephen Drew.
Colorado – The Rockies spent their offseason spending money on contract extensions, as both Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki were signed to long term contract extensions. The team also did well to re-sign some of their free agents, most notably Jorge de la Rosa. This really seems like a team to me that has the chance to compete for the division title, providing they get a few breaks to go their way. They will look for a repeat performance from Ubaldo Jimenez and improvements from Jhoulys Chacin and Dexter Fowler as well.
Los Angeles – With the ownership situation in a state of partial disarray, the Dodgers didn't really go out and spend a lot of money this offseason. They did resign free agent starter Ted Lilly, but otherwise did not make any large acquisitions. The pitching staff is excellent, but they will look for a bounce back season from Jonathan Broxton as the closer. The Dodgers are another team that seems to me like they can compete, providing they catch a few breaks.
San Diego – The biggest news out of the Padres this offseason unfortunately was the trade of star first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. They have cut payroll down to a very minimal amount at this point, and could look to move closer Heath Bell if they fall out of contention. I am not seeing a repeat of last year's 90 win performance out of this group of players, but I don't think they are necessarily going to be terrible either. They will look for Mat Latos to build on his excellent 2010 season and try to take another step forward, but there's a lot of questions after him in the rotation.
San Francisco – The reigning World Champions only had one slightly major acquisition (Tejada), but did well to resign Pat Burrell and Aubrey Huff. Their pitching could conceivably be better than last year, with Madison Bumgarner making a full season of starts this year. 2010 NL Rookie of the Year Buster Posey will be up for the full season this year, and top prospect Brandon Belt is not likely to be in AAA for very long either. This is a team that could compete for the NL crown again.
Overall Thoughts
The NL West has the Giants at the top, and then a lot of question marks behind them. I honestly think that any of the teams at 2 through 4 could finish in any order in those spots. Here's my predicted order of finish:
1. San Francisco
2. Colorado
3. Los Angeles
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How the US government shutdown will impact your travel plans
National parks in the US are being evacuated, American landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and the Lincoln Memorial have closed, and some citizens can expect delayed passport services.
These are among some of the major consequences for tourists and travelers following the government shutdown in the US.
Here's a quick primer on what you need to know about how the shutdown -- which could cost the country $10 billion a week -- will impact the travel and tourism industry.
-If your travel plans involved any of the 400 national parks and museums managed by the National Park Service such as Yosemite, the Smithsonian, and the Statue of Liberty, you're out of luck as you'll likely be turned away. Want to check if your destination is affected? Visit http://www.nps.gov/index.htm .
-Given that air traffic controllers and border control operations are deemed essential services, they will continue to operate as usual. Flight operations will be unaffected.
-While the State Department has issued a statement saying that passport services will remain "100 percent" operational, there's an important caveat. Namely, that if a passport agency is located in a government building that's been closed due to the shutdown, you may be looking at delays. Check with your local passport office.
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WASHINGTON – Get ready for another debt showdown this summer. House Republicans are preparing for one.
The House Ways and Means Committee passed a bill Wednesday to protect Social Security recipients and investors in Treasury bonds if the government hits the limit of its borrowing authority.
The bill would exempt interest and principal payments on Treasury bonds from the statutory debt limit. It would also exempt interest payments to the Social Security trust funds.
Republicans say the bill would avoid an unprecedented default, even if Congress and President Barack Obama can't agree on a plan to increase the government's ability to borrow.
"The whole purpose of this bill is to take default off the table," said Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. "Regardless of the political hysterics in Washington, we will not default."
The committee passed the bill 22 to 14 in a straight party line vote, with Republicans in favour and Democrats opposed. The full House is expected to take up the bill sometime after Congress returns from next week's vacation. Democrats, however, are expected to block the bill in the Senate.
Democrats call the bill the "Pay China First Act," saying it prioritizes payments to foreign investors over funding important domestic programs, including benefits for veterans, soldiers, students and the elderly.
"Where in the bill are the benefits for veterans protected? Is there language protecting Medicare payments and seniors in this bill? Do they get top billing over foreign banks?" asked Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y. "This bill will do nothing to lower our debt but it will make sure that foreign banks in Switzerland and China are paid."
The federal government is scheduled reach the limit of its borrowing authority May 18, though Treasury officials are expected to take actions to delay a default until later this summer, perhaps in August.
If Congress can't agree on a plan to increase the debt limit, Washington could be headed for another showdown over government spending and borrowing. In 2011, Congress took the federal government to the brink of default, and major rating agencies downgraded the federal government's credit rating for the first time.
Since then, the issue has been politically toxic. In last year's congressional elections, both Democratic and Republican challengers gleefully reported the number of times their incumbent opponents had voted to increase the debt limit, a vote that used to be routine.
"The debt ceiling tactic is something that both parties have used in the past to grandstand but the new Republican majority is actually willing to pull the trigger," said Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. "And Democrats know that we just can't negotiate when you're holding America's reputation hostage."
The national debt stands at $16.8 trillion. That includes $4.9 trillion owed to government trust funds, including the Social Security trust funds. Of the debt sold on public debt markets, about half is owned by foreign entities. China has the most, about $1.2 trillion as of the end of February, according to the Treasury Department.
Congress must periodically increase the debt limit because, other than four years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the federal government has long spent more money than it collects in taxes.
Economists warn that a default could be catastrophic for the global economy, shaking confidence in U.S. Treasuries, long seen as one of the safest investments in the world.
Just as they did in 2011, Republicans are demanding spending cuts in exchange for increasing the debt limit again. Republicans say it's the only way to get Democrats to agree to significant spending cuts, and they point to the 2011 debt showdown as proof.
That showdown resulted in more than $2 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade, including automatic spending cuts that politicians in both parties are now complaining about.
"With Washington again about to hit the debt limit, we are still faced with the same old problem — getting Washington's spending finally under control," said Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., chairmen of the Ways and Means Committee. "While Americans want Washington to start living within its means, they also know the full faith and credit of this country must never be questioned."
Camp said the bill is designed to protect the federal government's credit rating and Social Security payments while Congress and the White House negotiate a budget deal.
Democrats say it won't work. They say if the federal government starts reneging on its obligations — even if it pays bondholders — financial markets will lose faith and the economy will tank.
"What essentially this legislation is saying is we will pay some debts but not others," said Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan, the top Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee. "It plays with fire with the economy of this country in an effort to try to position the Republicans to have more leverage as we face the debt ceiling. That is reckless; it is irresponsible."
Obama and Democrats in Congress say they are willing to negotiate spending cuts, but only if Republicans agree to raise more tax revenue, a position that most GOP lawmakers oppose. If the debate sounds familiar, it's the same one Democrats and Republicans have been having for years.
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Apple has been ordered to pay more than $200 million to Mirror Worlds, LLC after having lost a patent infringement case brought by the company. Apple was found to be in violation of Mirror Worlds' "document streaming" patents, which Apple allegedly used in its implementation of Cover Flow and Time Machine.
Mirror Worlds brought the lawsuit against Apple in 2008, accusing the company of infringing on four patents, three of which covered a "document stream operating system." The fourth patent extended the other three, describing an information management system based on the document streams.
The document streams outlined in the patents would contain many different types of documents with a similar theme, and would be organized in chronological order and displayed in a pile. Sound a lot like Cover Flow and Time Machine? That's because it is. Anyone who's familiar with the visual document layout of those two technologies knows that they use the same concept: visually displaying documents in a pile that you can scroll through (as pictured above).
The case went all the way to trial, and a federal jury in eastern Texas agreed with Mirror Worlds on three of the four patents (the fourth was tossed earlier this year). According to Bloomberg, Mirror Worlds' founder David Gelernter said he was "tremendously grateful" to his lawyers for their performance, but neither he nor his lawyers commented further on the verdict.
$208.5 million is a drop in the bucket for a company with Apple's bankroll, but it has to be an irritation for a company that has been implementing similar document display concepts in Hypercard for far longer than the patents ever existed.


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Figure 2-3: Minnesota Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Fatalities and Injuries
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NOTE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: Any impact, regardless of severity, between railroad on-track equipment and any user of a public or private crossing site must be reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration on Form F 6180.57. The crossing site includes sidewalks and pathways at, or associated with, the crossing. Counts of fatalities and injuries include motor vehicle occupants, people not in vehicles or on the trains, as well as people on the train or railroad equipment.
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The men's and women's basketball coaching staffs' offices are also in the facility, and within those offices is a conference room that also serves as a media room for press conferences. The Sherrill Center and Kimmel Arena is also fully compatible with modern media broadcasting and will possess full wireless capability and enable the Athletics department to continue its highly successful live streaming of events.
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Allows for batch processing - multiple files and folders may be selected.. Allows for processing whole folders. Will also recurse into the sub-folders and process the files in there.. When processing whole folders, the option 'Recreate sub-folders' will put the output files into the same sort of directory structure as the input files.Let me know how it goes! There's no doco for this thing ... so if you have any questions just send me a PM.Changelog:----------1.0.13 (22 Oct 2006)- Includes new version 1.13 of mp3packer.exe- Improved refresh rate of progress dialog when processing files.- New option to 'Copy unprocessed MP3s' when using a custom output folder. This option will ensure all the input MP3s end up in the output folder regardless of whether they require processing or not.- Fixed bug where the settings portion of the screen was not being disabled while processing.- New option to 'Super-squeeze files' which sends option '-z' to mp3packer.exe- New option to use an 'Alternate broken frame behaviour' which sends option '-w'- New checkbox for input type 'All' which basically just checks the CBR and VBR checkboxes. This is just for GUI niceness and no other reason.- New checkbox to enable/disable the 'Append text to filenames' option.- When the 'Overwrite existing files' checkbox is enabled and the program has the same input/output filename for an operation, the existing file will be replaced by the newly processed file. The enable this behaviour, untick the 'Append text to filenames' option and set the 'Output folder' to 'Same as input'. This comes with a warning though: The original files will be replaced!- The installation package now contains some example profile settings. These include the default settings and profiles to convert to CBR or VBR (these will overwrite the original mp3 files). The settings are stored in WinMP3Packer-config.xml. A copy of the new settings is available in WinMP3Packer-config-default.xml.1.0.4 (15 Jul 2006)- Includes new version 1.04 of mp3packer.exe- Settings get saved into the file WinMP3Packer-config.xml in the same directory as the program. You can save different 'profiles' of settings which are all stored in the same file.- Drag-and-Drop of files and folders into the processing list from Windows Explorer now works.1.0.3 (10 Jun 2006)- Includes new version 1.03 of mp3packer.exe- Individual progress bar for each file is back.- New 'About mp3packer' dialog accessible from clicking the 'mp3packer' version the status bar. 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Handy for when you are running it in the background.- New option 'Only for VBR input' when in CBR mode. This is on be default. It means that if the input file is CBR, the output file will be CBR with the same bitrate.0.2 beta (22 Jan 2006)- Fix bug where output was not being captured properly - app was not determining VBR files in that case.- Reduce logging when creating/checking directories.0.1 beta (21 Jan 2006)- Initial release Last Edit: 2007-05-07 07:45:05 by psyllium


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In part one of this series of posts I suggested that the traditional broker-dealer business model is undergoing a significant evolution. This phenomenon is driven by a new wave of investors known as "Validators," or individuals who both desire the expertise of an advisor and want to maintain control of their own financial accounts using online technology.
I asked broker-dealers to consider embracing this trend and proposed that to do so, they may want to revisit the current advisor model and supplement or even replace it with an "Advisor 2.0" model appropriate for their business model.
In part two below, I focus on how broker-dealers may be able to help their advisors to more effectively meet this opportunity.
Reorienting your advisor's focus may serve as the key to enabling Advisor 2.0, and it's a challenging task. With the number of advisors projected to drop to 312,000 by 2015 (representing an 8% decline in advisor population for the period 2004-2015) (see Cerulli Quantitative Update: Advisor Metrics 2011), everyone is fighting for a smaller piece of the pie. Like the investors they serve, advisors are aging – half are 50 or older (Cerulli Quantitative Update: Advisor Metrics 2011). Advisors are also becoming more independent-minded: From our experience we've learned their demands include the freedom to sell a variety of nonproprietary products, higher payouts, and the opportunity to build equity in a business and work in a culture with like-minded individuals.
Historically, advisors have generally been a rather homogenous group of solo practitioners who may have seen themselves primarily as stock pickers. They spent a lot of time meeting with clients in person and over the phone, and may not have embraced technology as a way to work with their clients.
Tomorrow's Advisor 2.0 looks markedly different. Fidelity research (Fidelity Broker Advisor Sentiment Index, March 2012) suggests she is increasingly likely to be female, younger, culturally diverse, and part of a team of complementary advisors who share a practice. She embraces technology – not only to transact business and service clients efficiently, but also to communicate and build client relationships. She is much less focused on stock-picking than her predecessors (she lets her managed account products carry a lot of that load for her), and more focused on spending more time with clients.
Five Steps to Transform Your BD Advisors' Role
What can broker-dealers do to potentially transform the role of the advisors in their firms?
- Consider selecting advisors who more closely fit your value proposition.
- Consider the demographic makeup of your advisor force and how well it mirrors that of your target population. Generations X&Y now comprise over half the total population in the U.S ( ICI, 2010).and there has been a dramatic increase in the earning power of women (Financial Services: The Industry Women Love to hate," Forbes.com, March 18, 2011 ). Are your advisors successfully engaging these critical demographic groups, and if they aren't, what is your plan to help them do so?
- Bear in mind the potential benefits of harnessing the multiplier effect of teaming in your organization.
National Financial's Broker & Advisor Sentiment research, published in October 2012, indicates that teamed advisors were considerably more successful than their soloist peers, reporting earning 32% more as individuals. Teams seem to work because individual members can focus on different aspects of the client experience and provide better and more specialized services. Teaming may also help support contingency and succession planning.
- Consider that successful advisors appear more open to segmenting their clients and prospects. Not all clients are created equal – some are a significantly better fit for your value proposition and have much higher potential for profitability and growth. Advisors must make choices about where to focus their resources – a simple idea in theory, but difficult to put into practice.
And lastly, think about how you can help your advisors more fully embrace technology, especially new channels of communication to engage with clients and prospects, and online consumer portals that allow investors to "visit their money." Tech-savvy advisors participating in our research ( Fidelity Broker Advisor Sentiment Index, March 2012) reported being able to spend more time with clients and focus more on value added services instead of basic issues.
BDs Who Have Embraced 2.0
As mentioned in the first part of this series of posts, some National Financial clients are already successfully pursuing Advisor 2.0 strategies.
- Commonwealth Financial Network has built a very strong value proposition and focuses on recruiting brokers who are a good organizational and cultural fit.
- When First Tennessee set out to increase the size of its advisor force, it focused on advisors with successful practices. They found that Teaming new hires with veterans who had more expertise on various topics gave recruits the opportunity to generate incremental revenue and increase client satisfaction.
- Securities America has developed a holistic program, NextPhase, to help its advisors become their communities' retirement income planning experts.
- SunTrust has started to place more emphasis on female advisors, forming a Women's Advisors Program and initiating a conference specifically for them. They may be embracing recent research ( Fidelity Broker Advisor Sentiment Index, March 2012) that suggests that, in general, female advisors think and market differently than men, and they report that some of the best new thinking for the broker-dealer is coming from its women's program.
- Cambridge Investment Research has created a Cambridge New Century Advisory Council to identify the next generation of advisors and determine the offerings they will need, how they will communicate, and what they will expect from their broker-dealer partner.Cambridge expects this next generation of advisors to help it meet the needs of Gen X and Y investors.
To say that current economic and market conditions are challenging would be an understatement.Europe, market volatility, record-low interest rates—it's anybody's guess what lies ahead. The broker-dealers that are most likely to survive—and thrive—in a challenging environment are those that commit to making the changes these times demand.
Advisor 2.0 may be a good place to start.
The information presented above reflects the opinions of author and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization, and are subject to change at any time.
Commonwealth Financial Network, First Tennessee, Securities America, Sun Trust, and Cambridge Investments are clients of National Financial.
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Although Derek Lowe wouldn't use the word retirement, the 17-year Major League veteran told USA Today on Wednesday his baseball career is done.
"I'm officially no longer going to play the game," Lowe, 40, told the newspaper at the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament. "It's still enjoyable, but the role I was having wasn't fulfilling."
Lowe, released by the Rangers in May, was 176-157 with 86 saves and a 4.03 ERA in a career spent with the Red Sox, Dodgers, Braves, Rangers, Indians, Yankees and Mariners. A two-time All-Star, Lowe thrived as both a starter and reliever.
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