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POPSLeaving it for the next President They will leave all the debt from the takeover of Fannie and Freddie off the budget this year, effectively hiding it's impact for now and hoping for some miracle???? Meantime, we, the taxpayers are losing our home, or watching the value of our home fall, AND are liable to huge future taxes to cover the bad debt. Whoever wins this election is taking on a house of cards.
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POPSFederal Regulators Assumed Control Of IndyMac Bancorp. Inc. In 2007, IndyMac was the nation's seventh-largest loan originator. But it ran into trouble that same year after getting caught up in the mortgage crisis. On Monday, the bank announced it was laying off about half of its 7,200 employees and would no longer make traditional home loans. IndyMac for years specialized in lending to people with credit not quite good enough to be considered prime, which is categorized as alt-A. In 2006, the company made $343 million in profits. But, starting in 2007, many of the bank's borrowers could not make payments. IndyMac lost $614.8 million in 2007, according to the bank's earnings statement, and was not able to find buyers for its loans, bank officials reported.
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POPS Lost Treasures of Tibet" watch online 3 hour-long program !!! 1 Sacred 500-year-old paintings are crumbling off the walls of a Buddhist monastery, and a Tibetan monk sets off on a pilgrimage to see them. 2 Journey to Lo Monthang On his way to the monasteries of Lo Monthang, Lama Guru Gyaltsen encounters a hidden cave where deities are said to emanate from the walls. running time 7:04 3 Restoring a Temple's Glory British architect John Sanday and art conservator Rodolfo Lujan from Rome contemplate how to resurrect a temple and its murals. running time 7:28 4 Traces of the Masters An infrared camera detects the original drawings under the painted murals, revealing the intentions of the master artists. running time 7:31 5 The King's Approval The King of Mustang arrives to pass judgment on the work of the conservators. running time 5:27 6 An Uncertain Future Mustang's holy temples may still be in peril as the kingdom makes way for roads and automobiles. running time 4:59
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POPSRare Textiles From Honduras Ruins Suggests Mayans Produced Fine Fabrics "Textiles conservator Margaret Ordoñez, a professor at the University of Rhode Island, spent a month at the site in 2004 examining 100 textile samples found in a tomb, and since then she has been analyzing tiny fragments of 49 samples she brought back to her lab to see what she could learn from them. Analyzing these ancient textile samples is a complex and laborious process, particularly because the remnant samples are so small. Ordoñez pulled out about 30 plastic containers the size of a film canister, and inside each was what looked like a rock or bit of compressed mud about an inch in diameter. Within each piece were flecks of what only an expert could tell are tiny fragments of fabric. Handling each piece very carefully so it doesn’t crumble, Ordoñez uses a stereomicroscope to examine the yarn structure, the fabric structure, and the finish on each sample."
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POPSPaolo Mora conservation/creativity & dedication "When a conservator sees something in bad condition," said Paolo, "he has to put it in good condition. It is not only for paintings. At home when I see that a glass or a dish is broken, I have to put it together. It is a desire to set things right."
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POPSBaby Mummy At Museum A small snippet of the mummy's wrapping tested for carbon dating suggested the child had lived between 30 B.C. and 130 A.D., in Egypt's Roman period around the time of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Three-dimensional images from CT scans of the child's bones, skull, teeth and body cavity suggested the child lived to be seven or eight months. The CT scans revealed a long wooden rod against the child's back that supported the mummy wrapping. All of the scans were done without having to remove the wrap. Scans detected a hole in the child's skull. The brain, like jelly, would have drained through the hole and out through a nostril as part of the mummification process, Washington University dentist and anthropologist Charles Hildebolt said. The scans also identified small incisions on the left side of the body through which the child's internal organs were removed and placed in jars.
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