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Being primarily a practice management and technology writer, it's always of interest to me when a small, independent broker-dealer distinguishes itself from the competitive pack by helping its reps build more-successful businesses. As broker/dealers recruit aggressively from the same labor pool--a zero-sum game, according to most observers--it must do more and more to lure reps to its playing field.
Which is why VSR Financial Services is getting noticed these days. This Overland Park, Kan., broker/dealer with all of 258 reps took one trade magazine's number one spot in 2006 for average production, consistently ranking with or above the big boys when it comes to productivity measures. The question is... how do they do it, and what's possibly in it for you?
Let's look at the numbers first. In 2007, VSR ranked as follows among some of its bigger brethren (all stats from Investment News' Spring 2008 independent broker/dealer survey:
Firm Avg Payout Per Rep Avg Fee-Based Assets
Per Fee-Based Advisor
LPL Financial $186,900 $9.2 million
Cambridge Inv. Research $187,000 $5.7 million
Securities America $252,000 $9.7 million
Commonwealth Fin. Net. $319,000 $18.5 million
VSR Financial Services $354,000 $10.3 million
Some broker/dealers start to show better numbers when their reps move increasingly toward doing more fee-based business, including money management. But that's not VSR's sole source of strength. Although its reps who qualify as "fee-based" manage, on average, $10.3 million, Cambridge Investment Research and Commonwealth Financial Network reps far exceed that number, with $15.7 million and $18.5 million, each.
I probed Mike Stanfield, VSR's CEO, and Don Beary, its chairman, for some answers. Both having wirehouse backgrounds, Stanfield and Beary met in 1980 and, all told, have 35 years apiece in the financial services business.
Having both earned CFP designations in the 1980s, "We embraced the popularity associated with being a financial planner instead of a broker," Stanfield said. So he and Beary, plus two others, left the broker/dealer they were all with in Kansas City and started VSR in 1985.
"We've really been a financial planning broker-dealer throughout our history," Stanfield said, "stressing with reps the importance of the longer-term client relationship."
Stanfield's other plan for VSR was to keep it small enough so that he and Beary would continue to know all of the broker/dealer's reps as it grew. They've obviously adhered to this plan, because most broker/dealers in business for 23 years would have more than just a few hundred representatives, as does VSR.
"If we'd kept all our [lower-producing] reps over the years, we'd have more than 1,000 producers now," he said.
Instead, VSR established a policy of not renewing the licenses of 5%-10% of its reps each year so, throughout the years, its number of reps has been stable while its volume has grown dramatically. With virtually the same number of reps in 2000 and 2007, the broker/dealer's gross revenues and average payout per rep climbed from $26.5 million and $141,000 to $85.6 million and $367,000, respectively, Stanfield said.
Also helpful to this numbers game is the fact that VSR has maintained one of the lowest rep turnover rates in the industry.
"We have about 95% retention [not counting intentional separations] and, in some years, 100%," Stanfield said. "We think it's all part of the culture we've attracted people to--where we help reps grow their production. A broker/dealer can achieve this one of two ways: hire bigger producers or help its existing reps grow their businesses; much of our growth has been the latter."
"In 2007, 18 producers exceeded $1 million, and of those, 16 were homegrown doing less than $500,000 when we got them," he said. "So a lot of our high average production per rep has come through taking producers in the $200,000 to $500,000 range and helping them double or triple production over just a few years."
Wait a minute... we're talking about production levels and mandatory annual cuts. Inasmuch as VSR is so attentive to production, and lower-producing reps get cut regularly, don't these practices create a culture of fear?
"We've been pretty up-front with reps explaining to them that [we will enforce a] production minimum of $150,000," Stanfield said. "In June of every year, we write a letter to certain reps saying, 'Your production is not meeting our minimums, so you will have to find a new broker-dealer if your production doesn't rise."
There are exceptions to the rule, he says, such as a death in the family or an illness that might have impacted a rep's production ability. "But, as a general rule, we think if you're going to build a broker-dealer that caters to high producers, you must shed reps below your minimums because, once you get up around 500-600 reps, it's hard to maintain personal relationships with all of them." A rep force of 200-300 is ideal, Stanfield added.
But we digress... the point most readers will take away from the above chart is VSR's superior production per rep of $354,000. If it's not entirely due to judicious pruning, then what is the reason for it?
"The fastest-growing part of our business is the advisory side--same as for many BDs--but we've always felt that it would be difficult to set ourselves apart if the primary products our reps have available to offer to clients are variable annuities and mutual funds," Stanfield said.
What Stanfield and Beary have done is to capitalize on their own alternative investment expertise in REITs and oil-and-gas drilling programs.
"Don and I have been investing in those areas since the early 80s and we've cultivated a unique lineup of high-quality sponsors. So we teach our reps how to use these vehicles," Standfield said.
During the 2000-2002 period, Stanfield said that their reps' clients maintained sizable positions in REITs, energy, and oil and gas that helped them and their advisors survive the bear market.
"We were still growing during those years when a lot of other firms were caught up in regulatory inquiries and arbitrations," he said. "Client portfolios holding these types of investments declined less and recovered faster, so their use has been a major factor in our growth since 2000."
Is this a case of leading a horse to water?
"We get our reps using these vehicles by personally informing them of these opportunities via conference calls, at our regional meetings, etc.," Beary said. "I believe real estate is an asset class that got thrown out of many portfolios after 1986 tax reform, but we've made sure every client gets between a five and 20% real estate allocation."
"We believe in education, so if we come across a rep who hasn't worked with REITs before, we first educate him or her as to why real estate belongs in portfolios," added Stanfield. "Sponsors have helped by holding meetings at their offices so reps could learn from the ground up."
But Stanfield and Beary say they've never demanded that reps use any particular product.
"We try to have a wide variety of products available so, if a rep doesn't like oil and gas for a client, that's his decision," Beary said.
Although it may sound like VSR's high-GDC numbers per rep are based primarily on product selection, financial planning plays a big role, as well.
"We educate reps [on practice management] through workshops that we've done for 10-15 years, at our national sales conference, and through coaching," Beary said. "Starting in the late 90s, we told reps the best money they could spend would be on a [business management] coaching program." And, Stanfield said, "We've never had a rep who went into coaching and said he regretted it." By consulting a program they use to match reps with the proper coaches (since not all coaching nor coaching needs are the same), VSR reps have sought out coaching services from the likes of Dan Sullivan, Ron Carson, Peter Montoya, and Tom Gau.
If education and coaching are important to success, so is one's network, and VSR must be even more cognizant of this than a larger broker-dealer with more reps and, therefore, more geographic coverage and proximity among reps.
"Part of our job is to help our reps understand that they're part of a group," Stanfield said. "If you're alone in your home town running a one-man operation, it's important to feel that you belong to a group and have colleagues around the country. I've seen an ad that says 'Independent But Not Alone.' That's not our ad, but it's our philosophy."
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School is starting again soon, and this means that many students will be walking and biking to school.
In my neighborhood, students will cross South College Road near Holly Tree Road as they go to and come home from Hoggard High School. This intersection has no crosswalks and is dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. Many students cross illegally because they have no safe option.
The transportation bond contains plans for crosswalks at this intersection and plans for sidewalks and trails leading to these crosswalks. These plans are exactly what this city needs.
We need to connect up our existing sidewalks and trails so that the residents, especially students, can safely walk and bike in our community. The bond would fund a variety of projects that would do just this.
I urge everyone to vote for the transportation bond in the fall. It will be a vote for anyone who walks, bikes and drives in Wilmington, but, most important, it will be a vote for our students to get to and from school safely.
I thank the city council for its efforts to create these plans and put them up for the public to approve.
I was very disappointed when UNCW declined funding for a pedestrian bridge across College Road, but this transportation bond renews my hope that Wilmington can improve conditions for pedestrians and cyclists.
Eric Brandon,
The writer of the Aug. 16 letter "Why blame Bush?" seems to have a short and selective memory.
He equates the presidency with a company chief executive officer, but a CEO does not have groups of people in the organization who can prevent him from doing his job and take joy out of stifling any progress.
Bush came into office with a large surplus, a vibrant economy and no wars. After eight years of his "leadership," we were involved in two unpaid-for wars, a massive deficit and the worst recession since 1929.
The depth of the financial, economic and foreign mess that the Bush years has wrought on America will take several more years to correct. Some of it may never be corrected.
If the far right were more interested in the future of America, instead of just hating and frustrating Obama, we might be further along the road to recovery. The writer also infers that Obama, as the "CEO," is a "minus," is possibly evil and has worsened the "company's" problems. He also infers that Bush is one of the "pluses."
So our problems are worse than when Bush left office?
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The social life of humans is seldom dull. Every day, most people hang out with family, work with colleagues, and commute with strangers. Sometimes we get divorced or change jobs. Chimps also shift loyalties and affiliations, called "fission-fusion" behavior, but not all primates do this. A new study suggests the reason isn't just brainpower; rather, it has to do with the flexibility of their behaviors.
To arrive at the findings, animal behavior experts Federica Amici and Filippo Aureli of Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom and Josep Call of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, tested the behavioral flexibility of seven primate species. The team presented the animals with five tasks that required them to exercise restraint when given the chance to grab food that they liked, a proxy measure for behavioral flexibility called "inhibitory control." In one task, the primates could choose between one piece of food right away and three pieces of food if they waited various periods of time. In another, the animals were placed in front of a clear acrylic box with two small swinging doors that opened only toward the inside; a piece of food was placed on one of two small shelves behind the doors, so that it would fall off if the subject tried to get it via the direct route rather than reaching around through the adjacent door.
The researchers found that primates that live in fission-fusion societies, such as chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, and spider monkeys, had much greater inhibitory control than gorillas, capuchin monkeys, and long-tailed macaques, which live in more stable, cohesive groups. This correlation held true even for species only distantly related on the evolutionary tree. Thus the gorilla, an ape, did much more poorly than its cousins the chimps, bonobos, and orangutans, while the spider monkey performed much better than the other two monkeys tested, even though apes are often assumed to be more cognitively advanced than monkeys. The findings, reported in the 23 September issue of Current Biology, support the hypothesis that fission-fusion animals have greater behavioral flexibility. That flexibility in turn enables their fluid social life, says Aureli.
Frans de Waal, a primatologist at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, calls the study "great work," adding that he was surprised by the spider monkey's high scores because it has a much smaller brain than the apes. But Andrew Whiten, a psychologist at the University of St Andrews in Fife, U.K., says the team hasn't really nailed down the link between behavioral flexibility and the fission-fusion lifestyle. To do that, he says, the researchers need to use tasks that directly test social interactions between the animals, such as competition or cooperation.


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Discussion in 'The National Football League' started by CloakNNNdagger, Aug 3, 2012.
While I'm not taking anything away from Campbell's or Brown's accomplishments, the game today is different. Those guys were bruisers and ran right over people. I agree that there really isn't a back that does that today on a regular basis. Having said that, guys run smarter now. They're fast, maybe even faster then they were back in the day, and they try to be more elusive to avoid that type of contact. It definitely lengthens a career and saves your body from breaking down like Earl's did. Guys think about their future after football these days and the idea of a wheelchair is not a welcome one.
The only back that reminds of the old school elite RB is Peterson.
Here is another article from the Around The League segment on NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000...ike-theyre-average?module=HP11_content_stream It basically is the same article but there is a great video with it that shows Campbell in his early days with the Oilers. What a beast! Don't know of too many RB's today that can run and punish the defenses the way Earl did.
Earl like Marino gives lie to the notion having a great WR, RB or QB means SB wins.
In fact, none of this year's HoF inductees has a SB ring.
You may not need an elite RB, but having an elite QB damn sure goes a long way.
Last SB winners were:
1. Giants
2. Packers
3. Saints
4. Steelers
5. Giants
6. Colts
7. Steelers
8. Patriots
9. Patriots
10. Patriots
11. Ravens
12. Rams
13. Broncos
14. Broncos
15. Packers
16. Cowboys
17. Niners
18. Cowboys
19. Cowboys
20 . Redskins
21. Giants
Just about all of those teams going back to 1990 all had elite QB's playing for them. Guys like Eli Manning and Ben have both been right on the cusp of elite. Then you've got a few in there like the Ravens and that Bucs team that won on pure defense. THe majority of those winners all had HOF level or elite QB's leading their team all the way.
Are these guys envious of the new guys' fame and fortune or something? Today's running backs are better than ever. AP, McFadden, Foster, Gore, MJD, Rice, Jackson, Forte, Turner, Sproles, Lynch, Mccoy. Wow. Honestly if AP played in Jim Brown's or Earl Campbell's era he would own every record imaginable.
With that said, I agree with Jim Brown that Richardson is fairly ordinary. People expecting him to have a McFadden or AP type of impact are in for a rude, rude awakening.
A great D is essential too. Nearly all those teams had an elite defense AND QB. Notice that GB didn't win it this year, with their defensive slide. NE hasn't won it ever since their defense has started to tank. Also recall that NO and INDI, who usually tend to struggle on that side of the ball, only won the Big Game when their defensive units were ranked amongst the NFL's best.
Anyone read the comments section?
I never saw Earl play live, but I almost made an account just to tell some of those guys to stfu.
I disagree. Defenses now are lame compared to what was legal back then and what defenses did. Forearm shots to the head were legal and VERY common. Defenses were built to stop the run, now it's about getting to the QB.
Would guys like Eli and Big Ben be considered "on the cusp" had they not won Super Bowls? I realize they did win Super Bowls, but the main reason they are in the conversation of "elite" is because they did.
Even in Earl's day, there were no other Earls. Payton would run over a DB on occasion, but that wasn't his main game. Dorsett, Sims, and Montgomery would avoid tacklers. Even bigger backs like Franco Harris and Chuck Muncie would rarely take on defenders. Earl was just different, in any era.
*Edit - John Riggins would run guys over. That's 2.
Random observation here - Big Ben has only played in 16 games once in his career.
To the topic, yes Earl ran unlike many others. Jim Brown was big and powerful but they weren't the same runner at all.
Completely agree. the last guy I can remember who was that big, bowling, bruiser, was Ricky Williams, or maybe Deuce. Niether, however, built up legendary status like Earl Campbell & Jim Brown. Their all like Oj nowadays.
I don't think an Earl Campbell could do what Earl Campbell did nowadays. Defenses are bigger, stronger, faster, & more athletic.
But I'd love to see a big bruiser.
Come to think of it, Michael Bush & Ben Tate remind me more of Early than Peterson does.
A great D is very essential. No question there, but we've seen a lot of great D's and only 3 teams in NFL history have won it all with just great D's and nothing else, and that is the Ravens, Bears, and the Bucs.
Other than that, you've got a ton of teams where the common denominator in most was great QB play. Tons of guys can get you deep in the playoffs, but great QB play gets teams over the top. NE may not have won a SB since their defense dropped off some, but they were a miracle play away from having a perfect season, and a dropped Welker pass away from having two more rings. That's close enough in my book.
Big Ben = Yes
Eli = Probably not.
Eli's status got way overblown after that last SB, but I've always thought that Eli caught way more criticism than he deserved playing in NY. He has been a top 10 type QB for many years now and put up pretty solid numbers in the toughest division in football every year. Add that with two SB victories, and I'd put him right in between the elites and the 2nd group of really good QB's. Him and Ben both belong right there in my opinion and possibly Rivers as well.
Before the boards merged I did some research and found that no league leader in rushing has won a Superbowl since TD and only Baltimore won a SB when one back received more than 70% of that teams carries that year. I font remember the particulars though.
Times have changed. These running backs are dominant they just don't do it he way they used to.
Yes, and I'm glad you brought that back up. When I originally listed all of those teams, part of my post was supposed to talk about the fact that elite RB's are very rarely on SB winning teams. That was one of the reasons I didn't want to the Texans to severely over pay for Foster before we signed him, because I don't value RB's that high in the grand scheme of things even though some RB's have a huge impact. A great O line that is built to protect the passer and open holes for a productive running game will be a lot more important than having an elite RB any day of the week.
And speaking of Foster, I was proud to read that he was the #1 Fantasy pick in FF magazine for mock drafts. Not bad Foster.
I am not arguing against your point, more against those who discount Emmitt - he led the league four times and they won the SB three of those years and he had more than 70% of the carries each year.
To further your point, he was the first rushing leader to win a SB. So the short story is there have been two rushing leaders to ever win the SB.
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President A P J Abdul Kalam will meet National Democratic Alliance MLAs from Jharkhand at 6 pm today.
The President has also summoned Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil for a separate meeting.Also see: Sonia sore over Jharkhand developments
The NDA, after being denied a chance to form government in Jharkhand despite having the requisite numbers, has flown its MLAs to Delhi to parade them before the President.
Earlier, the NDA had paraded 41 MLAs before Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibtey Razi and laid its claim to form government.
Razi, however, invited the Jharjhand Mukti Morcha-led United Progressive Alliance to form the government though the combine had submitted with Raj Bhavan only a list of 36 MLAs.Also: Jharkhand governor a contract killerĀ-- AdvaniPresident Kalam has summoned Razi to Delhi for a meeting on Friday.Complete coverage:The battle for three states


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With the 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend festivities coming to a close tonight, it is time for teams to get back to business as the final stretch of the season approaches. The Minnesota Timberwolves find themselves with a below .500 (25-28) record with 29 games left in their regular season schedule, which sparks questions regarding the team's chances of making their first post season appearance since the 2003-2004 NBA season. Is it realistic to think that the Minnesota Timberwolves, a below .500 (25-28) team who plays in the ferociously competitive Western Conference, will find a way to sneak into this year's NBA post season? Absolutely.
As of today, the Minnesota Timberwolves find themselves as the 10th seed in the Western Conference. Surrounded by teams with similar records such as the Denver Nuggets, Memphis Grizzlies and the New Orleans Pelicans, the Timbewolves must find something to separate themselves form the pack.
Injuries have been plaguing the Timberwolves as of late. However, with hopes of Nikola Pekovic and Kevin Martin returning in the next week or two looks promising for the young ball club. The importance of both Pekovic and Martin returning healthy and playing well is imperative to the team's success to say the least. Pekovic, who has averaged 18 points and 9.1 rebounds per contest to this point of the season, takes much of the rebounding as well as the scoring pressure off of power forward Kevin Love. He also provides the team with a strong inside presence as Love spends a great deal of time spreading the defense with his outside shooting ability. Martin's offensive production this season has gone somewhat unnoticed. He is averaging 19 points per game and has proven to be a perimeter scoring threat to the opposition. With the expectation of a return from both players in the near future, the Timberwolves should feel confident moving forward.
One of the biggest questions surrounding the Timberwolves this season is their offensive production from the bench. It is imperative to have superstar caliber players on your roster to win big games, but a well-balanced and productive bench wins championships. The team finds themselves at the bottom of the league in points per game from their bench players, which has put even more pressure on Love and company to find ways to score the basketball.
However, the Minnesota Timberwolves still have hope and weapon that none of the other potential playoff teams in the Western Conference have to offer: Kevin Love. Even though center Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans has been playing like an all-star as of late, he has not shown signs of willing a team to the playoffs. Love, who is currently fourth in points per game and second in rebounds per game, has the ability to take any given game over on the offensive as well as defensive end of the floor. He is also one of the very few players who is capable of scoring at will while still dominating the glass. Even when key players are injured and the bench is not performing up to their standards, the Timberwolves can always rely on their star player to get them out of a jam.
The Minnesota Timberwolves look to put the first 53 games behind them, and move forward in this year's NBA season. The team will host the Eastern Conference's best in the Indiana Pacers this Wednesday and look to make a statement against the physical ball club.
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— Bret Hart is set to make an appearance at the Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW) event today in London, England. He will be joined by Colt Cabana, Davey Richards, Doug Williams and Tanahashi. You can find more information here.
— SLAM! Wrestling has published a review of WWE's Goldberg: The Ultimate Collection DVD and Blu-ray, which the columnist labels "all action, no words."
"The great question heading into this review was whether or not the Goldberg: The Ultimate Collection would at least contain some interview clips with Bill Goldberg that would provide some insight on his career," states Matthew Byer. "Unfortunately, there are absolutely none and that is really a shame because Goldberg in the late 1990s was at times rivaling Steve Austin in terms of popularity."
— Former ECW Champion Justin Credible has published a new column online. Credible talks about about Monday's WWE Raw including Cody Rhodes and Goldust winning the Tag Team Champion, Shawn Michaels, Hell in a Cell, among other topics. This week Justin Credible talks about promotion on his Pro Wrestling 101 video series. Here is an excerpt from his article:
"I like the HBK involvement, because of the history between all the participants, including HHH. Would be really cool to see HBK get involved and could you imagine a match including HHH & HBK for Survivor Series. Their is always a possibility.
"The Main Event on Raw was a No DQ match for the Tag Titles with Tag Champs The Shield vs The Rhodes. It was a great TV match. I enjoyed it as much as anything in a while. First off, they beat the hell out of each other. I mean it was physical. I got sore watching the match. It was back and forth action, with 2 sets of heat. Finally Cody made the last comeback, and as JR says business picked up. After a ton of outside stuff, Dean Ambrose got involved. After a sick spear on Goldust, thru the barricades, Big Show came out of the crowd, knocked out all three men. After that 1 2 3 we have new Tag Team Champions, The Rhodes boys. Great stuff at the end. HHH came down, and went nuts, as Show stood in the crowd doing Bryan's Yes gimmick. Exciting ending to a good Monday Night Raw. Makes me want to buy HIAC."


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AP and I have had some apple crumble at a couple of restaurants here in Vancouver but have not found them much to our liking. Apple crumbles tend to be quite oaty here; most recipes that I've seen on Canadian or American sources tend to list oats as an ingredient, which is quite uncommon in the UK. Neither of us are keen on the taste and texture of oats in our crumbles. With the onset of winter, home cooked comfort food like baked apple crumble served with warm custard really hits the spot. So I had to roll up my sleeves (literally) and make one in order to get the kind of crumble that we like.
Making crumble topping is dead easy if you have a food processor. Just pop in all the ingredients and pulse until the mixture resemble fine breadcrumbs. Well, I don't have a food processor, however much I would like one (not wanting to shell out so much money to buy something that I would only use for less than 2 years, given I can't ship it on to Singapore with the difference in electricity voltage). But making crumble by hand is pretty easy too. Not as convenient as a food processor in that you actually have to get your hands 'dirty' in handling the flour and butter, but definitely not difficult. So don't be intimidated and give it a go. Believe me, it's definitely much better than packets of prepared crumble topping (and I've tried those too!).
Things to bear in mind: Make sure you use proper blocks of butter, not the spreadable stuff from a tub. A crumble mixture requires the fat to remain cold in order to bind the flour and sugar into breadcrumbs-like texture and spreadable butter or margarine melts too quickly. This requirement for the butter to remain cold also means one should work the mixture quickly and rub with your fingertips lightly to avoid melting the butter too much.
Cooking apples are great for crumbles and pies as the cooking process and addition of sugar caramelises and sweetens apples that are too tart for eating as is. Granny Smith and Bramley apples are particularly good as their tartness help to balance the richess of the crumble topping. You can also use a mix of cooking and eating apples for a mix of different flavours, or add a handful of blackberries to the apple mixture.
Ingredients (serves 4):
150g or 1 1/4 cup plain flour
85g or 3/4 cup brown or demerara sugar
100g butter, room temperature and cut into small cubes
Apple mixture:
3-4 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
25g or 1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp plain flour
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1. Preheat the oven to 400F/gas 6. To make the crumble topping, place the flour, demerara sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl. Using the tips of your fingers, rub the butter into the flour and sugar, mixing it all evenly. You want to rub the butter into smaller and smaller pieces while coating them in flour and sugar (which stops the pieces from sticking to your fingers). When done, the mixture should resemble breadcrumbs. (Alternatively, place the above ingredients in a food processor and pulse until the mixture resemble breadcrumbs and there are no large pieces of butter. Be careful not to overwork the mixture.) Set aside in a cool spot.
2. Grease 4 large ramekins or a pie dish. Mix the slices apples, brown sugar, flour and cinnamon in a large bowl and place at them at the bottom of the baking dish(es).
3. Top with the crumble mixture and bake in the middle of the oven for 45-50 minutes until the top is golden and slightly crunchy. Serve with warm custard if desired.
I only wanted to make apple crumble for AP and myself and didn't want to use a whole large pie dish with leftovers. So these were made in 2 individual dishes (like large ramekins, about 4.5 to 5 inches across) with half of the above ingredients. I still made the full amount of crumble topping though. I used half and stored the other half in an airtight container in the fridge. As long as the mixture stays cold (remember the butter?) it should be fine in the fridge for a week. This meant I had ready-made crumble topping for dessert again later in the week, and all I had to do was slice up some apples. Yummy.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Apple crumble
AP and I have had some apple crumble at a couple of restaurants here in Vancouver but have not found them much to our liking. Apple crumbles tend to be quite oaty here; most recipes that I've seen on Canadian or American sources tend to list oats as an ingredient, which is quite uncommon in the UK. Neither of us are keen on the taste and texture of oats in our crumbles. With the onset of winter, home cooked comfort food like baked apple crumble served with warm custard really hits the spot. So I had to roll up my sleeves (literally) and make one in order to get the kind of crumble that we like.
11 comments:
- VeggieGirl said...
Positively marvelous & scrumptious!!
- 11 December 2008 at 15:28
- didally said...
Yummy, I love it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Thanks for the idea of making extra crumbles to store in the fridge!
- 11 December 2008 at 19:11
- mycookinghut said...
I love apple crumble. Always can't get enough of it. Good dessert.
- 12 December 2008 at 04:52
- gnoegnoe said...
Good idea! I just got some organic golden rennets :) But -- and it's probably a stupid question -- how do you make hot custard?
- 13 December 2008 at 04:50
- Zoe said...
- 14 December 2008 at 06:36
- kokostiletto said...
i love apple pie/crumble!!!! they have the best apple pie at granville and 71st! i am so going to try this!
- 14 December 2008 at 23:25
- Nilmandra said...
Veggiegirl: Thanks!
Didally: I was pleased to find that works, since I made too much crumble topping for 2 of us and it's always more efficient to make a larger batch. I'm glad they keep well in the fridge!
My Cooking Hut: I love them with warm custard when it's cold, and ice cream when it's hot :)
Gnoegnoe: You can look up recipes on google to make custard from scratch, but I must confess I just use Bird's brand custard powder (add milk and whisk over low heat). It's pretty easy. Or buy a ready made one from the supermarket or deli (usually near yogurts and diary products).
Zoe: Invite me to your house when I'm back and we can make one together ;)
Kokostiletto: Please do, it's really not difficult :)
- 15 December 2008 at 13:22
- monchichi said...
Hi, ChowTimes linked to your blog so I had a look and really like it! Just wondering in amazement how you manage to make these bentos almost daily, when I can't even come up with any suggestions for sandwiches (even from the counter). Anyhow, if it's OK with you, could I link to your blog from mine?
- 16 December 2008 at 10:01
- DiamondVVV1 said...
I love apple crumble, thanks for the recipe.
- 16 December 2008 at 14:22
- Nilmandra said...
Monchichi: Sure, thanks for the link :) Oh believe me, I have been stuck undecided at the sandwich counter too, heh. And there are days when I run out of ideas or feel really uninspired for bento!
DiamonVVV1: You're welcome!
- 17 December 2008 at 09:32
- Anonymous said...
I used less than the prescribed sugar quantity for the crumble, but it still came out super sweet. I would suggest to half the quantity of sugar, but besides that beautiful dessert
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Music by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has long been a staple for missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during their two years or 18 months of service.
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Greg Maffei, chief executive officer of Englewood, Colorado-based Liberty Media, was named chairman, succeeding Eddy Hartenstein, who remains on the board, according to a filing yesterday. New York-based Sirius also added Discovery Communications Inc. (DISCA) CEO David Zaslav and Evan D. Malone to its board.
Liberty Media gained control of Sirius XM, the satellite- radio broadcaster, in January after increasing its stake to more than 50 percent over the past year. Three Sirius directors resigned that month and were replaced by four people, including interim CEO James Meyer. Mel Karmazin left as Sirius CEO in 2012.
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July 4, 2009
We Interrupt this Regularly Scheduled Holiday
I'm thrilled that progress will be made on the structure, which used to look like this...
Scary stuff. We just finished a fabulous indoor picnic lunch with corn on the cob, veggie burgers with all the fixin's, baked beans and my mom's potato salad, which I made. Add watermelon for dessert, and so far the day hasn't been quite so bad.
I thought I'd share a photo that my cousin uploaded to Facebook. It was his birthday party, and there I am front and center, sporting a Dorothy Hamill pageboy cut that my parents were so fond of and, for some odd reason, often mention when reminiscing about our childhoods.I'm amazed how much of SoJo I see in my childhood self. Save for that kick-ass dress I have on. That's one of my brothers standing next to me on the right, and another one of them in the striped shirt a bit below him. And my mother (looking beatific like the Madonna) is at the top of the photo, with I think another brother in the infamous sailor suit that we all liked to make fun of.
Hope you're having a spectacular 4th, my American readers.
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Happy 4th of July Kathleen!. I had the same haircut, only I was older than little you in the photo!ReplyDelete
I'm trying to tell what they're doing...replacing the siding and ???ReplyDelete
At least everyone's looked the same way before. You weren't any eyesore or anything.
You look like your mom, at least what one can see!ReplyDelete
You were so cute! What a fun flashback!!ReplyDelete
I hope you guys are having fun celebrating tonight! :)
Wow, that's a lot of kids! SoJo does look a lot like you. Please don't give him a Dorothy Hamill hairdo, though.ReplyDelete
I love getting new things - what are you using your garage for? It looks really big.ReplyDelete
I had the same Dorothy Hamill cut. I was probably older than you when I had mine, though.ReplyDelete
You make the best meals!ReplyDelete
And just look at you then. I love photos like this.
It does look big. Hope you had a great 4th!ReplyDelete


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"Self-Publishing in 2013 – The Year for Your Novel" with Jennifer Ciotta
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Please join Literary Traveler for a night of literary conversation with novelist and editor, Jennifer Ciotta!
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Hear from someone in the business, whose debut self-published novel went on to receive Honorable Mentions at the 2012 New York Book Festival & Hollywood Book Festival. Jennifer will share her personal challenges and triumphs as a writer, and share the professional advice she has gained throughout her years in the creative editorial and writing world. Tickets are $10 and should be purchased in advance to reserve a space.
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Don Cupitt interview
Interesting interview with Don Cupitt - who is a "non-realist" about God. "God doesn't exist apart from our faith in him".
I wonder what Rev Sam and others think?
I am considering asking Cupitt to participate in a CFI event.
Interview is here - thanks to philosophybites and Nigel Warburton.
Cupitt's classic book is The Sea of Faith.
6 comments:
- Sam Norton said...
I linked to this myself, with some brief comments, here.
- December 14, 2008 at 6:11 PM
- David B. Ellis said...
a "non-realist" about God. "God doesn't exist apart from our faith in him".
Am I missing some subtlety of his position or isn't being a nonrealist about God the same as being an atheist?
I've read a few interviews with Cupitt and I liked much of what he said I just don't understand why he's unwilling to call himself an atheist---which he seems pretty clearly to be.
- December 14, 2008 at 8:07 PM
- Kosh3 said...
He seems to be an anti-realist about scientific findings too, or so I tend to infer from his talk of truth as 'negotiated' and ever changing, temporary.
- December 14, 2008 at 9:53 PM
- Paul P. Mealing said...
This is so similar to my own view: I will comment on it when I have more time - have to rush now.
Thanks Stephen, for the link.
Regards, Paul
- December 14, 2008 at 11:01 PM
- Paul P. Mealing said...
In the intro, he touches on a number of things, including, I believe, issues with the zeitgeist, as Dawkins did, and how the world changes. His reference to how this affects science, I found a bit Kantian, though Stephen may disagree, in that we project our ideas onto our scientific interpretations. I tend to disagree with this, in that the universe ultimately dictates to us, which is why theories change. Even Newton's theories are still 'SUPERB' to quote Penrose (his capitalisation); it's just that developments in theory and technology have demonstrated that they are limited in application and I believe that applies to all scientific theories. Science always reveals more mysteries by answering existing ones, and, in that regard, I agree with Cupitt when he implies that scientific truths are always contingent.
I also agree with him that God is dependent on humans rather than the other way round, and I have been arguing that for a long time. The 'evolution' of God, in this sense, is possibly best captured by Karen Armstrong in The History of God – one of the best books on religion I've read. He talks about God being an ideal, whereas I think it's a personal ideal. It has always been obvious to me that everyone's idea of God is different, amongst believers, though Cupitt actually falls short of saying that. It was obvious to me from an early age that God is an internal experience, and even Augustine makes that allusion in some of his discourse. I still think one can believe that without being an atheist. It's just a question of what you think God is? I think it's something very personal, that can't be explained, and, yes, it could be a projection as Feuerbach once said. I also agree, as I've contended many times, that it's not important whether you believe in a god or not, but that you be governed in your actions and attitudes, by their direct and indirect impact on humanity, or your 'belief in life', as Cupitt puts it.
I also thought that the interviewer(s) (Edmonds or Warburton or both?) asked really good questions.
Regards, Paul.
- December 15, 2008 at 7:43 AM
- Nigel Warburton 'virtual philosopher' said...
Dear Paul,
The interviewer was me (Nigel Warburton). David Edmonds does the introductions. I'm glad you liked the questions!
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What about LG?
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2. Can Zerbie Sanders move to G?
3. What about Pears (played a few games at guard in Oakland)?
4. What about Hairston?
My gut is they hope a veteran is cut and they can bring him in just before training camp or maybe even after week 1.
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Oops, thought this was a thread about LED TV's. Sorry.
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Gut feeling is that they think sanders can play or else we would have picked up someone in FA or late in the draft.
Not sure what they're basing that on as he was IRed all last year and luck too, the one time I was at training camp he looked just awful.
I would want to have a good starting candidate throughout training camp and even in the mandatory minicamps. I would think they need to do something pretty soon to address the position.
If I'm not mistaken under the new CBA, June 1 cuts can be made now with the cap hit allocated as before. There's no longer a fresh round of cuts on 6/1
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I wouldn't be surprised if that FA OG (Chibane) from Syracuse gets a long look at LG.
Don't we need to bring in a vet? If we may be starting a rookie QB, plus essentially a rookie WR corp after Stevie, then we need to have an a$$-kicking OL. LG is just a glaring hole. If a someone rises to the occasion then that's fine, but they need to make a more definative move to solidify that part of the line. I'm not sure what kind of offense is going to be run where the guards are inconsequential? That just doesn't make sense, particularly in the running game.
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Posted 02 May 2013 - 08:54 PM
We can't seriously be thinking about starting Colin Brown or hoping someone even lower on the depth chart can start... Why haven't OBD looked more seriously at Brandon Moore? Seems like the guy we need? Any other suggestions out there for our Game 1 starter??
Who says we haven't looked at Moore?
Posted 02 May 2013 - 08:58 PM
Who says we haven't looked at Moore?
Yeah, I guess we don't know?? Nothing about it in the press..... again, if not him then who?
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Posted 02 May 2013 - 09:33 PM
Anyhow, I simply think the BIlls are going to follow the example of the Baltimore Ravens in the Play-offs last year--they resigned Bryant McKinney to a new deal today. If you recall, at some point towards the end of the year, the Ravens decided they were going to start their 5 best lineman, regardless of the listed position. I think that is what the Bills are about to do as well.
Several posters have suggested that Zanders, maybe even Hairston or Pears might move inside. I think it could very well happen; that is, if they are among the top 5 linemen on the team.
I, however, think that Brown played pretty well when called upon last year, and I would not be surprised at all if he does end up being the starting LG.
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Finally, someone makes a post about this. It's been ignored on this board!
When did we lose Levitre!?!?
Posted 02 May 2013 - 09:58 PM
Around the same time we lost our best Nose Tackle...Chas Rhinegold
When did we lose Levitre!?!?
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Dan Schmalz is resigning as the head girls basketball coach at Fruita Monument High School.
Schmalz, 30, coached the Wildcats for five seasons, last winter leading Fruita to a 14-10 record and an appearance in the second round of the Class 5A state tournament.
Fruita Athletic Director Denny Squibb announced Schmalz's resignation Tuesday.
"I felt like being a head coach was taking a lot of time away from my family," Schmalz said.
Schmalz has a son, Noah, 3, and daughter, Olivia, nine weeks.
"They're learning a lot and I'd like to be a part of it," Schmalz said.
Schmalz said he might take a job as a junior varsity or freshman coach, however.
He began coaching freshman volleyball and boys basketball at Olathe High School in 2004.
Two years later, he took the head girls basketball position at Fruita.
"Dan has done a good job with that program and he's obviously a great person," Squibb said. "We've been lucky to have him with the girls program."
Squibb said he does not know who will replace Schmalz.
"We're just on spring break, working on stuff," Squibb said. "We'll get that news out in the next few days."
Schmalz leaves behind a team with a talented group of underclassmen, including senior-to-be Lauren LaBonde, who led the Wildcats in scoring.
"It makes me feel good, too, that I'm not leaving the next coach without anything," Schmalz said. "I feel proud of what I've done at Fruita. For the most part, we had quality girls in the program. They were good as far as skills, but more important than that, they were good people."


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What Did the Japan Earthquake Sound Like?
The Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), a unit of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), directed by Professor Michel André, has recorded the sound of the 9.0 earthquake that shook Japan last Friday, March 11. You can hear the recording via the Listening to the Deep Ocean Environment (LIDO); the project makes it possible for the public to, as it were, 'witness' the earthquake in real time, and to follow its evolution in the form of aftershocks.
According to Professor Andre, LIDO is the first project ever to record deep-sea sounds in real time. The LIDO project also seeks to determine how artificial sounds affect the marine environment and its denizens, such as whales.
Here's the recording on the LIDO site. Recordings of the earthquake and of two aftershocks can be heard.
The LIDO system collects recordings automatically of the acoustic events detected. These sounds are then identified and classified as being of biological or human-made origin. Cetaceans are affected by noise and certainly by such as was generated by the March 11 earthquake; changes in their behavior can be an indicator of seismic activity.
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The system can be used to listen simultaneously to what is happening at different observatories. On March 11, 2011, at 2:45 p.m. Japanese local time, the LIDO system acoustically detected and recorded the earthquake at JAMSTEC observatories located off the coast off Kushiro and Hatsushima. The recording is available on the LIDO website http://listentothedeep.com. The sound of the earthquake and two aftershocks registered by these two Japanese observatories is available in the "Sound Library" section of the website (under "Earthquakes"). The data published there have been accelerated 16 times so that they can be audible to human ears. In the "Listen on Site" section of the same website, visitors can also listen to, and view, a live stream of the acoustic data in which aftershocks are continuously perceptible.
The spectrograms shown on the website reflect, both acoustically and visually, the intensity and energy distribution of the earthquake sound. The images illustrate the frequency and intensity of the sound by means of a spectrum of colors (with red and yellow being the most intense).
The recording was made by a network of underwater observatories belonging to the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). Recordings were made using hydrophones located on either side of the earthquake epicenter, close to the Japanese island of Hatsushima.
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Your best bet, is to paint the base coat in the lightest color, and then for the most part, go lighter to darker with the rest.
Before you start, you want to do a little prep. Make sure you degrease everything real well. I usually use Gun Scrubber or something similar. Do everything a couple of times, and do your hands as well, especially just before you paint.
Youll also want to figure out how you want to hold the gun while you paint, and how you will hang or prop it up to dry. Dont wait until you start painting to figure it out, do a dry run ahead of time.
When you paint, dont try to do it all in one coat. Do a couple of three or four light coats, and use a hair dryer on it after each coat to "set" the paint.
If you go to Brownells, they have some videos on how to apply their Aluma Hyde II, and some of their other paints. They are well worth watching, even if youre not using those paints.
Aluma Hyde II is a good paint to by the way, but it is pretty much permanent. Ive used it on a number of things with very good results, but you do have to follow the directions to the letter, and it takes about a week to cure, before you can touch it.
Mostly, I use Testors Military Flats, and lately, some of the Krylon "camo" colors. The Testors can be removed with some work, and the krylon seems to come of OK as well. Their "Fusion" line is made to bond with plastics, and may not though.
I used to break the gun down into parts and paint everything that way. I no longer do that, unless Im looking to use the paint as refinish. These days, I just tape off the sights and anything I dont want painted, and then just spray the whole gun in the base color. Then I take sheets of printer/notebook paper, and cut random patterns in shapes similar to the pattern I want to duplicate. Then I lay them on the gun where I want them, and make a couple of passes over them with the next color paint, until I get them all done.
This was the last paint job I did. Its my M&P15 in Multicam........
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Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) will contract and repair over 50 city roads in the next fiscal year.
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Musisi said that they will focus mainly on bad spots on the roads. According the city chief, priority will be improving all city roads.
She also commissioned a sh5.3b road reconstruction and upgrading project in Makindye aimed at easing traffic.
China Communications Construction Company was contracted for the works and would also replace broken culverts and unblock drainage systems.
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Lucknow, Sep 5 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Thursday moved to constitute a State Road Safety Council, officials informed.
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will chair this council. Ordering that the modalities be completed within three months, Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani said a road safety fund also would be created.
This fund, he added, would be used in safety measures for Uttar Pradesh roads. A cell for this is being constituted in the transport department, an official told IANS.
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The plan centers on protecting four threatened species found on the 8,180-acre campus — the California red-legged frog, the California tiger salamander, steelhead trout and the Western pond turtle.
Designed to comply with the Federal Endangered Species Act, the plan was more than a decade in the making, according to campus biologist Alan Launer, one of the authors. The Habitat Conservation Plan is publicly accessible online at http://hcp.stanford.edu.
If approved by federal agencies, the plan will award Stanford an "incidental take permit" lasting 50 years, allowing the school to develop environmentally sensitive lands despite possible harm to the species.
The 50-year permit would replace the current method of applying for such permits project-by-project, a lengthy and sometimes repetitive process, Launer said.
To mitigate the negative impacts of future development, the plan suggests creating three "accounts" of protected lands now, before building happens.
That includes two riparian accounts along San Francisquito and Matadero creeks, among others. Land totaling 360 acres abutting and including creeks would be dedicated to a permanent conservation easement, meaning it could never be developed.
Another account would be a 315-acre, 50-year no-build zone in the tiger-salamander habitat flanking Junipero Serra Boulevard.
These three accounts would earn the university "credits" to build on other environmentally sensitive lands in the future.
The sprawling campus, whose landscapes range from chaparral to woodlands, is divided in the plan into zones of varying environmental sensitivity. Developing in each would cost corresponding amounts of credit. Building in the well-developed center would be free.
The university has no firm building projects in the works, Launer said. He compared the land accounts to pre-paid gift cards that hold funds for future spending.
The Habitat Conservation Plan is currently being reviewed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service.
When those agencies issue a draft Environmental Impact Statement assessing the plan's effects on local flora and fauna, a 60-day public-comment period will begin, in which Stanford is required to hold open informational meetings on the plan.
That's still a few months away, perhaps at the end of the summer, according to Gary Stern of the fisheries service.
Stanford is not required to have its Habitat Conservation Plan publicly available now, before the agencies release their assessment, but did so as a good-faith gesture, Launer said.
"People don't trust us very much. ... We've been saying 'You can see it' for years and well, now here it is," he said.
School officials notified neighboring cities and have met with public bodies such as the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority to discuss the plan, according to Launer. They decided there was no reason not to post it online, he said.
Launer, a biologist who refers to unsmiling toads he photographed as "cranky" and who insisted on writing detailed descriptions of the threatened critters for the Web site, spoke enthusiastically about the plan.
It won't just protect the four species — it should also improve conditions for them, he said.
The proposed creekside conservation easements are an upgrade from current zoning, which varies by jurisdiction — Stanford lands are in two counties and several cities — and is in no cases permanent, he said.
The plan gives the school nearly "free reign" to step up conservation efforts for wildlife in creekside areas, including land currently leased agriculturally, he said.
Yet the easement could be troublesome to work with in the future, according to Ken Murray of the San Francisquito Joint Powers Authority.
The joint powers authority, which earlier criticized Stanford for not giving local agencies enough warning about its plan, is now happy with the university's open communication, Murray said.
But the easement could constrain construction of future flood-control barriers, he said.
Launer acknowledged the easement "adds a layer of paperwork" to attempts to build flood barriers — but said building would still be possible.
The plan also aims to nudge salamanders upland from their current habitat in the center of the developed campus into the foothills.
Stanford artificially fills Lake Lagunita — a grassy basin bordered by dorms, the golf driving range and Junipero Serra Boulevard — each winter and spring to keep a proper habitat for the salamanders. Yet hundreds die each year, squashed by cars when trying to cross Junipero Serra to migrate.
In recent years, the school has created eight artificial ponds in its undeveloped foothills to encourage breeding away from the busy road.
The school would continue conservation measures under the currently proposed plan, Launer said, striving in coming decades to establish salamanders in the foothills. That would mean fewer deaths — and maybe not having to keep Lake Lag full of precious water, he said.
Under the proposed plan, any development in the salamanders' habitat, labeled the "California Tiger Salamander Basin," would require Stanford to either spend credits from its land-based mitigation accounts, or to dedicate some of the salamander habitat to a permanent conservation easement.


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VISTA -- San Diego County Sheriff's Department deputies caught a suspected bank robber "red-handed" Friday, in one of two bank heists in the city.
A man who acted as if he had a gun stole an undisclosed amount of money at 2:40 p.m. at the Guaranty Bank at 961 S. Santa Fe Ave., authorities said. A red dye pack attached to the money exploded as the robber was leaving the bank, said sheriff's Sgt. Mike Barnett.
Uniformed and plain clothes deputies saturated the area and detained several people who matched the thief's description, including 34-year-old James King, Barnett said.
King had red dye on his arms and hands, the sergeant said. Inside a nearby laundry, deputies found a washing machine containing money coated with red dye.
A witness identified King and deputies arrested him on suspicion of robbery, Barnett said. He said three of King's associates were arrested on drug charges and outstanding warrants.
It wasn't known yet if King might be linked to another robbery Friday morning at First Future Credit Union. A gunman held up the bank at 1830 Hacienda Drive about 11:15 a.m., sheriff's Lt. Jenene Milakovich said.