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The Challenge
David Platt's Radical is a shock of a bestseller: a book that challenges people to follow the Jesus of the gospels—the one who called people to leave their homes, abandon their jobs, risk their lives, and even give up their families for him. Platt asks us to examine what happens when we get serious about the gospel and join the radical journey of the disciples of Jesus.
Of course, it all starts with the words of Jesus, so we asked Platt to point us to some of the most radical challenges found in the gospels.
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We just deployed a large software that affects the way the user work-day looks like in many aspects. It changes a lot of things in the way they interact between eachothers.
The developers of the team are taking rounds and spending one day at the customer's site to understand better what is a typical day for our user, and the learning process they go through.
In this context, what How would you approach that day, what kind of questions do you ask, how do you observe the user. Are there defined practices that exist?
Also what wouldn't you do? Did you have some bad experience out of this?

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Thinking the Twentieth Century lets us listen in on conversations between distinguished colleagues, the intellectual historian Tony Judt and the Eastern Europeanist Timothy Snyder. It conveys the sort of conversation that two scholars may have when they share the same knowledge, references, and opinions.
I can think of older historians possessing a greater range of scholarship and biographies of more significance—among writers on modern Europe, Eric Hobsbawm or Peter Gay—whom one might want to hear from before Judt in this unusual format. But this book was motivated by tragic circumstances. Judt suffered from ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease. Snyder began his interviews after the point at which his senior colleague had lost the use of his hands and had begun to dictate rather than write.
Judt's courage and clarity of mind were celebrated, as he continued to deliver important public addresses in the early stages of the disease and produced two more short books. One was an impassioned defense of the welfare state titled Ill Fares the Land (2010). The final book was a moving, short memoir in vignettes, The Memory Chalet (2010), which spoke with a historian's mind of warmly personal things (the school system Judt was raised in, the public-transit system that charmed him as a child). It also hinted at the work Judt intended to pursue if he had lived: a history of trains and modernity, to be called Locomotion, along with a long-planned history of 20th-century social thought.
Thinking the Twentieth Century is something of a substitute for those books that could not be composed. It uses its interview format to review Judt's earlier books chronologically and in biographical context, from his early specialist histories of socialism in France to his engagement in the 1970s and 1980s with the freedom movements of Eastern Europe to his major synthesizing achievement, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (2005). With the best intentions, however, it perhaps inevitably cannot live up to the work Judt accomplished himself, both before these interviews and—so admirably—after. Judt does not rethink his positions here, Snyder does not challenge him, and the two men defer on points of difference. These conversations also occurred before the introspection that began to emerge when Judt composed The Memory Chalet in the last phase of his illness.
The beginning of each chapter in Thinking the Twentieth Century supplies an installment of autobiography made up of pages of continuous first-person narrative run together, with Snyder's interview questions removed. Judt was born in 1948, in London's East End, to Jewish parents of Eastern European descent. His father was a socialist, of the dissenting cast of mind that hated Stalin early and sided with Trotsky. Judt outlines the facts of his London childhood and his sojourns on kibbutzim in 1960s Israel, culminating in a disillusioning spell as a volunteer translator for the Israeli army after the Six-Day War. Teenage Judt, after absorbing the literature of Marxist sectarianism, turned to ardent Zionism, until his experiences opened his eyes to an Israel that was also, in his estimation, "not the fantasy world of socialist Israel that so many Europeans loved (and love) to imagine—a wishful projection of all the qualities of Jewish Central Europe with none of the drawbacks. This was a Middle Eastern country that despised its neighbors and was about to open a catastrophic, generation--long rift with them by seizing and occupying their land." Though he was 20 in 1968 and joined protests against the Vietnam War, he did not sympathize with the New Left and remained preoccupied with the Old Left and the conflicts that had agitated his father.
Thinking the Twentieth Century devotes much of its attention to Judt's interest in errors of communism and fascism among literary and philosophical intellectuals, especially thinkers who sympathized with or defended the Soviet Union. His book Past Imperfect (1994) tried to adjust the reputations of those in the early postwar period who remained willfully blind to communism's crimes—demoting Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, for instance—while Reappraisals (2008) elevated humanistic opponents of authoritarianism (George Orwell, Albert Camus, Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone). "This, in my view, is the intellectual sin of the century," Judt tells Snyder, "passing judgment on the fate of others in the name of their future as you see it, a future in which you may have no investment, but concerning which you claim exclusive and perfect information."
Of course many of us would not appear to good advantage in private conversation, but it is always painful when a posthumous publication reduces the stature of someone in whom it was possible to repose hopes as a model thinker—especially so soon after a death. This book drastically diminishes my respect for Judt as a thinker and analyst even as it confirms his great erudition and command of facts. It is possible even for decent people to forget the public audience and become careless with others' reputations (as Judt is here while mocking his rival Norman Davies, whom Judt admits reciprocated his past attacks in print with professionalism and kindness). It's also not uncommon for people in private conversation to fall into anti-intellectualism where in public they might simply avoid what they don't comprehend, as when Judt dismisses social history, women's history, labor history, cultural studies, and the study of race, along with their places in university history departments, from the 1970s to the present, as warmed-over Marxism and mediocrity defended by political correctness: "You merely replaced 'workers' with 'women'; or students, or peasants, or blacks, or—eventually—gays, or indeed whichever group had sound reason to be dissatisfied with the present disposition of power and authority."
But Judt's attitudes may be less of a problem here than the limits of what he is prepared to do with his deep factual knowledge of intellectuals. He often doesn't seem to like, or be prepared to enter deeply into, philosophy or the interior life of ideas. He counsels students that Karl Marx's journalism should be read instead of Marx's works of philosophy. He dismisses Hannah Arendt's works of philosophy, recommending a biography she wrote before her philosophical authorship and Eichmann in Jerusalem, a book written for The New Yorker. Judt's intellectual century, when it comes to those who generated ideas (rather than manipulated them, in the manner of wonks and editorialists) also seems to end around 1970, excluding several world philosophical developments during his own working life. "There is no such thing as a 'global intellectual': Slavoj Zizek does not actually exist," Judt says in a mystifying joke. And, "A sociologist like Immanuel Wallerstein may every now and then hit upon a subtle insight. But the terms in which they frame their huge general propositions virtually guarantee that most of the time they will recycle banalities." One of the latest philosophers to escape outright dismissal is John Rawls, whose A Theory of Justice is the best-known defense of why a capitalist society should share wealth with its less successful citizens, but this grand project, too, ultimately gets set aside on the basis of a mischaracterization of Rawls's "original position."
Judt retained a power, however, to upend expectations and turn his genuine individual knowledge to account in an interruption of some fixed and stagnant debate. His kibbutznik background led him, in the midst of stale talk about an Israeli two-state solution, to write his famous 2003 account of a one-state solution in The New York Review of Books. Late in his life, he used his social and economic erudition as a postwar historian to offer, with the seemingly out-of-the-blue Ill Fares the Land, an un-ideological and pragmatic defense of forgotten principles of social democracy. An excellent chapter at the end of Thinking the Twentieth Century, worth reading on its own, reprises the history told in that book, tracing the Western welfare states from their roots in the turn of the last century's "social question" through their robust rise after World War II, and contemplating how we might argue once again for them now. When Judt begins to speak about contemporary American politics near the end of the book, though, one is grateful for the presence of Snyder, whose origins Judt characterizes as "deepest Ohio" and who emerges from the shadows to prove himself an acute observer. Elsewhere, too often, the un-self-conscious satisfaction in limitedness of this book undermines the whole.


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Local Content Requirements and Strategic Workforce Planning
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October 2013
Local content requirements (LCRs)—quotas governments establish to ensure their communities benefit from foreign investments—often include hiring and training local people. LCRs are so pervasive in certain industries—oil, gas, minerals, and, increasingly, renewable energy—that some companies develop an integrated approach, including a structure, policies, systems, and procedures for dealing with them that can be rolled out globally and customized locally.
Most multinationals, however, do not have an integrated strategy for achieving localization. Strategic workforce planning can help companies pressure-test their plans and model various alternatives, providing business leaders with a realistic view of the costs and benefits.


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Wisconsin Supreme Court selects chief judges
Madison, Wisconsin - June 28, 2013
The Wisconsin Supreme Court announced today that it has selected a judge from Rock County Circuit Court and a judge who serves both Buffalo and Pepin county circuit courts as new members of the Committee of Chief Judges, effective Aug. 1. The Court also re-appointed judges from Milwaukee, Fond du Lac and St. Croix counties to continue serving on the committee, and it re-appointed Chief Judge Richard Brown, District II Court of Appeals, to continue serving as chief judge of the Court of Appeals.
Chief judges, along with the Supreme Court, help oversee administrative matters in circuit courts statewide and in the Court of Appeals' four districts. The Committee of Chief Judges consists of 10 chief circuit court judges, one from each of the state's 10 judicial administrative districts.
Brown was elected to the Court of Appeals in 1978, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006. He previously served as an assistant district attorney in Racine County and in private practice. He is a member of the Council of Chief Judges of the State Courts of Appeal and retired from teaching at the National Judicial College in 2011. He holds a law degree from the UW Law School, a B.A. from Miami University, and an LL.M. Judicial Process from the University of Virginia.
In addition to the chief judge appointments by the Supreme Court, the committee of chief judges selected Chief Judge Mary K. Wagner, Kenosha County Circuit Court, to serve as its chair, or "chief of the chiefs," during the next year. Wagner was first elected to the Kenosha County bench in 1991, and re-elected in 1997, 2003 and 2009. She served in the state Assembly from 1978-82 and as Kenosha County clerk from 1976 to 1978. She also has served as a deputy chief judge in the Second District and was a teacher from 1971 to 1976. District Two encompasses Kenosha, Racine and Walworth Counties.
Deputy Chief Judge James P. Daley, Rock County Circuit Court, was appointed as the new chief judge of the Fifth Judicial Administrative District, which encompasses Dane, Rock, Green and Lafayette counties. Daley replaces on the committee Chief Judge C. William Foust, Dane County Circuit Court, who served on the committee the maximum of three, two-year terms, including one year as its chair. Foust remains on the bench in Dane County.
Daley, who has served as presiding Judge in Rock County since 1998, was appointed to the bench in 1989. He was elected in 1990 and re-elected in 1996, 2002 and 2008. He previously served as Rock County district attorney from 1985 to 1989 and was an attorney in private practice from 1981 to 1985.
A brigadier general in the Wisconsin Army National Guard and decorated U.S. Marine veteran, Daley is widely recognized as a leader in the development of veterans treatment court programs in Wisconsin. He initiated the state's first veterans court in September 2009.
Daley is a member of the Court Interpretation Committee and previously served on the Criminal Jury Instructions Committee. He holds a law degree from Marquette University Law School and a B.A. from Carroll College.
Judge James J. Duvall, who serves on the bench for both Buffalo County and Pepin County circuit courts, was appointed as the new chief judge of the Seventh Judicial Administrative District. Duvall replaces on the committee Chief Judge William D. Dyke, Iowa County Circuit Court, who has served the maximum three, two-year terms on the committee, including the last year as its chair.
Duvall was appointed to the bench in 2005, elected in 2006, and re-elected in 2012. Prior to that he filled many roles, including Buffalo County district attorney, corporation counsel, assistant district attorney, private attorney and business owner.
Duvall has a law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School and a B.A. from St. Johns University. He began his career in law in Alaska after a clerkship at a large Minneapolis law firm convinced him to seek other ways to use his law degree. The Seventh Judicial Administrative District encompasses Pierce, Pepin, Buffalo, Trempealeau, Jackson, Monroe, La Crosse, Vernon, Crawford, Richland, Grant and Iowa counties.
Chief Judge Jeffrey A. Kremers, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, was re-appointed to continue serving as chief judge of the First Judicial Administrative District, which encompasses Milwaukee County. Kremers was appointed chief judge in 2008 and served as a deputy chief judge since 2005. He has been on the bench in Milwaukee County since first being appointed in 1992. He was elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1999, 2005 and 2011. Kremers was in private practice from 1975 to 1976 and again from 1981 to 1992. In between, he served as an assistant district attorney from 1976 to 1981.
Chief Judge Robert J. Wirtz, Fond du Lac County Circuit Court, was re-appointed to continue serving as chief judge of the Fourth Judicial Administrative District, which encompasses Winnebago, Calumet, Manitowoc, Fond du Lac and Sheboygan counties. Wirtz previously served as deputy chief judge. He was first elected to the Fond du Lac County bench in 1999 and was re-elected in 2005 and 2011. He served in private practice from 1984-99.
Chief Judge Scott R. Needham, St. Croix County Circuit Court, was re-appointed to continue serving as the chief judge of the Tenth Judicial Administrative District. The Tenth District encompasses the circuit courts in 13 northwestern Wisconsin counties, including: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Polk, Rusk, St. Croix, Sawyer, and Washburn. Needham is presiding judge in St. Croix County and previously served as deputy chief judge of the Tenth District. He was first elected in 1994 and re-elected in 2000, 2006 and 2012. Needham worked in private practice from 1978 to 1994.
Working as a team with a deputy chief judge and a professional court administrator, chief judges manage the flow of cases, supervise personnel, develop budgets, and meet monthly as a committee to work on issues of statewide importance. With the exception of Milwaukee County (First Judicial Administrative District), where the chief judge is a full-time administrator, chief judges and their deputies maintain court calendars in addition to handling administrative matters.


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Article in the Buffalo News about the San Felipe Stakes and Derby hopeful Dortmund.
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Ad Appeared in the North American Trainer Online Magazine November 2016.
Article in the Buffalo News about 4-year-old Champ Shared Belief.
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Electronics — Its Possibilities and Limitations
Presented at the Fourth Annual Systems and Procedures
Conference, San Francisco — March, 1955
Industrial progress has not been without its cost in demands on the human being, in both the factory and the office. In the factory, however,
the ingenuity of our engineers has resulted in the alleviation of some of the load on the worker through the design of industrial machines
and methods to meet the pressures of our expanding manufacturing
empire. A relatively high level of factory automation has been realized. On the other hand, the ever-increasing work load in the office has been met, principally, by adding to the clerical force. Office automation
has hot paralleled factory automation.
It is only recently that an apparent key to the office methods puzzle has been given to us by the electronics engineers. Because these engineers designed their original machines as an aid for scientists and mathematicians, there has been an interval of delayed acceptance of this new tool by the business community. During this interval there has been a successful conversion of the basic computer system. These machines have now been developed for business data processing and presently challenge our ingenuity with a promise of potential applications
which stagger, but intrigue, the imagination of every systems and procedure technician.
This is an opportune time to direct our attention to the possibilities
and the limitations of electronic business machines. We now know of the machines which are available or are shortly to become available. We know something, also, of the commercial installations of machines during the past year. Further, we know of some of the applications
being planned by many of the prospective users of this type of equipment. With these data we may attempt an evaluation.
In a review of electronic equipment of latest design, we shall find that the manufacturers have gone far towards solving the problems of input and output which have previously been considered a limiting factor for business applications. It was formerly true that the central com-


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It seems like there are a lot of guilds and groups that are starting to feel comfortable in the 5man heroics and are starting to turn their attention to some organized raiding.
For people who are organizing such a group, I would like to share something that I wish I had known when I started putting raiding groups together.
The majority of questions and requests for help that I see around the web from guild masters and raid leaders are all related to one essential factor.
What motivates your raid members?
I recommend that the first thing anyone should do when starting to put any group together to raid is to have an honest and candid conversation with your group about what everyone is expecting from their raiding experience. Make sure that even if everyone's interests aren't perfectly compatible, at the very least everyone needs to define, clarify, and understand what the group's focus and expectations will be. I would say that this applies to everything from a trade chat pug, a new progression raiding guild, or just a decision to start putting some raids on your "friends and family" guild calendar.
Typical questions I see from guild masters and raid leaders
- How do I motivate my raiders to show up on time?
- How do I keep people from getting discouraged during progression?
- One of my raiders says that they don't want to raid any more (or want to switch toons/roles) because they have all the gear they want from this tier, what do I do?
- My raiders have lost interest in XXXXX instance now that we have finally cleared it. How can I keep them interested in raiding?
- My raid team doesn't want to try hard modes because normal modes are an easier way to get more gear quickly, how to I get them to try hard modes?
All of these issues can be proactively addressed with an open and honest discussion with your raid team ahead of time. As cheesy as it may sound, coming up with a basic statement of purpose, a set of goals, or a mission statement is a great way to focus everyone's attention and can be a lifesaver later on when disagreements arise. Identify what it is that motivates everyone in the group to want to raid together, ensure that everyone's motivations are at least compatible, and make sure that the goals you have set will satisfy everyone's desires. If everyone understands and believes that the group is going to help them meet their own personal goals in the game, then the chances of your group weathering the rough patches together will increase significantly. Groups of people who all have their own agendas, that don't necessarily compliment the rest of the group are the root cause of most of the issues that we all see floating around the internet.
On the flipside to this argument; when you, the individual, are out and about looking for a raiding group to join, the first priority on your list should be whether or not the group's goals and motivation for raiding are compatible with your own. Whether you are looking for a group of people who you will be spending 8-16 hours a week with for the next several months/years with or looking for an individual to join your already established group, taking the time to get to know a bit about each other first should be one of the first things on your list of topics to discuss. Blindly inviting or joining strangers to raid with is about as likely result in a successful match as hitting up the LFD tool for Cataclysm heroics or proposing marriage to random drunk people in your local drinking establishment.
Suggested motivational topics to consider and discuss
Loot: Everyone likes new shiny stuff, being honest with each other about how much it influences your decision to show up for the raid is a healthy thing for everyone, especially when it comes time to decide which loot distribution system is best for your group.
Extending your Raid ID: What is standing in the way between you and a new boss kill? Better gear or more time spent ironing the mistakes out of your raid?
Raid spots: Plan for rotating people and what is the role of mains/alts offspecs. How much does it matter to you that you get to see the progression on your "main" and while performing your "primary role?" How do people about being benched for a fight "for the good of the team?"
Competition with other guilds: <Keeping up with the Paragons> How important is this for people? How comfortable is everyone with the idea of "we will progress at our own pace?" What if your own pace turns out to be slower than someone else's?
Professional development: How will raider's performance be evaluated? What role will performance criticism and feedback play in your group? How will feedback be delivered to people? Finally, how will your group deal with the people who will inevitable fall below the average skill level of the group? How much "credit" will you award for "effort" compared to actual results, and under what circumstances will the group start replacing people?


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WWF fears environmental impact of toxic mud disaster in Hungary
Posted on 05 October 2010
WWF is fearful of the long term environmental impacts of the toxic mud disaster in Hungary, following the breach of the residue reservoir of the Ajkai Aluminia Refinery about 160 kilometres south west of Budapest.Budapest, Hungary: WWF is fearful of the long term environmental impacts of the toxic mud disaster in Hungary, following the breach of the residue reservoir of the Ajkai Aluminia Refinery about 160 kilometres south west of Budapest.
Four died, six are still missing and 113 were injured as about one million cubic metres of red mud erupted over six villages at 12:25 Monday after the dam broke. The possibly slightly radioactive and highly corrosive material contains toxic heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, arsenic and chromium and has so far covered around 40 square kilometers.
A third degree alert to be called on the Marcal River, where, according to experts practically the total amount of fish stock of the upper river has already been destroyed. The toll of domestic animals suggests that wildlife would be similarly affected.
The mud has a pH level of up to 13 and acids are being poured into the Marcal to neutralize the alkaline stream before it reaches the Raba and the Danube. Red mud was this morning still flooding from the reserves covering Kolontár, Devecser and Somlóvásárhely. About 500-600 tonnes of cluster have been transported to the river to collect the slightly radioactive material.
"This is an unprecedented incident that effects deeply the ecosystem, wetlands and surface water bodies of the region as well as pointing out the fragility of our drinking water reserves," said Gabor Figeczky, the Deputy CO of WWF-Hungary
According to Dr. Zoltan Illes, Hungary's State Secretary of Environmental Protection, the country only in the beginning of eliminating the damages. First they have to collect the toxic mud, then neutralize it to reduce the harm before it reaches the Danube – predicted to be in about five days from now.
For Danube communities, the spill has reignited memories of the the Baia Mare cyanide spill in Romania In January 2000, a retaining wall failed at the Aurul gold processing plant, releasing a wave of cyanide and heavy metals that would moved quickly from one river to the next through Romania, Hungary, Serbia, and Bulgaria, killing fish and other wildlife and poisoning drinking water.
"I hope that the Kolontar incident will not have the same degree of far reaching consequences as the Baia Mare spill," said Andreas Beckmann, Director, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme
"From the information I can gather, the escaped sludge would not normally be a direct threat to the Danube River, but unfortunately we are in the midst of the rainy season and it has rained especially hard in Hungary. This means that the sludge will spread faster and further and it is likely inevitable that some sludge will escape into the Danube.
"It's hard for us to know how this will affect the environment. Heavy metals are known for their longevity, they don't disappear overnight.
"This is a good occasion to remind ourselves that such depots – some currently in use, some abandoned – are common place in the Danube region. Some contain heavy metals, some radioactive elements. None of these are safe and the current incident has shown us this."
Hungary has two other such refineries with an estimated 50 million cubic metres of similarly toxic red mud in highly sensitive areas close to rivers (like the one in Almasfuzito on the bank of the Danube), and karst water reservoires threatening wildlife, wetlands and safe drinking water.
For further details
Please contact Mr. Gabor Figeczky (deputy CO, WWF-Hungary) for further details at:
+36 30 678 53 98


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Mission Statement
Citizens First is the provider of quality financial services to people, businesses and organizations while developing lasting partnerships with each of our customers through responsive, flexible and distinguished personal service.
Core Values: Integrity – Efficiency – Consistency – Stability
- Our History
Citizens First Corporation (Company) was incorporated in 1975 for the purpose of conducting business as an investment club. Through the completion of a public offering of its common stock in February 1999, the Company became a registered bank holding company and, in turn, capitalized Citizens First Bank, Inc. (Bank), a de novo commercial bank chartered under the banking laws of the State of Kentucky. The Bank began operations in February 1999 and is the Company's only operating subsidiary. Along with its headquarters in Bowling Green, the Bank currently operates eight branches in the counties of Warren, Simpson, Barren and Hart in south central Kentucky, and a loan production office in Williamson County, Tennessee.
- Board of Directors
Kent Furlong
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Mark Iverson
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President & CEO
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John Taylor
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- Executive Management
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The reason that Citizens First is a great place to work is the same reason that Citizens First is a great place to bank – our employees! We know that our success depends on the trust that our customers place in our employees' integrity and ability. If you have a strong work ethic, a positive attitude and a desire to help others, Citizens First may be the place for you.
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Citizens First is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers all applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, disabled veteran, Vietnam era veteran status, or any other protected status. Any offer of employment received from Citizens First is contingent upon successful completion of the Bank's total pre-employment screening process, including the Bank's receipt of references it considers satisfactory.


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FCC Genachowski Steps Down - Who's Next?
- March 23, 2013 | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes to read
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Each year, the Relay For Life puts a face on cancer victims, survivors and their caregivers for everyone to see.
For Hampton "Hamp" Sherrin, 21, cancer now has a face, but he doesn't know it belongs to. And Sherrin won't know who it belongs to until next spring.
But it is a face he wants to see.
The Buford High School graduate and senior at Presbyterian College has changed, and hopefully, saved someone's life.
The Lancaster County Council of the Arts and EMK Music will present a Friends Concert on Sunday afternoon.
The classical concert will feature local and regional musicians, including flutist Erin Moon-Kelly, pianist Margaret Walsh-Monroe and soprano Michelle Evans Jarell.
The concert will begin at 3 p.m at the Springs House, 201 W. Gay St., Lancaster.
Admission is free, but the Arts Council will take donations for future performing arts programs.
By GREGORY A. SUMMERS
Since forming in 1999, the music ministry of Legacy Five has been paved with success.
There have been numerous hit songs, appearances on Gaither and Friends Homecoming videos, on "In Touch" with Dr. Charles Stanley, TNN, TBN, Sky Angel, INSP, GMT and The Odyssey Network, music awards and a strong fan base.
But that road to success has been bumpy, too, said Legacy Five's Scott Fowler.
The Southern gospel quartet will perform at 7 p.m. today at Second Baptist Church as part of the 2010 GlennMark Concert Series.
Each year, the Relay For Life puts a face to cancer victims, survivors and their caregivers for everyone to see.
For Hampton Sherrin, 21, cancer now has a face, but he doesn't know it belongs to. And Sherrin won't know who it belongs to until next spring.
The numbers are staggering.
Every 25 seconds, someone in America is diagnosed with diabetes.
Right now, there are 23.6 million Americans living with diabetes. That's almost 8 percent of the United States population.
There are nearly six million more people living with diabetes who don't know it. That includes an estimated 415,000 South Carolinians, said Lori Moseley, program manager of the Diabetes Education Clinic at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster.
At times, the line between love and hate can be paper thin.
That notion is one Billy Ray "Reb" Deese can attest to when he holds the bowl displayed on the kitchen table of his home.
Most wouldn't give the white glazed china dish a second glance. But that bowl – and how it ended up on Holly Dale Drive – is the story of Deese's life. For Deese, it's more second chance than second glance.
Jimmy Mastranunzio is pushing 40.
He's a typical dad who worries about his four children, Haley, Tanner, Jaxon and Kevin and his wife Cyndi.
And he'd like to talk to them, but he can't.
His body has robbed him of that ability and is slowly robbing him of the things most of us take for granted, said his best friend Lauri Pistolis.
Diagnosed with an incurable disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, in 2005, Pistolis said no one knows if Mastranunzio will see his next birthday.
Several county churches have special Easter services planned this week.
They include cantatas, Maundy Thursday services, the Last Supper, Good Friday, and the crucifixion of Christ and His resurrection on Easter Sunday. Here is a look so you can make plans to attend.
– The choir of Camp Creek Baptist Church, 998 Potter Road, will present the Easter cantata "Because He Lives" at 11 a.m. today. For details, call (803) 285-0645.
Holy week revivals
I love a good April 1 prank. Just ask Jane Alford.
The editor of Carolina Gateway found herself as the butt of one of my stunts several years ago.
I called her one April Fools' Day morning, pretending to be small business owner to report that a paper box belonging to The Lancaster News had been stolen.
To be honest, that phone conversation lasted a lot longer that I initially thought it would.
Evidently, I was rather convincing in a my role as the "Kwikee Mart" proprietor.
Signs of spring are blooming all over Lee and Lou C. "Lucy" Thomas' yard at 926 Meadow Drive in Lancaster's Forest Hills neighborhood.
The abundance of daffodils caught the eye of Joyce Morin of The Lancaster Garden Club. Morin selected the Thomas yard as the March Yard of the Month sponsored by the Lancaster Council of Garden Clubs.
"The yard is absolutely awash with daffodils and neat as a pin," Morin said. "It's a very pretty house and the effect is very striking."
Editor's note – The Rev. Nathan J. "N.J." Neely died March 14 after falling when he suffered a stroke early March 12. It was our intention to publish this story on Rev. Neely today.
It originally appeared in the March 3 edition of the Great Falls Reporter, which is published by our sister paper, The Chester News and Reporter.
Angela Gwinn did not choose music as a career. Music chose her, and, she's glad it did.
"When God gives you a gift, you have to do with it what you can," said the Cedar Falls, Iowa, native who now lives in Fort Mill.
The talented opera soprano is one of nine musicians who will perform here Sunday in the annual Helen Robinson Memorial Music Recital at First United Methodist Church.
While Gwinn has performed on stages from New York to New Zealand, she is right at home standing on a church pulpit.
In 1976, The Manhattans recorded a track that included a memorable opening rap by Winfred "Blue" Lovett, followed by the impassioned vocals of lead singer Gerald Alston.
From the start, Lovett said this song was different.
Since 1965, he had composed his share of songs for the polished vocal group with some of them taking weeks to arrange. But nothing ever happened.
Some of those songs, Lovett said, he heard in his sleep, but he was too tired to make it to his piano.
Chances are high that you're wearing something green right now.
It might be a shirt, blouse, scarf, hat or even a temporary tattoo.
If you are, happy St. Patrick's Day.
If you aren't wearing green, get ready to be pinched and happy St. Patrick's Day.
First observed in Boston 273 years ago (1737), St. Patrick's Day continues to be one of America's favorite holidays.
The holiday, which is named after the patron saint of Ireland came to this country via its Irish immigrants.
WAXHAW – When Arthur Lightbody gets to work March 20, he knows those walking past his office door may do a double-take once they get a brief glance at his unusual attire.
Some, he said, are already questioning why he's been talking to himself out loud in the break room.
But if you see Lightbody's one-man show at Andrew Jackson State Park at noon that day, everything will make perfect sense.
The media relations officer and vice president of communications for JAARS is a president, too.
A recent survey from ConAgra Foods shows that 49 percent of Americans say they are often short on time and energy when it comes to preparing meals.
On hectic days, a cook's best friend is a slow cooker.
Busy cooks who want convenience and flavor can use a slow cooker to prepare family-pleasing, one-dish meals. All they require to make a hearty meal is a few simple ingredients placed together early in the morning or late at night.
From meats and casseroles to soups, dips, pastas and, yes, even desserts, this handy appliance can do it all.
INDIAN LAND – Lauri Pistolis got more than she bargained for when she headed to Memphis, Tenn., last month to help a friend handle the horses on a movie set.
But she's not complaining.
Pistolis wound up being the stunt double for female lead Leonor Varela in the upcoming movie, "A Fine Step."
That meant Pistolis got to ride the film's real star, Substituto, a 5-year-old champion Paso Fino stallion in his first movie role.
You don't have to tell Kelly Gibson the winter of 2009-10 is tied for the fourth coldest in South Carolina history.
And it's not just here. It's been just cold and wet across most of the southeast, including Florida.
Gibson knows it whenever one word – tomato – gets mentioned.
Those three syllables can make the owner of the South 200 Drive-In Restaurant grimace, stare at the floor and shake her head.
The cantus chamber choir and brass quintet from the S.C. Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities won't have much trouble finding First Presbyterian Church next Tuesday.
One of its members knows exactly where the church is.
Former Andrew Jackson High School student Sara Parker is now a senior at the Governor's School in Greenville.
"This is a big trip for us," said Dr. David Rhyne, who is the choral instructor there.
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The well known Heimlich Maneuver or 'Hug of Life' for removing obstructions in human throats works for dogs and cats too.
The objective is to compress the lower chest forcibly to raise air pressure inside the chest to blow the foreign material out of the throat or the larynx.
Here's what you need to do:
• Place the pet on its side on a hard surface.
• Place both hands behind the last rib and press down quickly and firmly - release immediately and repeat rapidly several times.
• Try to direct the force of your hands slightly forward - this will make your efforts more effective.
• Have someone carefully open the dog's or cat's mouth wide and attempt to retrieve the material from the throat as you compress the chest.
Once the airway is cleared, if the dog or cat isn't breathing, obviously artificial respiration is necessary.
Now, the important thing here to remember is - even though you've been able to release what the dog or cat is choking on, you still want to get them to a veterinarian to make sure no damage is done.
Now let me give you my version of the Hemlich Maneuver that I have used many many times on medium to larger dogs.
If you have a medium to large dog what you need to do is:
• Straddle your dog from behind.
• You put your fist just behind the last rib in the center - lifting up and forward - several quick motions.
• If there is a second person and they can open the dog's mouth - it works better.
And in many cases what is stuck in your pet's throat will come out.
Remember, then get your dog or cat straight to the veterinarian.
- Warren Eckstein
Giving Your Dog the Heimlich Maneuver
If a dog starts choking or appears to have difficulty breathing, it may have an obstruction in its throat. Employ the following maneuver to repair the problem.
Open the dog's mouth and look at the back of its throat (Fig. A). If you can see the object causing the choking, remove it (Fig. B). If the dog is unconscious, pulling its tongue forward will give a better view and perhaps dislodge the object.
CAUTION: Even an unconscious dog may bite on instinct. Be careful.
If the dog is small enough, pick it up and hold it by the hips with its head hanging down (Fig. C). For larger dogs, hold the hind legs in the air so its head hangs down. These techniques may cause the object to simply drop out. If not, you must perform the Heimlich maneuver.
With the dog either standing or lying down, place your arms around its waist with hands clasped around its stomach. Close your hands into one fist and place it just behind the last rib.
Compress the stomach by pushing up five times rapidly (Fig. D).
Sweep your finger through the dog's mouth to see if the object has dislodged (Fig. E).
If it hasn't, strike the dog sharply between the shoulder blades with the flat side of one hand (Fig. F), then repeat abdominal compressions. Alternate these procedures until the object is dislodged.
If the object is dislodged but the dog no longer appears to be breathing, continue to the next section on artificial respiration and CPR.
Intro: Artificial Respiration and CPR for Dogs
As with humans, dogs whose respiration and/or heart has stopped can be assisted with artificial respiration and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). However, these are last-ditch procedures that should only be attempted if you are absolutely sure the dog has stopped breathing. Place your hand on the left side of the chest to feel for a heartbeat (if you find one, the dog is still breathing). Alternatively, hold a mirror in front of the dog's nose and watch for condensation (if you see it, the dog is still breathing). Still another method is to place a cotton ball before the dog's nose and watch for even the slightest movement in the filaments.
Artifical Respiration for Dogs
Inspect the airway for obstructions. Lay the dog on its side, tilt its head slightly back, pull the tongue out of the way, and use your fingers to feel for and remove obstructions. Perform the Heimlich maneuver if necessary. (See The Heimlich Maneuver.) If clearing the obstruction does not reinstate normal respiration, proceed to the next step.
Be sure the dog's neck is straight. For medium to large dogs, place your hand around the muzzle, hold it closed, and place your mouth around its nose. For smaller dogs (under 30 pounds), your mouth should cover the dog's nose and lips (Fig. A).
Give four or five quick, forceful breaths.
Check for response. If normal breathing resumes, stop. If not, or if breathing is shallow, resume CPR.
Give 20 breaths per minute for small dogs, or 20 to 30 breaths per minute for medium and large dogs.
Check for heartbeat by placing your hand on the left side of the dog's chest. If none is detected, begin compressions along with rescue breathing.
For most dogs, compressions can be performed while the animal lies on its side (Fig. B). The back is better for barrel-chested canines such as bulldogs. Whatever the approach, be sure the dog is on firm ground. Compressions will not be effective on a soft surface.
For small dogs, place your palm and fingertips over the ribs at the point where the elbow meets the chest. Kneel down next to the dog, then compress the chest approximately 1 inch, twice per second. Alternate every five compressions with one breath. After 1 minute, check for heartbeat. If none is found, continue.
For medium to large dogs, kneel down next to the canine, extend your elbows, and cup your hands on top of each other. Place hands over the ribs at the point where the dog's elbows meet the chest, then compress it 2 to 3 inches, one-and-a-half to two times per second. Alternate every five compressions with one breath. After 1 minute, check for heartbeat. If you find none, continue.
For very large dogs (over 100 pounds or 45 kg), compress the chest 2 to 3 inches once per second, alternating every 10 compressions with breath. After 1 minute, check for heartbeat. If you find none, continue.
CAUTION: The chances of reviving a canine with CPR are minimal. After 20 minutes of CPR, it is unlikely that the animal will be revived, even with professional intervention.
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The Ohio University School of Music will present "Hallowpalooza V—Something Wicked This Way Hums" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, in Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.
The one-hour concert, fit for revelers ages 5 and up, will feature a variety of the school's instrumental ensembles headlined by the Ohio University Symphony Orchestra. The annual concert has entertained more than 1,000 audience members each year.
"We're looking forward to continuing our successful tradition of celebrating Halloween in Athens in an entertaining and safe way," said Steven Huang, director of orchestras. "Using costumes and special effects together with live music, we hope to delight the community with our imagination and talent."
Highlights will include spoofs of movie music, internet sensations, and classical standards, such as the "Nutcracker Suite," music from the movie "Jaws," and the popular smartphone game Angry Birds.
Styles will range from straight classical to dubstep-inspired moves.
In addition to the evening concert, the School of Music will present a special morning performance for more than 1,200 area elementary school children from Meigs, Nelsonville, and Athens counties. The Athens Community Music School (ACMS) helps make this possible by providing the funding to cover their transportation costs. Additional advertisement is funded by ACMS and Arts for Ohio.
"Although the vast majority of School of Music concerts are free, many children don't get a chance to see them because of a variety of barriers such as issues with transportation or households where parents work in the evenings," said Elizabeth Braun, director of the Athens Community Music School. "I have no doubts that the children will recognize much of the music they hear at the concert and I hope that excites them and encourages them to imagine themselves on stage playing an instrument some day."
Hallowpalooza will last about an hour with fun, lighthearted music as well as spooky lighting and effects to go along with Athens popular Halloween tradition. It provides a family-friendly alternative
to uptown Halloween festivities. Costumes are encouraged.
Tickets are $5. Students with a valid Ohio University ID and children 12 and under receive free admission. Any proceeds from the concert benefit student support at the School of Music.


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Obama offers $100m to map human brain
Over the past two centuries, modern science has charted vast quantities of our solar system and constructed detailed models of the invisible particles that make-up the world's matter.
But when it comes to understanding the human brain, a complex machine comprising 100 billion neurons that make trillions of connections, scientists have no map to guide them.
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama announced his ''Brain Initiative'', a bold new plan - with $100 million initial funding - to conquer the human body's most mysterious frontier.
''The brain initiative will give scientists the tools they need to get a dynamic picture of the brain in action and better understand how we think, learn and remember,'' said Obama, at a White House news conference.
While project details and time frames were scarce, most pundits interpreted the goal would be to create a map of the brain's functional circuitry - the highly sophisticated movement of electrochemical signals between neurons and synapses that underpin the body's transfer of information.
By understanding how information in the brain is stored, retrieved and used, scientists will hope to gain insights into brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and autism.
The head of Neuroscience Research Australia, Peter Schofield, believed the project was an ambitious but worthy endeavour, much like the human genome project, which sequenced the building blocks of DNA, and has delivered significant research benefits.
''This will not be wasted effort, it will provide great new insights which will be quickly harnessed for the direct benefit of people and the conditions which afflict them,'' Professor Schofield said.
''It's great to see basic science, especially neuroscience, leading the world agenda.''
Decades of brain research and advances in brain imaging mean neuroscientists can pinpoint regions of the brain that drive basic humans function such as speech, emotion, memory and fear.
What they are yet to understand is the finer detail of how each of those connections work and the exact sequence of events when a memory is created or the brain retrieves a phrase for speech, Professor Schofield said.
''We know the hippocampus is critically involved in memory formation, and that it degenerates in Alzheimer's, and we have some test tube model work that shows learning occurs in hippocampus,'' he said.
''But we have almost zero information about how that happens.''
The project follows the European Union's Human Brain Project, which plans to integrate the vast amount of brain research and data to build computer models and brain simulations.
Nicky Phillips is Science Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald.


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THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON is a modern movie miracle. Aglow in the wonderment of time, the film captures the poetry and pain of life with such originality that audiences may not want to awake from the dream the film casts upon them. Working from a screenplay by Eric Roth, David Fincher clocks in again as one of the most exciting voices in American film, and his extraordinary use of technology, often the enemy of performance, serves only to enhance Brad Pitt's brilliant turn in the title role. Pitt's chemistry with Cate Blanchett creates one of film history's most powerful screen romances, reminding us all of the preciousness of each passing moment.
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THE DARK KNIGHT leapt from the screen and into the zeitgeist of a nation desperate for a savior, but wary of the consequences of rushing to action. At once brave and bravura, this epic studio presentation succeeds as blockbuster entertainment and true artistic expression from Christopher Nolan, who devised the story with David S. Goyer and co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan. Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine and Maggie Gyllenhaal lead a stellar cast marked forever in time by Heath Ledger's re-imagining of "The Joker." THE DARK KNIGHT is a movie that leaves your heart and mind racing as it redefines heroism for a new generation.
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FROST/NIXON brings history to life with such dramatic intensity that audiences feel eyewitness to a duel of titans from the worlds of politics and journalism. Ron Howard and screenwriter Peter Morgan, working in perfect harmony, have reinvented Morgan's stage play in cinematic terms, making it a dynamic ensemble piece where warring camps ready for battle. Tour de force performances by Frank Langella as Richard Nixon and Michael Sheen as David Frost command the screen with all the power of a Shakespeare play. This is not only a film about an historic event, but also the blinding light of hubris and the fight for how one is to be remembered. FROST/NIXON will be remembered as a classic.
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FROZEN RIVER challenges audiences to witness the strength and the character of America's underclass — and, ultimately, asks if they have what it takes to endure such hardship. First-time feature filmmaker Courtney Hunt tells the story of two women from different worlds who stand together in an astoundingly bleak landscape — unlikely partners on economic thin ice. Their struggle unfolds with such authenticity — free from the comfort endemic to most American films — that the pain and power of the story are palpable. The performances of Melissa Leo and Misty Upham stand among this year's finest.
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GRAN TORINO is a cultural landmark in the grand and glorious career of an American master — Clint Eastwood. As director and leading man, Eastwood examines his own iconography to tell a timely tale of crossing cultural boundaries, the enduring legacy of racism and the cost of poverty in our country's neglected industrial cities. Though born from "Harry Callahan," Eastwood's "Walt Kowalski" reflects a more complicated definition of what it is to be a hero in today's world. Watching a screen legend embody the times and triumph with such comic, tragic and cinematic flair is a thrill audiences will long remember as witness to film history.
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IRON MAN smashes through the cinematic stratosphere to take its rightful place among the leading superhero sagas in American film. Witty and bold, this dynamic film is a shining example of summer entertainment that can both entertain and enlighten. Jon Favreau's dynamic direction delights in the medium, using visual effects with a light touch and in perfect service to the story. Robert Downey, Jr.'s inspired interpretation lifts the title role off the pages of a comic book with great respect — and his own indelible quirkiness — launching it into the future as audiences cheer both a hero and their own humanity.
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MILK is here to recruit you — and all audiences who yearn for stories of hope and inspiration. The film is a time capsule that comes to life through Sean Penn's transformative performance, adding another chapter to the volumes this great American artist has written for the ages. His work here holds the center of a spectacular ensemble led by Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch and James Franco. In a year when America went to the polls seeking change, director Gus Van Sant and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black crafted a story that soars above the biopic genre by illuminating the thrill of activism, celebrating the theater in America's political process and extolling Milk's legacy through his simple message — "You gotta give 'em hope."
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WALL•E proves to this generation and beyond that the film medium's only true boundaries are the human imagination. Writer/director Andrew Stanton and his team have created a classic screen character from a metal trash compactor who rides to the rescue of a planet buried in the debris that embodies the broken promise of American life. Not since Chaplin's "Little Tramp" has so much story — so much emotion — been conveyed without words. When hope arrives in the form of a seedling, the film blossoms into one of the great screen romances as two robots remind audiences of the beating heart in all of us that yearns for humanity — and love — in the darkest of landscapes.
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WENDY AND LUCY is a precisely observed portrait of life on the edge in America, where every dollar is measured and daily decisions are high drama. Director, co-writer and co-editor Kelly Reichardt trusts the simplicity of a well-plotted, emotional story to reach its audience, infusing this minimalist movie about a woman and her dog with quiet moments that do not beg for sympathy. Michelle Williams's heroic performance is the center of this powerful poem about friendship — what it is to care, to give and to let go — as the wail of a distant train calls for a better life.
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THE WRESTLER is a cinematic smackdown that slams audiences head first into the harsh and harrowing world of professional wrestling. Director Darren Aronofsky and writer Robert D. Siegel transcend the sports genre, and fearlessly explore the dream-ravaged landscape of a performer whose time has come and gone. Mickey Rourke's towering performance as "Randy 'The Ram' Robinson" stands firmly in the pantheon of great American performances on film — and his tag team of Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood prove once again that they are among the finest actors of their generation.
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BREAKING BAD is combustible television — a bold enterprise that illuminates how high the stakes are for "everyman" in modern-day America. Marked by an explosive mixture of dark comedy and pure savagery, this allegorical examination of a man in crisis springs from the mind of writer/director/creator Vince Gilligan, and together with his creative ensemble, they set the moral compass spinning. Bryan Cranston proves once again that he is one of the true talents of television as the tragic high school chemistry teacher who is faced with mortality, a desire to provide for his family and no easy answers along the way.
IN TREATMENT redefined "appointment television" for 2008. The show's innovative format presents a new episode every weeknight, each a daring one-act-play that sets a standard for dynamic drama via verbal combat. Writer/director/producer Rodrigo Garcia and his talented team expertly weave together the intimate stories of six patients and their psychotherapist with questions and answers that are not always what they — or we — want to hear. Gabriel Byrne leads this weekly master class on acting, with a standout performance by Mia Wasikowska as "Sophie," the young gymnast. With IN TREATMENT, when your time is up...you want more.
JOHN ADAMS is an act of heroism in the history of long-form television. This epic seven-part miniseries was born from the pages of David McCullough's book, nurtured by the masterful rhythm and timbre of Kirk Ellis's writing, and shaped and sculpted
like a work of art by Tom Hooper's extraordinary vision of America's founding fathers. Never bowing to pageantry, this work presents an historical tale greater than unfolding events, articulating ideas that continue to echo across time. With a superb cast led by Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, JOHN ADAMS is a gift to today's generation, one most resonant in a year when American ideals were discussed and debated in the glow of televisions around the world.
LIFE breathes new life into the classic cop show. The hallmark of Rand Ravich's beautifully realized drama is the emergence of an original character in homicide detective "Charlie Crews," a man reclaiming his life in a profession that brings him in touch with death each day on the beat. Compelling and insightful, this stylish procedural is not solely about solving a crime, but also about a range of adult, emotional issues not traditionally observed in the genre — including an arresting exploration of what it is to achieve transcendence.
LOST found itself further solidifying its place in television history as one of America's most addictive and audacious dramas. Now in its fourth year, each new episode defied convention with such authority that the show exemplified the term "surrender television," transporting audiences beyond the boundaries of a remote island and back and forth across time. LOST is a wildly imaginative adventure series, and this year, time was not only of the essence — it was the essence — redefining the very possibility of storytelling on television.
MAD MEN unveils a work of art each week — one reminiscent of a modernist painting that invites an audience to find more with each visit. Masterful in its music, costumes and production design, Matt Weiner and his brilliant creative ensemble delve deep below the surface glamour of the sixties and tap the psyche of a generation on the brink of enormous change. Though the show continues to be anchored by the commanding presence of Jon Hamm's "Don Draper," this year became a true ensemble piece, one that remains as insightful as a Bob Dylan anthem and as cool as a dry martini.
THE OFFICE provides a potent tonic for what ails America in 2008. Creating a consistently funny situation comedy is among television's greatest challenges, and THE OFFICE not only delivers the laughs each week, but grew even stronger this year by peeking into other cubicles and drawing stories from many exceptionally well-realized supporting characters. From flat out farce to touching displays of emotion, THE OFFICE celebrates the maddening dynamics and the embarrassing emotional intimacy of a family — the family we all love and endure at the work place.
RECOUNT vividly captures an historic moment in America, as well as a reality that can only be appreciated in retrospect — that history is often written by the smallest of decisions, the quietest of conversations and the narrowest of margins. Director Jay Roach presents Danny Strong's meticulously researched script in the great tradition of classic films like ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN — heart-pounding thrillers with endings well-known. Kevin Spacey, Denis Leary, Laura Dern and Tom Wilkinson lead a flawless acting ensemble, reminding us that truth — especially in politics — can be stranger than fiction.
THE SHIELD entered its seventh and final season with great expectations and smashed through them with each new episode. Always faithful to the show's inspired noir roots, Shawn Ryan and the creative ensemble drove the Strike Team through higher levels of
dramatic storytelling and complex moral quandaries, with Michael Chiklis's timeless and tortured "Vic Mackey" always at the rotten core. The season finale is an episodic masterpiece, as extraordinarily satisfying as it was inevitable — the perfect ending to a landmark series.
THE WIRE captures the decay of an American city by calling upon the forces of many art forms — the novel, the opera, the motion picture — and combining them to present a show like no other on television. David Simon's wizardry of the word harnesses the unique power of the medium to show the interconnectivity of our complex social and political systems, the consequences of their inability to relate and the dramatic effect on us all. This fifth and final season brought the curtain down on America's tragic urban landscape — an ending that served as both love song and eulogy to a city, its institutions and its people.
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I know anyone reading this will find it hard to believe and I must admit that I didn't believe it would be possible either. BUT if you have anything to do with running the sales engine in a dealership you have to read this...
When Rudy Martin told our dealer principle and I that we could eliminate the $12,000-$15,000 per month we had been spending with Zag for years and; get this- replace the volume and increase our grosses by allocating 25%-30% of what we were already spending on Google to a campaign they would manage for us for free and adding a few of their "Lead Converters" on our existing Cobalt website, I laughed. Well wouldn't you?
Skeptical as I was, the potential for saving over $150,000 annually while increasing our grosses was far too much for the dealer to pass up. So, as is usually the case when he makes up his mind to try something, against my better judgment I reluctantly (which is a gross understatement) agreed to try it under 3 conditions: 1. No significant up-front costs 2. No long term contract- 90 days max. 3. It would have to be done on a performance-based fee structure. These conditions would ensure that I minimized the risk and damage when, not if, what I was sure would happen actually took place. Besides, I didn't want to have to wait too long before being able to boast "see I told you so" and run back to Zag with my tail between my legs.
Well, a funny thing happened somewhere between their agreeing to my terms and the "see I told you so". It worked exactly as Rudy said it would. We retained our volume, increased our grosses, without increasing our ad spend, and did it all at a small fraction of what we were paying Zag. But the story doesn't end there. Once I became I believer we set our sites on trying to eliminate other lead providers and their expense. As of this writing we longer purchase leads from 3rd party lead generators like Autobytel, AutoUSA, etc., we also don't advertise on Autotrader.com or Cars.com and generate twice the lead volume from our own website than we receive from: Hyundai, Costco, Edmunds, KBB.com, Trilogy and others combined.
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I like to think that I�m the kind of open-minded cook who loves all ingredients equally. But I�m not. There is one food for which I have such a strong affection that we build family celebrations around it � asparagus.
I�m not talking about just any asparagus but specifically the jumbo spears. They�re as big around as your thumb, available only a few weeks every year and, when cooked right, have an incomparably delicate flavor and a texture like asparagus mousse.
When they first come in, I buy a pound of them per person, boil them or steam them as the mood strikes, being careful to push them just beyond the edge of culinary propriety � cooking them just until they sag when lifted. Then I dress them very simply with good olive oil, lemon juice and coarse salt.
That will be dinner � well, some bread and butter to sop up the juices, and a glass of white wine (preferably a Gewurztraminer). Especially for the first meal of the season, you want to prepare asparagus as simply as possible to best appreciate the sublime flavor and texture. After that, though, there are no limits. How else do I prepare asparagus? It really depends on what size of spears I have.
For the really thick jumbos, I stay pretty close to the essentials (one hint: prepare them by cutting off the bases where they turn from pale to green, then peel from the tip down, starting with light pressure and finishing hard; this is how you avoid tough fibers and still get the most meat).
If I�ve got wiry thin spears, I�ll use them as an ingredient � stir them into risotto or pasta, maybe make a frittata with them. You don�t need to peel these, just cut off the bases. The spears that fall in the middle � those about as big around as your little finger � will work with either of those preparations.
But I like to glaze these. Peel them as you would the thick spears (but very lightly!). Lay them flat in a skillet and add just enough water to barely cover the bottom of the pan and a healthy knob of butter or glug of olive oil. Cook, covered, over medium heat until the spears are almost tender (you�ll feel it when you poke them with a small, sharp knife). Remove the lid, raise the heat to high and cook until the liquid has reduced to an intensely asparagus-flavored sauce. Serve this just as it is, or top it with a sunny-side-up egg for dinner.
Lately my favorite way to cook asparagus has been not to cook it at all. Just as you can use a vegetable peeler to make �noodles� from zucchini or cucumbers, if you work very carefully, you can shave asparagus spears into long thin strips that are absolutely delicious raw.
You can dress these very simply with a lemon vinaigrette or use them as the base for something a little more interesting. My current favorite is tossing them with thinly sliced mushrooms, walnuts and those wonderfully toasty golden bits of melted Parmesan called frico.
Still, I know I�m nowhere close to running out of asparagus preparations. One of my cooking heroes, Alain Passard, has a famous preparation in which he stands the spears up in a tall, narrow pan and cooks them very slowly for 21/2 hours, constantly basting the tips with butter. Someday when I have the time � or a sous-chef I can persecute � I will try that one too.
40 minutes. Serves 4
2 ounces Parmesan, grated
Generous 1/3 cup walnut halves
1 pound medium asparagus
� pound white mushrooms
1 Tbs. minced chives
2 Tbs. olive oil
1 Tbs. lemon juice
Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a silicon sheet or parchment paper. Spoon the grated Parmesan in 1-tablespoon mounds on the sheet and press lightly to flatten. Bake until the cheese is melted and browned, about 7 to 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool.
When the Parmesan crisps are done, place the walnuts on the baking sheet and bake until toasted and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Remove and cool.
Shave the asparagus: Lay a stalk flat on the cutting board, holding it at the base. Starting at about where the pale base turns green, use a vegetable peeler to shave the stalk in long, even strips all the way through the tip. When you�ve gotten about halfway through the stalk, turn it over and start on the other side. When you reach the point that the peeler will no longer shave the spear, rest the spear on top of the flat handle of a wooden spoon to elevate it and take the last two or three strips. You can either discard what remains or save it to make an asparagus soup.
Trim the bottoms of the stems from the mushrooms so they�ll sit flat on the work surface. Using a very sharp knife, slice the mushrooms as thin as you can.
Combine the asparagus shavings, mushrooms and walnuts in a large mixing bowl, and toss gently.
Place the minced chives in the bottom of a small bowl and cover with the olive oil. Add the lemon juice and one-half teaspoon salt, and whisk until smooth. Pour all but a teaspoon or so of this dressing over the asparagus mixture and toss gently with your hands to lightly coat. Add the rest of the vinaigrette, a little at a time, as necessary. Season with salt to taste. Arrange the salad on a platter, and crack the Parmesan crisps over the top in large pieces. Serve immediately.


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Roasted Hazelnut and Prune Bread
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I baked recently "Roasted Hazelnut and Prune Bread" from Hamelman book, page 185. I removed the butter and the instant yeast, and I increased the hydration from 66% to 68%, and I left the dough in the fridge overnight for the final fermentation.
The bad: I didn't know what to expect of it, I ezitated when I slashed it, cause it's still not clear for me when I have to give a perpendicular slash (with a straight lame) or an "almost-parallel-with-the-surface" kind of slash (does the shape of bread dictate it, or the kind of bread -rye, whole-wheat, white). The bread didn't have a spectacular oven spring. I think I incorporated a little raw flour in the dough when I shaped it (or else why do some prunes have a dry layer around them?). I think I could have roasted the hazelnuts for a longer time. I wish the prunes were more even distributed.
The good: I like the crumb, the contrast of textures and colours. I loved the combination of sweet, sour and nutty. Lovely for breakfast, with a cup of coffee aside. Lovely with goat cheese, or other kinds of cheese. Excellent with butter. I regret I didn't try to toast it...
For those who haven't tried it yet, I absolutely recomend it.
I decided to make this bread, because food-bloggers from Romania make a dish every month, with a chosen theme; and for august the theme was the plum. (They accepted me with prunes.) The challenge is called "Sweet Romania" and I was glad that I could participated with this lovely bread.
The recipe and details can be found here on my romanian blog Apa.Faina.Sare.