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Do you have a favorite bread or food related...
I was sitting here playing fetch with my cat, One Spot, and I started to think about quotes....
Wierd? Perhaps. But he does fetch quite well and even meows if I'm not tossing the toy to his timetable, heheh.
Oh, you mean it's weird to be thinking about quotes while playing with my cat?!?! I can see why you'd think that, but I was thinking, 'You can't teach an old dog new tricks'. Why? Well, I've not heard of many folks that have cats that fetch and most folks wouldn't even try, but I've had two that have found it enjoyable. Not only might an old dog learn new tricks, but even a cat can learn new tricks as well. I was following this tangent in my mind and I started to get hungry, so quotes and food start to flow into my brain. Man can't eat on bread alone, etc... and I thought, hmmmmm wonder if there's been a thread about that on my new-found site, The Fresh Loaf. I checked back 5 pages here and didn't see one, so I decided to create one.
There are tons out there, not the least of which is 'Let them eat CAKE!', but summary execution followed, so not so good. Then I remembered one of my favorites. It comes from Alton Brown's 'I'm Just Here for the Food', and that's really the only food reference, but I feel it's symbolic of my quest as a hobbyist baker. He quotes Leonard Rubenstein as follows:
"Curiousity is a willing, a proud, an eager confession of ignorance." Suits me.
What's your favorite? You are what you eat? Beef, it's what's for dinner?
Hope this sparks some conversation.


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Berklee Today Archives: 1989-1999 1989, Archives Berklee Today: Fall 1989 Emily Remler '76 on First Impressions and the Inner Game of Music | Teaching the Music of Thelonious Monk Berklee Today: Summer 1989 George Martin on Music, Memories, and Modern Technology | Alumni News: Where Are They Now 1990, Archives Berklee Today: Fall 1990 Arif Mardin '61 on the Past and Present of Popular Music | The Roots of Reggae Berklee Today: Spring 1990 Alan Silvestri '70 on Scoring the Hits | Tendinitis: Prevention and Cure | Myth and MIDI Berklee Today: Summer 1990 Ernie Watts '66 on the Common Chords of Contemporary Music | Realities Behind the Stereo Illusion 1991, Archives Berklee Today: Fall 1991 Terri Lyne Carrington '83 on Growing Up and Staying Young | Practicing the Art of Silence Berklee Today: Spring 1991 Sadao Watanabe '65 on the Joys of Life After 50 Albums | Building the Digital Orchestra Berklee Today: Summer 1991 Abraham Laboriel '72 on the Rewarding Journey to First Bass | Special Extended Alumni Section 1992, Archives Berklee Today: Fall 1992 Branford Marsalis '81: Upfront with the Bandleader of the "Tonight Show" | Music Publishing Rights and Revenues Berklee Today: Spring 1992 Joe Zawinul '59 on jazz, folklore, and life in the new Syndicate | Teaching the Business of Music Berklee Today: Summer 1992 John Scofield '73: Up Close and Personal with the Jazz Road Warrior | Backstage at the Grammy Awards 1993, Archives Berklee Today: Fall 1993 Top guitarslinger Steve Vai '79 on playing rock with heart and mind | Is Your Name Worth Protecting? Berklee Today: Spring 1993 Toshiiko Aki!loshi '57: Pathfinder for women in jazz | Is digital audio better than analog? Berklee Today: Summer 1993 Jan Hammer '69 on scoring with "Miami Vice," Mahavishnu and Beyond the Mind's Eye | Indie CD Realities 1994, Archives Berklee Today: Fall 1994 Mike Stern '75: Blistering the Frets With Miles, Steps Ahead, and His Own Trio | Alternatives in Record Distribution Berklee Today: Spring 1994 Woodwind Modernist Joe Lovano '72: Blending Invention with Jazz Tradition | Negotiating a Recording Contract Berklee Today: Summer 1994 Studio Ace John "J.R." Robinson '75: L.A.'s Hit Man | The Musician Mind 1995, Archives Berklee Today: Fall 1995 Harvie Swartz '70: At the top of the list of New York's bottom liners | Band dissolutions and disillusions Berklee Today: Spring 1995 Quincy Jones '51: The Best Is Yet to Come | Musician's Maladies Berklee Today: Summer 1995 Herb Pomeroy '52: Reflections on his Four Decades at Berklee | L.A.'s Post-production Music Scene 1996, Archives Berklee Today: Fall 1996 Patty Larkin '74: Melodies and Metaphors of the 90s | Ethics and the Music Business Berklee Today: Spring 1996 AI Di Meola '74: A Iook back and forward 20 years after RTF | Somatic education for musicians Berklee Today: Summer 1996 AIf Clausen '66: The inside story on scoring the hit series "The Simpsons" | Winds of Change: A CD price increase up ahead? 1997, Archives Berklee Today: Fall 1997 Top film composer Howard Shore '69: Making the subliminal connection | Musicians' Health: Striving for Balance Berklee Today: Spring 1997 Steve Smith '76: A Different Drummer | Musical Collaborations | Writing Accurate Chord Symbol Berklee Today: Summer 1997 Brad Whitford '71 and Joey Kramer '70: Nine Lives with Aerosmith | Lyle Mays on Composing 1998, Archives Berklee Today: Fall 1998 Bill Frisell '78: Unwitting Iconoclast | Reflections on Teaching | Hearing by Interval Berklee Today: Spring 1998 Paula Cole '90: She's not so ordinary | Music Educators: Reaching the young Berklee Today: Summer 1998 Neil Stubenhaus '75 : First bassman for 20 years on L.A's "A Team" | Careers in Nashville

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As I said in the previous post, I went to the Book Fair again.
And holy... We bought A LOT. o_o Travel books, and anime DVDs. Wanted to buy a receipe book so I could learn cooking but didn't manage to find the one I like so.. =X
Oh it wasn't as crowded as the first time we went, so it's more easier to move around. Even though it's still hard to walk through some lanes as people are there standing and reading. -_-
Anyway overall, it was a good day! Especially with him beside me. X3
A colleague spotted us! Or should I say 2 colleagues! But then... I don't really care much anymore. Hey, it's not like I'm doing something bad. Or doing some lovey dovey stuff in the office. So whatever. =3
Tokoro de, have to go jogging later. Sigh. Boring stuff. But it's for my good. Stay healthy, as Ivan says. DX
So bye now!
P/S: Gomen that I couldn't join you on many events, gomen! I really wanted too...
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Serve the peppers, salad, and empanada together, tapas style, then follow with the stew and the pancakes. Or, if you prefer, serve the peppers as an appetizer and the salad as a first course. Follow with the stew, the empanada, and the pancakes. Keep in mind that the heat of the peppers varies widely—some are mild, others are hot. The heat is tamed by Tetilla cheese, a creamy cow's-milk cheese from Galicia, and a garlicky mayonnaise that's inspired by Spanish allioli.
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- Makes 8 appetizer servings
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled, halved lengthwise, center germ removed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large egg yolks
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon light fruity olive oil
- 24 Padrón peppers or shishito peppers*
- 2 ounces (about) Tetilla cheese**
- Mash garlic and salt in medium metal bowl with pestle or back of spoon until paste forms. Whisk in egg yolks, 3 tablespoons water, lemon juice, and mustard. Set bowl over saucepan of barely simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water) and whisk constantly until mixture thickens and instant-read thermometer inserted into mixture registers 140°F for 3 minutes, 6 to 7 minutes total. Remove bowl from over water. Cool mixture to room temperature, whisking occasionally, about 15 minutes.
- Gradually whisk 1 cup oil into yolk mixture in very thin slow stream, whisking until sauce is thick. Season with pepper and more salt, if desired. Cover and chill.
- Cut slit lengthwise down side of each pepper. Cut cheese into small rectangular pieces to fit inside peppers. Insert 1 piece cheese into each pepper; press to enclose. do ahead Sauce and peppers can be made 1 day ahead. Cover separately and chill.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in heavy large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add peppers to skillet; cook until browned in spots and cheese melts (some cheese may ooze out of peppers), turning occasionally, 1 to 2 minutes. Arrange peppers on platter. Serve with sauce for dipping.
- Padrón peppers can be found at farmers' markets and at latienda.com; shishito peppers can be found at some farmers' markets and at Japanese markets.
- ** Tetilla cheese is available at some supermarkets, at specialty foods stores, and online at latienda.com.
- What to drink:
- Verdejo, a white wine from the Rueda region (southeast of Galicia), has enough acidity and body to stand up to the peppers and the cheese. José recommends the Bodegas Naia 2006 Naiades ($29). If you can't find that bottle, try the 2008 Vidal Soblechero "Viña Clavidor" Verdejo ($13).
Test-kitchen tip:
If you can't find Padrón or shishito peppers and Tetilla cheese, use mini bell peppers and jalapeño Jack cheese.
Per serving: 294.2 kcal calories, 94.3 % calories from fat, 30.8 g fat, 5.3 g saturated fat, 58.0 mg cholesterol, 2.0 g carbohydrates, 0.4 g dietary fiber, 0.7 g total sugars, 1.5 g net carbohydrates, 2.5 g protein


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German court orders Google to block Max Mosley orgy pictures
Google says it will appeal a German court ruling that ordered the company to block search results linking to photos of an orgy involving former Formula One racing chief Max Mosley.
The court said on Friday that although Google had not taken the pictures it was responsible as a distributor of the images.
"The court is of the opinion that the banned pictures of the plaintiff severely violate his private sphere, as they show him active in sexual practices," the court said.
The ruling comes more than two months after a French court ordered Google to find a way to remove recurring links to images of Mosley, who was photographed in 2008 at an orgy with prostitutes.
The dispute in the Hamburg court relates to photographs of Mosley published by the defunct British tabloid News of the World that were accompanied by an article suggesting he had organized a "sick Nazi orgy".
Mosley has acknowledged that he engaged in sado-masochistic activity with the five women and paid them about $4,000, but denied the orgy was Nazi-themed.
The decision is another setback for Google as it tries to defend a global stance that the search engine is merely a platform that delivers links to content and it should not be responsible for policing them.
Although Google can delete images on its website, it cannot prevent others reposting them, resulting in a constant game of catch-up.
Google said it would appeal, and warned that the ruling could set a troubling precedent for the industry.
"It could mean that Internet providers are required to monitor even the smallest components of content they transmit or store for their users. We believe this is contrary to European law," a Google spokesman said.
In a blog post published in September, Google said it had already removed "hundreds of pages for Mr. Mosley" as part of a process that helps people delete specific pages from Google's search results after they have been shown to violate the law.


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When it comes to being a boss, Lady Gaga might be a big monster. Her former personal assistant, Jennifer O'Neill, is suing her, claiming she's owed $380,000 in unpaid overtime. The 41-year-old O'Neill described her job in court papers, saying basically that she was a slave to Lady Gaga's every whim. Among her responsibilities: getting Gaga anything she wanted at any hour of the day or night, handling her schedule, her money, and her food (though there wasn't always time for O'Neill herself to eat). Oh, and, of course, "ensuring the availability of chosen outfits," which probably involved lots of trips to the butcher and to outer space.
Sure, that sounds annoying, but it actually reads like a pretty standard celebrity personal assistant job description, especially when the boss is someone as famous as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. And O'Neill could have had it a lot worse! According to one of Gaga's other former assistants, Angela Ciemny, she had to sleep with the singer most nights because she hated being alone. They even showered together sometimes, just so Lady Gaga wouldn't have to be by herself for even a second. Ugh.
O'Neill was paid $75,000 a year to suffer through her job. She only held the job for 13 months; so that seems like a fair amount of overtime to seeking. Lady Gaga's camp obviously denies she is a living, breathing nightmare, saying the suit is "completely without merit." [New York Post]
Dido and husband Rohan Gavin had their first child, a boy, on Christmas. They named him Stanley, and Us Weekly helpful points out that he shares a name with the character from her 2000 song with Eminem, "Stan." In case you've forgotten, Us reminds you the song was about, "a fictitious fan, named Stan, who bombards the rapper with letters in the hope he will write back. However when he fails to receive a reply from his hero, Stan seals his fate by killing his girlfriend and their unborn child, before committing suicide." Umm, yes, I am sure that is the reason she named her baby Stanley… [US Weekly]
Haven't had enough of Christmas carols yet? Scrubs pals Zach Braff and Donald Faison have released a video of them singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside." Depending on your feelings about that song and about Zach Braff, you will either find it charming or an affront to your senses. [ONTD]
The Royal Family, including William and Kate, walked to and from church on Christmas morning. Kate, predictably, looked beautiful. She was wearing a maroon coat and a jaunty hat, which is either a signal that she is pregnant with sextuplets or that she refuses to give William the child he so desperately wants (or it could just mean that she, you know, looks good in that color). After church, they had a turkey lunch, and then many of them went to visit Prince Philip, who's in the hospital recovering from heart surgery. [Radar]
- Speaking of the Royal Family, Charlize Theron wants you to know she is not in love with Prince Harry. While chatting with Piers Morgan, she joked that she was pregnant and married to her friend Prince Harry. But then she said there was nothing going on between them, "I wanted to go to a polo game so we went to a polo game, we're going to try and do something together in Africa." She also said, "I have to say Prince Harry is lovely, absolutely charming." So now that Harry is out of the running, the door is open for other guys. Charlize says, "I'm single! I need to find a man!" Get on it, gentlemen! Just don't give her a Hello Kitty bouquet on the first date. [Daily Mail]
- Actor and naked bongos aficionado Matthew McConaughey is engaged! He asked longtime girlfriend—and mother of his two children—Camila Alves to marry him on Christmas. [HuffPo]
- In case you didn't already envy Naomi Watts enough, she was just named the highest earning Australian actor of 2011, She made a cool $19.1 million, beating out her BFF and fellow Aussie, Nicole Kidman, who only made $18.6. [Just Jared]
- Whatever you were doing this holiday weekend, it was not as cool as what Beyonce and Jay-Z did. They hosted a dance party in NYC and, obviously, had a blast. [People]
- Perhaps to supply her with the love and affection she's going to need to survive as part of the Kardashian Klan, Kris and Bruce Jenner got Kendall Jenner two very cute chocolate lab puppies for Christmas. [Daily Mail]
- Do you stay awake nights wondering how Mariah Carey's twins, Moroccan and Monroe, are shaping up? Well, according to Mimi, Moroccan is "the life of the party." And then there is his sister: "We have Miss Monroe Cannon – that's what I call her, Miss Monroe. She's very dainty and she holds her own bottle. She's Miss Independent, definitely Miss Independent." Now you know! [People]
- Bono gave some of his fans the gift of himself this Christmas Eve. He showed up unannounced to busk with singer Glen Hansard on the streets of Dublin. In return for the surprise entertainment, they asked the gathered crowds to make a donation to charity. [Daily Mail]
- According to TMZ, Maria Shriver has told friends she's not sure she wants to divorce her cheating husband Arnold Schwarzenegger after all. It could be due to her religious beliefs, or it could be because Arnold is desperate to win her back and his been bringing his A-game to their relationship lately. Please insert your own "I'll be baaahck" joke here. [TMZ]
- Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann cut his head while on set in Australia filming The Great Gatsby. He "was ducking under the crane and struck his head on the weights on the end of the camera crane. He split open his head and we had to get the doctor.'' He ended up with three stitches and is going to be fine. No word on whether Leonardo DiCaprio rushed to his side and did that weird thing where he makes his eyes bug out to indicate he's feeling an unpleasant emotion. [E! Online]


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There's so much history to explore at Riversdale! This National Historic Landmark and architectural gem has over 200 years of stories to tell. The letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert, mistress of Riversdale, provides the primary source of interpretation. We invite you to visit and discover all the ways history lives at Riversdale!
Explore Federal History: Transport yourself to daily life in the early 1800s, a time of innovation, expansion, and impending war in America. Constructed between 1801 and 1807 for Henri Stier, a Flemish aristocrat who fled his native Antwerp with his family during the French Revolution, the site primarily interprets the period when his daughter, Rosalie Stier Calvert, and her husband George were the master and mistress of the home.
Explore Women's History: Discover the lives of the many women who called Riversdale home - from Rosalie Stier Calvert, a property and business owner in the early 1800s, to the first elected woman senator, Hattie Caraway, in the 1930s.
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Amy Gerstler's most recent books of poetry include Dearest Creature, Ghost Girl, Medicine, and Crown of Weeds. Her work has appeared in Paris Review, The New Yorker, Poetry, American Poetry Review, and elsewhere. Her book Scattered at Sea will be published by Penguin in June, 2015. She teaches in the MFA writing program at the University of California at Irvine.
Thomas Devaney is the author of Runaway Goat Cart (Hanging Loose, 2015), Calamity Jane (Furniture Press, 2014), and The Picture that Remains (The Print Center, 2014). His collaborations with the Institute of Contemporary Art include "The Empty House," for The Big Nothing and "Tales from the 215," for Zoe Strauss's "Philadelphia Freedom." Devaney is the 2104 recipient of a Pew Fellowship in the Arts and he teaches at Haverford College.
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Since I was on the road in New Hampshire last week, I didn't get much of an opportunity to watch the wild-card round of football games … with one exception. Thanks to the last really bad day of a nasty head cold, I ended up staying in my hotel room to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Tim Tebow-led Denver Broncos, and … let's just say it didn't work out as well as I'd hoped. It was actually a fantastic game, and the Steelers came back from 14 down at the half to take it into overtime. However, it took longer to explain the convoluted playoff-OT rule than it did to actually end the OT period, which only took 11 seconds and one 80-yard TD pass on a slant route.
Needless to say, I went 1-1 in my first set of picks for the playoffs.
Today we have two great games on tap:
- Saints at 49ers — San Francisco has only lost one game at home all year, while New Orleans has lost three on the road. The Niners had a whole division of weak competitors, although Seattle came on in the second half and looked pretty good. The Saints destroyed the Lions last week, and while their defense looks like it will have some problems, the Saints have the top-ranked passing offense going up against the 16th-ranked passing defense. They also have Drew Brees, who has playoff and Super Bowl experience, while the 49ers have not been here in a long time. I'll take New Orleans, 34-30 in a shootout.
- Broncos at Patriots — Hey, I like Tim Tebow. I even liked him when he beat my Steelers. Tebow is a class act, especially off the football field, to which I'll return in a moment. Tebow even has playoff-like experience by way of the college national championship game at the end of the 2008 season, which he won. But let's not kid ourselves here. The 8-8 Broncos defeated a beaten-up Steeler team without key personnel (including their starting running back and two defensive starters) at home, and it took them an overtime period to do it. They have to go on the road to face the #1 seeded Patriots, taking with them the 31st-rated passing offense and a defense rated 18th against the pass and 22nd against the run. Oh, and who do they face? Only 4-time Super Bowl QB Tom Brady and the 2nd-rated passing offense in the league. I'll be rooting for Tebow, but it would take a genuine, Lazarus-like miracle for the Broncos to beat the Patriots in Foxboro tomorrow evening. The line has New England by 14 points, but they'll beat the spread with a 35-14 win at home.
But I'm not kidding about Tebow being a class act. ESPN's Rick Reilly has a must-read essay titled, "I Believe in Tim Tebow" (which AP also linked last night), and you will too after reading it:
I've come to believe in Tim Tebow, but not for what he does on a football field, which is still three parts Dr. Jekyll and two parts Mr. Hyde.
No, I've come to believe in Tim Tebow for what he does off a football field, which is represent the best parts of us, the parts I want to be and so rarely am.
Who among us is this selfless?
Every week, Tebow picks out someone who is suffering, or who is dying, or who is injured, flies them and their families to the Broncos game, rents them a car, puts them up in a nice hotel, buys them dinner (usually at a Dave and Buster's), gets them and their families pregame passes, visits with them just before kickoff (!), gets them 30-yard line tickets down low, visits with them after the game (sometimes for an hour), has them walk him to his car, and sends them off with a basket of gifts.
Home or road, win or lose, hero or goat.
Remember last week, when the world was pulling its hair out in the hour after Tebow had stunned the Pittsburgh Steelers with an 80-yard OT touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomasin the playoffs? And Twitter was exploding with 9,420 tweets about Tebow per second? When an ESPN poll was naming him the most popular athlete in America?
Tebow was spending that hour talking to 16-year-old Bailey Knaub about her 73 surgeries so far and what TV shows she likes.
It's worth noting that there are more than a few NFL players who do this kind of outreach, and some that will soon come to the NFL, such as Oklahoma State's Justin Blackmon, who brought a young girl who has fought cancer into remission to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl with him after a long correspondence between the two. Tebow does this constantly, though, and for the most part does it quietly as well. Be sure to read the whole column, and you'll understand why even those of us who don't give Denver a snowball's chance in you-know-where will still be rooting for Tebow and his teammates tonight. I'll be delighted to be proved wrong with this pick.


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Buxton home heavily damaged by early morning fire; no injuries reported
BUXTON, Maine (AP) � Buxton's fire chief says it appears a home in town is a total loss after an early morning fire, but there are no reports of injuries.
The blaze at the home on Narragansett Trail was reported at about 3 a.m. Tuesday.
By the time firefighters arrived, there was thick smoke pouring from the building.
The chief was it appears the blaze started in the garage and spread to the house.
About 50 firefighters from several surrounding communities helped fight the blaze, which remains under investigation.


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Marijauana, a gateway drug? What is this, the mid-90s? No. Today, kids have far more discerning tastes, and will first experiment with a PlayStation Portable before, after a few parties with their new, "cool" friends (who their parents most definitely do not approve of), stepping up to a full-blown addiction on the heavier shit, like a PlayStation 3. Least, that's what SCEA's John Koller thinks, as speaking at the (*breath*) Wedbush Morgan Securities Management Access Conference in NYC, he says loads of people have picked up the PSP as their "first" console, which has later convinced them to upgrade to a $400-a-year PS3 & Blu-Ray habit. Be warned, parents: if you see your child playing around on a PSP, and do nothing, don't complain to us when you wake up one morning and your DVD player's missing, your wallet's short $50 and your son has passed out on the couch in front of the Blu-Ray version of Planet Earth.
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From soil and dairy cow judging to career development events, Fayette's FFA members are off to an active start in the new school year.
The soil judging team of Austin-Michael Buehrer, Sheldon Maginn, Clay Burkholder, Darrell Randall, Tyler Keefer, Taylor Curry, Jake West and Dylan MacIntosh placed fifth in the district contest. Twenty-one teams competed.
With this fifth place finish, Burkholder, Randall, Buehrer and Curry qualified to advance to the state competition in Columbus last weekend.
The dairy judging team of Parker Stockburger, Kalley Martin, Tyler Keefer, Quintin Keefer, Jerry Minzey, and Clay Burkholder competed in district competition in Edgerton. They scored a cow class, a heifer class and a linear class, took a test and placed animals based on pedigree and sire characteristics. The team placed fifth and Burkholder finished fifth individually.
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Orders for the annual citrus, nut and beef jerky sale are now being taken. This effort is the club's largest fund raiser of the year.
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I urge you to co-sponor The Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2011, H.R. 2256, a bill that would amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit Class B dealers from supplying random source animals to research facilities. The current system is fundamentally flawed and the only way to ensure that stolen companion animals don't end up in medical research is by passing the Pet Safety and Protection Act.
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THE HELP, DRY GRASS OF AUGUST, THE QUEEN OF PALMYRA, and THE HEALING all contain similar themes:
injustices that arise from racial bias. Why the seemingly sudden interest? Why do you think these
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WASHINGTON, DC – 17 Jun, 2017 – Sponsors from China and the USA combined efforts to launch a new song and movement of unity "We Are One" at the 19th Annual White House Day Of Prayer on May 20th on The Lawn of The White House. WS International Group, Baby Go, Global Resources Management Consulting Group from China and USA based supplement product DTX 7 all brought their brands and delegates to participate in the event supporting unity of all people.
Michael Deliz brought his 12 year old son, Michael from their home in Orange County, California to attend the iconic event.
"I wanted my son to see firsthand this moment in history as we bring the song and movement to the nation's first address," he says, adding "We feel like this has been an amazing experience and we are glad to bring our company and our product to the event in support."
Deliz' company markets a nutritional supplement called DTX7 which is available from the company's website (dtx7rocks.com) but was not sold on the lawn.
Singer and trumpetist David Longoria brought his song to the outdoor event because of this year's theme of unity.
"When Reverend Terry Lee of Brooklyn called and asked me to bring my music to the White House lawn, I didn't hesitate as I knew it was the perfect place and time to launch our iconic song 'We Are One' in support of one another,' Longoria explains, adding "We feel so much appreciation to these fine companies from both China and the US for their support and participation this year, here on President's park of the White House lawn."
Longoria was joined by a choir consisting of many singers and artists from coast to coast and many who sang on the recorded song as well.
Western Territory Leader of International service organization The Salvation Army, Commissioner Ken Hodder addressed the live audience on stage.
"I am honored to be here with you on the White House lawn to support prayer for our nation and leaders," he said from the stage.
Longoria also addressed the crowd during the all day event saying "we are so blessed to be welcoming participants from as far away and China and across the US and Africa who made the trip to support unity and acceptance of one another."
The attendance of companies' delegates participating from around the globe was not overlooked by the audience.
"I met pastors from Africa and a business lady who just flew here from China," exclaimed 15 year old Baltimore resident Lisa Lemming who was there with her family. "I was excited to see so many people who wanted to share support for each other," she added before she sang with the choir on stage.
Kelly Gu and Jack Gu attended as representatives from Chinese/American import/export and consulting companies. Their brand Baby Go specializes in exporting American baby products for the Chinese market. And their brand Global Resources Management Consulting helps facilitate trade between China and the US.
"We are glad to have such valued sponsors on board for the launching of 'We Are One' across America, from China and the US", Longoria says, adding "to bring trade and good will together in this event encouraging each other is symbolic and powerful"
Founder of GWEN, the Global Women's Empowerment Network, Tess Cacciatore brought her voice to the event. Her Los Angeles based multi media network is launching this fall with entertainment and cause driven programs for peace and unity.
"The event and theme of unity hits home for me as we are building a brand around the idea of empowering and supporting one another," she explains, adding "I feel the energy of all the voices singing with mine today for support and encouragement."
The official launch of the song of unity on the lawn of The White house has a significant meaning to it's founder. "By bringing all these people together to encourage and declare unity between all people here in America starting at The White House means we are bringing this message all over the country and then all over the world," Longoria says, adding "Bringing on board our sponsoring companies from both The US and China shows how well we can work together for the good of all people, and we are doing it starting today."
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Treat a kitty to a game of cat and mouse with a few dapper toys. There's no mistaking these critters for the real thing -- they're constructed from brightly colored suiting and shirting fabric.
Source: Martha Stewart
- Assorted menswear fabrics (such as wool suiting, cotton shirting, corduroy, and cotton velvet)
- Iron
- Fusible webbing
- Sewing machine and sewing supplies
- Loop turner
- Embroidery floss
- Embroidery needle
Print the pattern pieces, and cut out. Using the pattern as a guide, cut out 1 bottom piece and 1 side piece from the same or different fabric. Flip pattern, and cut out another side piece. For a tail, cut a 1-by-4-inch strip on the bias. For ears, adhere 2 different fabrics together using iron and fusible webbing, following manufacturer's instructions. Using pattern, cut out ears from fused fabric.
Fold tail in half lengthwise, right sides facing; stitch with a 1/4-inch seam allowance, leaving ends open. Turn tail right side out using loop turner. Pin body pieces together, right sides facing; stitch with a 1/4-inch seam allowance, leaving a 1-inch opening at the back.
Turn body right side out, and stuff with fill. Insert tail into opening; slip-stitch closed. Knot end of tail.
Fold ears in half, and attach to body with small hand stitches. Mark placement of eyes with pins, and then embroider eyes and nose using backstitches.


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I have been informed that there is a reference out there which specifically details what goes wrong with the mod 2 Moore spectrum, i.e. why it is not $A_\infty$ or something? I do not know the details, but I am interested in this from the point of view of trying to understand how to come up with the correct notion of ideals of spectra (in the sense of Smith and others), especially the ideal generated by multiplication by 2 on the sphere spectrum. I think it is a paper by Neeman. Does anyone know of this paper, or of other papers which might detail this situation carefully?
PS Is this question appropriate, as it is only a reference request, in the strongest sense of the phrase?


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1 dead, 3 missing in Alabama Coast Guard helicopter crash (video)
MOBILE, Ala. -- One crewmember died and rescuers were searching Wednesday for three others missing after a Coast Guard helicopter crashed in Alabama's Mobile Bay during a training mission, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.
Divers planned to return to the sunken wreckage after daylight Wednesday. Overnight fog had hampered searches from the air, Chief Petty Officer John Edwards said.
The MH-65C helicopter crashed Tuesday evening near Point Clear, Ala. One crewmember was found unresponsive and later declared dead, the Coast Guard said in a news release early Wednesday.
"Our main concern is locating the three remaining crewmembers," Bordelon told The Associated Press early Wednesday.
Edwards said fog was beginning to clear and visibility was improving. He said divers overnight had gone to the site of the helicopter, in about 13 feet of water, but were unable to gain access to its fuselage. He said they planned to try again Wednesday morning.
The aircraft had departed the Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Ala., on a training mission earlier Tuesday, Bordelon said. Coast Guard officials say it went down about two to three miles southwest of Point Clear. The three missing are all Coast Guard members.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the crewmembers during this difficult time," Capt. Don Rose, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Mobile, said in a statement.
The Coast Guard said two helicopters, an airplane and several vessels were involved in the search.
The missing crew members are "very well outfitted with survival gear wearing cold weather exposure suits," Rose told WALA-TV
"We're going to continue to search, were going to continue to go down," Rose said. "We know where the wreckage is so were going to look there as well."
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.


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Walk around Volvo's LA Auto Show display for a few minutes, like I did, and there's one noticeable omission. Pasadena moms and Santa Monica and Santa Barbara surfer dads who run around in turbo V70s and are coming to the show will be disappointed: There are precisely zero wagons on the stand.
What the hell?
Oh sure, there's the unbelievably awesome S60 Polestar, and it's so awesomely blue that it's a reason you should all go.
But the XC70 — which is in production, on sale in this country and the most wagon-like car Volvo still makes — is nowhere to be found. While Volvo found time to bring two XC60s, and representatives of the slow-selling S80 and aged XC90 lines, they didn't bring the most Volvo-ish model of theirs from their New Jersey HQ. This must be the first time the LA Auto Show hasn't had a Volvo wagon in it since, um... well, a really, really long time.
The last major Swedish car company is slowly committing suicide in the US market and this has to be the latest sign. Volvo's anti-wagon stance in the US is the antithesis of what the company stands for and now it looks like they're going to ignore the last model standing.
The man at the stand who I put on the spot about the XC70 snub didn't know why it was left out, if one was coming to LA later or anything, but he just said there wasn't enough space. He kind of looked at me like he wanted to say, "No, but we have a brown XC60!"
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Decker hoping to catch on at new position
PEORIA, Ariz. -- A year ago, Cody Decker was a first baseman trying his hand at catching. Today, Decker is in big league camp with an eye on one specific goal for the upcoming season.
"I want to catch a lot more this year," Decker said.
Decker appeared in nine games last season as a catcher with Triple-A Tucson. He spent most of the year learning the position, putting in extra time before games and learning from one of the best, former San Diego special assistant Brad Ausmus, who has moved on to managing the Tigers.
The position isn't completely foreign to Decker, who caught in high school and at UCLA. But, after several attempts of trying to talk himself into a position change -- or adding a position is more like it -- the team finally gave him a shot.
"He's continued to push it. If he can catch and make himself a viable third catcher and first baseman ... he's put up good numbers everywhere," said Randy Smith, the team's vice president of player development and international scouting.
"He's flies under the radar. But Cody finds a way to do damage every year. He's a guy you root for. He wants it and tries really hard."
In parts of five seasons with the Padres, Decker has a .269/.353/.534 line with 106 home runs. A year ago, Decker hit a combined .262 with 19 home runs between Double-A San Antonio and Tucson.
Chances are, Decker will get a lot more time behind the plate this season with Triple-A El Paso. His time in big league camp will allow him time to improve at the position and handle many of the same pitchers he will during the regular season.
"I want to get to the big leagues," Decker said. "First base, so far, hasn't really done it. I like catching. I was a catcher in college, high school. Anything I can do to make myself more attractive to anyone, I'll do."


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Ka Wai Shiu (b. 1964) was one of the first artists at Creativity Explored. After pursuing other interests for a time, she began working at Creativity Explored again in 2006.
Shiu creates elaborate, detailed drawings and paintings. She is particularly interested in complicated natural environments populated by many figures. She integrates text into the two-dimensional space, using many languages (including Cantonese, her first language) to elaborate the scenes she depicts. Shiu creates artwork using source material that tell very specific stories, ranging from the path of a Chinese New Year parade to an epic voyage of ships across the sea.
CB2 selected Ka Wai Shiu's for a pillow in 2012. In addition to numerous exhibitions at Creativity Explored, Ka Wai Shiu's was featured in Outsider Artists, at the Oakland International Airport in 2013.
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Friday, February 17, 2006
My Precise Agreement with a Prominent Liberal Theologian
This story needs some background. You also might enjoy it more that way. This morning I left home with the normal car pool of kids, my four and one neighbor, using driving skills on the second busiest stretch of highway in America that were not only a great feat of engineering, they were a blatant defiance of all the laws of physics. Shortly thereafter I preached in our 7-12 chapel, taught two history classes, ate a discipleship lunch, went shopping for my son's birthday present, picked up the kids after school, and took the whole family to Barnes and Noble to spend some of a Christmas gift card. Each of us gathered a stack of books and sat around a table looking and reading, and sipping and slurping one cream soda, two chocolate and one strawberry frappaccinos, and two venti cafe mochas. I purchased the new English translation of Elie Wiesel's Night, his account of his family's Holocaust death but his survival, and then Misquoted Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman. I struggled on the latter, because I really did not want to support him financially, but I do need a few of these for reference.
I'm not totally out of the loop of "scholarship" but I had not been in touch with Bart Ehrman until a week ago. One of our school teachers handed me a catalog called "The Great Courses," which contains a selection of "the best university courses recorded on audio and video." I have to admit that I was salivating over some of these lectures. I noticed a majority of the Bible or religion sessions were taught by this Bart D. Ehrman from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I didn't think they would be good and I wouldn't want to hear them, but his name was still stuck in my mind when I walked into Barnes and Noble tonight. I opened the door for my family, and at that moment, so many other families were leaving that by the time I finished holding the door, not only had mine disappeared, but I was wondering if I could receive compensation as an employee. I walked straight ahead to that big display table right in front of the entrance with all the new hardbacks on it. The second one I noticed was the Ehrman volume, and I remembered his name. The subtitle of the book was "The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why." I decided I wanted to find out who had changed the Bible.
Later, as I sat reading at the cafe table, I found out what Ehrman was attempting to accomplish, which is why I bought it. He writes, "That is the kind of book this is---to my knowledge, the first of its kind. It is written for people who know nothing about textual criticism but who might like to learn something about how scribes were changing scripture and about how we can recognize where they did so." Oh goody (sarcasm).
Well, who is Ehrman? He has an interesting story that I'll synthesize. He grew up in Kansas as an episcopalian, but still wanted to know the Bible. He had a campus crusade guy visit his public school and he had a "born again" experience that made him a "fundamentalist," and a few years later in 1973 he went off to Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He went there thinking that he had the words of God in his hands. At Moody he found out shortly that no originals actually existed and that the copies had been changed, so that they weren't sure what the original words were any longer, but they still knew the originals were inspired. He writes, "This was a compelling problem. It was the words of scripture themselves that God had inspired. Surely we have to know what those words were if we want to know how he had communicated to us."
He finished the three year institute at Moody, and then went to Wheaton with a warning from students at Moody that he'd have a hard time finding real Christians there. He spent two years at Wheaton and began taking Greek. He says, "I kept reverting to my basic question: how does it help us to say that the Bible is the inerrant word of God if in fact we don't have the words that God inerrantly inspired, but only the words copied by scribes---sometimes correctly but sometimes (many times!) incorrectly? What good is it to say that the autographs (i.e., the originals) were inspired? We don't have the originals!" This is my precise agreement with a prominent liberal theologian. Now, at this point in his life, he wasn't a liberal theologian, but it was this very question that led him to become one. But I agreed. What good is inerrantly inspired original manuscripts without inerrantly preserved ones? Ehrman is willing to tell the truth about this, because he doesn't have any reason not to say what he thinks. Unfortunately for him, he went the wrong direction, which is what a lot of people have done and will do when they hear this kind of thing.
Well, what happened next? He decided he needed to dedicate himself to textual criticism and so went to Princeton Seminary to study under Bruce Metzger, whom he calls his "Doctor-Father." A recent book was published by a bunch of Bob Jones University grads in which Keith E. Gephart, a professor at International Baptist College in Tempe, AZ, writes a chapter called: "Are the Copies Reliable?" In more than half that chapter, Gephart takes from Bruce Metzger, the Doctor-Father of Bruce Ehrman. In Ehrman's very first semester at Princeton he was turned away from inerrancy and inspiration when he found out there were "errors" in the book of Mark, becoming convinced that the author himself made mistakes in the originals. Ehrman writes: "Once I made that admission, the floodgates opened." He follows: "This became a problem for my view of inspiration, for I came to realize that it would have been no more difficult for God to preserve the words of scripture than it would have been for him to inspire them in the first place." Exactly!
But then I read precisely where he (and many others even in fundamental schools) went off track: "The fact that we don't have the words surely must show, I reasoned, (emphasis mine) that he did not preserve them for us. And if he didn't perform that miracle, there seemed to be no reason to think that he performed the earlier miracle of inspiring those words." Again, exactly! The biggest difference between Ehrman and me is that I believe that God did perform that miracle. He did; He did; He did! He said that He would, promised that He would! However, I agree with Ehrman's view of things with that major exception. Most of those who believe in perfect inspiration and imperfect preservation will say that there are very few differences. Ehrman, perhaps the most foremost scholar on textual criticism today, writes: "There are more differences among our manuscripts than there are words in the New Testament." You won't hear that statistic much from the guys at Dallas, Central, Detroit, Maranatha, Bob Jones, Masters, Calvary-Lansdale, among other places.
Do you see the honest result of the destruction of the doctrine of preservation? I don't think that Ehrman was ever born again. He was born again about as much as Presidents Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton were, who also profess this experience in their lives. Ehrman doesn't even believe in the canonicity of the 66 books. He would include others. This is the natural outworking of denying a miracle in preservation. How sad it is!
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- Jeff Voegtlin said...
Great post, but your picture is fuzzy (smile).
I agree this is a great post. This is where the rubber hits the road and I thank you for laying it on the line.
If God did not preserve His Word, then it is natural to assume He did not inspire it either. I call it the domino affect. If He inspired it then He surely preserved it.
- 4given said...
I seriously like what you write. And you're funny, too.
I agree, "If He inspired it then He surely preserved it!"
- Unknown said...
Amen! Good post.
- Kent Brandenburg said...
Thanks one and all for your feedback. 4given, thanks for visiting the blog less travelled, and I hope that it makes all the difference. You also have my endorsement to recommend it to others.
Hello Pastor, this is Juan and all I can say is AMEN!!!!
Pondered the consequences of not believing God preserved His word on a large scale before you consider the preservation of each word. What if He did not protect whole books.
Let's say, for example, that one of the epistles was lost when robbers killed the man carrying it to its intended recipients. What if there were another book of the magnitude of The Revelation or Romans that was eternally lost? It is absurd to think that such a loss would be possible. God wouldn't allow that! If He can protect His word on that scale, why do we have so much trouble believing He could protect individual words?
In the end, the preserved word of God is only available to those who have the faith to believe that God did, in fact, preserve it. How ironic.
- Kent Brandenburg said...
I agree Pastor Shafer that this all connects to the sovereignty, power, and veracity of God, which is one reason I won't stop talking about it.
- Terry McGovern said...
Great post!
If you would grow the goattee and acquire the little wirey glasses you could look just as smart as your liberal buddy! (hehe)
- Kent Brandenburg said...
Don't forget the t-shirt with the sport coat. Smiles.
- DaCatster said...
Or the Natural born killer shades :0)
Story behind it, I attended a church where the pastor always wore the type of sunglasses that he thought made him look Kewl. I thought he looked like an idiot, and told him, being 40 and trying to act 16.
You have to have that bored yet slightly quizzical look on your face too.
Is there some kind of handbook dealing with "how to look like an intellectual"???
It seems like all the liberal scholarly types have the same dress, attitude, facial expression, etc.
you should really have a new photo made...
- Kent Brandenburg said...
How do you make photos? Is this the same thing as taking a new picture? And if so, the subject wouldn't be new. Do you want less blurr? Smiles.
- Unknown said...
Nice post even if it was 10 years ago!
I am teaching this issue (it is still current) here in Estonia, but we run into a HUGE problem in that the only available Bible is similar to the NIV. The Bible Society holds tight control on the copyright and seems to not even care.


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In the final months of 2012, the wirehouse firms continued to recruit advisors from each other and from other broker-dealers. At the same time, some national and independent firms shared news about their recruiting success stories.
Wells Fargo, for instance, said in mid-November that it had recruited 24 advisors with $2.2 billion in assets this fall for its traditional Private Client Group channel; the new reps came from Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, UBS and several other firms. Its independent-advisor channel, FiNet, said it added seven advisors with about $1.3 billion in assets in November.
One group coming on board Wells Fargo's employee advisor channel over the past few months is the ESH Group, which includes Robert Evans, Walt Shinault and Richard Hastings in Oxford, Miss. They joined from Bank of America-Merrill Lynch. The team has a total of 76 years of industry experience and prior client assets of $250 million.
The independent-advisor channel of Wells Fargo picked up the KBT Group in Westlake Village, Calif., comprised of financial advisors Michael Kazmer, Larry Bernstein and Abby Dinkins. The team joined FiNET from Merrill Lynch with about $620 million in assets.
Morgan Stanley said one of its recent recruits was Bryan Schon in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., formerly with Chase Investment Services. The advisor has produced close to $1.5 million in yearly fees and commissions and has managed about $205 million in client assets.
Bank of America-Merrill Lynch said it added a team led by former-Morgan Stanley advisor Rebecca Rothstein to its Private Banking and Investments Group office in Beverly Hills, Calif. The team includes five advisors and six other staff members. It manages about $2.5 billion in client assets.
Raymond James also recruited an ex-Morgan Stanley broker over the past few weeks: John N. Dorsey, who previously managed about $215 million in client assets and had more than $800,000 in yearly fees and commissions. He is now a senior vice president of investments and branch manager of a new Huntington, W.Va.-based branch office of Raymond James & Associates, the traditional employee broker-dealer..
Two weeks before this announcement, Raymond James said it recruited a Morgan Stanley team with about $80 million in assets and $1 million in yearly fees & commissions in Scottsdale, Ariz., to join RJA.
Barclays' Boost
Barclays said it recruited 18 new advisors over the past few weeks from Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan Chase and SunTrust. The advisors now work in eight Barclays offices across the country.
They have a total of nearly $40 million in yearly production and $9.4 billion in assets under management. Thus, the reps each have an average of $2.2 million in yearly production and $522 million in average client assets under management.
"We are pleased to welcome these talented advisors to Barclays," said Mitch Cox, head of Wealth Management-Americas for Barclays, in a statement. "These hires underscore our commitment to attracting top-performing professionals who seek Barclays' unique, in-depth approach, of guiding clients to customized solutions that extend far beyond their investment portfolio."
Barclays has some 250 advisors in the United States and $287 billion in client assets worldwide in its Wealth and Investment Management division.
LPL Momentum
Meanwhile, LPL Financial-affiliated Legacy Wealth Planning recruited a team led by former-Wells Fargo advisor Mark Elston, which manages about $185 million in assets. The team has managed more than $185 million in assets for about 1,100 clients in the Reno-Sparks area of Nevada.
Level Four Group, based in Plano, Texas, recently affiliated with LPL Financial to take advantage of LPL's broker-dealer and RIA platforms. Level Four, which was previously affiliated with Lincoln Financial, has close to $1 billion in client assets and includes about 50 licensed independent financial advisors, about half of whom are accountants with Series 7 or 66 licenses. Its four retail offices are in the Dallas-Fort Worth area; Austin, Texas; and Irvine, Calif.
"We had a wonderful, close relationship with Lincoln Financial," said Jake Tomes, CEO of Level Four, in an interview. The decision to move to LPL's hybrid platform, he says, stemmed from the group's "desire to grow and attract the most talented investment advisors in the industry."
The group was formed to help CPAs and CPA firms add wealth management as a core strategy, according to Tomes. "Today's landscape is changing, and advisors are acting more as fiduciaries for clients," Tomes explained. "As this shift continues, advisors need to position themselves more for fee-for-service and fee-for-advice business. We want to capitalize in this trend."
"We are really excited that Level Four is aligning with LPL Financial," said Bill Morrissey, executive vice president of business development at LPL Financial, in an interview.
"This is a large talented group of advisors that provides sophisticated wealth management services to clients and fits well with our hybrid platform," Morrissey explained. "They do transaction- and fee-based work in a single sweep and take advantage of our practice management support."
LPL Financial also recently recruited a team with $650 million in assets formerly with SII Investments, part of National Planning Holdings, a network of independent broker-dealers affiliated with Jackson National Life.
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MACRO Consulting Group, based in Parsippany, N.J., includes five financial advisors and is led by Mark Cortazzo. The wealth-management team has its own asset-management program which includes wrap portfolios based on ETFs.
In related news, LPL Financial added Alliant Credit Union to its institutions-services platform. Based in Chicago, Alliant Credit Union is the sixth-largest U.S. credit union with $8.2 billion in assets.
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In total, LPL Financial, which is led by Mark Casady says it serves over 685 banks and credit unions with brokerage, trust and wealth management services. (The unit provides third-party brokerage, wealth management and trust services to investment programs of banks and credit unions.)
"We also believe that our new partnership with Alliant reflects a larger industry trend, as we have increasingly seen a migration of credit unions toward service providers whose more robust capabilities can translate into more opportunities for growth," Kalbaugh explained.
Alliant Credit Union has 270,000-plus members that access its services online and in 14 branches across the country. Founded in 1935 to serve United Airlines employees, the organization now has an investment program that includes nine financial advisors. •


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Call of Duty Elite, Activision's bid to make their billion-dollar shooter more community driven, will be getting some "exclusive episodic entertainment" from the likes of Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Ridley Scott, the company said during a recent presentation.
Speaking to a gathering at the 13th Annual Pacific Crest Global Technology Leadership Forum in Vail, Colorado, Activision publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg said that Activision is developing "exclusive episodic entertainment built just for the Call of Duty community. We are working with the likes of Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Ben Silverman and Ridley and Tony Scott to create this content."
"Just like any other passion, just like any other thing that people spend a lot of their free time doing, Call of Duty players share a common language and a common experience and we think we can create some entertainment content that they will love and talk about and share."
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A Divided Coalition
Iran's Green movement, which was founded a year ago, has met with considerable support in the US and Europe and in their media. But in Iran, the movement has lost the majority of its supporters from among the poorer elements of the Iranian population.
Currently, the leaders of the movement, Mir Hussein Mousavi, Mehdi Karubi and Mohammad Khatami, are organising their candidacies for the next parliamentary and presidential elections.
The wide coalition which grew up in opposition to the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and his supporters has changed from being a campaign to change the official election results into a broader protest movement.
Although it was put down violently and exiled into the virtual world of the internet and the foreign media - and although it remained restricted to the middle class in the big cities - it invigorated the political atmosphere, changing radically and irreversibly the nature of the debate among the Iranian population and in the ruling circles of the government.
Alone against the regime
Within the Green movement, the coalition was made up of very disparate partners with different aims and aspirations. Its leaders still aim for a reform of the despotic structures within the framework of the existing system. This will only be possible if the religious leadership, the influential political and military institutions and the security services are subject to sustained pressure and make voluntary concessions.
But the Islamic Republic's regime has never had the slightest scruples in putting down oppositional and critical elements with violence whenever it seemed necessary. It continues to have the will and the power to deploy its repressive capacity at any time.
The most active elements in the movement – parts of the middle class in the big cities – go further in their demands than their leaders. They dream of democratisation, or at least of an end to religious interference in citizens' private lives.
But this group of around 5,000 to 10,000 people does not have the power to roll back the oppressive institutions of the regime and its millions of supporters, however strong their support may be in foreign media and however active they may be themselves on the internet.
Lowest common denominator
The reputation of the powerful economic and political circles around Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, the current chairman of the Assembly of Experts, has been severely damaged by economic corruption, and they are now fighting to hold on to their political and economic privileges. This was the group which provided most of the finance for Mousavi's election campaign.
The conservative clerics of the first generation of the revolution did not see Ahmadinejad as their favourite candidate, on account of his indifference to religious laws such as the clothing rules for women. And they were annoyed at the removal of some of their privileges. That's why they joined the coalition which supported Mousavi.
Religious reformers, who were the main supporters of the anti-Ahmadinejad coalition, had no alternative to Mousavi, even though – like the powerful circles around Rafsanjani – they were concerned about his plans to nationalise the economy.
None of the representatives of the religious reformers – not even their leader Mohammad Khatami – could have beaten Ahmadinejad. The majority of the voters were disappointed by the religious reformers after Khatami's two terms as president. They wanted an end to the corruption of those in power, as well as a just distribution of oil revenues. Ahmadinejad's popularity was based on precisely these issues.
During his eight years as prime minister from 1981 until 1989, Mousavi was a passionate supporter of the nationalisation of the economy. With his populist, left-wing programme, his insistence on Iran's right to enrich uranium, and his opposition to Israel, his political position had many similarities with that of Ahmadinejad. Indeed, sometimes he seemed even more radical.
Initial tactical successes of the coalition
The political coalition supporting Mousavi, with its neo-liberal economic programme, tried therefore to hide Mousavi's left-wing populist tendencies behind a Green Islamic flag. The middle class in the big cities, which wanted greater social freedom, saw the Green flag as a symbol of a "velvet revolution" which would lead to fundamental changes, and offered Mousavi their support.
The urban middle class has made up around 5 to 7 million votes in all the elections of the past thirty years. Even the official results this time gave Mousavi 14 million votes. That means that Mousavi must have received not just the middle-class vote, but also that of significant parts of the poorer classes, as well as those of some members of the Pasdaran and the Basiji militias, and those of loyal fundamentalist supporters of the left-wing aspects of Khomeini's policies.
The official figures gave Mousavi a majority in Tehran and several other big cities. The millions who demonstrated against electoral fraud in the first few weeks following the election show how much support he had.
Although the second generation of Islamic Republic politicians, who come mainly from the military and the secret services, supported Ahmadinejad, they too did not see him as their ideal candidate.
The religious leaders too would have preferred another figure from the same group: Ali Larijani, the current speaker of the parliament. Larijani lost to Ahmadinejad in the presidential elections of 2005, but he is already preparing himself to stand again in the next elections in three years.
The role of the West
Iranian foreign and nuclear policy is not determined only by the country's religious leader, but by a complex web of power which includes the president. The Obama administration of the United States and European governments currently prefer negotiations with Iran to the former US policy of regime change and military threat.
But Ahmadinejad's anti-Israel outbursts make it difficult for the US and Europe to justify talks with him. The West would prefer any other partner to Ahmadinejad. The Green movement seemed to offer a chance of replacing him, or at least weakening him. But that was a strategy that failed.
Although books and magazines are not published in Iran in large numbers, the historical memory of the majority of the people includes many negative memories of foreign interference in their country and attempts at domination. Three decades of government propaganda emphasising US and European double standards on human rights and nuclear policy – propaganda that has often been confirmed by political reality – have left their mark.
Persian-language media outside Iran offer support to the Green movement with a one-sided and often scarcely professional picture of events in Iran. They often omit to mention the demonstrations in which millions of people show their support for Ahmadinejad. Such reporting is often welcomed by supporters of the Green movement, but it only confirms the conspiracy theories of government supporters who believe that the foreigners are all against them. That has worked into Ahmadinejad's hands.
The one-sided viewpoint
The picture portrayed by western media stems above all from the reporting of journalists who show the small, prosperous middle-class in the big cities as if it makes up the majority of the population. On the other side, the position of the real majority – the poorer classes – is scarcely ever described.
The Persian-language internet has given the Green movement almost a monopoly of its attention, but most Iranians have no access to the internet. Its use in Iran is largely restricted to the young, and especially those in the middle and upper classes.
Millions of people in the big cities initially took part in the protests against the official election results. But the size of the demonstrations shrank little by little, until there were just 5,000 to 10,000 people taking part, demonstrating in the universities and in the more prosperous residential areas.
Initially the movement had no slogans that could have attracted the poor. Its symbols and values came from the western-oriented middle class.
Many of Mousavi's poorer supporters slowly left the Green movement. The distance between the lower classes and the Green movement grew further as the protests began to concentrate on the young people of the middle and upper classes.
Change of strategy and decline
Mousavi has recognised this over the last six months. He's been trying to regain the support of the lower classes by standing up for a return to the "values of the days of Ayatollah Khomenei," for "social justice" and for "rejection of any submission to western pressure on the nuclear dispute." The tactic has come late, and has led to criticism from some elements in the Iranian opposition and the urban middle class.
The leaders of the Green movement have claimed that millions would go out on the streets if the authorities would permit peaceful demonstrations. The claim cannot be verified as long as demonstration are banned and risk being put down violently by the regime.
The Green movement describes the demonstrations by millions in favour of Ahmadinejad and the country's religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as state-organised and consider them irrelevant. There's no doubt that they are organised by the state, but no-one is forced to take part.
The violent repression of the pro-Mousavi demonstrations has certainly contributed decisively to the reduction in attendance. But the numbers who attend the pro-government demonstrations show that the government has held on to its supporters, and doesn't merely depend on its power and its repressive institutions. It's still able to mobilise the masses if it needs to.
Pressure from below – negotiations at the top
The leaders of the Green movement still hope that the tactic of applying pressure from below through the people while negotiating at the top will produce results, and that those who hold power in the Islamic Republic, as well as the influential military and secret service elements, will be willing to compromise. But the possibilities are limited for a organisation movement which wants to reform a despotic political structure and its constitution from within.
With their slogans directed against the religious leaders of the Islamic Republic and actions like tearing up pictures of Ayatollah Khomeini, the opposition demonstrators have over the last year broken some of the central politico-religious taboos of the Islamic Republic.
Criticism of the religious leader's despotic privileges has increased among the people, and the leaders of the religious reformers are joining the active parts of the Green movement in calling for changes to the constitution.
Political issues have returned to Iran, the people's demands have become more radical, and Iranian society has without doubt taken an important and irreversible step on the way to democratisation.
Faraj Sarkohi
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Faraj Sarkohi founded the cultural magazine "Adineh" ("Friday") in 1985 and remained its editor for 11 years. He is currently based in Frankfurt where he works as a writer. He won the Kurt Tucholsky Prize for politically persecuted writers in 1998 and is an honorary member of the German PEN Centre.
Translation: Michael Lawton
Editor: Lewis Gropp/Qantara.de
Political Power Struggle in Iran
Fighting a Losing Battle
According to the Iranian writer Faraj Sarkohi, the great hope of the Iranian reform movement, Mir Hossein Mousavi, has manoeuvred himself right off the playing field in the aftermath of the elections. Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, on the other hand, is emerging from the political crisis as the winner
Iran's Green Movement One Year after the Protests
Off the Political Radar
One year after the protests against Ahmadinejad's disputed election victory, the green movement still does not have a coherent political strategy for fighting the regime, writes Karim Sadjadpour, expert on Iran at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington
Iran's Green Protest Movement
Cracks in the Foundation
Little strokes fell big oaks. Despite major repressions, the reform-oriented movement around Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi is continuing its protests, discovering new forms of resistance against the regime. By Ghasem Toulany


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All the great trail races around the world seem to share one thing in common; an iconic course. The Vibram Hong Kong 100 (km) race certainly ticks that box in style. Let's face it, we run these trail races for the overall experience and sense of adventure, not for a best time at the distance, so it's a crucial factor.
Before I headed out to Hong Kong for this year's race I confess to being a little sceptical about a race which, by implication of it's name, was based around a big city. So how would a trail race work in and around the city of Hong Kong? Superbly, that's how.
In fact the race delivered a truly unique course like I've never experienced before, combining a genuine trail run stacked with technical running and a whopping 4,500m of climbing, with incredible views across the iconic skyscrapers of one of the world's great cities. Urban and rural all in one; impressive, unique, dramatic. Superlatives galore.
The Hong Kong 100 is also the first race in the calendar of the newly founded Ultra Trail World Tour (UTWT), a series that brings together some of the classic ultra distance trail races around the globe. Standards are high here because UTMB and the Western States 100 – two of the international classics – are corner stones of the 12 race series. But despite being only a few years old, having experienced the Hong Kong 100, I know for sure that it deserves it's place amongst such great company. The race founders and directors, Steve and Janet, are on to something special. They're a lovely couple too, and really know how to host.
I was on a fairly whistle-stop schedule due to work commitments. I worked the Wednesday day in London then hopped on an overnight flight direct to Hong Kong, arriving some 12 hours later, now Thursday evening with the time difference. It was a sudden but welcome immersion into vibrant culture, a pleasant climate (18°C and sunny) and dramatic vistas of skyscrapers set against a mountainous backdrop.
I was based with other elites at a youth centre close to the race start on the Sai Kung peninsula. It was a great little base, ideally located for the race start but away from the hussle and bussle of the city, a big plus for a country bumpkin like me. I had little more than 24 hours to get my head straight, shake out the legs and generally sort myself out! Of course trying to stay calm and not do too much the day before a race never really happens in reality so I didn't worry too much about the long list of commitments and pre-race 'to-dos' I needed to address in a worryingly short space of time. Instead I just embraced the whole whistle-stop nature of my trip and tried to do everything with a smile, despite suffering from a little bit of jet lag. So I travelled into town to collect my race number, hung out with fellow runners here and there, had a filming session with the race documentary team, and then packed my kit ready for race day. A quick sleep – well almost – and it was race day, and time to head for the start.
My main worry leading into the race was a lack of course knowledge, an approach which doesn't follow my usual policy of recceing race routes beforehand, in order to know how best to race them. Oh well, all part of the excitement I guess.
The race was underway at 8am, with 1,600 excited runners let loose on the trails in beautiful conditions with clear sunny skies, very little pollution and great visibility. It was the equivalent to a good spring day in the UK, and certainly a welcome change from the appalling winter conditions we've experienced in the UK. Perhaps a little warm even – I shouldn't complain. The local's enthusiasm for trail running was very apparent with stacks of shiny, cutting-edge, kit on display – only in Chamonix have I seen a field of runners outdone.
|Start line (credit: Lao Yao / Vibram Hong Kong 100).
The race route largely follows the Maclehose Trail, Hong Kong's primary long distance trail, a real belter of a route which explores coastline, peninsulas, forest and mountains. It was a fast flat start with an impressively competitive feel. Two packs led the way for the first 11km or so of mostly tarmac to control point one, merging together just before. You could tell the guys who were setting their stall out early, it was no nonsense running. The field had real international depth, with all the contenders having multiple wins to their names, so it was clear the competition for places would be fierce.
|Frantic early pace (credit: Lao Yao / Vibram Hong Kong 100)
Hitting the trails for the first time was fun, and worth the wait. We were soon out on to the coastline peninsulas, cruising the trails across open headlands, white sand beaches and sections of dense forest. It was sensory overload with all the colours and sounds to take in, particularly with the excitement of running on a new continent for the first time.
|Pretty nice, huh? (credit: Lao Yao / Vibram Hong Kong 100)
What I soon found out was that concentration was key. A lot of the trails in Hong Kong are hard baked mud or indeed concrete with steps making accurate foot placement essential to stay upright, and high cadence equally important to maintain a strong pace.
I ran with the lead pack of 20 or so runners until around 15km, at which point I realised it wasn't a sustainable pace for me, particularly given that most of the 4,500 metres of total ascent was back loaded, and worth saving some strength for.
If I'm honest, I took a fairly relaxed approach to the race as a whole with my training not remotely specific to the course. I haven't done much climbing over the winter months, and admittedly I've been favouring leg speed over hills on the basis there's a long year ahead. It's also fair to say the winter we've had in the UK so far hasn't been particularly conducive to long days in the hills. The priority was definitely enjoying the experience and getting some solid running in the bank as opposed to a ground-breaking performance. So I did my own thing, and actually enjoyed having the space to take everything in around me, without the hussle and bustle of running in a combative pack.
The kilometres seemed to tick by reasonably well for the first half of the race as the route hugged the coastline, before later heading inland towards the hills. My pace was very steady, but I suspected that I was losing ground on the leaders because my general fluidity wasn't great, and I had to work hard in moving from checkpoint to checkpoint.
However the amazing contrasts continued, from the hussle and bussle of the checkpoint areas where the volunteers couldn't do enough to help you, to the serene and calming sounds of the waves lapping the shore right next to the trail. Peaceful coves, rustic villages and an abundance of wildlife were all there to be enjoyed.
Then the climbing and rising temperatures started to kick in a bit more and the distinction between the two halves of the race became clearer. The climbs and descents came thick and fast – nothing spectacularly big – but cumulatively significant. Perhaps it would have been easier if you could switch off and run to your stride, but stride length was firmly dictated by the going of steps, and perhaps it was a little too restrictive for my liking.
|One word: "Steps". (credit: Lao Yao / Vibram Hong Kong 100)
I expected there to be casualties from the early pace, and there were, but never as many as one would hope. But each place I gained was real motivation for more, and I started to close in on the top ten. By the 80km mark I was definitely suffering, perhaps the lack of really long runs in training, or just a bit of early season rustiness. Thankfully the real suffering held off until that point because mentally I was now on the home straight, despite some fairly savage final hills to negotiate.
|Not a bad backdrop for the final sections (credit: Jeanette Wang)
Lurking in the distance as the culmination of the race was Tai Mo Shan, Hong Kong's highest peak at just under 1,000m, and a real twist in the tail of the race coming so late on. By the time I started to make the final climb the sun was setting against cityscape either side of the ridge. Blocking out the skyscrapers, it could have been the high alpine meadows of New Zealand's South Island. As it was, I was in apparent touching distance of a mega city. With clear views to both front and back to satisfy myself there would be no change to my finishing position, I was able enjoy it, and quite memorable it was. The top of the climb was at the 98km mark, and then just a couple of kilometres of road running free fall to the finishing gantry. I finished in 10th place, a smidgen under 11hours, as the first European home. It wasn't a race that any of the newcomers found easy, particularly those from the other side of the globe, but it was a solid opening run to the series, and a truly great all round experience. As the opening race of the new UTWT series, there's definitely a lot to look forward to.
|Finishing chute
|Me moaning about - err - steps.


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