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This year's UnidosUS Annual Conference will be hosted in San Diego, a community that celebrates Hispanic heritage and shows its contributions to American society through the exchange of cultures and commerce.
California is our largest Affiliate region, and San Diego is home to eight Affiliates supporting the Latino community. These Affiliates serve more than 150,000 clients in San Diego alone, in the areas of civic engagement, education, health, and housing.
In our Road to San Diego series, we highlight the inspiring work they are doing in their community and the power of collaboration and leadership that is inherit within the UnidosUS Affiliate Network.
"You're back," the community is saying. For a few years, UnidosUS Affiliate The Chicano Federation focused their work on providing services and moved away from their legacy of advocacy. However, things have turned around since Nancy Maldonado became the CEO earlier this year.
This year has also seen The Chicano Federation celebrate their 50th anniversary, and they are now full of new energy and new ideas to provide better services and becoming even stronger advocates for our community.
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Overview of the Per Kjellson video tapes collection
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Title: Per Kjellson video tapes collection
Dates: 1991-1993
Collection Number: 99022
Creator: Kjellson, Per, collector.
Collection Size: 6 manuscript boxes (2.4 linear feet)
Repository: Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Relates to the adoption of constitutions in post-communist states of Eastern Europe.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In English
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[Identification of item], Per Kjellson video tapes collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
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Relates to the adoption of constitutions in post-communist states of Eastern Europe.
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Self-Appointed Privilege Police Officer Denounces Macklemore's Pro-Equality Anthem
Racialicious has a piece today about the Macklemore and Ryan Lewis song "Same Love" (featuring Mary Lambert), and people seem to care about it. The gist of "Race + Hip-Hop + LGBT Equality: On Macklemore's White Straight Privilege" by Hel Gebreamlak is that because Macklemore, a white indie rapper based in Seattle, did not say something the way Hel Gebreamlak would have said it, Macklemore is wrong. How internet of Gebreamlak.
See, for a compassionate person, it's tough to argue directly with Macklemore's cloyingly naive message of equality ("No law's gonna change us / We have to change us"), but this is the internet and you can certainly try. A generalization from Ellen Degeneres ("Here's why you need to care about our next guest. No other artists in hip-hop history have ever taken a stand defending marriage equality the way they have.") leads Gebreamlak to proclaim the heterosexual Macklemore "the voice of a community to which he doesn't belong" in hip-hop, which leads to a further discussion of whether Macklemore has a right to comment on homophobia, to criticize hip-hop, or even to rap in the first place.
All of this is written like technical copy. If this were a stylistic choice it would be almost admirable, as this is the sort of monologue that does not account for the economy of discourse, the way that no one person has it quite right but that it's possible for people to try their best and express something to the masses, even if that something is as cheesy as "Same Love."
"And none of the artists featured on 'Same Love' have been openly accountable to the fact that they are profiting in a genre that does not belong to them at the expense of queer artists of color," writes Gebreamlak, and I think that's a good place to start because it is a very clear sign that we are dealing with someone who chooses his battles unwisely. This battle was lost decades ago. Sure, hip-hop is black music (as is, oh you know, rock and roll, for example), but white people rap. It's just how it is. The idea of ownership starts and ends with how a rapper wields the mic, regardless of color, race, creed, or sexuality. Because for that matter, hip-hop's major players have rarely not been straight-identifying. So by Gebreamlak's logic, hip-hop cannot not "belong" to the black-and-queer artists Gebreamlak believes are being crowded out by Macklemore any more than it can "belong" to the white-and-straight rapper.
(Gebreamlak, by the way, never accounts for the likes of Le1f, Mykki Blanco, Zebra Katz or House of Ladosha, relevant artists who were discussed often in 2012 think pieces about the current state of queer rap.)
Then there is the idea that Macklemore has no right to criticize hip-hop or its culture, as he does at the top of the second verse of "Same Love": "If I was gay I would think hip-hop hates me." I am gay and I do not think that hip-hop hates me. That is but one of the ways that Macklemore and I differ, and I'm fine with that. Certainly, I can see his case, given the combined thousands of instances of "fag," "faggot" and "homo" that reverberate throughout the genre. Surely, no other genre can boast the degree of explicitly expressed anti-gay sentiment that hip-hop can. It's ludicrous to think that Macklemore, because of the makeup of his identity, should not comment on culture that is only ignorable if you are trying to ignore it. I can say with certainty that Gebreamlak is not a rapper, and I know for damn sure that he is not Macklemore, and yet there he is, writing about rap and Macklemore.
"Though Macklemore may not be blaming Black people for homophobia, by focusing on homophobia in Black community spaces as opposed to the pervasiveness of homophobia everywhere, white people get to remove themselves from the problem," Gebreamlak writes. Except, instead of removing himself from the problem, which I think is a main reason why people bring up the concept of white privilege in critique, Macklemore is addressing the problem. His song does not claim, "The homophobia in hip-hop is the worst of it." It does not negate other places that homophobia exists. It simply, specifically says, "It is here, in this genre that I care about enough to devote this phase of my career to."
Gebreamlak effectively suggests how Macklemore could have crafted a song that would have been more suited to Gebreamlak. He takes Macklemore to task for not acknowledging his white privilege, which he does as Gebreamlak points out in another song called "White Privilege." This piece seems outraged that Macklemore doesn't apologize for who he is or his benign and utopian opinion. It doesn't take into account lyrical angle, focus, or meter, and at one point bemoans Macklemore's use of the word "faggot," while acknowledging that "he is condemning the use of the slur." Had Macklemore employed a euphemism like "the f-word," he would have sounded guilty, fearful to say what he was saying and confusing, in the process annoying other people. Like me, for example.
And look, about the white privilege thing, yeah, Macklemore is a straight white guy. He can only be what he is and we can only accept him for that. Where his song fails is in its obviousness, his nails-on-chalkboard earnestness, his dramatically grave articulation, the wack beat that wouldn't offend your grandma. It doesn't fail in his identity.
Let's not forget that the ability to debate privilege is privileged. The ability to debate privilege on a computer is more privileged. The ability to debate the privilege of debating privilege is privilege and you can wring your hands about this exponential privilege from someone whose peaceful intentions are obvious or you can find an actual, obvious homophobic racist to confront. Your choice.
Racialicious: Race + Hip-Hop + LGBT Equality: On Macklemore's White Straight Privilege


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A look at the captains of the present Test world indicates :
R Ponting - Aus - Batsman
M Dhoni - Ind - WK
Y Khan - Pak - Batsman
C Gayle - WI - Batsman
D Vettori - NZ - Batsman although camouflaged as left arm spin
G Smith - SA - Batsman
M Jayawardena - SL - Batsman
A Strauss - Eng - Batsman
Even if we take the names of past captains, we cannot see many bowling captains. Exceptions are there like the rotating chairs of Pakistan, Walsh for WI, Kumble for India, Flintoff for Eng etc. But 80-90% of all test captains in history have been batsmen.
Considering the fact it is undisputed that bowlers are the ones who win matches and batsmen set them up, it is slightly bizzare to notice the huge skew in favor of batsmen. And not that the bowler captains have done a terrible job. Imran Khan, Kapil Dev, Walsh, Kumble etc were excellent and inspirational captains.
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Willow Weaving at Events and Festivals
You can find me with my yurt at a range of events and festivals across the UK every year, offering workshops and willow weaving demonstrations, as well as a range of baskets and other items for sale. You can find out when and where I will be on the calendar below.
Willow Weaving Workshops at Usk Castle Chase
My willow weaving workshops held in the new barn at Usk Castle Chase just outside Usk in Monmouthshire, are designed to be fun as well as educational and can be taken as one offs or as part of a series. Most are suitable for the beginner but anyone with some weaving experience will also enjoy them – there is always something new to discover. You can view availability and book a place on my workshops at Usk Castle Chase here.
Please bear in mind that working with willow can be tough on the hands and wrists and therefore if you have RSI, carpel tunnel syndrome, or have just had an operation please talk to me beforehand.
All tools and materials are provided and plenty of tea, coffee and homemade cake to keep the energy up. I do not provide lunch so please bring a sandwich.
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For his book "The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die," Dr. John Izzo interviewed more than 200 of the wisest people he could find.
He came away with an abundance of life experiences and wisdom about finding happiness and meaning, both professionally and personally. Izzo channels that wisdom into his corporate speaking engagements, hoping to give people a wakeup call.
Izzo—who will address the America's Credit Union Conference in San Diego June 17-20—explains what the five secrets are all about and how they relate to business.
CU Mag: How does personal wisdom relate to the business world?
Izzo: The things that make a person successful in life are the same things that make a person successful in business. [What makes] for a rewarding life makes for a rewarding career.
Many of the people I interviewed had very successful careers, whether they were a town barber or the CEO/founder of a company.
CU Mag: Why should businesses foster meaning and happiness for their employees at work?
Izzo: Study after study show that highly engaged employees translate into significant outcomes in customer loyalty, productivity, and profitability.
Every manager has room for improvement. I have gotten to work with some of the best companies in the world, and one thing I've found is that these companies never get arrogant. They are always asking what they need to do to engage their employees and grow as leaders.
This lack of arrogance is one of the hallmarks of successful companies and successful leaders. People in successful organizations are always in learning mode. They never think that they have it licked.
CU Mag: How did you develop the five secrets?
Izzo: I have always been fascinated with why some people are able to find more happiness and success than others. I also had an incredible experience a couple of years ago in Tanzania, where I was working with some tribal elders.
They talked about having a council of elders. When you achieve a certain age and experience you go into this council and people come to you for advice. They asked about how it worked where I came from and, of course, I had to tell them that in our society we don't really revere the elderly.
They were so shocked by this that they told me I should go back and form a council of elders. I didn't think I could do that, but I thought maybe I could tap into the wisdom of older people and channel it. That is really where it began for me.
CU Mag: What should attendees take away from your presentation?
Izzo: People leave [the presentation] thinking about their lives in a different way. They leave thinking about what really matters. They ask, 'Am I living my life the way I want to be living it?'
Almost everybody leaves the session with one thing that really gets them, [where they think] "I need to pay attention to that." It's a wakeup call.
People will find that this will impact their business and career, as well as their personal life.
Dr. John Izzo is a consultant and author of five books, including "The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die." It was named the best self-help book of 2008 by the Independent Book Publishers Association. Izzo will bring his insights about life to the America's Credit Union Conference in San Diego, June 17-20.


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Accounting History, which is the study of the changes involving accountants and their environment, has gained an increasing amount of favorable attention in recent years.
The initiation of this journal, to succeed our quarterly tabloid newsheet The Accounting Historian, which appeared in 1974, rep-resents a commitment to continue research into the History of Ac-counting for the purpose of ascertaining its relevant role in resolv-ing issues in our contemporary environment. In order to insure continuity of reference to past research, this volume has been numbered as Volume 4. Volumes one through three were in the name of The Accounting Historian.
This first issue contains many of the papers from the Second World Congress of Accounting Historians. As such it contains a distinctive European and Asian view of Accounting History, a view which reflects cultural influences on accounting which are of con-siderable interest to students of history.
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As the weather changes along Maine's Atlantic coast, so does the landscape's palette. The brilliant green and bright sky-blue of summer drifts into feathery harvest auburns and golds, then plunges into a crisp-white winter.
Even when the summer season ends, coastal towns still have much to offer, says Mary Jo Brink, gracious co-owner with her husband, chef Michael Salmon, of the Hartstone Inn in Camden. "There's hiking, sledding, tobogganing, downhill and cross-country skiing. It's cozier," she notes. And, of course, "it's also time for cooking classes."
At Hartstone Inn, an 1835 Federal-style home converted in 1986 to an inn, there are comfortable rooms and tranquil carriage suites. The kitchen, housing a collection of tin candy molds and copper pots, was designed to serve the restaurant as well as host classes for 10 to 15 students. A large granite counter is command central.
The classes, held November through March, include single-subject and "chef for a day" sessions. "Students get as involved as they wish," Michael says. "Some like to chop every leaf; others prefer to watch."
Michael and Mary Jo travel extensively through Europe and lived and worked for three years in Aruba, where Michael was named Caribbean Chef of the Year. These global influences, plus training at the Culinary Institute of America, influence the stellar five-course dinners he prepares nightly and the classes he teaches, including Caribbean and Thai cuisine, pasta, dim sum, and tapas.
I'm attending a Fall Dinner Party class, with a menu similar in style to dinners at the inn. Truthfully, I'm always anxious about pulling off a multicourse dinner at home--timing and space issues can be daunting--and this class offers direction for getting everything on the table in an orderly fashion.
Afraid to serve a soufflé? Don't be. "The way Michael teaches makes me feel like this is something I can accomplish," says return student Ellen McMullen. "It all becomes very doable."
Class begins with a cocktail--something I would never have at home prior to cooking. Michael's Cranberry-Limoncello Martini is a sweet-tart sipper made with cranberry syrup base. (Its effect reassures me that my guests will overlook any mistakes I make!)
During class, Michael highlights how to coordinate the menu with a relaxed, easy style. While the dishes we prepare are quite refined, we learn simple techniques along with the secret alchemy that turns basic ingredients into sophisticated culinary delights.
Our first dish is Sweet Potato & Green Apple Soup, a starter that can be made ahead and reheated. Roasting sweet potatoes cut lengthwise into "planks" exposes a greater surface area for caramelization. In Maine, maple syrup is an essential ingredient. Some is stirred into the soup, and Maple Cream tops it off. This smooth, hearty, and tart soup is sublime on a crisp fall evening.
Stilton-Shrimp Tarts offer a tangy contrast to the soup. Chive Buerre Blanc and slices of Bosc pear accent the tart. Michael explains the secrets to his flaky crust. "Don't overmix the dough," he says. "Make sure to chill it a good amount of time--at least two hours. Four hours is prime."
The main course, Pork Medallions & Almond-Fig Cream, is a luscious dish with a salty-sweet sauce inspired by travels through Tuscany. It takes a mere 30 minutes to prepare. Keep warm until serving time.
Soufflés often conclude dinner at the inn. Michael showcases them with a seasonally inspired Pumpkin Soufflé. With advance preparation, soufflés can be popped into the oven after the main course and be ready in 35 minutes. Serve a small bite of cheese and simple lettuce greens during the interim.
In class, siblings Jessica and Tim Stammen jump in to show off their skills in getting prep work completed. The two come from a family of avid cooks and share a friendly competition.
"When we eat out, it's at the Hartstone," says Tim, a jewelry designer. "The combination of flavors helps me experiment and widen my experience. It's akin to designing--the more you know, the more you have to inspire."
As our soufflés come out of the oven, tall and airy, we pour in a rich crème anglaise, grab spoons, and dig in. Good cheer and bonding over an extraordinary meal leads me to conclude not only would I have my classmates over for dinner, I'd even let them cook.
For class schedules, reservations, and other information visit hartstoneinn.com.
Photography: John Bessler
Chef Michael Salmon with students at the Hartstone Inn cooking school. Hartstone classes emphasize simple techniques.
Technique: A Lovely Little Tart
1. Chill pastry at least 2 to 4 hours. Once rolled, use the food processor bowl to cut perfect pastry circles.
Technique: A Lovely Little Tart
2. Before baking, fill parchment paper-lined tarts with dried beans. Parchment may be used again.
Technique: A Lovely Little Tart
3. To easily remove sides of tart pan, place pan on top of a cup or ramekin. The sides will slide right down.
Technique: A Lovely Little Tart
4. Thin wedges of pear garnish the tart. They may be sliced ahead, brushed with lemon juice, and reserved.
Technique: A Lovely Little Tart
5. Chive Buerre Blanc (literally "white butter"), a wine-and-butter sauce, finishes the dish.
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Mary Jo Brink and Michael Salmon, owners of the Hartstone Inn
Cranberry Martini
Sweet Potato & Green Apple Soup
Stilton-Shrimp Tarts
Pork Medallions with Almond-Fig Cream
Pumpkin Soufflé
Shopping List
Check your pantry for these necessary items before shopping:
- Olive oil (need 1 tablespoon)
- Kosher salt
- Ground black pepper
- Unsalted butter (need just under 1 pound or 4 sticks)
- Sugar (need about 3 cups)
- Eggs (need 10)
- All-purpose flour (need just over 3 cups)
- Shortening (need 1/3 cup)
- Canola oil (need 1-1/2 teaspoons + more for frying)
- 1 12-ounce bag fresh or frozen cranberries (reserve some for garnish)
- 1 lemon
- 1 lime (or lime juice)
- 1 Granny Smith apple
- 1 Bosc pear
- 4 fresh figs or two 3-ounce packages dried figs
- 1 large sweet potato
- 2 medium onions
- 1 bunch green onion
- 1 medium shallot
- Italian (flat-leaf) parsley
- Chives
- Thyme
- Lemon juice (need 1/2 cup or freshly squeezed)
- Lime juice (need 1/4 cup or freshly squeezed)
- 1 32-ounce container chicken stock or reduced sodium chicken broth
- Pure maple syrup (need 2-1/2 tablespoons)
- White wine vinegar (need 1 tablespoon)
Baking aisle
- Ground white pepper
- Cream of tartar
- Pumpkin pie spice
- Vanilla extract
- Confectioners sugar
- Pine nuts (need 2 tablespoons)
- Marcona almonds or almonds (1/4 cup)
- 1 15-ounce can pumpkin
- 6 to 8 4-ounce pork tenderloin medallions or one 2-pound pork tenderloin
Fish counter
- 12 large fresh shrimp
- 1 quart heavy whipping cream
- 2 10-ounce containers whole milk (need 16 ounces)
- Cream cheese (need 2 ounces)
- Stilton cheese (need 3 ounces) or good quality blue cheese
- 1 package freshly baked croutons
- 1 750-ml bottle citrus-flavored vodka
- Limoncello (Italian lemon liqueur)
- Bitters
- White wine for cooking (need 1/4 cup)
- Port wine for cooking (need 1/4 cup)
Cranberry Martini
Don't forget the bitters when preparing the syrup base. They add an aromatic herbal note.
• 2-1/2 ounces (5 tablespoons) Cranberry Syrup Base (below)
• 1-1/2 ounces (3 tablespoons) citrus-flavored vodka
• Fresh or frozen cranberries
• Lemon wedge
For each cocktail, fill cocktail shaker with ice. Add Cranberry Syrup Base and vodka. Cover; shake. Strain into martini glass. Garnish with cranberries and lemon wedge. Makes 1 drink.
Cranberry Syrup Base:
In large saucepan combine one 12-ounce package fresh or frozen cranberries, 2 cups sugar, and 2 cups water. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes. Remove from heat; let cool. Place mixture in blender or food processor. Cover; blend or process 2 minutes. Strain mixture through fine mesh sieve, discarding seeds and skin. Stir in 1/2 cup lemon juice, 1/4 cup lime juice, 1/4 cup limoncello (Italian lemon liqueur), and 2 dashes bitters. Mixture will have slightly thick consistency. Cover; chill to store.
Sweet Potato and Green Apple Soup
Slicing the sweet potatoes into "planks" allows more surface for caramelization when roasting. Try this technique when serving sweet potatoes
as a side dish.
• 1 large sweet potato, peeled, sliced lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick "planks"
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• Kosher salt and ground white pepper
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup peeled, diced rutabaga
• 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, diced
• 1 quart chicken stock or reduced sodium chicken broth
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1-1/2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
• 1 recipe Maple Cream (below)
• 1/4 cup croutons
• 1 tablespoon thinly sliced green onion
Preheat oven to 400°F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper; place sweet potatoes on prepared sheet. Drizzle with olive oil; sprinkle lightly with kosher salt and pepper. Roast 30 minutes or until tender.
In large saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Add onion, cook and stir 3 minutes. Add rutabaga and apple; cook 3 minutes more, stirring occasionally. Add chicken stock and sweet potatoes. Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, 20 minutes.
Remove from heat; cool slightly. Process until smooth with an immersion blender (or blend or process mixture 1/2 at a time in blender container or food processor). Return mixture to saucepan. Add whipping cream and maple syrup. Season to taste with kosher salt and ground white pepper. Cook and stir until heated through.
Top each serving with Maple Cream, croutons, and green onions. Makes 6 servings.
Maple Cream:
In chilled mixing bowl beat 1/3 cup whipping cream on high speed of electric mixer until soft peaks form. Add 1 tablespoon maple syrup, and dash each of kosher salt and ground white pepper. Beat just until stiff peaks form.
Stilton-Shrimp Tarts
Proper chilling makes the pastry dough flaky. Use it for quiches, hors d'oeuvre shells, and custards as well as this rich tart. The dough can be made up to 24 hours ahead.
• 1 recipe Pastry Dough (below)
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 12 large fresh shrimp, peeled, deveined, tails removed
• Salt and ground white pepper
• 2 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3 ounces Stilton cheese, crumbled
• 1/3 cup whipping cream
• 1 egg yolk
• 1-1/2 teaspoons snipped fresh Italian (flat-leaf) parsley
• 1 recipe Chive Beurre Blanc (below)
• 1 medium ripe Bosc pear, cored, sliced in thin wedges
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly coat six 4-inch tart pans with removable bottoms with nonstick cooking spray; set aside. Cut six 6-inch rounds of parchment paper*; set aside. Roll out Pastry Dough on lightly floured surface to 1/8 inch thick. Cut into six 5-1/2 inch circles, rerolling scraps as needed. Press each circle into sides and bottom of prepared tart pans. Place parchment round on top of each tartlet; fill with dry beans or pie weights.
Bake 25 minutes or until pastry is set and lightly browned. Remove beans or pie weights and parchment paper.
In large skillet, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add shrimp; cook 1 minute on each side, searing shrimp, but not cooking through. Remove from skillet to plate; season to taste with salt and white pepper.
In medium bowl combine cream cheese and Stilton cheese. Beat with electric mixer on medium to high speed until smooth. Add whipping cream, egg yolk, and 1/2 teaspoon parsley. Beat until combined. Season with salt and white pepper.
Divide cheese mixture between tart pans. Place two shrimp on each tartlet. Place tartlets on baking sheet; bake 35 minutes or until golden and set.
To serve, remove sides of tart pans. Place each tartlet in center of plate; surround with a few tablespoons of Chive Buerre Blanc, pear wedges, and pine nuts. Sprinkle remaining parsley. Makes 6 servings.
Pastry Dough:
In stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, combine 1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour and 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt. Cut 4 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter into fine cubes; mix into flour until mixture resembles fine meal. Add 1/3 cup shortening; mix 30 seconds. Add 1/4 cup cold water; mix just until combined (do not overwork). (Or in medium bowl combine flour and salt. Using pastry blender cut in butter and shortening until pieces are pea-size. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon water over part of flour mixture; gently toss with fork. Push moistened pastry to sides of bowl. Repeat moistening flour mixture, using 1 tablespoon water at a time, until all the flour mixture is moistened. Form into ball.)
Remove from mixer; form into ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours.
Chive Beurre Blanc:
Bring 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut up, to room temperature (about 30 minutes). In small saucepan heat 1-1/2 teaspoons canola oil over medium heat. Cook and stir 1/4 cup finely chopped onion 2 minutes (do not let brown). Add 1/4 cup white wine and 1 tablespoon dry white wine vinegar. Simmer until most liquid has evaporated, stirring occasionally (do not let brown). Add 1/4 cup whipping cream; simmer until liquid has reduced by half, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; whisk in butter until well incorporated. Strain through fine mesh strainer into small bowl, discarding solids. Season to taste with salt and ground white pepper. Stir in 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chives. Keep warm until ready to serve.
*Alternatively, tartlet pans can be lined with double thickness of aluminum foil.
Pork Medallions with Almond-Fig Cream
Michael serves a "stack" of roasted red onions, tomatoes, and mushrooms drizzled with olive oil as a side dish for this main course.
• 5 ounces dried figs or 4 fresh figs
• 1/4 cup port wine
• 6 to 8 4-ounce pork tenderloin medallions*
• Kosher salt and ground white pepper
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• Canola oil
• 1 shallot, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup whole Marcona almonds or almonds
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
Remove stems from figs. Halve figs; cut each half into thirds. Place figs in small bowl. Pour port wine over figs; set aside.
If necessary, pound pork medallions to 1/2-inch thickness. Season pork with kosher salt and ground white pepper. Coat pork with flour. Add enough canola oil to cover the bottom of 12-inch skillet. Heat over medium-high heat. Add pork; cook 2 minutes on each side or until pork is done. Remove to serving platter. Cover; keep warm.
Add shallot to skillet; cook and stir 1 minute. Add figs and port wine to skillet. Add almonds. Cook and stir 1 minute more. Stir in whipping cream and thyme sprigs. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Boil gently, uncovered, until cream has thickened. Remove thyme sprigs. Stir in butter; season to taste with kosher salt and ground white pepper.
Spoon almond-fig cream over pork medallions. Sprinkle with fresh thyme leaves. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
* If necessary, purchase a 2-pound pork tenderloin and cut into eight 4-ounce medallions.
Pumpkin Soufflé
Make and chill the soufflé base and the Spiced Crème Anglaise up to 3 days ahead.
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 5 eggs, separated
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 2 tablespoons canned pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• Powdered sugar
• 1 recipe Spiced Crème Anglaise (below)
For soufflé base, in small saucepan heat milk over medium heat. In medium saucepan, melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat. Stir flour into melted butter; mix well to combine. Reduce heat to low; stir frequently. When milk simmers, add the 1/2 cup granulated sugar, stirring 2 minutes to dissolve. Add milk mixture to butter mixture; whisk to combine, cooking over medium heat until ball forms and mixture releases from sides of pan.
Immediately place mixture in bowl of stand mixer fitted with paddle (or place in a large mixing bowl and use a hand mixer); beat on medium-low speed for 10 minutes.
Add egg yolks to soufflé base, one at a time, beating until each yolk is incorporated before adding the next. Set aside; allow to cool (or cover and chill up to 3 days).
Generously butter six 10-ounce soufflé dishes or custard cups with the 1 tablespoon softened butter, covering entire surface including rim. Coat buttered dishes with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, rotating dishes to coat them evenly. Tap out any excess sugar; set aside.
Stir pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice into soufflé base; mix well to combine.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form (tips stand straight). Gently fold half the egg whites into soufflé base. Fold in remaining egg whites. Gently pour batter into prepared soufflé dishes. Be careful not to drip batter on rims, or soufflés may not rise evenly.
Bake in center of preheated oven 35 minutes or until lightly browned and set on top. Remove from oven, place on small serving plate and dust with powdered sugar. Hurry soufflés to table. Poke hole in top of soufflé; pour Spiced Crème Anglaise into hole. Devour immediately. Makes 6 servings.
Spiced Crème Anglaise:
Nest a medium mixing bowl in larger bowl filled with ice water; set aside. In another mixing bowl whisk together 2 eggs, 2 egg yolks, and 1/4 cup granulated sugar; set aside. In small saucepan heat 1 cup whole milk over medium-high heat to simmer. Temper egg mixture by slowly pouring 1/4 cup hot milk into egg mixture, whisking constantly. Add another 1/4 cup hot milk, whisking constantly. Now whisk tempered egg mixture back into saucepan with milk, whisking constantly. Stir constantly with wooden spoon over medium heat until mixture reaches 175°F when tested with instant-read thermometer or until mixture just coats back of wooden spoon. Remove from heat; immediately transfer to bowl in ice bath and stir to stop cooking. Stir occasionally until cool. Pass mixture through fine mesh strainer. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice and 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract. Refrigerate until ready to serve, or up to 3 days.


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Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope, N. John Hall, 9781857151657
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For numerous reasons unrelated to their ability to pay back loans, millions of creditworthy borrowers find themselves unscoreable under traditional credit scoring models. Yet at the same time, lenders are seeking new pools of creditworthy borrowers.
With such a win-win proposition, it's amazing we are still discussing how to solve this challenge.
A basic requirement for a credit score is some history of credit usage. Some credit score models require very recent credit usage, such as activity on at least one account at some point in the last six months. In other words, whether you have one credit account (e.g., a credit card) or many, if you don't use any of them for six months, you may be invisible to many lenders because the credit score model they are using may not recognize your credit history.
By the same token, if you are new to the credit market (e.g., a recent college graduate and/or someone who acquired a secured credit card, which is a credit card that includes a deposit, without the use of a score) you cannot receive a credit score using some traditional models until after six months of reported payment history.
Having been an executive at large lending institutions for most of my career, I witnessed this scenario first-hand. A great many borrowers, whom I knew were good credit risks, were either manually underwritten, which costs more for the lender to analyze than by using an automated system, or sometimes they were deemed a higher credit risk than they actually were.
Scoring more people is all fine and well, but ultimately, a lender must make the decision to grant these individuals credit or decline them. So who are these people that make up what those of us in the industry commonly refer to as "the unscoreables?" Conventional thinking suggests they are young students, recent immigrants, and others new to the credit market.
Except that is only partially true.
Actually, as the graphic below suggests, the average unscoreable consumer has a good job and a better-than-adequate credit profile. In other words, the typical unscoreable consumer is, well…typical.
Credit Characteristics of the Unscoreable
One of the unfortunate outcrops of the unscoreable conundrum has been that consumers may be deemed high risk, or "subprime," by traditional credit scoring criteria and/or lenders simply because they do not have significant credit histories. However, by using a different scoring methodology, we found many are actually quite creditworthy and identified as prime or near-prime consumers, which means they are less likely to become seriously delinquent on a loan.
Based on a VantageScore Solutions' study, among infrequent users of credit, 15.5 percent were found to have either prime or super-prime risk profiles. And among new entrants to the credit scene, which include recently graduated students, immigrants or recently divorced consumers, 26.5 percent were found to have either prime or super-prime risk profiles.
When these consumers are not provided a credit score or mislabeled as being high-risk, it leaves them little alternative but to seek credit from lenders outside of the mainstream credit industry who may charge exorbitant interest rates.
Though VantageScore is indeed able to provide scores for the traditionally unscoreable, beyond our model, there are a number of other new solutions in the credit scoring market that tackle the unscoreable issue, but a great equalizer is rental payment history, which is now beginning to be reported by some landlords. Obviously, rent payments are a significant portion of a person's total recurring monthly expenditures, as shown in the graphic below.
But unlike a mortgage payment, rent payment information isn't widely reported to the credit reporting agenices when it could be a great tool for the unscoreables.
Specifically, according to Experian, 32 percent of renters are unscoreable without using their rental payment history. When the rent payment history is used to calculate a credit score, 87 percent can be provided a score.
Reporting rental payment history is unnecessarily controversial. Critics suggest that since lower income consumers traditionally rent, they are more likely to miss payments and have their credit history harmed than those with higher incomes. In fact, 45 percent of high-risk consumers increased their VantageScore credit score to 600 and above (note: the VantageScore model's scale is 501 — 990) when rent data was used in calculating their credit scores.
Another important fact that is missed is that when ongoing rent payments are not reported, renters are not provided the positive impact of those payments. But when a renter becomes seriously delinquent on payments and their landlord hires a collection agent, the negative impact of a collection account being reported to the CRAs comes into play. It's only fair that renters receive both the positive and negatives of their rent payment behavior.
If you do find yourself unscoreable, first, check to see if other credit scoring models provide you a score. Second, open a secured credit card. Be sure the card issuer reports payments to the three major CRAs. A benefit is that some of these cards convert to a regular credit card after a certain period of time.
Another option is to work with a lender that offers manual underwriting, or one with whom you already have an established relationship and knows your finances. Some of the major lenders have the ability to issue credit the old-fashioned way: by manually reviewing your credit files and other data to determine the specific terms if you qualify for a loan. Here again, be sure to work with a lender that is reporting payments so you can repopulate your credit files.
So if you find yourself to be among the millions that are invisible to some credit scoring models, you can take solace in that you are not alone, there are models out there that seek to recognize you, and there are steps you can take to rectify the situation.
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Billing and Clerical Problems of a Small Utility
By SAMUEL E. ELLIS Partner, Kansas City Office
Presented before the Thirty-second Annual Convention of the Missouri
Association of Municipal Utilities, Kansas City — March 1957
The subject of my paper is stated in the program to be "Billing and Clerical Problems of a Small Utility." I should like to amplify this title a little by adding the words "And What Can Be Done About Them." You all know that the problems exist; the important thing is to be aware that others have found satisfactory solutions to many of your difficulties and that progress is being made toward solving even those that appear most stubborn. Obviously, solutions vary depending upon circumstances and conditions; however, I have selected for discussion some of the problems which I feel are most common and intend to present solutions which may be adaptable to most situations.
First, perhaps, we should determine what is meant by the term "small utility." No utility serving the public is small to its employees and customers nor is it small in the rendition of service; it is only by comparison with the giants of the industry that a difference in physical size would result in one being called "large" and the other "small." Obviously, any utility in this area, whether municipally owned or privately owned, would be considered small when compared to, say, Detroit Edison with a million and a quarter customers or to Commonwealth Edison or Consolidated Edison, both substantially
larger than the Detroit firm. Under the circumstances it is probably
best to set an arbitrary upper limit to the size of the typical utility with whose clerical problems we will deal — say, 15,000 or 20,000 meters or other stations. I am sure that many of the organizations represented at this convention will fall within the defined limit. Parenthetically, it might be wise to point out here that my remarks will deal primarily with such services as electricity, gas, water, and telephone; although municipal transportation
systems have similar problems with respect to the control of stores, property, preparation of payrolls, etc., they do not have to contend with meter-reading, billing, accounts receivable, and credit problems.
Municipal utilities are distinguished from privately owned utilities by the fact that every customer is a part-owner or at least so considers himself.


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Dear Anthropology Majors,
As you know, letters of recommendation are an essential component of most job and virtually all graduate school applications. Such letters provide information not easily gleaned from resumes or official transcripts. Potential employers would like to know, for example, if you have a strong worth ethic. Do you work well independently as well as on a team? How do you deal with adversity or challenges you encounter in your work? Do you give up easily or do you tend to persevere? Are you goal oriented and creative? Do you take initiative and responsibility? Are you cordial, respectful, and kind? Or, do you tend to blame others and drive people crazy with constant complaints?
Graduate programs want to know what kind of student you are or have been: did you require a lot of supervision and extra attention? Or, were you serious, disciplined, focused, consistent, and hungry to learn? They want to know if you are simply trying to avoid the "real world" for a few more years, or if your desire to attend graduate school is well considered and based upon an authentic and passionate desire to pursue studies in the given field?
Letters of recommendation can say all of these things and much more. This is why potential employers and graduate admissions committees take them seriously. As your faculty, we too take these letters very seriously and we are usually more than delighted to write them for you. We want to see you succeed, at Willamette and in life! With all of this in mind, please read through this article/list and follow the author's suggestions as best you can. In so doing you will help us and yourself.
Thank you,
Professors Dobkins, Millen and Wogan
Don'ts for Getting Letters of Recommendation
By Tara Kuther, Ph.D., from About.com Guide
A letter of recommendation is part of a faculty member's job, right? Yes, but… students have a great deal of influence over the letters faculty write. While professors rely on a student's academic history in writing letters of recommendation, the past isn't all that matters. Professors' impressions of you matter -- and impressions constantly change based on your behavior. So what can you do to ensure that professors you approach for letters see you in a positive light? First, don't do any of these:
1. Don't fail to read a faculty member's response to your request.
You've asked a faculty member to write you a letter of recommendation. Carefully interpret
his or her response. Often faculty provide subtle cues that indicate how supportive a letter they will write. Not all letters of recommendation are helpful. In fact, a lukewarm letter or somewhat neutral letter will do more harm than good. Virtually all letters that a graduate admissions committee read are very positive, usually providing glowing praise for the applicant. A letter that is simply good, when compared with extraordinarily positive letters, is actually harmful to your application. Ask faculty if they can provide you with a "helpful letter of recommendation" rather than simply a letter.
2. Don't push for a positive response.
Sometimes a faculty member will decline your request for a letter of recommendation outright. Accept that. He or she is doing you a favor because the resulting letter would not help your application and instead would hurt.
3. Don't wait until the last minute to ask for a letter.
Faculty are busy with teaching, service work, and research. They advise multiple students and likely are writing many letters for other students. Give them enough notice so that they can take the time required to write a letter that will get you accepted into graduate school.
4. Don't have bad timing.
Approach a faculty member when she or he has the time to discuss it with you and consider it without time pressure. Don't ask immediately before or after class. Don't ask in a hallway. Instead, visit the professor's office hours, the times intended for interaction with students. It often is helpful to send an email requesting an appointment and explaining the purpose of the meeting.
5. Don't wait to provide supporting documentation.
Have your application materials with you when you request your letter. Or follow up within a couple of days.
6. Don't provide your documentation piecemeal.
Provide your documentation all at once. Don't offer a curriculum vitae one day, a transcript another, and so on.
7. Don't rush the professor.
A friendly reminder sent a week or two before the deadline is helpful; however, don't rush the professor. Or offer multiple reminders.
8. Don't provide messy, unorganized documents.
Anything you provide the professor must be free of errors and must be neat. These documents represent you and are an indicator of the seriousness with which you view this process as well as the quality of work you will do in grad school.
9. Don't forget submission materials.
Don't fail to include program-specific application sheets and documents, including websites to which faculty submit letters. Don't forget to include login information. Don't make faculty ask for this material. Don't let faculty sit down to write your letter and find that they don't have all of the information. Alternatively, don't let a professor try to submit your letter online and find the he or she doesn't have the login info.
10. Don't provide incomplete supporting documentation.
Don't make a professor have to ask you for basic documentation.
11. Don't forget to write a thank you note or card afterward.
Your professor took the time to write for you—most often devoting a few hours of his or her life—the least you can do is thank him or her.
12. Don't forget to tell faculty about the status of your application.
We want to know, really.
Finally, remember that the general rule is that you want your letter writers to be in a good mood when they write your recommendation letter and to feel good about you and their decision to support your application to graduate school. Keep that in mind and act accordingly and you'll increase the odds of receiving an excellent letter.


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IMF chief urges action on eurozone crisis
The head of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday called for urgent action to tackle Europe's debt problems and an approaching fiscal crisis in the U.S., warning that the struggling world economy is already falling short of even pessimistic expectations.
IMF chief Christine Lagarde, speaking to reporters as the IMF and World Bank held annual meetings in Tokyo, praised recent steps taken by the European Central Bank and European governments, but said "more needs to happen, and faster."
Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven richest nations also were holding an informal gathering where they were expected to discuss steps to address Europe's debt crisis, weaker growth in Asia and an impending budget impasse in the U.S.
The IMF has scaled back its global growth forecast for 2012 to 3.3 per cent from 3.5 per cent, and has warned that even its dimmer outlook might prove too optimistic if Europe and the United States fail to resolve their crises.
"We are not expecting a very, very strong recovery. The recovery continues, but it continues more slowly than we had expected earlier this year," said Lagarde. The slowdown is "having a ripple effect on emerging markets, and in particular in Asia."
Lagarde also said two senior Chinese finance officials who cancelled their trip to Tokyo amid a territorial dispute with host Japan will "lose out" by not attending. "Our concern is that they will be missing a great meeting," she said. "We have a lot of substantive issues to discuss."
Diplomatic tensions have flared between the two Asian giants over a cluster of tiny islands in the East China Sea controlled by Japan but also claimed by China. In an apparent sign of Beijing's anger over the issue, People's Bank of China Gov. Zhou Xiaochuan, who was scheduled to give the event's closing speech on Sunday, will not be attending. His deputy will represent him in the meeting and deliver the speech.
Speaking in Beijing, China's foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, described the decision to have Zhou and some other senior finance officials to stay home "completely appropriate."
But much is at stake. Lagarde stressed that economies in Asia are critical to global growth, and hoped that disputes between countries in the region can be resolved for the good of economic co-operation in Asia and the rest of the world.
"We hope that differences, however longstanding, can be resolved harmoniously and expeditiously so that from an economic point of view co-operation can continue…since we are all very closely interconnected," she said.
Feud hurts both countries
Japanese auto sales in China plunged last month, and tens of thousands of Chinese tourists have cancelled trips to Japan, which is depending on China as a source of growth amid the global slowdown. The dispute is also an economic negative for China. Before tensions escalated, China's economy was already slowing and grew at its slowest rate in three years in the second quarter.
Lagarde praised the recent steps to shore up Europe's financial system, which has been burdened by high government debt and weak banks in countries such as Greece and Spain, but stressed that more needs to be done.
The ECB has decided to buy unlimited amounts of government bonds to help lower borrowing costs but countries that want to benefit from that measure need to apply to other euro nations for a bailout first.
European governments have also taken steps to reduce budget deficits. A proposal to design a European banking supervision system, however, has run into obstacles, with Germany wanting more time to finalize details before making the ECB the supervisor of banks.
Greece, Ireland and Portugal have already received bailouts from the IMF, European Central Bank and European Union. Spain has worried investors by declining so far to ask for financial aid from the 17-country grouping that uses the euro currency.
"Action has already occurred," Lagarde said. "But more needs to happen and faster."
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was upbeat about the European moves to stabilize and reform crisis-stricken economies, saying the agreement on handling debts was "a much more promising path."
"The basic thrust of the strategy is right and good," Geithner told a conference on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank meetings. "They're already having traction in improving competitiveness."
Geithner also sought to strike a reassuring tone regarding the threat of the so-called "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and deep spending cuts that will take effect in 2013 unless Congress and the Obama administration resolve a budget impasse.
Lagarde called for "decisive action" on the issue.
U.S. urged to resolve debt ceiling issue
The IMF has urged the U.S. to raise the ceiling on the level of debt the government can issue, which is capped by law. In August 2011, a battle between Republicans and Democrats over raising the limit wasn't resolved until the U.S. almost defaulted on its debt.
The Obama administration intends to try to fix the problem before the end of the year, Geithner said. "We're going to take a run at it."
Speaking just weeks before the presidential election, Geithner emphasized the progress made in countering the global financial crisis and reviving growth.
"From my perspective, the U.S. economy is doing significantly better than we had any reason to expect," he said.
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim told reporters that while the annual meeting's main preoccupation is staving off recession among the world's most advanced economies, it also needs to lay the foundation for helping developing nations escape poverty.
China and other emerging economies may not need the bank's financing but they still can benefit from its expertise, Kim said.
The volatile situation in countries engulfed in the "Arab Spring" protests demonstrates vividly the need for growth that generates jobs, especially for the young and for women. That is all the more crucial in "fragile" states affected by conflict, where disaffected or idle young people may just pick up arms if they have no better options, Kim said.
"If you have economic growth that is not inclusive you are building instability into your system," he said.


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Gov. Rick Perry's Texas Highway Patrol just received their first-of-six armored "Shallow Water Interceptor" gunboat. Why does the Texas Highway Patrol all of a sudden need a fleet of armed-to-the-gills gunboats? For the same reason Texas usually arms itself up: Mexicans.
International waters between Mexico and Texas are a hotspot for drug and human trafficking, so the state's police force (technically the Texas Department of Safety Highway Patrol) is the agency typically tasked with these sorts of interdictions. In 2010, for instance, a jet skier on Falcon Lake was mistaken for a drug gang spy and murdered.
In typical Texas fashion, the boats are over-the-top and slightly insane. The Shallow Water Interceptor is an armored 34-foot speed boat powered by triple 300 horsepower engines giving it 900 horsepower total.
For armaments there are five static mounted M240 light machine guns, a pair of Barrett .50 sniper rifles. There are also various rifles, submachine guns and grenade launchers on-board. Just in case. That they're boats with "Texas Highway Patrol" written on them is hilarious but appropriate.
The gunboats cost $580,000 a piece and will be named for DPS officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.
Calling these "patrol boats" is kind of an understatement. This is the start of a Texas Navy, which is not without precedent.
Texas was once its own republic with its own fairly successful Navy. Twice in Texas history a seaworthy fighting force was put together. The First Texas Navy purchased four poorly armed schooners, which they used to keep General Santa Anna's army at bay and unsupplied long enough to win independence.
The Second Texas Navy was slightly better prepared when it faced off against the Mexican Navy to maintain its independence and has the notable distinction of being one of the only sail-powered fleets to ever fight a steam-powered force to a draw. When the Second Texas Navy returned, President Sam Houston accused them of being pirates for engaging in battle without his command, but their antics were still rewarded with a place on Texas currency.
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A young victim of sex abuse at the hands of an older foster child has won a $5 million lawsuit against the Florida Department of Children and Families.
Attorney Howard Talenfeld said this week that the next step for the victim known as "Junior" is to seek a $5 million claims bill from Florida's Legislature. Evidence in the case tried in West Palm Beach showed that an 11-year-old foster child sexually abused then-9-year-old Junior after he was placed in the younger boy's home by DCF.
Talenfeld says the evidence showed the foster child had a history of abuse against his own younger sister before DCF placed him in Junior's home and assaulted other children later.
The lawsuit originally was filed in 2006. The victim known as Junior is now 20.
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