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TurboGears Front-to-Back Web Framework
Version: 1.1.3
Author: Kevin Dangoor
Copyright: Copyright 2005 - 2011 Kevin Dangoor and contributors
License: MIT
mochikit =
TGMochiKit(name='widget', charset=None, defer=False
|Function Details
Return absolute URL (including schema and host to this server). Tries to account for 'Host' header and reverse proxying ('X-Forwarded-Host'). The host name is determined this way: * If the config setting 'tg.url_domain' is set and non-null, use this value. * Else, if the 'base_url_filter.use_x_forwarded_host' config setting is True, use the value from the 'Host' or 'X-Forwarded-Host' request header. * Else, if config setting 'base_url_filter.on' is True and 'base_url_filter.base_url' is non-null, use its value for the host AND scheme part of the URL. * As a last fallback, use the value of 'server.socket_host' and 'server.socket_port' config settings (defaults to 'localhost:8080'). The URL scheme ('http' or 'http') used is determined in the following way: * If 'base_url_filter.base_url' is used, use the scheme from this URL. * If there is a 'X-Use-SSL' request header, use 'https'. * Else, if the config setting 'tg.url_scheme' is set, use its value. * Else, use the value of 'cherrypy.request.scheme'.
Exposes a method to the web. By putting the expose decorator on a method, you tell TurboGears that the method should be accessible via URL traversal. Additionally, expose handles the output processing (turning a dictionary into finished output) and is also responsible for ensuring that the request is wrapped in a database transaction. You can apply multiple expose decorators to a method, if you'd like to support multiple output formats. The decorator that's listed first in your code without as_format or accept_format is the default that is chosen when no format is specifically asked for. Any other expose calls that are missing as_format and accept_format will have as_format implicitly set to the whatever comes before the ":" in the template name (or the whole template name if there is no ":". For example, expose("json"), if it's not the default expose, will have as_format set to "json". When as_format is set, passing the same value in the tg_format parameter in a request will choose the options for that expose decorator. Similarly, accept_format will watch for matching Accept headers. You can also use both. expose("json", as_format="json", accept_format="application/json") will choose JSON output for either case: tg_format=json as a parameter or Accept: application/json as a request header. Passing allow_json=True to an expose decorator is equivalent to adding the decorator just mentioned. Each expose decorator has its own set of options, and each one can choose a different template or even template engine (you can use Kid for HTML output and Cheetah for plain text, for example). See the other expose parameters below to learn about the options you can pass to the template engine. Take a look at the test_expose.py suite for more examples. @param template: "templateengine:dotted.reference" reference along the Python path for the template and the template engine. For example, "kid:foo.bar" will have Kid render the bar template in the foo package. @keyparam format: format for the template engine to output (if the template engine can render different formats. Kid, for example, can render "html", "xml" or "xhtml") @keyparam content_type: sets the content-type http header @keyparam allow_json: allow the function to be exposed as json @keyparam fragment: for template engines (like Kid) that generate DOCTYPE declarations and the like, this is a signal to just generate the immediate template fragment. Use this if you're building up a page from multiple templates or going to put something onto a page with .innerHTML. @keyparam as_format: designates which value of tg_format will choose this expose. @keyparam accept_format: which value of an Accept: header will choose this expose. All additional keyword arguments are passed as keyword args to the render method of the template engine.
Redirect (via cherrypy.HTTPRedirect).
Raises the exception instead of returning it, this to allow users to both call it as a function or to raise it as an exception.
Update the system configuration from given config file and/or module.
'configfile' is a ConfigObj (INI-style) config file, 'modulename' a module path in dotted notation. The function looks for files with a ".cfg" extension if the given module name refers to a package directory or a file with the base name of the right-most part of the module path and a ".cfg" extension added.
If both 'configfile' and 'modulname' are specified, the module is read first, followed by the config file. This means that the config file's options override the options in the module file.
Computes relocatable URLs.
tgpath can be a list or a string. If the path is absolute (starts with a "/"), the server.webpath, SCRIPT_NAME and the approot of the application are prepended to the path. In order for the approot to be detected properly, the root object must extend controllers.RootController.
Query parameters for the URL can be passed in as a dictionary in the second argument and/or as keyword parameters where keyword args overwrite entries in the dictionary.
Values which are a list or a tuple are used to create multiple key-value pairs.
tgpath may also already contain a (properly escaped) query string seperated by a question mark ('?'), in which case additional query params are appended.
Validate input.
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text: Mother Nature's Son song Born a poor young country boy Mother Nature's son. All day long I'm sitting singing songs for everyone. Sit beside a mountain stream, see her waters rise. Listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies. Find me in my field of grass Mother Nature's son. Swaying daisies sing a lazy song beneath the sun. Mother Nature's son. "Mother Nature's Son" Song by the Beatles from the album The Beatles Released 22 November 1968 Recorded 9 August 1968 Genre Folk Length 2:48 Label Apple Records Writer Lennon–McCartney Producer George Martin The Beatles track listing 30 tracks Side one "Back in the U.S.S.R." "Dear Prudence" "Glass Onion" "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" "Wild Honey Pie" "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" Side two "Martha My Dear" "I'm So Tired" "Blackbird" "Piggies" "Rocky Raccoon" "Don't Pass Me By" "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" "I Will" "Julia" Side three "Birthday" "Yer Blues" "Mother Nature's Son" "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" "Sexy Sadie" "Helter Skelter" "Long, Long, Long" Side four "Revolution 1" "Honey Pie" "Savoy Truffle" "Cry Baby Cry" "Revolution 9" "Good Night" "Mother Nature's Son" is a Lennon–McCartney song, written primarily by Paul McCartney and released by the Beatles on The Beatles (The White Album). It was inspired by a lecture given by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi while the Beatles were in India. The same lecture inspired Lennon's unreleased song "Child of Nature", the tune of which he later re-used for "Jealous Guy". The song was later covered by Harry Nilsson. Please note the text from Wikipedia is imported without editing or authentication. Mother Nature's Son (White) Mother Nature's Son (Anthology 3) ©1968 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.


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Pac-12 Roundup: Oregon State names junior Sean Mannion quarterback
A look around the Pac-12 Conference Tuesday:
Oregon State — Coach Mike Riley names junior Sean Mannion starting quarterback He did the same last year and Mannion started 4-0, hurt his knee and watched Cody Vaz, again No. 2, excel. When Mannion played again he looked awful against Washington. But he dramatically cut down on his turnovers in camp.
Arizona State — Tailback Marion Grice (19 TDs in 2012) has become surprise weapon after transfer from Blinn JC.
Arizona — It looks like senior B.J. Denker will start Friday against Northern Arizona but other quarterbacks could play.
USC — Coach Lane Kiffin will play both Max Wittek and Cody Kessler at Hawaii Thursday.
UCLA — Linebacker Anthony Barr (head) and offensive tackle Simon Goines (knee) have overcome injuries and will start opener against Nevada.
Stanford — Redshirt freshman tailback Barry Sanders not hiding from comparisons with his father.
California — Golden Bears coach Sonny Dykes trying to direct Cal to first Rose Bowl in 54 years and first Rose Bowl win in 75.
Oregon — Introducing Scott Frost, Oregon's new offensive coordinator and play caller.
Washington — Renovated Husky Stadium won't be unveiled publicly until two hours before Saturday's opener against Boise State.
Washington State — Ex-Cougar Jeff Tuel, an undrafted rookie, in line to start Bills' opener vs. New England.
Utah — Sophomore quarterback Travis Wilson battling leadership questions.


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being saved or protected from harm
Salvation (Latin salvatio; Greek sōtēria; Hebrew yeshu'ah) is being saved or protected from harm or being saved or delivered from some dire situation.
- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
- Isaac Asimov, Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations: A Collection of Approximately, 05-Jan-2012, p. 2204.
- Sole survivor, cursed with second sight
Haunted saviour, cried into the night.
- Blue Oyster Cult, Sole Survivor, Fire of unknown origin, lyrics by Erik Bloom, John Trivers, and Liz Myers
- What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.
- Don DeLillo, White Noise (Picador 40th Anniversary Edition), (2 February 2012), p. 17.
- The world is such a marvel-it gave you trials, but if you were still and concentrated, if you tried to do the right thing, it always provided you with salvation.
- There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is the moment; the time is always now.
- Dag Hammarskjod, in "The Road to Begin Your Life (27 September 2007)", 58.
- Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it at every moment.
- Franz Kafka, Kafka, the Decisive Years, (2005), p. 84.
- Il n'est pas de sauveurs suprêmes
Ni Dieu, ni César, ni tribun
Producteurs, sauvons-nous nous-mêmes
Décrétons le salut commun
Pour que le voleur rende gorge
Pour tirer l'esprit du cachot
Soufflons nous-mêmes notre forge
Battons le fer quand il est chaud
- There are no supreme saviours
Neither God, nor Caesar, nor tribune.
Producers, let us save ourselves,
Decree the common salvation.
So that the thief expires,
So that the spirit be pulled from its prison,
Let us fan our forge ourselves
Strike the iron while it is hot.
- Eugène Edine Pottier, The Internationale (1864)
- There are no supreme saviours
- The only rational conclusion, then, seems to be that the Negro and the other darker races must look to themselves for freedom. Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
- You have to do it yourself, no one else will do it for you. You must work out your own salvation.
- Charles E. Popplestoen, in "The Road to Begin Your Life (27 September 2007)", 58.
- To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment.
- Eckhart Tolle, Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises, (3 September 2010)], p. 90.
In BuddhismEdit
- The word save means an act which is done by someone, a positive act, including rescue. But the Dhamma saves not in that sense. The Dhamma teaches the human being to save oneself. It is not an act that other can do for someone. It is what one does to oneself. Therefore the term "Salvation" itself is not much relevant in the Buddhist concept. The Buddhist concept is Nibbana. Nibbana or Nirvana implying extinction, freedom, emancipation, liberation, release, deliverance, etc. However, the word 'Salvation' can also be used as an umbrella for Nibbana or Nirvana.
- Radha Banerjee, in The Concept of Salvation in Buddhism Jan 10, 2010
- Work out your salvation. Do not depend on others.
- Buddha, in "The Road to Begin Your Life (27-Sep-2007)", p. 58.
- Buddhist salvation is primarily concerned with individual persons, and is simply not concerned with humankind in general, for as is written in a sutra: 'One is born alone, dies alone, comes alone and goes alone'.
- Buddhism is primarily concerned with salvation of a human as a person who, unlike other living beings, has self-consciousness and free will and thereby alone has the potential to become aware of and emancipated from the transience common to all things in the universe. This is existentialist and personalistic aspect of Buddhism
- Masao Abe, in "Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part One of a Two-Volume Sequel to Zen and … (1995)}, p. 81.
- However, a cosmological dimension is the necessary basis for this Buddhist salvation: in Buddhism salvation is not from sin as rebellion against God, but emancipation from the cycle of birth and death which is part of transience of the universe. This is the cosmological aspect of Buddhism. These two aspects are inseparable; the more cosmological the basis of salvation
- Masao Abe, in "Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part One of a Two-Volume Sequel to Zen and … (1995)}, p. 81.
- The Buddha said 'Salvation doesn't come from the sight of me. It demands strenuous effort and practise. So work hard and seek your own salvation constantly.'
- The process of salvation in Buddhism and Christianity are functions of their respective doctrines of ultimate reality and the nature of man. In a phrase we might sum up Buddhism's view: "salvation is from the self". To start with the last; Buddhism insists that believes and practices self-slavation...As to salvation from self, Buddhism conceives belief in integrality and reality of the self to be the major obstacle to man's salvation.
- Winston Lee King, Winston L King, in Buddhism and Christianity: Some Bridges of Understanding, 16-Oct-2013, p. 23.
In ChristianityEdit
- Paul says that all humans are condemned under the law, and justifiably so. This is why salvation is through spiritual rebirth in love for Christ and not through obedience to the Judaic laws. (Rom. 3:28)
- Masao Abe, in "Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part One of a Two-Volume Sequel to Zen and … (1995) ", p. 14.
- He lives, he lives, Christ Jesus lives today;
He walks with me and talks with me along life's narrow way.
He lives, he lives salvation to impart;
You ask me how I know he lives"
He lives within my heart.
- Alfred H. Ackley, in "Words of Wisdom, Too (1 January 1998)", p. 94.
- Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
- Thomas Aquinas, The Soul of a Nation: Culture, Morality, Law, Education, Faith, 27-Sep-2012, p. 27.
- Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.
- Surely we may hope that as men get to see that prayer has not succeeded in its efforts to "move the arm which moves the world, to bring salvation down, they may turn to the more difficult, but also the more hopeful task, of moving their own arms to work out for their own salvation.
- Annie Besant (2012), in The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant, p. 173.
- I might be ready to kneel before the cross of Good Friday, to stand beside the sepulcher on Easter Day. In order to facilitate the realization of those last sacred days of God incarnate on earth, working out man's salvation, I resolved to write a brief history of that week, compiled from Four Gospels, meaning them to try and realize each day the occurrences that had happened on the corresponding day in AD 33, and so to follow those "blessed feet" step by step, till they were ...nailed for our advantage to the bitter cross.
- Annie Besant, in "Annie Besant: An Autobiography", p. 59.
- He is a being who has attained what is called 'liberation' in the East, what is called salvation in the West; a being whose soul and Spirit have become unified, who lives consciously on the higher plane of our own universe – the fivefold universe – and whose centre of consciousness is on the atmic, sometimes called the nirvanic, plane.
- Annie Besant, Annie Besant's London Lectures of 1907, (2008), p. 78.
- Poor victims of a civilization that hides its brutality beneath a veneer of culture and of grace, for them individually there is, alas! No salvation.
- Annie Besant, in "Annie Besant: An Autobiography", p. 309.
- My mother had an intense longing to communicate before she died. "If it is necessary to salvation," she persisted, doggedly, "I will not take it if darling Annie is to be shut out." I would be rather lost with her than saved without her.
- Annie Besant, Annie Besant: An Autobiography, (10 March 2011), p. 122.
- Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation.
- Ezra Taft Benson, God's Prophets Speak, p. 8.
- No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
- John Calvin, John Calvin's Commentaries On The Acts. Vol. 1, 2012, p. 22.
- God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.
- John Calvin, Civility: A Cultural History, 18-Apr-2009, p. 157.
- How much more should you make sure that you have "put on" the Lord Jesus Christ? This is your eternal salvation we are talking about, so obey the admonition to make your calling and election sure. There's nothing more important than your eternal salvation.
- Kirk Cameron et al (2011), in Conquer Your Fear, Share Your Faith: An Evangelism Made Easy, p. 189.
- For a woman, all resurrection, all salvation, from whatever perdition, lies in love; in fact, it is her only way to it.
- In our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don't baptize the children of single mothers because they weren't conceived in the sanctity of marriage. These are today's hypocrites. Those who clericalize the church. Those who separate the people of God from salvation.
- People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.
- William Faulkner, On Faulkner, p. 265.
- The work of salvation, in its full sense, is about whole human beings, not merely souls; about the present, not simply the future; and about what God does through us, not merely what God does in and for us.
- Gospel, Death by Church, (1 January 2009), p. 100.
- Sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything -- including the Christian plan of salvation.
- One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth.
- Anne Hutchinson, Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence, Volume I: To 1877, (1 January 2011), p. 64.
- After this I saw, and look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands. And they keep shouting with a loud voice, saying: "Salvation we owe to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb."
- Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we will never achieve.
- Ryszard Kapuscinski, in "The Road to Begin Your Life (27-Sep-2007)", p. 58.
- None of us can ever save himself; we are the instruments of one another's salvation, and only by the hope that we give to others do we lift ourselves out of the darkness into light.
- Can you help save one person...? That would be great wouldn't it? The salvation of a single soul is more important than the production or preservation of all the epics and tragedies in the world.
- C.S. Lewis, in "The Road to Begin Your Life ((27 September 2007))", 58.
- The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure, all sincere; nothing too much; nothing wanting.
- John Locke, Words of Wisdom, Too, (1 January 1998), p. 218.
- A mighty fortress is our God,
A sword and shield victorious;
He breaks the cruel oppressors rod And wins salvation glorious.
- Martin Luther, in "Words of Wisdom, Too (1 January 1998)", p. 140.
- Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
- Because salvation is by grace through faith, I believe that among the countless number of people standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands (see Revelation 7:9), I shall see the prostitute from the Kit-Kat Ranch in Carson City, Nevada, who tearfully told me that she could find no other employment to support her two-year-old son. I shall see the woman who had an abortion and is haunted by guilt and remorse but did the best she could faced with grueling alternatives; the businessman besieged with debt who sold his integrity in a series of desperate transactions; the insecure clergyman addicted to being liked, who never challenged his people from the pulpit and longed for unconditional love; the sexually abused teen molested by his father and now selling his body on the street, who, as he falls asleep each night after his last 'trick', whispers the name of the unknown God he learned about in Sunday school; the deathbed convert who for decades had his cake and ate it, broke every law of God and man, wallowed in lust, and raped the earth.
- Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out, (19 August 2008), p. 122-23.
- The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotions or Sunday church. His ministry was to those whom society considered real sinners. They had done nothing to merit salvation. Yet they opened themselves to the gift that was offered them. On the other hand, the self-righteous placed their trust in the works of the Law and closed their hearts to the message of grace.
- Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out, (19 August 2008), p. 41.
- One of the the loveliest lines I have ever read comes from Brother Roger, the Prior of the Protestant monks of Taize, France: 'Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.' It is still difficult for me to read these words without tears filling my eyes. It is wonderful.
- I not only questioned the possibility that salvation existed; I questioned whether God's salvation was worth the earning. Again I began to see the struggle between God and Lucifer as nothing more than a squabble between petty princelings over who should possess power in a tiny, unimportant territory. The fate of the tenants of that territory did not much seem to matter to them; and even the reward of those tenants' loyalty seemed thin enough to me.
- Michael Moorcock, The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981), Chapter 8
- For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near (Rom. 13:11–12).
- Paul, Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers and Skeptics Find Faith, (1 January 2012), p. 78.
- Because he loves me", says the Lord I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name
He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him.
And show him my salvation.
- Psalm (91:1-16), in "Words of Wisdom, Too (1 January 1998)" p. 218.
- Let us be today's Christians.
Let us not take fright
at the boldness of today's church.
With Christ's light let us illuminate
even the most hideous caverns of the human person:
torture, jail, plunder, want, chronic illness.
The oppressed must be saved,
not with a revolutionary salvation,
in mere human fashion,
but with the holy revolution of the Son of Man,
who dies on the cross to cleanse God's image,
which is soiled in today's humanity,
a humanity so enslaved,
so selfish, so sinful.
- The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca, The Road to Begin Your Life, (27-Sep-2007), p. 58.
- The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.
- Charles Spurgeon, Enriching Christian Doctrine and Character, (13 January 2009), p. 41.
- And, again, salvation by Jesus Christ comes to men in the same way as it always did. They have to receive it, now, by faith.
- This salvation is just the same as to the persons to whom it is sent. It is to be preached, now, as always, to every creature under Heaven. But it appeals with a peculiar power to those who are guilty and who, by God's Grace, confess their guilt. It appeals to hearts that are broken, to men who are weary and heavy laden. It is to these that the Gospel comes with great sweetness
- C. H. Spurgeon, in "The Unchangeable Christ (23 February 1888)".
- If man had his way, the plan of redemption would be an endless and bloody conflict. In reality, salvation was bought not by Jesus' fist, but by His nail-pierced hands; not by muscle but by love; not by vengeance but by forgiveness; not by force but by sacrifice. Jesus Christ our Lord surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to conquer Him.
- O my hearers think of the wrath to come! Think of the wrath to come! Flee to Jesus for refuge and salvation right now while there is still time.
- The Bible...is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and Spiritual nature and needs of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation.
- Woodrow Wilson, in "Words of Wisdom, Too (1 January 1998)", p. 18.
In HinduismEdit
- Purity of character and salvation depend on purity of heart. We should, by living the life according to our lights share the best with one another, thus adding to the sum total of human effort to reach God.
- What need of expensive sacrifices,
Or of difficult penances?
Worship Ganga, asking for happiness
and good fortune,
and she will bring you heaven
and salvation.
- Padma Purana (v.60.39), in The Ganges in Myth and History, (1 January 2001), p. 14.
- Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.
- Swami Sivananda, Immortal Teachings of Sri Swami Sivananda, 1957, p. 29.
- We must remember that the Hindu religion lays down distinctly and clearly that every one who wants salvation must pass through the stage of Rishihood [Life of a Saint], must become a Mantra-drashta, must see God. That is salvation; that is the law laid down by our scriptures.
- Be strong! Don't talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it! There is salvation only for the brave.
- Everyone must work out his own salvation.
- There is no salvation for man until he sees God, realises his own soul.
- Faith, faith, faith in ourselves, faith, faith in God, this is the secret of greatness. If you have faith in all the three hundred and thirty millions of your mythological Gods, and in all the Gods which foreigners have now and again introduced into your midst, and still have no faith in yourselves, there is no salvation for you.
- Salvation means knowing the truth. We do not become anything; we are what we are. Salvation [comes] by faith and not by work. It is a question of knowledge! You must know what you are, and it is done. The dream vanishes. This you [and others] are dreaming here. When they die, they go to [the] heaven [of their dream]. They live in that dream, and [when it ends], they take a nice body [here], and they are good people.
- This is the one great idea to understand that our power is already ours, our salvation is already within us.
- But salvation is in work and love. You learn something thoroughly; in time you may not be able to call that thing to memory. Yet it has sunk into your inner consciousness and is a part of you. So as you work, whether it be good or bad, you shape your future course of life. If you do good work with the idea of work — work for work's sake — you will go to heaven of your idea and dream of heaven.
- Salvation never will come through hope of reward.
- The road to salvation is through truth.
- To be unselfish, perfectly selfless, is salvation itself; for the man within dies, and God alone remains.
- Well has it been said that man is the only animal that naturally looks upwards; every other animal naturally looks down. That looking upward and going upward and seeking perfection are what is called salvation; and the sooner a man begins to go higher, the sooner he raises himself towards this idea of truth as salvation.
- What is salvation? To live with God. Where? Anywhere. Here this moment. One moment in infinite time is quite as good as any other moment.
In IslamEdit
- Ancient Islam was not a religion of salvation, though the pure form later gave way to salvation ideas during the Middle Ages.
- Max Weber, Resurgent Islam: A Sociological Approach, (11 November 2005), p. 75.
- First warrior bands adapted Quranic monotheism to the demand of their life style with the result that the quest for salvation became interpreted in terms of the jihad, or holy war, with warriors promised salvation if they die in battle. Second, the growth and expansion of the mystical Sufi brotherhoods (c.700-800) produced an interpretation of Islam that relied on perception of believers as vessels of divine power, leading to a passive acceptance or restfulness rather an engagement with this-worldly matters. Indeed this-worldly engagement was seen as giving into the world and its profane demands. So, with these two group carriers, Islamic salvation beliefs produced either a passive attitude to the world or support for warriors in Islamic war of conquests.
- H. Goldman, in "Resurgent Islam: A Sociological Approach (11 November 2005)", P.76.
- Salvation in Islam is for the most part a future state experienced only in the hereafter. It includes pardon from past sins and deliverance from hell, as well as gaining God's favour and acceptance to heaven.
- Norman L. Geisler, Abdul Saleeb, in Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross, (01-Aug-2002), p. 124.
- For Muslims God's mercy and forgiveness plays a fundamental role in salvation.
- Norman L. Geisler, Abdul Saleeb, in "Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross (01-Aug-2002)", p. 127.
- Observe moderation in deeds (and if it is not possible, try to be near moderation) and understand that none amongst you can attain salvation because of his deeds alone. They said: Allah's Messenger, not even you? Thereupon he said: Not even I, but that Allah should wrap me in His Mercy and Grace.
- But Allah will deliver the righteous to their place of salvation: no evil shall touch them, nor shall they grieve.
- And there is the type of man who gives his life to earn the pleasure of Allah: And Allah is full of kindness to (His) devotees.
- Then those whose balance (of good deeds) is heavy,- they will attain salvation: But those whose balance is light, will be those who have lost their souls, in Hell will they abide.
- Qur'an, Al-Mu'minun 23:102-103, Yusuf Ali.
- Therefore, in the Islamic view, human beings are no more "fallen" than they are "saved". Because they are not "fallen", they have no need of a saviour. But because they are not "saved" either, they need to do good works - and do them ethically - which alone will earn them the desired "salvation", one must be in a predicament beyond the hope of ever escaping it. But men and women are not in that predicament. Humans are not ethically powerless They are not helpless puppets capable of neither good nor evil. They are capable of both. To "save" themselves by deeds and works is their pride and glory. To miss the chance and all the opportunities by is pitiable neglect; to miss the calling deliberately and to do evil is to earn punishment, to deserve damnation.
- Isma'il Al-Faruqi, as quoted in "Salvation in Islamic perspective." Islamic Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 1993, pp. 41. Muzammil H. Siddiqi, JSTOR.
In JainismEdit
- The doctrine of the Jainas who let their Prophet Parsva proclaim in the 8th century BC – the difference between mind and matter and of salvation by the liberation of an individual soul from matter.
- Helmuth von Glasenapp, in Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation, (1 January 1999), p. 24.
- ...according to the belief of the Digambaras, only men can get salvation, this is not possible to the other sexes. P.240,
- Helmuth von Glasenapp, in "Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation (1 January 1999)", p. 240.
- ...Both hold the view [ Jain sects of Svetambara and Digambara Jains] hold the view that only human beings can get salvation; gods and other beings which are capable of getting salvation according to other Indian systems, do not have it according to Jaina-teachings. They have to be born again as human beings when they become mature for this highest spiritual development to be able to accomplish complete absolution from all earthly passions.
- Helmuth von Glasenapp, in "Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation (1 January 1999)", p. 240.
- Karma for Hindus is adrisya, an invisible power, for Jainas, it is a complex of fine particle of matter, and karma infects their souls; for many Hindus, salvation can be achieved through divine mercy, as a consequence of evident and sincere resignation towards Ishvara, for Jainas, only through the incessant work on one's own self; for most of the Hindus, there is no limit to the capability of salvation, Jainas make a distinction between bhavyas and abhavyas; for most of Hindus, salvation consists either in the eternal stay of the soul in the paradise of Ishvara or in complete merger with the universal soul, for Jainas, it is in the unperturbed actionless peace of the omniscient on the peak of the universe. Finally, and above all, Jainism has a number of concepts which are alien to the metaphysical systems of the Hindus..., it has an independent epistemology and dialectics (Syadvada) and uses terminology which is peculiar to it alone.
- Helmuth von Glasenapp, in "Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation (1 January 1999)", P.496.


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Is returning some books whose presence makes her unhappy. Louise may throw them away or do whatever she chooses with them. William [Stout #11]
Had to leave without saying goodbye because of grandmother's illness. Brother James has the measles. Sister Elsie prates of Willie and "Willwese" [for Louise]. Louise dislikes the name Willa but will not call her Love in front of others. Could Mariel and her sisters come to visit? Louise may do so. Mrs. Wiener's health has improved, and Mrs. Garber is her pleasant self. W. Cather [Stout #12]
Has been feeling depressed. Has written a story about a tippling prima donna. Doubts Louise read letter sent with poem [see #0009] carefully, if at all. As to Louise's question about the word "bassoon," got it out of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Poems of Passion. The school year was a trial. Interesting times around Red Cloud recently, with murders and suicides. Has tried a translation of "Wallenstein" [as follows; from Friedrich Schiller]. Glad Mariel and sisters are coming to visit, to cheer her up. Still disappointed Louise didn't come and will put off the Gere sisters if she might. Has been writing papers on Shakespeare. P.S.: Has received her note. If she does not come, things will be different next year. It has been too one-sided anyway. Please come and show forgiveness or else it is goodbye. Willa Cather [Stout #13]
Please come visit July 10 and see the harvest. Won't talk about Louise all the time. Can promise her [Cather's] brothers will be fun and there will be whipped cream with dessert. Is totally in charge at father's office. Is reading Caesar with Roscoe and will include the two younger girls in her lessons if they want. William [Stout #14]
Has been lonely since Louise's visit. Tried to bribe James to leave them alone. Spent a few days at uncle's home near other families from Virginia. Aunt hosted a "literary" at which a truly atrocious singer did twelve songs. Climbed the windmill in the evening and enjoyed the sight of moonlight glistening on ponds and corn tassels. Had to pull off skirts to climb down when a storm approached. Roscoe away haying, but when he gets back they will go up the river to their island. Baby brother Jack has been ill. Please greet a certain blonde [Louise?] if she sees her. Drove her about the countryside with one hand or none, but she didn't object. Still dreams about it. Don't read that part to Ned [Ellen] and Frances. Cather [Stout #15]
Expects to arrive in Lincoln Friday afternoon [Sept. 15]. Cather [Stout #16]
Children were all dressed up for her homecoming. Is reading Virgil and botanizing. Mr. Wiener now boarding at Mrs. Garber's. Thanks for being mainstay during past winter and spring, when she [Cather] was despairing over the loss of what she had lived for. Appreciates her patience these past years while she raved over a certain girl's beauty, charm, and talent; rhapsodized over merely touching that person's hand; and suffered through the loss of love. Loving too much is a mistake. Hopes they can meet in Crete [Nebr.] Douglass may come, too. Willa [Stout #17]
Is sending clipping from the Auburn Granger, so scathing she may never be able to go to Brownsville again. Pictures were excellent, especially those of the Episcopal church after they piled the prayer benches into the aisle. Such fun! School grind starting again soon. Will be in Lincoln about September 20. Willa Cather [Stout #18]
Has returned home from Beatrice [Nebr.], where she had a good time. Country around Red Cloud very green and fresh. Hopes they will come to visit. Has enjoyed riding her bicycle ["wheel"]. Needs Mariel's address. Willa [Stout #19]
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Tiger Woods made a lengthy public apology on Friday morning, but was he sincere?
"Tiger ate a big bowl of stink and I think he is sincere and apologetic!" Melissa Joan Hart Tweeted. "I liked that he apologized 2parents whose kids were looking up 2 him.I was counting on him as a role model for my boys so that was big 2 me!"
And singer Mandy Moore Tweeted, "very honorable words from tiger woods. good for him……"
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"TW acknowledged his deplorable behavior, apologized to his wife, sponsors & fans & took ownership of the mess HE made… Now if we could only get the women who slept with TW to shut the hell up," Star Jones added on her Twitter page. "Crawl back into the tramp whole you crawled out of and fade out."
Even a late night host, Craig Ferguson, showed Tiger some sympathy.
"Watched the Tiger Woods apology. Sheesh. Now a 3 day media s***storm of jerks analysing it. Feel bad for his family though," he Tweeted.
But other celebs were less supportive – using the situation as an opportunity for comedy.
"Tiger Woods and I are soulmates," Joan Rivers Tweeted. "At the moment I was being bounced off a plane in Costa Rica, he was being bounced off a hooker in Miami."
Olivia Wilde Tweeted a link to a satirical article by The Onion – "Tiger Woods Announces Return To Sex."
Even "Jersey Shore" stars Snooki and DJ Pauly D got in on the action, with Pauly Tweeting "Can't believe Tiger Woods is in My Sex Rehab Class … Soo Cool," to which Snooki responded, "Lmaoooo."
Other stars turned to sarcasm to get their points across.
"So glad Tiger cleared that up – I wasn't sure who to blame," Jewel Tweeted, re-Tweeting an ESPN reporter who Tweeted, "So.. I learned that we shouldn't blame Elin. Phew."
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For the second time this year I had the pleasure to be present to a PG show! This time it was in a spectacular location, the ancient Arena di Verona, and that evening was special because of the opportunity to meet two RWR fellow remixers, HaveMercy and idefix.
After this, Ane Brun with her guitar sang a couple of nice songs,
then there was a long break, about 15-30 minutes, I thought about technical problems due to video recording, but in Richard Chappell Tour Diary the story is a little bit different.
As in Paris, there were two big screens flanking the stage.
The first part of the concert was all with Scratch my back songs, starting from Heroes, ending with Fade Out, with little musical details different from the record.
Video effects were similar to the Paris ones, but not identical. I liked very much the mirrorball made of light points on the screen/curtain.
The boy in the bubble: same kind of geometrical images, but not identical to Paris. Only for Listening Wind all is exactly the same.
In The book of love cartoon, Peter lift the bridal veil, but discover himself, so he run away.
I remember a very intense interpretation for Fade out.
At the end of first part, they played Wallflower. He said this is a little bit different from usual, but without explaining why. Wallflower was very touching. Black and white images of Peter and of a violoncello, with an orange border on the screens.
Great concert!
Part two
San Jacinto
Peter inside the orbit of eagle's eye, with a mirror, sends a ray of light towards the audience.
Digging in the dirt
Fly larves images. Rethinking about it, and differently from other PG songs, I think I prefer the original version than the orchestral one.
The Drop
It's the first time I hear it live! Not at the piano but in orchestral version, beautiful, maybe even more beautiful than the original. On the screens the Up's rag babies are falling down.
Signal to noise
Fantastic. To me it remains his most meaningful song. Long talked introduction about a photovoltaic central in France, little mirrors looking at the sun, and how the world would be if everybody could communicate each other like with cellphones. Ane Brun face, distorted by spectrograms like a Middleage Madonna, is remembering Munch's Scream, or Waters'one.
Solsbury Hill maybe a little bit slower than usual?
Red Rain
Red drops on faces (video effect)
Red rain is always fabulous. It was funny to see how technicians produced those effects. There was a sort of scanner on which they applied a red fluid. In The rhythm of the heat (overwhelming song!)
they put mud, so the face on the screen is hidden by it.
Mercy street
Confused, disturbing images
Washing of the water
In duet with Melanie, I think this way is really great!
A "post it" on the screen asking if we want the encore…
It's time to go down, a little bit closer…
In your eyes
Don't give up
both with Ane Brun, very intense interpretation.
The nest thet sailed the sky
I was quite near to the stage…
He looked at the people with an empatic look. It seemed to me he was sad for not being able to do more, like missing a total fusion as in "Lay your hands" times.
This is more than I can take!
So, the moment has come for us all to go to sleep…
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Fogg, who went 21-18 with a 5.22 ERA with Rockies over two seasons, knows the numbers aren't kind, that he will be in the mix for one rotation spot with Greg Smith, Franklin Morales, Jason Hirsh, Greg Reynolds and Matt Belisle. But there wasn't a great fit out there, and the Rockies know him. Familiarity doesn't hurt when you are looking to a land a job at the end of spring training. Fogg also has versatility working for him. He could shift to the bullpen if necessary.
His best attribute? Try his work in the clubhouse. Teammates love Fogg. They feed off him. He has a dry wit and earns respect with his competitive nature. The guys loved playing behind him. He worked fast and battled on every pitch. If you don't think that didn't translate to better team performance, then I respectfully disagree.
There's no guarantee that Fogg will make the team, but his addition makes sense to me.
Brian Bruney signed a one-year $1.25-million deal with the Yankees, avoiding arbitration. … The Mets signed John Maine to a one-year, $2.6-million deal. He can earn an additional $25,000 if he pitches 200 innings. … The Mets' Tony Armas Jr. received an $800,000-minor-league deal, with $72,000 guaranteed. … The Orioles agreed with Brian Burres on a split contact ($243,168 in the minors, $410,000 in the big leagues). … In the $400,000 minimum contracts for the Cardinals' Blake Hawksworth and Tyler Greene, both receive a $10,000 bonus for winning Rookie of the Year.


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Injury updates: Glendora coach Mark Pasquarella said running back Brent Marteney was being examined on Monday to determine the severity of a knee injury he suffered in the first half of Friday's loss. He should have the results by Tuesday. Also, Covina's Nate Nakelski, who was taken away by ambulance following a blow to the head against Walnut on Sept. 13, suffered a concussion. He missed Friday's game against Rosemead, and is expected to miss up to two more weeks.
He said it: Charter Oak coach Lou Farrar following 13-9 win over Glendora. "They are huge. They are everything they were billed to be and more. They told our kids they were too small to play. What the hell, are we a Pop Warner football team? I didn't know you had to weigh in to go play varsity football, but, anyway…. My kids just have big hearts. They are not very big right now, we ran through those big guys, but big heart, a lot of good pride and a lot of good character and it shows up in the fourth quarter."
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A great review (on a GREAT blog), by Nelson Tucker, "The Wine Guy"
Bourassa Vineyards
2010 Harmony ³ (Napa Valley)
An intriguing version of Napa Valley's answer to this Bordeaux blend. Right off the bat I was pleased with the dark purple color, floral and spice aromas, and rich, spicy, ripe dark cherry and berry flavors that followed.
This wine is expected to age nicely over the next ten to fifteen years. These grapes were picked at the right time to produce a well structured wine. It is a beautiful wine for sipping or with prime rib or rich and spicy pasta.
It's partner wine was one of the Top 100 Cabs of the Napa Valley. Once again, Vic Bourassa has hit a home run!
Winery price: $59.00
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Glassware and Wine Serving Tips
Many people find it hard to believe but even a basic wine will taste different depending on the glass it's served in. Some glasses mute the flavor, some emphasize nuanced scents and some will suppress taste and smell. If you're lucky you'll be drinking from a glass that presents the wine perfectly, showcasing all its characteristics.
So how frustrating it can be when a great wine is poured into an ordinary glass, an occurrence that is all too common at some restaurants, tastings and dinner parties. I think we have all had that unfortunate experience when we arrive at someone's house looking forward to tasting some good wine only to be presented with blue or green stemware!
Being someone that's concerned about good glassware doesn't mean you are a wine snob; it's simple common sense. Whether you've paid $10 or $100 for a bottle of wine you want to make sure you enjoy all its flavors and scents. Investing in good quality stemware will ensure you get the very best out of each bottle you pour and it doesn't have to cost you a small fortune.
If you have shopped in any of the better kitchen supply stores or wine boutiques you will likely know that today you can buy specific glasses made for every major varietal. While these are great the more casual wine enthusiasts will be pleased to hear that you will do just fine with just a few well-chosen glasses that match your wine buying, drinking and entertaining habits.
So when thinking about what glassware you'll buy consider the quality of wine you're likely to enjoy on a regular basis as well as the kind of entertaining you like to do. For a picnic where you might be pouring simple wines from current vintages a couple dozen clear glass tumblers might suffice. For better quality wines served at a dinner party or more formal gathering you will want a selection of stemware that lets each guest taste from a flute shaped glass for sparkling wines and champagne, a tapered, ten to twelve ounce glass for white wines and a larger rounder glass for red wines.
Try to avoid colored glass (even if it's just the stem) as you don't want anything to interfere with a good look at the color of the wine. If you use a dishwasher, run the glasses through hot water only avoiding the use of detergent. Throw away those small, thick lipped glasses with the rolled rims; use tumblers instead. Oh and remember, size matters! Your glass should be large enough to hold three or four ounces of wine without being more than one third full. This will allow enough airspace to properly show off the wine's aroma.
So next on your list of good habits when serving wines is temperature. When white and red wines are too cold they will lose all aromas and a good deal of their flavor. Conversely if a wine is served too warm crispness disappears and the alcohol content will appear over-intensified. Of course you will have chilled your desert wines and sparklers but even with these wines if you chill them too much they will lose their valuable characteristics.
Over the course of a dinner party or wine tasting your wines will naturally warm up so starting them out on the cool side is a good idea. Dry white wines, rosés or very light reds can start out at around forty-five degrees. For your big red wines, about 58 to 60 degrees is the best temperature to start from. Sparkling wines and sweet dessert wines can be chilled in the fridge for an hour or more before being served.
When possible try to plan ahead, allowing sufficient time for your wine to arrive at its proper temperature gradually. If you don't already have one, a wine cooler or fridge with variable temperature controls will serve you well. You and your guests will then enjoy wines showing their best aromas and flavors allowing you to celebrate life in the best way possible!
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A Smokin Good Time at Bourassa Vineyards
A special message from our Proprietor Vic Bourassa.
When I was 5 years old, my Port influence came from my Grandfather, Victor Nozollilo, under the apple trees at a picnic table on our little farm in Massachusetts, Victor was also smoking a cigar and enjoying home made Port with his Italian family The aroma of the cigar and the flavor of port stayed with me like glue, if my mother caught him sneaking me a sip of port she probably would have screamed bloody murder, but my grandfather was a rebel that way. I loved it and loved him for it. I make fine Solera Port today because of that experience. I also love the smell of a cigar and partake in smoking a fine cigar with wine when ever the mood strikes me. Those that do the same Celebrate Life in a brotherly kind of way, rebels sort of, I like that a lot.
A Smokin Good Time at Bourassa Vineyards in Napa will take place because of my grandfather; I will toast him while celebrating with good friends and wine club members.
For more details see our Events Page.
A friend of Bourassa Vineyards
Today we want to give a special mention to a true friend of Bourassa Vineyards, Dr. Bruce Freedman from Virginia. We're all raising a glass and celebrating the amazing achievement he has just accomplished with his son; climbing 'Cotopaxi', a stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located about 17 miles south of Quito, Ecuador. Dr. Freedman is a hardy adventurer for sure as this is his third mountain climbing expedition in the last two years!
For us here at Bourassa Vineyards it's not just about celebrating wine but also celebrating friendships!
Winter in the Vineyard
At any winery winter is a dormant time for vines but that doesn't mean it's a quiet time! We're in the middle of 'pruning season' here in Napa and we wanted to take a moment to let you know why winemakers do this and how it helps us produce the wines you know and love.
People often think of harvest as the exciting time of the year for a winery and while that maybe true a good harvest would be impossible without the vital work that takes place during pruning season. Good pruning really sets up vines for the year to come, dictating canopy shape and the number of buds that will form therefore having a real impact on the yield of the vine. We're often asked why pruning takes place at this time of the year and in fact pruning can be done any time of the year after leaves drop from the vines but here in Napa pruning generally takes place anytime between December and February. Winemakers have to make sure pruning is completed before the growing season begins again which is signified by 'bud-break', usually this happens mid-March.
So just how do you prune vines? Well they are pruned pretty aggressively in a similar way to how you might prune a rose bush. Often winemakers will reduce wild shoots that can extend out up to five feet down to almost nothing, often down to the skeleton of the vine itself. During this process the VSP (vertical shoot positioning) method is used which directs the shoots vertically through trellis wires. Using this method ensures that the leaves enjoy the best possible exposure which offers filtered light to grape clusters in turn increasing the fruit factor of the finished wine.
If you have any questions about pruning or any part of the wine making process here at Bourassa leave us a comment below.
Master the Art of Wine Blending with Vic Bourassa
For centuries the art of wine blending has been perfected by the French in a region known as Bordeaux, France. The Bourassa Napa Valley Wine Blending Kit will teach you the art of blending so you can enhance your own wine knowledge and educate your family and friends.
Vic Bourassa teaches the art of wine blending through sensory evaluation here at Bourassa Vineyards in Napa. Each wine blending session is designed to create a wine to perfectly match your pallet. Each participant gets one tasting mat, a ml pipette and a wine trail blend record sheet.
The wines used for blending will be three or more Napa Valley Bordeaux varietals and you will have the opportunity to be your own winemaker, creating a wine to enjoy based on your flavor preference. These wine blending sessions have been a huge favorite of our customers and take place right here in southern Napa.
If you would like to arrange a wine blending session for a group of your friends, family or co-workers contact us today!
Welcome to the Bourassa Blog
We are delighted to be blogging here at Bourassa Vineyards and would like to take a moment to let you know what you can expect from us in the coming weeks and months here on our blog.
At Bourassa we celebrate life through the wine we make and the people that enjoy it. In this blog you will be able to hear all about what's going on at our Vineyard throughout the year as we create the wines you know and love. You will also get to go 'behind the scenes' with photos, videos, interviews with our staff and of course the man that started it all, Vic Bourassa himself!
The blog will also be a place for you to learn about the process of wine making, how our team creates the blends that go into the bottle, food pairings, wine club offers, tasting notes, wine trends, events happening here in beautiful Napa Valley and more.
We also want to hear from you! You can leave comments and really get involved in the conversation here at Bourassa about our shared love of wine. We encourage you to bookmark this page on your web browser and check back with us soon to hear more.
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Members' loyalty to credit unions has risen sharply in recent years at banks' expense, according to CUNA's 2013-2014 National Member and Nonmember Survey Results.
Nearly 60% of members now say a credit union is their primary financial institution (PFI), up considerably from 42% in 2009. Meanwhile, banks' numbers declined from 56% in 2009 to 38% this year, the survey reports.
The August edition of Credit Union Magazine provides an in-depth look at the survey findings.
"The financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 caused many consumers to question their loyalty to banks, which many consumers blamed for triggering the economic collapse," says Jon Haller, CUNA's director of corporate and market research.
Since that time, many consumers have embraced credit unions' not-for-profit, cooperative business model. The financial crisis spurred many members to shift their primary loyalties from banks to credit unions.
Loyalty has become the Holy Grail of marketing because highly loyal members use more credit union products and services than other members, and are the cooperatives' most passionate advocates.
Credit unions prevail in another key measure of loyalty: active referrals. Overall, 57% of members say they're "extremely likely" to recommend their credit union to others, while only 40% of members who also use banks say they're "extremely likely" to recommend their banks.
Also, an overwhelming majority of credit union members (84%) say they "definitely" or "probably" will contact their credit union the next time they need financial products or services.
At the same time, credit unions have a considerable opportunity to develop deeper business relationships with their members, as 85% also have accounts with banks while only 15% don't use banks.
Members are just as likely to use credit unions as they are banks for checking and online banking, the survey results indicate.
On the upside, 59% of members now use credit union checking accounts, up from 51% in 2009.
"This represents important wallet share growth opportunities for credit unions," Haller says, "because the checking account is an important product that determines PFI status. As your members' PFI, there's a strong likelihood they'll give you the first shot at meeting their product needs."
Based on the momentum created by Bank Transfer Day in November 2011, credit unions opened about 2.9 million checking accounts in the 12 months ending in June 2012—more than double the annual increases of previous years.
Credit unions should continue to work on increasing checking account penetration among members by promoting low-fee or no-fee options, Haller says. About 82% of credit unions that offer checking accounts carry at least one free checking program, according to the 2013-2014 CUNA Fees Report.
In comparison, only 39% of banks offer free checking, according to Bankrate.com.
"Credit unions enjoy a competitive advantage over banks with respect to checking and ATM fees," Haller says. "Members and nonmembers respond very well to that difference once they discover it."
Online banking gains
In addition to increasing checking account penetration, credit unions also made gains with online banking penetration. CUNA's research shows that 50% of members use credit union online banking services, up from 32% in 2009.
However, 49% of members also use banks' online banking services.
While the increase in the number and use of checking accounts—along with higher PFI levels—are positive trends for credit unions, they've yet to translate into a significant spike in loan market share growth, CUNA reports.
Credit unions' lending outlook isn't as rosy. Since 2009, credit unions have been slowly losing share of members' vehicle loans, first mortgages, and home equity loans/lines of credit.
Credit unions have 57% of their members' vehicle loans, down from 74% four years ago—a sharp drop Haller attributes to auto manufacturers' below-market financing offers.
Credit unions make 20% of their members' first mortgages, down from 24% in 2009 (but up from a 16% share in 2011).
Credit unions' share of members' home equity loans/lines of credit also shows signs of erosion, with a 34% share compared to 39% in 2009.
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Whole genome amplification may be achieved by two different methods: PCR-based amplification or multiple displacement amplification (MDA). PCR-based methods can generate nonspecific amplification artifacts, give incomplete coverage of loci, and generate DNA less than 1 kb long that cannot be used in many downstream applications. In contrast, REPLI-g using MDA provides highly uniform amplification across the entire genome, with minimal sequence bias. See figures "Highly representative amplification" and "Consistent and accurate whole genome amplification". The average product length is typically greater than 10 kb, with a range between 2 kb and 100 kb (see figure "Uniform yield of high molecular weight DNA"). The length of the REPLI-g amplified DNA enables complex restriction enzyme analysis and long-range PCR reactions.
REPLI-g technology provides highly uniform DNA amplification across the entire genome, with minimal sequence bias. The method is based on Multiple Displacement Amplification (MDA) technology (see figure "Schematic representation of REPLI-g amplification"), which carries out isothermal genome amplification utilizing a uniquely processive DNA polymerase capable of replicating 100 kb without dissociating from the genomic DNA template. The DNA polymerase has a 3'→5' exonuclease proofreading activity to maintain high fidelity during replication and is used in the presence of exonuclease-resistant primers to achieve high yields of DNA product. The amplified DNA can be directly used in a variety of downstream applications, including, genotyping (e.g., SNP, STR [see figure "Accurate genotyping"], microarray analysis), end-point PCR, quantitative real-time PCR, and sequencing.
Ideal results are obtained using 100 ng starting template. However, a uniform concentration of amplified DNA is usually achieved regardless of the quantity of template DNA. Sample material is lysed and the DNA is denatured by adding lysis buffer (heavily degraded genomic DNA may not serve as a good template for amplification). This gentle alkaline denaturation allows uniform amplification across the whole genome with minimal sequence bias. After neutralization, a master mix-containing buffer (including exonuclease resistant primers, DNA polymerase, and distilled water) is added. The isothermal amplification reaction proceeds overnight at 30°C. This simple and robust method is capable of accurate amplification of entire genomes.
Following DNA amplification, sequence bias is assessed using a proprietary assay of specific loci that are highly sensitive to template DNA quality. A stringent quality control assay provides information on the quality of the amplified DNA, enabling reliable predictions for the success of your downstream assay to be made (see figure "Detailed quality assessment report").
The performance of REPLI-g amplified genomic DNA has been validated for a variety of downstream applications, including:
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Hi Lainey, If Sarah can find the time I'd be really interested to hear her thoughts on Alan Eckhart's career. He's built like a leading man, but aside from "Thank You For Smoking" he seems to always be the side character. I always enjoy his performances (and I'll even forgive him "Possession" in which Neil LaBute ruined my favorite book by making Roland an American, a tall, hot, blond American when Roland should never be any of those things-that movies totally needs a do-over when Daniel Radcliffe is pushing 30). Full Story
Don't yawn at your own movie
This is a monumental task when your movie is called Love Happens costarring Jennifer Aniston. I can't stop bitching about it. That title. LOVE HAPPENS. It's the laziness that's so insulting. Like – we can't be bothered to come up with an original script with original characters and an original story and even an original title because… well… why should we when the MiniVan doesn't require it? True. Full Story
Bad movie titles happen
Jennifer Aniston's upcoming movie with Aaron Eckhart is called Love Happens. Terrible title. At one point it was Travelling. Much better. Not sure why the change. Because the MiniVan Majority responds to this sh-t? Lame. And, judging from the trailer, the film pretty much reflects the title. Once again, she plays the same character. Full Story
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Have never felt strongly either way about Aaron Eckhart. He can be a dick but nothing that distinguishes him from the pack, and a few years back at TIFF, Elle Macpherson tried to maul him and he was like – um, I'll take a pass because your ferocious lioness play is freakin' me out… which for some can be interpreted as a little limp. Full Story
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Star-studded attendance last night on The Dark Knight black carpet including Gary Oldman and Aaron Eckhart – both quivering! – and also Naomi Watts who arrived with boyfriend and baby-father Liev Schreiber though both slipped inside right away. Michelle Williams, as expected, was not there. Full Story
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This is my second time participating in the Foodie Penpals program created by Lindsay from the Lean Green Bean. This month I received a box from a first timer, Liliana, who lives in Ohio. She is not a blogger, but I had a good time e-mailing her. She put together a fun box of her favorites for me, look at all the things she sent me!
These mini buck-eyes were my favorite, who doesn't love chocolate and peanut butter? I am so addicted, I may have to get her to send them to me on a regular basis ;)
I had never thought about combining chocolate and oatmeal, but that was an oversight on my part, match made in heaven!
I've had Poppycock before, but hadn't tried the apple flavor, reminds me of eating caramel apples.
The chocolate theme continues with cranberry chocolate trail mix and chocolate almond cookies, you can tell this is a girl after my own heart, you can never have too much chocolate!
The funfetti and apple cinnamon pancake mixes are great for fun weekend brunches.
The guacamole mix will come in handy, I adore guacamole and have plenty of avocados thanks to my Avocado of the Month Club from SoCal Avocados.
I sent a box to Rhonda of the Rhoyal Report, check out what I sent her here!
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