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Bryanna Clark Grogan's Vegan Feast Kitchen/ 21st Century Table: The kitchen journal of a vegan food writer.. I'm on Facebook and Twitter (see links in sidebar at right).
Friday, November 15, 2013
What a beautiful soup, in every way-- sweet-and-sour deliciousness, and vibrant hot pink color with contrasting flecks of green. It's a meal in itself, and very easy to make. I developed my vegan version of this traditional Iraqi recipe during the last war in Iraq. I was so upset about the war and the devastation and my feelings of helplessness around it that I began researching Iraqi history, culture and, of course, cuisine, which goes back some 3,000 years to the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians and ancient Persians. When Baghdad was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258), this sophisticated cuisine was at its zenith.
This soup always reminds me of that sorrowful time, but it's beauty, healthfulness and delicious taste reminds me that peace is worth striving for. It also is a great illustration of how food can bring us together at the global table, celebrating our differences and our similarities. And it is also an excellent example of how very simple, common ingredients (except, perhaps, for the pomegranate molasses, which is common in the Middle East and now becoming better known in North America) can be used to create a sublime eating experience.
Printable Recipe
From my book, World Vegan Feast (Vegan Heritage Press, 2011)
Serves 6
1 cup chopped onion
8 cups vegan broth (you may need another cup or two of broth if the soup seems too thick for you in the end)
1 tablespoon yeast extract, such as Marmite
1/2 cup yellow split peas, picked over, rinsed, and drained
3 medium beets, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice
1 1/2 cups cooked brown basmati rice
1 small bunch green onions, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup minced parsley
2 tablespoons lemon juice or 3 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons pomegranate molasses OR 1 cup pomegranate juice
2 tablespoons sugar
1 pound fresh spinach, cleaned and trimmed, and sliced 1/4-inch thick
Optional: 1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro
Garnish—mix together:
1 tablespoon dried mint, crumbled
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
Add the green onions, sugar, lemon or lime juice, parsley, and pomegranate molasses or juice. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Bring the soup to a boil again, and add the spinach, stirring as it wilts. Stir in cilantro, if you are using it. Add more broth if it seems too thick to you, and taste for salt.
Serve hot, sprinkling each serving with some of the Garnish, and plenty of Arabic-style flat breads, pita, (recipes here and here) or crusty bread, alongside.
Nutrition Facts |
Nutrition (per serving): 226.2 calories; 12% calories from fat; 3.3g total fat; 0.0mg cholesterol; 1131.5mg sodium; 942.8mg potassium; 38.6g carbohydrates; 9.0g fiber; 11.9g sugar; 29.6g net carbs; 11.2g protein; 4.0 points. |
18 comments:
- Betsy DiJulio said...
My mouth is watering. Forget this "virtual" business, I think I am going to save my pennies and come to the island for our shared birthdays!
- Sat Nov 16, 04:53:00 AM PST
What an interesting soup! I've never heard of that before!
By the way, your go back link leads to the homepage, maybe you could change the link to the post it's http://www.sproutsandchocolate.com/creamy-mushroom-soup-vvp/
Happy VVP!
- Sat Nov 16, 06:31:00 AM PST
- Lucille said...
Thank you, Bryanna! A lovely article! I will eventually try this soup especially with winter coming on. I have tried to get the chicken broth you mention. Amazon will not deliver to my address. I live in Ottawa. Do you know where I could get it? I would feel so much more confident to try many of your recipes if only I could get this ingredient. It sounds fabulous and everybody raves about its taste.
- Sat Nov 16, 06:50:00 AM PST
- Anna {Herbivore Triathlete} said...
This is a beautiful soup. I love beets and this shorbat looks incredible. Thanks for sharing and happy VVP!
- Sat Nov 16, 06:54:00 AM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Lucille, amazon.ca carries Better Than Bouillon Vegetable base http://www.amazon.ca/Better-Than-Bouillon-Vegetable-227gm/dp/B00F1SYAQQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1384613741&sr=8-2&keywords=better+than+bouillon We should lobby them to carry the No-chicken! But any large health food or natural food store should carry it. I shop in a small city on Vancouver island and our local HFS carries the no-chicken one. If your's doesn't stick it, maybe they'd get it in for you.
- Sat Nov 16, 06:59:00 AM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
bunnykitchen.com-- Thanks! I changed the link. The one they sent on the list didn't work last night, so I just put your home page link in and was planning to check for the right one this morning. (it's only 7:10 am here!). I haven't had a chance to even look at the other blogs yet! Your soup looks fabulous-- just commented!
- Sat Nov 16, 07:13:00 AM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Lucille, I see that amazon.ca also carries Edward & Sons Not-Chicken broth cubes, but they are pretty exensive (you have to get a case of 12). I went to their website and the price (without shipping) is about $20 cheaper. You have to contact them about shipping up here (you can't go through the webstore for non-US shipping), though, but it might be worth a try. I've heard good things about their products. http://www.edwardandsons.com/es_shop_bouillon.itml?cache=1384614150
Edward & Sons Trading Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 1326
Carpinteria, CA 93014
Phone (805) 684-8500
Fax (805) 684-8220
- Sat Nov 16, 07:18:00 AM PST
This shorbat sounds utterly divine! What a beautiful dish in every respect xx
- Sat Nov 16, 07:31:00 AM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Lucille, Edward & Sons has a low-sodium version of their cubes, too.
- Sat Nov 16, 07:59:00 AM PST
- Annie said...
Thank you for sharing your inspiration for this lovely soup, Bryanna. I was in Iraq during 2004 - truly an awe-inspiring and sobering experience.
Thank you so much for coming to the Potluck! Great to have you "here!" - Sat Nov 16, 11:29:00 AM PST
- Allison (Spontaneous Tomato) said...
That DOES look like a big bowl of utter deliciousness. I love love love lemon-y lentil-y soups (I even posted one recently!) with spinach and rice, and I also love pomegranate molasses; I can only imagine how amazing this all tastes together. I am bookmarking this recipe to make it soon for sure. Thank you for such a wonderful contribution to the VVP!
- Sat Nov 16, 12:45:00 PM PST
- Lucille said...
Thanks, Bryanna! I'll look into it! I am determined to get this product and I will keep trying. I have made a note of the information you have given me and will see about those products you mention. Thank you so much.
- Sat Nov 16, 04:37:00 PM PST
- GiGi said...
A rich hued and beautiful soup for a rich history.
Yes, May we all come together at the table one day.
This is the post I have come across during the vvp that utilizes pomegranate molasses, I have intrigued and must get some. I am pleased that I came to this party. - Sun Nov 17, 08:53:00 PM PST
I've never heard of this soup before, the vibrant red hue is amazing! I'm really intrigued by the combination of flavours, you've just given me a strong desire to go pull your cookbook from my shelf and try out some of the recipes I haven't made yet.
- Mon Nov 18, 07:29:00 AM PST
- Laura said...
What an amazing recipe! Wish I had some right now!
- Mon Nov 18, 12:54:00 PM PST
- Teresa said...
This soup looks amazing! Thank you so much for sharing.
- Tue Nov 19, 08:18:00 PM PST
- Yinka said...
Thank you not only for this beautiful recipe but the story behind it. This is a much needed type of nourishment!!! You remind me that the energy we put into things like cooking and feeding others has wider repercussions than we often consider.
- Thu Nov 21, 01:02:00 PM PST
- Keely said...
Oh yum! I love discovering new dishes from this part of the world and this one looks so beautiful. I will definitely be making this, great to find even more uses for the pomegranate molasses that I adore! Thanks!
- Sun Dec 01, 01:59:00 AM PST


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Ford's turnaround over the last five years has resulted in big profits and won its CEO a reputation for brilliant management.
But those same achievements are stirring resentment among many of its factory workers. And that is complicating contract talks between the company and its union employees.
At The Rouge, Ford's massive, 94-year-old factory complex in Dearborn, Mich., there's talk along the assembly lines of winning back raises and bonuses lost when the company was near financial collapse in 2007. Workers, who assemble F-150 pickup trucks at the site, are upset that Ford is trying to cut labor costs, especially after nine straight profitable quarters and a $26.5 million pay package for CEO Alan Mulally.
A few miles to the north, inside Ford's 13-story headquarters known as the Glass House, executives are worried because workers, on average, cost the company $58 an hour in pay and benefits, the highest in U.S. auto industry.
Both sides are trying to find a compromise this week while work continues at Ford factories under a contract extension. A top union bargainer told workers on a telephone recording Monday night that talks are accelerating and he is "hopefully optimistic" a deal can be reached this week.
Ford's profits and the possibility of a strike could force the company into a deal that's more generous to workers than the one already negotiated with General Motors Co. Chrysler, meanwhile, continues to negotiate its own contract with the union.
Differences between Ford and the union date to 2007, when all three Detroit automakers were on the verge of financial ruin. The year before that, Ford lost $12.6 billion, and U.S. sales were down 8 percent. Worried that the company would collapse, Ford workers began a series of givebacks.
Like workers at GM and Chrysler, they eventually gave up cost-of-living pay raises, performance bonuses and other benefits. GM and Chrysler needed government bailouts and bankruptcy protection to stay in business, but Ford took billions in private loans and endured on its own.
As a result, Ford became a consumer favorite and the company prospered. It paid Mulally for engineering the turnaround and restored merit pay and some other benefits for white-collar workers, angering union members.
"The compensation for the CEO has been widely publicized, and those kinds of things wend their way up and down the assembly line," says Harley Shaiken, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a specialist in labor issues. "It creates higher expectations."
At Ford, bargainers are expected to use the deal with GM as a template. But it's unclear if its provisions will be acceptable to Ford or its union workers. Under the deal, GM workers would get a $5,000 bonus for ratifying the contract, more profit sharing and higher pay for entry-level workers. Although the deal has no pay raise for most workers, it appears headed for approval.
It's the lack of raises that has rankled many of Ford's 41,000 factory workers.
"Ford has to do a lot more," says Gary Walkowicz, a worker at the company's Dearborn plant, the epicenter of union dissent.
Walkowicz says many workers are ready to strike, especially in Dearborn. Workers there led the rest of the company in rejecting a round of concessions in 2009. Ford sought the concessions to match deals given to GM and Chrysler as they were going through bankruptcy protection.
Ford is the only Detroit automaker where the union can strike, something it has not done at Ford since 1976. Walkouts over pay are banned this year at GM and Chrysler Group LLC under the terms of their government bailouts. At Ford plants, workers are making picket schedules in case they need to strike. But getting ready is standard procedure during contract talks.
Gary Chaison, a professor of labor relations at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., says Ford can cut the risk of a strike if it doesn't stray too far from the GM contract. But if Ford tries for big labor cost cuts, the odds of a strike rise to 50-50, he says.
UAW President Bob King has said he's not thinking about a strike. But he thinks workers should get a piece of the profits because they have each given up $7,000 to $30,000 a year in concessions since 2007. He also has called Mulally's pay "outrageous."
Mulally, in a recent interview, defended his compensation, saying it was determined by the company's success and the free market. He said much of his pay is "at risk" because it comes in stock that can rise and fall in price based on Ford's performance. Mulally's salary is $1.4 million, with the rest coming in stock and a bonus.
Ford's white-collar workers say the union complaints about pay are unfounded. Ford compensation records obtained by The Associated Press shows that UAW-represented hourly workers have seen larger increases in pay and benefits over the last decade than many white-collar workers.
And there are Ford factory workers that are happy with the company because they are getting overtime pay and making good money again.
The UAW, according to the records, has protected longtime factory workers from changes to health care, overtime and other benefit cuts that salaried workers were forced to take. Salaried workers pay 30 percent of their health care costs, for example, while hourly workers pay just 6 percent.
The average hourly worker at Ford made $109,020 in 2010, including wages, benefits and overtime, up 17 percent from 1999. But the average salaried factory supervisor made $99,760 in wages and benefits, up just 2 percent in the same period, the records show.
The UAW turned its attention to Ford last week after talks with Chrysler fell apart. Chrysler talks now are back on.
GM workers, meanwhile, are likely to approve their contract in voting that ends Wednesday.
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by Satis Shroff
For a week Freiburg became the capital city of the trekkers from all over Germany. There they were bearing their association or verein flags, banners, wearing their traditional costumes or trekking outfits singing traditional trekking songs called 'Wanderlieder,' because trekking is a way of life in the Alpine countries, and Freiburg and the Black Forest are no exception. They were all obliged to go through Freiburg's Schwabentor, the gateway of the Swabians. I found the entire spectacle with olde, traditional costumes rather delightful and the trekkers who came to town rather friendly.
The participants were greeted by the minister for ecology Tanja Gönner at the elegant Concert House and the procession began at 2 pm along the Schwabentor. Last year 1,7 million trekkers took part in the treks organised by the vereine (associations). In Freiburg alone, you could take part in 100 treks with 300 trained-guides. 56 per cent of Germans say that walking in the countryside is one of their favourite pastimes. Even the health insurance companies recognise the Wanderverein's decorations as a show of health performance and a desire to lead healthy lives. After all, men are ruled by toys, said Napoleon, and distributed medals to his troops for their performance and participation in many battles. In this case, it's a peaceful jolly trekking, and the people are not out to conquer countries but hearts. The magic word is: Völkerverständigung. Aiming at the understanding between different ethnic folks. Even among the Germans you talk of Völkerverständigung because Germany is a cocktail of folks and dialects, despite Hitler's attempt to make an Aryan race out of Germany. He himself was an Austrian. A Berliner, Saarbrücker, Bavarian, hamburger, Swabian, Badener and other Germans have all their own way of saying things, expressions, tongues and psyche too. No two Germans think alike, and it also depends on the strata of the society one is from. I like the ad about the hard-working Swabians: 'Mir könnet alles, ausser Hochdeutsch,' which means: we can do everything aside from speaking Standard German.' It's the upbringing in a local, dialect that causes linguistic faux pas in the company of others from other regions.
You are greeted by the different verein groups with a hearty 'Frisch auf!' The area around Feldberg, which has the highest mountain, has subalpine vegetation. It is the desire of the verein to preserve our wonderful heimat, to develop it for future generations after the principle 'Protection through Use' by giving the people who work and live in the vicinity of the forests (alpine farmers, forest rangers, forest-workers) a means of subsistence. This is where the Schwarzwald association plays a vital role.
One of the delights of living in the three country triangle is that you can undertake walks in the Black Forest countryside, go across the river Rhine to the Vosges mountains in Alsace (France) and Hegau in the Lake Constance area. The Black Forest Association celebrated its 110th German Wanderer's Day, a day in which you could go for walks in the countryside, and the towns and hamlets participating undertake part in the celebration offered cultural programmes. The motto was: Nature, Culture and Wanderung (trekking) belong together. Since Nature is intact in the Black Forest, culture has been raised to a higher level, it can be relished with all the senses.
The Schwarzwaldverein has 75,000 members divided into 239 groups with 23,000 kilometres of trekking routes that have been marked and are nursed. You can do long treks, regional treks and local travels with yellow rhombus signs to show you where to go en route, which give you a sense of security, reliability in order to reach your respective destination. The yellow rhombus on the trees shows you where you are, in which direction the next destination is, and how many kilometres. It also tells you where you can rest and refresh yourself.
The association also issues new updated trekking maps. Moreover, the Schwarzwaldverein is accredited as an official Nature conservation association according to paragraph 29 of the Bundesnaturschutz law, and also protects wild areas, wild animals and plants. The Heimat and Trekking Academy Baden Württemberg co-operates with the Black Forest and Swabian Albverein, and educated and trains trekking-guides. There are over 700 certified guides. The Schwarzwaldverein also promotes variety in the trekking and cultural programmes. It also runs 25 trekking homes, where you can eat, drink and sleep, and is also responsible for the 67 wildlife observation towers. Additionally, it promotes Germany's youth, and nordic walking and biking routes in the mountain trails.
In order to promote tourism, a special card has been introduced for the Black Forest with which you can use the bus, streetcar and the train, which is unique in Europe. Other European nations should also follow this innovative example, to make getting around easy in the Alpine countries.
'What's the Black Forest?' you might ask. It is our dark, green homeland and is the biggest chain of the middle mountains in Germany. If you want to traverse the entire mountain ranges, you can do it from the 'Gold-City' Pforzheim in the north over 280 km to the historical town of Basle (Switzerland) along the High-Rhine to the south.
The mountains to the east and west of the geological faults that we call the Vosges and the Black Forest, have arisen almost 1500 metres. The stretch of land which is the Upper Rhine Rift through which the Rhine flows today crumbled, thereby creating the present geological formation. A great part of the Northern Black Forest is composed of mixed sandstone and is not good for agricultural purposes. The Middle and Southern Schwarzwald mountains have hummocky topography which makes it easier to cultivate and ideal for settlements.
Whereas the Romans didn't find this area interesting due to geo-political reasons, settlements began to grow in the 8th and 10th century in the Black Forest mountains, valleys and spurs, The first houses were the cloisters. In the Middle Ages the Schwarzwald was known for its silver and lead mines. The burning ovens in the Neuenburger area show that even in the Celtic times iron was an important ore. The spas (thermal baths) of Baden Baden, Badenweiler, Bad Krözing, Bad Bellingen use the healing wetness which comes from the mountains. A combination of a mild climate, fresh mountain air make a lot of places in the Black Forest mountains ideal for reconvalescence of people with pulmonary illnesses (Kurorte). The Schwarzwald, Black Forest or Foret Noir, as the name suggests, is made of pine and beech forests. During the early industrialisation, a big part of the forests were used for producing charcoal, glass-manufacture, mining for ores, and wood for home-fires needed in the bigger towns of Freiburg and Basle. When the forests were denuded, spruce saplings were planted which changed the face of the Black Forest to its present form.
Why do people seek the Waldeinsamkeit, the stillness of the forest? The answer lies perhaps in a poem penned by L. Tieck. It crops up at the beginning at the end of a stanza. Tieck uses this in varying form thrice in his story 'The blond Eckbert.' The opening lines of poem no. 5 in Eichendorff's cycle 'Der Umkehrende' runs thus:
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At Riak, we are proud of our documentation. All design, updates, and edits are done in the open and we encourage community participation. Recently, we launched a major refresh to our docs and, in the interest of sharing our learnings with our community, we wanted to describe some of the ideas and principles behind it.
With this recent update, we were particularly interested in a clean and legible design. We wanted a redesign that was easy to read, easy to reference, and easy to reuse.
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MACDONALD, EDWARD C., merchant, financier, and industrialist; b. in 1810 or 1811, son of William Macdonald, a British army officer; d. unmarried on 25 Jan. 1889 at Saint-Jean (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Que.
Edward C. Macdonald came of military stock: his great-grandfather had served under General James Wolfe* at the taking of Quebec and his grandfather with the British forces in the American Revolutionary War; his father did garrison duty in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Upper and Lower Canada. Where Edward was born is obscure, his birthplace being variously given as New Brunswick and Upper Canada.
It was at Saint-Jean, where his father had once been barrack master, that Macdonald pursued a remarkably successful business career. In the mid 1830s he opened a general store and drug store in partnership with his younger brother Duncan. The brothers, operating under the firm name of E. and D. Macdonald, gained a reputation as sound businessmen. They remained partners for over 50 years in a multiplicity of enterprises and were known locally as "the merchant princes of St. Johns." The 1830s were a propitious time for Macdonald to go into business, for the village of Saint-Jean was about to enter into new economic prospects. A port of entry, advantageously situated on the Richelieu River at the foot of the navigable waters of Lake Champlain, it was connected in 1836 to Laprairie, Lower Canada, by the Champlain and St Lawrence Railroad, the first to open in Canada. The Chambly Canal, under construction in the 1830s, placed it in further direct communication with inland ports. It was not long before the Macdonalds were among the largest shippers of grain in the province.
While continuing as merchants, the brothers acquired real estate holdings. In the 1850s they opened a private bank. They were speculators, their money undoubtedly behind many a Saint-Jean venture, including the town's first woollen mill, the St Johns Woollen Manufacturing Company, of which Edward Macdonald was president in the early 1870s. The mill was not rebuilt when it burned in the fire which swept through Saint-Jean on 18 June 1876, levelling almost the entire business section of the town.
What has given Macdonald a lasting place in Canadian industrial history was his backing of the St Johns Stone Chinaware Company. It was the first pottery in Canada to concentrate on the production of "whiteware" for the table, and the only one to remain in existence for any length of time; Edward Macdonald made possible its lifespan of some 25 years.
The man who originally promoted the idea of making whiteware in Saint-Jean was George Whitefield Farrar, the potter, but he lacked the capital to launch the audacious project and it was the Macdonalds who provided the major part of the $50,000 required. Edward Macdonald, who became the company's first president in 1873, reported to the shareholders in 1875 that the company had satisfactorily disposed of an average output of 100 crates per month from the date of the initial shipment on 28 Aug. 1874. Optimism, however, was premature. It was a time of economic depression, and by 1877 Canada's first whiteware pottery was bankrupt. Its history might well have ended at this point had Edward Macdonald not decided to buy the company outright. As proprietor he hired a new manager and brought in experienced designers such as Philip Pointon, an English-born potter who had worked previously at the Cap Rouge Pottery near Quebec City. In the first year of Macdonald's ownership more than half the workers at the St Johns Stone Chinaware Company were Staffordshire men, bringing their experience and traditional skills to a struggling Canadian industry.
The company had been founded to make in Canada the tough, high-fired earthenware that had first been produced in Staffordshire in Regency times, and which was known by a variety of names, including "ironstone china," "stone china," and "white granite." Plain, undecorated stone china of good quality accounted for the major part of the output, but the pottery also produced a considerable amount of hand-painted stone china. A specialty was a blue ware in which the body itself was coloured. In 1880 Macdonald copyrighted a design for a popular jug (produced in both blue and white) whose moulded decoration featured "A Fern sprigg running down each side. . . . Faced and reared with fleur-de-lis." Orders were also executed for monogrammed table services and for presentation pieces. The company did a growing business in hotel and institutional table and toilet wares, competing, on a modest scale, with crockery imports.
Sustained by Macdonald money and benefiting from Edward's complete freedom of direction, which he was able to exercise as proprietor, Canada's pioneer whiteware pottery finally achieved financial success. From a bankrupt enterprise it was turned into one with a high credit rating, employing some 400 workers, and equipped with modern machinery. This venture into the unlikely field of potting – an industry notoriously unprofitable in Victorian Canada – highlights Edward Macdonald's shrewd, effective pertinacity in business. Money alone, even when it could procure skilled technical assistance, would not have been enough to see the St Johns Stone Chinaware Company out of its early difficult years. The vision of whiteware potting in Saint-Jean had been George Farrar's, but it was Macdonald who made it a commercial success. Within a decade of his death, after the company had been sold to a group of ceramists from France, it was again bankrupt.
The key to Edward Macdonald's character was pin-pointed in the News and Frontier Advocate at the time of his death. A man who could never be prevailed upon to accept any public office (he left that to his brother, who was mayor of Saint-Jean), Edward was "at his office early and late . . . never so happy as when at work . . . it was with reluctance that he left his business for even a day's recreation."
[Much of the family information was obtained from the Macdonald family papers which were in the possession of the late Robert Howard of Montreal. e.c.]
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LANSDOWNE, Va. – "Loving the Bad Man" may make some Christians uncomfortable as it forces them to reexamine whether they are truly Christ followers, or just all talk.
Would you really forgive your rapist? And would you really keep the baby conceived through rape?
Those are just some of the questions the upcoming film is presenting.
It's "calling people to really look at who they are in Christ," said actor Stephen Baldwin at the latest screening.
"Loving the Bad Man," a project of Stone Bridge Films and Eastlake Films, has so far been screened in front of over 5,000 people. The movie was most recently hosted by Prison Fellowship in Lansdowne, Va.
During a panel discussion on Wednesday, Baldwin, who plays McQuade, the nefarious leader of the Skinheads, said the film is not evangelistic by nature. But he suggested that it's meant to convict those who call themselves Christians.
"It's a film that ... is not fooling around. We are living in a time where if you're fooling around with your faith, you're going to be held accountable," said the actor, who became a Christian about a decade ago.
The film follows Julie Thompson (Christine Kelly), a 23-year-old woman who seems to be the odd one out in her family as a conservative Christian. Her father is the ever skeptic, her younger brother is a DJ who often pokes fun at her devout Christian life, and her mother appears to be a Christian but less devoted.
Thompson, a virgin, is raped by Mike Connor (Arturo Fernandez), who has a criminal history, and becomes pregnant with his baby. The events prove to be a test for Thompson's faith as well as her family's – at least her mother's.
The film does not depict the actual struggle Thompson goes through to arrive at the conclusion to forgive her rapist, who is now in jail. But it illustrates how she chooses not to abandon her beliefs and actually practice the biblical command to love her enemy and forgive those who sin against her as God has forgiven her.
Not once does Thompson compromise her faith, though the same cannot be said of her mother.
"God would understand" is all the mother (played by Kim Ostrenko) could say to her as she suggests that her daughter abort the baby.
Thompson's family is equally appalled to find out that she was visiting Connor in prison with her son.
"It's easy to say you forgive someone," Thompson says in the film. "I've been forgiven, I need to forgive.
"I don't want to help people because it makes me feel good about myself."
Tom Conigliaro, executive producer of the film and whose day job is managing director at Goldman Sachs, stressed that the movie is not about the rape, but more about what happens next.
When he received the script from Director Peter Engert, he said he felt confident that the message of "forgiveness and redemption under the most extreme circumstances" would impact people.
Already, several people, as a result of seeing the film, have chosen to forgive an individual they thought they would never forgive.
"Maybe that's the reason we made this film. Maybe that was the calling, to help this one individual, whose life is potentially forever changed," said Conigliaro.
Baldwin added, "Regardless of how big the movie gets or how successful it becomes in the natural, it doesn't matter; it's already a huge success because it's touching so many lives already."
"I don't have any expectation of 'Loving the Bad Man' in the secular world but I have a wonderful trust in God that how the film will impact the body of Christ and from there how the body will then impact the secular," he said.
Reflecting on his current faith life, Baldwin told The Christian Post that walking with Jesus and growing as a believer is something that takes a lifetime.
"It's something that you shouldn't have too much of an expectation to see things happen or to see things spiritually happen in your walk with the Lord too quickly," he elaborated.
Spending time in prayer and reading the Bible on a daily basis is critical, the actor noted.
"It's in that commitment that I believe God pours His Holy Spirit into your life more and when that happens that's when you know the experience is very real and that usually it's a much richer, more fruitful experience than anything else," he shared.
"Loving the Bad Man" is slated for a nationwide theater release in April.
On the Web: http://www.lovingthebadmanmovie.com/#/info


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Athens – The Greek Parliament voted Wednesday to back a bitterly contested package of austerity measures, clearing the way for crucial international lending to stave off default.
The Socialist Party of Prime Minster George Papandreou won by a simple majority, 155 to 138, with all but one lawmaker from the party voting in favor and one opposition deputy voting crossing party lines to support the measure. (Five others voted present, and two members were absent.)
The passage of the austerity measures was a decisive step that helps clear the way for the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund to release $17 billion that Greece needs to pay its expenses through the summer, and begin work on a second rescue. The shape and size of the new bailout could become clear at a meeting on July 3 of euro zone finance ministers in Brussels. Stock markets, which began rallying earlier in the day across Europe and much of Asia amid indications that the measures would be approved, moderated after the vote. Investors had feared that a collapse in Greece might have repercussions throughout the international financial system. Two other European Union countries — Ireland and Portugal — have also turned to international lenders for assistance.
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"All of Europe knows that your party is responsible for the current situation," Mr. Papandreou told Mr. Samaras, alluding to the debt that ballooned in 2009 when New Democracy was in power. Mr. Papandreou, who made several failed overtures to the opposition for political consensus on the austerity measures, made a last-ditch appeal to the conservatives to back the program. "Don't bet on failure," he said.
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Outside Parliament, protesters had massed for a second day in Syntagma Square, shouting, "Traitors, traitors!" and the police repeatedly fired tear gas to maintain control before and after the vote. The demonstrators, the majority of whom were peaceful, came prepared with surgical masks to protect against the gas.
On hearing the result of the vote, some outraged protesters waged running battles with police in the streets around the Parliament, television images showed.
The measures approved Wednesday include tax increases, wage cuts and the privatization of 50 billion euros, or about $72 billion, in state assets. A second vote will be held Thursday to enact the measures, with crucial sticking points expected to include the timing of the privatizations, especially of the state electric utility, the Public Power Corporation, whose powerful union has close ties to the Socialists.
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The vote was conducted by roll call after several hours of debate in which most Socialist legislators said they would back the measures, in some cases only grudgingly, and with most stressing that patriotic duty must go before party ideals.
Among the Socialists, only Panagiotis Kouroublis opposed the measures. Another, Alexandros Athanassiadis, who had expressed extreme opposition to the planned privatization of the Public Power Corporation, surprised Greece by voting in favor of the program, saying Mr. Papandreou's pledges to guarantee transparency in the selloff of the utility had reassured him.
Elsa Papadimitriou, a legislator from New Democracy, voted for the measures. Breaking ranks with her party and declaring herself an independent, Ms. Papadimitriou said she hoped that the government would not disappoint her, calling her vote "the most difficult but valuable decision of my political career."
"There is only one act of patriotism: consensus and cooperation," she said. "Fiscal suicide is not an alternative."
The nation's unions turned up the heat on legislators on Tuesday when they began a 48-hour general strike — the first time they had walked out for more than 24 hours since democracy was restored to Greece in 1974 after a seven-year military dictatorship. The police called in reinforcements Wednesday to cordon off streets near Parliament to ensure that protesters did not block legislators' access to the building, with 5,000 officers on the job.
Before the vote, one protester said on Wednesday that Greeks' lives "are going to change forever" if the measures were approved. "If you belong to the middle class, that doesn't exist anymore. There's only rich and poor."
Another protester, Anastasia Arvanitiki, 57, a pharmacist, said, "What they're voting on is exactly the opposite of what they were elected to do."
"They'll be the worst criminals in history" if the vote goes through, she said. "We want to see them hanged."
Mr. Papandreou went into the historic vote with a five-vote parliamentary majority. But the outcome was not certain, as the austerity plan strikes at the heart of his Socialist Party base. The center-right New Democracy opposition party struck a populist tone, , saying the measures offered too much austerity and not enough stimulus.
Last year, Greece's foreign lenders imposed austerity measures after they provided a first round of aid. Since then, Greece has cut the wages of its 800,000 public workers — a quarter of the work force — by more than 10 percent.
Stephen Castle contributed reporting from Brussels, and David Jolly from Paris.


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Is there one account number for all of my bills?
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If I pay different bills (i.e. Business License and water) do I need to register twice?
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How does the system work?
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Can I use an Apple /Mac to use the service?
Yes, many customers use Macs.
What Browsers are supported?
Windows: Safari 4, 5 - Chrome 10, 11 - Opera 10, 11 - Firefox 3.6, 4 - Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9
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I cannot locate my bill.
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When I try to pay my bill, it asks for credit card information and I want to pay by electronic check.
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Do I need to register to pay a bill?
You may need to register to receive electronic bills by email, but registration is not required for One Time Payments. One Time Payments require that you enter your payment information each time you make a payment. By registering, you avoid that step and gain access to your payment history.
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By registering, you have access to all of your invoices regardless of type and all of the features of the payment portal. These features include the ability to view all current invoices, see previous invoices and payment dates, update your profile information, access the online customer service system, go paperless (if bill type allows), schedule payments for a specific dates, and sign up for Auto-Pay. You also avoid having to enter your payment information each time you pay a bill.
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2. You can go directly to the biller's website and click on the "Pay or View your Bill" button. You will then be directed to the Biller's "Pay and/or View Bills Online" site, powered by Invoice Cloud. Once there, you will need to locate your account and be given the opportunity to register or make a one time payment. If you choose to register, you will be asked to provide a password and accept the terms and conditions to use the system. The payment information you enter in your profile will then be securely encrypted and saved for your next visit.
How do I find my account number to login?
Once you have registered, you will need only your email address and password to log in. To login the first time you use the system, you will need your account number or customer ID from your bill. The "locate your bill" screen gives instructions regarding the required information.
I forgot my Password, how do I find it?
You should click on "Forgotten Password?" at the bottom of the login screen. You will need your account number and email address to retrieve your password. If you're unable to locate this information, you may call the Biller, and after verifying your identity, the Biller can provide you with the information.
Can more than one person pay bills online for the same account?
There are two ways that payment responsibilities can be shared. If the other payer is part of your household, you may choose to share your login information with that individual. In a situation where personal financial data is not shared, you may forward your email notification to the individual, who will then click on the "View or Pay Now" button and elect to make a one time payment. They will need to enter their name, email address, address and payment information. They will receive the payment confirmation. You can verify their payment by viewing the invoices in your account.
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You can pay by credit or debit card or you may issue an electronic check from your bank account (checking or savings). Please check your biller's website for the credit and debit cards that are eligible.
Can I still send in a paper check?
Yes, your bill can be paid in any of the following ways:
• Email notification based payment – click the "View invoice or Pay Now" button in your email
• Web based online payment – login to online bill pay via your biller website
• Phone payments – call your biller's office
• Paper check – sent by whatever means you choose, including US Postal Service (note: many paper checks today are converted into electronic transactions once they are received by the biller).
If I don't have email can I still process an electronic payment?
No, to complete the online payment process, you will need an email address so that the system can deliver your payment confirmation. If you do not have an email address, you can obtain a free email account from any of the following services: yahoo.com, hotmail.com, or gmail.com.
Which bills can I pay online?
You can pay current water and sewer bills.
What are the costs for paying online?
There are no signup costs or subscription fees. There are fees imposed by Biller/Invoice Cloud for returned payments, and your bank may charge you a fee based on the bank's fee schedule.
How should I enter my credit card information?
The information you enter on the payment screen must be exactly the same as it appears on your credit card. This information collected will be used to authorize your payment.
How will I know that my payment has been accepted?
After you submit your payment, you will see a payment confirmation screen. It will contain your payment confirmation message. It will show an approved number for credit cards or a processed number for electronic check. You will also receive a confirmation email after your transaction is submitted. The email will include your account number, invoice number, amount paid, and confirmation message. If your electronic check does not pass through the bank, you will receive an email informing you of the rejected payment. You may need to call your biller in order to pay again.
Can I use more than one payment method per transaction?
Yes, if your biller accepts partial payments, you may use one payment method for part of the transaction and another payment method for other parts of the transaction.
How long does it take for a credit card transaction to process if I pay online?
Credit card transactions typically take 48 hours to settle. An authorization is issued immediately; however, it takes 48 hours for the money to be moved.
How long does it take for an EFT (electronic funds transfer) transaction to process if I pay online?
EFT transactions typically take 48 – 72 hours to settle.
Do I need to notify my bank or change bank accounts?
No, your current bank account (checking or savings) will work fine. So many payments are made electronically now that banks are already prepared for online payments. However, if you have arranged through your bank to automatically pay your bill, you need to contact your bank and discontinue the automated payment, otherwise you may pay your bill twice.
What information do I need to make a payment?
If you are registered, the only information you need to have available to complete a payment transaction is your email address and password. If you make a One Time Payment, then you will also need your bank account or credit card information and your account number.
When can I pay?
You can make payment or review your account 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is always a good idea to pay or schedule a payment at least few days before the due date to allow for processing time.
Can I use a credit card to pay my bill(s)?
Yes, you can. There is no convenience fee when using credit cards.
Can I use a debit card to pay my bill(s)?
Yes, although technically your debit card will be processed like a credit card and you will not be asked to enter a pin number.
Can I tell if my payment has been posted?
Yes, simply login to your account and select "View paid or closed invoices". If you are a registered customer, you will receive an email notification.
Will I have online access to my account?
Yes, you will have 24/7 access to your account for invoice review and payment, payment history and customer service requests.
How long will my payment history be maintained?
18 months is the standard retention period.
Will I be able to print a copy of my bill?
Yes, each invoice is presented in PDF and HTML format. Electronic storage is recommended because it saves paper and has a beneficial impact on our environment.
How do I change my account information?
Simply log into your account and change any of your personal information under the My Profile tab. If you are unable to change some of your information, you may need to call the biller and have them change it for you.
What is a partial payment?
A partial payment occurs when only part of an invoice is paid and may apply if your biller has elected to allow partial payments. Please contact your biller's office for more information.
Why am I being charged a late fee?
If you feel that this fee has been assessed in error or you would like more information about late fee charges, please contact your biller's office.
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How much does paying online help the environment?
Paying online is only half of the benefit, by going paperless and not receiving paper invoices, you can increase the effect you can have on the environment. There are several ways reducing paper consumption helps the environment, including saving trees and using less gas. According to the PayItGreen AllianceTM, if one in five households were to switch to electronic payments, statements and bills, we could collectively save 1.8 million trees each year and avoid using 103 million gallons of gasoline to mail bills, statements, and payments. If you'd like to be part of that one in five, just sign up to "go paperless" in your account under my profile, paperless options.
What is Auto-Pay?
If you elect to opt in to Auto-Pay, it means that your bills will be paid automatically on their due dates using your default credit card or bank account. This will avoid any late fees and free you from having to remember when to pay.
Can I cancel Auto-Pay?
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I signed up for Auto Pay but do not see any information under "My scheduled payments."
The Auto Pay date will not appear under scheduled payments. Auto Pay will be debited from the customer's account on the due date.
What are scheduled payments?
Scheduled payments are scheduled individually by you for each bill on your specified date.
Can I schedule payments?
Yes. You can set up a future payment at any time prior to the bill due date.
Can I change a scheduled payment?
Yes, as long as it is changed before the date it was scheduled to be paid.
What is the difference between auto-pay and a scheduled payment?
Auto-pay is an automated process which pays your balance in full each billing cycle at 2am on the due date; scheduled payments are manually entered by you for the date you choose for each bill you choose.
What if I already have auto-pay or a scheduled payment set up with my bank?
You will need to contact your bank and cancel your automated or scheduled payment before the payment is due (typically payments are made a couple days in advance of the due date, so don't wait until the last minute).
When I sign up to "Go Paperless," will I still receive a paper bill in the mail?
No, you will receive an email notification each time a new bill is ready for you to view and pay. Email notifications go to the email address used when you registered, a second email address may added if you wish to send notifications to an additional or back up email address.
Can I start receiving paper bills again?
Yes, simply go into your profile and under Paperless Options, select "No, I don't want to go paperless." Be sure to update/save the change.
I received an email stating "Thank you for going paperless," but I DID NOT sign up for paperless!
The paperless box is generally defaulted to enroll you in paperless billing because it helps the environment.
Option 1: Customer must click on "Complete paperless process" link within email to complete enrollment. If they do not, the paperless option will not be active and will drop off system within a few days.
Option 2: Customer can log into account and cancel paperless registration.
Choose >My Profile>paperless option>cancel paperless registration
Getting Help
Who do I contact with questions about a bill?
If you are unable to find the information you need in your online payment history or open invoices, please call your biller's office at 509-773-3771.
I accidentally deleted my current email notification, what should I do?
If you are registered, you can login via your biller website and view the bill there, or you can call your biller's office and ask them to resend the email.
What if this website is down or for some reason I am unable to use this site?
Please be aware that interest and fees will not be waived if this website is inoperable for any reason or if data entry errors occur. If the website is inoperable, payments can be made by mail, by phone in some locations or at the biller's Office.
If I have additional questions or I am having trouble registering, who should I call?
Your biller's office at 509-773-3771 can answer most questions, but if the website is down or inoperable, please call Invoice Cloud customer service at (781) 848-3733.
Is my information secure?
Invoice Cloud uses the highest standards in Internet security. Account information displayed within the customer and biller portals is truncated to protect confidential data. Any information retained is not shared with third parties.
Are my credit card and checking account information safe when I pay online?
Absolutely. Invoice Cloud will safely store all of your financial information using Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliant systems. This includes truncating (abbreviating) account numbers so that even the Biller does not see your complete account information.
What is PCI Compliance and why is it so important?
PCI stands for Payment Card Industry, and compliance with the industry standards is a requirement for those that accept the major credit cards and for software providers who have applications which involve the transmission and/or storage of credit card information. If breaches are found on systems that are not PCI compliant, the major credit card companies have the ability to levy significant fines on the offending parties.
Who has access to my account?
You and Biller's authorized staff. No one will have access to your financial information as all check routing numbers and credit card numbers are truncated, so you never have to worry about security. As a security precaution, we don't even show your full financial information back to you.


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VIDEO: Press the play button to watch our video report from Saturday.
Showmasters event boss Jason Joiner said the venue was at capacity by noon on the first day and fans were only being allowed in as others left.
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Jason was so delighted with the response he has announced plans to bring the event back next year, on the weekend of August 15 and 16, Full details will be available at Sheffield Film and Comic Convention.
"It's been a huge success and Sheffield film and TV fans have shown they really wanted this," Jason told The Star.
"So we have announced that we will be coming back again next year.
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Hide Ad"It's the biggest venue in Sheffield. We can't go bigger. But we are still getting to know the venue and what we can do here. A big thanks to fans for supporting this."
Fans came face to face with the stars from TV, film and comics, with lots of fun activities including photo shoots, panels, autograph sessions and hundreds of stalls selling memorabilia.
The amazing spectacle saw many fans turning up dressed as their favourite characters, from Doctor Who to Darth Vader, with Stormtroopers, Avengers, Game of Thrones, Star Trek and other fans coming dressed as their heroes, as part of a so-called Cosplay feature, with a chance to win prizes.
Autograph hunters met the stars for signings and photos, including Star Wars legend Dave Prowse, who played Darth Vader, and 1980s TV legend Dirk Benedict, from The A-Team and Battlestar Galactica. The A-Team van and Michael Knight's Kitt car from Knight Rider, will also be making an appearance.
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Hide AdDoctor Who fans can have their photo with former Time Lord Paul McGann and his Tardis.
Sylvester McCoy, the seventh Doctor, who preceded McGann, will be there with others, past and present from the cult series, currently enjoying a new Saturday night BBC TV return, including Louise Jameson, Bonnie Langford, Sophie Aldred, Mat Irvine, John Leeson, Terry Molloy, Dan Starkey and Frazer Hines, plus Eve Myles and Burn Gorman, from Doctor Who spin off TV series Torchwood.
Virginia Hey from Farscape and Mad Max 2, Robert Llewellyn and Chris Barrie from Red Dwarf, plus Jeremy Bulloch, Ian Liston, John Morton, Jack McKenzie and Paul Blake from Star Wars are also coming, along with many other stars. Buffy star Anthony Head was due to attend both days.
In the comic zone, where writers and artistes chatted to fans and gave a master class, Sheffield based World Of Superheroes boss Steve Eyre put on show a £100,000 edition of the first Avengers comic.
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* Sheffield Film and Comic Convention runs Saturday and Sunday, August 30 and 31, 2014, early bird entry from 9am, standard entry 11am, until 6pm.
Tickets £3.30 to £16.50, including booking fees. Buy in person from the Arena Box Office, call 0114 256 5656 or buy online, where you will find latest details and any guest additions and amends, at www.motorpointarenasheffield.co.uk.
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Hide AdThere wil be charges for autographs and official photo shots. Full details, ticket prices and more at www.sheffieldfilmandcomiccon.com, The Star's web site here and our entertainments and listings site at www.wow247.co.uk.
Top 10 Tips
* Check the event website and forums for guest details, including who is appearing on which days, amendments and FAQs, at www.sheffieldfilmandcomiccon.com.
* Arrive early to give yourself more time to get all the guest autographs you want.
* For bigger names, attracting queues, get 'virtual tickets' at autograph desks as soon as enter the event. Then return when your number is called.
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Hide Ad* Bring cash, it's always quicker and easier for these type of events but facilities will be available for credit card transactions
* Book photo shoots in advance
* Arrive for any booked photo shots 10 minutes before scheduled - they run to specific times..
* Check for notices at the autograph tables - some actors prefer not to pose at their desks.
* Be respectful to visitors who attend in costumes. If you wish to take a photo, ask for their permission first and respect their wishes.
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* Remember to take selfies and tweet them to @SheffieldStar using #thestarselfie - we'll retweet them and may publish the best.