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And I'm Steve Inskeep. Good morning.
We're following several developments in Iran's confrontation with the west. President Obama's administration is talking of even stricter sanctions against Iran's financial system. That's part of an effort to pressure Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
MONTAGNE: An Iranian news agency says today that a senior official has made another provocative announcement. The official claims Iran is about to install homemade nuclear fuel in a research reactor.
INSKEEP: All this talk comes during a week in which Israelis have been targeted, and in some cases, injured in several countries: India, Thailand, the Republic of Georgia. Israel is blaming Iran. Washington Post columnist David Ignatius is following the story.
DAVID IGNATIUS: What's striking from the evidence that we have, and obviously it's fragmentary, is that this is not a highly professional operation that Iran is running. The attack in India was botched in the sense that it wounded the wife of an Israeli defense official there and infuriated the Indians, who were an important oil customer for Iran.
The attack that's alleged to have been attempted in Tbilisi in Georgia was against somebody who was employed the Israeli embassy and didn't work. And then the incident in Bangkok involving grenades is a kind of crazy amateur story of a guy blowing his own legs off.
So, if these allegations are true, they tell you that Iran is wiling to take more risks to retaliate against Israel for what it perceives to have been Israeli covert actions in Iran. But that they're not carrying these attacks out with a high level of skill.
INSKEEP: Now, we're getting into areas where there's less and less evidence and so we have to speak carefully. But a number of Iranian scientists have been assassinated. It's not clear who is doing it, but of course the Iranians have blamed the United States, they've blamed Israel. Is it possible to see some of these attacks as an effort to respond?
IGNATIUS: Well, because of the M.O., the modus operandi, in the Indian and Georgian attacks, where a bomb was affixed to a car, which is the same M.O. that allegedly was used in the attacks on Iranian scientists in Tehran, it does look like a direct response.
As you say, we don't know who's been killing those scientists in Tehran. But I think it's safe to say that what we're looking at is a kind of shadow war, a dirty war, involving intelligence services and operatives.
Again, we're speculating here, but the sort of tit-for-tat warfare is a sideshow to the real issue, which is the Iranian nuclear program. Now, I would think in Israel there'd be a desire to really focus on the main issue, which is stopping the program.
INSKEEP: That leads to another question, then. The Israelis are said to be discussing the possibility of an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. If Israelis are being attacked in various countries and the Israelis immediately and loudly blame this on Iran, do such attacks at some point give Israel a casus belli, a reason to attack, a reason to go to war?
IGNATIUS: Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are said, by sources I talked to, not to have made the decision yet about whether to strike a bombing assault on the Iranian nuclear program. But it's one more thing that pushes these two countries towards the sort of situation where you'd see a crack up, where you'd see actual military action.
INSKEEP: So you're suggesting that if in fact we have two countries that are targeting each other's nationals, which we can't prove certainly, it could increase the risk of war for any reason, accidental war?
IGNATIUS: Graham Allison, who is a professor at Harvard University, has spoken about the confrontation over Iran's nuclear program as the Cuban Missile Crisis in slow motion. Actions like the ones that we're seeing, assassinations in different capitals, add to the momentum, the motion speeds up, and the risk of an accidental unplanned series of events that cascades into war is greater.
INSKEEP: David Ignatius is a columnist for the Washington Post and the author of novels including "Blood Money" and "The Increment."
Thanks very much.
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- Review with your counselor the processes for producing printed communications: offset lithography, screen printing, electronic/digital, relief, and gravure. Collect samples of three products, each one produced using a different printing process, or draw diagrams to help you with your description.
- Explain the differences between continuous tone, line, and halftone artwork. Describe how digital images can be created and/or stored in a computer.
- Design a printed piece (flier, T-shirt, program, form, etc.) and produce it. Explain your decisions for the typeface or typefaces you use and the way you arrange the elements in your design. Explain which printing process is best suited for printing your design. If desktop publishing is available, identify what hardware and software would be appropriate for outputting your design.
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From small country churches, to the stages of the civil rights movement, to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Mavis Staples' career has spanned more than 60 years. Her newest album, a second collaboration with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy is "One True Vine," out yesterday.
MAVIS STAPLES: (Singing) Life had ceased. I was lost and tired. You set me free from this mighty, mighty fire, just in time to be my one true vine.
CONAN: The title track from Mavis Staples' new album. She joins us in just a moment. But first, if you are a musician, we want to hear from you today too. Tell us about your most interesting collaboration. 800-989-8255. Email us: email@example.com. Joining us now from member station KCRW in Santa Monica is Grammy Award winner Mavis Staples. Welcome. Congratulations on the new album.
STAPLES: Thank you. Thank you, Neal. Happy to be with you.
CONAN: And you got glowing reviews in The New York Times, which described this record - it was an interesting - I wonder what you thought of it as both a sequel - you have collaborated with Jeff Tweedy before - and a reversal. What did you think they meant by that?
STAPLES: Well, I think they meant that, you know, it is a sequel. And as far being a reversal, we are - it's a totally different CD. You know, it's - the meaning, the songs are very intimate and very personal. And it's just - actually, it's a return to my beginning. You know, it's a - it reminds me so much of when I was singing with my family because the songs are kind of the same type of songs that we would sing together, you know. And as far as I'm concerned, it has brought me full circle. You know, I've done it all. I've gone from, you know, the strictly gospel, to folk, to country. And here I am, right back at home where I began.
CONAN: Well, you're - it's interesting. You talk about going full circle. There's a tune on the album your father wrote and something you with the Staple Singers performed 40 years ago. Let's hear a clip from "I Like the Things About Me."
STAPLES: (Singing) I looked in the mirror and what did I see? A brand-new image of the same old me. Oh, but now I wonder why should I be surprised. I like the things about me. I like the things about me. I like the things about me. I like the things about me that I once despised.
CONAN: Now, that song, of course, your dad sang the lead on that song.
STAPLES: Yes, he did. Yes, he did.
CONAN: What was it like to take his part?
STAPLES: And, oh, man. It's a challenge, you know, because Pops, he was a singer's singer, and he was mine. You know, I love to hear my father singing. He just was so laid-back and cool, and I always wished I could sing like Pops, but he taught me well. He taught me to sing like you sing, Mavis. Don't try to copy anyone else. You know, just sing from your heart and let it flow. Just be Mavis, you know.
But, yes, Pops did sing the lead on that song 40 years ago. And I always try to sing one of - at least one of my father's song that he wrote on my albums today. And I told Tweedy. Tweedy said, well, Mavis, I know you want to sing something that Pops wrote. What did you have in mind? And I did...
CONAN: I was just laughing at the imitation there. That's was pretty good.
STAPLES: Yeah. And I don't know why I do that. I can't help but (unintelligible) him, you know, try to sound like him when he talks. But he sings when he talks, you know, and he has a twang, you know? But yeah, I told him. I said, well, I like the things about me that I once despised. He said, you do? I said, Tweedy, that's the title of the song. You know, and he said...
STAPLES: He said, oh, wait a minute. I missed that one. You better sing some of it for me. And I sang that second verse.
(Singing) There was a time I wished my head was fine, and I can remember when I wished my lips were thin. Whoa, but now...
And he said, wait a minute, Mavis. I - that one got past me. How did that get past me? I don't know that one. I said, well, Tweedy, you can't keep up with me man. I said, I'm too fast for you. And he said, oh, we got to put that one down. I like that. And that was the way we came about singing "I Like the Things About Me."
CONAN: It's interesting the - you call him Tweedy. He and his band Wilco appeared on this show, well, several years ago. We call him Mr. Tweedy 'cause, you know...
STAPLES: Oh, I know he liked that.
CONAN: Yep, I bet he did. In the meantime, it's interesting, he played - of course, you famously toured with your family. On this album, he plays most of the instruments except for the drums. His son plays drums on this.
STAPLES: Yes. Yes, little Spencer. And actually when we recorded, Spencer was 16 years old. He's 17 now. And he's turning out to be a really good drummer, you know? And he asked me, Mavis, do you mind if I play on your - I said, oh, Spencer, I would love for you to play. And this little guy, he has his own band, you know, and actually, he and Tweedy and his other little brother Sammy, they have their own group. They call themselves the Raccoons. You know, I don't know why they came with that name instead of calling themselves The Tweedys, you know?
But I thought it was just great. I - it reminded me of working with my father. And I saw how this kid, you know, he takes off from Tweedy, and Tweedy has this look of admiration on his face. He's proud, you know? And it just took me back. This whole CD took me back home, you know?
CONAN: When you are performing with your family - you grew up in this environment - it's not like really you had a choice or at least that's what I would guess. You have choices now.
STAPLES: Yes. Yes, I do. And, you know, I've just been pushed into being a solo artist. I never wanted to be. You know, I was called with different record companies to leave my family. But this was what I wanted to do. This was my security blanket, singing with my family. And this is what I loved, you know? But now, I'm on my own, and I do have choices that I have to make myself. And I think I'm doing pretty good I guess, you know? I'm thinking...
CONAN: I think you're doing all right.
STAPLES: Thanks, Neal.
CONAN: We want to talk with members of our audience about collaborations. Musicians, what's the most interesting collaboration that you've (technical difficulty) from David: I'm collaborating with my brother over the Internet. We have a standing gig in Second Life, which is a virtual world where people can attend our gigs where they can see us playing together even though we live on opposite coasts, he in New York and me in San Francisco. I wonder, do you - obviously, you still get together with your sister from time to time. Do you still - do you sing together?
STAPLES: Oh, yes. Oh, yes. My sister Yvonne is still with me. You know, I - when Pops passed, Yvonne tried to tell me to go on and sing and she would take care of my business. I said, OK. So I got onstage about three times. And something was missing, you know, I didn't have any of the family onstage with me. I got off that stage. I told Yvonne, I said, listen, Yvonne. You have to sing. I need to hear at least one Staples voice on that stage, you know, because I'm listening for Pops, I'm listening for his guitar.
And so she decided, OK, Mavis. I'll sing with you. And she still, you know, Yvonne's in the background with two other singers, Vickie Randle and Donny Gerrard, and we're always together. I can't leave home without her.
CONAN: Let's see if we'd get a caller in on the conversation. Let's go to Nakia(ph). Nakia with us from Austin.
NAKIA: Hello. Yes, Nakia, that's correct. Yeah, you know, I had a really interesting opportunity. I was on a show called "The Voice" on NBC, season one, on Cee Lo's team. And directly after that, I was connected with Lamont Dozier, the legendary...
CONAN: Lamont Dozier of Dozier - Holland, Dozier and Holland?
NAKIA: That's correct. And was able to go over to his home in Los Angeles and write a song with him. And it turned out he had actually been watching the show and was a fan of mine from the show. And as somebody who had never really done any co-writing before like this, to walk in with, you know, one of the world's premier songwriters and have that opportunity, it was pretty mind-blowing. And we wrote a song together that we're hoping to put on my next record.
CONAN: And did - are you happy with it?
NAKIA: I am. We're actually still tweaking it but, you know, it's very soulful and it's got a great feel to it. And, you know, I mean, I don't know how I could be unhappy with it.
CONAN: Well, good luck with it, Nakia. Thanks very much. It must have been a privilege to work with Mr. Dozier, Lamont Dozier.
STAPLES: Yes, indeed.
NAKIA: It really was. Thank you.
CONAN: I wonder, on this record - you and Jeff Tweedy obviously work very closely together. In addition to some of the material your family did, your father did with you...
STAPLES: Yes.
CONAN: ...there's stuff that he wrote on this record.
STAPLES: Yes, indeed. Tweedy wrote three songs: "Every Step of the Way," "Jesus Wept" and "One True Vine." And I love all three of that songs. You know, he got three this time, he did two on the first CD...
CONAN: Mm-hmm. And...
STAPLES: ..."You Are Not Alone."
CONAN: Yeah. Did you ever, as you're rehearsing with him, say, you know, shouldn't we do it this way?
STAPLES: Oh, yes. Oh, yes. We have to do it my way.
STAPLES: We have to do it my way. If I'm going to sing the song, I have to sing it the way I sing it, Tweedy. And he don't give me any trouble. He don't give me any lift behind it, you know? But there was one song, this time Tweedy had to keep telling me, Mavis, no, don't go there, not like this, you know?
STAPLES: And I said, well, Tweedy, this is the way I sing. And I know you want to take it over there but not - this song, it calls for staying over here, you know? And he was lucky he was over in the engineer's room so I couldn't get to him to shake him, you know, but I went on and did it his way. And I tell you, I'm grateful, I'm good. I learned something new. You know, I have my way and he has his way, but him being the writer of that song, he heard where I should stay up instead of going down, where I was going. And I'm grateful that I learned that from him, you know?
CONAN: We're talking with Mavis Staples about her new album and collaboration with producer Jeff Tweedy, "One True Vine." You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News.
Let's get Michelle on the line. Michelle is with us from Independence, Missouri.
MICHELLE: Hi.
CONAN: Hi.
MICHELLE: Thanks for taking my call.
CONAN: Go ahead.
MICHELLE: We're doing - I'm doing interest in collaboration with an up and coming young instrumental band called Sour Apple Surgery. And I'm having a art show bash. And I'm doing spoken words then we are combining my spoken words with their instrumentals, which is emotional and alternative, which is what my show is. And so we're going to have fun just doing that. We've never done that before and...
CONAN: So you're reading your poetry set to their music?
MICHELLE: Well, actually, I'm giving my writing, my poetry to them, for them to do whatever they want to implement it and do an original piece of music that they will play live at the art bash.
CONAN: Wow. It's going to be an interesting day when you sit there and listen to it.
MICHELLE: Yeah. Because I have no idea what they're going to do with it, so I just give it to them and just have fun because I'm too involved with getting to show up. So it was like, would we still want to do this (unintelligible) kind of neat.
CONAN: Well, good luck with that. It's going to be an interesting show.
MICHELLE: We hope so. We hope to have fun. So thank you.
CONAN: Thanks very much. Let's see if we can go to Chris. And Chris is with us from Springfield, Missouri.
CHRIS: Hey.
CONAN: Go ahead.
CHRIS: Hello.
CONAN: You're on the air.
CHRIS: Thanks for having me, Neal. Hello.
CONAN: Yes. Go ahead.
CHRIS: OK. Thanks for having me. Yeah. I get a collaboration with Michael Brewer of Brewer and Shipley about six years ago. He helped produced our album. It was called "Techs and the Roadies." And because of his help and everything like that, we were able to get a sound to - from England from a record label there. And that was over about five, six years ago, but it was so great.
And then later on, we did another album where we had a collaboration with different other artists and he sang one of the songs that I wrote, which (unintelligible) wrote. I learned so much from him. It was just great. We become good friends after the whole fact.
CONAN: It's nice to have a mentor and somebody to give you a leg up.
STAPLES: Oh, yeah, it was just great. And he's just - he's such a talent and such a great, you know, producer and songwriter and everything like that. So, you know, those are the great things about this industry that I just love meeting people like that.
CONAN: Other things you may not love so much, but anyway, Chris, thanks very much for the call.
CONAN: We appreciate it.
CHRIS: OK. Thank you.
CONAN: Mavis Staples, I do have to ask you, we just have a couple of minutes left, but I've read that you might want to do a country record.
STAPLES: Oh, yes. You know, I love country music. And, you know, Marty Stuart is my father's godson and I just, you know, I'm always trying to find new things to do, you know? And after this CD, I don't know if it'll be a country album. I've also always had in mind doing a tribute to Bob Dylan. You know, it's one CD of all Dylan songs. And I don't know which way I'm going, Neal.
STAPLES: I don't - I just don't know - I'll keep putting thought to what is on my mind, you know? And I have sing some country songs in the past.
CONAN: Well, Bob Dylan wrote of a few.
STAPLES: Bob Dylan wrote a few songs that - a few country songs you mean?
CONAN: Yeah.
STAPLES: Right. He has and he's - we've recorded - the Staple Singers has recorded at least six Dylan songs, you know? So I might have to check out the country songs that he wrote. I don't think I know them yet and if I heard them. But I'll check that out and that might be the answer. It might be my - on my next CD. It might be country, might be Dylan, might be Mick Jagger, I don't know. You know, I love a challenge.
CONAN: Mavis Staples, a Grammy Award winner. Her new album is out this week. It's called "One True Vine." She was kind enough to join us today from the studios of KCRW in Santa Monica. Thank you so much for your time today. Good luck with the album.
STAPLES: Thank you, Neal. It's been my pleasure.
CONAN: Tomorrow, Ted Koppel will be with us one last time. Join us for that. It's the TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.
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The long-awaited makeover of Yahoo.com's home page is the most notable change to the website since the Internet company hired Marissa Mayer as its CEO seven months ago. The new look debuted Wednesday in the US, although it could take a few more days before everyone starts to see it.
It's the first time Yahoo has redesigned the page in four years. In that time, the company has seen its annual revenue drop by about 30% from $7.2 billion in 2008 to $5 billion last year as more online advertising flowed to rivals such as Internet search leader Google Inc. and social networking leader Facebook Inc.
Mayer, who spent 13 years helping to build Google into the Internet's most powerful company, has vowed to revive Yahoo Inc.'s revenue growth by establishing more of the company's services as daily habits that 'delight and inspire' their users.
'We think this will be the new foundation for Yahoo,' said Mike Kerns, the company's vice president of product.
Despite the company's recent financial malaise, Yahoo's home page has remained one of the Internet's top destinations. The page attracted 392 million
worldwide visitors last month, a 7% increase from 365 million at the same time last year, according to research firm comScore Inc.
By comparison, Microsoft Corp.'s msn.com drew a crowd of 334 million, up 4% from last year.
But visitors haven't been spending as much time at Yahoo.com when they check in. They also haven't been making as many return visits each month. That's been a problem for many other websites, too, as Facebook and other online hangouts capture more of people's online time.
Yahoo's revamped home page isn't a radical new look, but there are enough changes that could make the website more addictive. In a blog post, Mayer wrote that she is trying to infuse Yahoo's home page with a 'more modern experience.'
The biggest switch will be in how Yahoo determines which stories to show each visitor on the home page and how the information is displayed.
Kerns says Yahoo has developed more sophisticated formulas to determine which topics are most likely to appeal to different people so the news feed can be fine-tuned to cater to different tastes.
Yahoo, which is based in Sunnyvale, California, already knows a lot about people who have been coming to its website for years, particularly if they logged
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The news feed also has been retooled so it is constantly refreshed with more material as a person scrolls down the page. (Yahoo gets its news content from many sources, including The Associated Press.) The ability to endlessly peruse stories is ideally suited for viewing on smartphones and tablet computers controlled by touch, although the feature also works on desktop machines operated with a mouse or keyboard.
Yahoo's new home page also shows snippets of text from each story, borrowing a page from the Google playbook that Mayer helped write. Those summaries may be especially handy on the smaller screens of mobile devices, a growing market that Mayer has said Yahoo must do a better job reaching if the company hopes to bounce back.
To minimize the chances that its story selections will irritate users, Yahoo is also adding controls that make it easy to inform the website about which topics aren't of interest.
The right side of the new home page will be devoted to a stack of capsules that Yahoo calls 'utilities.'
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Our investigative reporting colleagues at the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) continue our joint Poisoned Places series with yet another story about "a regulatory system that has failed...for years" to control toxic air pollution.
This time, CPI reports, the polluter is one of the nation's biggest emitters of acetaldehyde — a probable carcinogen — and Iowa's largest emitter of lead last year.
CPI's Chris Hamby focuses on the Grain Processing Corp. (GPC) plant in Muscatine, Iowa, which transforms corn into ethanol, corn sweeteners and beverage alcohol. Hamby gathered thousands of emails, memos and reports, which document years of tepid state and federal regulation despite constant warnings from a state inspector that "GPC's apparent compliance with air pollution laws was a facade..."
In 2009, Kurt Levetzow, a senior inspector with Iowa's Department of Natural Resources, sent an email to an agency lawyer citing an obvious blue haze generated by the plant and drifting over Muscatine neighborhoods.
"It seems obvious to me...that they've been out of compliance for a long time," Levetzow wrote.
Hamby also reports that the blue haze "can indicate the presence of compounds such as acetaldehyde," which is one of the toxic byproducts of corn processing.
GPC insists it follows air pollution rules, stays within air pollution limits and is upgrading its air pollution equipment.
GPC spokeswoman Janet Sichterman told Hamby, "We want this to be a great community with quality air, too."
But some of the people downwind of the plant in Muscatine are not convinced.
"I moved here when I was 15," said Sherry Leonard, 57, who appears in a video that accompanies the CPI story. "Things have gotten much worse. It used to be almost tolerable. But it's not tolerable anymore."
Hamby reports that state officials allowed GPC to avoid improvements that would reduce pollution. And the company admits to burning low sulfur coal when winds sent emissions toward an air monitor designed to detect sulfur dioxide, a tightly regulated pollutant.
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GPC called the practice "perfectly legal" and denied it was trying to "get out of regulation."
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
Fee Fi Pho Bo
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite - Like it or not, ready or not, we are celebrating a birthday today, and, as has become our habit, the day will begin with a wonderfully flavored pho - pronounced fuh - containing long life noodles. Pho is a an extraordinary rice-noodle soup that has its origins in Vietnam. I've come to love it. In Asia, noodles are served for birthdays and some holidays as a symbol of longevity; it's believed that a shortened life is the fate of those who cut their noodles into more manageable lengths. I don't plan to cut mine - I've worked really hard to get to this point and there's no reason to tempt fate. While it's a Vietnamese dish, varieties of pho are served for breakfast throughout Asia. The one requirement for an outstanding soup is a really well-flavored broth. If you have that and you know how to soften rice noodles you'll forever have a simple meal at your fingertips. I'd love to tell you I simmer my broth for hours, but that would be untrue. I doctor canned broth and make a soup that is as good as some I had in Asia. So, it will be pho for breakfast, a fresh salmon burger for lunch and dinner at King Estates - a beautiful chateau-like winery that sits on a hilltop in the Lorane Valley. It's going to be a wonderful day, even if it means I'm no longer twenty-one. Let's get breakfast out of the way.
Pho Bo ... From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite
2 (14.5-oz.) cans low-sodium beef broth
2 (14.5-oz.) cans low-sodium chicken broth
1 3-inch piece peeled ginger, sliced in rounds and bruised
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
3 whole star anise
8 ounces medium rice noodles
1 pound tender steak, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch pieces
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
3 cups fresh bean sprouts
1 thin sliced jalapeno chile
3 scallions, white and tender green, cut crosswise on the bias
1/2 cup loosely packed basil leaves
1/2 cup loosely packed mint leaves
1/2 cup loosely packed cilantro leaves
3 tablespoons coarsely chopped peanuts
Lime wedges
1) Place stock, garlic, ginger slices, fish sauce, sou sauce, sugar, cinnamon sticks and star anise in a 4 to 5 quart stockpot. Bring to a boil over medium heat; simmer, covered, for 20 minutes or until flavors are blended. Strain. Keep warm over very low heat.
2) Meanwhile, prepare rice noodles per package instructions. I cover mine with boiling water and allow them to sit for 20 minutes before draining. Drain and place an equal portion in each of six 2-cup soup bowls.
3) Season steak with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large heavy-bottomed skillet. When oil is hot, add a single layer of sliced steak to pan and sear until browned, about 1 minute per side. Remove and set aside. Continue with remaining slices.
4) Place an equal portion of beansprouts sliced jalapeno, scallions and meat on top of noodles in soup bowls. Ladle broth into each bowl; top with a portion of herbs and peanuts. Serve immediately with lime wedges. Yield: 6 servings.
35 comments :
- theUngourmet said...
Mary, This looks so fresh and delicious! Happy Birthday!
- June 4, 2009 at 12:24 AM
- Selba said...
Beautiful Pho....
Happy Birthday! - June 4, 2009 at 12:52 AM
- The Cooking Photographer said...
Happy Birthday Mary!
- June 4, 2009 at 1:10 AM
- Gaby said...
Mary this looks sooo yummy!
- June 4, 2009 at 2:00 AM
- Katy ~ said...
Mary, hope you have a terrific birthday and a looong life! I love the noodle tradition.
Your recipe is packed with such wonderful fresh ingredients and flavor. Looks YUM! - June 4, 2009 at 4:51 AM
- Donna-FFW said...
Happy Birthday to you Mary!! This looks like a great soup to celebrate with! Have a wonderful day!!
- June 4, 2009 at 6:52 AM
- Sam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchen said...
I love celebrating birthdays - mine and everyone else's.
Happy Birthday. Hope you have many more. Very healthy dish and gorgeous too.
Sam - June 4, 2009 at 6:58 AM
- Hootin Anni said...
I love it!!! And copying this one.
Oh by the way, whether you like it or not...here it comes-------
YOU!!!! - June 4, 2009 at 7:05 AM
- Schnitzel and the Trout said...
Happy Birthday, Mary! I wish you another wonderful year. And yes, I would realy enjoy this breakfast with you! Enjoy the whole day, especially dinner out. Let someone else do the cooking.
- June 4, 2009 at 7:32 AM
- Ginger said...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARY!! This has to be one of my "favorite" from "One Perfect Bite" I love the history behind the soup. I am not cutting my noodles either! Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day.
- June 4, 2009 at 8:09 AM
- Schnitzel and the Trout said...
It's me again, Mary! Researcher that I am, I just checked out your menu for tonight and it looks wonderful. Please let us know what you have for dinner.
- June 4, 2009 at 8:14 AM
- Penny said...
Happy Birthday Mary! Enjoy your day - it sounds like a perfect way to celebrate.
- June 4, 2009 at 8:38 AM
- Joy Tilton said...
Happy Birthday Mary! In honor of your birthday I will slurp my noodles extra loud! Thanks for a great recipe.
- June 4, 2009 at 9:00 AM
- Heather S-G said...
That is a delicious birthday meal. Hope your day is just perfect. Enjoy it (22's not so bad, lol)!!
- June 4, 2009 at 9:16 AM
That does look good Mary. Only one thing missing - half a lime to squeeze over.
- June 4, 2009 at 9:50 AM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Anonymous - thank you. I've corrected the omission. Friends are a good thing :-).
- June 4, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Pam said...
Happy, happy birthday. Your Pho looks really tasty, I never thought to make my own. I will not cut the noodles into small bites anymore!
- June 4, 2009 at 10:37 AM
- Culinary Wannabe said...
Looks delish! And a very very happy birthday!!
- June 4, 2009 at 11:34 AM
- Cindy Khor said...
this soup will certainly taste rich with all the sauces and the herbs inside it. i imagining it to be yummy licking good.
happy birthday to you too. - June 4, 2009 at 3:13 PM
- dp said...
Well happy birthday. Pho for breakfast sounds fantastic, exactly my kind of breakfast. And lucky you to be having dinner at King Estates Winery. Their pinot gris is my absolute favorite white wine (both 2005 and 2006 are excellent!).
Enjoy the day! - June 4, 2009 at 3:22 PM
- Amongst The Oaks said...
Happy Happy Birthday Mary!
I do remember lots of noodles being consumed by Chinese natives for breakfast as we foreigners ate our scrambled eggs...
Recently we have made a few Asian dinners. Maybe now I'll try breakfast. - June 4, 2009 at 4:39 PM
- Farmer Jo said...
Happy Birthday!
That soup looks wonderful. Pho is one of my favorites. The first time I tried it I roasted ox tail and onions in the oven and cooked a broth ALL day.
I now just go out to eat it, but this recipe looks much easier. I will have to try it when the weather cools off. - June 4, 2009 at 5:54 PM
- Chef Fresco said...
Definitely never tried making Pho. Your recipe looks so good!
- June 4, 2009 at 6:48 PM
- Debbie said...
Well Happy Birthday!!! The soup looks so tasty!
- June 4, 2009 at 7:29 PM
- Pam said...
I have an abundance of mint also. This looks like a wonderful way to use it!
- June 4, 2009 at 8:45 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
I thought you were doing "Fee, Fi, Foo, Thumb!" at first
- June 4, 2009 at 9:01 PM
- irenet said...
What a delicious blog. Thanks for stopping by.
- June 4, 2009 at 10:22 PM
- Ning said...
Happy Happy Birthday to you! With healthy dishes such as this, you'll surely have delicious long life! :) Hope your birthday celebrations are wonderful!
- June 4, 2009 at 10:52 PM
- Christina Kim said...
Enjoy your birthday!!!!!!! Eat lots of pho!
- June 4, 2009 at 11:02 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
I've had a wonderful day. Thank you all for the birthday wishes.
- June 5, 2009 at 2:27 AM
- Karen said...
Happy Birthday Mary!
- June 6, 2009 at 2:59 PM
- Peter M said...
Happy B-day Mary...all the best! I had my bowl of Pho yesterday for lunch...can't get enough. Thanks for the home recipe.
- June 6, 2009 at 4:24 PM
- NKP said...
I have never had pho before, looks like something I would love. Happy Birthday!
- June 8, 2009 at 4:23 PM
- Jude said...
Happy Birthday! Home made pho is quite a bit much for me to handle. Your post is very inspiring :)
- June 9, 2009 at 2:56 AM
Sounds scrumptious, and I loved learning about the lore of noodles. Happy Belated Birthday!
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's 50-year-old ban on horse slaughtering was lifted Friday when the governor signed a new law that will allow facilities to process and export horse meat, despite bitter opposition by animal rights activists.
Supporters argue that a horse slaughtering facility in Oklahoma will provide a humane alternative for aging or starving horses, many of which are abandoned in rural parts of the state by owners who can no longer afford to care for them. Gov. Mary Fallin also noted that horses are already being shipped out of the country, including to facilities in Mexico, where they are processed in potentially inhumane conditions.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 166,000 horses were sent to Canada and Mexico last year alone.
"In Oklahoma, as in other states, abuse is tragically common among horses that are reaching the end of their natural lives," the Republican governor said. "Those of us who care about the wellbeing of horses — and we all should — cannot be satisfied with a status quo that encourages abuse and neglect, or that rewards the potentially inhumane slaughter of animals in foreign countries."
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Similar efforts are under way in other states, but not without controversy. In New Mexico, a processing plant has been fighting the U.S. Department of Agriculture for more than a year for approval to convert its former cattle slaughter operation into a horse slaughterhouse. In Nevada, state agriculture officials have discussed ways to muster support for the slaughter of free-roaming horses, stirring protests.
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BioSQL is a joint effort between the OBF projects (BioPerl, BioJava etc) to support a shared database schema for storing sequence data. In theory, you could load a GenBank file into the database with BioPerl, then using Biopython extract this from the database as a record object with features - and get more or less the same thing as if you had loaded the GenBank file directly as a SeqRecord using SeqIO.
We have some existing documentation (HTML, PDF) for the Biopython interfaces to BioSQL, covering installing Python database adaptors and basic usage of BioSQL. This is a little old, and I am hoping to use this wiki page to update the above documentation in future.
The following text applies to Biopython 1.64 or later (and assumes Python 3).
This is fairly complicated - partly because there are so many options. For example, you can use a range of different SQL database packages (we'll focus on MySQL), you can have the database on your own computer (the assumption here) or on a separate server, and of course there are usernames and passwords associated with database. And finally the details will also vary depending on your operating system.
This text is based in part on the BioSQL schema INSTALL instructions which also covers alternatives to MySQL.
You will need to install some database software plus the associated python library so that Biopython can "talk" to the database. In this example we'll talk about the most common choice, MySQL. How you do this will also depend on your operating system, for example on a Debian or Ubuntu Linux machine try this:
sudo apt install mysql-common mysql-server python3-mysqldb
A password is required for logon. Please refer to MySQL documentation.
Python also needs a database driver to access MySQL database. In your virtual environment:
pip install mysql-connector-python
It will also be important to have perl (to run some of the setup scripts). Again, on a Debian or Ubuntu Linux machine try this:
sudo apt-get install perl
You may find perl is already installed.
For Windows users, see BioSQL on Windows.
Once the software is installed, your next task is to setup a database and import the BioSQL schema (i.e. setup the relevant tables within the database). See BioSQL downloads – you'll need to unzip the archive.
Alternatively to get the very latest BioSQL, check out their git repository. Or, navigate to the relevant schema file for your database and download just that, e.g. biosqldb-mysql.sql for MySQL. You will also want the NCBI Taxonomy loading perl script, load_ncbi_taxonomy.pl.
The following command line should create a new database on your own computer called bioseqdb, belonging to the root user account:
mysqladmin -u root -p create biosqldb
We can then tell MySQL to load the BioSQL scheme we downloaded above. Change to the scripts subdirectory from the unzipped BioSQL download, then:
mysql -u root -p bioseqdb < biosqldb-mysql.sql
You can have a quick play using the mysql command line tool, for example:
mysql --user=root -p bioseqdb -e "show tables"
| Tables_in_bioseqdb |
| biodatabase |
| bioentry |
| bioentry_dbxref |
| bioentry_path |
| bioentry_qualifier_value |
| bioentry_reference |
| bioentry_relationship |
| biosequence |
| comment |
| dbxref |
| dbxref_qualifier_value |
| location |
| location_qualifier_value |
| ontology |
| reference |
| seqfeature |
| seqfeature_dbxref |
| seqfeature_path |
| seqfeature_qualifier_value |
| seqfeature_relationship |
| taxon |
| taxon_name |
| term |
| term_dbxref |
| term_path |
| term_relationship |
| term_relationship_term |
| term_synonym |
Or, to look inside a table:
mysql --user=root -p bioseqdb -e "select * from bioentry;"
This should return no rows as the table is empty.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR POSTRESQL USERS: Before loading the biosqldb-pg.sql schema into Postgres you must delete the two RULES named rule_bioentry_i1 and rule_bioentry_i2; lines 771-791 in biosqldb-pg.sql BioSQL version 1.0.1
First you need to set up user permissions, if you are not sure how to do this, try:
su - postgres
createuser <your user name>
Then, assuming you are logged-in as
createdb biosqldb
psql biosqldb < biosqldb-pg.sql
Run psql and type enter *\d
The BioSQL package includes a perl script under scripts/load_ncbi_taxonomy.pl to download and update the taxonomy tables. The script should be able to download the files it needs from the NCBI taxonomy FTP site automatically.
Prior to Biopython 1.49, if you wanted to work with the NCBI taxonomy database it was good idea to pre-load the NCBI taxonomy before you start trying to load sequences into the database. This isn't so important with Biopython 1.49 onwards, where you can instead opt to have the information needed downloaded as needed from Entrez.
To update the NCBI taxonomy, change to the scripts subdirectory from the unzipped BioSQL download, then:
./load_ncbi_taxonomy.pl --dbname bioseqdb --driver mysql --dbuser root --download true
For PostgreSQL you need to have the perl DBD-Pg module installed - Using CPAN: "perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBI'; perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBD::Pg'". Substitute Pg for mysql in the above command.
There is about 10MB to fetch, so it can take a little while (and doesn't give any feedback while this happens). If you are worried, open a file browser window and check to see it is downloading a file called taxdump.tar.gz to the taxdata subdirectory.
You should see this output at the command prompt - be warned that some of these steps do take a while (especially rebuilding nested set left/right values):
Loading NCBI taxon database in taxdata:
... retrieving all taxon nodes in the database
... reading in taxon nodes from nodes.dmp
... insert / update / delete taxon nodes
... (committing nodes)
... rebuilding nested set left/right values
... reading in taxon names from names.dmp
... deleting old taxon names
... inserting new taxon names
... cleaning up
This might be a good point for a tea break - I didn't time this but it was over ten minutes.
One the initial tables have been populated, re-running the script is much faster. You can run this script again to update the taxonomy tables, which the NCBI do add to regularly. You may want to setup a scheduled job to do this automatically (say once a fortnight).
P.S. It is a particularly good idea to do update the taxonomy if you will be working with the left/right values in the taxon table (see also BioSQL enhancement request GitHub issue 14 (Redmine 2493)). Biopython 1.67 onwards will do this when writing to the taxon tables.
Note Biopython ignores these optional fields when loading or retrieving sequences - instead using just the parent link. See http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/11/27/bioconf.html for more about how this alternative tree representation works.
Because there are so many ways you could have setup your BioSQL database, you have to tell the unit test a few bits of information by editing the file Tests/setup_BioSQL.py and filling in the following fields:
DBDRIVER = "mysql.connector"
DBTYPE = "mysql"
and a little lower down,
DBHOST = "localhost"
DBUSER = "root"
DBPASSWD = "your-password"
TESTDB = "biosql_test"
Change these to match your setup. You can then run the BioSQL unit tests as normal, e.g.
python run_tests.py test_BioSQL test_BioSQL_SeqIO
For PostgreSQL, use:
DBDRIVER = "psycopg2"
DBTYPE = "pg"
BioSQL lets us define named "sub" databases or "namespaces" within the single SQL database (which we called bioseqdb earlier). For this example, lets create a one for some orchid sequences:
from BioSQL import BioSeqDatabase
server = BioSeqDatabase.open_database(
db = server.new_database("orchids", description="Just for testing")
(If you are using PostgreSQL rather than MySQL, just change the driver argument to "psycopg2" instead. The same applies to the other examples in this document)
The commit call tells the database to save the changes so far (commit the SQL transaction). It is up to you to decide when to commit the SQL transaction(s), and/or rollback changes, rather than having Biopython try and decide for you and risk getting it wrong. See Explicit is better than implicit (The Zen of Python).
There should now be a single row in the biodatabase table for our new orchid namespace. You can check this at the command line:
mysql --user=root -p bioseqdb -e "select * from biodatabase;"
psql -c "SELECT * FROM biodatabase;" bioseqdb
Which should give something like this (assuming you haven't done any other testing yet):
| biodatabase_id | name | authority | description |
| 1 | orchids | NULL | Just for testing |
Now that we have setup an orchids namespace within our biosqldb MySQL database, lets add some sequences to it.
When loading sequences into a BioSQL database with Biopython we have to provide annotated SeqRecord objects. This gives us another excuse to use the SeqIO module! A quick recap on reading in sequences as SeqRecords, based on one of the orchid examples in the Biopython Tutorial:
from Bio import Entrez
from Bio import SeqIO
handle = Entrez.efetch(
db="nuccore", id="6273291,6273290,6273289", rettype="gb", retmode="text"
for seq_record in SeqIO.parse(handle, "genbank"):
print(seq_record.id, seq_record.description[:50] + "...")
print("Sequence length %i," % len(seq_record.seq))
print("from: %s" % seq_record.annotations["source"])
The expected output is below, note we have three records with a total of nine features:
AF191665.1 Opuntia marenae rpl16 gene; chloroplast gene for c...
Sequence length 902, 3 features, from: chloroplast Opuntia marenae
AF191664.1 Opuntia clavata rpl16 gene; chloroplast gene for c...
Sequence length 899, 3 features, from: chloroplast Grusonia clavata
AF191663.1 Opuntia bradtiana rpl16 gene; chloroplast gene for...
Sequence length 899, 3 features, from: chloroplast Opuntia bradtianaa
Now, instead of printing things on screen, let's add these three records to a new (empty) orchid database:
from Bio import Entrez
from Bio import SeqIO
from BioSQL import BioSeqDatabase
server = BioSeqDatabase.open_database(
db = server["orchids"]
handle = Entrez.efetch(
db="nuccore", id="6273291,6273290,6273289", rettype="gb", retmode="text"
count = db.load(SeqIO.parse(handle, "genbank"))
print("Loaded %i records" % count)
Again, you must explicitly call commit to record the SQL transaction which is otherwise left pending.
The db.load() function should have returned the number of records loaded (three in this example), and again have a look in the database and you should see new rows in several tables.
The bioentry and biosequence tables should have three new rows:
mysql --user=root bioseqdb -e "select * from bioentry;"
mysql --user=root bioseqdb -e "select * from biosequence;"
The should also be nine new features:
mysql --user=root -p bioseqdb -e "select * from seqfeature;"
Next, we'll try and load these three records back from the database.
This continues from the previous example, where we loaded three records into an orchids database (namespace):
from BioSQL import BioSeqDatabase
server = BioSeqDatabase.open_database(
db = server["orchids"]
for identifier in ["6273291", "6273290", "6273289"]:
seq_record = db.lookup(gi=identifier)
print(seq_record.id, seq_record.description[:50] + "...")
print("Sequence length %i," % len(seq_record.seq))
AF191665.1 Opuntia marenae rpl16 gene; chloroplast gene for c...
Sequence length 902
AF191664.1 Opuntia clavata rpl16 gene; chloroplast gene for c...
Sequence length 899
AF191663.1 Opuntia bradtiana rpl16 gene; chloroplast gene for...
Sequence length 899
The objects you get back from BioSQL act like a SeqRecord object with a Seq object as the sequence, but they are not exactly the same. You actually get their BioSQL database equivalent, a DBSeqRecord object with a DBSeq object for the sequence. These will only load the sequence and annotation from the database on demand.
There are other ways to pull out records - the 'db' object here acts somewhat like a dictionary (including supporting deleting entries from their key). The python-dictionary-keys are actually the database-primary-keys used inside the database for the bioentry table. e.g.
from BioSQL import BioSeqDatabase
server = BioSeqDatabase.open_database(
db = server["orchids"]
print("This database contains %i records" % len(db))
for key, record in db.iteritems():
print("Key %r maps to a sequence record with id %s" % (key, record.id))
As mentioned above, BioSQL lets us define named "sub" databases (aka namespaces) within the single SQL database (which we called bioseqdb). In the previous example, we created a sub-database for some orchid sequences. The following code will delete the orchid database (and all the records in it):
from BioSQL import BioSeqDatabase
server = BioSeqDatabase.open_database(
Again, you must explicitly finialise the SQL transaction with a commit to apply this change.
There should now be one less row in the biodatabase table, check this at the command line:
mysql --user=root -p bioseqdb -e "select * from biodatabase;"
You can also check that the three orchid sequences have gone from the other tables.
If you need or want to go direct to the data, bypassing the Biopython methods to retrieve records, then it would help to know more about how the underlying tables are used. For this, we refer you to the BioSQL documentation, starting with their Schema Overview and the page on Annotation Mapping.
If you are getting timeout errors, check to see if your SQL server has any orphaned threads.
mysql --user=root -p bioseqdb -e "SHOW INNODB STATUS\G" | grep "thread id"
And if there are, assuming you are the only person using this database, you might try killing them off using the thread id given by the above command:
mysql --user=root -p bioseqdb -e "KILL 123;"
Use at your own risk!


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Dr. Ergun Caner has published an article by this title in the latest National Liberty Journal. I hesitate even calling attention to it because I know that what he says will provoke many who regularly read this blog. Provocation is so easy to come by these days that I hate to be another carrier. But, obviously, my hesitations were not enough to hold me back. They were overcome by other motivations.
First, the tone of this article is so much better than the comments that Dr. Caner left on my blog a few months ago, I am tempted to be encouraged that the prospect of a reasonable debate on the issues over which we disagree is actually possible. I realize that last sentence is a study in caution, but I am somewhat encouraged. Dr. Caner quotes a Director of Missions who fears that "the Reformed movement will not go away" but is "slowly taking over some major churches" (I guess this is in contrast to the "minor churches" that this DOM thinks we *should* be pastoring). Dr. Caner responds:
Is his concern justified? Is Calvinism slowly overtaking Baptist churches?
To be fair, I must admit I have been vocal on this issue.
Very vocal.
I could hardly be viewed as an "unbiased" source on the issue. I have preached it in the Thomas Road Baptist Church pulpit, and have stated emphatically in my classes.
Though those who have kept up with this blog or Caner's ministry might think this disclaimer to be unnecessary, it is encouraging to see him concerned with fairness. In fact, he goes on to make this appropriate admission:
Also for the sake of fairness, I must add that one cannot solely blame our Reformed brothers, either. Baptists are notorious for "fighting and fussing" over such issues as the color of the carpet and the location of the water fountains. This is not the first scuffle into which we have walked and it certainly will not be the last.
And this:
Thirty years ago, however, we could not blame all Pentecostals for the discord in our churches, and neither can we blame every Calvinist for the growing discord today. Those who instigated the fights that ultimately led to splits did not represent every Pentecostal. Neither do the most strident of the Reformed-leaning Baptists represent all Calvinists today.
I welcome the tone that these admissions can set in discussing the issues of Reformed theology. And I would likewise admit that not every Fundamentalist is guilty of misrepresenting the doctrines of grace or spewing forth the kind of venom and deception that characterized the now defunct baptistfire website. Many of our Fundamentalist brethren are just as interested in accurately representing those with whom they disagree as most Reformed Baptists are.
A second reason that I have chosen to address this article despite my hesitations has to do with my genuine desire to understand what Dr. Caner and those who follow his line of reasoning actually hear when they listen to the doctrines of grace articulated. Often, after reading the descriptions of Calvinism by its critics I find myself recoiling in horror with the thought that such beliefs ought to be cast back into hell from which they originated. I hate what they describe as much as they do. But what they describe is not historic, evangelical Calvinism. It is not the Calvinism of the 293 delegates who met in Augusta, Georgia in 1845 to form the Southern Baptist Convention. It is not the Calvinism of Spurgeon, Edwards, Carey, Judson, Boyce, Mell or Dagg. And it is certainly not the Calvinism of Founders Ministries.
So a question lingers on in my mind, "Where do such descriptions come from?" Is there something that those of us who are unapologetically reformed in our understanding of the Bible's teachings on salvation are doing to misrepresent our views? In our advocacy of the truth are we actually detracting from it in the way that we communicate it? I know that the truth is offensive and Jesus spoke plainly about it dividing even close relations. Paul said that the preaching of the cross is a scandal and an offense to many. Those are simple facts that all who are loyal to Christ must acknowledge and prepare to live with. But are we in the Reformed camp unwittingly giving unnecessary offense by our attitudes and actions when we uphold our convictions? No doubt that is true of some on many occasions and perhaps of many on some occasions. That still does not justify the misrepresentations because the 9th commandment doesn't have an exception clause attached to it.
Here is an initial attempt at understanding all of this. I think Dr. Caner is alarmed by the worst that he has seen in Calvinism and Calvinists. Further, I believe that he is fully convinced by his reading of Scripture that those who are reformed are simply wrong about moral inability, unconditional election, definite atonement and effectual calling. What I am not certain about is this: does he think that the strident, repulsive image of Calvinism that some Fundamentalists construct is inherent to the actual doctrinal convictions of reformed theology or is it an aberration of it? At this point I genuinely don't know the answer to that question, though the caricatures are so clear to me that the answer is obvious.
A third reason I call attention to this article is because confuses categories and definitions in ways that I find terribly unhelpful to honest diaologue. For example, Caner says this:
The real problem we face is a new form of Hyper Calvinism, that I call "Neo-Calvinism." Neo-Calvinists are not just "hyper;" they are obsessed.
He goes on to make this point of "clarification:"
So I will not be misunderstood, let me define the term. A Neo-Calvinist is a Hyper Calvinist with a twist. He cannot discuss anything without referencing Calvinism. For the "Neo-Calvinist," you are either Reformed, or you are teaching heresy. It is the prism through which every doctrine is filtered.
First, it is if Calvinism is being judged along a continuum with "hyper" to the right and "neo" to the far right–like someone who is "really, really, serious about his Calvinism." Of course, his use of "neo" notwithstanding, this is historically inaccurate. Hyper-Calvinism has a history. It can be defined. It is not Calvinism on steroids. As Spurgeon said, speaking of Calvinists, it is not that we believe any less than those who are hyper, we believe more. We believe in duty-faith and repentance. We believe in the absolute responsibility of unbelievers to trust Christ and be saved. When "hyper-Calvinism" is thrown around without distinguishing it from evangelical Calvinism, understanding is not advanced, confusion is.
Additionally, Dr. Caner's 5-fold definition of what he calls "neo-Calvinism" (hyper-Calvinism) is unhelpful.
1. "Double Predesitination." Calvin believed this. Are we to label him a hyper-Calvinist? John Bunyan believed this. Is he a "neo-Calvinist?"
2. "Not all babies who die go to heaven. They do not say outright that 'non-elect babies who die go to hell.' They simply say that they leave such issues to the sovereignty of God. This raises the issue of the very nature of God, doesn't it?" Yes it does raise that issue, which is exactly the point, from my perspective. God is "too wise to be mistaken, too good to be unkind." The cross proves this beyond all doubt. For the record, I have never heard anyone argue that any baby that died in infancy went to hell. What I and others have said is that God has not told us clearly in His Word how all that works. We bow in humility and leave what He has not chosen to reveal in His all-wise, all-loving hands. This, it seems to me, is far better than trying to equate theologically the nature of a child with the nature of a dog (check the 6th bullet point)–neither of which are accountable to God for sin.
3. "God's "love for mankind" must be redefined." Not "redefined," but simply defined. There is a reason D.A. Carson named his book, The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God. Passages that speak of God hating sinners were not surreptitiously edited into the Bible by "neo-Calvinists." We must deal with those texts along side the ones that speak of God's universal love and grace.
4. "Invitations are an insult to the sovereignty of God. Disturbing as this may sound, some ministers of this stripe have stopped giving invitations in their services." Here Dr. Caner equates "altar call" with "invitation." The Gospel cannot be preached without an invitation because the call to come to Christ is inherent in the message. The fact that some Calvinists do not want to use the altar call system, what we might call "neo-invitationalism," should not be misconstrued to suggest that they are against inviting people to Christ. In addition, Rick Warren does not use an "invitation" and teaches against it. Should he also be labeled a hyper-Calvinist?
5. "Calvinism is the only Gospel." Granted, Spurgeon did say that Calvinism is the Gospel. But anyone who has read his sermons or books knows that by that he did not mean that simply articulating the 5 points is proclaiming the Gospel. I think Dr. Caner has a point here. When Calvinists quote Spurgeon on this it tends to confuse as much as clarify. As my own concerns over the loss of the Gospel in our churches has grown in recent years I have become more careful not to speak like this, and here is the reason why. I know of Calvinists who preach careful doctrine but who do not preach Christ so well. And the Gospel is all about Jesus Christ, who He is, what He has done and why that matters.
Dr. Caner appeals uncritically to the Anabaptists as his spiritual forbears in distinction to the magisterial reformers. I will let that historical debate slide for the moment. But I found much with which to agree in this paragraph:
In our history, Free Church believers have never been adherents to one particular system or philosophy. We certainly have not been locked to a scholastic movement that was formed by men. We are Biblicists. We believe the Bible is inerrant, not because a particular creed forces us to do so, but because we see Scripture as plain on that issue. We are adamant that Jesus Christ — virgin-born, living a sinless life, crucified, buried, physically resurrected and soon returning — is the only Savior because the Bible states it, regardless of the whims and wishes of men.
Of course, the existence of both the Particular Baptists (Calvinists) and General Baptists (Arminian) betrays his first sentence, but his main point is well-taken. It is precisely because we are a people of the book that we should be willing to look honestly and rigorously at what that book says. And wherever and however we disagree on other points, we must all agree on the exclusivity of Jesus Christ as the Savior of sinners.
Near the beginning of the article Dr. Caner makes these statements:
I am not a Hyper Calvinist. I am not an Arminian.
I am a Baptist, ….
Though I am under no delusions that we mean the same things by these terms, I can also affirm those statements. I am not a hyper-Calvinist. I am not an Arminian. I am a Baptist, a historic Southern Baptist, which means I am committed to the reformed, Calvinistic understanding of salvation.
Final note: My treatment of this article is not an invitation to take shots at Dr. Caner in the comments. Engage his arguments, raise questions, objections or agreements, offer clarifications or support, but do not attack his person.


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POPLARVILLE – Dr. Pamela Jones brings a deeply-held personal interest to her presentation as the recipient of the Humanities Teacher of the Year Award at Pearl River Community College.
Jones discussed "Dyslexia and the Music Student" on Oct. 25 at Malone Chapel on the Poplarville campus.
A music instructor at PRCC in Poplarville, she has appeared in numerous stage productions in the Hattiesburg area. But it is her experience with her 12-year-old son, who is dyslexic, that sparked her interest in the topic.
"Most people think that dyslexia only affects a person's ability to read, but it can make it very difficult for a person studying music as well," she said. "Students who have dyslexia have difficulty decoding symbols when they read. Music consists of symbols, so they have trouble remembering the note names, for example.
"It's very frustrating. It's also hard for them to count, to learn rhythm. It's hard for singers because it's difficult to read the words and read the music at the same time."
Despite the difficulty, studying music can be very beneficial to a dyslexic student, a topic under study by the National Institutes of Health, she said.
"When my own son started taking piano, his reading scores shot up several grade levels," Jones said. "It's helped him tremendously in processing information."
The Mississippi Humanities Council annually honors teachers from all regions of the state with the award. Each honoree receives a $500 honorarium and presents a special lecture in his or her discipline to the community.
"Dr. Jones is an exceptional example of an instructor staying current in her chosen field," said Dr. Martha Lou Smith, vice president for general education and technology services. "Not only is she active in performance and professional organizations, she explores ways in which to enhnace the learning experience of her students."
Jones teaches voice, music appreciation and theory lab at PRCC. She holds an associate's degree from Jones County Junior College and the bachelor of music education and the master of music in vocal performance degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi.
She spent a year studying voice, opera and Italian language in Italy as an International Rotary Foundation graduate scholar and earned a diploma in Italian language from the L'Universitá Italiana per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy. Upon returning to the United States, she attended the University of Maryland, College Park where she completed the acclaimed Maryland Opera Studio program and received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Vocal Performance and Literature.
While living in the Washington, D.C. area, Jones was a finalist in the National Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition, appeared on the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Young Performers' Recital Series and received the Maryland Governor's Award for Excellence twice. She has appeared in numerous concerts and recitals in the U.S. and Italy.
Jones has appeared with the Hattiesburg Civic Light Opera as Anna in The King and I, Elsa in The Sound of Music and Jenny Lind in Barnum. With Southern Opera and Musical Theatre, she performed the lead role in Susannah, Frasquita in Carmen, and a lead role in It's a Grand Night for Singing. She attends Trinity Episcopal Church where she sings in the choir. Jones is a Pokémon League Leader and former Rome, Italy Pokémon champion.
She and her husband, Luigi Zaninelli, have one son, Gian Luigi.


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Turns out, I may have to amend that a little.
Realistic? No. Creepy as all get-out? Ohhh yes. Little sweet pea here has a face only a stocking-clad bank robber could love - and may, in fact, be related to the giraffe family.
Disaster can also strike when a baker takes a cutesy saying just a little too literally:
And finally, this one proves that a cake doesn't have to have an edible baby on it to give people the willies:
Yep, when you see something like this you reeeally have to stop and think: Why oh why didn't they stop with the bassinet? It looks like Ashlyn is encased in icing Han Solo style.
Thanks Michelle B. & Julie Anne D.; these babies are reeeally something.
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Paul Beau House - Cognac Producer in the heart of the Grande Champagne
Regularely awarded in the competitions, the Paul Beau House is a family Cognac Producer settled in Segonzac, in the heart of the Grande Champagne, first cru of Cognac.
Since the end of 19th century, generations are succeeding one after the other on the domain which is now 100 ha. Most eaux-de-vie are sold to the 'big Houses', but since more than thirty years, a part of the production is sold in bottles with the Paul Beau brand.
Paul Beau received the 2010 Excellence Prize at Paris Agriculture Show, as a reward for the global quality of the production of the House during the last three years !Paul Beau was also awarded the Excellence Prize 2012 at Concours Général Agricole in Paris.
Winegrower based in Segonzac in the heart of the Grande Champagne region
Unfortunately, this winegrower has stopped his activity...
Find all our Grande Champagne cognacs on our website !
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7 - Charlotte (will finish #1)
15 - Washington (will finish #2)
19 - New Orleans (Memphis, Houston, LAC, Golden State, Houston)
20 - Sacramento (San Antonio, Oklahoma, Charlotte, Oklahoma, LAL)
20 - Cleveland (Philadelphia, NY, San Antonio, Memphis, Washington, Chicago)
22 - Toronto (Miami, Detroit, Milwaukee, NJ)
22 - New Jersey (NY, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Toronto)
22 - Golden State (LAL, Dallas, Houston, Minnesota, New Orleans, San Antonio)
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