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My books, My links, My Next Hop, & a Smile
Posted on February 18, 2013 by ~RoseAnderson
The Swept Away Hop is over and over 100 new visitors stopped by my blog. Tomorrow I'll sort through the comments and pick a winner for my kindle copy of The Witchy Wolf and the Wendigo. You'll hear from me … Continue reading →
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Get Swept Away — You'll LOVE Reading Rose!
Posted on February 17, 2013 by ~RoseAnderson
It's the last day of the Swept Away Valentine Blog Hop! Follow this link for one more chance to meet over 140 authors and have a chance to win the prizes given away on each of their blogs. As always, … Continue reading →
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Swept Away with Love at First Sight
Posted on February 16, 2013 by ~RoseAnderson
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Swept Away with a Kiss
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Being Swept Away!
Posted on February 14, 2013 by ~RoseAnderson
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My books, My links, a Cup of Tea, & a Smile.
Posted on February 12, 2013 by ~RoseAnderson
The Heartbreaker Hop is over and a few new visitors stopped by my blog. Tomorrow I'll sort through the comments and pick a winner for my ebook. You'll hear from me if you've won. Thanks for participating everyone! Follow this … Continue reading →
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Oh Those Heartbreakers
Posted on February 7, 2013 by ~RoseAnderson
After a short hiatus filled with guest spots and interviews, book covers, and wrapping up a sequel, I'm back to the blog and taking part in the Heartbreaker Blog Hop this week. This looks like a fun one. :) The … Continue reading →
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Kimberly H. La Grange
Meis Student Development Center Director
|Kimberly Hendricks La Grange is the Coordinator of the Student Development Center. She is a 1986 Magna Cum Laude graduate of ISU with degrees in Management and Business Administration. La Grange also earned her Master of Business Administration from ISU in 1993. La Grange is responsible for designing and implementing programs and initiatives to meet the career development needs of Scott College of Business students. She also serves as an instructor in the College. La Grange has over twenty years' experience as human resource management professional. In addition to her role at Indiana State University, La Grange is the founder and president of Prime Resources, Inc., a human resources consulting and leadership development firm which has been operating since 1997. She currently serves as Indiana State Director of College Relations for the Society for Human Resource Management.
Rebecca Wray
Gongaware Center Assistant Director
|Rebecca Wray is the Assistant Director of the Gongaware Center for Insurance and Financial Services. She is a 2005 graduate of ISU with degrees in Insurance and Risk Management and Finance. Wray earned her Master of Business Administration from ISU in 2007. Wray directs initiatives designed to enhance the career preparation of students and augments related industry partnerships in the financial services disciplines supported by the Gongaware Center. Her duties include directing activities related to scholarship programs, student recruiting and mentoring, student activities, career development, internships, and job placement. She has been a licensed associate for Nationwide Insurance since 2004, mainly focusing on personal lines property and casualty insurance, and has been an instructor the Scott College of Business since summer 2007.
Kaitlin Diel
Assistant Director, MSDC
|Kaitlin Diel is assistant director in the Meis Student Development Center.
Sara Williams
Marketing Faculty
|Sara Green Williams is a full-time faculty member for the Scott College of Business, teaching marketing at Indiana State University. She earned a B.B.A. with a concentration in Marketing from East Tennessee State University in 2003 and a Master of Marketing Research from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, in 2004. After completing her M.M.R., Williams worked several years with U30 Group, Inc., a full-service marketing research company based out of Knoxville, TN. While there, she managed several major clients and lead research projects for clients including Jockey, MTV, Hanes, and Nick Digital. Her rich experience in the marketing research field led her to accept a teaching position at Indiana State in the Fall of 2007. While continuing to teach, Williams has recently joined the Student Development Center team. Her job responsibilities include: working with the team to coordinate programs and events aimed at student professional development, serving as a presenter for marketing-related topics, and offering one-on-one support to students looking to grow in their professional development.
Ashley Layman
|Ashley Layman is Operations Manager of the Student Development Center. She graduated from Indiana State in 2007, earning degrees in Management Information Systems and Business Administration. Ashley also completed her Master of Business Administration from ISU in 2008. Currently, Ashley also works in the Dean's Office of the Scott College of Business as Special Assistant to the Dean.
Rebecca Hallisey
Peer Assistant
|Rebecca Hallisey is the Meis Student Development Center Marketing Peer Assistant. Rebecca is a Senior graduating in May with a double major in Marketing and Management. She is a member of the Networks Professional Development Program, a Networks Scholar, a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda Honor Society, and Master of Rituals for Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity. Rebecca is also a Student Ambassador in the Office of Admissions.
Sarah Helman
Analytics Specialist
|Sarah Helman is the Meis Student Development Center Analytics Specialist. She is a junior Insurance and Risk Management Major from Terre Haute, Indiana. She is on the executive board of Chi Omega and a member of Gamma Iota Sigma Professional Insurance Fraternity as well as Sycamore Ambassadors.
Kelsey Hiland
Graduate Assistant
|Kelsey Hiland is the Graduate Assistant at the Meis Student Development Center. She is a 2010 Summa Cum Laude graduate of ISU with a degree in Business Management and a minor in Financial Services. She is currently completing her Master of Business Administration at ISU and plans to graduate in December 2013. Before returning to grad school, Kelsey worked in nonprofit management.

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There probably have not been 10 teams in all of baseball history that were quite as hopeless as the 2009 Washington Nationals. They lost 103 games - the second year in a row that they lost 100 - and were the worst team in baseball.
But it was worse than that. The Nationals had just moved into a new park a year earlier ... and nobody in the nation's capital seemed to care. They were 13th in the National League in attendance. Their television ratings appeared to be a misprint. The Nationals averaged just 12,000 homes. That's "Wayne's World" territory. And that was WAY UP from what their ratings in 2008.
But it was worse than that. Their farm system was seemingly barren. Baseball America ranked them 21st among the 30 teams. They did not have a single prospect ranked in anybody's Top 30. The future seemed about as hopeless as the present.
But it was worse than that. The present wasn't just hopeless, it was hideous.
Their best player, Adam Dunn, was so bad defensively in left field and at first base that despite hitting 38 homers and posting a .398 on-base percentage, the Wins Above Replacement (WAR) statistic still rated him worse than a replacement player (his minus-43 fielding runs is the worst fielding performance in baseball history).
The pitching staff's 5.00 ERA was the worst in the National League. The starting pitching was such an irreparable mess that, in desperation, they signed 34-year-old Livan Hernandez, who had pitched for five teams the previous four years. And one of those teams was the Washington Nationals.
When it gets this bad, what do you do? Where do you even begin? And how does it then become baseball's best team in three years?
"Step by step, without skipping steps," GM Mike Rizzo says.
Can it really come down to a simple cliche?
* * *
Mike Rizzo spent 12 years on the road as a baseball scout in the Upper Midwest back in the 1980s and '90s. Who knows what a baseball scout thinks about as he drives along those long roads up in Iowa and and Minnesota and Michigan looking for ballplayers? All Rizzo ever really wanted to do was play ball. It was what his father, Phil, wanted to do before he became a baseball scout. In fact, it was Phil who told his son that the dream was over, that he just wasn't good enough to play in the big leagues, that he needed to find a different way to stay in the game.
So for 12 long years, Mike did what his father did. He drove those wet and icy roads of the Upper Midwest, enduring the frost, predicting the rain, showing up at muddy fields in the hopes of seeing any game at all, much less a fastball with good sink or a shortstop with range. Rizzo never claimed to be able to see what other scouts could not. But over time, sure, he picked up a few things. He developed a few theories about the game. He came to believe that the best ballplayers - the WINNING ballplayers - combined two things: Talent and attitude.
The Washington Nationals' rise began in June of 2009, when Rizzo was still the interim general manager. They had the first pick in the draft - and it was a good year to have that pick because one of the most exciting young pitchers in baseball history, Stephen Strasburg, was coming out of San Diego State. The Nationals took him, of course. And with the 10th pick, they took another college pitcher, Drew Storen. They liked his makeup.
To give you an idea of where the Nationals were at that time, here was their most used lineup of 2009.
- Anderson Hernandez, 2B
- Nick Johnson, 1B
- Ryan Zimmerman, 3B
- Adam Dunn, LF
- Elijah Dukes, CF
- Austin Kearns, RF
- Jesus Flores, c
- Alberto Gonzalez, SS
Um ... yeah. Rizzo realized pretty quickly that of those players (and other regulars like Cristian Guzman and Josh Willingham), only Ryan Zimmerman - the Nationals' first-round pick in 2005 - was good enough to play every day for a winning National League team (Dunn's bat was good enough, but only in the American League, where he could be DH). The news was no better on the pitching staff - only 2007 draft picks Ross Detwiler and Jordan Zimmermann seemed good enough.
So Rizzo went to work. Nick Johnson and Anderson Hernandez were traded away just before Rizzo was officially named GM in August. Dukes: Released. Kearns: Granted free agency. Cristian Guzman: Traded. Josh Willingham: Traded. Adam Dunn: Granted free agency. Pitcher after pitcher was let go. It was a two-year flurry. As Rizzo told a friend, he was getting rid of the untalented and the a-------.
"We had a plan," Rizzo says. "We knew that we had a lot of work to do. We weren't going to be able to build it one way. We needed to acquire as much talent as we could and in as many ways as we could acquire that talent. Trades. Free agency. The draft. Everywhere."
"Let me tell you something about Mike Rizzo," Nationals manager Davey Johnson says. "I don't think the guy ever sleeps."
As Theo Epstein will tell you, when you're a general manager for a terrible team, you are really fighting two battles. The first battle you're fighting is the battle to get the major league team better immediately. That might sound obvious, but it really isn't obvious at all. The stuff you do at the beginning is mostly cosmetic. You can't turn around a terrible team by picking up a few free agents, and every GM knows it. But you do some shuffling anyway, just to create a little bit of excitement, to win a few more games and, most of all, to provide some cover while the REAL rebuilding happens.
So, Rizzo did that. The Nationals acquired a few short-term players. They signed future Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodriguez, and they signed former ALCS MVP Adam Kennedy, and they signed closer Matt Capps and starter Jason Marquis. None of this was going to make the Nationals winners and Rizzo knew it. It was all a bit of misdirection while they attacked the real problem which was, well, everything.
First, the Nationals made Ian Desmond the shortstop. Desmond was never considered much of a prospect in the minor leagues. He was a third-round pick back in 2004, and he had bounced around the minors, showing some speed, but he spent most of his time making outs (he hit .259 in his minor league career) and errors (averaging more than 30 per season).
The Nationals liked him despite all these things. He was tough. He seemed to get better the better the competition (his best minor league season was when he went up to Class AAA and hit .354 ... and he hit a double and homer in his first big league game). So, in 2010, the Nationals made Desmond the every day shortstop. That meant they had him at short and Zimmerman at third. The left side of the infield, anyways, was coming together.
Meanwhile, they had Strasburg absolutely blowing people away in the minor leagues (Strasburg came up to make one of the most hyped appearances ever for a rookie). And in June, with the first pick, they selected phenom Bryce Harper, who had been on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a 16-year-old.
Well ... it was a start.
* * *
The Nationals got both lucky and unlucky during their astonishing climb. They were certainly lucky that the two years they had the first pick in the draft happened to be the years that Strasburg and Bryce Harper were available. In this way, the Nationals were like the Seattle Mariners of the 1990s, who had the first pick the years that Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez happened to be available.
But Rizzo knew from the beginning: The Nationals would have to make their own luck. Strasburg - though he was handled very carefully - blew out his elbow after only 12 starts and required Tommy John surgery.
The Nationals went to work in the free-agent market. Their big move was spending $126 million to get Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth, who was coming off an MVP-type season, when he led the league in doubles and scored 106 runs. They gave a huge contract to first baseman Adam LaRoche, who had hit 25 homers for Arizona, and they also signed Rick Ankiel and Matt Stairs.
All these moves were generally criticized when they were made, and they looked pretty disastrous in 2011, particularly the Werth signing. He hit .232, his slugging percentage dropped 150 or so points, it wasn't good.
But the big league club was getting better anyway. Another lightly regarded infield prospect, Danny Espinosa, became the team's every day second baseman and despite a serious strikeout problem, he flashed some power (21 homers), speed (17 stolen bases) and defense. Mike Morse, who Rizzo had acquired back when he was interim GM, banged 31 home runs.
On the pitching side, Jordan Zimmermann emerged as a top-end starter and Detwiler, who was drafted the same year, was showing signs of doing the same. Storen became the team's young closer, saving 43 games. Rizzo traded for young catcher Wilson Ramos, who hit 15 homers. A pitching holdover, Tyler Clippard, proved to be dominating in the pen. And all the while, Strasburg's recovery was going faster and better than expected and Harper was stirring things up in the minors with his talent and force of will.
In the middle of the year, manager Jim Riggleman made a stand by resigning just as the Nationals were in one of their hottest ever streaks, having won 11 of 12. Riggleman wanted to talk about the team picking up his 2012 option. The team did not want to to talk about. "I'm too old to be disrespected," Riggleman said on his way out the door.
And that's when Rizzo hired Johnson to be the Nationals new manager.
You see how quickly it turned? In 2009, they had two Zimmerman(n)s - Ryan and Jordan - and pretty much nothing else.
Going into the 2012 season, suddenly the Nationals had a young infield with established star Ryan Zimmerman at third, a young and promising double-play combination of Ian Desmond and Danny Espinosa, and a pretty good hitting first baseman in Adam LaRoche. How did that happen?
The outfield, which had been an ugly mess in 2009, was suddenly looking very promising. They had Werth, who HAD to rebound from that terrible season and Mike Morse, who was coming off a big year. And everyone knew that Harper wasn't too far away.
The pitching staff suddenly had three good young pitchers - Zimmermann, Detwiler and Strasburg, who had recovered so fast he actually made five starts at the end of the 2011 season. The bullpen was loaded with good young arms. And then Rizzo made a deal with Oakland, acquiring left-handed starter Gio Gonzalez, who had been an All-Star in 2011. And he signed Edwin Jackson, who everyone had been expecting to become a dominant pitcher since he was 19 years old. Now, they had a starting staff that could match up with just about any team.
And, of course, they were now managed by Johnson, who had guided three different organizations to the postseason.
"I have to tell you," Rizzo says, "we knew coming into 2011 that we were a good baseball team. I won't say we knew how good, but we thought that we could contend for the postseason, especially with the adding of another wild-card [game]."
It had happened so fast that nobody had time to get used to the idea of the Washington Nationals being a good baseball team. But they were. The Nationals weren't exactly "lucky" in 2012. Ryan Zimmerman was dealing with something early in the season and was hitting .218 with no power in late June. Werth rebounded, but in early May he broke his wrist and missed three months. Wilson Ramos tore his ACL that same month. And their decision to limit Strasburg's innings would prove to be a year-long distraction.
But the Nationals were now so good, they didn't have to be lucky. They could overcome injuries and distractions. The pitching was overwhelming. They led the National League in ERA. Strasburg made just 28 starts before being shut down, but he struck out 11 batters per nine innings and righties hit just .185 against him. Gio Gonzalez actually led all qualifying starters in strikeouts per nine innings (9.3) and finished third in the Cy Young balloting. Jordan Zimmermann posted a 2.94 ERA, Detwiler established himself by the end of the year. It was a brilliant staff. And all four of them were 27 or younger.
And Bryce Harper arrived. He became the first 19 year-old in more than two decades to play every day in the big leagues (going back to Griffey). And he was quite possibly the best 19-year-old hitter in big league history, certainly the best since Mel Ott. He banged 22 homers (the most since Tony Conigliaro's 24 in 1964), stole 18 bases (most for a 19-year-old since Ty Cobb) and he slugged .643 in September.
The Nationals won 98 games and had the best record in baseball.
Still, it wasn't perfect.
The Nationals and Rizzo announced their intention early to stop pitching Strasburg after 160 or so innings in order to protect him after his Tommy John surgery. For months leading up to the shutdown - especially as it became clear that Washington was playoff bound - Rizzo was criticized and questioned, called a pawn of Strasburg's agent, Scott Boras, and old again and again that he was doing a terrible disservice to his team and the player. There were some who suggested Strasburg should essentially revolt and refuse to be shut down.
"Was it hard shutting down Strasburg with the team playing so well?" I ask Rizzo.
"It wasn't hard," Rizzo said. I look at him with my most dubious look - the look that is supposed to represent "Come on, be serious here" - and Rizzo caught it and smiled.
"It wasn't," he said. "We had a plan coming in. We were sticking to the plan. I mean, look, the plan was working."
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Davey Johnson laughs at the offer. I ask him if he's concerned at all about the expectations coming into this year. He says no, he's THRILLED about the expectations, THRILLED that people think the Washington Nationals are a good baseball team. He says that's one of the reasons you play - to be acknowledged as the best.
"So," I say, "You have a choice: You would rather coming into a season with all the expectations and attention than come in flying below the radar?"
"Amen," Johnson says.
They have it. All of it. Everybody's picking the Nationals to win in 2013. Not only were they the best team in baseball last season, they seemingly got better in the offseason. Rizzo doesn't sleep. He traded for Denard Span, who will bat leadoff, play center field and, in the words of Rizzo, "allow Bryce to play left field every day and just focus on getting better as a ballplayer."
Rizzo also signed starter Dan Haren, a three time All-Star, to fill in as the fourth or fifth starter, and Rafael Soriano to close games and free some of the great young arms like Storen and Clippard to pitch in other situations.
It's miraculous, really. Rizzo and the Nationals have turned over 21 of the 25 players from 2009 - only the two Zimmerman(n)s, Detwiler and Clippard survive - and they have built a team that seems without weakness. They hit. They hit with power. Rizzo expects them to be above average defensively at every position. They have amazing starting pitching. Their bullpen is loaded. You know you are in good shape when the pressing question of spring training is, "Do you plan on keeping a second lefty in the bullpen?"
How good can the Nationals be? Well, just as a starting point, you can ask how good Stephen Strasburg and Harper are going to be.
Harper ... there's no predicting his season because you have to go back 50 years to find a 19-year-old who played as well as he did last year. Mel Ott, if you want a comparison, hit .328 with 42 homers as a 20-year-old. Harper, as if anticipating that, has hit .476 with three homers and five stolen bases in spring training. So there's that.
Those were the two superstars that the Nationals drafted. They are unlimited. It would surprise absolutely nobody if they end up the season as Cy Young winner and MVP. But this Nationals team is so good, even if both of them had hugely disappointing seasons ...
"Oh yeah, Washington is still the best team in baseball," one fellow GM says. "You can take away Harper. You can take away Strasburg. Heck, you can take away Soriano too. It doesn't matter. That team is so deep - Mike did an unbelievable job. I mean, sure, if Zimmerman got hurt, that would be tough. If Desmond got hurt, look, it's a long season and anything can happen. Look at what happened to Philadelphia after they got all those great starting pitchers. But going in, Washington is the best team."
Look back at that 2009 team one more time and ask yourself: How the heck did this happen?
"Step by step, without skipping steps," Rizzo says. A cliche, sure, but it's exactly right. When a man doesn't sleep and an organization doesn't skip steps, amazing things can happen.
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Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Edinburgh has been the Scottish capital since the 15th century. It has two distinct areas: the Old Town, dominated by a medieval fortress; and the neoclassical New Town, whose development from the 18th century onwards had a far-reaching influence on European urban planning. The harmonious juxtaposition of these two contrasting historic areas, each with many important buildings, is what gives the city its unique character.
Vieille ville et Nouvelle ville d'Edimbourg
Capitale de l'Écosse depuis le XVe siècle, Édimbourg offre le double visage d'une vieille ville dominée par une forteresse médiévale et d'une ville nouvelle néoclassique dont l'aménagement, à partir du XVIIIe siècle, exerça une profonde influence sur l'urbanisme européen. Le voisinage harmonieux de ces deux ensembles urbains si contrastés, riches chacun en bâtiments de grande valeur, confère à la ville son caractère unique.
مدينتا ادينبرة القديمة والجديدة
تقدّم مدينة ادينبرة التي اصبحت عاصمة اسكتلنده في القرن الخامس عشر الوجه المزدوج لمدينة قديمة تشرف عليها قلعة من القرون الوسطى ومدينة جديدة نيوكلاسيكية خلّف تنظيمها منذ القرن الثامن عشر تأثيراً عميقاً في التتنظيم المدني الأوروبي. ويضفي هذا التجاور المتناغم لمدينتين شديدتي التناقض وغنيتين بأبنية قيّمة طابعاً فريداً على المدينة.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: UNESCO/ERI
Старый город и Новый город в Эдинбурге
Эдинбург, начиная с XV в., является столицей Шотландии. Здесь находятся две ярко выраженных территории: Старый город с доминирующей над ним средневековой крепостью и Новый город в стиле классицизма, развивающийся с XVIII в. и оказавший большое влияние на градостроительство в Европе. Гармоничное соединение этих двух контрастирующих исторических территорий, имеющих большое число выдающихся зданий, придает городу уникальность.
source: UNESCO/ERI
Ciudad vieja y ciudad nueva de Edimburgo
Capital de Escocia desde el siglo XV, Edimburgo ofrece la doble faz de su ciudad antigua, dominada por una fortaleza medieval, y de su ciudad nueva, construida en estilo neoclásico a partir del siglo XVIII. El trazado de esta última ejerció una gran influencia en el urbanismo de otras ciudades europeas. La abundancia de edificios de gran valor en estas dos zonas históricas tan diferentes, así como su armoniosa yuxtaposición, confieren a la ciudad su carácter único.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: NFUAJ
Oude en Nieuwe stad Edinburgh
Sinds de 15e eeuw is Edinburgh de hoofdstad van Schotland. Het heeft twee verschillende gebieden: de Oude stad, gedomineerd door een middeleeuwse vesting en de neoklassieke Nieuwe stad. De architectuurkwaliteit hiervan zette de standaard voor Schotland en daarbuiten en oefende in de 18e en 19e eeuw grote invloed uit op de ontwikkeling van de stedelijke architectuur en stedenbouw in heel Europa. Het contrast tussen de organische middeleeuwse Oude stad en de geplande Georgische Nieuwe stad laat een in Europa ongeëvenaarde helderheid van stedelijke structuur zien. De twee contrasterende stadsgezichten liggen harmonieus naast elkaar, verbonden door het stedelijk viaduct North Bridge en de Mound.
Source: unesco.nl
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
The remarkable juxtaposition of two clearly articulated urban planning phenomena. The contrast between the organic medieval Old Town and the planned Georgian New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland, provides a clarity of urban structure unrivalled in Europe. The juxtaposition of these two distinctive townscapes, each of exceptional historic and architectural interest, which are linked across the landscape divide, the "great arena" of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Valley, by the urban viaduct, North Bridge, and by the Mound, creates the outstanding urban landscape.
The Old Town stretches along a high ridge from the Castle on its dramatically situated rock down to the Palace of Holyrood. Its form reflects the burgage plots of the Canongate, founded as an "abbatial burgh" dependent on the Abbey of Holyrood, and the national tradition of building tall on the narrow "tofts" or plots separated by lanes or "closes" which created some of the world's tallest buildings of their age, the dramatic, robust, and distinctive tenement buildings. It contains many 16th and 17th century merchants' and nobles' houses such as the early 17th century restored mansion house of Gladstone's Land which rises to six storeys, and important early public buildings such as the Canongate Tolbooth and St Giles Cathedral.
The Old Town is characterized by the survival of the little-altered medieval "fishbone" street pattern of narrow closes, wynds, and courts leading off the spine formed by the High Street, the broadest, longest street in the Old Town, with a sense of enclosed space derived from its width, the height of the buildings lining it, and the small scale of any breaks between them.
The New Town, constructed between 1767 and 1890 as a collection of seven new towns on the glacial plain to the north of the Old Town, is framed and articulated by an uncommonly high concentration of planned ensembles of ashlar-faced, world-class, neo-classical buildings, associated with renowned architects, including John and Robert Adam (1728-92), Sir William Chambers (1723-96), and William Playfair (1790-1857). Contained and integrated with the townscape are gardens, designed to take full advantage of the topography, while forming an extensive system of private and public open spaces. The New Town is integrated with large green spaces. It covers a very large area of 3,288 ha, is consistent to an unrivalled degree, and survives virtually intact.
Some of the finest public and commercial monuments of the New-classical revival in Europe survive in the city, reflecting its continuing status as the capital of Scotland since 1437, and a major centre of thought and learning in the 18th century Age of Enlightenment, with its close cultural and political links with mainland Europe.
The successive planned extensions from the first New Town, and the high quality of the architecture, set standards for Scotland and beyond, and exerted a major influence on the development of urban architecture and town planning throughout Europe.
The dramatic topography of the Old Town combined with the planned alignments of key buildings in both the Old and the New Town, results in spectacular views and panoramas and an iconic skyline.
The renewal and revival of the Old Town in the late 19th century, and the adaptation of the distinctive Baronial style of building for use in an urban environment, influenced the development of conservation policies for urban environments.
Criterion (ii): The successive planned extensions of the New Town, and the high quality of its architecture, set standards for Scotland and beyond, and exerted a major influence on the development of urban architecture and town planning throughout Europe, in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Criterion (iv): The Old and New Towns together form a dramatic reflection of significant changes in European urban planning, from the inward looking, defensive walled medieval city of royal palaces, abbeys and organically developed burgage plots in the Old Town, through the expansive formal Enlightenment planning of the 18th and 19th centuries in the New Town, to the 19th century rediscovery and revival of the Old Town with its adaptation of a distinctive Baronial style of architecture in an urban setting.
The property encompasses significant town-planning components, including layout, buildings, open spaces and views, that demonstrate the distinctiveness between the organic growth of the Old Town and the planned terraces and squares of the New Town with the wide landscaped valley between. Overall the property forms a remarkably consistent and coherent entity which has developed and adapted over time. It has largely preserved its skyline and extensive views in and out of the property, although as with any modern, living city these have altered and developed over time, while preserving the key attributes of Outstanding Universal Value within the property. The vulnerability of the skyline and the views in and out of the property has been addressed by the introduction of a Skyline Policy.
The level of authenticity in Edinburgh is high. Individually the high-quality buildings of all dates have been conserved to a high standard and the layout of streets and squares maintain their intactness. The property also continues to retain its historic role as the administrative and cultural capital of Scotland, while remaining a vibrant economic centre.
Protection and management requirements
World Heritage properties in Scotland are protected through the following legislation. The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 and The Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 provide a framework for local and regional planning policy and act as the principal primary legislation guiding planning and development in Scotland. Additionally, individual buildings, monuments and areas of special archaeological or historic interest are designated and protected under The Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 and the 1979 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act. The Old Town, New Town, Dean Village and West End Conservation Areas provide adequate protection by covering the majority of the World Heritage property, whilst around 75% of buildings within the property are category A, B or C listed buildings.
The Scottish Historic Environment Policy (SHEP) is the primary policy guidance on the protection and management of the historic environment in Scotland. Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) sits alongside the SHEP and includes the Government's national planning policy on the historic environment. It provides for the protection of World Heritage properties by considering the impact of development on the Outstanding Universal Value, authenticity and integrity. Local policies specifically protecting the property are contained within The City of Edinburgh Local Plan and cite the Management Plan as a material consideration for decisions on planning matters. The immediate setting of the property is protected by a Skyline Policy that has been adopted by City of Edinburgh Council. This defines key views across the city with the aim of providing planning control that will safeguard them. This control of tall buildings that might impact on the city centre provides appropriate protection to the setting of the property, safeguarding its world-renown silhouette and views from the property outwards to such crucial topographic features as Arthur's Seat and the Firth of Forth. The Skyline policy combined with existing listed buildings and conservation area designations provides a comprehensive and sophisticated tool to protect the Outstanding Universal Value of the property. This method of protection is being monitored on an ongoing basis.
Management of the property is indirectly influenced by a large number of organisations, communities and interest groups. The Management Plan was the subject of detailed stakeholder engagement, the results of which informed its vision, objectives and actions. The property is a living capital city centre. It has a rich cultural and intellectual life, which is part of its Outstanding Universal Value and which is vital to sustain. This rich cultural life, in such a magnificent setting, attracts tourists in great numbers. An Edinburgh Tourism Strategy acknowledges the value of World Heritage status in its strategic priorities for managing a world class city.
Historic Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council work closely on the management of the property. Edinburgh World Heritage was established by the City of Edinburgh Council and Historic Scotland through a merger between the Edinburgh New Town Conservation Committee and the Edinburgh Old Town Renewal Trust. Its role includes promoting the property, grant dispersal and community engagement across the property. It is also a key partner in the execution of the Management Plan. The World Heritage Site Co-ordinator is responsible for coordinating the implementation of the Management Plan.
Long Description
The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh are a remarkable blend of the urban phenomena of organic medieval growth and 18th- and 19th-century town planning. The successive planned extensions of the New Town and the high quality of the architecture set standards for Scotland and beyond.
Edinburgh has been the Scottish capital since the 15th century, and it has two distinct areas: the Old Town, dominated by a medieval fortress built by King David I in the 12th century, and the neoclassical New Town, whose development from the 18th century onwards had a far-reaching influence on European urban planning.
During wars against the English in the 14th century, just one building was spared from destruction: the Chapel of St Margaret, built by King Malcolm III, within the destroyed medieval military fortress. The Castle Rock bore the core of the town, with the neo-Gothic tower of the Tolbooth Church of St John and the tower of the Church of St Giles. In the palace King James VI of Scotland and James I of England, son of Mary Stuart, was born in 1556.
Work on the New Town began in 1752 with the project of the architects John Adam and James Craig, consisting of a rectangular plan with a residential function and a commercial zone in Prince's Street. In 1789, Robert Adam planned the Old College, the University of Edinburgh, which was completed by William Playfair, and extended to an enlarged profile by Sir Rowand Anderson, in 1879. The town was subsequently expanded to the north, when in 1822 Gillespie Graham harmonized the two contrasting historic areas, each with many important buildings, to give the city its unique character.
Holyrood House, the scene of many important events of Scottish history, was originally the guest-house of Holyrood Abbey. It was transformed into a royal residence by James IV, and is at present the official residence of the queen in Scotland. Canongate Tolbooth is a very interesting 16th-century building, the former seat of justice of the Burgh of Canongate; it is easily identified by its imposing turreted steeple and clock.
Edinburgh has many museums and galleries, including the Royal Museum, an impressive early Italian Renaissance palazzo facade containing a great hall of wooden ribbed construction designed on Crystal Palace principles, together with smaller halls of similar design. Scotland's two major museums, situated in the heart of Edinburgh, house rich international collections. The National Gallery of Scotland and the neoclassical Art Gallery, with blind walls with shallow pilasters punctuated by Ionic porticoes, was originally designed as two buildings to house the Academy as well as the National Gallery.Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC
Historical Description
Edinburgh's origins as a settlement extend back into prehistory, when its castle rock was fortified, and it may have served as a royal palace in the early historic period. The settlement that grew up was made a royal burgh by King David I (who also founded the nearby Abbey of Holyrood) in around 1125. The separate burgh of canongate, founded c 1140, has long been incorporated within Edinburgh. It was just one of the newly chartered towns of the 12th century which set the country's political and economic development on a new plane, but by the late 15th century it was the capital of Scotland. It had become a great architectural symbol of nationhood for Scotland.
The Old Town grew along the wide main street stretching from the castle on its rock to the medieval abbey and royal palace of Holyrood. The town was walled from the 15th century onwards. lt suffered badly during the English invasion of 1544, and most of the earlier buildings date from the rebuilding after this event. However, the later 16th century saw a steady increase in trade; by the early 17th century much of the wealth of the nation had come into the hands of the Edinburgh merchant elite, which resulted in considerable new building. The nobility also built town houses, which also contributed to the high quality of the domestic architecture of this period. From as early as the 16th century building control was enforced through the Dean of Guild: for example, as a precaution against fire all roofs had to be of tile or slate from 1621, and in 1674 this was extended to building facades, which had henceforth to be in stone.
At the end of the 19th century there had been a withdrawal from the Old Town as a result of the growth of the New Town. In 1892 Sir Patrick Geddes proposed that it should be regenerated by attracting back to it the university, the bourgeoisie, and the intelligentsia, by converting the High Street into "a collegiate street and city comparable in its way with the magnificent High Street of Oxford and its noble surroundings." His plan involved the reuse of older buildings where they still had utility, and many buildings were restored under his direction in the Lawnmarket. Although Geddes left Edinburgh before his vision could be fully realized, but his buildings remain. More restoration work was carried out as part of Sir Patrick Abercrombie's 1949 plan, though Geddes's concept of the High Street being reoccupied for residential purposes was abandoned.
The New Town developed as a suburban residential area for the nobility and for the merchant classes. The city, the charitable trusts, and the aristocratic landowners who promoted it insisted upon the finest materials being used, since they saw it as an enduring monument. That is why ashlar facing is used almost exclusively, instead of stucco. The New Town consists, in fact, of seven successive major development, each different from but closely related to its predecessors, a continuous programme of construction from 1767 to about 1890.
The First New Town originated in the proposals of Lord Provost Drummond, published in 1752 and embodied in an Act of Parliament the following year, which envisaged the development of the City's lands to the north of the Old Town, linked by an urban viaduct, the North Bridge. The rectangular layout was the work of James Craig, redrawn after consultation with John Adam. The second New Town followed in 1801-2, planned by Robert Reid, the King•s Architect, and William Sibbald, and located to the north of the first. lt breaks away from the strictly rectangular plan with some curved terraces. The Third New Town, the work of Robert Brown from 1813 onwards, essentially continues the approach of its predecessors.
This pattern changed with the Fourth New Town, planned by William Henry Playfair. Instead of imposing a grid-iron upon the landscape, the buildings exploit the contours, view, and trees in a romantic manner. The Fifth New Town, built from 1822 on the lands of the Earl of Moray to designs by J Gillespie Graham, cleverly links the first three New Towns as a unified scheme. lt was intended to be a self-contained enclave for aristocrats and professional gentry. The Sixth New Town followed in the 1850s on Lord Provost Learmonth's Dean Estate, to the north of the water of Leith, linked since 1831-32 with queensferry on the other side of the estuary by a bridge designed by Thomas Telford. The final New Town brought the hitherto detached Raeburn estate together with the rest.
Although the original idea was that the New Town should be a purely residential suburb, it rapidly proved to be attractive to business and government, and it rapidly drew this element of the city away from the Old Town. lt was to become the location for some of the finest public and commercial monuments of the neo-classical revival in Europe. Monuments symbolic of Scotland's past were grouped together on Calton Hill, in the aspiration to build the "Athens of the North."Source: Advisory Body Evaluation
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Last time we spoke, I mentioned the emergence of Byron Scott as a candidate for the Cleveland Cavaliers' vacant head coach position. Two weeks later, Scott has climbed the ranks and is a legitimate contender for the job. However, Dan Gilbert has recently made a strong push for a longtime friend, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, leaving Scott as what is believed to be option 1b.
Lately the Izzo news has been around-the-clock, with fans doing everything from tracking his flight on his visit to Cleveland to holding rallies on the Michigan State campus persuading him to stay. But the interest remains and Izzo is expected to make his decision any day now.
Therefore, without further ado, here is a look at how Tom Izzo would mesh with the Cavaliers, Divine Comedy style.
"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience." — Paulo Coelho.
While Tom Izzo is literally a living legend on the college basketball scene, he has never coached in any capacity on the professional level. However, this is not my greatest concern. The argument that "a college coach has never had success in his first NBA gig" is a biased assessment and one that looks at less experienced coaches that went to lottery teams. Never before has a coach of Izzo's stature made the jump to a 60+ win team.
No, that doesn't seem to bother me. What really concerns me is that quote above and how it applies to Izzo's start, should he accept the gig. Even though I'm not worried about his eventual transition into the NBA and winning on the professional level over the course of a few years, the problem is the risks, and ultimately losses, he'll have to take in order to reach that success. In other words, for Izzo to learn how to fight on the NBA level, it may take a few good whippings first.
Having to sell LeBron James on the future of Cleveland's coaching position may not be a walk in the park when you explain that the guy coming in has been coaching teenagers that made absolutely no money off of basketball for the past 15 years. Add in the fact that expectations will be sky high and the first year under Izzo could be a difficult one for the Cavaliers, much like his 16-16 season his first year with the Spartans. The good news? That was his worst year coaching, holding a 348-130 record (.728) in the 14 seasons since.
One of my biggest stat-based fears deals with Izzo's history on the offensive end of the ball. Despite having several great athletes throughout the years and a reputation for playing an up-tempo brand of basketball, his teams have never put an overwhelming amount of points on the board. Over his career, his Spartan teams have averaged only 71 points per game, an average that is less than that of Coach K's by double digits. This past season Michigan State ranked 92nd in NCAA Div. 1 basketball for points per game with an average of 72.6 points per contest.
That ranking put them well behind schools such as Villanova (82.5), Kansas (81.8), Syracuse (81.5), and even teams stereotypically known for running a slower pace, like Duke (78.4). Granted, in the Big 10 teams are relegated to a half court tempo, methodically running plays aimed at ticking the seconds off of the shotclock. However, Michigan State still only placed third in the Big 10 in points per game, and edging out schools such as Illinois, Northwestern, and Penn State isn't exactly a ringing endorsement for one's offense.
Perhaps the biggest complaint during the Mike Brown era was his reluctance to get out and run on the fastbreak. Locked into a half court system, fans and even some players felt that the athleticism of LeBron James was being wasted away in crucial breaks of the game. Who knows if Tom Izzo would be able to implement a fastbreak system better than Mike Brown's Cavaliers, who ranked 18th in fastbreak points per game (13.9) and 25th in pace (93.5) this season. However, after having some success in the past with fastbreak offense, it's hard to imagine he could be any worse.
Lastly, Izzo's teams aren't known for efficient shooting from either behind the three-point arc or free throw line. Last season the Spartans shot 68.1% from the free throw line, which was dead last in the Big 10 and tied for 201st in Div. 1 hoops. If Tom Izzo were to take over the Cavaliers, who were last in the NBA in free throw percentage at 72.0% this season, don't expect the free throw woes to improve short of Mark Price divine intervention.
Michigan State's three-point shooting was also below average, despite boasting deep threats such as Kalin Lucas and Chris Allen. In the regular season, the Spartans shot 33.3% from three, which was tied for 213th in NCAA basketball. Granted, shooting figures typically have more to do with the players than the coach, but it's never refreshing to see shooting struggles under such a historic head coach.
In the end, I don't see Tom Izzo's "inferno" stage presenting that large of a challenge to the Cavaliers. Under Mike Brown the team was far from an offensive juggernaut, so Izzo would have his work cut out for him. Furthermore, who knows what he would be capable of given world class athleticism and talent.
By far the biggest learning point for an NBA coach is managing your team. Sometimes, in the case of high profile gigs such as Los Angeles in the early 2000's, it means helping Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal coexist for as long as possible. In this regard, Phil Jackson may be the best example of successful ego management in NBA history.
However, it's also very important for any coach, especially a coach new to the NBA ranks, to keep his ego in check. Izzo is known for getting in the face of his players, looking to get the most out of them. While a passionate coach that stays on you is a great blessing in the NBA, particularly after five years of Mike Brown's smiles and blank stares, Izzo will have to learn how to tone it down a notch or two before having success with it. After having a conversation with tough minded NBA head coach and former Spartan Scott Skiles, Izzo appears to be on the right track in learning how to manage his fieriness.
That reported conversation brings up another issue as well. Skiles told Izzo "you play so many games [that] the losses pile up," explaining the up and down nature of the league. This is one of the main concerns experts have anytime a coach goes from the college ranks to the NBA. Sure, you can have a decent record and manage a team in a 30 game season where the postseason involves playing a team you likely haven't seen in a few years, but how will you fare when 90+ games is expected of you each season and not every three? And no one but Tom Izzo, who doesn't even know yet and would only find out halfway into his first season, can answer that question.
That's why these issues are filed under the "purgatory" phase. These concerns aren't as troublesome as those found in the inferno, but it could cause some sort of temporary punishment for the Cavaliers if Izzo takes over next season.
There's no other way to say this, but Tom Izzo is a flat out winner. He has consistently overachieved with his teams despite injuries and often times lesser talent. There is no doubt in my mind that if the Cavaliers were able to hire this former NCAA coach of the year, champion, and future hall of famer, that it would catch the eyes of LeBron James more so than a candidate like Tom Thibodeau or if Mike Brown were retained.
Tom Izzo has appeared in 13 straight NCAA tournaments and has been in six of the last 12 Final Fours. That's six times that Izzo's team was considered to be one of the top four teams in the country without the benefit of having a top four recruiting class. Since Rivals started ranking recruiting classes in 2003, Michigan State's highest class ranking has been 11th ('03 – 13th, '04 – 11th, '05 – NA, '06 – 18th, '07 – 14th, '08 – 22nd, '09 – NA, '10 – 11th). Since 2007, John Calipari's recruiting classes have been ranked higher than Izzo's each year ('07 – 10th, '08 – 4th, '09 – 1st, '10 – 1st), yet Izzo has edged out Calipari in the NCAA tournament over that span, boasting an 11-3 record. In fact, Izzo has the third best postseason record among active coaches, 35-12 (.745), behind only Coach K (.778) and Roy Williams (.753). That's the difference between a coach and a salesman who has exploited an NBA rule in his favor for recruiting purposes.
But more important than winning, it's how Tom Izzo wins that would best benefit the Cavaliers. In five tournament games this past season, Izzo's Spartans allowed only 64.6 points per game, limiting their opponents to 108-263 (41.1%) shooting. Most of this is due to the man-to-man pressure, stay in front of your guy, accountability defense that he preaches. As blogger "Sparty" explains, "State doesn't shoot gaps to try and create turnovers, they are more concerned about protecting the basket and grabbing rebounds, reducing teams 2nd chance opportunities."
Many of you Cavs fans remember there was once a time when playing for Mike Brown's Cavaliers meant you protected the basket first and always put in the effort. Excuses like "my defense is my offense" landed Sasha Pavlovic on the bench for a season and a half. Unfortunately, once the talent-hungry Cavs got their hands on some offensive help, sacrifices were made. In Brown's first three postseasons (2006-08), the Cavaliers allowed only 88.9 points per game in 46 games. In the last two postseasons, Cleveland has allowed 93.4 points per game in 25 playoff games, despite having much better regular season records and far more talented teams. This time span not-so coincidentally syncs up with the arrivals of Mo Williams, Antawn Jamison, and Shaquille O'Neal, all players who Brown had a hard time integrating into his defensive concept. However, one can only wonder how hard he tried to integrate them after watching Mo Williams play matador defense and Shaq lazily show on every pick and roll possession after possession. Brown almost seemed content sacrificing this horrendous defensive show for the off chance that either player would provide an uplifting offensive spark, like Mo's scoring tear after his dunk on Paul Pierce in game one of the semifinals.
Therefore, this is what I believe would be Tom Izzo's biggest asset to the franchise, should he be able to perfect it as I mentioned above. His full contact, football pad practices certainly wouldn't fly, but his in your face nature would demand accountability on the defensive end of the basketball.
There is a misconception floating around that LeBron James wouldn't and doesn't respond well to fiery coaches that openly correct their players. However, in the documentary More Than a Game, viewers are met with several clips of current University of Akron coach Keith Dambrot scolding his players, which included LeBron. LeBron talks about how he first reacted to the style of Dambrot and went on to mention his demanding nature and how he was the first coach to actually teach him a lot about the game.
Similarly, while playing for Coach Mike Krzyzewski in the 2008 Olympics, LeBron said "he wants us to be perfect and that's what he's about, and we like that, we like that kind of challenge… you see how fiery he is during the course of a game." He went on to claim "I have never played for a collegiate coach, but I didn't come into it saying 'well we have a collegiate coach, how are we gonna adjust to him?' He's one of the greatest coaches, no matter what level it's on."
As a collegiate coach seemingly on the same level as Coach K, considered a top 3 NCAA head coach, Cavs fans could only hope that LeBron would have a similar outlook on Tom Izzo if he were to accept the job. As with Mike Krzyzewski, Izzo is very fiery and demanding and would want only the best from LeBron James and his teammates. I believe this mentality is needed from the new head coach no matter who it is, as it became evident that Mike Brown lost his team in the playoffs.
In the end, with all of the intangibles that Tom Izzo brings, including the "big name splash," I feel that he is the best option for the Cleveland Cavaliers right now. Furthermore, if Dan Gilbert and the front office can convince him to commit to the team without a firm commitment in place from LeBron James, as they are trying to do now, then the move becomes a great success. However, if Izzo were to decline the job, then as you found out in my last Italian trio themed head coach profile, Byron Scott would be a buono number two option.
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1 (9 inch)
unbaked pie crust
3/4 cup
white sugar
1/3 cup
all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons
grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon
lemon juice
5 cups
fresh or frozen blueberries
2/3 cup
packed brown sugar
3/4 cup
rolled oats
1/2 cup
all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon
ground cinnamon
6 tablespoons
MISSBETHANY....you are my new best friend! Oh my, was this pie GOOOOOD!
The only changes that I made was that I thawed my blueberries in a saucepan and added two extra tablespoons of flour, since the reviewers were saying it was a little runny. I made the crust using the Butter Flake Pie Crust recipe on this site....(which I highly recommend).This pie was picture perfect! The next time I make it, we will refrain from woofing it down until my shutterbug daughter takes a photo to submit! Thank you so much! Yummm-OOOO!
Made this for Thanksgiving, and based on the other reviews, I let the blueberries thaw and I added 1T of cornstarch. It was still runny and "tart" is what my fiance claims. I refrigerated the leftovers after thanksgiving, and he said it was much better that way. SO my suggestion is the best way to handle this pie is refrigerate it to firm it up some.
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I just baked this recipe, and it's excellent. I made a few minor changes: no lemon juice or zest (I didn't have either). I added 1 tbs. of water instead. I added 2 tbs. of cornstarch to the mixture of dry ingredients for the filling. I think the consistency will be fine, once it cools. Since I had no lemon juice, I added a pinch of salt to the filling.
Next time I'll probably try adding a little lemon juice , if I have some.
I used 2 pints of fresh berries, which amounted to about 4 and 1/2 cups. This filled a deep pie plate. This is definitely a keeper. Not only is it excellent, it's easy!
Great recipe! Its the one thing I can bake and it's delicious. I add 1 table spoon of cornstarch and cook for 60 minutes. Highly recommended!
Excellent recipe. If using frozen berries, thaw first and then drain off some juice. Add 2-3 T. cornstarch to flour/sugar mixture.
A wonderful recipe. Gave a bbq for 15 and this, along with a blackberry pie also from this site, were the deserts. Both drew raves and requests for recipes. We have blueberry farms down the road so I used fresh berries. I deleted the pie base and just topped fruit with the crumble. The desert was rich and had a wonderful taste. Thank you for sharing
This recipe is DELICIOUS! I've made this pie twice in the last week, and the fam devours it. I used fresh blueberries and added about 1 tbsp cornstarch as others have recommended. It is a little loose, but the flavor is so amazing who really cares?? I also didn't have any lemon so I omitted it, but the flavor is so fresh and bright with fresh blueberries that I don't think it really needed it anyway. My new favorite pie!
My photo speaks for itself. Deeee-lish!!!
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Combine lentils and 4 cups water in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 17 to 20 minutes or until softened; drain lentils and set aside.
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Carefully wipe out saucepan and place over medium-high heat. Add sausage to saucepan and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes or until browned. Lower heat to medium and add olive oil, onions, and garlic to pot and cook for 3 minutes. Stir in acorn squash and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Add crushed tomatoes and bay leaf; bring to a simmer and cook 5 minutes.
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Add 2 cups stock, kale and salt and pepper to taste. Add additional stock by the 1/2 cupful for a thinner consistency, if desired. Bring to a simmer; cover and cook for about 15 minutes. Stir reserved lentils into saucepan and cook over low heat for 5 minutes to warm through.
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