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Should a country/government give all its information to the citizens/public? If no, what information should the country not release?
This question is inspired by WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. I was wondering if you guys think there is some information about your country that the government can keep to itself. Or should you be granted access to all information regarding your country? This question is mainly about transparency and the government's right to have privacy from its citizens.
After some Googling, it seems this question is about open governments and how open they need to be for "effective public oversight" (thanks Wikipedia).
Oct 5 2013: No, the country/government should not give all information to public.
It should keep at least the fact that it is as fallible as any member of public with itself to prevent anarchy.
edward long
Sep 30 2013: To reveal all plans and contingencies to the public is to reveal them to the world. Such an act would put a nation at a severe disadvantage regarding protecting its citizens from an aggressive enemy. For example, if a burglar knows your plan is to hide quietly in the bathroom while they pillage your house they will be encouraged to target you. Great harm can be done to a nation's security, and wrongful aggressors can be motivated to act, by unwise acts of disbursing certain sensitive information.
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Sep 30 2013: Would your definition of "certain sensitive information" be anything that could harm a nation's security and motivate aggressors to act?
Sep 30 2013: It includes that but is not limited to that.Oct 5 2013: sensitive information should not be spread. on the other hand governments should be truthful to their citizens regarding anything that would affect them. So it's more concerned whither the information is political or ideas in which people should know or get prepared to. M.AGOct 24 2013: Information is power, and can be abused or can be used smart. I was always open-minded for free flow of information, freedom of speech and expression etc but since Julian Assange case where he gave so much information to the world, including army locations and other top secret military data, sometimes I am thinking - is it really necessary to go so much with all that "we have the right to know" thing ? Some stuff simply must be hidden from the ordinary people, for security reasons if nothing else.Oct 23 2013: If you work for an organization , business , city , state ,country,etc... you have an obligation to keep the company business
private , if you are in a position of confidence .
You know you are being either wrong , or criminal or both , its just a matter of conscious , and if you are a member of the government military , well you know what can happen to spies .
If you choose to profit from your actions , either by money or fame or revenge , you must face the consequences .Oct 20 2013: Keeping information from the general public should be treated as a class 1 crime and punished with a life sentence. Accepting that your government can keep information secret should be treated as conspiracy to a class 1 crime and should be punished with a life sentence.
Paul Lillebo
Oct 23 2013: I too like simple, clear laws. Yours is as good as any, and is probably doable with some effort. I confess that I have worked in the government myself, and have known secret information, but I'm glad to say it's now out of date so I should be safe under Provision #1 of the proposed law.
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Since most citizens seem to fall into Provision #2's class of conspirators (guilty of accepting that a gov't can conduct diplomatic or defense preparation without revealing details of the deliberations to the world), we could start by constructing jail space for about three billion criminals (adults only). This will give a boost to economies worldwide. We know that politicians are eager both to stimulate the economy and to avoid a lifetime in prison, so this program will undoubtedly be embraced with enthusiasm
A web site could be devoted to publishing the security codes and arrangements, and the key patterns for Fort Knox and all other public buildings, and another site to publish everything the government knows about each of its citizens, such as your address, earnings, health records and whether you owe alimony. The addresses and security arrangements of ambassadors will be especially convenient to some.
One of the most useful web sites may be the one that gives full recipes and techniques for making all known chemical and biological warfare agents and explosives. Some gov'ts, like the US, place air marshals on random flights in an effort to discourage evildoers. The detailed schedule of which flights they're on will be very helpful for those who are inconvenienced by not having this information.
I agree that this will be a better world. Assuming that the life sentences are commutable, our three billion inmates could probably be released after a brief reeducation, which would unfortunately reduce the building program and negatively impact the building industry. But by that time we'll surely find other new crimes, such as taxing the people, that warrant incarceration.
Oct 23 2013: Paul, my phrasing clearly goes too far for you :) It's a way to express my opinion on the subject using an extreme expression: I'm not suggesting to actually implement such laws, that writing style simply means in common English that I'm strongly against secrets and secrecy, I do believe that on the long run secrecy damages the public by allowing a bunch of maniacs to do whatever they want with almost no control.
I apologise for using metaphors and often also extreme dichotomies to express my opinion graphically, but I'm Italian, thus that phrasing style is embedded in my DNA.
Oct 24 2013: GDF:
Hyperbole is at times an effective rhetorical tool, especially when the question under discussion seems outlandish, as here. So we've both had a good chuckle.
PaulOct 24 2013: The problem with this idea is that the law is too easily manipulated by money and power. Copyright being the prime example of the idea of rule of law being beat back many times by corporate money.
Anna Heim
Oct 13 2013: I like to know things. I read a lot and do a tonne of research an analysis for fun. This enable me to use my mind to judgement and ascertain whether what my government is telling me through the mass-media is true or not - maybe I'm a geek or a freak for wanting to know. I also think that what is going on with our governments' (loosely and broadly) is that they are fearful of the electorate - they are terrified of loosing their power and control over us. There is a different kind of democracy evolving these days in large part due to the internet and social platforms like Ted which enables us to thinks, share, debate and essentially expand our minds to wider ideas, knowledge and understanding. We are able to communicate at distance in ways which were not possible 30-years ago and this terrifies our governments too, because with knowledge comes power and the ability to discern the truth from the lies. So they [our governments} spy on us in the name of national security rather than closing the loop-holes in the laws of our land which are denying us our fundamental rights to life, and our most basic freedoms - The more they become afraid, the more they will lie and the more we as a people will loose, until we have nothing left to loose - at which point I think the worst nightmares of the political elites and the plutocracy will manifest. Actions speak louder than words - and with great power comes great responsibility - these are things that our governments and the plutocrats have forgotten... As for WikiLeaks I think they could have handled some of leaking in a more conscious manner, but a lot of what came out was already suspected by those like me who have a brain and like to know stuff. Finally you can't have true and meaningful democracy without honesty and transparency!Oct 13 2013: There are people like me that just like to know stuff just because I like to know stuff . I sometimes like to talk about the things I know but then other times I just keep it in the old information storage just for use when the appropriate time comes . So for me I would like to at least hear it and then decide if i'm interested .
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Some people on the other hand or just nuts and it might cause them to be just radical and hurt someone maybe even me or you ; and that just wouldn't be kosher .
so I say let it be available for people who want to know and the people who dont want to know to know ... well thats up to them .Oct 13 2013: Information is just another commodity. When you restrict the commodity: 1) the price goes up for everyone 2) information can be a weapon and is not fair that only the criminals can use it 3) Information like land, water and the air we breath should be available to everyoneOct 8 2013: As bad as it sounds, the Goverment withholding certain information from us is not always a bad thing. Lets face it, we can't trust everyone in our country. So if we just open up any sensitive information to the normal everday puplic it poses a serious risk to our country as a whole. So we have to make a decison on which is more important our safety or being in the know
Oct 21 2013: Hunter,
Re-read what you wrote: "Lets face it, we can't trust everyone in our country...."
You can't trust your own government for crying-out-loud.
Think. Please.
Being in the know is more important than our safety because our safety depends upon
I don't know about you, but I am an adult and I want the truth, because I value it, live by it, trust it,
and want to continue to be able to recognize it and act on it.
The truth doesn't pose a serious risk to us/US. The truth only poses a risk to those who don't want others to know what they are doing.
You have simply been told what to believe and what to think and then based on those two, what to say and what to do, i,e, in this case write.
I find it hard to believe that is solely your own belief because if you were to look more deeply at what authority has been telling you, you will find it is mostly lies, propaganda and with ulterior motives that do not benefit you or the rest of society.
Do not let authority be the truth. Perhaps you already have. Truth is the authority.
That can lead to and is known as being artificially intelligent or being a mental robot.
If there is nothing to hide because nothing wrong is being done, then why do those
in office work harder and harder for more and more secrecy? It isn't to protect us/US.
It is to protect them.
Because they have lots to hide.
Please learn to think more critically.
Larry Weaver
Oct 26 2013: Random, I re-read several times what Hunter said. The first time I had no doubts what he meant. Then I read your comments and went back to Hunter - read it twice trying to see how you could react the way you did. I conclude that you completely got him wrong. For your benefit, he should have said "can't trust ABSOLUTELY everyone". But I have no doubt what YOU said. You think ALL of us have the right to see ALL the information that the government has that is used to form strategy and policy. Since the government has all of YOUR financial and medical history, that should be made available too. You're probably right about one thing Random, that I don't agree with you. You have a very narrow viewpoint of political motivation and you contradicted yourself several times.
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Tony Bondhus
Oct 5 2013: You can say "people are stupid" but stupidity is actually just a lack of information. You can not shape public opinion, if you are revealing all of the information. The more information is revealed, the less "stupid" the people are, and the less you can shape public opinion.
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Tony Bondhus
Oct 3 2013: Government is of the people and by the people. The power comes from the people, and the people are stupid to allow them any secrecy at all. Secrecy is corruption.
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Oct 4 2013: Re: "Government is of the people and by the people. The power comes from the people, "
Don't you think, it's an illusion? One might think that people vote in their best interest. In practice, media can easily shape public opinion and steer public emotions one way or the other. People think they make choices, but these choices seem to be guided. And, by the way, they are guided by simply providing information to people.
Do I need to know more about the government? I don't know. E.g. when someone tells me that politician such and such is corrupt, I immediately have a question, why am I given this information? Is it true or is it fabricated or cherry-picked by someone who wants to steer my opinion and get my vote?
Perhaps, people are stupid to have a government. Or, may be, this is why they need one? In so called "democratic countries", people take pride that they elect their own government and then they complain about this government they elected themselves. How smart is that?
luo zhetao
Oct 1 2013: Actually,I'm disagree with it.If all the information is clear to the public,it may cause some jeopardized consequence.Further more,some secret agency will not be exist.As someone says that no blame attaches to the unconscious doer of wrong.
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Nadav Tropp
Sep 30 2013: There are some things that need to be kept secret for benefit of the nation and its people.
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Security matters mostly, through there are other things best kept quit. Diplomacy for instance--airing out a nation's diplomatic dirty laundry only benefits its enemies, even if it does satisfy the public curiosity.
Oct 1 2013: What makes you think that diplomacy has to produce 'dirty laundry' in the first place?
Shouldn't diplomacy produce the complete opposite of 'dirt' in behalf of the name of their people?
Isn't this 'dirt' actually nothing but the result of 'classified information' and shady deals behind closed doors?
Supporters of public surveillance strategies often argue, that 'if you have nothing to hide, there shouldn't be any reason not to like being watched' ... If at all and before anything else, doesn't this apply to diplomacy first?
'Dirty laundry' has always only been the result of 'dirty deals'. If this is what you wish your diplomats to do in your name, I am not with you.
Lejan .
Oct 1 2013: Could you please specify those 'some things that need to be kept secret for benefit of the nation and its people'?
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And what, if not 'the people' makes a 'nation' to you? And what can be in the interest of 'the people', but at the same time, non of their business? Who is going to decide in 'their behalf'? Who is controlling those who control those in charge? How do you prevent efficiently and consistently the 'misuse of power'?
Oct 1 2013: The diplomatic dirty laundry is a result of spying on friendly countries (a necessity, you need to know what's going on in the world, and everyone spies on everyone, including allies), and of making all sorts of statements to one party you don't want another hearing, as well as the odd broken promise.
Ironically, being completely honest with everyone is the diplomatic equivalent of shooting yourself in the foot.
As for security matters, let me put it like this.
I'm one of your nations enemies, planning either a military campaign or a terrorist attack. If you've decided to forgo secrecy, I have all sorts of wonderful sources of intelligence I can work with to plan and act on, that are sitting right out there in the open.
If those things are kept secret like they're supposed to be, I'd have to do a great deal of my own intelligence gathering, forcing me to spend further time and resources (and potentially being found out along the way), or go in with incomplete intelligence, hurting the operation.
Military matters come with a very different rule set then civilian ones. Having someone on the other side actively trying to undermine your operation forces you to be secretive.
The system is open to abuse, true, but then, what isn't?
In my nation, we solve this problem by having these sorts of covert decisions go through the government and when needed, the supreme court as well. These are small bodies that can be realistically kept air tight (unlike a parliamentary body which leaks out information like a sieve), and therefore make these kinds of decisions.
Oct 1 2013: Interestingly, those 'small bodies that can be realistically kept air tight' are especially of high interest how you get the 'foot into the door' and which has realistically proven to be highly efficient and vividly leaking.
The problem of espionage is, that there are no certainties, whatsoever, whereas honesty can provides just that, and this without exceptions.
The fact which you are stating, that anyone is spying on anyone, is neither proof that it has to be this way, nor does it excuse this custom.
Espionage does not prevent wars or terrorism. It never has, and never will be, but it has helped to decide to go for war, as it provides comparative numbers on the military setup of an potential enemy, better to say victim. So no matter how you put this, nothing a civilized nation should want for.
Any average intelligent person with enough criminal potential and a sufficient budget can inflict terror on any nation on this planet and this without this nation to have seen it coming.
There is nothing one can do about it, as this is the essence of terror. And as less reason this single person has to do this, as less likely it will be to prevent this to happen.
It's a myth that any nation was able to protect itself, and as harder they try, as more freedom they have to sacrifice for their people, as anyone has to be considered to be a potential terrorist. And this is not a story I just made up here, as there is a recent example of a large nation which is going that path right now and nobody knows where this will lead to ...
Vulnerability is the backside of the coin of freedom and there is no cherry-picking possible here.
Following you logic, we should all just turn into dictatorships, as slaves are known to be valued and therefore protected by their masters. Anything in between would only be a waste of time, as we would neither gain sufficient freedom, nor security, so lets get over with it once and forever ... Dictator for president, bring them on!Oct 2 2013: The fact of the matter is that everyone spies on everyone. Like death and taxes, you don't have to like it, but its not going away anytime soon.
Espionage actually can prevent terror, at least to an extent, if it allows you to strike first, either through an arrest or a hit squad. Its not pretty, and its not much fun, but it does work. You just need to make sure you do it in a way that doesn't arouse more anger in the long term.
The alternative is to either sit there and take it (which involves your economy taking a nose dive and the bodies piling up), or give into the terrorist's political demands, which only goes to encourage that sort of behavior in the future.
As for war, spying doesn't prevent war in the slightest, but what it does allow, is for a more favorable outcome once a war has started. As former military, I can tell you that good intelligence is one of the most crucial elements of any operation. And information the enemy knows you have is information that's no good at all--they just change their plans accordingly. In short, you want to have as much intelligence as possible while denying it to the enemy, less the war not go in your favor.
You also need to remember that unlike in the US which fights its wars on the other side of the globe, for most nations, a fouled up war can see your country descend into ruin. Its a matter of survival, you can't expect people not to do everything possible in order to win. Secrecy in security matters is a big part of that.
Its quite a leap to go from keeping military secrets to repressing the population however. There's little correlation between the two.
I actually see it as beneficial to publish anything that does no diplomatic harm and is of no security value. Transparency helps with efficiency as long as you don't have an enemy entity trying to sabotage your efforts.
Oct 4 2013: Nadav, all of your explanations are understandable to me without challenging my imagination, as the system of espionage created out of itself the 'logic' of justification for itself.
Intellectually it is as understandable to me as the concept of vendetta, whereas vendetta has become less accepted over time in many countries and this due to social evolution.
Both, vendetta and espionage include self-perpetuated arguments which root deeply in deterrence, safety and precaution for a separated group of people, which then is directed against all other people. And in this nations behave like a scaled up family clans.
Today, no modern civilization tolerates vendetta anymore, as their legal systems replaced this ancient custom in the attempt for a less cruel and more objectified justice.
On national level, whatsoever, we seem to refuse to adopt those changes and therefore prevent and postpone any further social evolution yet promote conflict and mistrust instead.
The best we came up with so far, is the creation of military alliances of states, so that the risk of aggressors gets split among the members and their military power joined for the discouragement of such. Unfortunately, those alliances themselves become a potential aggressor as well for non-member states and the vicious circle keeps going ...
Espionage even undermines those alliances, as spying on friends seems not to collide with the moral code of its members, which only reflects its overall insincerity.
The fact that I don't like this insincerity does not mean that I expect this to change anytime soon. But if I was silently excepting it, like death and taxes, there was no reason for this to change ever! This makes the difference! Social evolution is not going to happen if we stop seeking for alternatives. I we stop working on this world to become a better, a more peaceful place for our children, then there won't be a better tomorrow at all.
We got to question ourself what and why we do what we do.Oct 4 2013: 'Its quite a leap to go from keeping military secrets to repressing the population however. There's little correlation between the two.'
Unfortunately, this isn't the case and it takes only a switch in 'direction' to be used against the population of a country. Any secret service organizations is highly interwoven with the legal structure of its country, it got to be, as for 'them' there are no 'save areas' anywhere. And it gets even worse, as this 'interwovenness' is one-directional in many cases. Public security forces and other internal defense arms are obliged to cooperate with their intelligence services in terms of information exchange and to execute orders, yet the scope of information those receive in return is highly limited.
In Germany, we had just recently a 'perfect' example of how faulty the concept of espionage and cooperation works in between institutions, as for decades extreme right wing activists and criminals have been able to proceed their ethnic cleansing against immigrants and, even worse, the German secret service didn't only knew about it and remained silent, their liaison personnel and contact persons have played an active part in it.
During the court proceedings, piece of evidence have multiple times 'miraculously' disappeared or 'accidentally' destroyed by our secret services, that it became clear by itself, that those services are not protecting our democracy, they are endangering it in its very core!
And Germany is no exception here, its just another example.
Thanks to brave whistleblowers such as Edward Snowden, Bradley Manning and by sites such as wikileaks, the public awareness is able to get a sense about the scope of what's going on behind those 'close doors'. And lots of what we get to see is illegal. And what is illegal, has to be put to court and the people in charge have to face the consequences.
Yet instead, they chase the messengers in order to 'kill' them. Is this what democracy is about? No it isn't and not just to me!Oct 4 2013: '...for most nations, a fouled up war can see your country descend into ruin. Its a matter of survival, you can't expect people not to do everything possible in order to win.'
What is interesting in any conflict is, that the parties involved always say, that its the 'other side' who is threatening. Never themselves, as if this was a natural constant. No nation I know of ever went into war, knowing, they are the 'bad guys'. Not even Germany, when it unleashed its incomprehensible slaughter.
By this it is important to understand the mechanisms of what forms the perception of a threat, what causes it, what amplifies it, and who is molding it in his interest.
I have met people of many parts of this world and I am very confident to say, that all of them want to live a peaceful life, they are not aggressive and would only harm another being in self-defense. I am also confident to claim, that the majority of all people on this planet thinks this way, and those who don't have a mental condition to deviate from that.
So actually, there is not much to fear about the people of other nations, as those won't do you any harm if you don't attack them. It is that simple!
Now, the fact that we have all this conflicts ever since can not be rooted within the majority of the people, therefore it must be a minority responsible for that.
As a former military you should be aware about the psychological conditioning of soldiers in order to make them perform against their natural tendency of reasoning and conflict avoidance and to obey orders by any means. This conditioning, however, is actually part of the whole problem, not its solution, which is controlled by a very small minority. The minority!
There is this beautiful saying, stating: 'Imagine if there was a war and nobody showed up'
And before all, thats the direction we, the people, have to head for in order to make lasting friends, instead of allies. And no, friends do not spy on one another - liars do!Oct 4 2013: It'd be great if everyone just stopped spying and killing on each other, but realistically speaking, that's not going to happen.
By locking yourself out the system by refusing to spy or turning into a pacifist, you're essentially letting the other more ruthless players eliminate you by those same means you refuse to partake in (they have a well informed army, you don't, whats to stop them? Morality?). Again, it'd be great if everyone just stopped, but for it to work, everyone has to stop together. Which is never going to happen. The prisoner's dilemma, I believe its called.
Threat is very much mutual, I agree, and everyone always likes to think their side is in the right. The truth of the matter is, right and wrong is a matter of perspective. You might as well stick by your side, seeing as its the one that benefits you most. Like the "if everyone would just stop together" above, everyone is always going to be looking out for their own faction's interests as opposed to the general good, and that's not going to change for much the same reasons.
Security is just like death and taxes. No one has to like it, but its here to stay, so you may as well be good at it. And being good at it means keeping secrets.
Lejan .
Oct 4 2013: I choose not to agree with your conclusion.
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Out of this your mindset, how do you explain the fact, that India freed itself almost peaceful from British occupation? How was this possible? The British didn't reduce their ambitions, nor did they stop spying. What made them withdraw from all those resources they were after?
So there are solutions to the 'prisoner's dilemma', which may not alway occur at first sight.
I have seen several changes within so called 'unalterable loops' and I took my active part in it to make this happen. And you can do too. Actually, from what I know of you so far, you are a potential candidate in my view, to make a difference when the time is just right for it.
Nations are less vulnerable than you think, especially if they earned the friendship of others.
We are getting there, slowly, and you can mark my words on this. With a bit of luck, and if death is friendly with both of us, I may be even able to stress a little bit of the 'I told you so' phrase on you. I assume on this, you wouldn't mind me doing so ... :o)
Its only on us, so lets keep going!Oct 23 2013: In the USA transparency is buzz word ... All of Obamas records are sealed ... voting for Obamacare went on behind closed door ... Executive Orders are being used to go around Congress .... All of this after the promise of the most transparent administration in history.
As retired military ... i accept that some things must remain closed until initiated. You would not want the enemy to know your date, time, location of attack ... you would not want them to know troop movements ... there are times when secrets would protect people, materials and facilities. In cases of grave danger I agree they are necessary.
All information about Benghazi should be made public we are protecting a potential political candidate.
We now know and dislike NSA data retrieval .. even though is is small in comparison to Homeland Security and their efforts along with buying up ammo and armored vehicles ... UN Article 21 was agreed to by Hilary Clinton and has never been made public .... These are samples of a administrations pursuit of a agenda. None of them should have been secret or unannounced ... accept that there would have been public upheaval.
I think that Assage and Snowden have did both good and bad. At time they were both responsible and irresponsible. If we had a open and politically independent media much of this would not have occurred.
The oversight as intended in the Constitution comes from the elected officials that represent the wishes of their constituents. By the results of the recent polls that all politicians are somewhere below pond scum I would think this is not happening.
So no not all information should be released ... but using political position for party / personal gain is totally unacceptable. The political "elite" should be governed by the same laws as those they represent.
The fewer secrets the better. Some where I read ... WE THE PEOPLE ....
Be well. Bob.Oct 23 2013: Governments in a democracy are elected by the people. Our elected representatives are put in the positions they hold because we believe that they have the skills to collectively ensure effective administration of our country and its affairs. These are people who supposedly have been elected because they have the "required" skills to govern a nation. We trust their judgement and have democratic safeguards in place to ensure that issues of national importance are debated upon by elected bodies before being acted upon.
So yes, since we trust our elected representatives, it is not necessary that all state secrets are disclosed to the public - the public is made up of people with varying levels of intellect; they are not necessarily going to understand and make sense of this information with the same level of intelligence. In most cases, the outcomes of such information dissemination (including leaks) are less than desirable. Depending on the intelligence and emotional quotient of the population in general, the outcomes can range from sensible protests to widespread anarchy.Oct 21 2013: It is better to be in some kind of the lack of knowing. Imagine how many riots and anarchy would it it makes.Oct 19 2013: No, a government cannot and will not share all its information with us. The true challenge lies in ensuring that there are sufficient checks and balances (a trite phrase in America) to ensure that what they are doing in secrecy is acceptable. Governments are motivated by power. The reason that we have codified a series of rules is to make sure that this power does not get to the point where it has a negative effect on the society that is being governed. Though we will not be able to see all the information of the government, we should try to have the best methods for ensuring that what they are doing would be acceptable if we were to know.Oct 6 2013: Even the most open govt. withholds info. on a work in progress. Open-ended approach may well attract meaningful ideas that help solve problems. But more often a scheme or project in the works, in an open environment, evokes negative inputs, the negativity of which can kill inventive spirit and motivation.
bart hsi
Oct 5 2013: The problem is that the government not only hides from he citizens certain secret "classified" information, which , in some occasions, is justified. But they sometimes told the citizens false information. For example, the U. S.government told the citizens (public) that the newly established NSA will only look at the phone or email conversations which are involved with communication with a suspected terrorist. But, according to what Edward Snowden revealed, the NSA even tap into the emails of Brazilian President Dilma Yousseff. So She scolded the NSA in the UN General Assembly. I don't believe that Yousseff will talk about it in the UN General Assembly if it was not confirmed. Therefore, this is not only dishonest, but seems completely out of line. By the way, this is not an isolated incidence, several leaders in Europe also made formal protest on the same problem too.Oct 4 2013: The entire notion of Government relies on the idea of a system that functions at optimal efficiency, where sub-units are separated by function and work alongside each other for the common good of the whole. The natural world has compounded an extraordinary amount of attempts to build such a system and quite frankly there is a reason that the nervous system only shares a portion of its "knowledge" of the entire body with the various single organs. A country should run representing a variation of a conceptually similar pattern, if only to obtain maximal efficiency with regards to responding to internal and external stimuli. Needless to say, our governmental system is flawed in the essence that is human designed and operated. Including the quantitative whole of a country's citizens can provide numerously larger possibilities to handling a variety of situations, but not everybody needs to be focused on the locating, evaluating, and relaying of information throughout the whole. Government is designed to do just that, and to realize that only a small portion of individuals need to contain the slight majority of global information is to understand the true role a government should play. To relinquish all info is to relinquish the governments purpose. The implicit issue being addressed in this conversation is not whether or not government should exist at all, its the efficiency and quality of the government systems currently in place. This is not to say that information that is truly vital to a nation's future hasn't been withheld, as it surely has, and in many of those cases, national involvement in decision making might have played a role in altering history as we know it. However, there are already enough decision struggles being made at the mass population level every day. These are the social movements that require the opinion and knowledge of the whole. One must both consider and challenge all aspects of opinions regarding a bigger picture issue as such, good luck! :)Oct 4 2013: I think all information should be available to the population, because all the people that´s on goverment are just a representation of the people. So, as they are a representation, their job is to be accountable.
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That´s why we have so many problems in Brazil, where all corrupt rulers can hide everything they do.Oct 4 2013: yes , absolutely , I think we populace have the rights to know everything about what government has done or will do , regardless of secret or not, thxOct 4 2013: Again,
yes, yes, yes.
All countries, all information, without exception,
should be released to the public;
the very people government is supposed to work for!
How humans make decisions is crucial rather than 'who'
but the 'who' has to be the people and what is best for solving their problems.
The average person in virtually all countries, does not want war and they have
to be fooled, lied to or deceived into going to war, so the risk of war would not be a problem.
Only leaders want war and people don't have to go.
As Obama keeps telling American't citizens, oops, let me rephrase that,
as the Manchurian Candidate (Obama), keeps telling the Manchurian Citizens (American'ts)
they should have nothing to fear in losing all privacy if they have nothing to hide,
WHY THEN, does or is the government, and all governments for that matter, creating more
and tighter secrecy for themselves, what they are planning, what they are doing, what they
have done and eliminating all transparency, ALL OF IT, for themselves?
When are people going to wake up and take action instead of talking?
Now, in 2013 internet freedom has been eroded even more and the joke in Washington
from the ex head of the cia and nsa, is about his wish (in his darker moments but he is already and always is
dark with evil) to have Edward Snowden put on a "kill list",
the very person who has forced some transparency upon these evil people and their gangs.
Frankly, those in power are still afraid of the populace because they still have the power SHOULD THEY
FINALLY CHOOSE TO USE IT!, so it really means what is it they have to fear since they desire secrecy so
The truth is, one doesn't even have to know what they are hiding. They are hiding and need to be gone.
Oct 4 2013: You are right Random Chance,
All governments are terrified that the general public will one day get their act together and exercise their latent power. And what are governments terrified of that an organised public will do and demand?
Well, the public will protest en masse (usually in good humour) and demand sensible polices (like tightly regulating the banking system), demand no more wars (what a tragic waste of resources on all sides), and demand a level of transparency that some politicians will find embarrassing.
I wonder why that is really so terrible for so-called eminent distinguished educated monied leaders to handle? Pride, perhaps?Oct 26 2013: Random, you are on the right side but you don't express much common sense. Your contention is that all politicians are and will be corrupt so get rid of them all. Then, who will take their place? No one qualifies, according to you. Your last statement "--one doesn't even have to know what they are hiding. They are hiding---" implies guilt by association or situation. Like a young man driving his parents nice car - 'he's a teenager so he has to be driving drunk in a stolen car'. Its extreme ideas and expression like yours that give sensible conservatives a bad name. Liberals point to your type, use YOUR logic, and tell everyone that all conservatives are like you, so we all go down in flames.Oct 3 2013: In the U.K there was no right of access to government records until the Public Records Act 1958 introduced a 50-year rule. This was reduced to 30 years in 1967. In 2009 there was a debate that it should be halved to 15 years (it wasn't). The freedom of Information Act in 2000 has not effectively changed that much of what went before.
However, exceptions can be made to "hold back" the 30 year rule. Records are to be opened to public access at such time UNLESS they are deemed likely to cause "damage to the country's image, national security or foreign relations" if they were to be released. So some things are not ever made available to the public.
By the time much of what is allowed to become available to the public actually becomes available, the various politicians involved in questionable activities are usually long since retired, or dead.
Is this a problem? Only if you want to feel like you are living in a democracy.
Alan Fox
Oct 2 2013: I think not all the information should be released, sometimes we just can't accept the truth.We give the government our votes, I think we should also give them sufficient trust that they will protect those information and make good use of them.
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Oct 2 2013: I do not agree with you,because not all governments in the world are trustworthy especially those autocratic nations such as china,North Korea,Iran and so forth.For example in china,many people still do not know the truth of the Tian An men square event happened in 1989,which many students were killed by the government.People have right to know all the information.
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Oct 3 2013: well, I am a Chinese, and I know this(by googling when I visited America),and I am impressive that the government can hide such a horrible event from us(essentially no one in my age knows that), and it turns out, China government is really good of hiding truthOct 2 2013: Yes.
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Oct 2 2013: Information is quantitative. Perception is qualitative. The gap is the realm of political ambition and societal anxiety. Information is not a problem. It becomes a problem in relation to desire.
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Side note: The documentary seems to capture the inevitability of anarchy (the power of connectivity and the amorphous nature of digital ideologies).
Keith W
Oct 2 2013: Countries should make all information available to their citizens unless it presents immediate national security risks.Oct 1 2013: I guess it depends of the type of government, the level of development of citizens and situation too. As we know what the social psychology is, how crowd effect works and how collective subconsciousness could protect people from understanding the reality.
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Sometimes when we speak about government and public we could mean an idealistic situation: all citizens is developed persons with good education and just need true information to make logical decision for the best. It never works. Even if a government somehow develope wisdom, public could split in different parts. Who is majority? Who is minority? How will they use information? Could they restrict themselves to avoid mistakes? Or they could make more mistakes because of panic?..
I think there is several important points to be very clear. It will protect government from malversation of power. Also open information could develop public to more hight level of consciousness behaviour.
For everythings else it could be information comes too early or too late to be public. The question is who have the authority to separate one from another and make decision what to reveal.Oct 1 2013: I think it seems that most people feel that governments need to keep some secrets. you seem to want to know what type of secrets.
1. protect the source- people, technology,
2. your plans - Stalin knew what FDR and Churchill were planning and he knew about the atom bomb
3. their plans - Supposedly Churchill knew about the bombing of Coventry but did nothing rather than let the Nazis know they had broken enigmaOct 1 2013: Well, it depends on the system a country is governed by.
For any democracy, as it is governed by representatives of 'the people', there can't be any information withhold from 'the people', who govern themselves. Because the very moment information is withhold from 'the people', those very people aren't capable anymore to govern themselves, as thy don't have any information available anymore to do so.
Scary, isn't it? ;o)
And no, there is no natural constant in this universe for any nation to have to have its own intelligence service aka 'secret service' to be able to ensure any form of its national security. On the contrary, those who have them are giving signals to their neighbors to be suspicious about them in the first place ...
Any other political system but democracy of course has enough reason not to release any information, as it will cause to spawn different ideas and allow opposing ones to gain strength.
Ah, did I mention, that democracies are known to 'die behind closed doors'? Keep your eyes open and you'll get to see what this means when put to practice ...
Any similarity to democracies existing or gone is purely coincidental ...Sep 30 2013: It is extremely difficult to provide effective guidelines for the use of security classifications. Such guidelines already exist, and are often ignored. In Washington DC the top secret classification is used more for establishing priority than security.
Now there is no effective accountability for abuse. That could be changed by law, if Congress could be persuaded to do so. The law would also have to provide protection and incentives for the whistle blowers.
Da Way
Sep 30 2013: Most governments are already more transparent than they used to be. A lot of classified information and files have their 'sell-by dates' where the reason for their secrecy gets more irrelevant with time, and the security level drops accordingly, eventually opening to public view. This never used to happen in previous generations!Sep 30 2013: Only a government run by morons and dim-wits would reveal all its activities in details to the people.
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For citizens, there are things that should be known and are relevant to curiousity about good governance and accountability. There are things that should be kept from public knowledge; because if such things are so open that they could be assessed by both friends and enemies, the enemies would have an ammunition for their sinister ideas.Sep 30 2013: Thank you Kai for asking very relevant Question in todays scenario, Every thing in the interest of the Society should be disclosed and provided i.e. detail of the last penny used for the welfare of its citizen will avoid corruption to some extent, How and on what merits the positioned are filled in government agencies will reduce favoritism to some extent, Earnings and its source, of government people will control Corruption and brokerage. How the Government facility is used by Government workers with timely records will control the misuse or rather I would say Private use. So there are many such Society interest issues that should be disclosed to the people and Plan of defence and technology used in it, should be not disclosed to general society in present Scenario.


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Well that went well I actually thought he would have made a good oc for the Jets. Glad I was wrong.
Well that went well I actually thought he would have made a good oc for the Jets. Glad I was wrong.
What took so long?
I want a new OC but I don't blame Tony for the mess of 2012.
Poor Guy Hahahahaha...
We will see him on a beach somewhere with a topless Rex Ryan tattoo
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To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world
Jeannette Sparano now will blame Rex like she did Ireland for Tony getting canned.
man he is an awful coach, take his talents to high school or peewee level
Dude cant catch a break..He really needs to go back to college.
When will we be hearing from Sparano's fan club here on Finheaven to tell us Sparano's getting a raw deal?
As many mistakes as the Jets' management has made in the past couple of years, at least they didn't repeat Ross' tremendous blunder and keep this joker around once his incompetence was revealed for all to see. Of course, hiring him in the first place . . . .


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Futuristic Cities Feature Fog Harvesting and Urban Fish Farms
IwamotoScott and van Bergen Kolpa are featured in the "Architecture of Consequence" exhibit currently at AIA San Francisco – an ongoing global project demonstrating the impact that designers and architects can have on sustainability.
"Hydro Net: City of the Future" – originally covered by Inhabitat in 2008 – re-imagines the San Francisco peninsula one hundred years in the future. With water resources in California already under extreme pressure, the possibility of increased climactic changes in the future sets the stage for IwamotoScott's innovative plan. Originally created for the History Channel's "City of the Future" contest, "Hydro Net" was the competition's grand prize winner. The "Hydro-Net" project seeks to address the challenges of increasing population and dwindling resources by creating a new infrastructure network to distribute and create energy, water, and transportation. A comprehensive vision, the plan includes everything from hydrogen-fuel hover cars and algae producing ponds to collection and distribution mechanisms.
IwamotoScott's concept includes sinuously twisting towers that perform a dual function: they offer high density housing while also providing space for algae aquaculture. As the economic and ecological costs of piping in San Francisco's water and energy increase, tapping into geothermal energy and groundwater reserves will become a natural part of the "Hydro Net". San Francisco's famous fog provides another potential source of water, with the architects' "fog flowers" poised to collect condensation and funnel the precious freshwater into the city's infrastructure.
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A previous article where you've discussed the Hydro-City project here http://inhabitat.com/san-francisco-in-2108-the-hydro-net-vision-of-future/ mentions that the algae chambers will be used to produce hydrogen. Perhaps a more prudent use of such technology (in a less futuristic application of this plan) would be to use the algae for biodiesel (cellulosic ethanol) production instead?
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8 black 2 1/2" squares of fabric
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It's hard not to laugh at a particular scene in Walnut Grove's annual outdoor pageant that depicts 1860s prairie life as settlers moved in and fought to make a living off the land. Walnut Grove's first town council sits around Olson's Mercantile, chatting about how the town will one day become a thriving city. More than 100 years later, the population hovers at 871. In fact, most of the towns where author Laura Ingalls Wilder lived (including Pepin, Wisconsin; Walnut Grove, Minnesota; and De Smet, South Dakota) remain small and rural, but they continue to draw fans from around the world who grew up reading On the Banks of Plum Creek and watching the popular TV series that debuted in 1974.
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Tuning Indicator: The Tivoli Audio Model One (Frost White Collection) features a front-panel LED tuning indicator. The LED tuning indicator illuminates amber and is brightest when the best tuning has been achieved. Note: Some listenable AM stations will not light the tuning indicator and should be tuned by ear for the clearest signal. Source Knob: The Model One tabletop radio is equipped with a 4-position source knob - AM, FM, Aux, and Off. Audio Features High-Gloss Cabinet: The Tivoli Audio Model One (Frost White Collection) features a handmade, high-gloss lacquer cabinet that is both beautiful and acoustically inert. Full-Range Driver: The Tivoli Audio Model One (Frost White Collection) features a single 3.0" heavy-magnet, long-throw full-range driver for great AM/FM sound. Frequency Contouring Circuit: The Model One's 3.0" full-range driver is mated to a frequency contouring circuit that automatically adjusts output over half-octave increments, resulting in musically accurate tonal balance and bass response. Down-Firing Port: The Model One features a down-firing port for added efficiency and bass-response. Volume Knob: The Tivoli Audio Model One (Frost White Collection) features a rotary volume control knob which operates the volume level for the unit's mono speaker and headphone output. Audio Connections: The Model One AM/FM radio is equipped with the following rear-panel audio inputs and outputs. Auxiliary Input: The Tivoli Audio Model One (Frost White Collection) features a 3.5mm auxiliary input for connecting an external device (such as your CD player or MP3 player), so you can listen to audio from the connected device through the Model One's mono speaker. Record Output: The radio's 3.5mm record output (fixed) lets you record music from the built-in AM/FM radio to a connected tape-deck or CD recorder. You can also use the Model One's record output to the connect the AM/FM tabletop radio to your home entertainment system. Headphone Output: The Model One radio is equipped with a 3.5mm headphone output for connecting a set of stereo headphones for private listening. Connecting headphones will mute the Model One's mono speaker. Placement: Place the Tivoli Audio Model One on a flat, stable surface (do not block the bottom bass port). The Model One radio is not video shielded and should be kept at least 5" away from a computer monitor or television. The Model One can be positioned vertically, as well as horizontally. Placement in a bookcase, cabinet, or close to walls or corners may increase bass response. Power Requirements AC Power Adapter: The Tivoli Audio Model One (Frost White Collection) operates off of standard household AC current using the supplied 10' AC power cord (117V-60Hz/25W). 12VDC/800ma Port: This input is for use with an optional 1A fused/12VDC adapter (sold separately), for operation in a boat or camper. The connector must be a 5.5mm/2.1mm center-positive. Front-Panel LED: The Model One features a front-panel LED which illuminates green when the unit's power is 'On'. Our Product Research Team At Crutchfield, you'll get detailed, accurate information that's hard to find elsewhere. That's because we have our own in-house Product Research team. They verify what's in the box, check the owner's manual, and record dimensions, features and specs. We stay on top of new products and technologies to help people make informed choices. Sorry, the Tivoli Audio Frost White Model One is no longer available. Looking for a similar item? Shop all Table Radios Or, you can still... 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A memorial service for Jose Manuel Galvan, 53, of Roscoe, will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at First United Methodist Church in Roscoe with Rev. Juanelle Jordan officiating. He was cremated.
Galvan died Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at Rolling Plains Hospital in Sweetwater.
He was born July 30, 1959 in Corpus Christi. Jose was married to Maria M. Galvan for many years. He was a mechanic and a chef. He loved building and remodeling things and was a carpenter. He built his own motorcycle.
Survivors include his daughters, Christie Galvan of Roscoe, Adriana Verastegui and husband Albert of Japan and Veronica Galvan of Tacoma, WA; son, Joseph Galvan and wife Elizabeth of Sweetwater; mother, Maria L. Galvan of Roscoe; grandchildren, Aaron Jo Verastegui, Aric Verastegui, Alma Verastegui, AV Verastegui, Kinzie Buchanan, Karlie Buchanan, Triston Galvan, Jayton Galvan and Leilani Galvan; sisters, Juanita Garcia and husband Daniel of Roscoe, Gracie Garza and husband Luis of Edinburg, Mari Cornett and husband Benny of Roscoe and Patty Hamilton and husband Lance of Justin; former wife, Maria M. Galvan; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his father, Catarino Galvan on June 15, 2011.


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What are you baking these days? April 2012 [old]
Hello April, glad you stopped by! Are you going to be as wacky as March? Please don't be Summer yet. We need some more cool weather to bake up a storm in...
I baked Rose Levy Beranbaum's lemon meringue pie last evening (using the all-butter CI crust that I especially like for its crispness -- did have to add a tb of vodka to get it to come together, however, despite weighing the ingredients and following the recipe slavishly).
The pie filling is stellar, about the best I ever made. You boil up the cornstarch, sugar, and water until thick and translucent, stir some into the egg yolks, then add the lemon juice and rind, butter, and salt. I added the butter before the juice because I had of course forgotten to take it out of the freezer until I was up to my waist in the recipe. She doesn't call for any furher cooking other than to set and brown the meringue, but I put it back on the heat just to come back to just under the boil because of egg safety nervousness.
It's an italian meringue, which means you have to futz around with bringing a sugar syrup to soft ball temp and beating it into beaten egg whites. At least in my hands it made a firmer meringue than usual and I couldn't coax it into dramatic Martha meringue swirls, so ended up with a sort of spackled effect.
Never mind the looks, here's the pie, pussycats -- divine, lemony/creamy, and the meringue marshmallowy and plush. Barely warm, mindbending, fridge cold, killer.
I love the sound of that lemon meringue pie, and the method is fascinating. I will definitely try it.
I made a buttermilk batter bread from Quick Breads, and given that the whole shebang only took a little over an hour, it was excellent. Actually, whether it took longer or not, it was excellent. The plan for today is Chocolate Chip cookie bars for my son to take to his first period Chemistry class tomorrow morning as salve for having to be back in class after the 2 week spring break. I also have quite a few over-ripe bananas in the house, and will make the banana chocolate chip bundt from Great Coffee Cakes. It sounds like a nice change from banana bread.
re: roxlet
The Banana Chocolate Chip bundt cake from Great Coffee cakes is a nice change from banana bread. The bananas are passed through a sieve, and the recipe uses butter and cake flour giving the finished product a lighter crumb than any banana bread I have made before. It also calls for banana extract, not something I have hanging around the house, so in addition to the vanilla called for, I added a little Fior de Sicilia, an extract sold by King Arthur Flour. Now I remember why I haven't used it in a long time: my son hates the taste of it, and he thought that the cake had a weird flavor. I thought it was pretty good, but since he is the main eater of cakes of this sort in our house, I am packing it up to give to the neighbors. I would make this cake again, but I would just use the vanilla. Off to find another breakfast option to lure my son to eat something before school...
re: roxlet
Who has banana extract sitting around?? I've considered buying the Fior de Sicilia when King Arthur does their annual cheap shipping to Canada sale.. do you like it?
re: rstuart
Unlike roxlet's son, I like Fiori di Sicilia. It has a citrus-vanilla flavor, and according to KA, it is the traditional flavoring for panettone. I find it gives a je ne sais quois that people (including me) tend to like. I have used it to flavor cookies and frosting.
re: Caitlin McGrath
Thanks Caitlin.. I may try it! Love both citrus and vanilla flavours...
re: Caitlin McGrath
I just looked at the ingredients, and they use citrus oils and vanillin. Isn't that the artificial vanilla flavoring? Hmmm. Not a fan of that!
re: roxlet
CI did a taste test a few years ago that had CVS brand imitation vanilla at a high ranking. I used it in stuff for the office and whatnot and no one ever said anything.
re: rstuart
IMO Fior de Sicilia smells lovely and can add a pleasing flavor but is insanely, ridiculously strong. If you use more than a drop it can totally overpower a recipe. I feel like I should invest in a medicine dropper for doling it out.
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Hmmm... something to think about! Thanks Butterfat...
I am trying salted peanut toffee cookies for the first time today, another recipe from Alice Medrich's Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy. Dough is chilling now. I am opting for the "fat little log" cookie shape that she mentions, and they will be rolled in toffee nuts.
Last week I tried (and really enjoyed) Martha Stewart's black bottom coconut bars, featuring a slim base layer of bittersweet brownie topped with a generous mound of chewy coconut, so basically a macaroon cookie on top of a brownie. mmmmm. Served for a crowd, and every single one disappeared. Someone assembled leftover goodies for a friend, and I heard her say to the friend, "Oh, I wish I could have brought you these coconut bars she made, but they were all gobbled up... they were sooo good." So, favorable reports!
re: peppermint_sky
That's nice when you hear something like that.
re: peppermint_sky
I'm glad to hear that. I bookmarked the recipe, but I saw that one poster commented that they were "flavorless." Chocolate and coconut are big flavor combinations in our house...
re: roxlet
They were great, although I wouldn't put in them in my top echelon of cookies. I bake a new recipe each week. I would make these again, and they are definitely not flavorless, although I want to try a similar bar with sweetened condensed milk in the coconut layer. Gooier.... I think I would like that even more.
re: peppermint_sky
Oooh.. that sounds great! Let us know how your experimenting turns out!
re: peppermint_sky
one of my favourite bars is like that. Ribbon bars from our cottage community in the 60's. The bottom has graham crackers and marg and melted chocolate, the middle is coconut and sweetened condensed milk ( which we dye pink) and the top is a buttercream dyed green'
re: peppermint_sky
Peppermint, glad to hear, I had also printed that recipe off and wondered how it was...
There was a sale on apples at the market yesterday. Average 69 cents per pound, so I grabbed a couple pounds and made a deep dish apple pie last night just before bed.
It's been sitting all night, cooling on the counter. Can't wait to get home and break into that thing.
I also got a ton of lemons from a neighbor's tree. Thinking lemon bars...or something. Can't decide.
Almond joy macaroons. Only made 2/3 of a batch, and they're already half gone (not all by me) ... will need to make more soon!
Egg tarts. I always get them with dim sum but it never occurred to me that I could make them at home before.


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|Easy Eggplant Parmesan Casserole
Who doesn't love Eggplant Parmesan? But it can be a mess to fry the eggplant. We love this recipe because it does not require frying the eggplant and it is healthier. Just layer the ingredients in a deep casserole dish, cover and bake.
1 thinly sliced eggplant-about 1 1/2 lbs (no need to peel)
Slice eggplant, put in colander; cover with salt; cover with plastic wrap and a heavy object. Leave for 30-45 minutes. Rinse off salt and let dry. (If time crunched, omit this entire step which actually just eliminates some bitterness from eggplant)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a deep pyrex type casserole, layer about 1/3 of each ingredient:
Cover tightly with foil. Bake about 45 - 60 minutes or until sizzly and eggplant is softened
Yield: Serves 3-4
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Lewis Hamilton believes Formula One fans could be in for a treat this season as the new rules are designed to spice up the show...
Lewis Hamilton believes Formula One fans could be in for a treat this season as the new rules are designed to spice up the show.
Heading into the opening grand prix of the Championship, Australia, the mystery of pre-season testing will begin to unfold.
Hamilton's Mercedes team is being billed as the early season favourites while Williams are also up there. At the bottom of the pack, though, are Red Bull and Lotus, both of whom struggled in testing.
But whether that will be the order when the Australian GP plays out is anyone's guess.
The one thing fans can be sure of, Hamilton reckons, is that 2014 will be an exciting season.
"I'm excited about the new season not just as a driver but as a fan," he stated.
"As a fan, you want to see overtaking throughout the field, you want to see different race winners, you want to see the Championship go down to the wire... I hope that the changes for this year will make that happen.
"This is the year you need to watch Formula One!"
As for Mercedes' chances in Melbourne, the 2008 Woprld Champ is raring to go and reckons his Mercedes team has what it takes to succeed.
"I think we're as ready as we can be for Melbourne and I'm more fired up than ever. With all the changes within the sport and the hard work that's been going on within the team, I believe this can be our year to really show what we're capable of.
"That's not to take anything away from our opposition, who will be incredibly tough to beat as always, but I feel like I'm equipped with the tools I need to succeed. I can't wait to get started!"