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(TNS) To quote former FBI Director James Comey: That's it? After an inexcusable buildup, House Republicans have released a memo purporting to show that the Department of Justice investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was tainted by partisanship. Instead, the memo reveals that the investigation is legitimate — and vitally necessary.
The memo, released with the blessing of Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump but over the objections of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department, expresses "concerns" over government interactions with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which must approve any FBI effort to surveil U.S. citizens. It further raises the specter of a "troubling breakdown of legal processes" in the surveillance approval process.
But, to quote Comey again, these claims are dishonest and misleading. They are also refuted by the memo itself.
Its "proof" of partisan bias is the so-called Steele dossier, which the court partly relied on to grant the surveillance request (other information on which the court relied is classified). Yes, the dossier was funded by Democrats, and the memo asserts the FBI failed to inform the court of this. But the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence committee disputes that claim, which may be among the reasons why Ryan has so far forbidden him from releasing his own memo.
In any case, legally speaking, the information's provenance is less relevant than its reliability. Judges have a lot of practice assessing information from biased informants, who after all are the most common kind.
Even worse, the memo undercuts its own case by conceding that the surveillance requests originated with information that had nothing to do with the dossier. The target of the surveillance, onetime Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page, had attracted FBI notice for his interaction with Russian agents as far back as 2013. The memo notes that the FBI's counterintelligence investigation began in July 2016, before it knew of the Steele dossier.
Of course, the memo's larger aim — discrediting the investigation — becomes even more difficult when viewed in context. It's hard to argue that an investigation is a partisan Democratic ruse when it's run by a Republican special counsel who was appointed by Trump's own Justice Department.
The real trouble, of course, is not that the investigation is based on anything biased or bogus. It's that it appears all too legitimate. It has already produced two guilty pleas, including one from the former national security adviser, and two indictments, including one of the president's former campaign chairman.
The guilty pleas and indictments show special counsel Robert Mueller is on the right track. Congress's focus now should be on ensuring that he be allowed to complete his investigation.


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Are we entering a new era of professional collaboration? Or do we face a creative showdown?
An interesting question and one this event organised by Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in association with d & ad set out to explore.
'Pixels at Dawn' took place last Tuesday night (November 17, 2009) at a huge venue called Rich Mix on Bethnal Green Road.
I went along to meet @pixandu and tackle some quick-fire briefs set by and worked on by folk across disciplines such as broadcast, advertising and design.
Why can't we all just work together? This event was a fun way of nudging us all to just that. So as soon as I arrived, I grabbed a free chair (after my free beer) and when the time came to start the first brief, I hooked up with the strangers next to me (this was the idea, plus @pixandu had to work late), Fan, Ed, Axel and a girl whose name I didn't catch because she was as quiet as a mouse.
I should also point out that while the crowd were working away on the briefs, so were the three groups of professionals from the following companies: BBC, Ogilvy, RDF, So TV, Six to Start, Kessels Kramer, Mint Digita, Somethin' Else and Puregrass Films.
You should also know that these teams were not made up of copywriters and art directors, although I think one team had a designer from Mint Digital (who incidently I had heard speak at Media140 London).
Brief one - Young at Heart - set by Joe Ferry, Virgin Atlantic Airways
Create a product, service or comms strategy that creates a brand idea to attract an aging population of flyers (over 60s). Communicate how we can benefit this group.
What the professionals came up with:
A whole bunch of crazy ideas, such as: Spend the inheritance, Relive the 60s, Branson's gang and even a Mile High Club, although I have no idea what this involved.
What we came up with:
Name and campaign TBC but the product is basically an over-60s club that you automatically get access to, for free, if you are, yes you've guessed it, over 60. So a bit like a bus pass, then. You get your own card but the main benefits are the, um, benefits. Here are a few that we thought of in the ten minutes or so:
Additional airmiles
Priority check-in
Priority seating near gate
Priority boarding
Over 60s toilet
Help with bags
In-flight TV and radio specifically for over 60s
You can go as crazy as you like. I wouldn't want to patronise this audience too much but I'm sure you can have some fun - the idea is supposed to be young at heart, after all, because of Virgin's younger image.
I should point out that one of the pro teams had the same idea as us. Perhaps other groups in the audience did as well. It wouldn't surprise me. It doesn't annoy me that other people had the same idea. I think it's one of the best. I think it provides a real product around which you can build all kinds of communications.
It was interesting that both our group and one of the pro groups also came up with the idea of allowing the over 60s to meet up online before they travelled, in case they wanted to meet up and chat - or maybe spark a little romance as one of the pro teams suggested.
So it was nice to see we had a digital element, although don't forget folks, the Interwebs (all six of them) are just media. It's the big idea that counts.
Brief two - Jedward - set by Graham Stuart, MD, SO Television
@iboy will like this one. The brief was to make Jedward musically credible, giving them a career beyond the past week.
Bit of a funny one, as I can't help feeling that there have been many manufactured acts down the years who couldn't sing. And that anyone could be made to sound tuneful in the studio. So why not Jedward? Because everyone knows they can't actually sing?
Like I say, not sure this has stopped a few people in the past. So wouldn't some producer simply work on them to make them sound ok?
Anyway, once we got over that intitial question, we had some fun. So did the pros. Here are some of their ideas:
Basically watch Jedward 24/7 and humiliate them in 000s of ways.
An experiment with the Royal College of Music to see if we can teach Jedward to sing (had this one)
Children's TV presenters (heard this one on twitter but I'm fucked if I'd want my child watching those two)
Sing Star off-key singing competition
Get Jedward to make a record in every country around the world.
Work with charities (had a version of this - see below)
Some of our ideas:
Yup, see if we can teach them to sing.
Get them to work with deaf kids.
Chucklevision II.
Ant and Dec and Jedward (where each on of Ant and Dec had to have a Jedward over each shoulder).
Brief three - New political party - set by Ben Casey, CD, The Chase
Piece together a set of attributes for a new kind of politician for a new political party. What might the party be called? How would you create the campaign to launch it?
Well time was short here but it was interesting to hear that so many different people had had such similar ideas. Here are some of ours:
All female party
Talented people only party
Not real people - like Gorillaz
Tell the truth party
And that was that. The MC went around the room getting the crowd's thoughts and ideas after we'd heard the pros present their work up on stage. Pretty impressive when you consider they'd had 10 minutes or so on each brief and were working with 2-3 other people they'd never met from different companies; different disciplines, even.
The future of collaboration? I hope so. And it was nice to catch up with Matt, Phillipe, Matt and Theresa from D&AD's autumn 2009 digital advertising workshop, too (Hello Rhiannon!) We even managed to get to work on a couple of the briefs together.
I'm not sure if there's going to be another PAD, but if there is I'll see you there.
PS. If you've ever read any of my previous posts, you might know I'm intrigued by Google, SEO and search rankings. So you'll forgive me for pointing out a little Google ranking wierdness relating to this particular post - I was ranking 8th on page one of Google for the term 'Pixels at Dawn', whilst I was still writing the post. I goddammed love the Interwebs. It's so goddammed fast. A bit like me on the draw (sound of ricocheting bullet.)
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Pixels at Dawn
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Tournament preview
The European Champions Cup becomes more of a punting minefield every year as the same big names seem to hold the balance of power.
Champions Saracens, Irish powerhouses Leinster and Munster, French giants Toulon, Clermont and Racing 92 dominate the betting, with new arrivals such as Montpellier hitting the scene and former winners including Leicester struggling to stay with the pack.
The draw goes a long way to dictating which of those star names will be bigger or shorter prices but fleeting domestic form sometimes takes a back seat as bookmakers know European pedigree counts for more.
Sarries look set to take all the beating again - the depth of their squad, the excellence of their coaching, their composure on the pitch and the assuredness of their performances probably make them the safest bet.
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But aiming for a third successive title is a huge challenge and they are sure to have to balance that with a desire to win back their domestic title.
Second-favourites Toulon are a decent price at 8-1 but they have been underwhelming this season. For all the firepower they boast, with Chris Ashton, Mathieu Bastareaud, Vincent Clerc, Brian Habana, JP Pietersen and Semi Radrada in the squad, they have managed four tries in just one of their seven Top 14 matches and have shipped more than they have scored.
Toulon look more of an expensively assembled assortment of stars than a team, and the same can be said of 2016 runners-up Racing 92, who go into their opener against Leicester on a run of three straight league defeats.
Clermont, beaten finalists for the third time in five years last season, have looked better but they are in a group with Saracens, and how often can you keep trusting a team who so often fall at the final hurdle?
Leinster and Munster as ever lead the Irish charge, while the X-factor comes in the shape of French clubs Montpellier and La Rochelle, but one team could just outshine them all at outstanding odds.
Best bet
Glasgow 80-1
If European pedigree is the be-all and end-all then Glasgow barely rate a second look after their first quarter-final appearance last season ended in a heavy defeat, and they have been landed with a desperately difficult draw up against three-time winners Leinster, English champions Exeter and star-studded Montpellier.
But they emerged from an equally tough section last year, beating Leicester and Racing 92 home and away, going down only narrowly at home to Munster.
The Warriors beat Montpellier home and away the last time they were paired with them in 2014-15 and did the same to Exeter the season before, so they should not be intimidated by any of their fixtures, and confidence is a crucial factor for the success of their fearless attacking game.
They showed that to best effect in a devastating 37-10 home win over Munster in the Pro14, and their domestic record of six victories out of six is unmatched by any other team in the competition.
Those wins have included open, high-scoring open games as well as a tight 18-12 grind in wild conditions at Connacht and last week's breathless and bruising 29-26 victory over the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein so Glasgow have clearly demonstrated they can be a team for all seasons and all styles of opponent, another critical factor in Europe.
Next best
Montpellier 10-1
Backing two teams from the same pool might seem self-defeating, but with three second-placed teams qualifying from the five pools, rather than the old two from six, there is every chance of both teams making it through so it is more than a mere insurance policy and it is so hard to ignore the talent Montpellier have at their disposal.
It's hard to pick out one star name given they have former Ulster scrum-half Ruan Pienaar and All Black Aaron Cruden in the halves, fearsome Fijian Nemani Nadolo on the wing, powerhouse number eight Louis Picamoles, brothers Bismarck and Jannie du Plessis in the front row - and that's just scratching the surface.
The fear with French teams is that they won't give their all in Europe and Montpellier have little form in the book at this level.
But ironically they have been pilloried by rival fans - and some of their own for not being French enough, with their raft of overseas talent and a Kiwi coach at the helm, none other than Vern Cotter, who will surely give his all after so many attempts with Clermont.
Cotter rested many of his star names in last weekend's defeat to Stade Francais - the exact opposite of what many other Top 14 coaches would do and a clear indication that this tournament is a target.
They are second in the Top 14 table and are by some distance the top scorers with 241 points and 32 tries in seven games.
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Monday, January 2, 2012
A Scientist and a Prophet Walk Into a Plague Pit...
The first is that scientists have made relatively simple mutations in the H5N1 bird flu virus to apparently enable it to propagate through the air. My understanding is that the virus's inability to transmit this way naturally is the only firewall keeping us from an epidemic far beyond anything we've seen in modern times. I don't generally spend much time wringing my hands over these impending-medical-catastrophe things, but it seems like a fella ought to be kept awake by this one. This very extant strain of flu is especially devastating, killing somewhere near 50% of the people it infects. The article I read (different from the linked one above) cites some expert saying that we will be dealing with this flu and this type of transmission within the decade. Given that, as I understand it, we really have no medical defense against viruses, this coming plague promises to hit every one of us hard and leave a radically different world in its wake.
The second item was the hiring of a big Times Square display for New Year's Eve by an anti-vaccine group to spread their reprehensible pseudo-science alternate reality. The use of vaccines to ward off, and in some cases completely eradicate, major illnesses has been one of humankind's greatest collective achievements. And these folks are pounding away at this foundation as they run scared from a lie. It's one thing to choose to opt out for yourself, and maybe another thing to opt your children out (ugh); but it's a totally different matter entirely for your choices to place everyone else in society in peril, which is exactly what is now occurring. In an effort to flee from a completely invented and thoroughly-debunked risk--that the MMR vaccine causes autism--these people are now mounting a campaign against all vaccines, thus exposing their kids and everyone else's kids to a host of things that were heretofore under control. Catastrophic and unconscionable and apparently immune to reason. At some point this all leaves the realm of personal freedom behind and skirts instead with crime against humanity. (I can imagine a not-so-strange-as-reality sci-fi novel where society is forced to quarantine these denihilists to retain our herd immunity, only to have them lie about their convictions to avoid the rampant diseases they've released in the quarantine communities, thus making our efforts to contain their damage futile.)
My wife says, with some justification, that I am being too hard on people who are simply reacting to a devastating occurrence in their lives. But my objection is certainly not to their fear and personal anguish--of course not; I object to the strain of misinformation that preys on their vulnerable state, and to a media subculture that turns these wounded folks into passionate carriers of misinformation. And I especially object to a broader media model that covers the controversy instead of correcting the swirl of misinformation. Our current setup is creating a sect of willfully-ignorant obstructionists, people who shoot the messenger when their pet myths are faced with conflicting data, and giving them a megaphone. (A clip of a caller from an NPR Talk Of The Nation program a while back was held up as an example of cultural insanity: a doctor was a guest on the show, and to the question "What if I could show you the data to prove you're wrong?" the caller said openly that no information he or anyone else could possibly give her could make her change her mind and vaccinate her kids.)
I see the stamp of our current milieu in all this, the mark of our current media model. Rupert Murdoch has made a fortune out of putting the wacky in the spotlight and fanning the flames of white man's anger, and I know scores of people who buy unquestioningly into the results of this methodology. Part of his bag of tricks is to undermine anyone whose information runs contrary to the desired narrative, with the result that people now choose their facts. And we end up with climate and public health scientists being shouted down at public meetings while Jenny McCarthy and Rush Limbaugh are held up as qualified to expound to the masses on these subjects.
What got me thinking about all this is my current book. I'm currently reading Barbara Tuchman's account of life in the 14th Century, A Distant Mirror, and I'm up to the chapter about bubonic plague. Jesus, what an absolute horror. The disease showed up rather suddenly, and quickly overwhelmed whole towns and villages. The time between onset and death could be very short, from three days to a single day, sometimes even a few hours--a person could go to bed perfectly well and not survive until morning. There are examples of doctors showing up to treat a patient and dying from the disease before the patient herself expired. It's estimated that the plague of 1347-1350 killed off a third of the population of Europe--some 20 million people--and some places were left without a single survivor. I'm reminded of the shocking portrayal of a 19th Century England trying to deal with cholera in Steven Johnson's fascinating 2009 book The Ghost Map. There was little science at the time, no fact-based medicine, no antibiotics or any pharmaceuticals that were more than happenstances, no clue about the essence of infectious disease; and all of steeped in a really toxic mixture of total ignorance and rampant superstition mingled with a constant struggle for power and supremacy. And Tuchman's book takes us back another 500 years from that. Ugh.
And yet I daresay we were mired in the same level of ignorance and superstition in both periods. We had certainly learned things in the 500 years between the two stories, but the modern scientific method was just taking its first baby steps by the late 1800s, and so the same ignorance and superstition held sway. The big change took hold just into the early 1900s and onward, where careful observation and evidence-based research have resulted in a century of progress never before seen on this planet. We now understand plague and cholera very well, and know exactly how to treat them as well as a zillion other diseases. And we didn't get there by praying.
We may shortly be faced with an epidemic perhaps even worse than the Black Death, and I contend that science is all we have. To repudiate the science is to put us back in the comparative Dark Ages.
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- dbackdad said...
I used to find Jenny McCarthy cute and mildly amusing (for God knows what reason ... but I digress), but since she's been on her anti-vaccine kick, I find her annoying and dangerous. Like your wife says, she initially came from a "devastating occurrence", but the crusade she has been on does not make her son's autism get better. Instead, it is dooming thousands of kids of impressionable parents.
I forgive people for being stupid but I will not forgive them for being willfully ignorant and for spreading their ignorance.
- Tue Jan 03, 09:22:00 PM
- Jeff said...
These two news tidbits are quite closely related. You mention in discussing the first that we really have no weapons in the fight against viruses. The one weapon we do have are the vaccines mentioned in the second tidbit. We can not cure cases of viral infection once they have occurred - we can only keep them from happening in the first place through the use of vaccines.
These people who campaign against vaccination are doing untold amounts of damage to our public health. And it really is a 'public' health issue, since a big part of the success of vaccines comes from having most people vaccinated. Like you say, it is one thing for them to choose to skip vaccinations, but it is harmful to all of us when they try to convince others to follow their idiotic ideas.
I don't even have a good idea how to deal with this sort of problem. We can't really force people to be vaccinated (but we could quit granting exceptions to allow unvaccinated kids into public school - although pushing anti-vaxxers to home-school their kids sounds like a whole other disaster), and there seems to be no way to get them to realize how wrong they are and to reconsider their ill-founded opinion.
You also mention another factor that I think is a very big part of this - the failure of the various media voices to make the facts of the situation clear. As you say, they want to report the controversy, and to try to give both sides an equal hearing, but there is no controversy and there are not two sides! Vaccines help many times more people than they might harm! There aren't 'two sides' to the issue any more than there are two sides to the debate about whether the Earth is flat or not. Most of the media have been failing in this regard on a wide variety of topics, to the point where I never expect to hear a clear, straightforward delineation of the actual facts in a news article, I have come to expect the usual presentation of the facts as one expert's opinion, with another 'expert' giving his opposing opinion as a counterpoint.
Throw in a widespread mistrust of established science and a belief in various fairies and magic, and it looks like a situation that will not be getting better any time soon.
- Wed Jan 04, 01:20:00 AM
- wunelle said...
This is one of those things where I'm stunned at how the celebration of misinformation takes hold--not how an individual may come to believe wrong things, but how the wrong becomes accepted by so many despite all evidence to the contrary. (Is this like believing elaborate god myths when there is no evidence for them and plenty against?)
Lately I'm contemplating the phenomenon of the Third Reich. One wants to think that, lesson learned, it could never happen again; we know and understand too much. But this is patently untrue. We progress as a society against so many backward steps and so much dead weight. Given that the Third Reich JUST HAPPENED, during a time when the scientific method was available and functioning, I begin to wonder if we can really think our way out of anything. We have to drag along a bunch of people who are happy to use their cell phones and drive their cars and go to the doctor while failing to use in their own lives the tools that made those things possible. The anti-vax crowd is the ultimate expression of our self-destructive tendencies.
- Wed Jan 04, 02:52:00 AM
- Vancouver Voyeur said...
Here's one for you, it ties the historic events of the various plagues from the 1300s to the modern day AIDS virus and a cure. There is a mutated gene, CCR5 Delta-32 that some people in 1300s Europe possessed that helped them survive the plagues. This mutated gene came from Viking invaders. If you had one copy of the gene, you had partial immunity, if you had two copies of the gene, total immunity. The AIDS virus behaves the same way as these old plagues in that all but one or two forms of AIDS have to attach at the same spot on the cell to infect a person. People who have the two copies of CCR5 Delta 32 can't get AIDS, breast cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, Smallpox and a few other diseases. Within the last year or so, an American living in Berlin was completely cured of his leukemia and AIDS when he received a bone marrow transplant from someone with two copies of the mutated gene. Here's a story that will get you started on this great historic discovery: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/previous_seasons/case_plague/interview.html
- Fri Jan 06, 08:32:00 AM
- wunelle said...
Fascinating. Isn't this the kind of generally accepted path of medicine? 1. Alleviation and management of pain and symptoms; 2. The curing of disease with antibiotics; and 3: The manipulation of genes to ward off / prevent the conditions pre-emptively.
I wonder how many things will one day be addressed in the manner you portray.
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Getting rid of a best friend when she becomes a frenemy
When to drop a "friend"
I just dropped a friend. I literally dropped her and probably never want to speak to her again. This is because I realize our entire relationship was built on her being overly competitive with me, she never supported me. Let's call my ex-friend Laurel, okay, so her name is really Laurel.
Laurel and I met in high school and were inseparable. We went to the same college together, hung around the same friends and she was my BFF all the way. Now I am 30 years older, and I realize she was never my BFF, just someone to make her feel better when she was down, or someone to come to her aid. It was never the other way around.
Executive Summary: I realized that Laurel was treating me like her sister when we went shopping once and she turned it into a competition. Of course she has several sisters, I have none. So her whole life was a competition of some sort, I never understood this. On our shopping trip, she commented about my weight as we shared a changing room. She bought all of the clothes that I put back as too small, and told me she was glad she didn't have the weight problems I had at the time, because she would have shot herself if she had to go on a diet. I weighed probably 140 at that time, she must have weighed around the same, but was taller so carried it differently. I realized this was mean spirited, and made the decision to watch her for crap comments after this to prove she was not really a friend. I was not to be disappointed.
After that eye-opening shopping trip, I began to take note of the times we talked on the phone. I waited a whole week before calling her, and no, she did not call me first. So, I was usually the one who called, note taken. Then, when I did talk to her, I timed how much time she spent asking about me. I always asked about her first, got the pleasantries out of the way, then on my end set the timer. My pad was empty every time. I realized and noted that she NEVER asked about me during our calls. They were always all about her.
I noticed she would dump all of her problems on me, with no break in the conversation for me to join in with my own issues. She obviously could not care about my problems. After she had dumped all of her toxic issues into my yielding ear, she would do a hit and run and say, "look at the time, I gotta hop," and would get off the phone quickly. This always left me tired, slightly used and frustrated that I once again missed out on a conversation with my friend. I was an unpaid therapist, not so much fun when you want a real relationship with another person after all.
I thought long and hard about never speaking to Laurel again. It was going to be so difficult, not to be able to call her, wasn't it? Reality check: when I stopped calling her she also stopped calling me and I went first weeks, then months without hearing from her. It seems she did not notice that I was avoiding her, she had never initiated contact with me unless she wanted to dump on me, so when I stopped calling I guess she took the hint and never called me back.
Well, that was it. I had to realize I was having a relationship all by myself. Laurel gave me the courage to make better decisions regarding friendships, and I started noticing who else was just in a relationship with me for the therapy aspect of it all.
My advice: Don't call your friends for one week. See who calls you back first to see if you are okay or not. Those who do not call you are sending a message to you about the friendship. You may be surprised to find out what you consider your best friendship in the entire world is bogus, and that it does not really exist beyond your own mind.
I vow not to have any more relationships with myself, but to have normal give and take relationships with people who really care about me. Bye, Laurel, oh sorry, you are already gone.
YOu make a great point - there is a point in your life when you figure out who matters and who doesn't. Those they supply you with negativity are the ones to toss out!
I feel for you. I had a friend who was always all about herself. However, I have found that instead of me calling her, she always called me to talk or not talk. It got old. Eventually, I just stopped answering the phone. She would never listen when I had problems; it was always about her. It got old fast. However, I commend you on your abiltiy to step up and say No - I will no longer be treated like that. There are so many great people out there to waste your time on someone who doesn't care. I bet you there are a million on here! :)


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The so-called "silo effect" dominated academia for years and – by extension – the practice of the professions and knowledge-based career paths pursued by graduates of the academy. The IGI Dictionary defines the silo effect as the "lack of information exchange between data base systems within an entity or with outside entities. The silo may be limited to the technical deficiencies of the system, but the effect encompasses the larger human problem of the silo mentality, which includes a predisposition away from sharing such information."
In the silo effect knowledge – both pure and applied – is created and grown vertically within the knowledge category without significant exchange with other silos of knowledge or supporting input from other silos. This phenomenon is at least partially rooted in the pre-20th century tradition of professional preparation through apprenticeship wherein professions and professional practice were learned by associating oneself with an established practitioner. This professional preparation occurred outside the university so that would-be lawyers, physicians, librarians, etc. rarely came into contact with other learning communities. It was not until the rise of professional associations in the late 19th century that standards for education for professions began to be established and these standards eventuated into the establishment of learning environments dedicated to meeting these standards. The results are today's schools of library science, colleges of engineering, and faculties of medicine. In the words of John le Carre, the professional disciplines had "come in from the cold," (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, p. iv) where interdisciplinarity could take root and eventually flourish.
The interdisciplinarity that has grown up in academia is now a robust landscape of interdisciplinary areas of study such as programs in area studies (e.g., Latin American Studies) which originally grew from various disciplines (language, history, religion, etc.) focusing their inquiries and problem solving abilities on a specific geographic region. These interdisciplinary efforts have by now become so institutionalized that they form their own discipline.
A report produced by the North Carolina State University expands upon this idea:
"Area studies appeared as a strategy in American universities in the late 1930s and was predicated on a belief in comprehensive, integrated knowledge. A 'doctrine of concentration' professed that 'the mind advances when wholly immersed in one interest but connections should be made with related subjects' (Klein, 1990, p. 27). It sought a restructuring of fields through theoretical perspectives regarding what disciplines had in common (for example, behavioral sciences or cultural geography). This approach altered the methods of social inquiry, but never impacted the cumulative science.
"World War II was the impetus for applied interdisciplinary work in research, and by the middle of the twentieth century the 'hyphenated sciences' (biophysics, biochemistry, etc.) were well established. Unlike earlier work, this research was mission driven. The Manhattan Project was a prime example of specialists needing to work together to accomplish a specific goal that could not be addressed by a single discipline (Klein, 1990, p. 32-34). Established in 1969, the National Science Foundation further reinforced this new definition of interdisciplinary research through its funding practices." (NC State Task Force on Comprehensiveness and Interdisciplinarity, 2011, p.2).
Focusing on the applicability of interdisciplinary studies for students preparing to enter the work force, the North Carolina State University report recommended that (NC State Task Force on Comprehensiveness and Interdisciplinarity, 2011):


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Happy Saturday darling readers! I'm so excited to have nothing to do this weekend. Therefore, I get to do whatever I want! Muahahahaha!!! The power has gone to my head. I intend to scrapbook and clean and organize, maybe get a foot massage. The possibilities are endless.
I'm going to relish these next few weeks because come September, I'll be back on my travel wagon. It's 2-3 different cities/countries a month for me. I both love and loath that kind of schedule. Either way I see a very tired Jamie at the end of it.
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Gridx in XPages – 20: Improving Memory Management with Virtual Scrolling
Gridx will render DOM elements for every row in the data store by default, but this can be a very inefficient use of memory and can hurt performance. In this post, I'll show how to add virtual scrolling to the grid in order to minimize the number of DOM elements required at any given point for displaying the data.
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As the number of rows in the data store increases, you may start to notice more of a lag in rendering the grid. This is because it renders every row in the store. This generates far more DOM elements than you could see on the page at one time, so it's highly inefficient.
Fortunately, there is an extremely simple way to streamline the amount of rows that are rendered — the VirtualVScroller module.
All you have to do is add it to the grid and it does the work automatically.
1. Require Module
The first thing you need to do is include the
VirtualVScroller module in the require statement.
2. Include Module in Grid
To make it available to the grid, add it to the grid's
modules list.
modules: [ Resizer, NestedSort, Filter, FilterBar, QuickFilter, VirtualVScroller ]
3. Define the Buffer Size
Next, you need to define the size of the buffer to maintain in memory. This is specified in the
vScrollerBuffSize attribute of the grid.
The buffer size is the amount of rows it will render before and after the rows that you can see in the grid. It defaults to 5, but the documentation says to increase it to 10 or 20 if scrolling isn't smooth enough. The tradeoff is scrolling smoothness vs the number of rows to render each time.
grid = new Grid( { id: "my_gridX", cacheClass: Cache, store: store, structure: columns, vScrollerBuffSize:10, modules: [ Resizer, NestedSort, Filter, FilterBar, QuickFilter, VirtualVScroller ] });
In my sample grid (with a data store of about 1,300 rows), it was rendering 13,160 DOM elements before the virtual scrolling and only 313 DOM elements after scrolling! It is clear to see how this is a significant boost in efficiency for the grid.
If you want to perform a similar test, you can determine the number of elements by using this statement in the browser console:
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The first time I went to University, I learned a foreign language: Spanish. I also learned a quaint version of English in which, at the start of "Michaelmas term", you "went up" to college, where you "read" a subject with a strange-sounding name like MML, SPS, compsci or natsci. The weeks started on Thursdays and sometime in November everyone took to their beds (or, more likely, the bar) with Fifth Week Blues. (Term started in October and lasted hardly any time at all, but the academic year did go on until June.)
The second time, I'll be learning it all, all over again.
For a start, I'll have to get used to calling it "school", after spending three years telling my language students that, in English, you leave school at 18 and after that it's called university.
I won't be choosing papers for my course or writing essays for them; instead I'll be choosing "courses" for my "program", for which I will write "papers", some (but not all) of which may be "essays", since I will be, after all, studying creative writing.
The whole thing starts not with Freshers' Week but with "Welcome Week", which includes an "Involvement Fair", which is what I used to call a Freshers' Fair. The main event of the week is not matriculation but "Opening Convocation", during which undergrads (who may or may not be called undergrads) wear matching tshirts rather than gowns.
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With many of today's job seekers applying for new positions online, one important document doesn't garner as much attention as it should: the cover letter. Most applicants just type out a few quick sentences in an e-mail message, attach a resume and hit Send, assuming that's sufficient. If you want to stand apart from other candidates, sufficient isn't enough. Here are some tips to help you develop a strong cover letter:
- Name names. Address your letter to the specific hiring manager rather than including a generalized introduction. If you don't know the hiring manager's name, call the company and ask.
- Do your homework. Research the company online and, using the information you discover, demonstrate how your skills fit the job and could benefit the organization.
- Solve any mysteries. If you have any long employment gaps, explain how you filled the time. Mention professional development courses or volunteer activities that show your efforts to keep your skills current.
- Leave something for the resume. Limit your cover letter to one page if printed, or a few paragraphs if submitted in the body of an e-mail.
- Make a plan. Demonstrate your excitement for the position and conclude by identifying next steps such as, "I'll follow up with you next week to discuss meeting in person."
- Read and reread. Just as you would scrutinize your resume, take time to review your cover letter for typos and grammatical errors. Have a friend or mentor read it as an added precaution.
- Be a savvy submitter. When applying through online job boards, always choose the option to add your cover letter to your resume. When e-mailing application materials to a hiring manager, paste your cover letter within the body of your message.
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War-torn Iraq recently got an unexpected boost on its way to becoming an investment hot spot, which may take its next step sooner than conventional wisdom suggests.
Even as military forces wage a fierce offensive against ISIS, global ratings agency Fitch upgraded last month Iraq's outlook to stable, based largely on the country's improving public finances.
To be sure, Iraq's B+ credit rating is still deeply entrenched in speculative, or junk territory. The low rating reflects what Fitch analysts called political risk and instability associated with the conflict-ridden country that's "among the highest faced by any sovereign rated by Fitch."
Yet as a marker for big institutional buyers like hedge funds and sovereign wealth arms, Fitch's vote of confidence could mark the start of a broader shift among investors about Iraq's long-term potential. The upgrade could be pivotal for a country still considered besieged, but considered by a handful of savvy market watchers to be a potential diamond in the rough.
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The Village of Roselle is holding its third annual "Green Night in Roselle" on Thursday April 29, 2010, at 7:00 pm. This year's event will be held in a new location at Lake Park High School West Campus Auditorium, 500 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.
Green Night activities will focus on water conservation and how you can use less water in around your house with some easy fixes.
The Village will be selling rain barrels in conjunction with Green Night 2010 activities. Rain barrels will be available for pre-order before the event, with pick-up during the week of April 26.
The Roselle Park District Garden Club will be on hand to sell native plants for your garden! Plants will be available for order at the event, and then pick up will be at the Garden Club's plant sale on May 8.
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Tough penalties for video voyeurs became an issue after a high school swim coach got caught with a camera in the girls locker room. What seems like a no-brainer has gotten very complicated at the state capitol. That�s because Florida�s big retailers are asking for an amendment that would have given them blanket immunity from civil liability if someone who works for them got caught with a camera where it shouldn�t be..
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The retailers demand threatens to doom the tougher penalties this year. Florida�s trial lawyers are on the other side of this battle and they�re not giving an inch.
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But even if tougher penalties singling out teachers and those who prey on minors fails this year, the law against shoving cameras under dressing room doors and other places they don�t belong will stay in place. The video voyeur bill passed the senate today by a vote of 39 � 0. The House has one day to act before the end of the session.
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Gyms scare a lot of people, mostly due to the juiced up meat heads cruising the floor and maxing out their weight on every machine. It's hard for the average Joe to go in there and do more reps, less weight with a former football player working two or three times as much. If you're one of these people then it's very easy to get down into a routine of avoiding exercise which is simply inexcusable. In order to maintain a healthy lifestyle people need to balance proper diet and exercise. The organic food craze has people making the right food choices, but you still cannot neglect the other half of the equation. Building muscle and getting a cardio workout can be done easily with the right attitude, and doesn't necessarily need to be done in the gym. Here are some exercises that utilize the weight of your own body to push yourself physically and burn some calories.
"We're careful to eat locally grown, organic foods. We recycle and try to live by sustainable practices, leaving as small a carbon footprint as possible. Then, why are we content to become out-of-shape and overweight? Isn't it just as green as all the other aspects of your lifestyle to maintain your body in the optimal degree of health, strength, and flexibility for which you were designed?"
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Heat oven to 375 degrees F. For this recipe... make it easy on yourself! I love these frozen meatballs. They are well seasoned, fully cooked, the perfect size, and very convenient! These are the 1/2 ounce meatballs. I'm using the flaky "layer" biscuits. They separate well. Cut the string cheese "sticks" into four pieces each. You need 20 small "pieces." Separate the biscuits into two layers each.
Cut each meatball in half. Add one meatball "half" and one string cheese "piece" to each biscuit. Wrap the dough around it and seat the edges. Place the seam side down into a round cake pan (or actually, I used the largest of my spring form pans). I find that it works best to but the meatball first with the cut side UP, then the cheese. This will put the rounded part of the meatball on the top when it's all said and done. Season the "buns" with pepper, basil, oregano, garlic powder, and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese. Bake uncovered at 375 degrees F until golden brown. These are great dipped into a bowl of warm marinara sauce.


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Introducing What is Debitum?
DEBITUM NETWORK is a distributed ecosystem consisting of various partners ranging from small to medium enterprises (SMEs), insurance companies / insurance companies, loan sharks, to large investors and financial companies. Debitum Network partners can transact between partners and third parties using Debitum Token.
Problems to be Completed
- Global Credit Difference
Sourced from the World Bank's review, about 70% of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have difficulty in obtaining loans or credit markets. At the same time, the potential of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is the most promising for the public and investors share owners. Among industry experts, small and medium enterprises are categorized as a world problem to be resolved. The total turnover of the SME world reaches half of gross domestic product income in developing countries.
- Alternative Finance Company
The bank does the trick "cherry picking" or is very cautious and mostly works by taking the smallest risks and big profits to get the risk of recil from the traditional financial industry. And local banks are also a victim of centralization. For example, 30 years ago in 1984 there were 14400 commercial banks in the USA; however, now only 4982 banks remain. This is an example of financial centralization, making banks more difficult to serve small businesses or local companies. In small to medium-sized companies, finances are usually handled by business owners, not financial professionals. Good financial management is rarely the main force of SMEs. In fact, getting external sources of financial support includes rare fields.
- Decentralization Using Blockchain
Decentralization with blockchain can provide guaranteed transparency and confidence, working on an automated job process using smart contracts and natural decentralization allows exponential member growth based on the blockchain user itself
Three Main Pillars of Debitum NetworkDebitum Network has three main pillars to maintain stability, and ecosystem security that leads to the success of reducing global credit.
1. True Decentralization
There are 154 countries acted by the World Bank where there is a credit disparity and where there are solutions such as Debitum Network that can help close the gap by providing counterproductive ecosystems and relationships with global investors. However, it says that the Debitum Network team will only run in 154 countries and give the ecosystem to market is a mistake.
2. Hybrid - Connect Crypto with fiat
Importantly, crypto is not known as the traditional currency in most countries (except Japan) and most cryptocurances are highly unstable, most borrowers of funds and investors in the near to medium term prefer to take the loan principal and prefer paying by way of legacy - through fiat payments.
3. Trust Basic
Combining fiat operations with a highly trusted and efficient blockchain-based financial process Debitium Network will ensure high interest from SMEs and investors.
The purpose of Debitum NetworkThe initial goal of the Debitum Network is a strong belief in a decentralized economy and a crypto community. The strong beliefs and beliefs aim to create a new pillar of global financial business. Therefore, we need the participation of as many people in the crypto community as possible.
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Cassini took a few pictures of the Huygens lander two days after (Dec. 27) it was released from the main probe on Dec. 25, 2004 to check on its trajectory, which was found to be correct within the expected error range. This is one of them, more exposed on the left and less exposed on the right (click for full res):
It's not too impressive, but I found it neat
LMK if this isn't the right place to post this or if it should be posted in an existing thread - sorry if that's the case!
Almost looks like a disc, not a point! How far away were the two spacecraft at the time?
IIRC, the excellent Haynes manual book noted 50 kilometers more or less.
The book also fleshed out the release details. The rails holding Huygens imparted a spin to it, and a slower rotation to Cassini (due it's greater mass) that gave confidence the probe was spinning at the
correct rate.
Cassini had it's thrusters switched off till Huygens was far enough away plume impingement would not be an issue. Also, the magnetometer instrument noted the combined rotation rates of both and
that was in spec too..
I can't recommend the Haynes book enough, it is excellent and a wonderful resource !! [ADMIN NOTE: And was written by UMSF member Ralph Lorenz! ]
Happy to have learned of it here.
If memory serves, there were two imaging sessions. First was a WAC (9x9 ?) mosaic to find the probe, and this was used to cue a NAC image (which is the one that exhibits a disc, with a bit of shadowing, that I show in the Haynes book)
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we rented a uhaul truck from florida to go to south Carolina. first off we asked for a diesel truck with cruise control.
after getting it all loaded we went to the gas station and found out it was not diesel and no cruise control. well, there was no way we were going to unload and reload another truck. got on the road the next morning to find out that the breaks were soft, the gas cap leaked, the windows and cab were dirty. by the evening when it got dark we turned on the head lights to only find that the lights were pointed down at the road and were dim.
we had no choice but to keep going another 2 hours to get to our new home. our lives were in danger the whole time we were in that truck. I will NEVER and hopefully no one else will rent a truck from U-Haul and put their lives and others in danger.
I would rather get a horse and buggy from the neighbor and take a week to get to where I need to go. U-Haul SUCKS !!!!!!!
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Near Port Lavaca in Calhoun County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Green Lake
Early in its history, in 1851, a tornado struck the settlement, but miraculously caused little property damage and no injuries. A private school was established in 1852 and served children of the Green Lake and surrounding communities.
The outbreak of the Civil War caused many changes in Green Lake. Following the U.S. surrender by General David Twiggs in 1861, Federal troops camped near here awaiting transport ships. With its agricultural economy based largely upon slave labor, Green Lake declined following the war when landowners, facing a labor shortage, began to leave the area. By 1875, most of the original settlers were gone.
Although in existence a relatively short period of time, Green Lake contributed to the history of Calhoun County.
Erected 1988 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 2268.)
Location. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Port Lavaca TX 77979, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Original Mission Refugio (approx. 1.4 miles away); Cotton Gins of Calhoun County (approx. 2.3 miles away); Preston Rose Austin (approx. 7½ miles away); Battle of Norris Bridge (approx. 9½ miles away); Calhoun County Participation During World War II (approx. 11.9 miles away); Calhoun County Hurricanes (approx. 11.9 miles away); Howard Gallemore Hartzog, Sr. (approx. 11.9 miles away); Site of the Town of Linnville (approx. 12.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Lavaca.
Categories. • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil •
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on November 22, 2012, by Gregory Walker of La Grange, Texas. This page has been viewed 449 times since then and 4 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 22, 2012, by Gregory Walker of La Grange, Texas. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.


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A former user of the popular and addictive smartphone app, "Flappy Bird," which was taken off of the market late last week by its creator, Dong Nguyen, recently started a White House petition to bring the back the game. The committed Flappy Bird gamer started the White House petition this past Thursday, requesting that President Obama's administration bring back the game. The petition only acquired several signature before it was quickly ended today for violating participation terms.
Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen, the game's 29-year-old creator, was reportedly making $50,000 a day off of the game as a result of advertising. The game's objective, essentially, was to fly a small bird through the air, avoiding hitting all barriers on the screen in order to keep the game from ending. This seemed to be simple concept, at first glance. Apparently though, according to its players, the game was infuriating and highly addictive. Nguyen pulled Flappy Bird this past weekend, on Sunday, deeming it "too addictive." This move came after people began telling about their stories of not being able to quit playing the game or on occasion, throwing their phones in a rage.
In a tweet last Saturday which many people shrugged off and assumed must be only for publicity, Nguyen wrote, "I am sorry Flappy Bird users, 22 hours from now, I will take Flappy Bird down. I cannot take this anymore." The game had only been on the market since January, but it had already become one of the most popular apps for Android and iPhone, with over 50 million downloads.
With other addictive games on the market such as Candy Crush Saga, Farmville, and Angry Birds equaling the success of Flappy Bird, some wonder if or why it was really necessary for Nguyen to pull Flappy Bird from the market. The Flappy Bird gamer who started the White House petition, preferring to be known only as "D.S.," asked in his statement for the Obama administration to "save the millions who have lost their game or have yet to start playing," by bringing Flappy Bird back. The petition needed to gather 100,000 signatures by March 15, and as of Thursday, it had only 11. On Saturday it was pulled.
The White House petition started by the eccentric Flappy Bird gamer, read essentially that Flappy Bird, a highly addictive game, was taken off of the market too soon. The gamer who started the petition wrote an extremely passionate, dramatic, and exaggerated statement about the need to bring the game back. The gamer said that Flappy Bird had reportedly caused problems in people such as extreme frustration, ruining their mobile devices, and even suicidal thoughts, and people had lost some of their most prized possessions and even their families over the game. The question was then posed by the writer, "Why bring the app back?"
The answer? Because the game causes an addiction that evokes extreme emotions people deserve to feel, and they should ultimately be able to choose whether they want to feel those emotions by playing the Flappy Bird or not.
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I like these new scales...perhaps I should name them! They say I have release 3 kg !! Wow!!
That is such an encouraging start.
Ok....I'm off to quilt camp for 4 days. I have all my food, my friendly scales, my clothes, 2 litre bottles of water.....but wait ~ i dont have any sewing!
I'm not sure if I will be able to post from this little tiny place called Vacy but there is no stopping me now....
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What? What? Haley got a new job? I thought she loved her job?!
Well don't get too ahead of yourselves. I did get a new job.. but I did not quit my job at Young Living.
I am now coaching high school soccer (again!)! Hallelujah!
A friend called randomly and asked if I could come help coach the JV girls at Bingham High school.. and after some chat about my work commitments and schedule things were still good to go!
I have been helping out now for a few weeks and although it makes life A LOT busier, i find myself so much happier. This is something that I absolutely LOVE doing that it is totally worth the long work days and constant driving to south jordan. I completely adore my little soccer players and am just so grateful I have the opportunity to help out.
It was so crazy when my friend called. That whole week I had been in such a rut. I love my job, but was getting tired of traveling. I was missing coaching in stg so much. I was having a bad attitude about life in general. I had been praying and praying to find an answer to my frustration with my daily routine.. and then seriously the next day Kim called and told me about the position. I knew the second we worked everything out that it was just meant to be! I was so excited.
These girls have already blessed my life so much. They have stretched me as an individual which I am so grateful for! Life is real busy, but i LOVE it. Now if I could only figure out a way to make more money coaching so I could do it full time. :) now that would be sweeeet.
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These hearty, nutritious curried lentils are the perfect throw together dinner when you want something filling with minimal prep work.
Today, I've got a quick and easy recipe that you can throw together for dinner in no time. It consists of mostly lentils and spices which you may already have in your cupboard. Throw in a little coconut milk and kale, and you've got yourself dinner.
Sometimes on this blog, I feel like I get a little too carried away posting dessert recipes and neglect to post simple, nutritious savory recipes. What I typically consume for dinner is something I throw together with whatever I have on hand in the fridge mixed with a few staples from my cupboard. Always delicious, but I never really consider that to be a "recipe."
Working in kitchens, my daily meal always consisted of throwing random foods in an over-sized bowl with a few sauces and devouring it like a wild animal who hasn't seen food in days. I call it the compost salad – a little of this, a handful of that, the remainder of yesterday's special, with a little hummus and lemon dressing thrown in. Best meal ever, I swear.
Since easy, thrown together recipes are what everyone enjoys, I thought it made sense to share some more effortless, yet flavorful meals to accommodate our busy lives.
Ways to modify your curried lentils
The great thing about these curried lentils is that they require minimal ingredients, so your prep work is cut way down. If you're feeling like bulking it up or altering the flavor, here's a few ideas:
- Saute shredded carrot with the onions for another layer of sweetness and nutrition.
- Add diced sweet potato when you add the lentils. Cut them small so they finish cooking with everything else.
- Double the amount of cardamom for a more distinct flavor.
- Make it a soup – add broccoli, cauliflower, peas, etc. and at least a cup of broth.
If you're looking for more simple, healthy dishes, check out my Chickpea Curry with Sweet Potatoes, Thai Buddha Bowl with Peanut Sauce and Vegan "Butter Chicken" with Jackfruit.
- 1 Tbsp Sunflower Oil
- 1 medium Onion, sliced
- 1 Tbsp minced Garlic (3-4 cloves)
- 1 Tbsp minced Ginger Root
- ¾ cup Red Lentils
- 1 ½ cup Coconut Milk
- 1 ¼ cup Water
- Handful of Kale, stems removed
- 1 ½ tsp Curry Powder
- 1 tsp Coriander
- ½ tsp Turmeric
- ½ tsp Cumin
- ⅛ tsp Cardamom
- ½ tsp Sea Salt
Heat oil in a pan over medium high heat. Add the onion and cook for 7-8 minutes until they start to brown. Add the garlic and ginger. Cook for a minute. Add the spices and a splash of water to form a paste. Stir.
Stir in the lentils, then add the water and coconut milk. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and add the kale. Cover with a lid. Let simmer for 20 minutes or until lentils are soft. Serve with rice.


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I've been quite the absentee blogger this week! Santa's workshop has been in full swing, along with filling some Etsy orders and running around shopping and getting ready for our church's service of lessons and carols...not much time for taking pics of what I've been making. Assuming I have some sunlight tomorrow, I'll be back with some new stuff tomorrow!!
Just because it's Thursday and the Christmas season, here is a verse I love from Hark the Herald.
"Hark! The herald angels sing:
'Glory to the newborn King!'
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!'
Joyful, all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies.
With the angelic host proclaim:
'Christ is born in Bethlehem'
Hark! The herald angels sing
'Glory to the newborn King!"
God and sinners reconciled! What joy! How much we have to sing about this Christmas season!


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Americans Elect, is a second choice on the ballot for the President of the United States. It is not a 3rd Party choice. It is the first nominating process that will be led by the American people. All candidates will have a non-partisan running mate. Every registered delegate will get one secured internet vote. The candidate with the most votes will be the nominee on the national ballot next November. That briefly explains what Americans Elect is. Now I am going to explain why it is important.I am, first and foremost, American. Before any registration to a party is made, you must first be an American. So that means that all registered voters are, in fact, firstly American and this country is our party. We have the choice to choose another party, but only if we are first American. (Do you get my point?) In our country we are expected to register Dem or GOP. Now, I understand that I am making absolutes. (But is for ease of reading. Really…did you actually go there?!?!) It just does not seem right for our choices to be divided right down the middle where one is either Left or Right. If you are neither Dem nor GOP, then you are fringe. How does that make any sense? It is a shame that most of us have fallen into that trap. I am not belittling our government, but I am going to give you an example of why Americans elect is important, which might give you an AH-HA moment.
OK…let's imagine that our government is a sports league. Just like the NHL, MLB, NFL, or the NBA. We will call this league, the USA. So in this league we compete for the title of the President of the United States. We even have our Minor League teams: The Senate and The House of Representatives. We also have our practice squads: the Governors and the Mayors. But unlike all of our other national sports leagues, in the USA league, we only want 1 of 2 winners…the Dems or the GOP. We let the other teams play, but don't give them the ability to get a televised game so that they can start to get some fans. Now, we all know that fans spend money on their favorite team. Do you see where I am going here?
I want to make it very clear right here, right now. I am not attacking the Democrats or the Republicans. But I also want to make the obvious point, that this two team game is an attack on America and what she stands for. I am not sure what this country is so afraid of, but I would love to see all of the teams play. Most teams have a star. That star draws people to the team because people love to see a star shine. However, nobody knows about the stars. That is a direct result of not knowing that the teams exist. American politics is missing out on some really good talent, who have new and different ideas. Unfortunately, the 2 party system is un-American. (I hope you now see why I feel this way). It is very difficult to get your name on the ballot if you are not a Democrat or Republican. So America has settled in comfortably with our two party system. Spend a little time looking into what it takes for you to get on the ballot where you live. You will understand exactly what I am talking about. "Americans Elect" is a wake up call. In order to place their nominated ticket on the 2012 ballot in all 50 states, Americans Elect has to carefully follow all of the ballot access laws in each state. They have done their homework. It is going to take a lot of hard work, but they are going to succeed in getting on all 50 state ballots…I can feel it. It does not mean their candidate will win, but, because of their work, all Americans will have a second choice on the ballot other than the Democrats or Republicans. I love it! America, the land of opportunity…and the FREE!
The reason why "Americans Elect is not a 3rd Party (just in case you were thinking I was talking SH!T), is because you can be a registered voter to any party to become a delegate to vote in their election. It does not stop you from also voting in your registered party's election. Candidates are required to choose a running mate from a party other than their own. With Americans Elect, voters will nominate a nonpartisan ticket that puts country before party, and American interests before special interests. To give you an example, the Americans Elect nomination could look like this:
- Democrat President & Republican Vice President
- Republican President & Democrat Vice President
- Any 3rd Party President & Republican or Democrat Vice President
- Democrat or Republican President & Any 3rd Party Vice President
- Any 3rd party President & a different 3rd Party Vice President


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When designing this bungalows interior I searched for only the Best in furnishings for our guests. The art incorporates Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Steve Mcqueen, and James Dean.We are on site managers and customer service is very important to us. No question is too small. There is a sealy posturepedic pillowtop mattress in the master suite with luxurious bed linens. The second bedroom has a full size bed with a pillowtop matress also. The art deco bedroom suites are from Ashley fine furnishings. There is a dual reclining suede sofa in the living room. Also, a glass top dinette that seats three. This bungalow was inspired by, my love of old Hollywood combined with, the old Florida Miami beach art deco district. We also provide beach towels, boogie boards and beach chairs. Everything is here for a Great beach vacation! We do realize the economy is difficult right now. We are just blocks away from downtown. There is a trolley that is, accesible from 13th street and is quite conveniant if you choose not to drive. We are seconds away from a lovely park on the ocean with free parking, facilities and seasonal lifeguards. We also provide an outdoor shower with hot and cold water to rinse off after your swim in the ocean. Vacation in a place with unsurpassed beauty and history. We are nestled among million dollar homes in South Cocoa beach off A1A. One side is the Atlantic Ocean and the other is the intracoastal. Amazing sunsets and sunrises! We also provide a restaurant directory with our favorite dishes. Part of your vacation is the amazing food and Cocoa Beach has some of the finest dining there is to offer! If you want, inquire about the entire Villa which sleeps six. We have had many returning families and friends vacationing together choose to lease both bungalows. Please send me an e-mail or call. It is perfect for families with older children or friends vacationing together. Our other listing is #59387. It is named ' The Hemingway' Check it out! I look forward to hearing from you soon and thank you for visiting our site! P.S. There are more picture available on the Cara Mia's Blue Rose Face Book page. Like us and receive an extra bonus!
Rates are based upon the season and the time of the year. A minimum three night stay is required. All rates include all Holidays and Special Events such as space missile launches. The vacation rentals are non-smoking; we do provide ashtrays on the decks for outdoor smoking.
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The biggest success is that even the woodpecker dare to stay at the feeding place, at most 4 m away. I find myself sometimes just sitting there watching it, its amazing as I usually just hear it or see if from afar. Both male and female are there but it is only the male that has dared to sit 'still', but from a bit further away I can see them talk or sometimes even argue :)
Other birds are much closer, at 2m, as I have rigged a branch there with the nuts and other yummy stuff.
Beside the birds, there is a little field mouse who also is visiting, will try to get some pictures for next post. Also a pheasant is getting closer, but it is the most shy of them all. It is carefully sneaking up among the ferns and listens very closely for any odd sounds.Will see later in the winter what the feeding place will have to offer, but for now here are some pictures of the beautiful woodpecker.


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