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We all know that we should be eating more legumes. Full of fibre, vitamins, minerals and all sorts of good stuff, there's no denying how healthy they are. But aside from a smear of refried pintos in a burrito, the cannellinis in a bowl of minestrone or a bit of hummus with pita and crudités, beans are still a bit of a mystery food to most people. Far from boring, beans are incredibly variable in taste and application potential – and when you consider that they're also one of the cheapest foodstuffs around, it's no wonder that so many cultures worldwide rely on them as a staple food. From salads to spreads to a delicious topping on a baked potato, the possibilities are as endless as the varieties, and once they discover how simple it is to prepare a satisfying, meatless meal for a crowd many people wonder why they didn't do it before.
However, beans come with that stigma – "beans, beans, the musical fruit" – and yes, if you start eating bowl upon bowl of them after a meat-heavy, fibre-poor past, well, the rhyme might ring true for a while until your gut bacteria adjust. But starting slow and gradually adding more legume-y dishes to your repertoire will keep you from becoming a public disturbance (or, for some of the less mature set – you know who you are – a musical icon!). Half the battle is the mind game most folk have surrounding any meatless meal – it's not a "real" meal because there's no meat. While many people now "get" that beans and lentils provide more than ample sustenance for a meal – thanks to a slew of food bloggers, cookbooks and the general vegetarian / vegan movement – I still come across a few that ask how "meat-freers" get their protein!
Thankfully, most adults out there are pretty adventurous when it comes to trying new foods and manners of cooking. Kids, however, are a whole other ball game. Poll an elementary class as to whether they want black beans and rice or chicken nuggets and fries for lunch and (assuming we're talking about North Americans) it doesn't take a genius to figure out what would sell out. Their "new" palates and taste buds undeadened by years of experience mean that half the time you can't even successfully hide them in their favourite foods.
But just try getting anyone – especially a child – to resist a cookie. By and large, they are the favourite after school or teatime snack regardless of their "specifics": after all, a cookie is a cookie is a cookie! I've already whipped up brownies, muffins and bread with different beany boosts, but aside from a tofu-based chocolate chipper way back in 2007 (it was 2007? Whoa!) I'd never tried the legume thing in a cookie. But I had this recipe from an old bean cookbook I took out of the library years ago and photocopied that used pureed navy beans as a base, so why not at least try? Even though I knew my sister (who's miraculously maintained her super-taster ability over the years) would never touch them, my peers at IHN sure would – especially since it was simple enough of a recipe to veganize and I had a slew of ideas for modifications I wanted to try. One of the first things I messed around with was the very base of the cookie dough. Gone were the navy beans, in came the nutty, almost buttery chickpeas. Vanilla got boosted way up – ¼ tsp in a cookie? Yeah right. Butter and shortening had Earth Balance take their places, and instead of straight whole wheat flour I broke out a mix of spelt and oat flours, finally throwing in a handful of rolled oats just because.
I couldn't leave the "add-in" component well enough alone either. While the original recipe called for chocolate chips, walnuts and raisins, I had no walnuts on hand, and raisins and chocolate chips are so... pedestrian. Instead, I took the two ingredients and combined them – Raisinets! Really, you can't go wrong with Raisinets... sweet, chewy and semi-healthy (I mean they are fruit based, and chocolate's all antioxidanty, right?) they just seemed so logical for these. Then again, if you abhor them, use whatever add-in you want – I'm no cookie monster!
Chickpea Chocolate – Raisin Chippers
Makes 30
1 (15-oz) can chickpeas (or 2 cups cooked), drained and rinsed
1 ½ tbsp vanilla extract
3-4 tbsp water
2/3 cup dark brown sugar
2 tbsp sugar
2/3 cup vegan margarine or butter
1 cup oat flour
1 cup spelt flour (or whole wheat flour)
½ cup old fashioned rolled oats
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 tsp baking soda
Pinch nutmeg
½ tsp sea salt
1 ¼ cups chocolate-covered raisins
- Preheat the oven to 350°F, line 2-3 baking sheets with parchment or silicone.
- In a blender or food processor, puree the chickpeas, vanilla and water until very smooth. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugars until well blended.
- Add the chickpea puree and beat in well.
- Whisk together the flours, oats, cornstarch, baking soda, nutmeg and salt in a bowl and gradually beat into the creamed mixture until well combined.
- By hand, fold in the chocolate covered raisins.
- Scoop onto the prepared sheets and flatten slightly (they don't spread much as they bake).
- Bake for 12-13 minutes, rotating the pans in the oven halfway through baking time.
- Cool on the sheets for 15 minutes before transferring cookies to wire cooling racks.
Calories: 137.3
Total Fat: 5.9 g
Cholesterol: 0.8 mg
Sodium: 103.9 mg
Total Carbs: 22.4 g
Dietary Fiber: 1.9 g
Protein: 2.2 g


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You've heard it time and time again – your business must have a social media presence in order to compete in this digitalized day and age. And we're here not only to reiterate that fact, but support it with hard data. With over 302 million monthly active users on Twitter communicating in 500 million tweets a day, you can't ignore this social media behemoth.
And not only does your business need a Twitter presence, you also need to make it unique and capable of standing out in the massive twittosphere. With that in mind, here are three ways to customize your Twitter profile and give your business the best chance of standing out! (For Facebook tips, check out our cheat sheet).
1. Your profile picture as your business card
At first sight, your Twitter profile will look remarkably similar to Facebook as we now know it — including a large profile photo. Twitter recommends using a photo with a resolution of at least 400 x 400 pixels.
Image courtesy of Mashable
With a complete overhaul of Twitter's "Following" list, you can now use your photo as a digital business card. The list is almost unrecognizable and has, instead, become more of a Pinterest-style collection of cards. Use your profile picture, header and short description to its fullest potential by showcasing your company's key messages to gain new followers.
2. Endless possibilities with your cover photo
Another exciting feature of your Twitter profile is a customizable header image (1500 x 500 pixels). You can view this as the prime real estate for your business, so make sure to upload high-quality images. A few things to consider for making your brand stand out:
– What do you do best?
The header image is an ideal place to show followers what your company does best. This prevents any confusion for people discovering your page for the first time and, when visually appealing, is also a great selling tool for your company's product. For example, we at 99designs by Vista love our designers' work and will showcase these designs by rotating customized covers.
– Showcase new products
Is your business launching a new product or do you have a promotion or sale running? Include images and text in your header image to describe the product or offer, and to highlight the dates it's available for sale. Don't forget to swap this out when it's outdated!
– Highlight your hashtag
Creating a hashtag is great if you want to track how many people are talking about your business, promotion, or contest. One advantage of the new header is that you can easily feature your personal hashtag by incorporating it into the design.
– Celebrate the seasons
There's no better way of showing your festive flair than to change your headers with seasons and holidays. Think of adding pumpkins for Halloween, Christmas lights and a snowman during the winter holidays, and flowers when spring peeks around the corner. Don't be afraid to experiment with colors!
These headers can be used in many more ways and will be a great tool to encourage engagement with your followers and (potential) customers. Not really sure how or where to start? Don't fret! Our friends at 99designs' Tasks will resize your existing Twitter background to fit perfectly in the new profile header, for just $19. When it's time for a refresh or new promo, Swiftly's designers are ready to help out and will return your customized design in under an hour!
3. Pinning your tweet
Actor Zac Efron was one of the first ones with a new profile and started "pinning" right away
Twitter's design will allow you to pin your best, or most important, tweet to the top of your page to "amplify your awesomeness." This feature gives your business another opportunity to highlight promos, showcase a customer's review, focus on an update and much more.
Make sure to read this blog post by Douglas Mason, Twitter's data scientist, revealing the best ways to keep your followers engaged. For example, adding videos in a tweet will give you a 28% boost in retweets and adding a photo will get you 35% more retweets. Keep this in mind when picking your tweets to pin.
Author: Pamela Webber

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While doing some training in the forest, our heroes come across a mysterious girl sleeping in a boat...that's about to go over a waterfall! Fortunately, Brock acts quickly and dives in to save her. Once safe, she asks Brock to take her over the mountain, where she needs to find a "secret garden."
Although the girl, named Marley, is secretive at first, she opens up enough to explain that she is caring for a sick Shaymin. It turns out that Shaymin has ingested some poison from a Seviper attack, but not just any Seviper—Team Rocket's Seviper! They had been trying to steal Shaymin from Marley since the previous evening, and have shown up today to try again. Team Rocket makes a third attempt to steal Shaymin, but our heroes—and Marley—finally send them blasting off in their usual style.
Marley has been trying to get Shaymin to transform into Sky Forme, allowing the Pokémon to go on its flower-bearing journey. Up until now, Shaymin has preferred to stay with her. After finding one of the last remaining blooming Gracidea flowers in the field, Shaymin finally attains Sky Forme. The now-winged Pokémon, joining with two other Shaymin in Sky Forme, bids a fond farewell to Marley and our heroes.


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Scenes From an Alpha Test
Scenes From an Alpha Test
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Hello everyone!
This is Fernehalwes, back again with another one of my inimitably witty posts for the Developers' Bl—
Huh? What's the meaning of this!? Unhand me, you treacherous voidse—
...Ahem! Please disregard that little outburst, folks. Fernhalwes is feeling a bit under the weather today, and it has fallen to me, Pinurabi, to do the blogging. Let's hop right to it, shall we?
We have a couple of photos to share with you today. First up is a snapshot of Yoshi-P playing the Alpha Test in his office, having fun chatting with our testers.
Errr…that doesn't look like Yoshi-P's office…nor do those fetching young ladies appear to be testing the game. Maybe they're taking a break or something?
Ahhh, here it is—the photo I meant to put up! Sorry about that!
Moving on, we have something from a little while back. It's a scene inside the office taken at the precise instant the Alpha Version went live.
There was much holding of breath leading up to that moment, and you could've cut the tension with a knife. But owing to the tireless efforts of our alpha testers, we've gone on to have a successful alpha, with veritable mountains of valuable feedback collected. Thanks, everyone!


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So whose name is your favourite? Which name do you look at, and think "Why didn't I think of that?"
Rules for Voting
• Each person may vote for a maximum of three people per category where a voter's first choice is given three points the second choice two points, and the third choice one point.
• Voting will be made public. One can vote by simply posting and assigning points on the category threads.
• Logically, you also are not allowed to vote for yourself.
• Voting begins a day after nominations, August 17th, and ends on August 27th, and will be announced on the main site.
The Nominees (in no particular order):
- Artificial Asian
- Shadow Light
- crazychick
- Duck With No Name
- GothicLollipop
- Alanna-Lena Zelen
- Hitsugayatoushiro
- Ohansahyosheli
- FowlStar
- Silversong
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Go to septicsearch.com and click on Request Update Button.
You are receiving a card because the Planning and Zoning Department has been given a mandate (June 2005) by the State of Wisconsin to accurately keep a record of maintenance on all private on-site wastewater treatment systems (i.e. sanitary systems) in Bayfield County. Prior to the 2005 mandate, the property owner(s) were responsible to keep the system properly maintained. The state law has been in effect since 1981.
Septic Systems are required to be properly pumped or inspected every 3 years. Inspections may be conducted by a master plumber, journeyman plumber or a person licensed under s. 281.28. Holding Tank Systems are required to be pumped whenever the wastewater of the tank reaches a level of one (1) foot below the inlet invert of the tank. A holding tank will be placed on a 90-day schedule. Aerobic Treatment Systems (ATU) are required to be properly maintained or pumped as prescribed by the state or governmental unit (when the combined sludge and scum volume equals 1/3 of tank volume)
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Liverpool midfielder Jonjo Shelvey says he is excited by the prospect of filling Luis Suarez's shoes against his beloved West Ham.
The Reds' talismanic forward is suspended for the trip to Upton Park after accumulating his fifth yellow card of the season last weekend, and with the club's shortage of strikers, Shelvey could be given the main striker's role.
The 20-year-old, from Romford, spent three years at Upton Park as a youth player and is relishing the chance to play on his old stomping ground.
"I supported West Ham as a boy so to play against them in any position is good for me, but it is not easy to fill the boots of a player like Luis Suarez," he told Liverpool's official website.
"I will just give it my best shot. I played against Young Boys in that role and I thought I did alright, I was happy to do a job for the team. It is an honour to play wherever you are told to play for Liverpool.
"It is difficult to adjust to that role because you have your back to the defender all the time whereas in midfield you can see your passes. It is difficult in that respect and you need a different type of fitness to play up front but I'll be ready for it."
Shelvey has found it harder to get first-team minutes as Liverpool regain players from injury, but an injury to Nuri Sahin in midweek allowed him to get some game time ahead of this weekend's clash.
Shelvey added: "I'd just got comfy in my chair when they told me to get ready but I was pleased to get on.
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CHICAGO – Clear out some space in the trophy case down the street at federation headquarters. U.S. Soccer is going to have to find room for a fifth Gold Cup trophy.
Just one minute after entering the match as a second-half substitute, Brek Shea scored the game-winning goal on a tap-in at the back post to give the US national team a 1-0 victory against Panama in front of 57,920 fans at Soldier Field on Sunday to complete an undefeated tournament campaign and extend their record winning streak to 11.
In seven Gold Cup meetings between the two countries, the US have six victories, scoring all nine of their goals in the second half. The Americans have also eliminated Panama in the past five editions of the tournament.
Head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who was suspended for the match after being dismissed in the semifinal, watched from a luxury box as his team dominated the ball but struggled to break down Panama's resolute shape for most of the match before Shea recorded his second game-winning goal of the tournament.
Apart from Klinsmann's enforced absence, the US made one change to the team that defeated Honduras in the semifinals, bringing Joe Corona on for Jose Torres on the left flank. Unsurprisingly, Panama head coach Julio Dely Valdés stuck with the same XI that defeated Mexico toadvance to the final.
Like the Hondurans before them, Panama attempted to negate the impact of US time-keeperKyle Beckerman, keeping bodies around the defensive midfielder and preventing the Americans from building through the middle inwhat was a largely uneventful first half in which the sides combined for four shots and just one on goal.
Los Canaleros created the first opportunity of the match in the ninth minute, with a Gabriel Torres through ball freeing Gabriel Gómez to whip a dangerous cross to the back post that Michael Parkhurst scrambled to clear for a corner. The ensuing spot kick fell kindly to Marcos Sánchez on the edge of the area, but his shot was well over the crossbar.
In another stroke of awful luck, US midfielder Stuart Holden left the match in the 23rd minute with a right knee sprain after a collision with Darwin Quintero five minutes earlier. Mix Diskerud came on to replace the Bolton man and partner Beckerman.
Neither side forced either goalkeeper into any urgent action, however, with two blocked shots from Alejandro Bedoya the extent of the danger created by the US and Panama content to wait for a chance to punish the Americans on the counterattack. To wit, the US held 75 percent of the possession during the first 45 minutes.
Halftime brought no changes from either side, but the second half did finally produce the match's first real flashpoint. That came in the 52nd minute when the US were up in arms about a penalty appeal that was waved off by Salvadoran referee Joel Aguilar despite Landon Donovan's cross striking Carlos Rodriguez in the arm.
Donovan nearly put the US up four minutes later as well, but he couldn't steer DaMarcus Beasley's cross on target at the near post.
Dely Valdés went to his bench for the first time in the 65th minute, removing Gabriel Torres, the Gold Cup joint leading scorer, for Jairo Jiménez, a decision he may have regretted after the US went ahead just four minutes later.
The goal came through Shea, who had entered the match just a minute earlier for Corona. Bedoya's cross from the right flank was deflected, and squibbed in behind the Panama backline where Donovan was waiting. The tournament's best player somehow whiffed, and Shea slammed the still goal-bound ball in at the back post.
With the minutes ticking away, Dely Valdés removed midfield anchor Gómez for Rolando Blackburn in the 74th minute, and Panama set about trying to find an all-important equalizer.
Ten minutes later, Eddie Johnson had the chance to put the game away, but he skied his attempt in front of an empty net after Shea whipped in an inch-perfect inside the six-yard box.
To close out the match, the US brought on Omar Gonzalez for Bedoya in the 89th minute. And close it out they did despite a few off-the-ball incidents between the two sides in stoppage time, sealing the first tournament title for the US since 2009.


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B'tXSynopsisCapitalizing on the popularity of shows such as Samurai Troopers (Ronin Warriors in North America) and Saint Seiya with female audiences, B'tX is a story where pretty boys beat each other up while riding mecha shaped like various animals. No, seriously, there's this guy named Teppei ... and ... um ... Oh, bother. ReviewOkay. What is the point of this show? From the beginning, you're treated to various random scenes of character interaction that are supposed to lead into the plot, but really don't make any sense. And then, suddenly, the hero, out of the blue, is astride this shiny metal mecha that looks nothing so much as one of the emaciated steeds from a Hieronymus Bosch painting. Ooh. Fight equally decrepit-looking animal mecha with villain on it. Ooh. Watch your brave heroes beaten up for the sake of some chick or other. Ooh. Was I supposed to be impressed by this at all? The action scenes are boring, the characters are boring, and the mecha designs are boring. And the music, well, it was okay, if hopelessly cheesy ("I am now setting sail for my dream!"), but it doesn't keep the show from being absolutely, well, boring. In fact, the only remotely interesting thing about this show was the weird title! Also, I must state that the animation on this TV series has to be some of the most mediocre I'd ever seen. Speed Racer looks better. And the over-the-top "I CAN YELL LOUDER THAN YOU!" voice acting doesn't excite me one bit. Let's face it. Posing and bleeding does not a good battle make. The designs may be similar to your favorite bishounen shows, but don't expect to be impressed by -any- aspect of B'tX. Samurai Troopers, while just as over the top and hokey (and maybe more so) has vastly more interesting characters, and the TV series even pretends to have a coherent plot half the time! If you insist on seeing pretty boys being beat up for any reason, watch that, or Saint Seiya, or something else. You'll probably enjoy your anime a lot more that way. I don't even dislike this title enough to drop it to the bottom. — Carlos/Giancarla Ross Recommended Audience: Whee! Bishounen fights! Blood! Manly suffering! Which means no little kids, but maybe the stray fawning fangirl may actually like this series. Who knows? Our ex-roommate, however, insists she has more taste than this, which is a bad sign for all you bishounen fans out there. Version(s) Viewed: digital source Review Status: Partial (2/25) B'tX © 1996 Kurumada Masami / Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
HLSL 5.0 OOP / Dynamic Shader Linking
3 comments:
- Ken Noland said...
I think what they are trying to do is develop a language that can be used for more generalized programming for the GPGPU, and not necessarily focussed strictly on game development pixel/geometry/vertex shaders. They even complicate the pipeline even more by adding in two more types of shaders to handle tessellation, but oh well! Personally, I'm more in favour of CUDA (For NVIDIA only) and OpenCL then I am of this Compute Shader model.
- September 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM
Ha! I love it.
- September 13, 2011 at 5:41 PM
- LeSnip3R said...
No offense but just because you don't find the use for some feature of the API doesn't mean someone else won't.
I've seen many cases where a uber-shader is compiled x number of times with different preprocessor options and x was well into the hundredth.
In this case concurrent compilation and dynamic linkage cuts down the time and effort needed to compile the shaders drastically.
There is also a very important concept here that is missed: maintainability. Shaders nowadays are just very big C programs that can be a nightmare to debug/maintain (even with the help of PIX & co). With this OOP approach, we would be able to break down the shaders into multiple abstract chunks that deal with a specific functionality (lighting, environment etc...).
The main shader could be just a shell to host those interfaces and each interface could be independently implemented and tested.
I agree it does not bring up performance, but it does not hinder it either. The linkage resolution is performed on the assembly code so it should still be fast.
I'd rather rely on stable code that runs fast than buggy code that runs faster. - December 2, 2011 at 11:50 PM


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Chapter 27
The tabernacle is to contain an altar for burnt offerings and a court surrounded by pillars—A light is to burn always in the tabernacle of the congregation.
1 And thou shalt make an aaltar of bshittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
2 And thou shalt make the ahorns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be bof the same: and thou shalt overlay it with cbrass.
3 And thou shalt make his apans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basins, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
5 And thou shalt put it under the acompass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was ashewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
9 ¶ And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined alinen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
10 And the twenty apillars thereof and their twenty bsockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
12 ¶ And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
16 ¶ And for the gate of the court shall be an ahanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
18 ¶ The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
20 ¶ And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure aoil bolive beaten for the light, to cause the clamp to burn always.
21 In the atabernacle of the bcongregation cwithout the dveil, which is before the testimony, eAaron and his sons shall forder it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a gstatute for ever unto their hgenerations on the behalf of the children of Israel.


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For two years we have compared very different childhoods and discovered that some truths truly are universal:
1. Childhood emotions feel the same in any language… or culture.
2. There is always a spiteful kid or bully at school.
3. You will inherit physical features you rather wish you hadn't.
4. You will pick up character traits and family mannerisms you rather wish you hadn't … no matter how much you don't want to!
5. There are always perfect childhood moments you never forget.
6. You cannot escape family (who you are) no matter how far you travel.
When I joined Kombai I wrote "Dog of the Wind" for my introduction:
So I'm going to write from my own mongrel viewpoint. My British-Colonial mixed-up cultural muddled-religious self. I hope it will entertain more than it offends, but mostly I hope it helps to add another layer to prema's wonderful stories of her own culture and childhood memories.
Since Prema asked me to join here and write I thought maybe my first piece should be an introduction to who I am. The simplest would be to say "I am a mongrel". For a long time that worried me, but in recent years I've realised there's a lot of joy in being a mongrel.
I was born in Africa in a British colony. At first I thought I was British. Well... for three years I WAS British, but then Southern Rhodesia declared it's own independence and I became a member of a rebellious non-acceptable country instead. Then Rhodesia became Zimbabwe and they took away my nationality. Now I belong nowhere. I thought I was British, but then I did my family tree and found that I had as many ancestors walking Europe and the Middle East as I had in the British Isles. I thought I was Christian, but when I went to school my religious teacher told me my beliefs weren't "right" and researching our family tree led me to distant Muslim cousins in Turkey, one Buddhist, some Jewish family in America and way too many Christian variations to list.
I have thought a lot of things only to find out they were illusions. The truth is I am a mongrel. I have no country I can hold as my ancestral home, not even a single continent I can claim as "mine". I have no single religion that runs through my family history alone. When I look in the mirror I see my grandmother's Irish face, my grandfather's Scottish nose, my father's English hair.. and in all this European-ness I have Persian eyes from some long lost ancestor.
There's a saying in Southern Africa - to be a "dog of the wind". Something homeless and restless, a person who has no roots. I am a dog of the wind and it can feel lonely. For a while it made me feel rather lost, but then I remember the blessings it brings me. If I belong to nothing I can also belong to everything. If I stand with my ancestry on different continents I can be a bridge between different cultures. I can enter many places of religion and find God... at times like that it feels good to be a mongrel. :-)
Thank you, Prema. It has been an honour to share blog space with you.


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Atascadero woman attacks Obama protesters
July 9, 2014
By JOSH FRIEDMAN
Claiming she was defending President Barack Obama from an unwarranted attack, an Atascadero woman pepper sprayed a group of peaceful protestors on Monday afternoon. Atascadero police then charged the woman with two counts of battery.
During the late afternoon, a group of five protesters were holding a demonstration at the Highway 101 overpass on Curbaril Avenue. The demonstrators were holding a sign calling for the impeachment of Obama.
At about 5 p.m., Rosemarie Bem, 67, pulled up beside the protesters in her car, doused demonstrators with pepper spray and then fled the scene, witnesses said. Even though police charged Bem with battery, she defends her actions.
"I'm a veteran, and I was protecting the president from what I perceived as an unwarranted attack," Bem said when contacted by CalCoastNews. She did not offer any further explanation.
Atascadero Police Sergeant Jason Carr said the demonstrators did nothing to provoke the attack.
"The police report indicates that it was a peaceful protest," Carr said. "They were merely holding signs on the freeway overpass. There were no words that were exchanged."
Bem's pepper spray hit two of the demonstrators, causing them burning and redness, police said. At the scene, paramedics washed chemicals off the victims' skin.
Fred Starbuck, who was sprayed in the face and eyes, said the pepper spray also hit a third member of the group.
"She got me dead center," Starbuck said. "I find it sad that someone would feel it's okay to attack individuals because they disagree with your point of view."
Shortly after the incident, officers located Bem. She then admitted to pepper spraying the protesters, Carr said.
Officers cited Bem for battery and battery with a chemical agent, and then released her.


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A new vision for Mendeley
I use Mendeley because it lets me easily search for papers I care about. Unfortunately, that seems to be all Mendeley has been doing for me... and that's a damn shame. Maybe it's because I'm an undergraduate, still dipping my toe into an ocean of academic research. Mendeley was aimed at practicing researchers, but not people like me, who are stilll aiming for breadth not depth. I can count on two hands the number of technical papers I've really dug into—I'm trying to figure out what it is exactly that I want to specialize in.
From this perspective, there are many, many things that Mendeley could be doing for me that it simply isn't doing right now. And this is not purely a selfish perspective: the world of academics is a relatively small one, and I'd like to think a move towards my preferences is a move towards a larger body of potential users and customers. My request/plea/vision can be summed up as follows: Mendeley needs better metadata.
Basic metadata
Metadata extraction has been a long standing complaint of many, many Mendeley users. One might at least partially chalk it up to the obsessive-compulsive nature of researchers: we want our metadata to be right, and having to manually fix essentially every paper we import our database creates a huge extra cost on using Mendeley.
How correct should this metadata be?
- If I search by author name, the list of papers I get should be equal in quality to that author's listing of publications on his personal website. (Name de-duplication is pretty terrifying: Mendeley gives no indication of what permutation of a name is likely to be the right one and gives no advice about whether or not initials or full names should be preferred). As a prospective graduate student with some degree of specialization, knowing which authors I have the most papers of gives hints as to what departments I may be interested in.
- If I search by conference name, the list of papers I get should be equal in quality to the table of contents for that conference's proceedings. Furthermore, there should be continuity over the years, so that I can search for all-time ICFP, not just 2011's proceedings. Conferences have a notoriously large number of permutations of spellings (is it ICFP or International Conference for Functional Programming or...), and with no canonicalization keeping these straight is hopeless.
Funding metadata
Here is something that would be really interesting to extract from papers, that is not readily available anywhere on the Internet: who funded the piece of work, and under what program! Researchers are obligated to acknowledge their funding source in a footnote or a section at the end of their paper, and access to this metadata would let me know "Who funds most of the research in this area" or "What grants should I be looking at for the next funding cycle." This information is, of course, currently passed down as folklore from advisor to advisee. Extracting, polishing and publishing this data would be an interesting endeavor in its own right.
Social metadata
Papers don't exist in a vacuum. On the trivial level, any paper is frequently accompanied by a slide deck or a recorded video of a talk—Mendely should track that. But on a deeper level, I'm sure many academics would die from loneliness if they were the only ones working in their field. There is a person behind the paper, and there is more information about them than just what papers they have published. What organization are they are part of? (A prospective grad student would love to know if they are faculty at a particular university.) What organization were they a part of when they published the paper? Who tends to collaborate with who—are there cliques of academics? Who was a member of the panel for what conferences?
One critical component of this is the citations of papers. Existing paper databases have concluded that this curation problem is just too hard: they simply publish plain text extracts of the reference sections. But here is a perfect opportunity to harness the power of the social Internet. Wikify the damn metadata, and let academics with an interest in this sector of academia create the mythical hyperlinked web of papers. When I can browse papers like I can browse Wikipedia will be a happy day. No paper exists in a vacuum.
Personal metadata
Mendeley does a great job letting you attach metadata to a specific paper, which is searchable but not much else. But there are plenty of small chunks of information that could be profitably converted into generalized schemes. For example, Mendeley currently stores a bit indicating whether or not a paper is "read" or not. This is woefully insufficient: one does not simply read an academic paper (nor does one simply walk into Mordor). Maybe you've read the abstract, maybe you've skimmed the paper, maybe the paper is one that you are actively attempting to understand as part of some of your research. This workflow should be made first-class and the relevant user interface for it exposed. This information is also important if you're trying to draw inferences about your paper reading habits from Mendeley's database: papers you've imported but never looked at probably shouldn't be counted.
In many ways, this is the call for the equivalent of the "Semantic Web" for academic papers. By in large, we are still attempting to realize this vision for the Internet at large. But there are good reasons to believe that the world of academic papers may be different. For one thing, the web of academic papers has not even reached the point of the traditional Internet: it doesn't have hyperlinks! Additionally, academic papers are much slower moving than traditional web content and far more permanent. I want there to be no reason for my friends in industry to complain that they'd much rather a researcher publish a blog post rather than a paper. It's ambitious, I know. But that's my vision for Mendeley.


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need help. 'cause you have got your failures too. so look inside
of you. a lot of people dont' know themselves. because they
never have been through hell. so ask this question if you think
you're wise. "am i not what i despise?" ....a lot of people just
don't see that what they hate they'll come to be. and now you
may feel better because you laugh about them. but they will
laugh harder in the end... hypocrisy, irony and hate. a big part
of what runs this state. though hate is the most powerful one.
don't use it just to have fun. we've all got problems of our
own. don't $#&@ around you'll be left alone. that's what
integrity is all about. and hypocrisy's not allowed. why don't i
take a look at myself? stop acting like i don't need help.
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Dodgers start Esteban Loaiza, RHP (2-2, 4.55) vs. Livan Hernandez, RHP (10-10, 4.86)
Dodgers: 79-74 (4th place NL West, 7.0 GB; 5th place WC, 6.5 GB; L5)
D'Backs: 86-67 (1st place NL West, - GB; W2)
Current postseason odds for the Dodgers, from Baseball Prospectus: 0.20%
From Dodgers.com, the scouting report on the starters:
Dodgers: Loaiza has been a disappointment so far. He doesn't throw hard, but he's not throwing strikes, either. He walked seven in 4 2/3 innings in a critical game against Arizona on Sunday, allowing a three-run homer to Chris Snyder. In three starts for the Dodgers, Loaiza has walked 12 in 15 innings. He's made six starts in his career against the Diamondbacks without a victory.Snakes: Four batters into his last start against the Dodgers, Hernandez found himself staring up at a 4-0 deficit. The right-hander allowed a leadoff single, a walk, another single which scored a run, and then the big blow -- a three-run homer by Luis Gonzalez. Hernandez then tossed four shutout innings before giving up a solo homer to Andre Ethier in the sixth, but by then it was too late, as the D-backs fell, 6-2. In his start prior to that, Hernandez gave up three runs on eight hits over six innings against the Giants.
COMMENTS: This season is going down the drain and now Jeff Kent is sounding off to the media. I still like the youth movement and Grady should get the rookies some experience in the big leagues. Now the only thing left is whom we should we play spoiler to, Arizona or San Diego?


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How to waste £6 billion: a story of 'Wales in Europe'
In the late 1990s politics in Wales went rather European, and the local Labour Party started to follow the Tony Blair line that the EU represented the future for the 'progressive' left. Venerable figures, such as Neil Kinnock, schooled in hatred of 'Europe' as a bankers' club had to change their ways and their thoughts. Part of the allure was the Jacques Delors vision of a continent in which trades unions could once again play an important political role- but the money was pretty important too.
'Objective 1' was a massive programme funded by the EU Commission and designed to alleviate poverty and promote economic growth in those European regions which had been hardest hit by the decline of heavy industry from the mid- 20th century onwards. Defining the exact geographical boundaries of these areas proved to be controversial and difficult- since even the poorest regions have pockets of comparative prosperity. In the case of Wales some politicians seemed to want the whole country defined as a disaster area and therefore a suitable recipient for Objective 1 monies.
Eventually, the south Wales valleys and west Wales were declared the winners in the contest to be top of the misery league. And there was enough evidence of socio-economic trauma to support that judgement. The money started to roll in, and the magnitude of the sums are worth dwelling on. £1.2 billion in 2000-6 was matched, under EU rules, by an equal amount from the Welsh Assembly and UK government. 'Objective 1' carried on under a new name from 2006 onwards,with the EU's 'Convergence' programme producing £1bn of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) money together with £690 million from the European Social Fund ( ESF). This again was matched by Assembly and UK government sources to produce a total of some £3.5 billion. So from 2000 onwards an aid package amounting to a little under £6 billion in its entirety was spent on the worthy and necessary goal of economic development in the Valleys and West Wales.
The recent release of data measuring GDP in these regions means we can calculate the effectiveness of the aid programme. In 2005 GDP per head of the population in the two areas, and expressed as a percentage of the European average, was 79%. The real shocker of a statistic is the fact that in 2009 things had got far worse- and that the same analysis yielded a GDP which was 68.4% of the Euro average. Northern Ireland and Scotland- areas which usually compete with Wales as under-performing economies- weigh in at 83% and 107.5% respectively for 2009. Scotland therefore seems to be pulling away from the all European average, and is not far off the figure for the UK as a whole. In 2009 GDP per head of the population in the UK was 110.7% of the Euro-average.
What went wrong in Wales ? It is not possible to plead, as Welsh politicians have been doing, that the recession hit hard. The downturn was an all-European phenomenon in 2008-9. And the European average GDP diminished accordingly. What we have here therefore is a comparison with other European areas which have also suffered because of the recession. Other European regions which qualified for Objective 1 status and the Convergence programme money managed to increase their GDP percentages and get closer to the EU average. The south Wales valleys and west Wales join just three other instances where that did not happen- and where the economy deteriorated despite the aid package: Malta, two regions of Portugal, and four areas in southern Italy. Greece has become, most unfairly, a whipping boy recently for the failure in European economic and fiscal strategy.But it's worth pointing out that all the Greek regions did better than the two Welsh ones.
It is also irrelevant, and stupid, to complain that the figures do not take into account the economic productivity of commuters who work in Cardiff but who live in the Valleys. Cardiff does, comparatively, boom and parts of the southern valleys have become commuter suburbs. But the whole point of the EU programme was to improve the valleys' own economy, and the GDP statistic is therefore an accurate, albeit melancholy, reflection of the area's economy.
'Objective 1' was, rather tediously, the phrase on most Welsh political lips a decade or so ago. This was hailed as a'once-in-a-generation' chance to fix the Welsh economy and get things moving. Even then it seemed, to realists, utopian to place such faith in an external force while neglecting the real structural problems: a miserable education system, family chaos and social breakdown, and a political system which is so consensus-minded that it refuses to look at reality in the face. Just two hours drive west from central London lies a scene of such misery that it seems best, to some, not to have to think about it at all.
The £6 billion that was wasted should, in any wellrun country, be the subject of a government inquiry. But since it was the Welsh Assembly government that administered the money that will not be happening any time soon. About two-thirds of the Objective 1 money went to projects run by Assembly government's own organisations and by Local Authorities, and £190 million was spent on training and educational courses run by Wales's further and higher education bodies. Once it disappeared within the winding ways of that bureaucracy the money was just used to keep the training and skill organisations in business - the very organisations that are part of the Welsh economic problem.
Businesses themselves should have got a much more hefty amount of the money available. In 2000-6 just 92 of them received a total of £98.9 million- some four per cent therefore of the total aid package available during that period.
Devolved Wales is a very strange place- with its politics and economy having become practically invisible to the rest of the UK. The story of how £6 billion made things worse received hardly any attention in England, while in Wales itself it is rapidly being swept under the carpet. The Welsh public class occasionally go through the motions of recognising that the economy is a disaster area, but they fail to do any serious thinking about genuine alternatives.
When Plaid Cymru had a leadership election recently all three candidates made renewable energy the centre piece of their manifestos- as if the rolling waves, the rainfall and the winds might be the all-encompassing answer to an economic crisis. And when the winner in the contest, Leanne Wood, tried to explain the origins of her country's decline she resorted to strange musings about how wealth created in Wales had been allowed to leave the country.
So which thief arrived in the night and spirited the money away? Where did it come from and where did it go ? Perhaps Ms. Wood proposes a policy of economic protectionism with armed guards on the Severn Bridge searching for the fugitive cash and the wicked robbers?Would she like to see Wales surrounded by a wall of tariffs ? Mercantilism tried to combine patriotism with prosperity in the 17th century by excluding foreign trade. It was indeed quite the thing in the councils of European princes until Adam Smith and free trade came along and blew mercantilism out of the water. So is Plaid Cymru's new leader the first mercantilist to emerge in British politics for over three centuries ? It would be good to know. But it would be even better if Wales's leaders were to cease their escapist ways and embark on some rigorous, mentally audacious and frivolity-free thinking about their nation's renewal.


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Typical zazen just completed. The usual moments of thought and moments of clarity, moments of agitation with life these days and moments of peace when it all dropped away, all off and on, back and forth in waves upon waves until the bell. And so I ask if this is a fair statement:
Zazen is where we experience the relative AND the absolute, a mingling of the two (not two) in a boundless and perfect reality.


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Teaching is both rewarding and difficult. There's a lot to love about the profession, particularly having a front seat to witness students growing and learning throughout the school year. But over the long term teachers can get worn out—and are often overworked for little pay.
The good news for experienced teachers is that the profession comes with a number of translatable skills. In addition to particular subject area knowledge, experienced teachers possess excellent public speaking, presentation, and leadership skills, and establish themselves as effective communicators—not just with school-aged populations, but also among parents, colleagues, and administrators. Teachers are also adept at detail-oriented work like editing, long-term planning of activities, and meeting educational goals.
If you're looking to leave the traditional classroom, the skills you've acquired as a teacher are can translate to many jobs in varying fields. Let's look at a few.
8 non-classroom jobs for teachers
1. Employee training/HR
Many companies offer workshops, new employee training, and orientations, and need someone to run them. These employee training activities require someone with a similar skillset to teaching. Often housed in the HR Department, the presentation and transfer of knowledge in a corporate setting can offer experienced teachers a place to use their communication skills to help employees learn about their company and enrich their experiences at work.
2. School administrator
Whether in the area of running the day-to-day business of the school or assisting in curriculum development, teaching experience is a boon for any administrative position. From school principals to university registrars, there are a variety of positions that help keep a school running, and most positions require advanced degrees. This is a good position for teachers who are devoted to the educational system, but worn out on teaching in the classroom.
3. Residential life coordinator/Youth organization director
The organizational skills required to plan a year of lessons and be flexible minute to minute in the classroom translate well to camps, youth organizations, and residential life departments of college campuses. Teaching experience means you will be adept at the long-term planning required in these roles, and familiarity with specific age groups in a classroom setting gives you a leg up, as you must show you can deal with large groups of people and keep them organized and engaged.
4. Freelance writing and editing
Teachers' communications skills translate well to writing and editing positions, where they can use their expertise to educate outside of the classroom. Writing offers more flexibility than teaching, but less job security—especially as most writers work on a freelance basis. Editing positions, where a teacher can be called upon as a subject-matter expert to review and offer advice on their topic of knowledge, are another great freelance opportunity.
5. Guidance counselor
Guidance counselors must have specific knowledge about school-age populations, testing, and school district guidelines, as well as the ability to tap into a student's motivation. Teachers already know how to do this well. In most cases, guidance counselors need to be licensed, and in some states, they need to have a master's degree. While this job is very much adjacent to the classroom, as the primary goal is guiding students toward their educational goals, the change from classroom to office is a big one. Even so, you're still in a school setting so that the career will feel s.
6. Academic librarian
Experienced teachers fit well into the role of librarian, as they have experience engaging with students while helping them in educational settings. In academic libraries, there are subject librarians with particular knowledge in certain areas (similar to teaching) that help students and faculty find resources to help with their research. Academic librarians often give presentations or build websites for university classes to help them learn how to use library tools. This role requires a graduate degree in library and information science, but for teachers looking to make a career move it can be a great option.
7. Event planner
Large-scale events, from evening receptions to corporate meetings, require a lot of planning over months and need planners with ability to think on their feet to make sure the day of the event runs smoothly. As they coordinate speakers, catering, and venue staff, event planners must be detail-oriented, effective communicators who are comfortable with large groups. While a departure from teaching, running a big event and coordinating all the details requires a similar skillset and can be a new avenue for a teacher looking to embark on a totally different career.
8. Teaching outside the classroom
Essentially "freelance" teaching, this option offers educators the ability to set their own schedules. Beyond the traditional classroom setting in schools, there are growing opportunities for online teaching or tutoring one-on-one or in small groups. Educators who don't want to branch out on their own can also work through an agency. For teachers who have frustration with the school system but still have the teaching bug, this route can provide more freedom while still changing students' lives.


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12/30/2016 / By Mike Adams
Excuse the brevity of this entry, but there's not enough time to detail all the evil that's unfolding right now. Suffice it to say that Obama is right now attempting to start a raging war before he leaves office. There are two types of attempts he's making: 1) War with Russia, and 2) War against the American people. He's also hoping to be part of a successful Marxist coup on January 20, but that's very unlikely to go anywhere.
Check DrudgeReport.com and Breitbart.com to stay up to speed on this. Paul Craig Roberts also has extremely important insight on what's shaping up (he was part of the Reagan administration), and my own contacts inside the bureaucracy are signaling that Obama is "setting landmines across the bureaucracy" to function as sabotage trip wires that will blow up in President Trump's face.
Barack Obama — who is quite literally a "sleeper cell" agent who has been trying to destroy America from day one — is now attempting to provoke Russia into military conflict. He has now begun expelling Russian diplomats from the USA as a cover story for the democrats' completely fabricated "Russian hacking" conspiracy theory regarding the hacking of email accounts belonging to Jon Podesta and the DNC. (It was actually an inside job achieved by a Bernie Sanders supporter.)
Fortunately, it looks like Russia is mocking Obama for his incredible stupidity and not taking him seriously anymore. If cooler heads prevail in all this, Obama will be out of office in roughly 20 days, and a new President Trump will restore sane, stabilizing relations with Russia.
But until Jan. 20 comes, make no mistake that "traitor" Obama is trying to provoke Russia into an escalating conflict with the USA. This is deliberate, insane and deeply criminal. I'm already hearing whispers of desires to see Barack Obama arrested and charged with criminal acts of treason against the United States… yet it is doubtful that any such charges could really be leveled against a former President whose actions took place while he was in office (so don't get your hopes up).
Nevertheless, it is increasingly apparent to an expanding number of people that Obama is an active traitor who has deliberately given aid to America's enemies while destroying trust among America's allies. (Just two words prove the assertion: 1) Iran. 2) Israel.)
Also today, the DrudgeReport.com website, which has remained a highly effective thorn in the side of the Obama regime, was taken offline for 90 minutes by a coordinated DDoS attack believed to have come from the U.S. government itself.
"A tweet from conservative media icon Matt Drudge's verified Twitter account Thursday night appeared to accuse the government of interfering with his website, DrudgeReport.com, just hours after the Barack Obama administration announced new sanctions against Russia over election hacking," reports IBtimes.com.
"Is the US government attacking DRUDGE REPORT? Biggest DDoS since site's inception. VERY suspicious routing [and timing]," the tweet to Drudge's 457,000 followers read.
A few weeks ago, InfoWars.com personnel received a threat that claimed their site would be taken down in a government censorship purge. Now, that same threat has been made to Natural News via channels I'm not yet ready to make public.
The threat asserts that many of the websites falsely labeled "Russian propaganda" by the fraudulent Washington Post story have been targeted for government take down action before President Obama leaves office — all while Obama signs hundreds of pardons to protect the criminals associated with the DNC and the Clinton crime family.
Right now, sites such as DrudgeReport.com and RT are being "probed" in what are called "DDoS stress tests" to determine the level of DDoS traffic needed to bring down each site. This result is calculated into the "full assault plan" which will distribute government cyber attack resources across all the targeted sites in the most efficient manner, dedicating only the amount of DDoS traffic needed to bring down each site. This tactic, by the way, is something I've heard called "DDDoS" or "distributed-distributed denial-of-service" attack. It's conducted at a scale that can only be achieved by nation states such as China, North Korea or the USA. In this case, it's the USA, under Barack Obama, that would be engaging in cyber war against the independent media.
In effect, we may be looking at a situation where Barack Obama uses the full resources of the corrupt sectors of his regime to wage cyber warfare against independent journalism in order to halt the only remaining free press from warning Americans about what Obama is actually doing.
Natural News readers should prepare for our website to be subjected to heavy attacks, coordinated DDoS waves, and possibly even attempted DNS hijacking or (Obama) government confiscation of our hosting servers.
In case our DNS is taken over, you can access NaturalNews.com directly from any browser by typing in the following IP address:
You should write this down, physically, on a piece of paper and tape it to your monitor. If you ever notice that "NaturalNews.com" is not responding, try the IP address instead.
Furthermore, if NaturalNews.com is deliberately taken down, you should interpret this as a sign that Obama is initiating a government war against the American people, and you would be wise to lock and load in preparation for the kind of Second Amendment activation that was designed to save the Republic from tyranny.
To be clear, yes, I am explicitly stating that a coordinated attack against independent media by the criminal Obama traitor should be interpreted as an act of WAR against America… the final stage of Obama's long train of subversion to transform America into a Marxist police state under totalitarian control. Personally, I think he will fail in this effort, but like most radical leftists, he's insane enough to try it! (FLASHBACK: Obama's Department of Homeland Security purchases 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition, including sniper rounds.)
I fully realize that to the uninformed, these warnings may sound unbelievable, but to those working inside the system right now as part of the "counter coup" operation to save America from Obama's last, desperate effort to destroy this nation, what I'm writing here is very well understood and widely known to be true. Those of you reading this from inside the FBI, CIA, DHS and NSA know exactly what I'm talking about. If you're on the side of America, I send you prayers for your strength and courage in protecting America for the next 20 days or so, after which things will significantly calm down.
If all goes well and the patriots inside the bureaucracy succeed in their mission, you will never know anything happened at all. There will be no take down of independent media websites, no war with Russia and no successful coup on Jan. 20. That is our desired outcome. We seek a peaceful transition of power to the Trump administration, where highly experienced and patriotic cabinet members will begin the arduous process of unwinding the Obama poison pills, time bombs and trip wires he has planted "across the bureaucracy."
But make no mistake: Obama is an active, conscious traitor to America, and he's not going to go away without sabotaging everything in sight on his way out. His targets absolutely include free speech websites that refused to surrender to his anti-American rhetoric and subversive actions. All legitimate free press publications in America — and their editors — are now at extreme risk for the next 20 days.
Check NaturalNews.com throughout each day. We are now publishing new stories several times throughout the day, and we'll keep publishing as long as we are able. If we stop publishing or go offline for an extended period of time, you should quite rationally assume the worst.
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More new stuff at Disney!
Well, more specifically, Downtown Disney in Walt Disney World. Without a whisper of notice, Mickey's Pantry in Downtown Disney launched this incredible Spice and Tea Exchange, full of a wide variety of teas, sugars, salts, and more!
Tucked into a corner of Mickey's Pantry, right next to Earl of Sandwich, the Spice and Tea Exchange looks like an old-fashioned general store and offers salts, sugars, teas, and spices loose and by the bag.
The Spice and Tea Exchange also showcases interesting spice accessories like salt platters, Bolivian Rose Salt, a variety of grinders, and a Mexican Molcajete.
There's even a fun Kids Corner with games and activities to keep the little guys busy while you're browsing!
You'll find this shop in the Marketplace section of Disney World's Downtown Disney.
Have you been? Will you be going? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below!


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1,700 teens take part in survey
They often mirror parents' poor driving habits
Message to parents: Kids take in your decisions
Teens who engage in distracted and dangerous driving most likely learned their bad driving skills from their parents, according to a study released this week.
The majority of more than 1,700 teens surveyed admitted to making poor decisions while behind the wheel.
Nine out of 10 said they talked on their cell phone while driving and 94 percent admitted to speeding. A majority of teen respondents said their parents practiced 'do as I say, not as I do' rules when it came to driving.
"These findings highlight the need for parents to realize how their teens perceive their actions," said Dave Melton, a driving safety expert.
Meanwhile, when kids notice their parents driving poorly, they seldom say anything. Only 21 percent of teens in the study said they would ask their parents to stop driving while under the influence of alcohol.
"Your kids are always observing the decisions you make behind the wheel, and in fact have likely been doing so since they were big enough to see over the dashboard," Melton said in a summary of the survey. "You may think you only occasionally read a text at a stop light or take the odd thirty-second phone call, but kids are seeing that in a different way. Answering your phone once while driving, even if only for a few seconds, legitimizes the action for your children and they will, in turn, see that as acceptable behavior,"
Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens, and drivers ages 16-19 are four times more likely than older drivers to crash, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The survey was commissioned by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD).