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WASHINGTON -- Improperly aligned incentives could undermine healthcare reform efforts by being either ineffective or leading physicians to think more about economics and less about the patients' interest, according to a perspective article.
Instead, reform-related incentives should focus not just on economic motivation but on an array of financial and nonfinancial incentives across the delivery system, stated the piece published in the March 14 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
"The challenge for the leaders of healthcare organizations is to shape and align this web of incentives in ways that promote the institution's goals while avoiding unintended harmful consequences, such as over- or under-provision of services," stated Nikola Biller-Andorno, MD, PhD, director of the Institute of Biomedical Ethics at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, and Thomas Lee, MD, of Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health.
"The importance of this process is increasing as financial risk begins to be shifted to provider organizations along with responsibility for patient outcomes, as is currently occurring in accountable care organizations (ACOs)," they said.
A simple carrot-and-stick model won't provide incentives that are both ethical and effective, the authors wrote.
Purely financial incentives such as rewarding quality or efficiency targets can have perverse consequences, the authors argued. For example, they can introduce conflicts of interest. They can also provide targets for critics inside and outside the health system.
Nonfinancial motives such as open and transparent performance rankings can influence change through peer pressure and allow colleagues to learn from each other. "However, peer pressure is a powerful, double-edged tool that carries some risk of manipulating behavior against individuals' moral judgements," the authors wrote.
Goals must be broadly accepted within an organization to gain traction and be successful. The perspective states that medical professionals must commit to improving patient outcomes, bettering the population's health, and reducing costs. Once that happens, that commitment can be translated into performance through incentives such as performance report cards for value-based care.
"Using incentives both effectively and ethically requires a shift away from a simple, one-lever model that relies on tradition, self-interest, or emotional responses to reward participants for a desired action -- or punish them with financial loss or shame for an undesired one," the authors wrote.
They said badly designed incentives that don't include this shared purpose can be perceived as manipulative and disrespectful of physicians' identity.
When doctors have a genuine shared interest, they said, reform efforts protect and promote physicians' sense of moral responsibility and also promote ethical standards that allow them to take responsibility for their performance rather than having it forced upon them.
"When teams feel ownership of the shared goal, they can display creativity and flexibility that go beyond what's possible with incentives based on tradition, self-interest, or affective responses alone, while maintaining health professionals' sense of moral agency and responsibility," the authors wrote.
Biller-Andorno and Lee suggested principles that can lay the foundation of a suitable framework for aligning incentives properly:
- Tradition, culture, and mission professionals can identify with
- Climate of respectful social interactions allowing physicians to uphold their professional standards and moral responsibility
- Transparency about institutional aims
- Taking a proactive attitude toward monitoring effects of incentives on the quality of patient care and conflicts of interest perceived
- Encouraging physicians to develop a shared purpose and continuous evaluation and revision of incentive schemes
"Under such conditions, incentives -- in the sense of financial or nonfinancial drivers of action -- need not be antithetical to a morally acceptable practice of medicine," the authors wrote. "In fact, they may prove to be valuable instruments in the attempt to realize both the economic and the ethical visions of high-performing healthcare delivery organizations."
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Source Reference: Biller-Andorno N, Lee TH "Ethical physician incentives -- From carrots and sticks to shared purpose" N Engl J Med 2013; 368: 980-982.


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Douglas County moved up a spot in the annual rankings of the healthiest counties in Kansas released Wednesday, from ninth to eighth.
While Douglas County fared well in areas like physical activity and access to exercise opportunities, it scored poorly in measures like housing and sexually transmitted diseases, according to the report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. Johnson County topped the list for a second consecutive year, while Woodson County in southeast Kansas finished last out of the 98 counties ranked.
"I saw a quote from President Obama the other day: 'Our zip code is more important in determining our future health than our genetic code,'" said Dan Partridge, director of the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department. "Housing, education, poverty, income — all of those are a bigger driver of our future health than genetics."
Douglas County did best in health outcomes and behaviors but struggled with social, economic and environmental factors. For instance, in the report's major scoring categories, Douglas County finished third in health behaviors, fourth in length of life and eighth in clinical care, yet 30th in quality of life, 35th in social and economic factors and 56th in physical environment.
That last score happened in large part because 20 percent of residents reported "severe housing problems," above the state average of 13 percent. That means those households were either overcrowded (more than 1.5 people per room), overly expensive (cost more than half of household income) or had incomplete plumbing or kitchen facilities. The Lawrence City Commission hoped to resolve some of those safety- and health-related issues by passing a rental licensing and inspection program this week.
Douglas County also had rates of sexually transmitted disease infection and violent crime significantly above the state average, though a teen birth rate well below it.
Also, on the positive side, 88 percent of the county's population has access to exercise opportunities, compared to 71 percent statewide, while only 18 percent of residents are physically inactive, compared to a quarter in the rest of Kansas. In addition, Douglas County did well in its number of mental health providers and preventable hospital stays, and scored better than the rest of the state in its rates of obesity and smoking.
"I think this community has a culture or ethos that values health and good, healthy behaviors," Partridge said. "I attribute our good scores around built environment, physical activity and health behaviors to that collective mindset in the community."
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Japan is a country of contrasts: one day you can be shopping and clubbing in a big city; the next you can be in a sleepy rural village surrounded by rice fields, feeling as though you've stepped back in time. Those stereotypes you may imagine – of kimono-clad geisha, ancient temples and moss-filled gardens – do actually exist, but alongside them you'll find gaudy pachinko (slot machine) parlours, seedy hostess bars, an excess of cute merchandise (each prefecture has its own personalised Hello Kitty souvenirs to persuade visitors to part with their yen), and a vending machine on every corner. Wherever you go, you won't be able to escape this juxtaposition of traditional and modern, spiritual and material for long. But it's precisely these contrasts that make travelling in Japan so interesting and, at times, so surreal.
Japan consists of four main islands and thousands of smaller ones, divided up into 47 prefectures. Eighty per cent of the landmass is mountainous, meaning that the flatter regions tend to be very crowded. As a result, the majority of Japanese people live in urban areas – just head to Tokyo's famous Shibuya crossing if you want a taste of the hectic bustle of city life. However, it is very easy to get away from it all and experience a different side of life here, be it hiking to the summit of a beautiful mountain, road tripping across the vast wilderness of Hokkaido, or soaking up the sun on a deserted beach. Whatever kind of trip you're looking for, you will be able to find something that satisfies your needs.
Many people consider Japan to be an expensive country, and as a result it doesn't tend to feature frequently on the standard round-the-world itinerary taking in South East Asia and Australia. Of course, compared to places like Thailand it is expensive, but there are still bargains to be found, not least the Japan Rail Pass available to those who enter on a tourist visa. There are ways to get around whilst on a budget, so you shouldn't automatically write it off as being out of your price range.
My own adventures in Japan began in August 2010, when I started working as an Assistant Language Teacher on the JET Programme. I'm the only foreigner living in a small town of around 7,000 people, in the very rural prefecture of Yamagata. Since arriving here, I've realised a lot of new things: I'm actually a big fan of karaoke; I now feel perfectly at ease bathing naked with a load of strangers; I often won't get out of bed if there's an earthquake in the middle of the night; 22 hours of travelling over the course of a normal weekend seems a perfectly reasonable thing to do; and I can also occasionally understand what Japanese people are saying to me if they speak slowly and use dramatic gestures.
I'm having lots of fun exploring this country and am constantly amazed by just how much there is waiting to be discovered here. At times, my life here can feel a very comfortable and familiar, but then something will happen to remind me I'm no longer at home, and once again I'm freshly excited at the prospect of attempting to get under the skin of what is really an incredibly exotic and fascinating destination.
So, if you're currently in the planning stages and Japan is somewhere that has captured your interest, throw all your preconceptions aside and just take the plunge – you won't be disappointed!
Teaching in Japan
If you want to spend a year or so living in Japan whilst getting paid at the same time, teaching English is the easiest and most common route for the majority of foreigners. In general, the only requirements are that you're a native speaker of English and you hold a degree (the subject doesn't usually matter). A quick search online reveals numerous companies requiring native English speakers to come and work in schools, so if this is something you fancy, there is a lot of choice out there.
In many cases, your role in Japan will not be that of a full English teacher, but rather an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT). This means that rather than being given responsibility for your own classes, you will instead be working alongside a Japanese Teacher of English (JTE). Responsibilities vary between schools, but often JTEs will be in charge of planning the lessons, and the ALT will be there to help them implement these plans and to encourage students to communicate in English.
One of the most well-known and respected ways to come and teach in Japan is through the JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) Programme. JET is a government-funded scheme that every year sends several thousand graduates from around the world to work as ALTs in public schools. In total, there are currently around 5,000 JET participants across Japan. I've been on the JET Programme since August 2010, and I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to not only travel extensively and learn more about Japanese culture, but also to experience day-to-day life in a small rural town, which is something that most tourists don't see. The following information is about applying for JET simply because this is what I am most qualified to give advice on. There are of course other ways to get to Japan, so don't feel that it must be JET or nothing. In fact, if you're itching to get away as soon as possible, JET may not be your best route, and you should take the time to research different options.
The application process for JET is very long and involves a lot of paperwork, so it's important to start planning for this as early as you can in order to get everything together. Every year, applications open in October and you have about one month to send in all that is required: a personal statement explaining your reasons for wanting to participate on JET and what you think you can bring to the programme; two letters of reference (preferably one academic and one from an employer); a doctor's note to confirm that you are fit to spend a year in Japan; a university transcript or proof that by the following August you'll have finished your degree; and a print out of a detailed form downloaded from the JET website. Oh, and you need to provide an extra three copies of everything except for your references. Sounds like a lot of work? It is – which is why it's not a good idea to leave it all to the last minute. Every year, potential applicants are disqualified at this early stage for making simple mistakes such as forgetting to enclose a certain item of paperwork. Don't be that person!
Once you've handed everything in, the waiting game begins. The first bit of waiting is to find out if you've actually made it to the interview stage. Interviews are held over several weeks from early February. In the UK, you can choose to be interviewed in either London or Edinburgh. The interview itself is short, lasting only about fifteen minutes, and is in front of a panel of two or three people. Expect them to grill you on your reasons for wanting to go to Japan over any other country, how you think you'll cope living in a place where you may not easily be able to communicate with people, and why you think you'll make a good ambassador to teach Japanese students about your own culture. There are a number of online forums dedicated to all things JET, so it's worth checking them out for interview tips and example questions.
After you've had your interview, you then wait until April to find out the outcome. There are three possibilities: you can be rejected outright, get a place on the shortlist straight away, or be selected as an alternate and have even more waiting ahead to see if you eventually get promoted to the final shortlist. Even once you find out that you have a place, you still have to wait until about June to find out whereabouts in Japan you will be sent. At the initial application stage, you do have the option of listing three placement preferences – how far these are taken into consideration is subject to endless debate. A lot of JET placements are in rural areas, so don't be surprised if, like me, you end up as the only ALT in a small countryside town or village. If this isn't something you think you'd like, it would be a good plan to look at alternatives to JET, which may give you more of a choice regarding location.
Finally, you know your placement, you've filled in even more paperwork to confirm that you want to go, you've been to your in-country orientation, and you're ready to head to Japan. Your flight is paid for by JET, and provided you complete your year-long contract, your flight home is also covered, a perk that many JET alternatives don't offer. Once in Japan, you'll first spend a couple of days at the official Tokyo Orientation, being bombarded with information and yet more paperwork when all you want to do is sleep, before making the journey to your new home with the other new JETs who'll be living in your area. Then the real fun begins!
Applying for JET is a long and time-consuming process, requiring a lot of stamina and jumping through hoops. However, the amazing experiences you'll get from a year living in Japan make it worth putting yourself through all of this. I've met so many new people during my time on JET, not just from Japan but from countries around the world. I've made friends I know I'll keep in touch with for years to come. I've climbed mountains, stayed in a monastery, discovered the pleasures of onsen, eaten 100 bowls of noodles in one sitting, sung karaoke, and become good friends with a Japanese couple in their 80s who love to give me lots of food and plum wine. When I think of what I'd probably be doing had I not come to Japan, I'm so glad that I decided to apply for JET rather than just your average graduate scheme. I probably won't end up becoming a teacher. I'm not going to live in Japan forever. One day, I'm sure I'll have to come home and get a 'proper' job. But for now, my life is in Japan and I'm determined to make the most of it. If you also like the sound of this, just give it a go – you never know what will happen until you try!
Japan is seen as an expensive destination, but if you buy the JR Pass before you arrive, that's already a massive saving if you are intending to do more than a couple of train journeys. Transport is by far the biggest expense, which is why if you are unable to qualify for the JR Pass it's probably best to take buses rather than trains to get around.
Accommodation is also quite pricey in comparison to other popular Asian destinations. However, dorm rooms in hostels are usually the cheapest option, at around 2500 yen per night. Taking an overnight bus will save a night on accommodation, although you might not get the best sleep in the world. The trouble with night buses is that they tend to arrive very early in the morning before most places have opened. If you find yourself in this situation, a good idea is to find the nearest internet and manga café – these are usually open twenty four hours, and are perfect if you want a nap. You can pay for a private booth, in which you'll find a comfy reclining chair and a computer – so you can surf the internet and then lie back and relax. Unlimited soft drinks are provided, and in many cases there are even showers available for an additional fee. If you're feeling hardcore, you could even choose a manga café over a hostel for the night. CouchSurfing is another option – there are lots of couches available across Japan, and this can be a good way to meet some locals.
Eating in Japan is as cheap or as expensive as you make it. If you're truly on a tight budget, the numerous combinis (convenience stores) dotted around will be your lifesaver. Here, you can buy very cheap snacks such as onigiri (stuffed rice balls), sandwiches and pot noodles, as well as drinks and sweets. However, I find that after a couple of meals of combini food I end up feeling a bit bloated and ill (it's not high quality stuff!), so it's best to intersperse cheap snacks with at least a couple of filling meals. There are lots of cheap chain restaurants around, although in more rural locations you might have a bit more difficulty finding them. As long as you aren't fussy about eating gourmet food every day, you should be able to get by on a couple of thousand yen a day.
Sightseeing costs can add up, particularly in popular locations such as Kyoto. Many of the major temples and other sights require an entrance fee, which although often only a couple of hundred yen, over the course of a trip this can end up being expensive. Unfortunately there isn't really any way to get around this: there will occasionally be discounts for students and senior citizens, so if you fall into these categories you can try your luck, but don't be surprised if you are told that everyone has to pay the same price. If you're really on a budget then your only option is really to limit the places that you visit, but I think it's a shame to miss out on the sights and would recommend that you try to make savings elsewhere in order to be able to visit as many places as you can.


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|Leaving this discussion apart, we have a matter of business to communicate to the reader. At old Roger Chillingworth's decease (which took place within the year), and by his last will and testament, of which Governor Bellingham and the Reverend Mr. Wilson were executors, he bequeathed a very considerable amount of property, both here and in England, to little Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne.
|But leaving this discussion aside, there are some final details to communicate. Old Roger Chillingworth died less than a year after Mr. Dimmesdale, and he left a great deal of property, both in Boston and in England, to little Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne.
|So Pearl—the elf-child,—the demon offspring, as some people, up to that epoch, persisted in considering her—became the richest heiress of her day, in the New World. Not improbably, this circumstance wrought a very material change in the public estimation; and, had the mother and child remained here, little Pearl, at a marriageable period of life, might have mingled her wild blood with the lineage of the devoutest Puritan among them all. But, in no long time after the physician's death, the wearer of the scarlet letter disappeared, and Pearl along with her. For many years, though a vague report would now and then find its way across the sea,—like a shapeless piece of driftwood tost ashore, with the initials of a name upon it,—yet no tidings of them unquestionably authentic were received. The story of the scarlet letter grew into legend. Its spell, however, was still potent, and kept the scaffold awful where the poor minister had died, and likewise the cottage by the sea-shore, where Hester Prynne had dwelt. Near this latter spot, one afternoon, some children were at play, when they beheld a tall woman, in a gray robe, approach the cottage-door. In all those years it had never once been opened; but either she unlocked it, or the decaying wood and iron yielded to her hand, or she glided shadow-like through these impediments,—and, at all events, went in.
|And so Pearl—the elf-child, the offspring of demons, as some people had continued to think of her up to that point—became the richest heiress in the New World. As one might expect, this change in her material fortunes changed the popular opinion of her. If mother and child had remained here, little Pearl could have married the most devout Puritan around. But shortly after the doctor's death, Hester disappeared, and little Pearl along with her. For many years, no news of them was heard, apart from vague rumors, which floated ashore like shapeless driftwood. The story of the scarlet letter grew into a legend. Yet its spell was still powerful. The platform where the poor minister had died and the cottage by the seashore where Hester had lived were thought of with awe. One afternoon, some children were playing near the cottage when they saw a tall woman in a gray robe approach the door. In all those years it had never once been opened, but either she unlocked it or the decaying wood and iron gave way—or else she glided through the door like a ghost. In any case, she entered.
|On the threshold she paused,—turned partly round,—for, perchance, the idea of entering, all alone, and all so changed, the home of so intense a former life, was more dreary and desolate than even she could bear. But her hesitation was only for an instant, though long enough to display a scarlet letter on her breast.
|She paused in the entryway and looked over her shoulder. Perhaps now that she was so different, the thought of entering alone the home where her life had been so intense was more dreary and lonely than she could bear. But she only hesitated for a moment, just long enough for the children to see the scarlet letter on her breast.
|And Hester Prynne had returned, and taken up her long-forsaken shame. But where was little Pearl? If still alive, she must now have been in the flush and bloom of early womanhood. None knew—nor ever learned, with the fulness of perfect certainty—whether the elf-child had gone thus untimely to a maiden grave; or whether her wild, rich nature had been softened and subdued, and made capable of a woman's gentle happiness. But, through the remainder of Hester's life, there were indications that the recluse of the scarlet letter was the object of love and interest with some inhabitant of another land. Letters came, with armorial seals upon them, though of bearings unknown to English heraldry. In the cottage there were articles of comfort and luxury, such as Hester never cared to use, but which only wealth could have purchased, and affection have imagined for her. There were trifles, too, little ornaments, beautiful tokens of a continual remembrance, that must have been wrought by delicate fingers at the impulse of a fond heart. And, once, Hester was seen embroidering a baby-garment, with such a lavish richness of golden fancy as would have raised a public tumult, had any infant, thus apparelled, been shown to our sobre-hued community.
|Hester Prynne had returned to take up her long-abandoned shame. But where was little Pearl? If she were still alive, she must have been in the prime of her young womanhood by now. No one knew, nor ever learned for sure, whether the child had died young or whether her wild, extravagant nature had mellowed into a woman's gentle happiness. But for the rest of Hester's life, there was evidence that someone in a faraway land cared for the aging woman. She received letters affixed with seals of nobility, though not the familiar English seals. Luxurious items decorated her cottage, though Hester never used them. The gifts were expensive, though thoughtful too. And there were trinkets, pretty little things that must have been made for Hester by nimble fingers moved by a loving heart. And once Hester was seen making a baby's dress with embroidery so lavish, it would have raised a public outcry if an infant in her community had worn them.
|In fine, the gossips of that day believed,—and Mr. Surveyor Pue, who made investigations a century later, believed,—and one of his recent successors in office, moreover, faithfully believes,—that Pearl was not only alive, but married, and happy, and mindful of her mother; and that she would most joyfully have entertained that sad and lonely mother at her fireside.
|All the gossips at that time believed—and Mr. Surveyor Pue, who looked into the matter a century later, agreed, as do I—that Pearl was not only alive but happily married and mindful of her mother, such that she would gladly have had her mother live with her.
|But there was a more real life for Hester Prynne, here, in New England, than in that unknown region where Pearl had found a home. Here had been her sin; here, her sorrow; and here was yet to be her penitence. She had returned, therefore, and resumed,—of her own free will, for not the sternest magistrate of that iron period would have imposed it,—resumed the symbol of which we have related so dark a tale. Never afterwards did it quit her bosom. But, in the lapse of the toilsome, thoughtful, and self-devoted years that made up Hester's life, the scarlet letter ceased to be a stigma which attracted the world's scorn and bitterness, and became a type of something to be sorrowed over, and looked upon with awe, yet with reverence too. And, as Hester Prynne had no selfish ends, nor lived in any measure for her own profit and enjoyment, people brought all their sorrows and perplexities, and besought her counsel, as one who had herself gone through a mighty trouble. Women, more especially,—in the continually recurring trials of wounded, wasted, wronged, misplaced, or erring and sinful passion,—or with the dreary burden of a heart unyielded, because unvalued and unsought,—came to Hester's cottage, demanding why they were so wretched, and what the remedy! Hester comforted and counselled them, as best she might. She assured them, too, of her firm belief, that, at some brighter period, when the world should have grown ripe for it, in Heaven's own time, a new truth would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness. Earlier in life, Hester had vainly imagined that she herself might be the destined prophetess, but had long since recognized the impossibility that any mission of divine and mysterious truth should be confided to a woman stained with sin, bowed down with shame, or even burdened with a life-long sorrow. The angel and apostle of the coming revelation must be a woman, indeed, but lofty, pure, and beautiful; and wise, moreover, not through dusky grief, but the ethereal medium of joy; and showing how sacred love should make us happy, by the truest test of a life successful to such an end!
|But there was more of a life for Hester Prynne here in New England than in that far-off land where Pearl lived. Hester's sin had been here, her sorrow was here, and her penance would be here. So she had returned and freely assumed—for no public official would have dared to impose it—the symbol at the heart of this sad story. It never left her bosom again. But, in the passage of the hard working, considerate, devoted years that made up the remainder of Hester's life, the scarlet letter ceased to be an object of regret. Instead, it was looked at with awe and reverence. Hester Prynne had no selfish desires, since she did not live in any way for her own benefit and enjoyment. And so people brought their troubles to her, this woman who had suffered so much herself. Women in particular—those either wrestling with the constant trials of their passions or bearing the burden of an unloved and therefore unloving heart—came to Hester's cottage to ask why they were so miserable and what they could do about it! Hester comforted and counseled them as best she could. And she assured them of her firm belief that, at some better time to come, Heaven would reveal a new order in which men and women acted for their mutual happiness. Earlier in her life, Hester had imagined that she might be the prophetess of such a new world. But for a long time now, she had recognized that no mission of divine and mysterious truth would be given to a woman stained with sin, bowed with shame, and burdened with a life-long sorrow. The herald of the revelation to come would certainly be a woman, but one who is pure, beautiful, and noble, whose wisdom springs from joy rather than grief. It would be a woman whose successful life could demonstrate to others how sacred love can make us happy.


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Using PnP JS Core and node-sp-auth
One of our goals is making it easy for folks to use the JS Core library - and we are always looking for opportunities to improve on that mission. Recently Sergei Sergeev submitted a PR to add support for his library node-sp-auth. Ultimately we decided not to merge this change. However, we recognize that such a change could provide developers greater flexibility and control of authentication - but we want folks to make that choice for themselves as well as what authentication library they may want to use beyond the basic support provided. To that end this post will describe how to use node-sp-auth with pnp-js-core.
The first step is to setup your application - you can use one you already have or setup one following the app guide, which is what I've done here. Next you'll want to install the node-sp-auth library:
npm install node-sp-auth --save-dev
What this gives us, as outlined in the docs is a way to authentication against SharePoint using user credentials and add-in only permissions in both SPO and on-premises. There is also an option for ADFS user credentials. There are just two steps when using node-sp-auth, first create a set of options and then call getAuth using those options. Below is the full source of the main.ts file which you can also get in the download. You will also notice we are shimming the fetch classes and method on the global object, something you need to do to enable pnp-js-core to work as expected, not required specifically by node-sp-auth.
import { Web, setup as pnpsetup } from "sp-pnp-js";
import { getAuth, IOnlineAddinCredentials, IAuthResponse, IUserCredentials } from "node-sp-auth";
// grab node-fetch
let nodeFetch = require("node-fetch");
// shim the globals for node-fetch
declare var global: any;
global.Headers = nodeFetch.Headers;
global.Request = nodeFetch.Request;
global.Response = nodeFetch.Response;
global.fetch = nodeFetch;
let siteUrl = "{ your absolute site url }";
// setup your credential options
let addInOptions: IOnlineAddinCredentials = {
clientId: "{ client id }",
clientSecret: "{ client secret}"
let userCredentials: IUserCredentials = {
username: "{ user name }",
password: "{ pass word }"
// call getAuth with your site url and the appropriate options
getAuth(siteUrl, addInOptions).then((response: IAuthResponse) => {
return new Promise<void>(resolve => {
// now we use the headers supplied by getAuth to set the global headers for the pnp library
headers: response.headers,
}).then(() => {
// we need to use the Web constructor to ensure we have the absolute url
let web = new Web(siteUrl);
web.select("Title").get().then(w => {
console.log(`Web's title: ${w.Title}`);
There are a few things not handled in the above such as token timeouts or MFA but Sergei has an expanded post where he describes how to handle token lifetimes. This library allows you some flexibility when needing to authenticate from node in scenarios not handled by the basic add-in permissions included in sp-pnp-js. Download the full sample to try it out.
What is the JS Core Component?
The Patterns and Practices JavaScript Core Library was created to help developers by simplifying common operations within SharePoint and the SharePoint Framework. Currently it contains a fluent API for working with the full SharePoint REST API as well as utility and helper functions. This takes the guess work out of creating REST requests, letting developers focus on the what and less on the how.
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Freud explained his famous model for brain function in the 1927 publication, The Ego and the Id. Since then, the theory has been explained with reference to a horse and chariot:
The id is the "horse". It is the unevolved instinctive part of our brain, responsible for the urges and desires we try to repress.
The ego is the "driver" of the chariot, and the rational part of our brain. It is able to guide the id, but never has full control - just as the driver is aware that if the horse wants to go in a different direction, he is ultimately powerless to stop it.
The superego is the chariot driver's father, sitting behind him, pointing out his mistakes. It is the part of our brain responsible for criticism and moralising.
Freud believed that, as babies, all our behaviour is ruled by the id, because this is where our basic survival instincts are located, and where our desire for pleasure-seeking comes from. As we get older, our ego develops and is shaped by influences in our environment.
Our concept of the ego has changed since Freud's use: when we talk of someone being egotistic or having ego-damage, we are usually referring to their self-esteem, but Freud's definition simply meant the conscious part of our brain. Similarly, when we describe someone as having a big ego, we might be referring to their self interest, but according to Freud's theory it might be more correct to describe them as having a big id.


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Hi everyone. How or where do I find out the max string length that I can have in the UID attribute in the inetorgperson objectclass. I assume that the length is set by the limitations of the DB, but I cannot seem to find that information anywhere. Or is the length defined in RFC 2798 somewhere? thanks
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Senior Project Manager – Construction
£49,660 - £62,250 plus location allowance (£1,750 for Milton Keynes; £5,000 for London) and excellent benefits
Based London or Milton Keynes
If you're looking for something more from your next project management opportunity, you'll find it at FCO Services.
With responsibility to deliver a £50million+ portfolio of projects on government properties across the globe, we deliver a huge range of critical construction projects for our customers – everything from small refurbishments to new embassy builds, from building secure bunkers to carrying out flood or earthquake repairs. Join us, and you'll get to oversee every aspect of these unique projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and to budget, and that they achieve the high levels of quality demanded by our Government customers.
Oversee complex projects from beginning to end
You'll be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of multiple construction-related projects which could collectively be worth up to £20m and ranging all the way from rewiring jobs to brand new design and builds. As well as planning and defining the work schedule for each project and making sure all the right contracts and resources are in place, you will be expected to manage your project's budgets, identify, manage and mitigate potential risks, find solutions to any issues that may arise and deal effectively with project change. In particular, you will need to solve the many logistical challenges that come with deploying people and resources all over the globe.
Throughout all your work, whether you're assisting in pricing up a job, negotiating and administering agreements with contractors, contributing to front-end design, meeting with stakeholders and chairing site meetings or helping deliver the final build, you will always be focused on increasing value for money and improving the quality of the products and services we deliver to our clients. You will also be called upon to pass on your expertise by coaching and mentoring other Project Managers within the organisation
You know how to make big projects happen
We're looking for an experienced project manager with a track record of working on large, complex construction projects. You must be a PRINCE2 practitioner (or have APMP qualifications), have a working knowledge of CDM and construction Health and Safety and be a member of RIBA, RICS, ICE, IStructE, CIOB or CIBSE. Experience of administering NEC ECC contracts is also essential.
Given the critical nature of the projects you'll be working on, it is important that you know how to manage multiple stakeholders and can communicate effectively not only with clients but with everyone involved in making it happen. It's also important that you are someone who can always deliver, even when you're having to work on several projects at once, and no matter how challenging or fast-paced the environment gets.
And take your career somewhere completely new
At FCO Services, we keep information, assets and people safe all around the world. Our customers, who include the Foreign & Commonwealth Office as well as other UK Government departments, look to us to respond with speed, agility and innovation to their ever-changing security and accommodation challenges. This gives every job here added significance. It also offers an unusual level of variety and scope, not only in terms of the kind of projects you get to manage but the kind of buildings you get to work on and occasionally travel to as well. From fine residences to embassies, secure compounds to office blocks, you'll be making a vital impact in unique locations all over the world.
All our employees have to be security cleared, so you will need to undergo a comprehensive vetting process before joining.
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Accomplish straightforward system protection with fully integrated eFuses
eFuses are highly integrated ICs that offer device and system-level protection at the input or the output. Traditionally, complete power path protection circuitry was accomplished with a handful of discrete components – components that can use up to 70% greater board space, introduce unnecessary design hurdles, and potentially slow your time to market if UL recognition is required. Those problems are eliminated with our fully integrated eFuses that include over current, over voltage, reverse polarity and more essential protection functions.
Application-specific resources for eFuses
Enterprise data centers. Programmable logic controllers for fully-automated factories. Surround-view systems in your vehicle. What do these applications have common? If a fault impacts the power rails, the impact could be disastrous. Browse our video content or fully tested reference designs to see how our protection devices are solving real-world problems for these spaces.
Architecting the dc-dc stage for automotive transients
This section presents an approach to architecting the dc-dc conversion stage to handle the transients on automotive battery rail. Following topologies are covered:
- Buck-boost
- Always-on boost + buck
- On-demand boost + buck
- Buck + post boost
Pro/cons of the different approaches are also discussed.
Automotive TFT LCD Display Solution
Automotive transients explained
This section presents a high level overview of automotive board net and the describes the conditions that the the tests simulate. These include:
- Reverse polarity
- Jump start
- Load sump
- Starting profile
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Automotive transients introduction
This video presents a short overview of automotive frond-end and the transients tackled by the frond-end power conversion stage connected to an automotive battery rail.
Automotive transients introduction
DC/DC converter stacking to 160A with integrated PMBus monitoring
Design tips for common eFuse use-cases
Or, jump right into our parametric table below to find the eFuse that meets your specification.
Driving inductive loads with power switches
Dual active bridge DC:DC power stage for a level 3 (fast) EV charging station (pile)
EMI Optimization for Wide VIN HEV/EV Traction Inverter Bias Supplies
Engineer It: How to simplify your motor drive solution
High side switches: Driving, diagnosing and protecting loads in industrial applications
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Western Oregon University, Diversity Initiative Grants
As part of Western Oregon University's Diversity Plan, UDC desires to assist in increasing campus-wide awareness of diversity and social justice issues. Progress on the Diversity Action Plan requires both the systematic involvement of all campus units and the regular dissemination of results among stakeholders. It also requires the identification and commitment of funding and resource allocation. In our ongoing process to address diversity and social justice issues, we have identified the goals below as a foundation for our current plan:
Goal 1: Create a climate and culture of leadership, inclusivity, excellence and preparedness for our changing world by providing direction and training for the campus community founded upon and supporting the evolution of WOU's Diversity Statement.
Goal 2: Recruit and retain a diverse student population
Goal 3: Build a welcoming campus community that supports recruitment and retention of diverse faculty, staff and administration.
Goal 4: Develop and strengthen the University's relationships with diverse communities
How to apply for a UDC Diversity Initiative Grant Process:
For the 2016-17 academic year, we have the opportunity to offer grants for diversity initiatives. This could include, but is not limited to: funding for new programs or speakers, the purchase of educational modules or professional development tools, etc. Requests for travel funds or conference fees are ineligible for this grant. Note: Grants will generally be made for $500 or less all awarded funds granted must be utilized by June 1, 2017.
Please prepare and submit the following:
- Complete the UDC Diversity Initiative Grant Application UDC Diversity Initiative Grant Application
- Attach a Letter of Request: Letter should be concise and describe:
- The reason you are requesting funds
- A list of additional funding resources (if any)
- Explain how, if your request is granted, you will be assisting to meet the UDC goals listed above
- What will be the impact on Faculty, Staff and/or Students if you are granted your request?
- Submit the Application and the Letter of Request to the MSSP Office (WUC 212). Review of grant requests will begin January 31, 2017. We will continue to accept requests after this date and continue to fund requests until all grant funds are depleted.
If you have any question or concerns, please feel free to contact Anna Hernandez-Hunter at firstname.lastname@example.com
Welcome to Western Oregon University's Diversity Committee Webpage
This website presents resources and information relevant to a variety of campus stakeholders. Links below provide information about the University Diversity Committee and our efforts for inclusivity and promotion of diversity efforts on campus.
Western Oregon University Diversity Statement
Western Oregon University emphasizes diversity as a matter of institutional priority and an integral component of academic success. As we continue to increase our understanding and commitment to diversity we strive to:
- create respect for and appreciation of all persons and ideas as a key characteristic of our campus community;
- increase the diversity of all parts of our University community through commitment to diversity in our recruitment and retention efforts;
- promote active engagement among all members of our campus and surrounding communities; and
- foster a campus environment that is inclusive and accessible to students, faculty, staff and administration across the campus community;.
In order to achieve our aspirations at Western Oregon University, we will:
- sustain a safe and welcoming environment that supports diversity;
- support full and equitable educational access;
- increase our efforts to recruit and retain a diverse campus community;
- prepare effective citizen-leaders for a pluralistic world;
- confront and resolve institutional barriers to social justice;
- challenge instances of prejudice, bias and discrimination;
- enhance current and create new systems of support for the success of the university; and
- dedicate resources to the diversity initiatives.
Western Oregon University Diversity Resources
WOU is the home to a variety of resources related to diversity and social justice. Click the links below to be taken to a variety of those resources. If you can't find something that you are looking for, contact co-chairs Gabbi Boyle (firstname.lastname@example.com), Jaclyn Caires-Hurley (email@example.com), or Octavious Gillespie-Bennett (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Western Oregon University Diversity Plan
WOU's University Diversity Committee has been hard at work designing our plan for the future and providing a template for diversity work on campus for the future. Our plan has been vetted by various campus user groups and senatorial bodies. You may find a copy of the final report by clicking
Western Oregon University Departments & Organizations
Note that MANY of WOU's offices and department's support diversity efforts! The above list is not meant to be inclusive of all departments, just some common ones.
WOU Student Resources
|ASWOU (Student Government)
|Multicultural Student Union (MSU) Club
|MEChA – Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanos de Aztlan
|Triangle Alliance (GLBTQQIA and allies)
|Hawaiian Club
|Black Student Union
|International Student Organization
These are just some of the student groups on campus – contact ASWOU for a complete listing of student organizations on campus.
Questions, comments or feedback please contact University Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Committee co-chairs Gabbi Boyle (firstname.lastname@example.com), Jaclyn Caires-Hurley (firstname.lastname@example.com), or Octavious Gillespie-Bennett (email@example.com).


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It Is No Longer Not My Problem
So the rapists ought to be castrated and butchered, ours is a nation of political eunuchs, and RIP The-Lass-Who-Died-Unnamed. And soon Tuesday morning dawns, we make our way to work, 2013 washes over us in the blink of an eye, and life moves on ruthlessly, as do people.
But let us not fault them for it because what gives us hope this time is that our people spoke up against government inefficiencies and societal hypocrisies, and that has made a difference. I have gone from saying "Fuck India" and "I am sorry/ashamed to be Indian" to being proud of all those who braved the tear gas and water cannons, and to questioning myself what we as individuals, whether in India or on foreign shores, can do in our little ways to keep the movement in progress.
I had a moment of epiphany on these lines just last week. It so happened that my partner and I boarded a bus one evening in Singapore - where we live - to find it unusually noisy; a couple was blasting out music at full volume on their mobile phone. We glared at them to express our displeasure before we took our seats by the door, a little ahead of the noisy couple.
"I wish I had "Who let the dogs out?" on my phone," my partner said. "I would have played that in response."
"Why?" I demanded to know. "So you could piss them off and end up brawling with them?"
"This is not acceptable behaviour, and someone has to let them know," my partner reasoned.
"It doesn't have to be you," I hissed.
The music grew louder at this point, and we turned back to glare at them. They stared back at us stonily. The man looked unquestionably like a brute, his face unpleasant and mean, his glare callous and menacing.
"He seems to be the trigger-happy sort," I said to my partner. "Don't mess with him."
My partner was not pleased.
Moments later, the twosome trundled past and stationed themselves by the door, right in front of us, the music from their mobile phone sounding more and more cacophonous. As the bus skidded to a halt at the stop, the man scowled at us, spat on the floor of the bus, glowered at us some more before stepping off the bus.
Now if you know anything at all about Singapore, you'd know spitting in public is a sacrilegious thing to do here. "What kind of a bastard was that?" I muttered.
"If you were so upset, you should have told him off," my partner replied. "It is because people like you keep quiet and choose to ignore these things that people like him do as they please and get away with it."
It is as simple as that. Looking at the state of affairs in India, and in any troubled society in general, we must be fools to believe that our government would hand us a safe society on a silver platter. Sure enough, stricter laws and regulations would be announced but with no guarantees of effective implementation. Why else are we dealing with dowry deaths in this day and age, half a century after the legislation was enforced? Changes in societal mind-sets will take a couple of generations or even longer to come about.
A safe society is something we now have to earn, create and nurture for ourselves by refusing to tolerate misdeeds of any sort.
If someone gropes you in a crowded bus or train, yell for help. Don't keep quiet just because you don't want to create a scene. Keeping mum is passive assent. You may need to do a knee-to-the-groin manoeuvre to get the message across, but don't let that stop you. Reach out for help. Keep looking until you can find someone willing and able to help.
And you, if you see someone being harassed, don't be a mute spectator. You can no longer afford to say, "It's not my problem" and turn a blind eye to the scene or walk away with a shrug. Don't just slink past. Don't become a hostile witness. You could very well be the next victim.
Of course, there is a significant element of risk. Risk of bodily harm to you, your partner, your friends, to anyone who dares get involved, either at the hands of goons or the government. But that is the price we are going to have to pay, sooner or later. Our freedom fighters did it all those decades ago; it is our turn now.
Not all of us may want to be front line soldiers. And if bodily combat is not up your alley, there are countless roles to choose from. If you are a blogger, blog about it. Tweet about it. Facebook it. If you are witness to a misdeed, take a photo, post it online. Don't keep mum. Make a noise. One miscreant caught and condemned is another one discouraged. Create works of art to spread the word. Take those raw emotions and convert them to art like this and this. Volunteer towards social causes - not because the deed will boost your resume but because it is good for the society and for your soul. Or donate; fund those who are willing to help. Do your bit instead of throwing up your hands and saying "What can I do?"
But whatever you choose, keep at it for the long run. Because what ails the society is now your problem too. And there are no quick fixes to this one.
[Guest post by Ann (not her real name), who is as disturbed by the recent events as millions of Indians, and hopes things will get better from here.]


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Let us make one thing crystal clear: We do not claim the right to indiscriminate violence. We seek no bloodbath…
~ Black Panther Party (March 23, 1968)
One of the benefits of writing for this website is the mail you receive. After enough time you get a rather good feel for the type of person, on average, that frequents this place. The kind invitations I received after my last submission to grab my AK, run to the mountains, and join the fun when it all falls apart was telling. If the rebellious spirit of our Founders still lives at all, it seems to be concentrated between two groups — libertarians and punks. But, while the spirit may reside, would it be a good idea to act on it?
The right to rebellion is sacrosanct in America, the completely humane, just, and natural right of any man to break bonds with another is embodied not only in our very Founding but in our divorce laws, too. No American would consent to law making marriage an indivisible, eternal commitment; we refuse any compulsion to remain wedded to the girl of our nightmares, let alone the likes of Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Anyone who questions the right of divorce and (if made necessary by the political elite) violent action to secure it is, like the pro-slavery proponents of the Old South, seriously deficient in humanity.
Any discussion regarding the dissolution of political bonds belongs to, and only to, the working masses. Naturally, the opinion of any politician regarding this question may be completely discounted. First off, it is none of their business; servants do not determine the length of their employment. Second, addiction to power is in their very nature; it is the be all and end all of their existence. To expect an Obama or a W (or any of their species) to allow the working masses their right to peaceful separation is like expecting a hungry lion to spit out the wounded zebra it has clutched in its jaws.
It takes a statesman, a philosopher king, so to speak, to understand the benefits and justice of liberty, to understand that everywhere and always the struggle for it is the struggle of the workers against the political elite. A true statesman must be a traitor to his class, to be part of what the great Karl Marx promised, "a small section of the ruling class (which) cuts itself adrift, and joins the revolutionary class."
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Today, almost without exception, America's ruling caste is bereft of such men.
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…Any change remains possible because citizens are free to communicate with and persuade one another and express their political opinions without being threatened by the Government with criminal sanctions.
~ Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com (March 22, 2010)
The best example of such a statesman is Thomas Jefferson, without doubt the most radical and progressive of the Founders, a man who, unlike even so many of his contemporaries, not only supported the idea of rebellion but also positively encouraged it. This was, and is, in stark contrast to power-mad figures like Alexander Hamilton and Che Guevara, men who are called "revolutionaries" but were nothing of the sort, who as soon struck off the chains of one tyrant went immediately to pot and looked about in a panic for a new set to clamp round their neck.
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Jefferson, in contrast, was a true revolutionary, it was a subject he lived and studied his entire life. He believed that while war may be required to get out from under oppressive regimes, it is first of all necessary to have the proper, rational animating idea behind it, to make more likely the rebellion will be a positive step towards liberty rather than what so many revolutions sadly turn out to be; foolish, reactionary steps back into greater political control. Thomas Jefferson's ideas culminated in the bloodless "Revolution of 1800," when he took the presidency and firmly established, for a few years at least, an Executive Branch with a decidedly progressive, radical attitude towards power. This was accomplished not by war, but by the spread of ideas, something done best by, in Thomas Jefferson's words, "the vast dissemination of books." Political leaders burn and ban books for a reason.
Always it is a nation's intellectuals, those who actually read and write the books, who spread the ideas vital to the advance and preservation of liberty. It is telling that while the ideological views put forth in best-sellers such as Edward Kennedy's True Compass, Sarah Palin's Going Rogue, and Barack Obama's Audacity of Hope are not what progressive revolutions are made of, they are today as "mainstream" and apple pie as can be. Consequentially, a revolution today would be a decided step back as it would lack the ideological roadmap to go anywhere but deeper into the badlands.
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If this union is to return to its progressive roots it will be not by the sword but by the writings of those dedicated to a philosophy of liberation, by the wide dissemination of radical thought into the op-ed pages and editorials of our newspapers, into the comments section to Internet news sites, into the mouths of the interviewed "man on the street," into the intellectuals' monthly journals and thence most importantly, into the minds of men. It is here where even the most humble advocate of liberty can make a difference, it is the necessary first step that, should we fail to take it, will bring any hard-earned advances to naught.
Pick up your pen and write until your fingers go numb, submit an avalanche, cross you fingers, and hope for the best. That is the one and only way to pull out of this tailspin. Patience and endless repetition, above all, are needed. Keep in mind the words of Rexford Tugwell (one of the more reactionary and conservative of FDR's "Brain Trust") that "a nation does not take a new direction overnight." (Tugwell, 105) Remember that for decades FDR and his fellows wandered in the intellectual wilderness, yet steadily chipped away at the edifice of law, using small, but friendly, publications such as The Review of Reviews and The New Republic as their base of operations.
At this point in time, the average American citizen neither understands nor desires liberty. Today, even in the unlikely event of victory on the battlefield for the forces of liberty, it would all quickly amount to nothing. Freedom is impossible to force onto a people, and we would soon find, as even did God with the rebellious angels He cast out of heaven, that he "who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe." (Milton, 32)
So leave your AK hanging over the fireplace, it is not time for that.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident…that whenever any form of government becomes destructive…it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it.
~ Declaration of Independence (1776)
As an alternative to open rebellion, some raise the age-old question of secession, seeing the federal behemoth broken up by a peaceful, democratic process. Should anyone think those people in D.C. will simply let the workers go free, as if Pharaoh will give Moses and the Israelites (after a hardy clap on the back and a best of luck) leave to walk away into the desert, a quick trip to any library's history section should quickly end their delusion.
While Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. effectively practiced passive resistance this, too, is no means to bring about peaceful change as the political mind is, above all, exceedingly prone to violence. It was once written of Europe's rulers "these were fierce and lawless…war was the business and delight of their existence" (Mackay, 293) and pick up today's papers and see, is the American politician any different?
Judging by their past and current behavior, from the War of Terror to that on drugs, or obesity, or smutty television shows, America's ruling class look for any excuse to call out an army, be it of soldiers, police, or bureaucrats. Goading a political beast as highly militarized as the US federal government, even by use of a vote to secede or a simple, peaceful course of civic disobedience is to guarantee bloodshed. While Lincoln most certainly did not put to rest the question of the right to secede, he most certainly did put to rest any question of how America's political elite will react to any sign of it. Forget "In God We Trust," it'd be better that every US dollar bear a more accurate slogan for our current regime. "If I Can't Have You, Nobody Will."
So vote to secede or not, engage in peaceful resistance or not, if you want out of America you are going to have to fight your way out, and as of this moment we are not ideologically prepared for that struggle. Years after the glory of 1776, John Adams reminisced to Thomas Jefferson about what, more than anything, allowed such a progressive victory to be gained. He dismissed the actual fighting as of no import to the revolution, "it was only an effect and consequence of it," meaning the true revolution takes place in the minds of men before you can have any hope of success, before any rifle is loaded. "The Revolution," Mr. Adams went on to say, "was in the minds of the people, and this was effected…before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington." (Bailyn, 1)
Before America can be liberated, she must first desire it.
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A Change Is Gonna Come
If (a revolution) happens, I expect it will more closely resemble the French Revolution than the one in 1776."
~ Wendy McElroy (2010)
Today, give me liberty or give me death no longer rings true, the typical American is content to put up with any outrage because he's so ideologically stripped as to no longer have any idea he should be outraged. Harboring a completely materialistic view of politics that equates material comfort with freedom, he'll bear any assault on liberty with timid submission so long as the hi-def cable stays on. The intellectuals fare no better in this regard, as they are the very ones who spread the ideas that made hi-def cable more important to us than trial by jury.
In the event of rebellion, the American people would lack any leadership with the ability, or even the urge, to guide them back to liberty. Even if the occasional outrage morphs into a tea party, the vast majority of Americans, lead by the intellectuals, take most assaults with quiet approval, and for now I thank God for it. To go to war is something even the most ignorant savage does with relish; but to start a revolution requires the ability for calm, rational thought and a manly courage to risk it all that does not currently exist in this country. Where once our forefathers shot at government troops marching through the Massachusetts countryside towards Lexington and Concord, today we are a frightened little flock that goes to pieces at the thought of Goldman Sachs suffering a well-deserved bankruptcy. 2010 America does not possess what successful revolutions are made of.
So, thank you all who sent me a kind invitation to share a mess kit and a fight, but when you Thomas Jefferson wannabes grab your AK-47s, pull on your surplus camouflage uniforms, and go rushing off into the mountains please count me out and don't wait up. I'll be watching the slaughter from afar, Barcelona perhaps, Amsterdam more likely, and doubtless I'll wish good luck and God speed to you all.
As of right now this country is simply not prepared for secession, civic disobedience, or rebellion; and under the current regime they all would be considered the same in the eyes of the ruling elite. Any move in that direction would be setting you up for a hopeless task; to free a people that neither wish for liberty or could handle it if won.
Read the op-ed pages and editorials of any newspaper, glance at the comments section to any Internet news site, and listen to the interviewed "man on the street," read our intellectuals' monthly journals and agree; modern America is too uncivilized and savage for freedom.
If you wish for a change back to liberty, forget your rifle — grab your pen.
Selected Readings
Bailyn, Bernard. The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1967)
Milton, John. Paradise Lost (Barnes & Noble Classics, New York, 2004)
Tugwell, Rexford. The Battle for Democracy (Greenwood Press, New York, 1969)


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Tomorrow is the SUPER BOWL guys! And while I'm honestly not that excited about the teams this year, I still love the yearly tradition of friends, football and DELICIOUS food. There is literally nothing better than vegging out on loads of finger food so I wanted to share one of my favorite appetizers that I always love to make each year! These crab cake balls are highly requested and seriously delicious. Trust me on this.
Also this Sriracha dipping sauce might just be HEAVEN.
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You can also easily make these into patties if you prefer a classic crab cake. They are made the exact same way as these balls, just shape them into patties and place on a cookie sheet to bake. Simple right?!
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For a lower carb version, feel free to substitute the breadcrumbs with about 1/4 cup of coconut flour or flaxseed meal. I've made them this way too and they taste delicious!
And don't forget to make this Sriracha dipping sauce! It gives these crab cake balls a nice spicy kick and definitely adds more flavor. You can also make this sauce in advance too to save you time the day of your party. I don't know about you, but Sriracha just makes everrrrrything better 😉
Serve these up with my favorite mini cornbread muffins for the perfect game day spread! Hope you all enjoy these as much as we did and have a great Super Bowl Sunday!
Baked Crab Cake Balls with Sriracha Dipping Sauce
These delicious bite-sized Crab Cake Balls with Sriracha Dipping Sauce are baked (not fried) and make the perfect party appetizers that are always such a crowdpleaser!
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- 1 egg, lightly whisked
- 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1/4 tsp. Sriracha sauce
- 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
- 2 green onions, chopped
- 1 1/2 tsp. Old Bay seasoning
- 1 pound jumbo lump crab meat
- 1 cup whole wheat Panko breadcrumbs
- 1/4 tsp. garlic salt
- 1/8 tsp. black pepper
For the Sriracha Dipping Sauce:
- 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 2 Tbsp Sriracha sauce
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Rinse crab meat and remove any shells, trying not to break up any large lumps.
- In a large bowl, whisk together egg, yogurt, Sriracha, lemon juice, green onions and Old Bay seasoning until well combined. Mix in crab meat then fold in breadcrumbs, garlic salt and pepper.
- Form the crab mixture with your hands into 24 (1-inch) balls and place on a cookie sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate balls for 30 minutes (or overnight if you are making these ahead of time).
- Bake crab cake balls for 25 to 30 minutes, until golden brown. Pop them under the broiler for an additional 5 minutes if you like them crispier!
- While the balls are baking, whisk together yogurt, mayo and Sriracha to make the dipping sauce. Serve with the crab cakes and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts:
- Serving Size: 3 balls + 2 Tbsp sauce
- Calories: 166
- Sugar: 2.1 g
- Sodium: 641.7 g
- Fat: 6.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 12.1 g
- Fiber: 1.3 g
- Protein: 12.5 g
* Please note that all nutrition information are just estimates. Values will vary among brands, so we encourage you to calculate these on your own for most accurate results.


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