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Melting Pot: Eastern Carolina Fish Stew at Pleasant Hill Christian Church
A Neuse River tradition has slowly crept into cast-iron cauldrons across eastern North Carolina.
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Melting Pot series: A soup pot contains multitudes — not just from our gardens and pantries, but from our cultures and memories, too. Go ahead, throw everything in, and wait for it to simmer. What happens next is magic: One whiff and you're transported back home, to the warmth of family. Learn about seven soups served across the state.
The bacon pops and smokes in the bottom of two giant, cast-iron cauldrons. Cousins Horace King Jr. and Francis Swinson have taken up their posts in the Pleasant Hill Christian Church parking lot on this, the fourth Saturday in October, as they have every year for at least a quarter of a century. King, 74, and Swinson, 76, tell their daughters, Jenell West, Amber King, and Michelle Clements, when the bacon is crisp enough to add the rest of the ingredients: the 15 pounds of potatoes and 13 pounds of onions that the daughters peeled and sliced the night before, along with hunks of rockfish that Jenell caught. As the stew simmers, the men take a taste and confer with their daughters on the seasonings. After a dash of this and that, they sit back, satisfied.
This simple eastern North Carolina fish stew is a tradition started on the banks of the Neuse River basin, using what was caught in the day's nets. The beloved stew migrated to backyard gatherings and eventually found its way to church parking lots — like this one in Jones County — where fish stew events help congregations raise money for community projects. King and Swinson learned how to make it from King's father, who was known for his fish stew feasts. "He'd invite the whole neighborhood," King says. "All the kids would play. All the old folks would sit around, tell stories, and play horseshoes."
Which is pretty much what still happens at churches today, as folks gather in these small crossroads communities in and around Kinston. Keeping watch over the big vintage pots — once used for washing clothes — as each unfussy ingredient slips into the broth, and waiting for the aroma to rise up with the steam and mingle with the crisp fall air, is a time-honored tradition.
In this patch of eastern North Carolina, fish stew means a very particular dish, explains Bob Garner, a food historian and correspondent for UNC-TV's NC Weekend. Although chowders reign on the coast, fish stew and its cousin, fish muddle, dominate the inland areas. "Fish stew is more of an estuary stew," Garner says. "On the Roanoke River basin, it's called rock muddle, and they don't put tomato in it. On the Neuse River basin, it's called fish stew, and it's found between Goldsboro and Kinston."
Every fall, cousins Francis Swinson (left) and Horace King Jr. watch the stewpot in the parking lot of Pleasant Hill Christian Church (opposite). Photographs by Juli Leonard
Garner's church, Jarvis Memorial United Methodist Church in Greenville, started serving fish stew two years ago to raise money for Hurricane Matthew relief. The first year, half the diners told Garner they had never even tasted fish stew. The other half told him he was doing it all wrong — they were aghast that he didn't peel his potatoes.
There are rules, you see: Nine humble ingredients — bacon, onions, potatoes, whitefish, water, salt and pepper, tomato paste or sauce, and eggs — are layered in the pot and left to simmer until the cook deems the briny, brothy stew ready. Rockfish, sheepshead, or red or black drum are preferred, all of which are commonly caught in the fall. Naturally, the cook might add a little secret something — cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes — but the recipe's cardinal rule is upheld at all costs: No stirring. Ever.
The real showstopper comes in the last 15 minutes of cooking, just when the potatoes lose their bite and the soup starts coming together. Fresh eggs are cracked and added to the piping hot surface of the stew. The whites quickly form little islands in the broth, and the yolks steam over. Bowls are served with crackers and slices of bread for sopping.
Cooks who stray from this method can expect disdain. "Some people add sausage, shrimp, and scallops. Then you have a darn seafood stew," grouses David Moore, one of the head cooks at Southwood Memorial Christian Church, a few miles down the road. Fish stew has been on the menu at Southwood's harvest festival since it started 49 years ago.
Back at Pleasant Hill, Jenell, her sister, and their cousin are continuing a tradition of feeding the multitudes that began at this church shortly after her great-grandfather helped found it in 1835. "Coming here is like coming home," she says, standing within sight of the cemetery tombstones bearing her relatives' names. "It's our grounds. It's a sacred place." Seated only a few feet away is the next generation: three little girls who are listening and learning, taking in the sights and smells for their eventual turn around the pots.
Chef Vivian Howard's Eastern Carolina Fish Stew
Vivian Howard, chef and owner of Chef & the Farmer in Kinston, shares this recipe from her acclaimed cookbook, "Deep Run Roots" (Little Brown & Co., 2016).
Yield: 12 servings.
1 pound sliced smoked bacon
1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste
3 pounds white or red potatoes, peeled and sliced into ½-inch rounds
2 pounds yellow onions, peeled, halved, and cut into ¼-inch slices
6 garlic cloves, sliced (optional)
3 pounds fish steaks, about 3 ounces each, with bones intact (red drum, rockfish, or sheepshead are good options)
1 fish head, rinsed well (optional)
2½ tablespoons salt
1½ teaspoons chili flakes
1 loaf white bread
Cut the bacon slices into 1-inch squares. Brown it in the bottom of an 8- to 10-quart Dutch oven or cast-iron pot. Once it's crisp, remove it and reserve. Whisk the tomato paste into the bacon fat, making sure you scrape up all the bits left from browning the bacon.
With the heat off, begin layering the ingredients. Keep in mind you want to end up with three layers. Start with a layer of potatoes, followed by a layer of onions and of garlic, if using, followed by a layer of fish. Top the fish with a third of the salt and a third of the chili flakes. Repeat with two more layers. Fill the pot with enough water to just barely reach the top of the fish. If there's a little fish peeking out over the top, that's ok — better than if it's swimming in water. Cover the pot with a tight-fitting lid and bring it to a boil slowly over medium heat. Once it starts to boil, reduce the heat and let it cook at a high simmer for about 15 minutes. Check the potatoes for doneness. They should be barely tender, not falling apart.
Taste the broth and add more salt if needed. Then, with the stew at a good simmer, add the eggs one by one in a single layer over the top of the stew. I like to crack the eggs into a small cup before I drop them in. What you're trying to do is cook whole eggs in the broth. Once the eggs are cooked through, use a large ladle to portion the stew. A proper serving is at least one piece of fish, two potatoes, some onions, and an egg swimming in broth. Shower each bowl with some bacon and set it up with a slice or two of white bread.
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The unique penguin is found only along the eastern coastline of the South Island of New Zealand, as far north as Banks Peninsula and as far south as the Catlins, and on Stewart Island and beyond to the sub-Antarctic Auckland and Campbell Islands.
So, in 1987, Dunedin conservationists formed the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust with the aim of saving the penguin by restoring coastal forest and controlling predators.
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The CW is developing a series based on Oscar Wilde novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray," Variety has learned.
Titled "Dorian," the series is described as a comedic spin on the classic story. It follows a woman who made a deal with the devil 50 years ago to remain young and has spent the subsequent decades living selfishly and without consequences. As the downsides of eternal youth finally land on her, Dorian is ready to grow up and age gracefully, but, to do so, she'll have to make amends for half a century of bad behavior.
The series hails from writer and executive producer Marisa Coughlan, with Len Goldstein also executive producing. Warner Bros. Television will produce.
Coughlan is primarily known for her acting work, having appeared in films like "Super Troopers" and its sequel as well as "Space Station 76." She has sold multiple projects to the broadcast networks in the past few years, however, including "Lost and Found," which went to pilot at ABC. Her other writing credits include the half-hour comedy "Pushing" that was set up at Fox and "That's Wonderful," which was in development at CBS.
She is repped by CAA and Thruline Entertainment.
This also marks the latest female-led adaptation The CW has put into development this year. The network previously announced they are developing a female-led drama series inspired by the film "Lean on Me" from writer Wendy Calhoun and executive producers LeBron James and John Legend.
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'The time has come,' City of Richmond puts halt on mega homes on farmland
Richmond city council placed temporary freeze on building permit applications for houses on farmland, after an increase in applications.
Richmond city council placed temporary freeze on building permit applications for houses on farmland
Tina Lovgreen · CBC News · Posted: Mar 29, 2017 8:20 PM PT | Last Updated: March 30, 2017
Until now, Richmond was one of the few Lower Mainland municipalities not to have a size restriction on farm homes. (Tina Lovgreen/CBC)
Richmond city councillors addressed a longstanding city issue on Monday, voting eight to one in favour of a moratorium on building permit applications for houses on Agricultural Land Reserve.
"The time has come. Clearly, there needs to be some kind of restrictions with the permit applications increasing in the last couple of months," said Mayor Malcom Brodie.
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Since 2017, there have been 26 building permit applications. Sixty-five per cent of them were for houses of more than 10,000 square feet. (Tina Lovgreen/CBC)
Recently, the city rejected a building permit for a 40,000 square-foot home that would fit 21 bedrooms. Out of the 26 building applications that the city received since the start of 2017, 65 per cent of those were for homes over 10,000 square-feet.
"We are looking at our farm land being used by huge mansions that have absolutely no relationship to agriculture what so ever and we're losing the ability to feed ourselves in an era of climate change," said Coun. Harold Steves.
Councillors hope to make more land available for farming by restricting the size and location of newly-built houses.
Some Richmond city councillors fears that gigantic houses like this one are taking up land that could have been used for farming. (Tina Lovgreen/CBC)
Coun. Alexa Loo, the lone dissenting councillor, called the decision "heavy-handed."
"If someone is already a farmer and you keep limiting how they're going to live, who they can live with and you keep limiting everything they do, why would they want to keep farming?" she said.
ALR land owners have seven days to submit their building permit application under the old bylaws. A new proposed bylaw will be drafted by city staff and presented to council before the end of April.
The neighbours of this house say it has sat empty for nearly nine years. (Tina Lovgreen/CBC)
"We've always allowed you to build a house, but suddenly we aren't going to let you, and furthermore, we're not even going to give you any grace period to wrap your head around it. Make a decision, or move out. Instead we are hamstringing you and tying you to the land. In my mind, it's almost communist," said Loo.
Coun. Carol Day says a group of ALR land owners plan to challenge the moratorium.
Coun. Alexa Loo opposed the 'heavy-handed' decision, saying land owners have a right to sell or build. (Tina Lovgreen/CBC)
Frank Leonard, new chair of ALC, says farms must be financially viable
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Smokers At Higher Risk for Erectile Dysfunction
Pack-a-day habit boosts odds by nearly 40 percent, study finds
By Steven Reinberg , HealthDay Reporter | Mar 23, 2006
Smoking can shorten lives, and a new study finds it may also hamper men's sex lives. Researchers say men who smoke a pack of cigarettes or more a day are nearly 40 percent more likely to have erectile dysfunction compared with nonsmokers.
"Smoking accelerates atherosclerosis and is a potent risk factor for heart disease. It just stands to reason that what harms blood vessels in one area of the body harms them in other areas, too," said Dr. David L. Katz, director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine. He was not involved in the study, which was conducted by British and Australian researchers, and reported in the March issue of Tobacco Control. In the study, the researchers collected data on nearly 8,400 men aged 16 to 59 years who participated in the Australian Study of Health and Relationships.
Of these men, almost one in 10 said that he had had erectile problems lasting a month or more in the past year. More than 25 percent of the men smoked [of the 8,400 in the study]. One in five smoked a pack a day or less, and just over 6 percent smoked a pack a day or more, the researchers found. The researchers discovered that, compared with nonsmokers, men who smoked one pack or less a day were 24 percent more likely to report difficulties maintaining an erection. Those who smoked more than a pack a day were 39 percent more likely to report erectile difficulties. Other conditions associated with erectile dysfunction included older age and cardiovascular disease. Moderate drinking significantly reduced the risk of erectile dysfunction, the researchers noted.
Katz said that fear of erectile dysfunction might help motivate men to quit smoking. "Perhaps men not motivated to quit smoking for fear of heart attack or lung cancer will be motivated by this," he said. "It may be difficult to quit smoking, but it almost invariably proves far more difficult to live with the consequences of not doing so," he added. Another expert agreed that smoking increases the risk of impotency. "Other studies have shown that smokers are likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction," said Dr. Joseph DiFranza, a professor of family medicine at the University of Massachusetts. "It's nice to have another study that confirms that." "Smoking certainly doesn't make you macho," DiFranza said.
Results of another study suggested that heavy smokers who also have a low dietary intake of antioxidants, particularly beta-carotene, are at an increased risk for developing the degenerative lung ailment known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In their study, researchers at INSERM, in Paris, collected data on the breathing ability of nearly 1,200 men and women. They also collected data on blood levels of antioxidants. While lung function declined over the years of the study for all participants, those who had high blood levels of vitamin E and beta carotene had significantly better lung function compared with those whose blood levels of these antioxidants were low, the researchers reported. Over eight years, the researchers found that the worst decline in lung function was among people who smoked a pack or more of cigarettes a day and had low blood levels of vitamin E and beta carotene.
Reporting in March issue of the British journal Thorax, the researchers concluded that beta carotene may reduce some of the damage caused by oxygen free radicals. In addition, both beta carotene and vitamin E may help to reduce the damaging effects of heavy smoking on the airways, they said. one of the factors thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of COPD -- and thus may contribute to reducing the risk of morbidity and mortality related to this disease."
There's more on erectile dysfunction at the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
SOURCES: Joseph DiFranza, M.D., professor, family medicine, University of Massachusetts, North Worcester; David L. Katz, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor, public health, and director, Prevention Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.; March 2006 Tobacco Control, Thorax
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Results: Treaty of Bretigny (1360).
Results: Gave land back to Edward III.
Results: Edward III renounced his claim and released Jean II after a ransom of 3 million ecus.
Aquitaine: After years weakening English control of the land, french King Philip VI seized from the English in 1337.
English Kings ere considered nobles of France ad vassals of French King-had land in France.
Agincourt: Henry captured Harfleur- on to Calais but stopped at Agincourt; English longbow helped him fend off the French.
1422: Henry V dies- conflict continues.
Charles V (France-1362): 1369: Tried to recapture land given to England in Treaty of Bretigny.
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Why Does Coffee Spill When You Walk?
A $170,000 answer to a million dollar question
By Maxine Builder and Maxine Builder Updated February 13, 2018
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A somewhat obscure study, titled "Walking with coffee: why does it spill?" and published in the engineering journal Physical Review E in 2012, has resurfaced, in part because Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) recently called this coffee study out as an example of wasteful government spending. The research from the University of California, Santa Barbara looks at the reasons why coffee spills when you walk and was "partially supported by DARPA Young Faculty Award Grant," according to the paper's acknowledgements. Senator Flake's office found that the authors got $170,000 from the U.S. government to figure out the answer to this seemingly simple yet common coffee conundrum.
It's easy to mock the premise of the study, but if you're being honest with yourself, you've probably asked yourself this very question. It's the greatest question of the modern American workforce: How to navigate the minefield that is walking from the coffeemaker to your desk. At any moment, coffee could splatter and ruin your brand new, crisp white shirt (and somehow, you're always wearing a new shirt when you spill coffee on it). If there's a solution, I want to know and save myself from the embarrassment of walking around in my own slovenly, coffee-induced shame, and $170,000 of my hard-earned taxpayer dollars seems like an entirely reasonable price to pay if I never have to go to the dry cleaners again because I stupidly spilled coffee on myself. I want to be a coffee ninja, zipping back to my desk with a full mug and never spill a drop, and if this study will let me live that dream and avoid early morning destruction, I'm all ears.
Unfortunately, the answer is not as easy as becoming a ninja. Instead, it involves a lot of fluid dynamics.
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Study authors Hans C. Mayer and Rouslan Krechetnikov explain that coffee spills are affected by the amount of liquid, the speed of walking, and the size of the cup. They asked volunteers to selflessly sacrifice their clothes in the name of science by walking in a straight line at different speeds holding a cup of hot coffee. The researchers then used photographic analysis to examine "the walking with coffee problem," and they found that, "the motions of the human body, while seemingly regular, are quite complex and are coupled to a coffee cup and liquid therein, which makes it difficult to unravel the precise reasons behind coffee spilling."
Mayer and Krechetnikov do offer some insights about how you can avoid spilling your coffee, like focusing on you mug and walking slowly. They even offer up a potential design for a new, spill-proof mug, which would come with "series of concentric rings (baffles) arranged around the inner wall of a container" to prevent too much oscillation, but they conclude, "despite the variety of spill control options, the simplicity and convenience of a common coffee cup will likely continue to outweigh the side effect of coffee drinking studied here—occasional spilling."
Looks like science still has a long way to go to protect your white jeans from coffee stains.
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IC 744 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Leo
IC 744 is a Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Leo constellation. IC 744 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.
Object Name IC 744
IC 744 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. See also rise and set times.
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IC 744 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Leo morphological classification
IC 744 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Leo is classified as Barred Spiral (Bb) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 744 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Leo in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.
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This fall, PEI Music Award-winner Ashley Condon launches her new album, Can you Hear Me – at the same time she and her husband launch their PEI-based microbrewery, Copper Bottom Brewing.
"Offer people beer, and they'll come to you!" Ashley jokes.
In fact, the brewery is a long-time dream of her husband, Ken. But it fits right in with Ashley's own growing commitment to rooting her music business close to home and building community among Island artists.
Can You Hear Me, features a series of co-writes with PEI artists and with artists who came to PEI through various creative exchanges. It also features beautiful harmony vocals from Ashley's fellow Eastern Belles, Catherine MacLellan and Meaghan Blanchard, and a sophisticated sonic palette thanks in part to producer – and Anne Murray's nephew – Dale Murray (ex of the Guthries and Cuff the Duke).
The songs too speak in various ways to Ashley's connection to the PEI music community. The lead off track, "Diamond Sky," grew indirectly out of a local songwriters' night Ashley and Catherine MacLellan launched with the goal of building community among PEI artists at home – instead of just hanging out on the road and then cocooning as soon as they got back to the island. The lyrics describe Ashley's longing for home back when she lived in Toronto.
"Down Home," written with British folk artist Maz O'Conner as part of a program that pairs British and Canadian artists, was inspired by O'Conner's fascination with the Maritime phrase "down home." The song speaks of the two artists' shared experience of travelling the world and feeling the ocean call them back to their respective islands.
Ashley started writing the sparse, haunting, "In the Darkness" after PEI's notorious crazy winter three years ago, during which cars became buried in snow and three people died in a house fire. The song evolved over the course of two years, as trees mangled by the weight of the snow gradually returned to their previous erect stance – a metaphor for bouncing back after hard times.
She wrote "Come As You Are" as a tribute to the late Hal Mills, founder of PEI's renowned The Dunk house concert series and proprietor of the property where it was held. The song is a tribute to people who love and support young artists and, more generally, to the people who love and support all of us. If Ashley seems especially devoted to building community on her Island home, it could be because that community is her surrogate family. The only child of a fishing family from rural PEI, Ashley had lost both her parents by the time she was 22. She studied drama and psychotherapy in Toronto and played music around Guelph, but once she'd settled on a music career, she returned to PEI to start building it.
She earned two PEI Music Awards for her debut album, including the Lynn Grishko Memorial Bursary, an award designed to support emerging female artists on the Island. Then her musical idol, David Francey, who had inspired her decision to pursue folk music a decade earlier, discovered her during PEI Music Week and became her mentor. The three-time Juno-winning folk artist produced Ashley's sophomore album, This Great Compromise, and hooked her up with his label, manager, and booking agent, vastly increasing her profile in the roots music milieu.
Ashley earned a 2013 Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for New/Emerging Artist of the Year. The album was the seventh most-played Canadian album on the Galaxie Folk Roots channel in 2013. And it made the Top 20 on Roots Music Report in the U.S.
Now, with the release of Can You Hear Me, Ashley shows she has blossomed from the love and support she's received from her musical mentors and musical family. She found the confidence to take a much larger role in the production of this record, and she gives back to her fellow Island artists with a collection of songs that showcases their collective strengths.
"One of the leading lights on the east coast scene."
– BOB MERSEREAU, CBC
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01 Diamond Sky
02 Oh My Love
03 Sad Eyes
04 Long Long Moon
05 The Rain
06 Down Home
07 In The Darkness
08 Lay Me Down
09 Come As You Are
this great compromise
01 All My Life
02 Deep Down In The River
03 Your Love Is Beautiful
04 This Great Compromise
05 Toronto
06 Going To The Country
07 Sea And Land
08 Gentle Man
09 We've Got Love
10 Betty's Song
11 Eastbound Train
12 I'm Going Home, Amen
13 Chamomile Tea
Come In From The Cold
01 Already Come
02 Never Found
03 A New Heart
04 Everything
05 The Neighbours Ain't Home
06 Baby Brown Eyes
07 You Got Me By The Heart
08 Something Sacred
09 When I'm With You
10 Heavy Rain
11 Gone
I've Got This Feeling
01 Unwed Fathers
03 I've Got This Feeling
The Rain (NEW)
Your Love is Beautiful (In Studio)
Deep Down In The River [Live Acoustic] at Signal Path Studios in January 2013
In the Bright Tomorrow
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Q: jQuery Mobile Flip Switch Styling I have found tht it is possible to customize the font, color and font-size of a jQuery Mobile flip switch with the following code
The CSS
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which is very nice but what I need to do is to apply such styling on a case by case basis at run time rather than from static CSS.
The question then boils down to this - is there a way to achieve this via jQuery?  I have tried things along the lines of
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since the grandchild in question that requires styling is actually a span element.  But this is where things start getting curious
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FBI Chief 'Mildly Nauseous' to Think Bureau Had Impact on Election
May 03, 2017 10:19 AM update May 04, 2017 4:00 AM
Ken Bredemeier
Comey Defends Handling of Clinton and Russia Investigations
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said Wednesday it makes him "mildly nauseous" to think his agency might have had an impact on Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidential election, after it reopened a probe into Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton days before the vote.
Comey told a Senate panel he agonized over disclosing the new investigation into Clinton's handling of classified information on her private email server during her time as U.S. secretary of state. The renewed investigation came months after the FBI had cleared her of wrongdoing.
Comey said he decided it would have been "catastrophic" to conceal the information after having assured Congress the probe had been completed.
"It was a hard choice, but I still believe it was right," he said.
WATCH: Comey on how his actions affected election result
Comey: 'Makes Me Mildly Nauseous' That FBI Had An Impact on Election
The FBI normally tries not to disclose investigations of candidates shortly before an election so it won't affect the outcome. But Comey said "not for a moment" did he consider whether the new probe might help Trump defeat Clinton in the November vote.
Comey made his revelation 11 days before the election, after investigators found thousands of Clinton's State Department emails on the computer of a disgraced former congressman, Anthony Wiener, the estranged husband of Clinton aide Huma Abedin.
On Tuesday, Clinton had partly blamed her loss on Comey.
"A combination of Jim Comey's letter on October 28 and Russian WikiLeaks [of hacked emails related to her campaign] raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off," she said. "And the evidence for that intervening event is, I think, compelling and persuasive."
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton takes part in the Women for Women International Luncheon in New York City, New York, May 2, 2017.
Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he did not see a way for him to take no action.
"I can't consider for a second whose political fortunes will be affected and in what way," he said. "We have to ask ourselves, what is the right thing to do? And do that thing."
WATCH: Comey on how decision on Clinton emails affected Trump
Comey: 'Can't Consider For A Second' If Decision Elected Trump
Comey announced shortly before Election Day that the result of the new investigation was the same conclusion the FBI had reached earlier, that Clinton was "extremely careless" in handling her email but that no criminal charges were warranted.
Lawmakers also asked him Wednesday about the FBI's ongoing investigation of Russian meddling in the election to help Trump win, and possible collusion between Trump campaign aides and Russian interests. Comey said the FBI did not reveal the existence of that probe before the election because it had not been completed, and still hasn't been.
He was also critical of WikiLeaks, saying the organization's methods of publishing information make it a "conduit for the Russian intelligence services or some other adversary of the United States just to push out information to damage the United States."
WATCH: Comey on protecting credibility of Justice Department's investigation
Comey on Lynch-Clinton Meeting, DoJ Investigation
Trump, in Twitter comments Wednesday, offered a distinctly different view than Clinton of Comey's actions, saying the FBI director "was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!" when he cleared her of any wrongdoing in July.
Trump has largely dismissed FBI and congressional investigations into the U.S. intelligence community's finding that Moscow interfered to help him win.
"The phony Trump/Russia story was an excuse used by the Democrats as justification for losing the election," he said in a tweet. "Perhaps Trump just ran a great campaign?"
The FBI and congressional investigators have focused some of their attention on links between Trump's first national security adviser, retired Army General Michael Flynn, and Russia. Flynn accepted more than $30,000 to attend a 2015 dinner in Moscow celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Kremlin-controlled RT television network, sitting next to Russian president Vladimir Putin, and more than $500,000 to represent Turkey.
But Trump ousted Flynn after 24 days on the job when it was learned that he lied to Vice President Mike Pence and others about his contacts with the Russian ambassador to Washington in the weeks before Trump assumed power.
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) sits next to retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn (L) as they attend an exhibition marking the 10th anniversary of RT (Russia Today) television news channel in Moscow, Russia, Dec.10, 2015.
The Defense Department inspector general's office has opened an investigation into whether Flynn sought any permission, as he was specifically told to do when he retired from the military, to accept the payments from foreign governments.
The White House has said that in naming Flynn to the top White House security post, it relied on a security clearance he was given in 2016 by the Barack Obama administration.
Full Public FBI Reveal Rare for Trump-Russia Type Probes
Trump Spars with Clinton Over Accusations FBI Contributed to Election Loss


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Weird & Revered: Country Livin'
Some elbow grease and making the most of what you have
Filmed by Colin Reimer, Justin Schwanke, Tyler Steckly, Austin Schwanke Edited by Justin Schwanke
Sometimes when you're younger you don't have a lot to ride, and instead of complain about it you make the most of it and build it or find somewhere near by. That's just what Justin did as a throwback to when he was younger, and it's pretty awesome. Check out his full story on the video below.
Growing up in rural Alberta all of my life, riding back in the day was a much different experience than it is now. As a kid without a car, there weren't many people to ride with and there wasn't much to ride. Living in the middle of nowhere meant you had to make your own spots and your own set-ups. When I was young and before I had ramps, I spent a lot of time pedaling around on country roads looking for 'spots.' Hardly considered spots by popular standards, these places to ride were as simplistic as could be. One might be a ditch that was smooth enough to jump or another might be a shed to use as a drop. Often you would have to modify the spot with some plywood or shovel work to make it rideable. As unconventional as the set-up may be, it was always what you did with it that mattered most. And naturally, the more creative you got the more entertaining it could be.
Inspired by my buddy, Brodie Gwilliam of Bush League fame (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhhrZOm-Tvs), I felt the need to return to this period of my BMX experience. I wanted to make a video chalked full of my own 'country spots.' I pedalled and drove around to search for places with potential. Some spots needed a lot of work and others were ready to be ridden. I think I put the most effort into that trailer I found at 0:25. I had to clean all of the junk off of it, cut down a bunch of trees, and make some trails so you could pedal on the grass. Once I had a list of spots and had some of the modifications done, I hit up my friend Colin Reimer to join me. We filmed most of this video in the spring before Colin left for a work term in France and I left to go travel myself. Tyler Steckly came along on some sessions to film and goof around. I don't think we spent more than 7 days filming and all of the spots were within a 10 km radius of my house. We had a ton of fun making this video and I hope it shows. Enjoy! -Justin Schwanke
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Not done yet! Luka Modric and Croatia boss Dalic suggest star won't pursue international retirement
Gill Clark
2:26 AM MYT 18/12/2022
Croatia captain Luka Modric celebrated his 37th birthday in September but isn't ready to hang up his international boots yet.
Modric plays in fourth World Cup
Helps Croatia finish third
Expects to continue international career
WHAT HAPPENED? Modric captained his side to a third-place finish at World Cup 2022, with Croatia beating Morocco 2-1 on Saturday in Qatar. The victory means it's consecutive World Cup podium finishes for Zlatko Dalic's side who continue to punch above their weight. Modric was an ever-present for Croatia in Qatar and offered an update on his future after the win.
WHAT THEY SAID: "About my future. I don't know if I will play at Euro 2024 in Germany. We will see. I need to go step by step," he told beIN Sports. "I am enjoying the national team. I am happy. I still think I can perform at a high level. I want to continue at least until the Nations League and then after there will be time to think about the Euros. Now it's go step by step and continue at least until the Nations League and after we will see."
AND WHAT'S MORE: Croatia manager Dalic is also expecting the 37-year-old to continue his international career, explaining: "He's our captain, he's our big boss. He played fantastic this tournament at 37 years old, he played like he was 20. Some people think this is the end, but I think Luka Modric stays with us a long time."
Dalic was then pressed on whether Modric would play for Croatia at Euro 2024 and replied, "I hope [he's there]."
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Modric may be heading towards the end of his phenomenal career but has demonstrated his quality and importance to Croatia once again. The playmaker has in all likelihood played his last ever World Cup game but isn't quite ready to say goodbye to the international stage just yet.
IN ONE VIDEO:
It doesn't get much cuter than this 😍
This video of Luka Modrić and Croatia players celebrating on the field with their kids after the game is the best thing you'll see today ❤🇭🇷 pic.twitter.com/R5IIxOJbGX
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) December 17, 2022
WHAT NEXT FOR MODRIC & CROATIA? Modric clearly has his eyes on the Nations League finals. Croatia will take on Spain, Italy and the Netherlands in the tournament in June 2023. Dalic's side will return to action before then, opening up their Euro 2024 qualification campaign against Wales in March.
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The Jordan: Israel's River of Miracles
The Jordan River: This week's Parasha begins with the Israelites on the banks of the Jordan preparing to end their wilderness wandering and enter into the Promised Land.
"Then Yeshua came from Galilee to the Yarden (Jordan) to be baptized by Yohannan." (Matthew 3:13)
Many Believers seeking to deepen their understanding of the Bible and follow in the footsteps of Yeshua (Jesus) visit Israel's Jordan River, a river of rich historical and spiritual significance for both Jews and Christians.
Nehar haYarden (הירדן נהר, Jordan River) played a central role in the ministry of Yeshua (Jesus).
Luke 3:23 reveals that at about the age of 30, Yeshua began His public ministry there by being mikvahed (immersed) by Yohannan (John).
Upon Yeshua's immersion, Yohannan witnessed a physical manifestation of the Ruach haKodesh (Holy Spirit) descend on Him:
"As soon as Yeshua was immersed, He went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on Him. And a voice from heaven said, 'This is My Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased.'" (Matthew 3:16–17)
The Mikvah of Yeshua (Bapteme de Jesus), by James Tissot
While the word "baptism" is the term commonly used today, mikvah is the Jewish term for what Yohannan was performing on the banks of the Jordan, or Yarden in Hebrew. In fact, the practice of the mikvah was instituted by God through Moses in the Torah, so this was a necessary and regular part of the Biblical Jewish lifestyle.
"The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him [Yohannan]. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River." (Mark 1:5)
Yeshua, as God's Son, had nothing to confess of His own. Yet, He bore our sins in Himself and carried them all the way to His execution. (Isaiah 53:4; 1 Peter 2:24)
For Believers in Yeshua who are mikvahed, the event represents much more than a symbolic cleansing of sins.
Being totally immersed under the water is a symbol of death to one's old life, and rising up from the water symbolizes the birth of a brand new life in Yeshua:
"We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Messiah was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." (Romans 6:4)
A Christian pilgrim wearing a robe dips into the banks of the Jordan River at Qasr el Yahud.
Ritual Purity in the Tanakh
Many Believers are surprised to learn that God instituted the practice of the mikvah in the Torah. It is the specified means for restoring ritual purity, and it was regularly performed in natural bodies of water, such as springs or rivers.
The Torah mandated ritual cleansing through the mikvah for the following:
After tzaraat (certain skin conditions), commonly translated today as leprosy (Leviticus 14:6–9)
After the discharge of abnormal body fluids (Leviticus 15:13)
After seminal emissions following sex or related to nocturnal emissions (Leviticus 15:16)
Following the monthly menstrual cycle by a woman to regain her purity
After contact with a dead body (Numbers 19:19)
Second Temple era mikvah
After the ritual of the Red Heifer by the kohen (priest) who performs the ritual (Numbers 19:7–8)
By the kohanim (priests) during consecration (Exodus 29:4, 40:12)
After the scapegoat (Azazel) has been sent away on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) by the High Priest and by the one who leads the goat away (Leviticus 16:24, 16:26, 16:28)
Today the waters of the mikvah pools throughout the world still cleanse women after menstruation or childbirth and men after emission of bodily fluids. It is also traditional for a bride and groom to use it before their wedding and for men to visit it on Erev Yom Kippur (Eve of Day of Atonement) and Erev Rosh HaShanah (New Year's Eve).
The mikvah is also part of the conversion process to Judaism.
Taking the Bride to the Mikvah, by Shalom Koboshvili
Qasr el Yahud
The traditional location of the spot where Yeshua was mikvahed is Qasr el Yahud or Kasser Al Yahud, Arabic for the Castle of the Jews.
The local ruins of a 4th–5th century Byzantine monastery and church are evidence that this location has been a place of Christian pilgrimages for centuries.
The stability and safety of the British Mandate period from 1920–1948 allowed for the construction of many churches, chapels, and monasteries, which stretch about three kilometers (two miles) south of the site.
However, an earthquake in 1956 seriously damaged the buildings. More importantly, Jordan, whose border runs along the east bank of the river, attacked Israel after it became a nation in 1948 and occupied the west bank of the Jordan—Israel's ancient heartland of Judea and Samaria—where Qasr el Yahud is located.
Christian pilgrims visit Qasr el Yahud.
After Arab forces again invaded Israel in 1967, Israel captured the territory back from Jordan. Although Jordan has since renounced its claim to the land, the Palestinians now demand this land for an independent Palestinian state.
Security with our eastern neighbor, Jordan, continued to be problematic until Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in 1994. Over those tenuous years before the treaty, the monks gradually abandoned the churches and monasteries and, today, these ruins are inaccessible due to risk of landmines that Israel laid during that period.
Qasr el Yehud, however, has been recently rehabilitated and the immediate area cleared of mines.
After 44 years of essentially being closed, this historic site reopened to the public in 2011 and is now administered by the Israeli Civil Administration and the Israeli Ministry of Tourism.
Located in the wilderness of the Jordan River Valley, east of Jericho and north of the Dead Sea, it isn't easy to get here; but once you arrive, it offers parking, wheelchair access, showers, and prayer facilities, as well as decking and marble stairs leading into the Jordan.
The Ark Passes Over the Jordan, by James Tissot
The Rich History of the Jordan
The excitement and significance of this special place is amplified by other historical events that tradition says took place here at Qasr el Yahud.
After 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, Joshua led the Israelites over the Jordan into the Promised Land, presumably in this spot. This would be the place then that the waters parted as the priests carrying the Ark stepped into the Jordan, and the Israelites crossed on dry ground. (Joshua 3)
This spot may also be where Elijah rolled up his cloak and struck the waters so that they parted. He crossed with Elisha before ascending to heaven on a fiery chariot (2 Kings 2). After this, Elisha took Elijah's cloak and crossed the Jordan, once again striking it so that the waters parted.
Because this traditional site was closed for so long, a second site called Yardenit (Little Jordan) was opened in 1981 further north on the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee. This location may have been used by Yeshua to mikvah His talmidim (disciples).
Many Believers come to Israel especially to be baptized in the Jordan, and Yardenit's location gives visitors safe and easy access.
Each year, it is visited by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, and many of them either get baptized for the first time or they rededicate their lives to Adonai here.
Christian pilgrims are baptized in the Yardenit on the Jordan River.
The Jordan: A Source of Life
"It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the LORD bestows His blessing, even life forevermore." (Psalm 133:3)
The Jordan (Yarden), which means descender, is Israel's prime source of water for drinking and agriculture.
Most of its water originates approximately 200 meters (650 feet) above sea level in the rain and snow that fall on Mount Hermon in the far north.
From Mount Hermon, the river flows south into the Sea of Galilee (also called Kinneret, Lake of Gennesaret, and Lake Tiberias), but it doesn't stop there. At the southern tip of the Galilee, the Jordan exits and descends south to 420 meters (1,378 feet) below sea level where it empties into the Dead Sea.
Upstream of the Sea of Galilee, three main tributaries form the head of the Jordan River:
The Hermon or Banias, which begins as a spring at the foot of Mount Hermon;
The Dan, whose source is also at the base of Mount Hermon; and
The Snir or Hasbani, which also flows from Mount Lebanon.
The Jordan River
Below the Sea of Galilee are other tributaries:
The Jalud in the Beth Shean valley;
The Yarmouk River;
The Zarqa River, the Biblical Jabbok; and
Jabesh (Wadi Yabis) named after Jabesh-Gilead, a town mentioned in the Torah.
As the river flows through the Jordan valley below the Galilee, it becomes progressively more saline, picking up about 850,000 tons of salt, as well as debris, so that by the time it empties into the Dead Sea, there is no life left in the water, at least not for drinking or agriculture.
Some environmentalists say that the river itself is in danger of dying in the Jordan Valley.
The Yarmouk River, which originates on the south-eastern slopes of Mount Hermon and the Hauran Plateau, flows into the Jordan River. It forms the southern limit of the Golan Heights in Israel's north and also defines a short portion of the border between Jordan and Israel.
The Jordan Valley
"In the future He will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan. The people walking in darkness have seen a great light." (Isaiah 9:1–2)
The Tanakh (Old Testament) mentions this important river about 175 times. The Brit Chadashah (New Testament) mentions it 15 times.
It first appears in Genesis 13:10 when Abraham told Lot to choose which land he would inhabit.
"Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt."
The entire valley between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea along the Jordan River seemed to Lot like the Garden of Eden, or at least a lush oasis.
So, Lot chose the fertile cities of Sodom and Gomorrah in the southern Jordan Valley as his new homeland.
The Jordan Valley overlooking the Sea of Galilee
Today, the Jordan Valley still attracts people. The northern part of the valley, which includes the Jordan River, is several degrees warmer than adjacent areas. It has a year-round agricultural climate, fertile soils and water supply that make it a key agricultural area.
Yet we know from Scripture that a section of the lush, southern region that Lot chose was devastated when, due to sin, God "overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land." (Genesis 19:25)
A land that once thrived from the river's pure, life-giving water, now cried out for it and it still does. This perhaps is a visible reminder of what unrepentant sin does to our own life, spiritually and physically.
But God is a God of restoration, and He does not only renew spiritually, He also renews physically.
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, by John Martin
Healing Waters From the Temple
Although the Jordan is polluted, and its resources severely stretched and fought over by the nations in its vicinity, the prophet Ezekiel describes a new river of life that will begin at the Temple threshold, flowing into and restoring the Dead Sea, which is fed by the Jordan.
"When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh. Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. … Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. … Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. … Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing." (Ezekiel 47:8–12)
The Book of Revelation describes it as a new river of life "clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city." (Revelation 22:1–2)
Because of the concentration of salt and other minerals in the Dead Sea (Yam HaMelah, lit. Sea of Salt), spectacular natural formations made of salt, and mineral and chemical compounds such calcium carbonate, gypsum and / or calcite form striking, transient sculptures. Since the evaporation rate now exceeds the inflow rate, scientists are predicting that eventually the whole area will become mud flats. The Bible states, however, that the waters of this unique lake will be healed.
The Talmud (Jewish Oral tradition) teaches that these waters will heal not only the Dead Sea, but presumably the waters that flow into it from the Sea of Galilee, which would also include the connecting Jordan River.
"To where do they flow? To the Sea of Tiberias [Sea of Galilee, Kinnereth] and then to the Sea of Sodom [Dead Sea], and then to the Great Sea [Mediterranean] to heal the salty waters and to sweeten them." (Jerusalem Talmud 3:9)
This restoration of the River Jordan and the bodies of water it feeds is exactly what Yeshua does with our own spirits.
Yeshua says to all of us, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them." (John 7:37)
Jacob Wrestles with the Angel
The River of Miracles
"Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you." (Joshua 3:5)
In Genesis 32:11, Jacob crossed the Jordan and its eastern tributary, the Jabbok River (Zarqa River) situated east of Shechem, which is in present-day Samaria.
Here, Jacob wrestled with the angel of the Lord to receive a blessing, which he received along with a new name—Israel (Genesis 32:23–24).
Perhaps the most dramatic moment on the Jordan occurred when Joshua redeemed Israel from their desert existence by leading them across the Jordan to the Promised Land. Miraculously, the river dammed up even though it was flood season, and the people crossed a dry riverbed (Joshua 3).
Although all of Israel entered the Promised Land, not everyone lived on the west side of the Jordan. The river became the demarcation line between two groups of the tribes of Israel: "nine tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh" settled on the west side. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh settled on the east side (Numbers 34:13–15; Joshua 13:7–8).
Naaman cleanses in the Jordan River to be healed of tzaraat, a Biblical skin disease that is traditionally thought to be caused by gossip, murder, perjury, forbidden sexual relationships, arrogance, theft, and envy.
In 2 Kings 5:14, Elisha sent Naaman the Aramean to bathe in the Jordan's waters, and he was miraculously healed of leprosy.
In yet another miracle in 2 Kings 6:6, Elisha reclaimed a borrowed axe head that had sunk in the waters by causing it to float to the surface.
At the Jordan, Yohannan the Immerser announced the identity of Yeshua as "the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world."
The Jordan is also mentioned in connection with the coming of the Messiah "by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations." (Isaiah 9:1–2)
The Sea of Galilee, which is located in the Jordan Valley, is 19 kilometers (12 miles) long and from 5–10 kilometers (3–6 miles) wide.
Yeshua is soon coming again and, in the meantime, He has given His followers a spiritual source of water that wells up within them.
"Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." (John 4:14)
This spring of spiritual renewal brings everlasting life and is available now by believing in the One the Hebrew prophets spoke of—Yeshua haMashiach (Jesus the Messiah).
If you wish to drink of His waters of life, or wish to rededicate your life to Him, why not follow in His footsteps and be mikvahed in Israel's Jordan River.
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Many of our tasks ask children to learn new words -- in games, on the computer, or by viewing slides. We do this to understand how learning works and how it can be made easier. We are also interested in real world, everyday learning in naturalistic settings.
In the past, we (and lots of other researchers) followed young children around with cameras and clipboards, trying to understand their every day learning experiences. But these techniques just allow us to see the child in the world, they don't show us the child's world in the sense of what the child sees. In very exciting new research, we are putting lightweight head-cameras on children, a first attempt to see the world as they do.
Below is a list of our current studies and the ages that researchers are seeking for participation. We hope you find a study that excites you and sends you eagerly to filling out our on-line participation form.
Study description: We want to understand what is in the visual environments of infants and toddlers, and whether they change across the first two years of life. We give parents a soft cap - with a light-weight camera sewn in - to place on their infant's head. Parents are asked to turn the camera on whenever the infant is awake to record the natural scenes in their infant's everyday lives. Statistical regularities in visual environments are deeply connected to the visual system. Characterizing and quantifying the early visual environments of infants and toddlers may help us understand how the visual system gets built.
Study description: We are interested in how children retain visual information. Children will play a matching game like "Memory" on a touch screen computer to test how they can tell apart images they have seen from images they have not.
Study description: Preschool children already have early implicit understanding of multi-digit numbers; for example, they can pick out the bigger number between 230 and 302. How do they acquire this knowledge? We study what kinds of learning experience (e.g., seeing multi-digit numbers in books, playing with base-10 blocks) can lead to early implicit knowledge of multi-digit numbers, and the consequence of having this knowledge to later school learning of the place-value concept in mathematics.
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Academy of Cyber Space Reveals US Cyber Spying
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Chinese Internet Media Research Center "Academy of Cyber Space" published a report with details of U.S cyber spionage activities.
Academy of Cyber space in its report called "America's Global Surveillance Record," accusing the U.S. intelligence agencies of massive cyber spionage a week after the U.S. Justice Department for first time publicly charged 5 Chinese military officials with snooping on U.S. firms and companies.
Chinese Internet information body accused the United States for cyber spying on the Chinese government and Chinese leaders, Chinese companies, scientific research institutes, ordinary netizens, and a large number of cell phone users.
Cyber Space Academy report reads ; The United States sets China as the main target of its secret surveillance
Evidence provided by Snowden shows that China is one of the major targets of the United States' illegal spying operations. The United States has eavesdropped on Chinese state leaders, scientific institutes, universities and enterprises.
Documents revealed by Snowden to Der Spiegel prove that the United States has conducted mass cyber-attacks on China, targeting Chinese state leaders and the giant high-tech company Huawei. Attacks were also aimed at the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as Chinese banks and telecommunication companies. According to Der Spiegel, the spying operations also covered several former Chinese state leaders, and government departments and banks.
Chinese government offices are a particular target of U.S. spy operations. A White House foreign policy aide revealed that the United States planted optical fiber bugs in the walls of the offices of the Chinese Embassy in Australia when it was built in 1990. The bugs were not deactivated until the story was broken by the Sydney Morning Herald.
America's spying operations have gone far beyond the legal rationale of 'anti-terrorism' and have exposed the ugly face of its pursuit of self-interest in complete disregard for moral integrity
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Q: Symfony2 Re-organization config files : parameters.dist.yml issue I've followed document to re organize files in app/config directory.
Now I have config/common (with config, parameters, parameters.dist, routing, security & services files), and files for each environment in specific directories : app/config/dev and app/config/prod.
But now, when I try to send "composer -n install" to update autoload, I have this error :
[InvalidArgumentException]
  The dist file "app/config/parameters.yml.dist" does not exist.
   Check your dist-file config or create it.
I know this is a configuration problem, Symfony search my dist file in app/config, how can I redirect it to app/config/common ?
I don't know where is the "dist-file config" written in error.
Thanks!

A: Found !
It is in composer.json:
under "extra", "incenteev-parameters", I've changed value of "file".


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