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Despite the profound impact of the banking sector collapse in 2008 on Iceland's economy, the island nation ranks 13th in this year's Global Innovation Index, 14th in the Ease of Doing Business rankings, and 23rd in the Index of Economic Freedom. There has been much debate and disagreement regarding the key steps that put this social-market economy on a path to successful recovery but no one denies the contribution of the more silent actors transforming the economy for the better—its entrepreneurs. I recently sat down in Reykjavik with President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson to learn about the entrepreneurs who are building what they call an "anti-fragile" entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Startup Reykjavik, Iceland's first and top startup accelerator which offers a "10 teams/16k/6%/10 weeks" program held a picture perfect "Investors Day" on August 23, 2013. What I had to offer as opening speaker paled alongside President Grímsson, who gave a most remarkable opening speech. To have such a smart and articulate president in the ways of new firm formation did not intimidate the ten startup teams who presented their ventures to delegates from around the world with confidence and precision. Among those in the audience were the European leaders behind Global Entrepreneurship Week who had chosen Iceland for their annual European meet-up.
Iceland is an example of how rapidly resources can align to build a vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem. Both bottom-up and top-down efforts contribute to its strengthening. The night prior to Startup Reykjavik's "Investors Day," the mayor of Reykjavik, Jón Gnarr, chatted with the ten teams participating in the accelerator at the historic Höfði where the 1986 Reykjavik Summit allowed presidents Ronald Reagan of the United States and Mikhail Gorbachev of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to move forward towards ending the Cold War.
Iceland's ecosystem only really began to become a globally competitive force following the 2008 financial crash, when talented people who were laid off from the banks were left with few options but to start their own businesses. By 2012, the nation was attracting international investors' attention thanks to an Indian serial entrepreneur and angel investor, Bala Kamallakharan, who was living in Iceland and who envisioned an entrepreneurship community on the island. Brad Feld, a thought leader in startup communities, noticed his work to build a previously non-existent entrepreneurship community and he did not hesitate to attend the first Startup Iceland conference in 2012, among other high-profile entrepreneurship gurus. This yearly event now shows how far Kamallakhran's vision has translated into a budding entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Innovative entrepreneurs are now disrupting Iceland's economy, diversifying its productivity base into manufacturing and service industries, particularly within the fields of software production, biotechnology and tourism. In "Worthless, Impossible, and Stupid," Daniel Isenberg wrote about Actavis, once a small generic pharmaceutical company based in Iceland that is now the world's fourth-leading generics pharmaceutical maker with plants and offices in 60 countries. There is also Jon Olafsson, dubbed "the Icelandic Richard Branson"; Helga Waage, co-founder & CTO of Mobilitus; and others inspiring a new wave of entrepreneurs. In the 2012 Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship, one-third of Icelandic respondents had already started a business or were planning on doing so soon.
I also saw a healthy approach to startup capital helped along by organizations such as Frumtak, an investment fund for startup and innovation companies, and NSA Ventures, a VC fund that invests in seed and startup companies. I was especially impressed by Arion Bank which hosted and sponsored the Investor Day. The teams I met with from the Arion—including Einar Gunnar Gudmundsson—seemed culturally closer to startups than any other bankers I have previously met. Arion was a shareholder in each of the ten startups.
Iceland's fledgling entrepreneurship ecosystem is now visible and tangible through organizations like the Innovit Entrepreneurship Centre, a privately owned incubator led by the enthusiastic Kristján Freyr Kristjánsson. Innovit connected Iceland to the global movement of entrepreneurship through the yearly GEW celebrations which are now holding together expanding startup ecosystems around the world. It is also getting useful and smart "top-down" government help thanks to the leadership of people like President Grímsson and the Innovations Center Iceland, a government institute that promotes and supports entrepreneurship. Iceland may be a rare example of a nation where major credit for a flourishing entrepreneurial ecosystem was indeed the result of healthy government policies. The quality of the country's legal framework remains among the world's highest (it ranks 3rd in the world in enforcing contracts, according to the World Bank), and rule of law is embedded throughout the national system. The Icelandic commitment to regulatory efficiency is captured in the fact that starting a business takes only five procedures and five days on average.
For the second edition of the Startup Iceland conference this past June, the organizers made it clear: "The Startup Iceland Conference is not about startups but about building an entrepreneurial ecosystem". As such, it gathered a range of actors, entrepreneurs, students, universities, venture fund managers, financial institutions, government representatives (including the president) and many others committed to strengthening Iceland's entrepreneurship scene.
Much has been said about building startup communities. Clearly, Iceland can provide much useful advice. If you have not been, go and visit. Not only are the surroundings of places like the Blue Lagoon different to anywhere else in the world but when you drop by Startup Reykjavik, you might just see President Grímsson who I am told drops by with no fanfare from time to time to just chat with Iceland's risk takers as they work.
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johnodon wrote: I really want to ferment in my garage and the ambient temp can drop as low as 45F out there. I'm afarid that the temp in one of those type fermenters would drop too low. Is this not a legit concern?
45 degrees could wreak havoc on your fermentation, thats a lot colder than most yeast can work in, unless you wanna try fermenting your mash with a lager yeast

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It has been a while
Well again, the time between posting is quite lengthy, however my internet situation has yet to improve, and with my work hours being quite filled up with my projects it is hard to find the time to update this while I am there.
Things are continuing to go well here. Yesterday I was able to be one of two people representing the Fed to attend a report launching at the House of Lords on young people with disabilities. It was interesting, but I was hoping for a bit more discussion and less formalities. It was presided over by the Countess of Wessex, a member of the royal family, so I was able to see a royal while I was here. I have a copy of the report and I am looking forward to reading it, in a nerdy political science kind of way. Something else that is kind of interesting is an article I saw in the New York Times about the New York Public Housing Board. It talked about an increase of rent and then discussed some of the problems that they are facing. It referred to an organization that advocated for tenants rights in New York's Public Housing, which of those that have known me for the past couple of years would know that it is a passion of mine. When I went to the website for the organization I began to read about their various campaigns and successes. What I found interesting was a campaign which enabled residents to purchase the public housing property of the landlord was seeking market pricing instead of section 8 rent. They did something similar in the UK back in the late 1980, called the "right to buy" act, which has caused more problems that was ever expected. The reason is because it dramatically reduced the numbers of affordable housing stock, when the numbers of those who needed affordable housing was increasing due to population increase. The similarity between the situation in New York and London is that recently a report by NYU has concluded that there is an inadequate number of affordable housing stock in New York for those in low-middle income households, such as new teachers. Also, New York City has similar polulation density problems, because you can now only go so far out of NYC before it becomes unnaffordable to live their due to transportation costs. I just thought that it was a prime example of how this experience will assist with going back to the States. Well that is all I really have time for. I will try to update it with more smaller messages during my lunch breaks so that I can keep everyone up to date.


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Cape Town - Ernie Els produced a stellar final-round five-under-par 67 to finish second at the HSBC Champions event at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China, on Sunday.
The "Big Easy" was tied on 19-under, for a 267 total, alongside Americans Jason Dufner, Phil Mickelson and Scott Piercy, and two adrift of winner Ian Poulter of England in the co-sanctioned European and PGA Tour event.
For his efforts, Els earned 320 562 euros (R3.6 million) and moved up four spots to 20th in the official world rankings released on Monday.
Els began his final round in scorching fashion, with two birdies in a row starting on the par-five third.
The Open champion then reeled off three birdies in succession from the par-five seventh hole to go out in five-under 31.
The 43-year-old struggled coming home, missing a crucial par putt from inside three metres on the par-four 14th. He bounced straight back with a birdie at the par-five 15th but was unable to cut further into Poulter's lead.
Els had only two bogies for the week, but he did have a double bogey in the third round on the par-five 15th - the difference between second position and a playoff in the end.
Further behind, in a tie for sixth on 18 under, was Louis Oosthuizen, who had held a share of the lead after three rounds and after 36 holes enjoyed a five-stroke lead on 16-under.
With the comfortable cushion, it seemed Oosthuizen was set to run away with the tournament, as he had done in the 2010 Open Championship.
Instead, he played through the weekend in just two under as he struggled to rounds of 70 and 72.
Oosthuizen would have been consoled though, with his world ranking improving one place to 10th - equalling his highest ever position in the ratings list.
Countryman Thomas Aiken ended tied 28th on an eight-under total. Aiken threw in 20 birdies for the week, but he offset them with nine bogies and a horrendous triple bogey on the par-four 12th in the second round.
Further down, in a tie for 56th, were George Coetzee, Garth Mulroy and Jaco van Zyl on two over par.
Former SA Open champion Henni Otto and four-time European Tour winner this season, Branden Grace, were tied for 62nd on three over par.
Jbe Kruger was the bottom-placed South African in 68th position on five over. Kruger started the week with a disastrous 83, but he signed for his best round of the event with a five-under 67 in the final round.


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Sperm stem cells restore male fertility
A study in monkeys suggests that boys left infertile after chemotherapy may one day reproduce naturally after an injection of sperm stem cells
One-Minute Physics: Why we can't predict everything
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Time for the US to bury its not-very-smart grid
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A drug developed to treat leukaemia has outperformed current drugs for MS, reducing brain lesions by 50 per cent and halting accelerated brain shrinkage
Yosemite's long-lost twin could be resurrected
A San Francisco ballot could lead to Hetch Hetchy reservoir being drained and restored to a wilderness to match its iconic neighbour
The great thaw: Charting the end of the ice age
Just 20,000 years ago, ice ruled the planet. So why did it relax its grip? Finally, it looks like the answers are in
Shot from a Doctor Who camera
It's a still image that is more about time than space - this picture has not been manipulated or Photoshopped: it's simply a different way of looking at the world
Parcelling up nature in One Cubic Foot
Photographer David Liittschwager used a green cage measuring 1 cubic foot to introduce random sampling into his documentation of six fragile ecosystems
Fear of hackers holds back online voting in the US
The technology is ready for elections to be held online, but until cybersecurity is strengthened they are on hold
NASA rover adds new twist to Mars methane mystery
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Black Lives Matter
There are some who think that myself and others are over-focused on Ferguson today; as people – white people yes, but also just *people* – our *basic humanity* requires our attention and engaged action.
I'd like to share a few thoughts that have been formed and informed by an activists panel this weekend I was fortunate to attend; the Pagans of Color panel during the Pagan Activism Conference Online event hosted by the Pantheon Foundation. As an ally, I am listening. And what I have been made to understand most recently – and not just from the voice of one Black friend, but from a whole panel of activists and educators who are People of Color, not even a week ago – was to KNOW that it is my responsibility to speak up when racist shit is happening.
The whole panel was amazing and I didn't take notes, so everything is a bit blurred together. I will offer attribution as I am able to remember. (If I get it wrong, I hope y'all – Crystal, Xochiquetzal, Elena, Black Witch, and Khi – will correct me?)
1. Speaking up about gross injustice is not about being an ally; it's about being a decent human being. (Thank you to Elena Rose for this thought.)
The truth is that white people are afraid to talk about racism. But it MUST be talked about. We need to say the words. Feel the feelings. Move into and through the discomfort. Again and again.
As people who understand the necessity of creating and supporting spaces in which change may occur, we can and MUST use our resources in order to create those spaces.
2. Boosting the signal is important – there are so many words out there that need to be to shared out. As white people who are doing to ongoing work of confronting racism (in ourselves, our families, our communities, and the world) we each have a platform. Many of us have reach. As people who know that change is needed, it is our responsibility to use that reach to create the space for that change. (Thanks to Crystal Blanton here.)
3. It's been clearly explained to me that it's not righteous to let it fall to People of Color to ALWAYS call out the racist shit that's happening. Our Black sisters, brothers, family, friends, community members, and all People of Color, are EXHAUSTED from doing this work day in and day out. (Thanks to Xochiquetzal Duti Odinsdottir for this one.)
It is possible to listen, and to make space for marginalized voices, AND to raise my own voice against injustice.
Too few people are talking about it. It needs to be talked about. Race and racism needs to be unpacked. Not just today. EVERY day.
If we're not willing to join in and condemn the system of racist violence, we're condoning it.
Vast amounts of gratitude to Black Witch, Khi Armand, and the panelists mentioned in the flow of this post – for being willing to teach, stand tall, be the lightening rods and keep showing up on the front lines of day to day education. I am trying to live into what I am learning from all of you.
Further; I know it's an unpopular opinion, but for the record, I don't condemn the rioting.
This is no longer about one Black boy – if it ever really was just about one Black boy. It's about Mike Brown, but it's not about Mike Brown. (Did you know 14 teens have been killed by cops since the day that Mike Brown was gunned down?).
It's about the systematic racism and oppression that allows for young Black men to be gunned down with impunity. It's about the continued existence of state-endorsed lynch mobs in 2014. It's about character assassination as judge, jury, executioner. It's about the continued dehumanization of Black people in America today.
This is about parents needing to teach their Black children – their Black sons and daughters – to protect themselves. To be afraid. I don't think any of us who are not Black can really understand what it's like to have to teach your children to live in fear as a tactic for self preservation.
This is about the value of Black lives. This is about Ferguson, and it is not about Ferguson. This is about racism in America today.
I'm reminded of Palestine. This is a war against oppression.
Who is the enemy? Who do you lash out at when you have no one to hold accountable? When no one is held accountable?
As non-Black people, we are outraged. Black people – mothers, daughters, sisters, brothers, grandmas, grandpas, sons, daughters – are terrified.
Terrified, and fighting for their lives.
#blacklivesmatter #fergusondecision #handsupdontshoot


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Measurements of Dose Distribution Using a MOSFET Detector for Therapeutic Proton Beam
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Background: Proton dose distributions were measured using a Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) detector. The MOSFET response depends strongly on the degree of linear energy transfer (LET) of the proton beam. Therefore, in order to more accurately measure proton dose distributions using the TN-252RD MOSFET detector, a response correction method was developed.
Material and Methods: The depth-dose response for the TN-252RD MOSFET detector was evaluated experimentally using a 190 MeV therapeutic proton beam. Depth-dose curves measured using the MOSFET detectors for a mono-energetic proton beam were compared with results obtained using an ionization chamber (IC). In order to more accurately measure proton dose distributions using the TN-252RD, we developed a response correction method. A Bragg curve measured using the IC detector was employed to determine the correction factors (IC/TN-252RD) as a function of proton penetration depth, or residual range. The residual proton range was calculated using the pencil beam dose calculation algorithm at an arbitrary point. We prepared a bolus with an L-shaped horizontal cross section made of polyethylene and a water-equivalent length ratio of 1.02 (Figure 1 [Fig. 1]). The bolus was 50 mm thick at points where x>0 and 10 mm thick when x=0. For the 190 MeV mono-energetic proton beam, the Bragg peak position was 110 mm for protons passing through the thicker section and 150 mm for protons passing through the thinner section. Proton dose distributions produced by an L-shaped bolus were measured using the IC and the TN-252RD MOSFET detector, and the TN-252RD doses were compensated using the correction factors.
Results: The depth-dose distribution measured by the TN-252RD detector was compared to a reference depth-dose distribution measured using the IC detector for the 190 MeV proton beam (Figure 2 [Fig. 2]). The TN-252RD exhibited a good response at the Bragg peak (0.7 relative to the IC detector). Figure 3 [Fig. 3] compares the lateral dose distribution obtained using the IC and the TN-252RD MOSFET detector for the L-shaped bolus experiment at PE thicknesses of 110 mm. Because the depth at x<0 is the Bragg peak position, the response of the TN-252RD was reduced. Since edge scattering causes the lateral-dose distribution near x=0 to be determined by protons with a distribution of energies, we expected that the change in the TN-252RD response would be complicated. However, the corrected output of the TN-252RD detector agreed well with the IC results, indicating MOSFET detectors are suitable for proton dosimetry when the response is corrected.
Conclusions: For LET dependence of the MOSFET detector, we developed a new method for correcting the MOSFET response to proton beams. In dose distributions resulting from protons passing through an L-shaped bolus, the corrected TN-252RD dose agreed well with the IC results. Proton dosimetry can be successfully performed using MOSFET detectors.


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The debate, sponsored by the Turlock Journal and the Kiwanis Club of Turlock, asked candidates five questions prepared by Journal staff and three drafted by audience members. Topics ranged from the role of vocational education to the banning of controversial books.
Responses from candidates tended to be variations on a theme. The entire gathering agreed upon common points, but offered subtle — yet notable — differences in their statements.
With regards to the aforementioned banning of books, the majority opinion hinged on setting aside personal views to make a decision as a board that would represent the community's voice.
"We have to make decisions that reflect the cultural norms and values of our community," said Eric Andersen, an educator running for the DUSD board. "I think this happened in Newman and they regretted rushing to judgment.
"John Steinbeck was banned in Salinas and now they have a museum dedicated to him, so times change."
Candidates also voiced their willingness to become personally involved in controversial issues, going the extra mile to do the research needed to find out if a book really deserved to be banned.
"Beside setting my own views aside, I'd actually read the book," said dairy farmer and candidate Ray Prock Jr. "I'd see what the issue with the book is."
Prock noted that, sometimes, reading the opposing views presented by controversial books could help bring perspective to students. By having access to both sides of the argument, Prock said it could help students think "outside the box."
The widest range of opinion came in response to a query on whether or not candidates believed public school was better or worse now than it was just 10 years ago.
"No, I don't think it's worse," said technology consultant Denise Hurd. "Though I would duly support the recision of No Child Left Behind."
Hurd went on to chronicle the many break, lunch, and afterschool programs now offered by schools. She said she believes schools now are producing children with a better educational foundation to take on the trials of life.
"It's not better or worse, it's different," Prock said. "We have different challenges to meet, different goals to meet."
Prock acknowledged the educational research done in recent years that has helped to teach students in a manner they're likely to learn from. Of course, by catering to the many different learning styles and special needs of students, the job of teachers has become more complicated, he said.
While all in attendance agreed that the base of students' knowledge is increasing, some alluded to the fact that outside influences on education are making schooling quite difficult.
"There have definitely been some changes for the worse to me," said incumbent Louisa Allen. "Ten years ago, did you see police cars at school? We have gangs to worry about. It's here in Denair. People like to think it's not here, but it is."
Many also had problems with the testing-centric mentality of modern schooling, a topic addressed in further detail later when candidates were asked how they measure success outside of test scores.
"I think test scores are a horrible way to really see the progress of a student and how they're progressing through school," said farmer and candidate Robert Hodges. "… You get that one kid who doesn't want to do the testing, fills in all the bubbles, and he's done."
Hodges suggested that low dropout and high graduation rates were better indicators of success. Anderson expanded on that notion, offering that students' post-matriculation enrollment or employment were good indicators. Hurd lobbied for a comprehensive portfolio of students' work, which could be used to evaluate cognitive ability.
Fixing whatever problems may exist in the current educational system could become more difficult when considering probable future state budget cuts. Candidates were asked what they would cut first from the DUSD budget, should such a situation arise, but most sidestepped making any firm pronouncements.
"I would find it very difficult to make that decision on my own," said incumbent Norma Cordova. "… It should be a collaborative decision. We'd need to look at our educational priorities and goals, and work together collaboratively with staff input and community input."
Cordova lauded the community for coming to the District's rescue in February of last year, helping to fundraise to offset some cut programs. It was because of the community, she said, that students could still attend outdoor education and receive transportation to and from athletic contests.
Just one candidate dared to offer any prognostications for what might come, and what might have to be cut.
"I think that budget cuts are coming," Hodges said. "I think the money tree has run out. I don't think the people in the community, with them hurting, are going to be able to put the burden on their back right now."
Hodges reluctantly went on to list field trips, transportation, and sports as items that could be on the chopping block.
"You don't want to (cut anything), but I think it's coming," Hodges said. "Our goal is to educate first and then play later."
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation which provides medical aid to those who are affected by armed conflicts, natural disasters, calamities and epidemics. Medical aid is provided irrespective of caste, colour, creed or religion. The photos will tend to shed light on the arduous lives of the residents of FATA and Kurram Agency.
The exhibition, which will be up for all to see at the Nomad Gallery, F6, Islamabad, from 9-13th June between 10am-7pm.


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Cyclist Dies After Falling During Race
Published 7:00 pm, Tuesday, March 11, 2003
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A cyclist who once finished fourth in the Tour de France died of head injuries Wednesday, a day after he removed his helmet during the Paris-Nice race and tumbled from his bike.
Andrei Kivilev of Kazakhstan fractured his skull and went into a coma after his fall.
The death of the 29-year-old Kivilev revived the debate on whether professional cyclists should be forced to wear helmets.
Kivilev died at the Bellevue hospital in Saint-Etienne in southern France, where he lived and trained, Cofidis team spokeswoman Valerie Sartoris said.
Four-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, who is not in this event, said he loved to race against Kivilev.
"You knew when he was in the race, and when the road went uphill, he would lay it all out," Armstrong said on his Web site. "Man, was he an attacker!"
"He helped me more than he, or anyone, will ever know _ and now he's gone."
Like many other cyclists, Kivilev took off his helmet to keep cool at the start of a climb.
The spill happened on a route Kivilev knew well _ about 25 miles from the end of the 114-mile second stage from La Clayette to Saint-Etienne.
Kivilev was moving fairly slowly when he and several riders tumbled. He hit his unprotected forehead, cracking the bone, Sartoris said.
Riders complain that hard helmets are heavy and make them sweat.
In 1991, riders rejected an International Cycling Union ruling to make helmets mandatory for pro riders. The union said it recommends helmets for professionals, and most wear them.
"Even though wearing a helmet cannot eliminate all the inherent risks of the sport, the ICU will soon take the initiative to ask all parties concerned to reconsider the question," the governing body said.
Tour de France director Jean-Marie Leblanc told France TV he believed Kivilev's life would "undoubtedly have been saved if he was wearing a helmet." He wants to make helmets mandatory.
Cyclists observed a minute of silence at the start of racing Wednesday. In Kivilev's memory, the stage was not timed. Riders stayed in a pack, then slowed to let his teammates cross the line first. All the Cofidis riders wore helmets at the finish.
Cofidis riders said they were staying in the race to "honor the profession and passion of their teammate and friend."
Organizers expressed "deep sadness" and condolences for Kivilev's wife, Natalia, and their 6-month-old son, Leonard.
"The death of a runner on the place of his work, the road … comes as a real shock," organizers said. "Fate went against him."
French Sports Minister Jean-Francois Lamour sent organizers a telegram, calling Kivilev a "brilliant representative of Kazakh cycling who chose to carry out his professional career in France."
Kivilev, who finished fourth in the Tour de France in 2001, also has ridden for Festina, Casino and AG2R. Armstrong said his U.S. Postal Service team once unsuccessfully tried to recruit him.
"He was our kind of man," Armstrong said. "Consistent, tough, hard working."
The Texan said he would think of Kivilev "at the base of every hard climb."
Armstrong lost teammate Fabio Casartelli during the 1995 Tour de France. The Italian died during a steep, curving descent in the Pyrenees. He was wearing a cloth cap when he fell and injured his head.
Information on Kivilev's funeral arrangements was not yet available.


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Lavish parties, uninhibited tourists rule in Vegas
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Here's a bit of recent feedback from someone who submitted a short story today that I critiqued:
"Hey Mike,
The feedback gutted me, but that's important. I'd rather get my game straight now, than finish another 150,000-word piece of work only to see it not sell lol
I feel pretty bad actually.
The last thing I want to do is become a roadblock to someone's writing process.
Since I'm not charging, I'm not going to lie to you.
So, if you're thinking of submitting a story, please keep this fact in mind.
Feedback is only helpful if it motivates you to write more.
Otherwise, it's useless (and harmful).
Just because it's free doesn't mean it will be helpful to you specifically.
If you aren't ready yet to get direct, honest, and specific feedback that's ok.
I wrote and published for 6 months before I even hired a proofreader.
Now I hire the big name writing teachers to critique my work.
But I didn't start out that way. I had to build up.
Anyways, if you want my brutal and honest opinion, I'm available to provide it for all stories under 5k words submitted by May 1st.
I've been loving the submissions I've received so far. Tons of great writing.
Keep writing,
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Louisville business owners say they want a strong, risk-taking mayor. And I especially love that Jonathan Blue took a swipe at Mayor McCheese. Guess it's time to send him a thank-you gift for making the local business rag fun for a day. [Business First]
Don't you love that Insight is going to charge you $3 more for service that only works 50% of the time? I think the increase is to pay for the 8,000 'Insight Phone' mailers they send to every customer each year. [WHAS11]
Crime? Yeah? Still not a problem in Louisville, apparently, despite all the murders. [C-J]
The arena flood wall has been installed. Check it out. [Broken Sidewalk]
What do you love about Louisville? Find out what everybody else loves starting today. [Consuming Louisville]
The teabagger's shopping blacklist is a great opportunity to figure out where you SHOULD be shopping – everywhere the teabaggers try to avoid. [FatLip]
Do you stand against unsustainable mountaintop removal practices? Then you should protest the practice so you can then be arrested at home much later. [Page One]
We've all got that 1937 feeling. [NY Times]
Probably because the aughts sucked hard. Lost decade much? [WaPo]
Don't worry, though, because nothing will improve any time soon. [Reuters]


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These B-town actresses successfully charted their own path
Actresses may come and go, but very few manage to leave behind an indelible impression on people's minds, the way they conduct themselves on or off screen. We pick four out of the many who broke away from stereotype
Actresses may come and go, but very few manage to leave behind an indelible impression on people's minds, the way they conduct themselves on or off screen. hitlist picks four out of the many who have managed to break away from the industry stereotype.
Vidya Balan
Debut film: 'Parineeta' (2005)
Film: Though often criticised for her dressing sense and her weight, Vidya relies heavily on her talent and with good reason. This South Indian actress embarked on her career with a stint in the popular sitcom, Hum Paanch, and is today known for playing strong female protagonists in her films. Through her roles, she has broken the traditional mould of a Hindi film heroine. It was only fitting then to see her get honoured with a Padma Shri.
Quote Unquote: "I have realised that people will always say what they have to say. I cannot please everyone. I will do what I want to do and be happy."
FYI: Unlike many of her peers, who are known to hit back at their critics and the media with harsh words, Vidya maintains a zen-like stance towards criticism.
Kangna Ranaut
Debut film: 'Gangster' (2006)
USP: Known for doing things differently, this actress is forever
ready to experiment — right from her early days. Hailing from a small district in Himachal Pradesh, she hasn't shied away from taking risks. She has played unconventional roles in films such as Fashion, Rajjo, and the just released Queen.
Quote Unquote: "I struggled like everyone else initially. With time, I have matured and now I am comfortable in the place I am in."
FYI: She is perhaps the only leading actress to admit that she has taken English lessons.
Alia Bhatt
Debut film: 'Student of the Year' (2012)
USP: This two-film old actress exudes charm and though she's only 20 years old, she seems to know what she's doing. Not only does carry herself well, but she has a mature head on her shoulders. She is funny, adventurous and not afraid to laugh at herself. Currently basking in the praise for her performance in Highway, she is on the lookout for roles that challenge her.
Quote Unquote: "I don't want to stay stuck in a mould. I'd rather learn new things every single day on the sets."
FYI: A self-confessed narcissist, she is said to blame her family for this trait.
Parineeti Chopra
Debut film: 'Ladies vs Ricky Bahl' (2011)
USP: She was this girl-next-door when she worked in the marketing department of Yash Raj Films, but today she has come a long way on her own steam. She initially aspired to pursue a career in investment banking, but turns out that wasn't meant to be. Not only is the actress actively involved in humanitarian work, but she has also garnered a significant number of endorsement deals and is now counted among the most promising contemporary actresses in India.
Quote Unquote: "I'm very happy with the response I have got, it feels great and I still get surprised by it all at times."
FYI: Yet to star in a male-dominated film, this spunky actress refuses to 'tone' down her 'bindass'-ness.
Kalki Koechlin
Debut film: 'Dev D' (2009)
USP: This Indian film actress of French descent is charming and witty. Unlike her contemporaries, she has always been candid about her life. Every time the media enquired about her separation from husband Anurag Kashyap, the actress kept her cool and answered the questions, instead of evading them. Recently, she has also been vocal about women's issues such as crimes against women, their role in marriage and common misconceptions about them.
Quote Unquote: "You remember Draupadi? She was married off to all five Pandavas. She garlanded only Arjun, but they told her you have got to marry all of us. Five husbands! That can't be fun. God knows I have enough trouble with one," she said as part of her monologue at a recent event.
FYI: Kalki lives her life out in the open and never hesitates to call a spade a spade.


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The Adventure Science Center in Nashville held the city's first Mini Maker Faire on Saturday.
Tech enthusiasts, crafters, and artisans of all ages showcased their "do-it-yourself" projects and innovations at the free outdoor festival.
Every project, from creative knitting to robot building had a common theme, science and creativity.
"The people here really value creativity, and along those lines, they make amazing things. They get up in the morning and decide, I can make this world a better place, one thing at a time," said founder of Make Nashville, Matt Kenigson
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Young alumni stay faithful
Donor Profile: Jeannie '06 and Kenn Ludwig '07
Type of Gift
Members of the Golden Swan Gift Society and faithful donors to the Impact Fund.
What is your relationship to Millersville University?
I graduated from Millersville University in 2006 with a bachelor's in business administration, concentrations in marketing and management.
Why did you choose to make a gift to the University?
In addition to the classes I took, I benefited from many of the resources Millersville had to offer – including career services, intramural sports and various clubs – all of which helped shape who I am today, both personally and professionally. I wanted to give back to support giving current Millersville students the same opportunity.
Please share highlights of your experiences at Millersville as a student.
Most of my favorite memories of Millersville center around the people I met there – the professors, my classmates, my friends and my husband, Kenn! Kenn graduated in 2007, and although we live in Houston, we both still keep in contact with many of our college friends. While memories made at E-Courts and Brookwood come to mind, the biggest highlight is the quality and value of the education afforded to Millersville students and the opportunities to get involved in extra-curricular activities.
As a younger alumna, what made you decide to give back now?
My husband and I both are fortunate to have graduated from Millersville – we are establishing ourselves professionally thanks to the education we received and the people we have met. We wanted to give back now that we are no longer poor college students!
How are students able to benefit from your gift today?
I hope our donation encourages other young alumnae to donate as well so current and future students at Millersville can have as many opportunities to become involved as we did.


text: On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Juan Cespedes wrote: > Oh, and do you know if I could get an account on any arm? Apparently > both debussy and rameau are down... Rameau should be back up tonight after 10 PM EST (-5 UTC). As well europa and elara will not be reachable tonight from 9PM - 10 PM EST to allow replacement of the firewall they sit behind. -Rms


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What does diabetic retinopathy mean?
Definitions for diabetic retinopathy
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Diabetic retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy, is retinopathy caused by complications of diabetes, which can eventually lead to blindness. It is an ocular manifestation of diabetes, a systemic disease, which affects up to 80 percent of all patients who have had diabetes for 10 years or more. Despite these intimidating statistics, research indicates that at least 90% of these new cases could be reduced if there was proper and vigilant treatment and monitoring of the eyes. The longer a person has diabetes, the higher his or her chances of developing diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic Retinopathy can be categorised into four main stages: 1. Background 2. Diabetic maculopathy 3. Pre-proliferative 4. Proliferative
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Diabetic Retinopathy
Disease of the RETINA as a complication of DIABETES MELLITUS. It is characterized by the progressive microvascular complications, such as ANEURYSM, interretinal EDEMA, and intraocular PATHOLOGIC NEOVASCULARIZATION.
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From Andrew Sobel: How do you show someone you really care and deepen your relationship with them? With chocolates and flowers? Those are great, but you can do more. Consider asking some of these 10 questions on Valentines Day. Or for that matter–on any day when you want to improve an important relationship! · Go to Ten power questions to ask someone you love →
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Many enterprise Exchange 2000 Server users and an increasing number of users in small organizations use Outlook 2002 (or earlier versions) as their email client inside the corporate environment. When these users need access to their mailboxes from outside the corporate environment, they can employ one of several approaches, including a dial-up connection that uses a Windows 2000 Routing and Remote Access or Windows NT 4.0 RAS VPN. More commonly, though, users turn to Outlook Web Access (OWA) to access their Exchange mailboxes.
To access Exchange mailboxes from a Web browser, users need to establish HTTP connections from the Web browser to an Exchange 2000 front-end server or an Exchange 2000 back-end server on the corporate network. Although many OWA users connect directly to back-end servers, other users connect to front-end servers. Using front-end servers lets users enter a simple URL in the browser (e.g., http://mail.acme.com), whereas connecting to a back-end server requires that they enter the name of the Exchange server on which their mailboxes reside. The Exchange 2000 front-end server then proxies the HTTP con- nection to the appropriate Exchange 2000 back-end server. This proxy approach uses one of several techniques that have varying degrees of complexity, cost, and security. The basic architecture is simple: Protect the Active Directory (AD) servers and back-end Exchange servers by safely placing them on the most protected part of the network, and expose only the front-end servers (which effectively perform only a proxy function) in the demilitarized zone (DMZ). Although the proxy approach is relatively conventional, it's far from simple because of the configuration's complexity and can be insecure because of the number of holes it makes in internal-facing firewalls.
Using Exchange 2000 Front-End Servers in the DMZ
You don't want to open up your corporate external-facing firewall to let Web browser clients directly access front-end and back-end servers on an internal network. (This statement holds true for all forms of clients, including IMAP and POP clients.) Opening up your external firewall is unwise because it lets any computer on the Internet connect over HTTP or HTTP Secure (HTTPS) directly to front-end servers on your network. Intruders can then easily mount malicious attacks because no barrier exists between your front-end servers and the rest of the corporate network.
To mitigate this security concern, one common practice involves placing front-end servers in the DMZ—behind the external firewall—and back-end servers on the internal part of the network—behind a second, internal firewall. This approach appears reasonable because Web browsers connect to front-end servers through the limited set of open ports on the external-facing firewall and connections must pass from the front-end servers to the back-end servers through a second firewall, as Figure 1 shows. But although this architecture appears to be secure, holes exist in both the external-facing firewall and—more significantly—the internal-facing firewall.
Table 1 defines the ports that are required for Internet traffic from the external-facing firewall to the DMZ. You should enable basic HTTP and HTTPS because users can use both protocols to access Exchange mailboxes. I don't recommend using basic HTTP because it passes authentication credentials over the Internet unencrypted; instead, use HTTPS, which provides encryption. HTTPS uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which requires a certificate on the server for the authentication process with the client. You can obtain certificates from the Microsoft Certificate Authority (CA) service or from an Internet CA. HTTPS is the preferred mechanism for access and is mandatory if your users want to change passwords from the OWA client. Table 2 defines the required ports for traffic from the DMZ through the internal-facing firewall to the internal network. You can see that the internal firewall opens quite a few ports.
Exchange 2000 SP2, DSAccess, and Firewalls
Versions of Exchange 2000 earlier than Service Pack 2 (SP2) use remote procedure calls (RPCs) to facilitate connections from the DSAccess component on the front-end server to domain controllers (DCs) and Global Catalog (GC) servers on the internal network. SP2 significantly improves the process of controlling port access for DSAccess traffic from front-end servers in the DMZ to internal DCs and GCs. SP2 uses Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) for DSAccess-to-DC/GC communication in front-end/back-end environments, but DSAccess attempts to use the Netlogon service to communicate with each DC and GC that it discovers. You might want to block RPC traffic across the internal-facing firewall (see the "Should You Allow RPCs Across Your DMZ?" section for a discussion about whether you should allow RPC traffic), but I don't recommend doing so. If you do, DSAccess simply determines that the RPC traffic is blocked but that DCs and GCs are still available.
To improve performance by lessening CPU usage, you can disable Netlogon checking by setting the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEMCurrentControlSet\Services\MS ExchangeDSAccess registry subkey, of type REG_DWORD, to a value of 1. In DMZ firewall environments, the internal-facing firewall often blocks Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets to prevent system discovery and Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. The modified DSAccess that ships with SP2 uses ICMP pings to validate the availability of DCs and GCs. Blocking ICMP traffic therefore causes DSAccess to assume that DCs and GCs are unavailable and to use LDAP to force new topology discoveries. Because this process can negatively impact performance, I recommend that you disable DSAccess ICMP pings to the DCs and GCs by setting the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeDSAccess registry subkey, of type REG_DWORD, to a value of 0.
Should You Allow RPCs Across Your DMZ?
Figure 2 shows an implementation scenario that lets RPC traffic travel from servers in the DMZ across the internal-facing firewall to the intranet. I just demonstrated that DSAccess in Exchange 2000 SP2 doesn't require RPC access to DCs and GCs on the intranet, so why would you want to allow RPC traffic? The short answer is authentication. When an OWA user connects to a front-end server, the front-end server can authenticate the user immediately or forward the authentication request anonymously to the back-end server for authentication on that server only.
If you want to prevent all RPC traffic, configure only the back-end server to perform OWA authentication. This so-called pass-through authentication is desirable because it doesn't require trans-firewall RPCs, but it's undesirable because it complicates the URL addresses that OWA users must specify—they must specify their usernames in the URL (e.g., http://mail .acme.com/exchange/fiorina) so that the front-end server can look them up in AD and forward the request to the appropriate back-end server. If a front-end server performs the authentication, however, the URL can be much more generic (i.e., http://mail .acme.com). This generic URL is easier for offsite users to remember and use. But pass-through authentication is undesirable for an additional reason: It explicitly directs all anonymous authentication requests to back-end servers in the intranet, making these back-end servers, which might also service conventional Messaging API (MAPI) logons, susceptible to DoS attacks.
I recommend using a dual-authentication process in which both front-end and back-end servers use basic authentication to authenticate OWA user connections. However, this process requires that the front-end server have RPC connectivity to DCs and GCs in the intranet.
Generalized Internal-Facing Firewall Requirements
The port definitions in Table 1 and Table 2 provide a general picture of requirements for facilitating OWA browser access to front-end servers in the DMZ and back-end servers in the intranet. Particular environments might require different port definitions. For example, you might use multiple front-end servers, back-end servers, DCs, GCs, and load-balancing switches. The tables don't define source ports and traffic direction, so you'll need to customize your specific environment as appropriate. Be as restrictive as you can when you start testing, then gradually open up ports and directions as required until you observe typical behavior. As always, perform your testing in a strict lab environment and carefully document your results before you transfer the process to your production environment.
As one of the required ports and protocols, you'll need to configure on some DCs and GCs a fixed port over which AD authentications are serviced. In Figure 2 and Table 2, I've noted that you should set port 1127 on DCs and GCs for the logon service. You can do so by setting the HKEY_ LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters registry subkey, of type REG_ DWORD, to the value of 1127.
You might want to consider port and protocol requirements in addition to those listed in Table 1 and Table 2. For example, you might want to open up ports for various management and monitoring tools. How will you manage the front-end servers that reside in the DMZ? Even if you plan to use the basic Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Exchange System Manager snap-in, you'll need to open up the internal-facing firewall to allow RPC connections to the front-end servers. (In general, however, outbound connections from the intranet to the DMZ are less of a problem because you can trust the source of the connections.) You can employ an alternative method, such as using Win2K Server Terminal Services RDP over port 3389 to access and manage front-end servers. You can also use a combination of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) or Collaboration Data Objects for Exchange Management (CDOEXM) scripts run through a browser to manage the servers, although you might want to consider the impact of enabling Terminal Services on vulnerable systems in the DMZ. Using VPN connections to manage those systems is a slightly more secure approach.
Although you can strictly identify the source computer in the DMZ—the front-end server in this case—and allow only traffic from it to pass through the internal-facing firewall, an attacker could compromise the source computer and turn it into the platform for a malicious attack on your internal network. An in-depth analysis of the port and protocol requirements reveals that this front-end/ back-end approach, although relatively straightforward to implement, doesn't have a high degree of associated security.
Many companies have implemented this approach to give offsite users OWA access. In a future article, I'll describe alternative approaches that use SSL proxies and are inherently more secure: a software approach that uses Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 and a hardware approach that uses SSL Proxy network appliances from vendors such as FSNetworks, Cisco Systems, and Radware.


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Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), which has been the victim of censorship and cyber attacks in China, has decided to help smaller organizations to exist without similar attacks — at least to the extent to which it is able. It announced a new program to shield several categories of Internet sites.
The search company has to be praised for the initiative, which is one of very few actually and practically aimed at solving the cyber-attack problem.
Its announcement tells the story:
As long as people have expressed ideas, others have tried to silence them. Today one out of every three people lives in a society that is severely censored. Online barriers can include everything from filters that block content to targeted attacks designed to take down websites. For many people, these obstacles are more than an inconvenience — they represent full-scale repression.
This week, in partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations and the Gen Next Foundation, Google Ideas — our "think/do tank" — is hosting a summit in New York entitled "Conflict in a Connected World."
The summit brings together "hacktivists," security experts, entrepreneurs, dissidents and others to explore the changing nature of conflict and how online tools and can both harm and protect. We're also assessing what might be done to better protect people confronting online censorship. With our partners, we will launch several new products and initiatives designed to help:
•Project Shield is an initiative that enables people to use Google's technology to better protect websites that might otherwise have been taken offline by "distributed denial of service" (DDoS) attacks. We're currently inviting webmasters serving independent news, human rights, and elections-related content to apply to join our next round of trusted testers.
•The Digital Attack Map is a live data visualization, built through a collaboration between Arbor Networks and Google Ideas, that maps DDoS attacks designed to take down websites — and their content — around the globe. This tool shows real-time anonymous traffic data related to these attacks on free speech, and also lets people explore historic trends and see related news reports of outages happening on a given day.
•uProxy is a new browser extension under development that lets friends provide each other with a trusted pathway to the web, helping protect an Internet connection from filtering, surveillance or misdirection. The University of Washington and Brave New Software developed the tool, which was seeded by Google Ideas. To learn more about the challenges uProxy aims to address, watch our video.
Information technologies have transformed conflict in our connected world, and access to the free flow of information is increasingly critical. This week's summit — as well as Shield, the Digital Attack Map and uProxy — are all steps we're taking to help those fighting for free expression around the globe.
Posted by Jared Cohen, Director, Google Ideas


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What are you eating this weekend?
Saturday's eating was an adventure of Doughnuts n' Dumplings...and due to my earlier posting of "inexpensive meals on Saturday", I received wonderful suggestions from all and went with Vanessa's Dumplings. Thanks to BOBEATSBIG -- great dumplings and wonder how they can afford to stay in business? I guess it must be volume of customers as the place was packed with standing room only. Anyway, I went with the Beef Congee for 75 cents and pork n' chive dumplings and a sesame pancake with ham and poached egg...all excellent...I even bought a bag of frozen dumplings- 50 pcs. for $8.00-tasty food-great price...My friends were very happy with their steamed buns, chicken corn soup and and crab dumplings & bubble teas (Taro and Almond Honey) ..next time it's Pho Grand, a suggestion from Vegetarianka Next stop Doughnut Plant-being too stuffed from Vanessa's we just brought home our doughnuts--POOCH are you reading this? We essentially bought out the place....the blackberry jelly made with fresh blackberries was bursting with jelly & delicious! Creme brulee: don't let the size fool you-packs a whallop of flavor! That doughnut is a must have--also bought the pistachio, tres leches, blackout, carrot cake and even a cinnamon bun...Guy behind the counter was very helpful and told me which ones freeze well to eat at a later time... Today, Sunday, a more low keyed day. Eating leftovers--stuffed cabbage rolls with mashed potatoes and a salad...maybe a donuts for dessert!! I have a nice jelly one waiting for me..:o) You guys give me the best ideas! So what are ya'll eating?


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"The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight…
[Breadmaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony.It leaves you filled with one of the world's sweetest smells… there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel, that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread."
― M.F.K. Fisher, The Art of Eating
The food-blogging world is full of inspirations. And there are some bloggers (now friends) whose blogs are bound to leave you with an instant urge to try out something. Aparna's blog Diverse Kitchen is one such blog for me.
So when she called out to people last month to bake with her by saying "We Knead to Bake" some 60 other foodbloggers joined her in baking bread and the theme was 'Pull-Apart Breads'.
Pull apart breads are just perfect for a little group of family or friends, sitting around a table where food and conversations flow freely. These breads are totally rustic and they make for cozy eating together where no fancy cutlery is required. I would give you a tiny little warning before making this bread if you live alone.
These loaves are so addictive that you'll go 'just one more slice' a few times and before you know you've eaten a whole loaf by yourself. Bake this for others and this bread will win you many friends. Eat this alone and you'll end up…never mind.
You should have this one basic pull apart bread recipe in your repertoire because there are a lot of variations you can do with this. Make a sweet cinnamon bread by omitting the garlic in the dough and using cinnamon, sugar and butter instead of pesto.
You can also make an Indian Masala Bread by smearing coriander chutney or using finely chopped coriander, green chillies and garlic with some toasted cumin seeds. The sweet version can be customised for Christmas time by using orange zest, cinnamon, marmalade, ground cloves.
Use your kid's favourite jam in the filling for a kiddie's party.
Either way, this bread is a showstopper – truly a rustic beauty, so much so, that within 5 minutes of me posting this picture on my Facebook page, a friend who runs a bistro in Chennai wanted the recipe so he could add it to his menu.
So try it out this weekend and if you don't have pesto on hand, use your imagination and whatever is available in the kitchen and don't forget to share this with loved ones.
You'll end up with some leftover dough- for which keep a couple of foil tins or smaller tins handy-you could use the same stacking technique or roll it out into a rectangle, smear with butter and pesto, roll lengthwise and cut into one inch pieces.
Place these pieces cut side up in the smaller tins and proceed with second round proving. Brush with milk and bake similarly. Note that smaller tins will take lesser time to bake.
Recipe for Pesto Pull Apart Bread
Makes one regular sized loaf plus 2 baby loaves or a few pesto rolls extra
Takes roughly 3-3.5 hours in all, including proving time
Recipe adapted from My Diverse Kitchen
- Dissolve sugar in xbd cup slightly warm milk (slightly over room temp, any warmer and yeast will be killed).
- Mix the yeast into this and cover for 5 minutes. Milk with froth and bubble, indicating yeast is active.
- In a large bowl, take flour, salt, grated garlic, soft butter / olive oil, add this yeast mixture and use upto xbe cup more milk at room temp. Knead to make a soft pliable dough.
- Grease a large bowl with oiled fingers. Place the ball of dough in this and allow to prove for 60-90 minutes, until dough doubles in volume.
- After doubling- punch down air gently, make a ball again and on a clean floured surface, roll this out to a rectangle u2013roughly 20 x 12 inches. Using a measuring scale, cut out the rectangle into a square of 12 x 12 and use the remaining strip of dough to make other baby loaves or rolls.
- Brush surface with melted butter and then smear pesto (or any other filling such as coriander chutney, tomato pickle, cheese for other flavours) all over the surface.
- Cut this square into 6 equal strips 2 inches wide (a pizza cutter works well for this).
- Stack the strips one on top of the other, pesto side up.
- Cut these stacked strips again into 2u201d wide squares (6 squares). So you will get 6 square stacks of 6 layers each.
- In a parchment / foil lined loaf tin (not the very broad kind) u2013 line the stacks next to each other like pages of a book, making sure the pesto smeared top of the stack are all facing one direction.
- Cover with damp towel and allow this to rise in a warm place for one hour.
- Preheat oven at 180C. Gently brush the top of the risen loaf with milk and place this in the middle of the oven. Bake for 30-40 minutes, till itu2019s lightly golden on the top. Serve warm with pasta or eat as it in like an appetiser.
You can make plenty of variations as mention in (6) – choose from spices like panch-phoron, chilli flakes, roasted ajwain, cumin seeds to sprinkle before cutting into strips and stacking.


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Metal Storm
Don't know if any of you have seen this but it's a good Aussie invention that's been around since 2006/7
Metal Storm – Future Weapons Breakthrough Technology – 1 million rounds per minute!
Introducing Metal Storm, a breakthrough technology developed by a company whose namesake bestows the western world with a capability never seen before on the battlefield. Developed by Metal Storm Limited in Australia, the flagship idea of the Metal Storm array of weapons is the concept of stacked projectiles, which eliminate the moving parts of traditional guns. In fact, Metal Storm could be poised to eliminate the classic monicker of "machine gun" because this technology eliminates the moving parts necessary for traditional firing mechanisms. Likewise, the absense of moving parts is exactly what allows the Metal Storm weapons to theoretically deliver up to 1 million rounds per minute. Also, less maintenance is required to keep the weapon firing, aside from fixing the trigger after overuse from bouts of uncontrollable annihilation. Expectedly, the Metal Storm idea of stacked projectiles has found its way into myriad applications, from area denial systems to missile defense to assault rifles, this technology could prove to revolutionize the battlefield capabilities of western nations fortunate enough to share the common values of innovation, perserverance, and moderation in all things. Indeed, this system has recieved much attention from the US military's weapons procurement staff, and will likely find its way into all sorts of unexpected and imaginative applications.
What do you think
Saint J.M. Browning
saw this on future weapons w/ mac
It looks pretty cool, but I think the problem w/ it is that the capacity is limited to the barrel length, so you either have low capacity or a very long barrel. Also, what I was wondering about when I saw it, the very first round would have very little barrel/rifling to pass through and would be inaccurate. It would increase with each subsequent round. IMO, I think that is the flaw with this system. It stacks the rounds in the barrel and so each round fires from a different effective barrel length, so each rounds ballistics will be different.
"I don't think Hank done it this way" - Waylon
saw the same episode of future weapons a couple years back. There was another show on it somewhere else as well.
"Proelium Comminus Auctoritate" "Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is a muzzle flash."
Mil Channel 10 Ten
Think it was Military Channel Top most destructive. FN makes some serious remote and unmanned weapons also. I'd like to see some along the border with Mexico. A wall of lead covering a no mans land about 1000 yards wide, or as far as it takes for the round to be spent.
Border guard? who needs Border guards?
Hell they could point them in the US direction on the border with proximity explosive around them. Then when the pink mists start blowing in the breeze there couldn't be any way for the US to take the blame. I mean, hell if they walked into a hail of lead that they knew was there on the US side it would be know that they were at fault because if they had come across a border gate they wouldn't of been naturalized.
BTW. There is no such thing as a Undocumented Immigrant..
No sir, he fell into that bullet... Never argue with a stupid person. They'll just drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!!
Metal Storm
Yeah i remember seeing something about it on the site here a long time ago including a video that was posted here also.
Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.-Ronald Reagan
So long as I'm not humping the rounds in
Me, I'd vote to be the single shots man... Who's the blokes supplying the thing? ;-)
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Microsoft released 14.3.0 SP3 on Tuesday, January 29, 2013. This is a free updater for Office for Mac 2011 users. This updater requires Office for Mac 2011 14.2.3 or later to be installed.
Improvements listed:
- Meeting invitation times are displayed inaccurately in Outlook for Mac Fixes an issue that causes meeting invitation times from non-Exchange calendar servers to be off by one hour during certain times of the year.
- Slides in collapsed sections cover other slides in Slide Sorter view in PowerPoint for Mac Fixes a display issue that involves collapsed sections in Slide Sorter view.
- Hash tags (#) in hyperlinks aren't saved correctly in PowerPoint for Mac Fixes an issue in which hyperlinks that contain hash tags (#) aren't saved correctly.
- Crash occurs when you use Paste Special with a partial table in PowerPoint for Mac Fixes an issue that causes PowerPoint to crash when you use the Paste Special option to copy and paste part of a table.
- RTF text that's saved in PowerPoint for Windows can't be pasted into PowerPoint for Mac Fixes an issue in which RTF text that's saved in PowerPoint for Windows can't be copied and pasted into PowerPoint for Mac.
Before updating 1) backup the Microsoft Office 2011 folder in Applications and 2) backup your Main Identity folder in Outlook
1) Create a backup of the Microsoft Office 2011 folder in Applications using a clone or Time Machine backup. You can also zip the folder in Applications by Control-Click (Right-click) on the folder and selecting "Compress" to zip. This way if you experience any problems from the update you can simply replace the folder with the backup.
2) There are no database upgrade changes in this update, but again, backup your Identity for good measure in case of odd issues you might experience. Your Identity is located in Documents.
~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities/your identity
You can check modification date on the database file in your Identity to see which Identity is the one most recently modified.
After updating RESTART! You don't want to get "there is nothing to update" and have to re-install Office again.
Download SP3 14.3.0 directly or use Microsoft AutoUpdater under Help in the Menu bar. All browsers must be quit as well as syncservices and the Microsoft Database daemon. Use the Activity Monitor to quit or use the easy way:
- Launch the Microsoft AutoUpdater under Help and select "Keep in Dock".
- Log out under the Apple in the menubar. When you Log in, hold down the Shift key. This disables all login items including the hidden ones.
- Select the MAU in the Dock and download the suggested updaters.
- Restart RECOMMENDED
- Open your Office applications under About Word, About Outlook etc you should see the version number 14.3.0.


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Gran Turismo PSP - E3 09: Debut Trailer Video
Next to Kojima's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and the new PSP Go!, this was the largest handheld-related announcement at Sony's E3 conference. With over 800 cars and some of the best visuals you'll ever see on a portable unit, this mobile version of Gran Turismo is gonna be fantastic. Series creator Kazunori Yamauchi didn't have anything to say concerning Gran Turismo 5 (although we did get a new trailer), but he was happy to reveal this one to an appreciative crowd. If you think the PSP is lacking in software, you clearly weren't paying attention yesterday! MGS, GT...what more could you possibly ask for?
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The company that controls the Empire State Building can go ahead with a vote to allow the iconic New York skyscraper to be included in a proposed real estate investment trust.
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a "notice of effectiveness" Wednesday for the plan to ask about 2,800 co-investors in the tower to approve the conversion of their interests into units of Empire State Realty Trust Inc., a REIT proposed by Peter Malkin and his son Anthony. Empire State Realty filed in February to raise as much as $1 billion in an initial public offering.
The determination means the SEC believes the offering document contains enough information for the investors to make an informed decision, said Thomas Voekler, an attorney at Richmond, Va.-based Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank PLC who specializes in real estate public offerings. A group of investors whose parents and grandparents bought shares in the tower in the early 1960s have challenged the Malkins, saying the offering shortchanges them.
While Wednesday's filing says nothing about the merits of the proposed offering, "It's a very important step," Voekler said in a telephone interview. After months of amendments, "the disclosure document is set where it's going to be set."
The Malkins want to consolidate the tower and 18 other properties they control in Manhattan and Westchester County in New York and Fairfield County, Conn., into a publicly traded company. Malkin Holdings LLC confirmed that the SEC declared the offering statement, known as an S-4, effective.
Empire State Realty hasn't specified the number of shares it plans to sell or the price range.
Cousins Richard and Steve Edelman, both California residents, lead
a group that has said the proposal would deprive unit holders of a reliable income stream that is poised to jump in value as renovations of the Empire State Building are completed. The Malkins have challenged the dissidents, saying the planned REIT would reward investors with liquidity and greater growth opportunities.
"You have people who have held onto certificates that have been in their family for a long time," Voekler said. "This tugs at the heartstrings."