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People frequently come here with questions and ideas they want to talk about, but all too often these people are told that their ideas are absurd, which sets a trend of bias for whenever there are further questions from that person. I don't really like this. I feel it makes sci-tech appear elitist. I want a forum which is welcoming and friendly to all people with questions and thoughts. Furthermore, responding to questions with little more than "read a book" or "learn to use google" is not a constructive post. If questions are asked here, then the desire is for them to be answered here. Please respect that. Questions don't always have to relate to practical engineering. Sometimes we ponder things just because we're curious. I feel it is perfectly fine to allow questions of an impractical nature. I don't like it when people mistreat these kind of questions with "if you expect this is going to be done one day you must be crazy" attitudes. When a question isn't trying to be practical, this wouldn't be an appropriate attitude to take. It only creates conflict. On the other hand, some people would prefer sci-tech to be reserved for "serious" discussions, which if these people had their way would exclude a lot of these hypothetical "what ifs?" and exclude discussions about less practical ideas. This group doesn't like "what ifs?" people injecting impractical ideas and unsubstantiated opinions into their discussions. It unsettles them, and they PM me asking for "something to be done" So there is often conflict between these two groups of posters. When "practical" vs "what ifs?" people collide, threads are often seen to deteriorate. But I don't see why we can't cater for both groups. You just try to not intrude one other's threads. Also, I don't mind the occasional comedy thread here. We're not all work and no play in sci-tech But it shouldn't be the case that genuine questions get derailed into comedy threads when these two groups collide. I'm also happy to allow philosophy in sci-tech because I feel it is often relevant to our discussions. If anybody has anything they want to say, then post your opinions here...
My problem is not so much with the absurd engineering projects, such as the infamous "pyramid" question, but rather the conspiracy nonsense that people like Tachyon Shield promote in here. I don't care to see this forum become a place for pseudoscience and hackery. Soft sciences like philosophy are one thing. Claiming vaccines are part of a global conspiracy to make the world's population stupid and docile in anticipation of the 2012 apocalypse in which our Reptilian overlords will finally make themselves known and bend us all to their will... yeah, I'm no genius, but I'm pretty sure none of that hokum is the least bit scientific. Scientific learning is the best defense against ignorance, and it really concerns me that we'll happily tolerate ignorance and outright bullshit in the name of fairness. Science isn't about what's fair or what makes everyone comfortable. Science is what you can prove with evidence, logic, and/or reason. It's not what you heard spouted by some acid-dropping lunatic on Coast to Coast AM.
I have something I want to say. One of the problems as I see it here, which seems to annoy a lot of people here, are people who post opinions or conjecture while seemingly passing them off, or having them misinterpreted, as fact, and making no distinction between the two. Such claims inevitably lead to people demanding links to reputable sources that can confirm the background to their theory, especially when the OP doesn't provide such evidence (and sometimes insists on not doing so, much to the others' further annoyance). Seeing as we're also talking philosophy of sorts here, today I was reminded of these quotations from Arthur C Clarke:
^agreed. If someone is going to post something, they should be willing to backup the claim. Refusing to site resources is not conducive to a productive conversation. I also resent posts that are more metaphysical in content be used for more scientific conversations.
I have never once posted anything in Sci Tech to do with Reptilians or 2012 so you have absolutely no right to even claim that to be the case. Where the hell have I mentioned Reptilians or 2012 in here? It would appear you are confusing 2 different forums. Please provide me with a link to anywhere in Sci Tech where I have said that "vaccines are part of a global conspiracy to make the world's population stupid and docile in anticipation of the 2012 apocalypse in which our Reptilian overlords will finally make themselves known and bend us all to their will". I'd love to see this link. Reptilians or 2012 or even Coast to Coast AM for that matter have absolutely nothing to do with vaccines being toxic and my opinion on vaccines. I have on merely 2 occasions (just 2!) in Sci Tech said that vaccines inject toxins into the Human body all of which is 100% true. There is no denying that this is the case the evidence and information can be found anywhere. What people get irate about is when we talk about the effects on the Human body. My opinion is that these toxins have disastrous effects, the worst being neurological damage in children or unborn babies, other people disagree. I don't see what your problem is with my having a different opinion to you. If I feel these toxins being injected into people are deliberate I also have a right to say so. Who do you think you are telling me I should be quiet and not give my opinion. I have every right to give my opinion regardless of whether you agree with them or think they are crazy. I provided links in the last vaccine thread here giving information about the toxins, the proof was there and as I said, if I want to express my opinion on top of this information then I can. If I had not provided links regarding vaccines and their toxicity i'd understand why you might have a problem but the fact is I did provide links and information. Nobody forces you to read peoples posts, nobody forces you to enter certain threads. You make that choice for yourself. How does the creation of a thread alter your enjoyment of a particular forum? You enter the Sci Tech forum and you are presented by nothing more than simple thread titles, it's entirely up to you which thread titles you click on, it's up to you which threads you read. What is not up to you is who posts or what they post. If you don't like something don't read it, if you don't like a particular thread then simply don't enter it. If there are specific posters you have a problem with when it comes to reading what they have to say then use the boards ignore feature. This is called common sense and there are two options: 1) use it or 2) Stop complaining.
The current regime has stated (for the record) that debate about the philosophy of some scientific theory is allowed. For example, take the "Do You Want To Live Forever?" thread. It initially disappointed me as most of us just wanted to talk about the philosophy and ramifications of life prolongation and infinite existence, and less of the science behind it, although I understand this changed later. Besides, this also brings us back to those Arthur C. Clarke quotations I posted above about thinking about the impossible.
To clarify, I have no problem with that. I am more referring to things like "God created it" type posts. A metaphysical thread is different from a metaphysical rebuttal in a non-metaphysical conversation. Especially if it progresses to the point of ruining the original conversation.
I see. The example I described seemed to be the opposite problem: answering a seemingly philosophical OP with science.
One of the problems with recent threads can be boiled down to: + Person A posits problem. It;s a bit nebulous or beyond current technology or sheer impractical. + Persons B to K explain why the idea won';t work, some being a little derogatory,. + Person A gets huffy, says it will work and everyone else is wrong. + Persons B to K reiterate their positions, a little more heatedly. + Person A expresses the opinion (in various guises) that no one in the forum knows anything, except them. + Insults and heat begin.. Can we legislate against silly questions? Not really, and sometimes good discussions break out, against all odds. What we might be able to do to mitigate such timewasting is an acknowledgement form Person A whether they are going to do anything with the answers provided by/ agree with the other posters, rather than just stubbornly hold a line. If not, shut it down. Poster A might get the point that they need to interact, not lecture from a podium of non-knowledge.
Yes but how do you define a 'silly question'? Especially given that this is a science fiction board. I agree that if someone asks a question which appears to be silly the temptation is to say so but perhaps a slightly more open approach could be used at least until the intent of the OP becomes clear. We all know why this thread has been started and I think it is the intent of OPs that should be established in a thread before mud starts flying or more hopefully an interesting debate starts flying. [I should add that it's not Jadzia's intent but those of posters who post 'silly questions'. Re-reading it sounded a big ambiguous ]
I understand if the original posters in those threads seem optimistic that their ideas might work, and are the sort of thing that is needed to keep science reaching new areas of understanding instead of stagnating, in the spirit of Clarke et al. Sometimes it takes an inspired idea to lead to the most brilliant discoveries, and at other times the idea is a very plausible solution to a real problem (hence the old saying "necessity is the mother of invention") and it is for this reason that I feel that such OPs of such threads are still being given the benefit of the doubt (and rightly so, otherwise this place would get dull very quickly). Yet I get the impression that they feel they can carry their side of the argument solely by pointing out Mankind's need to push things forward instead of providing exact details of how and why to do it, without backing it up with scientific evidence or even their own working (and sometimes refusing to do so) to the point that their scientific method has more than a touch of blind faith about it. It's this stubbornness which clashes with the more rational thinking of others posting that causes a lot of the tensions in this forum. That it seems to involve the same posters seems to have created a situation where the thread starter has developed a reputation which is being judged as opposed to the idea. On the one hand, there is an unfair air of persecution against the thread starter to the point of trolling, but on the other hand highlights the thread starter's need to get the better of their peers and to be proven right at whatever cost, even if it means reiterating their ideas to seemingly derail other people's threads.
I'd point out that there are times (far too often) where someone asks a question, someone with experience in that area answers and because it runs counter to people's experiences (or their comfort level) they respond in a negative manner. It leaves me asking what's the point? Similarly, when someone asks a question I would think that giving them the best accepted answer first should be a priority over everything else. I'm not saying that fringe ideas and beliefs shouldn't be discussed too, but the foundations of the responses should be to help educate rather than confuse. I have tons of personal beliefs and theories which run counter to the best accepted answers in a number of areas, but I have not shared any of those and have done my best to present the current best accepted answers to the best of my abilities. What I see a lot is that people see a question asked and view it as an invitation to push their pet theories (in the hopes that others will start repeating them I would guess). Alternative ideas usually come from having a solid enough understanding of the current thinking on a subject to see where the weaknesses are and see alternatives in the data they are based on. What I see quite often is people not understanding the generally accepted point of view, not wanting to invest in understanding and putting forth something that is easy to understand (but has little to do with the evidence we have on the subject). Maybe this is how SciFi writing is done, and that is why it is so prevalent here... but I would hope that this section would be a place to get foundational answers to science questions. It hasn't been in my experience and I don't expect that it will change any time in the future. The third type of responses I see which are worse than either of the first two scenarios is someone just posting a link to the Wikipedia article on the subject. Granted, I personally think Wikipedia is a flawed source of information (as people often use it as the final answer to a given question rather than a starting point), but beyond that is the fact that anyone can do a search and end up there and the person who asked the question most likely has already been there. Being able to provide an answer in your own words based on your own understanding should be a minimum for responding. When giving an answer, I attempt to bring my understanding to bare. And it is an important exercise to do this in that you may find a deeper understanding of a subject which you thought you already knew while attempting to answer someone else's questions.
Too many people forget where they are. They forget they are in a forum on a Star Trek Science Fiction message board and somehow get the delusion they are the ultimate scientists and that we are all located in planets Earths ultimate Science academy. It's time to get back to reality, you are nothing more than some person sat at a computer getting angry and irate over trivial matters. Why anyone would choose to get angry and irate on a Star Trek Science fiction message board over someones opinion on an area of science confounds me. If a person wishes to express an opinion they have a right to express that opinion whether it's in Misc, General Trek Discussion or Science & Technology. Too many times though someone will express and opinion and everyone demands links to support it as evidence. This in itself is completely stupid. A person cannot always support their theory or opinion by the use of internet links to internet websites. We can come here to discuss many things and they do not require the provision of links all the time. Where does it say that links or evidence must be provided? what makes you think that the rules here in Sci Tech differ from the rules in other forums? Anyone can come here and offer their opinion on a subject and then leave, it is only you who work under the assumption that links and evidence must be provided. If the person with the opinion wishes to provide links then they can, it they don't have any then they can't provide them. If they cannot provide them it does not mean you have the right to belittle or troll someone for it, they still expressed an opinion and had every right to do so. If the person expresses an opinion and is unable to provide links then you should accept that and move on, not troll them. Also if the OP of the thread still stands by their own opinion even if others disagree with them then the OP has every right to do that, why should the OP conform to other peoples opinions?? The OP can start a discussion off, that's all it is though a discussion, it's not a thread created for the purpose of other people to change the OPs belief or opinion. This is where the problems are, everyone trying to argue with the OP to make them change their mind instead of understanding that we are only here to offer our own opinions and then move on. That's all you need to do, offer your own opinion, by all means debate it but do not under any circumstances believe that it is your job to make someone change their mind, it is not your job to flame or troll someone because they do not conform to your way of thinking. I've noticed a lot of people treat Science as a religion and treat this forum as their own personal church, they come in here and if anyone comes out with an idea or opinion that these people believe Science does not agree with they start foaming at the mouth and become aggressive. It's almost like going to a deeply religious person and telling them God does not exist and the fireworks start flying.
I propose a "torch and pitchfork" rule, whereby the most heinous offenders that have delved into territory they shouldn't may be tossed from the battlements by the populace. Frankenstein deomcracy is cool. I saw it in a movie once.
Science isn't based on status, so this first remark isn't relevant. Eminent scientists have the distinction that their work hasn't been done before, and that it adds something significant in the grand scheme of things. But anyone can do science. I agree only as far as an opinion doesn't need proof, because it isn't trying to be anything more than an opinion. But while I am open to freedom of expression, I feel there is some general etiquette that should be respected here, because this is a sci-tech forum. It isn't misc. It certainly isn't tnz. An assertion is something different from an opinion. "X is true" is an assertion, and it does prompt for evidence and proof. It reads very differently from "It is my opinion that X is true". It evokes different reactions from readers. Controversial assertions can appear arrogant and presumptuous. I'm tempted to say that opinions are alright as long as they are clearly presented as opinions. People with opinions should make an effort to not derail discussions, and in return, they shouldn't be hounded for proof. Assertions on the other hand should only be made if you can provide evidence for them.
Someone who considers Science to be "the first thing that pops into my imagination this morning", is fine but hardly a well-researched theory, is it? If you want people to address your what-ifs, you have to accept the fact that you do not have the answer just because you thought up the question.
It's this type of bigotry which is the reason I refuse to post any more threads in this forum. What's the real difference between an opinion and an assertion?? if a person believes something to be true then clearly it's also an assertion otherwise they would not believe it to be the case and would not believe it in the first place. What you are saying is that everyone needs to write the words 'In my opinion' in front of every single post they make.
What do you mean? I said I wasn't posting anymore threads, I didn't say I wasn't posting IN threads. Here i'l re-quote my last post for you: Glad I could clear that up for you so there's no confusion. EDIT: Oh and in my last post where I said about the bigotry that was about Deckerds post, not about the quote from Jadzia. -------------------------------------------------------- That's my point exactly, you've took what I said back to front. I am saying too many people think they are the ultimate scientist and that someone such as me has no right to even suggest something different or new. If it does not conform to their own scientific understanding or limits then they assume the high ground.
i dont want to derail this thread but though i dont always post in your threads TS they are quite thought provoking sometimes enough to think 'hey thats a good idea'


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I have the ID4 Independence Day Alien Attacker Ship taht came with the Mission Disk #8 floppy and it is pretty cool disk.
Is there anyone here who could make some copies and send by email or so the other missions (1-11)? Or where can I find them to buy?

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Samsung has unveiled the SL630 budget compact camera. The camera, called PL80 in Europe, is designed with a 12.2 megapixel sensor, 5x (28-140mm equiv.) zoom lens and 2.7 inch LCD. It includes image stabilization, focus tracking and 'Perfect Portrait' system. Priced at £129.99, the camera will be available from March 2010.
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Capture every moment with the compact Samsung PL80
Samsung expands the ever-popular PL range with the stylish PL80
London, UK – January 19, 2010 – Samsung. a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, today extended its popular PL-Series of digital cameras with the introduction of the PL80. This 12.2 mega-pixel point-and-shoot offers unprecedented value for the casual shooter with a versatile 28mm wide-angle, 5x optical zoom lens, Dual Image Stabilisation, and Samsung's full range of smart features packed in a slim, compact frame.
The Samsung PL80 offers an exceptional 28mm wide-angle Samsung lens which provides consumers with a 5x optical zoom (28mm-140mm / 35mm equivalent), giving users the ability to capture more of a desired scene from farther away. Consumers will benefit from Samsung's Dual Image Stabilisation (IS) technology, which gives them the ability to capture crystal-clear images by combining both Optical and Digital Image stabilisers to produce sharp images. The Optical IS intelligently compensates for hand trembling by shifting the lens in the opposite direction. When Optical IS isn't quite enough, the Digital IS automatically takes over to ensure virtually blur-free images.
Samsung's PL80 comes fully equipped with an array of automatic controls, including Samsung's advanced scene recognition technology known as Smart Auto. Designed to simplify the way consumers take a photograph, Smart Auto analyses key elements of the composition of the image such as colour, brightness, motion, and subject, and then selects the appropriate scene mode which will produce the best results possible. The PL80 also features useful auto focusing options such as object tracking. With this, users can select any object or area within the frame and automatically programme the camera to lock and keep its focus on the subject even if it's moving within the frame. In addition, the PL80 offers Samsung's Perfect Portrait System – a series of automatic technologies which take the guess work out of shooting beautiful portraits. Key features of the Perfect Portrait System include Face Detection, Samsung's Smile Shot and Blink Detection technologies, Red‑Eye Fix mode, and Beauty Shot.
For those wanting to shoot video as well as great stills, the PL80 comes equipped with video recording at a resolution of 640x480 and recording at 30 frames-per-second.
"Samsung is elevating the stature of its PL-Series with models such as the new PL80," said Steve Mitchell, Marketing General Manager, Samsung Digital Imaging. "With Samsung's PL-Series, consumers can now enjoy features such as wide-angle lenses with longer zooms, as well as technologies such as Smart Auto, which brings incredible value to the consumer while at the same time, giving them the ability to take their creativity to new levels and take great photos."
Samsung SL630 (PL80) specifications
Sensor | 12.2 million pixels |
Movie mode | • 640 x 480 @ 30fps AVIFormat |
Image stabilization | No |
Lens | • 28mm equiv. • 5x Optical Zoom Lens |
Display | • 2.7 inch LCD • 230000 pixels |
Features | • Advanced Dual Image Stabilization • Smart Auto • Perfect Portrait System: Beauty Shot / Face Detection / Self Portrait / Smile Shot / Blink Detection |
Battery | Rechargeable Li-Ion battery |
Weight (no batt) | TBC |
Dimensions | 96.8 x 57.5 x 20.2mm |


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Architects: Alternative Ideas for Spending Federal Dollars
When unveiled a few months ago, the federal economic stimulus bill tantalizingly hinted at heaps of jobs for architects building schools and retrofitting federal buildings to make them more energy efficient.
The $787 billion version that ultimately became law in mid-February, though, had fewer opportunities for design professionals, at least explicitly, as lawmakers had pared it along the way to garner support. Specifically, school construction-aid was removed from the final bill.
Ideas for how the federal government can help create work for architects have been discussed during recent forums at the Center for Architecture in New York. The forums are part of a series of events, dubbed Not Business as Usual.
In the near future, the construction industry is more likely to benefit from the stimulus package than the design profession, suggests Rick Bell, executive director of the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects. "But there will be opportunities for architects in the wake of these projects," says Bell, singling out bridge, roadway, and mass-transit projects. "It's a good start."
In the meantime, there may be other ways that the federal government can help create paying jobs for out-of-work architects. A few ideas have been kicking around since December, when they were introduced at a roundtable at the Center for Architecture in New York. The forum was part of a series of events, dubbed Not Business as Usual, geared toward helping architects during these troubled times.
BIM DatabaseThe government could hire architects to catalogue federal buildings with cutting-edge building information modeling, or BIM, an idea put forth by Paul Seletsky, director of digital design for the New York office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
The BIM database concept is similar to the ongoing Historic American Buildings Survey, launched in 1933 and overseen by the National Park Service. While HABS is fairly limited to line drawings and photographs, the data-rich BIM models would meticulously assess features like layouts, roofs, and cladding, which could come in handy in the event of a fire or security breach, says Seletsky.
If, for instance, terrorists attacked the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., SWAT teams could quickly tap into the digital model to figure how to navigate the court's warren of chambers. "There will no scrambling in an emergency to see who has the floor plans," Seletsky explains.
Energy AuditsThe federal government could also launch a sweeping energy audit of existing federal buildings, Bell explains.
Classifying the types of windows, doors, and insulation found in airports, federal agencies, and public museums could go a long way toward figuring out how much heat and cool air they retain. Moreover, information gleaned from these audits could help landlords make informed purchasing decisions. When it came time to replace a window, for instance, they could easily assess which type is better: a single-glazed model or a more eco-friendly version with two glass sheets.
"Energy surveys aren't rocket science," Bell says. "But they could still put tens of thousands of architects to work."
Design Corps A third option being bandied about is the creation of a "Design Corps" to undertake public construction projects in the spirit of the Great Depression's Works Progress Administration.
It could be folded into the AmeriCorps program, which will be tripled in size under the stimulus package, from 75,000 to 225,000 positions. Ideally, 10 percent of those jobs would go to architects, says Maurice Cox, design director for the National Endowment for the Arts. Cox has been a chief proponent of the Design Corps idea.
What type of work could architects perform? In the case of building affordable housing, for instance, designers could help ensure homes are sturdy, stylish, and environmentally friendly, Cox says. "It's about raising the bar on design excellence," he says, "and insuring that the larger agenda of greening our national infrastructure is threaded throughout all the projects."
The federal program would be similar in spirit to the Raleigh-based Design Corps, a nonprofit that provides architecture and planning services to communities in need. The organization pays fellows—typically recent graduates—a modest stipend to carry out the work. The federal Design Corps program could potentially offer full salaries, advocates say.


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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
(12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882 / London / England)
Sonnet Xxvii: Heart's Compass
Sometimes thou seem'st not as thyself alone,
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A breathless wonder, shadowing forth afar
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
Kolaches - A Taste of Texas
I decided to write this post a little differently. You may notice I am writing in first person for a change. I wanted to share a little back story on my family's favorite recipe.
First you may be asking what is a Kolache? They are sweet little buns filled with all sorts of delicious fillings.
We first had these tasty treats after we moved to Texas for my husband, Keith's job. There is a chain of restaurants there called The Kolache Factory. Once we tried them we were hooked. We were there almost every weekend. Whenever any of our family or friends came to visit from Chicago we would order some of every kind for them to taste. I've never met anyone who didn't love a Kolache!
After 2 1/2 years we moved to Indianapolis, again for my husbands job. We were thrilled to live a little closer to our family and friends in Chicago. I thought we would have to say good buy to our beloved Kolaches (yes they are that good!). Can you imagine my surprise when Keith told me there was a Kolache Factory just a few miles from our new home! Phew!!!! We were able to continue to feed our little habit.
A few years later we had the opportunity to move back home to Chicago. We were so happy to be back home with our family and friends. But, it wasn't long before we started missing our old friend Kolache. We even looked into having our friends in Texas and Indy shipping them to us, but it cost more to ship them than to buy tham. The homemade mama in me wouldn't let us do that. So, Keith and I started looking for kolache recipes. We couldn't find any. We started looking for bread and roll dough that we could use, but nothing was quite right.
I kept an eye out online and one day I stumbled upon a recipe on Homesick Texan . I had finally found someone who understood my obsession for Kolaches!! She has a beautiful blog full of wonderful recipes from Texas. I also just saw that she has a cookbook out! Yea! Can't wait to get it!
Homesick Texan gives a history of Kolaches and has a great recipe for making traditional ones.
We couldn't wait to try her recipe. The dough was great! It tasted almost exactly like the way we remembered it. We made a few changes. We like the dough a little sweeter so I added a little more sugar, and for some reason I always find I need more flour. We also like nontraditional fillings like the ones at the Kolache Factory. We fill ours with everything from sausages to buffalo chicken. Keith and I hope you'll give them a try!
Kolaches - Adapted from Homesick Texan
1 package of active dry yeast
1 cup of warm milk
1/2 cup sugar
4 cups of all-purpose flour (I always need 4 cups)
2 eggs for dough
1/2 cup melted butter
1 teaspoon of salt
1 egg for egg wash
This will make about 24 kolaches. I recommend doubling the recipe. They are always gone within a day or two.
1. In a large bowl, combine yeast, warm milk (105-110 degrees) sugar and one cup of flour. Cover and let it rise until doubled in size.
2. In a small bowl beat the 2 eggs, slowly add the 1/2 cup of melted butter and salt.
3. Add egg mixture to yeast mixture and mix.
4. Mix in the flour, 1/2 cup at a time. I usually have to knead the last cup in by hand. It is a really soft, slightly sticky dough.
5. Knead dough for about 10 minutes on a well floured surface. Place dough in a well greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size - about an hour.
While the dough is rising, get your fillings ready. Some of our favorites are:
-Buffalo chicken and blue cheese
-ham and cheese
-cheese and hotdogs (cut in half)
-sausage and cheese
-milk chocolate
-pepperoni, pizza sauce and mozerella
-chopped chicken and alfredo or pesto
-chicken curry
-spinach and feta
The possibilities are endless! We haven't found anything we don't like in a kolache!
After dough has risen, punch it down and pull off egg-sized pieces. In your hands, roll pieces into balls and then flatten to about 4 inches in diameter.
Spoon about 1 to 1 1/2 Tbls of filling.
Close dough around filling. Pinch it shut and place seam side down on greased cookie sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise 20 min. Preheat oven 375 degrees.
Beat the third egg. Before you bake the kolaches, brush with egg. If you are making a couple different flavors, you may want to mark them. We sprinkled Italian seasoning on top of the pizza flavored one, and paprika on the cheese and chorizo kolaches.
To make the more traditional Kolaches, make flattened balls of dough. Let them rise. Right before you bake them gently make a little well in the center and fill with low sugar preserves.
Bake in oven at 375 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. They will be lightly golden brown when they are done.
Let them cool on cooling rack. They will be very hot!
Ben gives them a big thumbs up!
I hope you'll give this recipe a try! I know you'll love them as much as my family! (But you have been warned, they are soooo addictive!!!)
Thanks for reading!!
~ Rebecca
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AACK!!! As a traditional Czech girl I can't imagion all of those fillings! Kolache are fruit or cream cheese filled. I am sure the others will be wonderful, but I will have to change the name. My 100% Czech grandparents will be rolling in their graves to think of those non traditional fillings! (LOL)
ReplyDeleteThanks for this recipe! I always make it in the bread maker, just add the liquid ingredients first, then the dry with salt being last. I run it as the dough cycle only. Then separate and I prefer to add cheddar cheese, a smokie, and some chopped jalapeños to each Kolache. We make it probably too much but it turns out so well!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the recipe! I made sausage and gravy filled ones yesterday and they turned out perfectly. I was nervous at first because doing homemade dough can be difficult if you don't make it often. I ended up having to knead the last whole cup of flour in by hand since it mixing in very well. Anyways, I will definitely be making these all the time now thanks to your wonderful recipe.


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Navi Mumbai: Jan 1, 2013
Mumbai are through to the knock out stages, despite a draw, after winning three points against Gujarat on the basis of their first innings lead, on the last day of the group A Ranji Trophy match at Navi Mumbai on Tuesday.
The hosts failed to register their second outright win of the season, as they were unable to chase the score of 135, after they had bundled out the opposition for 337.
Their run chase started with a hiccup, as they soon lost opener Aditya Tare (7) caught behind off Kushang Patel with only 17 runs on board.
Kaustubh Pawar and Hiken Shah ensured that there were no further casualties but the home side still needed 70 runs, when the play was called off before the beginning of the mandatory 14 overs.
Middle-order batsman Manprit Juneja's valiant 98 wasn't enough for the visitors to impose a challenging total, but helped them to salvage a point.
During the first session of the day, Juneja and debutant Chirag Gandhi batted well and shared a 97-run partnership to get past the Mumbai first innings lead of 203.
Gandhi scored 64 runs and hit 13 fours before being trapped leg before by Abhishek Nayar.
Juneja later forged a 63-run stand with Rush Kalaria for the eighth wicket, and Kalaria knocked a quick fire 43 off 39 balls, with five fours and a six. Kalaria was caught at covers by Kaustubh Pawar off pacer Dhawal Kulkarni.
The 39-time champions struck quickly, when they got rid off Juneja, who fell 2 short off his century, with the visitors leading by 133 runs.
In his patient knock of 98 that guided the visitors to post a modest total of 134, Juneja hit 11 fours, before being caught in covers by Nayar off left-arm spinner Ankeet Chavan.
Chavan, who scalped four wickets in the innings for 124 runs, struck again in the same over by getting rid off Kushang Patel to end the Gujarat innings.
Brief Scores: Gujarat 244 and 337 (Manprit Juneja 98, Chirag Gandhi 64, Ankeet Chavan 4 for 124) drew with Mumbai 447 and 65 for 1 (Hiken Shah 42, Kushang Patel 1 for 18)


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The three-way labor agreement signed yesterday in North Carolina with Mt. Olive Pickle Co. Inc., brokered by Toledo's Farm Labor Organizing Committee, was hailed as an "historic" pact in a state long adverse to unions.
"North Carolina traditionally has been very hostile towards organized labor," said David Mills, executive director of Common Sense, a liberal think tank in Raleigh, N.C.
"This contract is historic in the sense that it could mean a turning of the corner for labor in North Carolina."
But Walter Wessels, a professor of labor economics at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, said he thinks migrant farm workers was an odd group to unionize because their numbers can fluctuate so easily.
"I'm not sure how important this whole thing will be because I can't imagine they're collecting that many dues," he said.
The agreement provides for dues collection by farmers who participate in the contract, and in return, those growers will receive a price increase for their crop from Mt. Olive. No union dues has been collected, as the agreement was just signed.
North Carolina is one of 22 states in the country that are Right To Work states, meaning workers at a company that is unionized can choose whether they want to join the union and pay dues.
James Andrews, president of the North Carolina AFL-CIO in Raleigh, estimated he has 110,000 to 115,000 union members in 260 local unions, or about 3 percent of the state's 4 million workers.
That puts North Carolina dead-last on the list of states with the most union membership. That makes the signing of the Mt. Olive contract and the estimated 8,000 new members it could bring, "a huge deal," he said.
"I don't think there will be mass organization or even increased organizing, but it certainly should give courage to workers who want to join a union," Mr. Andrews said.
Contact Mary-Beth McLaughlin at
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FXStreet (Łódź) - James Knightley from ING suggests that the disappointment following the release of the lower than expected US July employment numbers was offset somewhat by the positive ISM Manufacturing reading.
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"Payrolls rose 209,000 and while there were a net 15,000 upward revisions, it was a bit softer than the 230,000 consensus."
"There was worse news on the unemployment rate front. It actually rose to 6.2% from 6.1% – the market was looking for it to stay at 6.1%, but we were thinking a sub-6% figure was possible."
"The average earnings numbers were also much more subdued than we had predicted, showing annual growth of 2% versus the market's prediction of 2.2% and our forecast of 2.3%."
"While the jobs reports was fairly poor we actually got a very robust ISM manufacturing index. It rose to 57.1 in July from 55.3 in June, leaving the index at its highest level since April 2011."
"This is good news for the US growth story with the headline ISM index at levels historically consistent with GDP growth running in excess of 4% YoY versus the current rate of 2.4%."
"It also backs up our positive assessment on the US economy and our view that the labour market will continue to strengthen, inflation pressures will build, the dollar will rally a lot further and the Fed will tighten earlier than the market currently anticipates."


text: FCC: "Broadband" Now Means 4 Mbps DownCasey Chan7/23/10 12:29pmFiled to: BroadbandFccHighSpeedInternetdownUpDownloadInternetBandwidthStreamingRequirements4411EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkThe FCC has re-defined the minimum requirements of broadband to 4 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream. That's a huge jump up from the previous minimum of 200Kbps but is fitting given our video streaming, downloading and cloud living times. As for myself, I could barely live with 4 Mbps down but then the FCC reminds me that 24 million people lack access to high speed internet, so I shut up. [FCC via ExtremeTech]Reply441 repliesLeave a reply


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Growing Together? – Prospects for Economic Convergence and Reunification in Cyprus
Policy-makers have increasingly come to focus on the role of economic factors in fuelling or dampening regional and border conflicts. This issue can be highly relevant in the case of nonrecognized entities where some economic interests may benefit from the resulting distortions while others would gain if the political situation were regularised. The experience in Cyprus is interesting in this regard, as it seems that economic factors probably played a significant role in the referenda results of April 2004. Against this backdrop, this paper explores the prospects and priorities in Cyprus by addressing a number of relevant theoretical and policy questions, including: the potential influence of economic factors on conflict resolution; the role played by economics in the failure of the Spring 2004 discussions; the question of the income disparity between north and south; and the synergies that could be unlocked in a converging intra-Cyprus economy.
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- Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos, 2007. "Institutions and the implementation of EU public policy in Greece: the case of public procurement," GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 02, Hellenic Observatory, LSE.
- Vassilis Monastiriotis & Achilleas Tsamis, 2007. "Greece's new Balkan Economic Relations: policy shifts but no structural change," GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 01, Hellenic Observatory, LSE.
- Theodoros Papaspyrou, 2004. "EMU strategies: lessons from Greece in view of EU enlargement," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 5687, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Theodoros S. Papaspyrou, 2007.
"Economic Policy in EMU: Community Framework and National Strategies – focus on Greece,"
GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe
04, Hellenic Observatory, LSE.
- Theodoros S. Papaspyrou, 2007. "Economic policy in EMU: community framework and national strategies - focus on Greece," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 5631, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Theodoros S. Papaspyrou, 2004. "EMU Strategies: Lessons from Past Experience in View of EU Enlargement," Working Papers 11, Bank of Greece.
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