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I started blogging this year with the intention of only posting occasionally and only about subjects related to Indian cinema. The fiftyfiftyme challenge changed all that, and taught me a lot along the way. This excellent post makes a distinction between a blogger and a writer, and I'm definitely no writer. But I have found that blogging about the books I've read over the last 9 months has proved to be an excellent memory aid, a way to keep track of my progress through a challenge I wasn't sure I could meet. Now that I've met the challenge, it's time to savour my achievement by reflecting on the highlights.
There is no contest here. By far the favourite book I've read as part of my fiftyfiftyme challenge was the biggest book I read, by far. Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy was an amazing experience, and one of the reasons I'm most grateful to Katherine Matthews from Totally Filmi for mentioning the fiftyfiftyme challenge to me. The challenge provided just the spur I needed to finally get through this mammoth masterpiece. A treasure trove I look forward to revisiting.
A Suitable Boy was also one of several books in my list that are set in or related to the subcontinent. The list includes not only my favourite book of the year, but one of the runners-up, the fascinating Life of Pi , a vivid examination of faith that I'm sure the movie will not do justice to. As if to balance the scales, the land of my fathers also supplied my most disappointing and least pleasurable reading experience. I desperately wanted to like Midnight's Children, but its self-confessed delight in focusing on and revelling in ugliness, pain and misery made reading it a task to be endured, not enjoyed.
Apart from that bitter read, the rest of my subcontinental reading was a positive experience. From learning much more about the origin and evolution of Hindi-Urdu to a wonderful companion book for my favourite movie of all time, and the delightful return of one of my favourite fictional detectives, India supplied much of my favourite reading. So did the fabled island home of Raavan. A generous Twitter friend gifted me Chinaman, a serendipitous read in every sense of the word, spinning Cricket and Sri Lankan history into a moving and satisfying story.
One of my goals in the challenge was to read five books about linguistics, but my favourite non-fiction read of the year was not one of them. It was a very close call between two exceptional books but in the end, the non-fiction book I enjoyed the most was Reza Aslan's No God But God. This examination of the history and development of Islam was both fascinating and sad, teaching me much I didn't know, and providing an insightful look into what happens when a faith becomes a religion.
The book that only just lost out was one that perhaps should have won. Michael King's History of New Zealand is truly a must-read for anyone interested in these Shaky Isles. Written for the non-academic public but not dumbed down, reading it was an embarrassing education for me, one that made it obvious why so many New Zealanders have bought it, to finally understand our home better. It really was full of "stuff they didn't teach in school".
The only three things I lack to be a writer are in equal measure talent, imagination and discipline. Despite that, I love language and reading about language. Every gifted producer needs eager consumers, and Guy Deutscher's Through the Language Glass was a pleasure to devour, examining the chicken-and-egg question of whether our perception influences our words or vice-versa.
One of the rules of the fiftyfiftyme challenge was that all books read must be first time reads to count. By the end of the year, I had come to love this rule. It made the challenge about discovering new authors and not about ticking off numbers. Sure some of the acclaimed classics, like Thoreau's Walden turned out to be as dull as dishwater and almost as tasty, but the number of newly discovered authors I know I'll be returning to more than makes up for the duds.
The challenge of reading fifty books in nine months (thanks to a late start), meant that after the big books early on, I turned to shorter and lighter reads to make up the numbers. In doing so, I reconnected with two of my favourite genres, science fiction and mystery stories. Two authors I'd never read before are now firm favourites, John Scalzi for science fiction, and Louise Penny for her Chief Inspector Gamache series of mystery novels. The pleasure I got from their works has filled me with anticipation for next year's fiftyfiftyme.
After looking back through my year's reading above, here are the books that I think are the stand-outs for me, the ones that made the biggest impression and that I enjoyed the most:
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To all the masochists who've waded through my waffle this year, thank you so very, very much, especially to those who've gone above and beyond by leaving comments. I am just a playwrite, but knowing that Google Translate's webcrawler hasn't been the only visitor is very gratifying. If anybody has discovered a new author or enjoyed a new book as a result of reading my ramblings, then some good has come out of all the blather. To the wonderful @kaymatthews profound thanks again for pointing me to the challenge, and to anybody thinking about trying a similar challenge next year, I conclude with the famous words of the ancient Greek God of sportswear: Just do it!


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Economic Stimulus Lies in Cutting Taxes
November 12, 2002
Some economists argue that cuts in Federal Reserve interest rates are not enough to get the U.S. economy back on a serious growth track. Despite a round of rate cutting that dates back to 2000, the economy and the stock market continue to languish.
What is needed, they contend, is for the Bush administration to accelerate and make permanent its tax cuts.
- Specific suggestions include lowering tax rates on all realized capital gains.
- Other fiscal measures that would help stimulate the economy include the deductibility of dividend payments for businesses -- which would also remove the tax incentives for excess corporate debt.
- The President should also fight for his Social Security reforms and radically extend NAFTA in pursuit of global free trade.
- As a partial offset to the economic drag of heightened domestic security programs, the President could push ahead on major tort reforms, while appointing more pro-growth judges.
Last week's elections, growth advocates point out, have given the Bush administration a rare window of political opportunity to accomplish just this kind of agenda.
Source: Arthur B. Laffer (Laffer Associates), "We've Cut Rates, Now Let's Cut Taxes," Wall Street Journal, November 11, 2002
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The city sleeps. Selene DiSilva walks her dog along the banks of the Hudson. She is alone - just the way she likes it. She doesn't believe in friends, and she doesn't speak to her family. Most of them are simply too dangerous. In the predawn calm, Selene finds the body of a young woman washed ashore, gruesomely mutilated and wreathed in laurel. Her ancient rage returns. And so does the memory of a promise she made long ago - when her name was Artemis.
Winter in New York: snow falls, lights twinkle, and a very disgruntled Selene DiSilva prowls the streets, knowing that even if she doesn't look for trouble, it always finds her. When a dead body is discovered sprawled atop Wall Street's iconic Charging Bull statue, it's up to Selene to hunt down the perpetrators. Her ancient skills make her the only one who can track a conspiracy that threatens the very existence of the gods, Selene - once known as Artemis - among them.
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Jessica Jackley is best known as the co-founder of Kiva.org -- Currently, she is starting up ProFounder.com to help you raise money for your business from your community.
Jessica has raised funding from over 30 investors for her latest startup.
One of her angel investors questions if female founders should be treated differently. He wrote a blog post titled "Putting Women First".
Reposted with a new title on BusinessInsider as "VC CONFESSION: "I Have Doubts Once I Think Of Women Founders Having Kids And Being Distracted From Work" -- this post has received tons of comments.
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Comment by Cindy Alvarez (Head of Product, KISSmetrics) -- in response to Quora: "Is it wrong to fire an (unvested) co-founder who becomes pregnant at a startup?" "Parenting creates a laser focus that you didn't have before. Through parenting I have learned to operate at a totally different capacity. I don't hesitate to say what I think, because there is not time to do business any other way. Who has time to screw around? Frankly you hear so little from us because we don't have time to linger on chat boards." Comment by Tereza Nemessanyi (Co-Founder & CEO, Honestly Now) -- in response to Paige Craig's blog post "Putting Women First" The above photo of Jessica Jackley was taken by Michael Dayah via Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.


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* Exports to double annually in coming years
* Domestic market dominance to continue
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SHANGHAI, Oct 29 (Reuters) - China's construction equipment sector is slowly but surely digging itself out from under a mountain of inventory and will return to growth in the second or third quarter of next year as the economy recovers, the president of Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd said.
Xiang Wenbo said that will set up the industry for a return to high-speed growth during the 2013-2017 period, which he expects to be a "golden age" of development in China under new Communist Party leaders due to take office at a once-a-decade handover in November.
Sany Heavy, China's biggest manufacturer of excavators and construction equipment, is expected to report a sharp drop in quarterly profit when it releases its third quarter results later on Monday.
It had missed second-quarter forecasts with a 28 percent fall in net profit, its biggest quarterly drop since 2008, as China's economic slowdown led to a spike in unpaid bills.
The industry outlook has been muddied by huge stockpiles of unsold equipment after a four-year boom fuelled by China's massive 2008-09 stimulus programme.
"For the industry to return to true growth may have to wait until the second or third quarter of next year because of the destocking process," Xiang said in an interview on Friday.
The coming five years "could be a golden age of development for this government," he said at Sany's massive new glass-and-steel factory on the outskirts of Shanghai. "I think we can expect this."
Last week, Caterpillar Inc, the global leader in tractors and excavators, cut its 2012 forecast for the second time this year and warned about global growth, but said it also expected big infrastructure spending in early 2013.
Xiang, who doubles as the head of the Communist Party branch at Sany, declined to speculate on possible new stimulus spending under the country's new leaders.
But, he said, China's infrastructure, including roads, airports and sewage systems, was in such dire need of improvement that more investment was a foregone conclusion.
"I think everyone can expect Chinese investment in the coming 10 to 20 years because China's industrialisation and urbanisation are not complete," he said.
China, the world's largest construction market, has lost steam since the second half of 2011, with the country's economic growth rate slowing to 7.6 percent in the last quarter, the slowest pace in more than three years.
Things would turn in China next year, Xiang predicted, but growth would still be modest.
"If it's 10 percent that would be okay," he said.
Sany Heavy, ranked sixth in the world, will see annual revenue growth of 20-30 percent in the next five years, which could catapult it into the No.2 spot after Caterpillar, he said.
When Sany was launched in 1989 as a small welding material factory under a different name, Caterpillar gear was being used to finish the Lubuge Hydropower project in Yunnan province, one of the country's first construction projects to involve international partners.
The company grew rapidly as China demand exploded.
It was thrust into the headlines recently because of its connection to Ralls Corp, the Chinese firm that has sued U.S. President Barack Obama for blocking its wind far project. Two Sany Group executives own Ralls.
In the Chinese market for crawler excavators over six tonnes, Sany's market share leapt from 2 percent in 2005 to 11 percent in 2011, according to data from Off-Highway Research.
Caterpillar, meanwhile, dropped to 7 percent in 2009 from 11 percent in 2005. It held steady for the next two years.
Komatsu China, a unit of Japan's Komatsu Ltd and market leader since 2006, dropped to 11 percent last year from 18 percent in 2008. Hitachi, the 2005 leader with 17 percent of the market, slipped to 8 percent last year, data showed.
"Demand in China will be large and that is a huge opportunity for us," Xiang said, adding that the company had a home field advantage that foreign firms, including Caterpillar and Komatsu, could not compete with.
The Sany parent group does more than 90 percent of its business in China, but its overseas business has been doubling annually - albeit off a small base - targeting developing countries.
"This pace will continue," Xiang said. "And it's because our overall amount of industrial machinery (sold abroad) is still low, globally it is relatively low."


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New Delhi, Mar 26 (UNI) The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has said he understands why India's reaction to the events in Tibet had been a little cautious and renewed his threat to resign if the violence by Tibetans continued.
''I always looked out of India from a holistic view. Then there is some incidence, here and there, being a little overcautious doesn't matter,'' he told NDTV in an exclusive interview.
''Important is, the last almost 50 years, since Pandit (Jawaharlal) Nehru laid out certain policies regarding the Tibetan refugee community. Now that's still being carried, no matter what government, no matter what political party, Janata Party or Congress party,'' he added.
''Therefore, I think the Government of India has done maximum activity where they can help. They have done a lot but in certain cases they are a little cautious, that is understandable,'' the leader of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile said.
However, he wished the world could do more.
The Dalai Lama said he was serious about his threat to resign if the violence by Tibetans continued.
''If things become out of control, violent, I have no other alternative but to resign,'' he threatened.
The Tibetan spiritual leader insisted that the Olympic games must go on in Beijing. ''This is a good time to remind the Chinese of their human rights record.'' He said right from the beginning, there were some NGOs and individuals who had expressed concern.
''In order to be a good host to the Olympic games, China must improve its record in the field of human rights and religious freedom. It is very logical, very reasonable. So the world community, including we Tibetans, think the Chinese need to be reminded about their record on human rights, religious freedom and the Tibetan case,'' the Dalai Lama said.


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Fauré became in his later years a fully paid up member of the French musical Establishment.
However, he managed to avoid the internecine warfare which raged between the various coteries which characterised so much of 19th century French music circles, especially in Paris.
He was equally renowned as an organist, at St Sulpice and the Madeleine (Paris' most posh church and a favourite for society weddings to this day) and a teacher, becoming Professor of Composition at the Paris Conservatoire.
Many of the leading French composers of the 20th century were among his pupils, including Maurice Ravel. Of all the famous French musical figures, he was easily the most beloved.
Fauré's music is generally restrained (although his later works have a barely concealed passion and intensity) gentle and charming, but never pallid. In other words, it has a quintessentially but equally elusive Gallic quality.
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Today the Government is publishing a consultation on the future of fire and rescue control services in England. This follows the closure of…
Today the Government is publishing a consultation on the future of fire and rescue control services in England. This follows the closure of the FiReControl project, announced in my statement to the House of 20 December 2010 [col 141WS].
Local fire and rescue authorities have a statutory duty to answer emergency calls and mobilise resources. They have continued to fulfil this duty, and be funded to do so, during the lifetime of the project and, consequently, the closure of the project poses no risk to public safety.
This Government believes that the fire and rescue community is best placed to decide the future of their control services. No solution will be imposed. The consultation reviews the legacy assets from the project, as well as lessons learnt, and encourages the sector to make best use of these in their future plans, for the benefit of both the taxpayer and local communities.
The consultation discusses whether the original aims of the project - improving efficiency, national resilience and the technology available to fire and rescue services - are still valid and, if so, how they might be achieved now. It also considers the principles on which available funding should be distributed. The role of central government, if any, is also considered.
A copy of the consultation document is available on the Department for Communities and Local Government website. Copies have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. Responses are requested by 8 April 2011.
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First published in the 1980s, this Pulitzer Prize-winning story of 30 whiz kids at Data General and their herculean efforts to create a groundbreaking supercomputer still holds tremendous pertinence in today's e-dominated society.
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The current season of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. continues to outdo itself with every new episode. Season 4 was expected to explore Robbie Reyes's Ghost Rider in-depth and it's doing just that in the best possible way.
Reyes is finding his place on Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. as his own plot thread is being weaved into the existing story. Along with that, he has already had confrontations with Daisy and some of the Watchdogs, and he'll be confronted by S.H.I.E.L.D. as well in the upcoming episode, "Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire," which will see his story connected to the rest of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The newest clip for "Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire" depicts Reyes racing to ditch Agent Coulson and Mach as they attempt to detain him:
Is Robbie Reyes In Control Of The Ghost Rider? Or Is It The Other Way Around?
After viewing the clip, it's very obvious that Robbie Reyes has some level of control over the Ghost Rider spirit within him, seeing as how he doesn't burst into flames during the pursuit by Agent Coulson and Mack. Most would expect Robbie to use any means necessary to escape capture, but Robbie doesn't resort to transforming into his supernatural counterpart in order to do so.
In most Marvel Comics incarnations, Ghost Rider is unpredictable and reveals himself whenever provoked by danger — but that's not part of who Robbie Reyes is on Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Robbie's other half would be able to ditch anyone in pursuit of him, but Robbie chooses not to use the Rider, despite his abilities being useful in the situation at hand. All this says about Robbie Reyes is that he's in control over the Ghost Rider within him ... but that may not be the case for too much longer.
Despite Robbie not breaking a sweat when confronted, his level of control will be brought into question during "Lockup."
Will The Ghost Rider Take Control In The Next Episode?
The synopsis for "Lockup" was released early on and specifically indicates that Robbie will be unable to contain the Ghost Rider forever:
"As Robbie Reyes struggles to control The Ghost Rider, S.H.I.E.L.D. infiltrates a high-security prison to unravel the secrets that haunt them all."
The indication of Robbie having trouble with Ghost Rider is quite surprising since he's exhibited a strong level of control in every scene he's appeared in so far this season. However, the sudden change in Episode 5 could be due to something happening to Reyes during Episode 4, the synopsis of which may add some context:
"As Ghost Rider's quest for vengeance brings him into an explosive confrontation with S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson and Mack must rely on an unlikely ally in their time of desperate need; and Daisy reunites with a familiar face to stop the Watchdogs."
From the sound of what's going to take place in Episode 4, Ghost Rider is going to create a problem for Robbie when they find S.H.I.E.L.D.; Robbie might have his own reasons for confronting S.H.I.E.L.D. but it could be Ghost Rider who forces Robbie into throwing a full assault. And it's at this point where the two minds that inhabit Robbie Reyes's body may clash with one another, resulting in Robbie losing control over the Ghost Rider spirit inside of him.
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We can take a look at Marvel Comics for some insight into what might be the cause of Robbie struggling to control the Ghost Rider. In the comics, the Ghost Rider spirit that inhabited his body was slightly different from past iterations of Ghost Rider; it wasn't a "fallen angel" Spirit Of Vengeance like the Ghost Rider that possessed Carter Slade or Johnny Blaze. It's actually the spirit of Eli Morrow, a serial killer who winds up in hell and masquerades as a Spirit Of Vengeance, offering Robbie Reyes a contract that would see him become the Ghost Rider; Robbie agrees and allows Morrow's spirit to inhabit his body.
At first, Robbie believes the spirit inhabiting his body is the Spirit of Vengeance, as he goes out passing judgement on a variety of criminals and sadists — like a Ghost Rider would — but when a specific event forces Robbie to venture to hell, he discovers the truth: his body is actually inhabited by the spirit of serial killer, not the Spirit of Vengeance. Although Reyes can wield supernatural abilities similar to that of Ghost Rider, he's not a Ghost Rider within the context of the Marvel Universe.
How Do Robbie Reyes's Comic Origins Relate To Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Reyes's comic origins make one thing very clear: his Ghost Rider isn't like previous Ghost Riders. His body is inhabited by a crazed serial killer who could snap at any moment, and that aspect of Reyes's origins may very well translate over to Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. He might have to reconsider his cooperation with the spirit that inhabits his body.
Jose Zuniga has been cast in the role of Eli Morrow for "Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire," and Morrow is now Robbie's uncle. Robbie believes he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for another opportunity at life — but if it was really his uncle Eli, Robbie would probably object to cooperating with him once learning of his true identity.
Soon thereafter, an internal conflict would ensue between the two for control over Robbie's body. And it may be that internal conflict which explains Robbie's struggle with the Ghost Rider in episode five "Lockup," evident by the episode synopsis.
What do you think is happening to Robbie Reyes? Is the Ghost Rider taking over? Will Eli Morrow use Robbie's body for all kinds of villainy? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below!
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Kutteem Kolum is a 2013 Malayalam Comedy film directed by Guinness Pakru, who made his directorial debut with this film. Starring Guinness Pakru, Munna, Adithya and Sanusha in the lead roles, the film was produced by Ansar Vasco under the banner United Films. The script was written by Suresh Satheesh, while the story was written by Pakru himself which revolves around the bonding between friends living in an imaginary village named Kumarapuram bordering Tamil Nadu. Cinematography was handled by Vinod Bharathi, and the stills by Vibin Velayudhan. The film released on 30 March 2013.
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after a good 14 months of swooning over skylark studio jewelry by karen stanford, i am finally the proud owner of this hand-cut sterling silver bee necklace. it is absolutely perfect for me: large enough to make a statement, simple enough to allow me to make that statement almost everyday!
so, through karen (above), i met melanie – the designer/illustrator behind this lovely maple veneer postcard. melanie left one of these simple beauties for me at hello bluebird this week! i'm planning to punch a whole in mine and use some lovely ribbon to hang it somewhere for a holiday decoration. the rest of melanie's shop, spreadthelove, is full of bold, folk-art inspired illustrations that always, always make me smile.
finally, here's another fun piece from sara smedley. sara is known for her "stoplight" patterned placemats, tea towels, and aprons. i love how this ornament design fits so well into her established aesthetic but gives a nice option for the holidays!
sara is also a friend of melanie's & karen's – and all these talented ladies live in & around kutztown, pa, about 20 minutes from me! you can also check out more of their friends at the home on the web of their indie craft collective: z-town made.
so, i've shared some of my friends with you today. on this free-for-all friday, i was hoping you'd share some of your friends with me! one of the best parts of being involved with indie craft on the web is the friends we met and the relationships we cultivate.
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The level of food served seems to go up another notch with every edition of The Grub Fest. With a huge fan base across Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai and Pune, most foodies have taken to look forward to this gastronomic gala.
Last weekend, Delhi got to enjoy the fourth edition--the first Grub Fest of this year--to the hilt.
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Held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the three-day food fest was a huge crowd-puller. With city biggies like Banta Bar, Karim's, Cafe Hera Pheri, Imperfecto, and Uncle Jack's in attendance, people got a taste of many cuisines.
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Also read: A mini food-truck festival, and other reasons to go for The Grub Fest this weekend
Some new additions this year were Tippling Street, CJ's Fresh, Bombay Brunch, Milkshake and Co, Indian Saffron Co, Wafflelicious, and Al Yousuf.
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Musical performances by artistes like Bally Sagoo, Anish Sood, Guru Randhawa, Hari and Sukhmani, and Akhil Sachdeva made the weekend fest even more enjoyable. But the main attraction was the grub on offer.
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Curated menus by some of the best restaurants in town, and a crazy burger challenge by Dev's American Cafe, were just some of the highlights of the event.
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If you missed all the yummy excitement this time, make sure you don't with the next edition of The Grub Fest!
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Prayer, Meditation, and Fasting – by John Piper.
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Thoughts on the Baltimore Ravens' 22-17 loss at the Seattle Seahawks:
What it means: The Ravens once again proved they can't handle success and remain the NFL's most hot-and-cold team. A week after beating the Steelers at Pittsburgh, Baltimore loses to the two-win Seahawks. This has been the self-described "Achilles' heel" of the Ravens, who lost after big wins over Pittsburgh and Houston earlier this season. That's not the characteristic of a Super Bowl team. The Ravens (6-3) slip a half game behind the Steelers (7-3) for first place in the AFC North.
Flacco stumbles: Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco couldn't carry the momentum from last week's game-winning drive at Pittsburgh. He had a batted pass get picked off deep in his own territory, which resulted in a field goal. Flacco finished 29 of 52 for 255 yards.
Disappointing defense: The Ravens defense has to be commended for holding the Seahawks to field goals for most of the game, but it didn't come through in the end. After the Ravens closed to within five points with about six minutes left, the offense never got the ball back. Seahawks quarterback Tarvaris Jackson ran out the clock by converting two third downs (one with a 24-yard completion).
Dropping the ball: Kickoff returner David Reed fumbled twice, which led to six points for Seattle and a seat on the bench. It's been a frustrating season for Reed, who led the NFL in kickoff return average last season. Now, the Ravens might look to Torrey Smith or Chris Carr.
Getting revenge: Steven Hauschka, who was cut by the Ravens in 2009 after struggling to replace Matt Stover, tied a Seahawks record by kicking five field goals. Billy Cundiff, who replaced Hauschka, missed field goals of 50 and 52 yards in the first half.
One bright spot: Tight end Ed Dickson had a breakout game with 10 catches for 79 yards and two touchdowns. His first score came off a pass from running back Ray Rice.
What's next: The Ravens return home on a cross-country flight to face the Bengals, who are tied with Baltimore for second place in the AFC North.


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Crafted: All Year Round in San Pedro
CRAFTED AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES is a new concept for Southern California: a large-scale permanent handmade artisan marketplace. Our classically restored 1940's-era Warehouse No 10 is home to more than 100 individual artists, crafters and food makers, each presenting their unique handcrafted goods in a vibrant patchwork of shop spaces. Visitors enjoy 52 weekends a year of handmade happiness shopping, taking classes and meeting the makers every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Parking and admission are free!
The marketplace hosts daily demonstrations and make-and-takes/DIYs, as well as live music, special events and delicious food from fun food trucks.
CRAFTED at the Port of Los Angeles will be welcoming craft brewer BROUWERIJ WEST to the marketplace. Brouwerij (it's just BROO-er-ee!) West will lead the renovation and adaptive reuse of Warehouse No 9, reinventing the western half of the old warehouse as a 15,000-barrel regional brewery complete with tours and tastings. Brouwerij West will be joined in the east half of Warehouse 9 by an artisanal food maker's space, with a community kitchen, shared kitchen space, epicurean delights and small restaurant experiences, a floral studio and a farm-fresh produce stand, all now in conceptual design stages.
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Take exit 1A towards the 47 Vincent Thomas Bridge – this is also the exit for Harbor Blvd. and the Historic Waterfront. Stay right and do not get on the bridge!
Turn right onto Harbor Blvd for 1.3 miles – at that point Harbor Blvd turns into Miner Street.
At the intersection of Miner and 22nd street turn RIGHT … no matter what your GPS tells you!
>Go about 500 ft and the driveway to CRAFTED is on your right, directly before the 22nd Street park.
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Why Traffic Is Digital Marketing's Foundational Metric
If you take the retail marketing adage "location, location, location," and translate it to digital, the result would be visit rate, or traffic. In the physical world, it's possible to pay premium rent to get your product in front of lots of people, but on the web, garnering traffic is a bit more nuanced. The medium requires strategies that are focused on targeted audiences rather than the general public, not because products are narrow, but because methods of measuring efficacy enable marketers to see more success this way.
Visit rate is likely the oldest metric on the Internet, and continues to be highly relevant for every kind of businesses. The most widely used statistic is visits per day, although unique visitors per day is usually seen as more actionable. This rate is often compared month-to-month or year-over-year and is often paired with frequency of visits, return visits or daily return visits Read more...
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Sweet organic blueberries paired with tart pomegranate results in an elegant jewel-toned jelly perfect for cheese trays or lavished on specialty breads at Sunday brunch. The delight of this jelly is that it is equally at home on a PB&J sandwich.
Ingredients: Blueberries and pomegranate juice, organic cane sugar, lemon, apple pectin.


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With production of Canada and USA, this 2014 film was directed by Anthony Cristiano. You can watch A Minute Life: 1-20 online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2014.
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Runtime: 24 minutes
Anthony Cristiano.
Documental, Historic.
24-minute film (full movie) directed by Anthony Cristiano.
The original audio of A Minute Life: 1-20 has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in Canada, USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2014.
Screenplay written by Anthony Cristiano.
Anthony Cristiano.
Composed by Anthony Cristiano.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie A Minute Life: 1-20 has a duration of 24 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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Enhancing trust in identity management with data quality and contextualized frictionless authentication.
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The goal of the project is to improve the quality of the customer relationship and to avoid the risks associated with low-threshold purchases. This project will enhance the trustworthiness in identity management by investigating, evaluating and enhancing such a system with quality of data, context-awareness and behavioural patterns as key security enablers for long-lived authenticated users and risk-sensitive services.
MediaTrust is a follow-up project of Media ID.
Partners: Bisnode Belgium; Media ID; Media Innovatie Centrum; Medialaan; Mediargus; NGData Europe; iLab.o; iMinds - COSIC - KU Leuven; iMinds - DistriNet - KU Leuven; iMinds - ICRI - KU Leuven; iMinds - MICT - UGent; iMinds - SMIT - VUB


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SOURCE: Mortgage News Feed
For young first-time buyers, people with modest down payment cash, or seniors who want to tap their equity using a reverse mortgage, it's a growing problem: They cannot use Federal Housing Administration financing in condominiums. It's not that these buyers and unit owners can't qualify on credit and income grounds for a loan personally -- they often can. Instead, it's because the entire condominium development is ineligible. As the result of policy changes at the federal level and decisions by condominium boards of directors, thousands of communities have essentially become prohibited lending zones for FHA in the past several years.
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Road sweeper cleans up with £4.6m lottery victory
A ROAD sweeper won a £4.6million lottery jackpot with a last-minute ticket.
But Joseph Whiting picked up his broom and got straight back to the grind – because he did not believe he had won.
The 42-year-old checked his tickets at 4am the day after last Wednesday's draw but turned up to clean the streets as usual.
He said: "I woke up and checked the numbers on Teletext and I saw all six numbers. I couldn't believe it."
The dad-of-three told his mum, who lives with him in Camden, north London, that he thought he had won and she replied: "It's too early in the morning for jokes like that."
"Joseph only decided to buy a ticket at 7.15pm – just 15 minutes before the draw closed"
After telling her not to throw away the winning ticket, he reported for his 5am shift.
He said: "I don't know how I got through the day. My mind was all over the place. You can check 100 times and you are still not sure."
Finally, he got home and contacted Camelot, who confirmed the win.
Yesterday he quit his job of 14 years. "I enjoy it and I work with a good team," he said.
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Joseph only decided to buy a ticket at 7.15pm – just 15 minutes before the draw closed.
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire United Kingdom (PressExposure) May 13, 2011 -- The Business Improvement Network (BIN) re-launched at the end of March with a brand new website and sponsorship from the process improvement company - Triaster Ltd.
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Depor boss Joaquin Caparros will do all he can to keep hold of Aldo Duscher.
Deportivo La Coruna boss Joaquin Caparros insists he will do everything possible to keep hold of Aldo Duscher, but looks to be fighting a losing battle to retain the midfielder.
The Argentine international is being trailed by both Manchester United and West Ham and has made it clear he would be open to a switch to The Premiership.
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Humane Studies Fellowships for current or prospective full-time graduate students from accredited universities anywhere in the world. Applications are open until January 31, 2017. Full details:
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Field(s): research interests are related to ideas of a free society. ( The fellowship is open to current or prospective full-time graduate students (including law students) from accredited universities anywhere in the world whose research interests are related to ideas of a free society.)
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‣ The Humane Studies Fellowship is a non-residency fellowship program that awards up to $15,000 per year. Moreover, it provides individual advising and an extensive support network to help ensure academic success before and after you receive your degree.
Is the Humane Studies Fellowship right for me?
Is it right for me?
‣ The fellowship is open to current or prospective full-time graduate students (including law students) from accredited universities anywhere in the world whose research interests are related to ideas of a free society.
What sort of individuals are you looking for?
‣ Students who are dedicated to advancing the ideas of liberty through research and teaching.
What other benefits are there besides the money?
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‣ IHS considers applications from individuals who will be full-time graduate students during the 2013-14 academic year and who have a clearly demonstrated research interest in the intellectual and institutional foundations of a free society.
Applicants are evaluated based on three primary criteria:
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The Humane Studies Fellowship is an award up to $15,000.
‣ Fellowships are awarded for one year, and award winners may reapply for each year of their full-time studies.
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‣ Award decisions by IHS and its trustees are final and not subject to appeal.
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Application Process
All applications must be submitted through our online application system, which becomes available November 1, 2016. You will be able to start and save your application and submit it at a later time.
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Make sure the people writing the letters of recommendation for you are aware of the deadline (to be updated this fall) for submitting their materials to IHS.
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As reliable as Web browsers and Web servers have become over the last few years, the reality is that there are times when a client's connection to a Web server simply may not work correctly. If only one client is having a problem connecting to your Web site but other clients aren't displaying similar problems, you may be inclined to dismiss the problem as being a client problem rather than a server problem.
What if that client can connect to other Web sites but not to yours? Such a situation points more toward a Web server problem than a client problem. So what do you do when you see contradictory symptoms and there are no clear answers? One possible way of solving the problem is to use the Wfetch utility to troubleshoot possible Web server connection problems.
What is the Wfetch utility?
Wfetch is a free utility provided by Microsoft to help you troubleshoot HTTP connection problems by allowing you to view data, such as the HTTP header, that isn't usually displayed through a Web browser. You can download Wfetch from Microsoft's Download Center.
Microsoft doesn't officially support Wfetch. According to the Microsoft Web site, Wfetch is provided on an as-is basis and is completely unsupported. So don't expect to get any help from Microsoft if you have problems with Wfetch.
Another thing that you need to know is that there are some serious security risks associated with using Wfetch. If you're planning on using Wfetch to solve a problem, I recommend installing the Wfetch utility in a nonproduction environment initially. The Wfetch program isn't actually installed on a server; instead, it runs on a workstation. The problem is that Wfetch has a habit of installing things like passwords and certificates into the workstation's registry. In some situations, Wfetch stores user passwords in clear text in the system's registry.
Installing Wfetch
To install the Wfetch utility, double-click on the executable file that you downloaded. You'll then be asked which folder the installation program should extract the files into. Once the files have been extracted, three files will be placed into a folder called CodeSign in the location that you've specified. Open the CodeSign folder and run the Wfetch.exe file to run the Wfetch utility.
After double-clicking on the Wfetch.exe icon, you'll see the Wfetch user interface, shown in Figure A. Wfetch's interface isn't very user-friendly.
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|The Wfetch user interface isn't very intuitive.
Along the top row of the Wfetch user interface, you'll see four buttons. The button on the far left is the New Document button. This is the button you'll use to preserve the results of your last test. You'll also use this button if you want to run a second test after your first one but want to have the results of the second test placed in a different log file.
The next button (with a big X on it) is used to abort the current test. The third button has the Refresh icon on it; it's used to rerun the last request. The last button is the Log Cleanup button. Clicking this button will clear the current log screen. Be careful about clicking this button accidentally, because the utility doesn't ask you if you're sure that you want to erase the log; it just does it.
The next major section of the Wfetch interface is the section in which you specify the Web site that you want to analyze. The Verb field refers to the HTTP verb that you want to test. HTTP verbs are commonly used to perform various actions within an HTTP request. For example, if you associate the HEAD verb with a resource, then HTTP will return only the header information. If you associate the GET verb with the same resource, then HTTP will return the header and usually a message body as well.
The Host field is where you specify the host that you're connecting to. Usually, the host is specified in the form of either an IP address or a URL.
The Port field allows you to pass the HTTP request through a specific port. If you leave the value set to Default, the request will be passed through TCP port 80.
The Ver field refers to the HTTP version used by the Web server. Your choices are 1.0 and 1.1. If you aren't sure what version of HTTP is being used, try using version 1.1.
Finally, the Path field refers to a specific resource on a Web server. For example, if you were trying to troubleshoot a specific Web page or Web resource, you might specify that page or resource from within the Path field. The path is especially useful if you're addressing an internal Web server by IP address and that server hosts several Web sites.
You could specify the IP address in the Host field and the Web site name in the Path field. For example, let's say you want to test SharePoint Portal Server. To access the SharePoint default dashboard through Internet Explorer from your workstation, you'd enter the server name followed by the dashboard's site name (bart.test.com—test in my example). To run the Wfetch utility against the dashboard site, you'd type bart.test.com into the Host field and type /test into the Path field, as shown in Figure B.
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|The Path field is used to specify a Web site on an IIS server or a specific Web page within a Web site.
The next part of the Wfetch user interface is the Authentication section. This section allows you to control how the credentials that the Wfetch utility will use to access the host in question. For example, you might have noticed in Figure B that the default choice is Anonymous. If your Web site has anonymous authentication, you'd just leave the default settings.
Other available authentication types include Basic, NTLM, Kerberos, Digest, and Negotiate. If you choose to use any access method other than Anonymous, you must fill in the domain name, username, and password in the space provided beneath the authentication type. If you look at Figure B, you'll notice that there's a Save check box directly across from the Password field. If you select the Save option, your password will be saved in the registry in clear text, regardless of what authentication type you're using. So make sure you heed my advice and check the registry when uninstalling the Wfetch utility.
The next area of the user interface is the Connection section. The Connection area allows you to configure how the Wfetch utility should attach to the host that you specified. The default options allow Wfetch to make a straight HTTP connection to the host. However, there is an option to pass the connection through a proxy server. If a proxy server, such as Microsoft's Proxy Server 2.0 or ISA Server, controls your Internet connection, you must select the Proxy check box and enter the port number used by the proxy server. By default, Proxy Server 2.0 uses port 80 while ISA Server uses port 8080.
Beneath the Connect field, you'll see the Cipher field and Client Cert field. These fields exist because the Wfetch utility has the option of connection to a Web server using HTTP, HTTPS, PCT 1.0, SSL 2.0, SSL 3.0, or TLS 3.1. If you choose to use one of the secure protocols, you'll have to select an encryption type from the Cipher drop-down list. Your choices include RC4, RC2, DES, and Triple DES.
The Client Cert field can be used only in conjunction with PCT 1.0, SSL 3.0, and TTLS 3.1 security. If you choose to use a certificate, you have several different options. The None option avoids using a certificate for the connection. The Certificate From IE option allows you to select one of the certificates that Internet Explorer is already configured to use. Should you choose this option, a dialog box will appear asking you to select the certificate. Once you've made your selection, a wizard will explain what to do next.
The Wfetch utility also gives you the option of using a valid certificate, an expired certificate, or an unrecognized certificate. Remember that you're testing a connection to a malfunctioning Web server, so there may very well be times when it's appropriate to test the connection by using an expired or unrecognized certificate. The option of using a valid certificate presents the Web server with a Class 1 certificate that's been signed by VeriSign. Although this certificate is intended to be valid, it's hard coded into the utility and will therefore eventually expire.
You can check to make sure that the certificate is still valid by clicking on the arrow icon next to the Client Cert field. As you can see in Figure C, for example, my particular copy of Wfetch contains a certificate that expired in May of 2001. If your valid certificate has expired, then I recommend using an Internet Explorer-based certificate that is still valid.
|Figure C
|It's possible that the certificate may have expired.
The only configuration-based section that remains is the Advanced Request section. This section allows you to do things like add headers, body, headers and body, or raw requests to the basic request. You can enable an advanced option simply by selecting it from the list. After choosing to make an advanced request, Wfetch gives you the chance to either type in the request or to copy code from an existing file. The advanced requests are entered into the text box found directly below the Advanced Request section.
Running a test
Now let's run through the process of running a test so that you can see what the output looks like. I will show you a couple of problems to watch out for.
In Figure D, I am trying to run a Head test on my SharePoint Portal Server. Notice in the Authentication section that I have Anonymous access. SharePoint requires basic or NTLM authentication. So when I click the Go button to run the report, the Log Output section displays an HTTP/1.1 401 Access Denied message at the top of the text segment shown in blue. If a connection is failing due to security problems, this is what it will usually look like.
|Figure D
|This is what a security-related failure looks like.
The next thing that I want to show you is why the Path field is important. In Figure C, I was accessing the Test Web site on a server named Bart in the test.com domain. Normally, when accessing this Web site, I would type bart.test.com/test into Internet Explorer. However, in this case, I typed bart.test.com/test into the Host field rather than placing the /test parameter into the Path field where it belongs. Notice that the log section tells me that there is no such host. Obviously, the server and the corresponding Web site exist (and they are functional), but Wfetch reports that the host is unknown, as shown in Figure E, simply because I used an invalid method of addressing it.
|Figure E
|You'll receive a host unknown error if you address the host incorrectly.
Now let's look at a couple of successful tests. In Figure F, I'm using the HEAD verb to test my Web site. Notice in the figure that I'm using the Proxy option because I'm attaching to an external Web site.
|Figure F
|This is what a successful HEAD test looks like.
In Figure G, I'm doing the same test using the GET verb. In Figure F, the Wfetch tool returned information such as the Web server version and the date that the site was last modified. In Figure G, you can see that the same header information is displayed, but the tool also displays the HTML code found on the default Web page.
|Figure G
|The GET verb displays the header information and the Web site's HTML code.
One last interesting thing to look at is the same test performed by using the TRACE verb. As you can see in Figure H, the TRACE verb allows you to watch the test as it passes from the proxy server to the Web and back.
|Figure H
|The TRACE test displays the actual connection process.
Fetch, Spot! Fetch!
The Wfetch utility is a useful tool for troubleshooting HTTP connection problems. The error reports it produces can help you figure out what's wrong with your server. If you have problems understanding a particular error, you can use Microsoft's Knowledge Base or Google to help you track down the error by searching for the error.
After you've used Wfetch to troubleshoot a problem, uninstall the utility immediately to prevent any security problems. Even after uninstalling the Wfetch utility, there's a possibility that the registry keys containing the passwords could still exist. I recommend using the Registry Editor to check for the existence of this part of the registry and getting rid of the risky registry keys manually if necessary. The Wfetch registry keys are stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wfetch. Keep in mind that if you've used Wfetch while logged on as multiple users, then this registry key may exist for each user you've logged on as.