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The Texas Instruments MSP430 family of ultralow power microcontrollers consist of several devices featuring different sets of peripherals targeted for various applications. The architecture, combined with five low power modes is optimized to achieve extended battery life in portable measurement applications. The device features a powerful 16-bit RISC CPU, 16-bit registers, and constant generators that attribute to maximum code efficiency. The digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) allows wake-up from low-power modes to active mode in less than 6µs.
The MSP430x11x1 series is an ultralow-power mixed signal microcontroller with a built-in 16-bit timer, versatile analog comparator and fourteen I/O pins.
Typical applications include sensor systems that capture analog signals, convert them to digital values, and then process the data for display or for transmission to a host system. Stand alone RF sensor front end is another area of application. The I/O port inputs provide single slope A/D conversion capability on resistive sensors.
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ORGANIZATIONAL MIMICRY IN AMERICAN SOCIAL MOVEMENT COMMUNITIES: AN ANALYSIS OF FORM COMMUNICATION EFFECTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS, 1989-2009 by Bettina Maria Richards Heiss _____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (COMMUNICATION) December 2010 Copyright 2010 Bettina Maria Richards Heiss
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|Communication scholarship has significantly improved organizational ecology models by emphasizing that the members of organizational communities are participating actively in the enactment of their environment. Organizational forms are viewed as contested and multi-faceted action frames which emerge from community interactions and simultaneously shape them. Form negotiations mediate the evolutionary fate of population members adhering to a form. Existing institutional ecology approaches focus on discursive strategies foregrounding the distinctive and unique organizational identity underlying a certain form. The assumption prevails that organizational populations can only thrive if their form is recognized clearly by diverse audiences as this entails that it has achieved cognitive legitimacy. But not all organizational populations benefit from clearly communicating who they are, particularly if they are operating in an environment that attaches low cognitive legitimacy to their form. The biological concept of aggressive mimicry, which refers to a competitive evolutionary strategy based on form ambiguity, illuminates the circumstances when members of a population exploit the lack of clarity about their form to their benefits. Among other tactics, aggressive mimics in organizational populations engage in purposive labeling of their names to increase their resemblance with a population of models.; For the purpose of this investigation, aggressive mimicry is introduced and the conditions under which organizational populations might employ it as a strategy are examined. The short-term and long-term consequences of its use are presented along with suggestions about how to revise existing ecological models to account for the evolutionary benefits of ambiguous form communication. A longitudinal investigation of the changing population composition of crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) in the United States provides an opportunity for testing a revised set of expectations in an empirical setting. Some CPCs routinely engage in aggressive mimicry when they closely imitate the organizational forms of reproductive health care providers (RHPs) in an effort to compete with them for the same "clients" women facing unwanted pregnancies. There are two ways to enter the subpopulation of mimics: (1) CPCs select organizational labels reminiscent of the organization names typically chosen by RHPs at the time of founding, and (2) CPCs change their existing organizational names so that they resemble those of RHPs at some point during their existence.; Drawing on multiple archival data sources, the effects of differing cognitive and sociopolitical legitimacy levels on the organizational vital rates of CPCs are investigated. As a measure of cognitive legitimacy in the sense of communicative form stabilization, the study relies on a content analysis of media discourse about CPCs. Based on the analysis of newspaper coverage of CPCs spanning a period of over two decades, textual network approaches are employed to develop a novel longitudinal measure of cognitive form legitimacy. The influence of legitimacy effects and other factors such as density-dependent effects, the availability of environmental resources, and cohort effects are examined in a variety of ecological models. Negative binomial regression models are used to examine the dynamics of CPC founding events. The CPC label transformation events, which represent their employment of a mimicry strategy, are estimated with piecewise constant exponential hazard models. The effects of the covariates on CPC failure rates are examined in a series of Cox proportional hazard models.; The results of the analyses suggest that as cognitive legitimacy levels rise, CPCs engage in mimicry transformations at a higher rate. At the same time, their mortality rates increase under conditions of increasing levels of cognitive legitimacy. Thus, mimicry strategies seemingly bear penalties for both impostors and non-mimicry subpopulations. However, mimics among CPCs are found to have superior survival chances when compared to non-mimics. Additional findings indicate that organizations entering the mimic subpopulation through adaptation disband at a lower rate than CPCs that are "born" into mimicry via differential selection.
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|ORGANIZATIONAL MIMICRY IN AMERICAN SOCIAL MOVEMENT COMMUNITIES: AN ANALYSIS OF FORM COMMUNICATION EFFECTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS, 1989-2009 by Bettina Maria Richards Heiss _____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (COMMUNICATION) December 2010 Copyright 2010 Bettina Maria Richards Heiss

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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The CW has renewed its current Monday dramas "Gossip Girl" and "Hart of Dixie."
The former will return for an 11-episode swan song - as first reported by Vulture.com - while the latter is due back for a sophomore run.
Collectively said duo has come in under last year's "90210" and "Gossip Girl" pairing with declines of 9% in total viewers, 13% in adults 18-49 and a whopping 24% in the netlet's target demographic of women 18-34.
[UPDATED! 2:47 PM] Deadline.com reports that "Dixie's" renewal is for a full season of 22 episodes.
[UPDATED! 2:53 PM] TVLine.com adds "Gossip Girl" showrunner Stephanie Savage has tapped co-executive producer Sara Goodman to replace the "Smash"-bound Josh Safran as executive producer.


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It's bedroom revamp day today, people. Well, let's say semi-revamp as it's basically little bits 'n' pieces that are within my control (and ability). I suppose it is therefore, more accurately, prettifying. More serious jobs like building wardrobe doors and painting and things remain to be done. Let's just gloss (ha ha) over those for the mo' though, ok? The weather is still rubbish and dull but I fear if I wait for a sunnier day to take better photos, I could be waiting a loooong time.
So, it was out with my girl toolkit... This was bought for me by my Dad when I bought my flat, back when I was footloose and fancy free. I thought it was so sweet of him. I really have used it, too!
Out with some decidedly less scary looking tools, too...
I somehow managed to grapple the headboard off the bed and onto the floor. What's going on in my room? says Charlie Boy.
I less helpfully managed to rope in some really useless helpers...
Yes, the Munchkin really does have the satin bound edge of a woolly blanket round his neck. Don't ask.
Oh I'm bored with ugly pictures, so (excusing the unpainted wall, pretty please?)...
... ta-dahhhhhh!
Yes, the crocheted cushion I started a few weeks back (read about it here if you fancy) was soon completed. I enjoyed that little project. Another one in different colours maybe?
Somebody asked me how I made the cushion up (literally speaking) when I posted about the back of the cushion. I blocked all the squares, crocheted them together then sewed by hand all round the edges of the big crocheted square onto a piece of old white cotton (thrifted sheet) just using simple over stitching. I made up the back two pieces of the cushion with the button closure then pinned the front and back together, keeping the front uppermost so I could see where I'd attached the crocheted square. I then sewed all round the edges on the machine using a zipper foot so that I could get the stitching right up to the edge of the crochet. Simples?
Time to give my hot water bottle (which is actually one of those miraculous microwaveable thingies) a spruce up. That navy blue flannel, teddy bear patterned cover was not really that cool. Might I point out that the hot non-water bottle was lost for years and only found when I removed the headboard as it had fallen down the back!
I used a rather delectable vintage rosebud print fabric from Donna which I bought at her house sale (and I'd actually forgotten about!) Rather yummy, isn't it? I spent an enjoyable hour or so doing a bit of hand quilting using vintage perle cotton for added prettiness and added some satin binding and a gorgeous blue glass vintage button. I used some leftover quilt batting for the lining. Hmm, cosy. Such an easy project.
Onto the pillowcases. Did you spot those, you beady eyed readers, you? I whipped those up using some leftover flannel (from my patchwork quilt) for the backs and some pretty Cath K fabric for the front (the nice new fabric she now sells which has a sort of cosy flannelette feel to it). I crocheted the edging using a pattern from Crochet Adorned (remember we've talked about this before and here again?) and threaded through a snippet of pink velvet ribbon.
The pretty embroidered pillowcase underneath is a recent TK Maxx bargain.
And you probably saw the headboard? It was a chocolate coloured ultra suede which was so not going with my new look, girlfriends, so I dug into my extensive collection of woollen blankets and off I went a-revamping. I was going to make a loose cover but decided to be lazy and get busy with the staplegun instead.
You saw him, did you? It took him all of five minutes once the bed was all freshly made up this morning to regain his rightful place. He still looks a bit grumpy at all the palaver, though.
See this warm rosey covered thingy? Well, it's nice. It's cosy... And it's mine. Got it?
Now my dear friends, I shall sign off from bloggy duties as tomorrow I am off up North for a while, back to the homestead, sadly for a funeral, but I'm sure a few other adventures shall take place. Have a good week, won't you?


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Here are a couple more poetry books that I've been enjoying lately.
Jane Hirshfield's Come, Thief is an inviting and intriguing book by one of our best poets. Her poems are on the small side with lots of white space but they are packed with so much insight and punch, that they more than satisfy. To her poems Hirshfield brings an eye for nature, wisdom for relationships and a Zen philosophy. Here's the beginning of "Fourth World."
A friend dies.
A horse dies.
A man dies over and over again on the news.
Without them,
the fourth-world continues.
Waking fox-red on the flanks of the mountain....
She writes about the most ordinary things and makes them extraordinary. Look at these opening lines from "My Luck" about finding a penny: "My luck / lay in the road / copper side up / and copper side down / It shone / I passed it by / I turned around...."
If you want life-affirming poems that also delve deeply into the "flood topics" (as Emily Dickinson once called the important ones--life, love, birth, and mortality) try this collection or any of Hirshfield's work.
Speaking of mortality, The Sin-Eater, Thomas Lynch's new collection focuses on the hero of an Irish myth, Argyle, a man who comes and dines by the newly dead. The widowed and the parents of dead children welcome him because they know that when they provide him with a nice repast, he will feast but also take away the sins of the dead with him.
These twenty-four poems have more of an old-fashioned feel than Hirshfield's--Lynch incorporates rhyme more, for example. The poems, almost all the same size, are also nicely illustrated with photographs of Irish scenes by Lynch's son, Michael. Here are the closing lines to "His Ambulations"
The memory of a woman's company
would bring his ambulations to a halt
to aim his gaping face due heavenward,
the dewy air her touch, her taste, sweet salt.
Lynch knows his subjects well: love, death, loss, and, in particular,grieving. For more than forty years, he's worked as a funeral director, one of the more unusual day jobs for a poet. The book also has a captivating introduction where Lynch speaks of his mother's wish for him to become a priest, his boyhood, his Catholicism, and his deep ties to Ireland. For those who like their poems to tell stories and give a real taste for a foreign land, try this collection by Lynch.
For a final taste of his work, here's the ending to "He Weeps among the Clare Antiquities": "Among old stones a calm came over him / as if the dead beneath them held their own / redemptions on their journeys heavenward, / like wild flowers gathered out of bones, / their sweet bouquets a comfort beyond words."


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A simple salad combining the best of Spanish flavors.
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February 15 - 18, 2014 | Gainesville, FL
We are pleased to announce that the 10th North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC) will be held in Gainesville, Florida, in February 2014. The meeting will be hosted by the Florida Museum of Natural History (University of Florida) from February 15th through 18th (Saturday through Tuesday). Pre-conference and post-conference field trips are tentatively planned for February 13th - 14th and 19th - 20th, respectively.
Conference Program
Conference Program Book.pdf (PDF)
Abstract Book
The abstract volume is now available: The Paleontological Society Special Publication, Vol. 13 (PDF)
The North American Paleontological Convention is a major international paleontological event administered by the Paleontological Society under the auspices of the Association of North American Paleontological Societies. Initiated in 1969, NAPC meets every 4-5 years. The convention includes active participation from all fields of paleontology. Over 500 participants from 26 countries attended the most recent NAPC in Cincinnati (2009).
We extend our warmest invitation to all who are interested in paleontology. Our intention in this meeting is to broaden interest and create new avenues of scientific inquiry within the field of paleontology. Thematically focused symposia will provide a wide range of taxonomically diverse topics designed to demonstrate new research applications and increase communication between the distinct disciplines within the field of paleontology. Special activities and symposia will be available for amateurs and fossil clubs to provide networking opportunities and increase interactions between enthusiastic advocates of paleontology at any level.
This event is sponsored by:
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The inspiration of this dish came from chatting with my mom on instant messenger. While chatting, she happened to mention that to whip out a prawn (we call it prawn in Malaysia and not shrimp) dish is very easy for her, just need to slice onion and add curry powder. And it sorts of stick to my mind and I want to make it too. I kicked mine up a notch by adding more spices and bay leaves and this easy shrimps dish was really delicious. See the black gooey stuff there? It was really flavorful and little Edda kept picking on that black gooey stuff to put on her rice. Hahaha...she even ate 5 of these shrimps, usually she only had 2 or 3 the max. Thanks mom for this great dish!! :)
Did you notice that I started to cook shrimps dish again? The last shrimp dish I cooked was back in April, 2011. I very seldom prepare a shrimps dish, I just use it in fried rice or add it in a noodle dish.
- 25 large shrimps, headless with shell on, washed
- 1/2 large yellow onion, thinly sliced
- 1 Tbsp. Cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp. chicken powder (optional)
- 2 tsp. yellow curry powder
- 1 tsp. cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp. galanga powder
- 1/2 tsp. paprika/ chili powder
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - some more crap..... Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Gallery/Finished Work View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "some more crap....." KrazymemberMember #Joined: 09 Dec 2000Posts: 238Location: MI, US Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 3:04 pm eh at least im getting used to this tablet and digital art stuff even thoug i have a long way to go ..but here is another dodge and burn picture its the top one the middle one i did yester day (wensday 3) and the bottom one was my first real attempt at an image done on tue the 2nd. crit if you like ecouragement is all ways welcomed have a good day all and keep up the good work http://absolutelykrazy.homestead.com/arts.html Back to top KrazymemberMember #Joined: 09 Dec 2000Posts: 238Location: MI, US Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 3:48 pm oh i for got to explain what it is the most recen tone (the one on top) is nothing just tangled up viney things ...guess i could explain it as how i feel all mixed up and notted inside..ha well it is what ever you want it to be i guess well have a good day all later. Back to top LightmemberMember #Joined: 01 Dec 2000Posts: 528Location: NC, USA Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 4:11 pm Hmm.. you need to do more work. I like the one in middle the best. Dont bother with dodge/burn/ or airbrush really. Use the paint brush on normal mode or if feeling dangerous try it on multiply/screen mode. Yeah just use paint brush and a few colors. If not then your just making a headache for yourself. Occasionaly, I try out the airbrush but you need to know what you are getting into. =) Back to top KrazymemberMember #Joined: 09 Dec 2000Posts: 238Location: MI, US Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 4:45 pm ya i know thats what people say but for some reason i cant use the paint brush effectivly enough to come out with decent resaults. Dodge and burn works great with grey scale images but to color i need to uese the paint brush. I like the look of the real airbrush as in non digital. well im off to study have a good one all Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Gallery/Finished Work All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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VINE CROP: J. Brent Loy with Slick Pik summer squash.
Brent Loy is on a quest for perfection.
On a sultry August morning, he stands in the middle of a field at Kingman Farm, surrounded by rows of low green plants whose broad leaves frame burgeoning fruits. He surveys the scene with an intensity one might not expect from a man surrounded by cantaloupes. But the boyish-looking professor, a plant biologist at UNH for almost 45 years, is not looking for something as simple as the ripest melon among the dozen or so that lie within arm's reach. What he's looking for is a cantaloupe that grows quickly, continues to ripen once picked, will stay ripe without spoiling for up to a week, and is high in sugar, and sweet and flavorful. When he finds it, he says, it will revolutionize the melon market. He knows the fruit he's looking for is not in his field today, but there's a decent chance its parent—or grandparent—might be.
Since the late 1960s, Loy has been UNH's "plant guy," a classically trained plant geneticist whose life's work has been breeding better plants. Focusing on vine crops in the gourd family, called Cucurbitaceae, he has developed hundreds of successful cultivars, more than 50 of which have become seed varieties for commercial sale. The catalogs used by backyard gardeners, as well as commercial farmers, are filled with the names of his creations: Earligold, Earliqueen, Passport, Sarah's Choice and Halona melons; Pik-aPie, Snackjack and Prankster pumpkins; Autumn Cup, Honey Bear and Slick Pik squash. Indeed, in the world of Cucurbitaceae, it would be hard to find a bigger name than that of J. Brent Loy—not that he's one to tout his own credentials. "I just like to farm," he says with a shrug.
Loy has always liked to farm. Born and raised in the Salt Lake City suburb of Bountiful, he knew from the age of 6 or 7 that he wanted to be a farmer, and by 9 he had secured his first summer farming job, working as a picker for a local vegetable grower. By 12 he had advanced to weeding onions and bunching radishes, and from 14 on he was a full-time summer farmhand, who took on some of the less savory jobs—like shoveling manure out of pig pens—once the harvest was over.
Undaunted by the hard work, Loy took his love of farming to Oklahoma State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in horticulture in 1963. For his master's and doctorate in genetics at Colorado State University, he worked with the cucurbits that would later become the focus of his career.
Stretching back to Gregor Mendel and his pea plant experiments, which are still used today to teach high school biology students about dominant and recessive genes, nearly all genetic studies start with plants. This is because plants propagate quickly, and the success of crosses—whether or not desired genetic traits are expressed by the offspring—is generally quite easy to determine. "From the get-go, I was just really interested in the way you could create something that was better, and better in ways that were both visual and quantifiable, essentially with your own hands," he says. Unlike genetic engineering, which involves modifying DNA, classical plant breeding requires careful selection for desired traits over time, although Loy notes that an occasional lucky mutation can send your work in a direction you didn't expect.
When Loy arrived at UNH in 1967, his first project was to work with the university's existing lines of blue hubbard, buttercup and golden delicious squash. These so-called processing squashes are grown for yield and not just for eating fresh. As vine cucurbits, they need a lot of room to grow, so a more compact bush plant means more plants per row and thus more raw material for canned squash and pie filling and baby food.
"It maybe sounds funny, but a lot of times 'better' is about developing what's the most useful and not necessarily what's the most flavorful or the most beautiful or what have you," Loy explains. "The fun comes in trying to maximize other qualities like flavor and nutrition without sacrificing the characteristics that the growers most want."
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Invitation to join a Research Working Group13 September, 2011 | (01 hr)
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Making smart workforce decisions requires knowing how to make faster, data-driven decisions.
Member companies of The Conference Board have asked for help in analyzing their data as a catalyst to changing their human capital strategy, and thereby enhancing HR's financial and non-financial contribution to the organization. There is a need for building a Human Capital Analytics framework through the examination of practices at best-in-class companies that are already applying analytics as part of their human capital strategy.
To provide this resource, The Conference Board will convene a Research Working Group on applications in Human Capital Analytics in October 2011. The group will be guided by Dr. Rebecca Ray, along with Dr. Jac Fitz-Enz and Dr. Patti Philips, who are recognized as founders and legends in this field and will provide participating companies with a refined approach to implementing effective analysis in their firms.
Four specific organizational challenges will serve as the basis for examining the use of Human Capital Analytics in this Research Working Group:
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By bringing together executives from approximately 20 corporations, this Research Working Group will produce practical frameworks, templates, and tools for the application of Human Capital Analytics to these four human resources/human capital challenges. The research results will include case studies of best-in-class organizations that are successfully integrating these applications.
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Van Roekel urges Administration to focus on student-centered reform
WASHINGTON - August 08, 2011 -
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today reiterated his plan to allow states to set aside federal proficiency requirements mandated by No Child Left Behind.
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel issued the following statement:
"What we need now is teacher-led and student-focused comprehensive reform instead of making states jump through more hoops. The Administration should be leading efforts that support all students and schools by providing real relief from parts of the law that everyone acknowledges simply don't work. We know what works in America's classrooms. We need to make sure every student has qualified, caring and committed teachers in schools with strong and inspiring leadership.
"It's time to turn the page from the one-size-fits-all standardized testing regime and unleash the power of real teaching. Testing rules also must be revised so students can demonstrate what they know and what they can do.
"If we know what works, why not invest in the classroom priorities that build the foundation for student learning, including early childhood education, smaller class sizes, greater emphasis on reading, math, science and technology, up-to-date textbooks and computers, extended learning time for students who are struggling, and a well-rounded education that includes history, arts, P.E., and music? These investments form the cornerstone for student-focused reform that meets the needs of all students.
"NEA stands ready to work with Congress and the administration to get the law right for students this time."
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Worried about losing your USB Flash drive? Concerned that if you keep it on a key ring it'll get scratched? Bothered wearing it round your neck will make it seem you're wearing a cheap iPod Shuffle knock-off? Imation has the answer: the Flash Wristband.
Yes, it's modelled on those irritatingly ubiquitous 'I CARE, HONEST I DO' plastic wriststraps, this time with 256MB of storage and a USB connector built in. Just unhook the "friction fit" lock in the "rubberised" strap and you're ready to drag 'til you drop.
You can buy the Flash Wristband in black or blue and the strap is marketed as 'one size fits all', so if the thing falls off - or your hands lose all sensation and turn black - contact the manufacturer.
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MLB.com Shop has all the styles for Opening Day
Out with the old, in with the new.
You hate to put it that way, but that's baseball. Like Derek Jeter said in his news conference on Wednesday, "You almost blink and it's 20 years later."
So here we are in 2014, focused on a new Spring Training at 30 camps, preparing to say our season-long goodbyes to the Yankee captain and hello to the rooks. Many fans even rushed to the MLB.com Shop to buy the same Authentic Triple Peak Convertible Gamer that Jeter wore as he spoke.
A supply of that Majestic Athletic item was down to one XL size after the event, and on Thursday it was restocked in all sizes. Take a look around the Shop, especially if you're among those returning to shopping action for the first time since the holiday madness, and you'll see the parallel there between what's happening on the field and in MLB merchandising.
It is always about out with the old and in with the new, whether it's the player who wears the gear or the type of gear that player wears. What goes on is the passion for baseball, handed down from parents to children and displayed in new ways for new generations.
Here are 14 examples of what's new at the MLB.com Shop in '14, and keep an eye out there as new arrivals will be ongoing before and after Opening Day:
1. Authentic Collection Team Favorite Color block fleece. Giving this one from Majestic Athletic top billing here because it's still on the cold side for most of us fans.
2. Robinson Cano No. 22 Batting Practice Jersey. The Mariners' new second baseman just started his first Spring Training workouts in Arizona, and it's also the first time he is wearing No. 22 in the Majors. All the new BP jerseys from Majestic Athletic are in, with even better breathability and comfort whether you're sweating through exhibition innings or just chill at home.
3. Wrigley Field 100th Anniversary. This celebration will last all season, and you can start commemorating the event now by watching the A&E Video 100 Years of Wrigley Field and putting an authentic Highland Mint Used Dirt Display on your desk.
4. Women's spring styles from Nike. The selection keeps expanding. That includes the Women's 2014 Authentic Collection Team Favorite Tee, and here's the men's version.
5. Caps. There are also eight new Authentic Collection Diamond Era BP caps and a new Authentic Collection Clubhouse 39THIRTY cap for all 30 teams.
6. All-Star Game merchandise. The Twins will be host to the 85th Midsummer Classic on July 15 at Target Field, so let the countdown begin. You can be part of the excitement now by ordering the same shirts, caps, collectibles and other items that fans will grab en masse when they flock to Minnesota that week.
7. Authentic Collection Dri-Fit Team Issue Legend Tee. Similar to the previous women's AC garment style, look for these on the fields of Arizona and Florida, and then in the stands this summer.
8. St. Patrick's Day gear. You know how Big Green always creeps up on you, and you are green with envy as fans at Spring Training are organized and wearing the best green jerseys and caps at games of March 17? This is your chance to be ahead of the game and order stuff now.
9. Topps Baseball Cards. Start opening those packs. It's a tradition.
10. AC Dri-Fit Training Short. Another new Nike look that will be seen around Spring Training, when your favorite players aren't wearing uniform pants, that is.
11. Knit caps. Still very much needed in many parts of North America.
12. Prince Fielder Name & Number Tee. It's time to get a load of the Rangers' new first baseman in No. 84 out in the Cactus League. And likewise, Ian Kinsler in a No. 3 for Detroit in the Grapefruit League.
13. Windspinners and Windchimes. Who wants plain metal pipes hanging from an ordinary windchime out back when you can do it up right? These new products from Woodstream are from the Home & Office section of the MLB.com Shop, and more new stuff is on the way.
14. Omar Infante Personalized Alternate 1 Cool Base Jersey. Will that No. 14 be a missing piece at second base to help the Royals back into the postseason at last? Will No. 14 Dan Haren be a missing piece for the Angels staff, and can No. 14 David Price return to Cy Young form?
It's time to fully appreciate No. 14 Paul Konerko in White Sox camp as well, in the twilight of a marvelous career for a first baseman who turns 38 on March 5. You can wear the same black BP jersey he will wear throughout camp in Arizona and then before each game this regular season.
Out with the old, in with the new, a fact of life never more obvious than in baseball.


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By Brandon Bailey San Jose Mercury News.
In a move that transgender advocacy groups called a major step toward broader acceptance, Facebook Inc. said Thursday that it will offer new options for people to describe their gender on the world's biggest online social network, in addition to "male" and "female."
More than 50 options, in fact, including "gender questioning," "androgynous," "intersex" and "neither."
While a few Facebook users questioned the need for a change, the new policy was praised by activists who said they've been asking Facebook to provide more alternatives for some time.
"Facebook has taken a milestone step to allow countless people to more honestly and accurately represent themselves," said Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, a leading advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Advocacy groups said Facebook has a strong track record of supporting civil rights for gay and lesbian employees and members of the social network. But spokesmen said the latest move is both comforting and empowering for people who too often face discrimination or harassment over their sexual identity.
The change is especially significant because Facebook, which boasts more than 1 billion active users, has become one of the primary places where many people interact online. At least 700,000 people in the United States identify as transgender, according to an Associated Press account of a University of California-Los Angeles study.
"Over the past few years, a person's Facebook profile truly has become their online identity," said Griffin.
"It's a huge deal, in a positive way, for those who identify outside the binary," added Nori Herras-Castaneda, an outreach staffer at the Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center in San Jose, Calif. A transgender person herself, Herras-Castaneda said some people become frustrated by enrollment or registration forms that only offer two choices.
Facebook acknowledged that point in announcing its new policy, which is effective only in the United States for now.
"While to many this change may not mean much, for those it affects it means a great deal," said spokesman Will Hodges in an emailed statement.
Members of the rival Google Plus social network have long been allowed to identify themselves as "male," "female" or "other."
Herras-Castaneda said she was impressed that Facebook came up with more than 50 alternatives. "They went above and beyond," she said of the list, which also includes "non-binary," "pangender" and "gender questioning."
Facebook said it worked closely with activist groups to develop the list and the new policy. Facebook users will be allowed to list up to ten terms from the list on their profiles. They can also choose to have Facebook refer to them with a gender-neutral pronoun,so, for example, Facebook might send a reminder to congratulate a friend on "their" birthday, instead of "his" or "her" birthday.
Facebook said users can choose who sees their gender identification, and it won't publish a change as a public event. That's helpful because many transgender people worry about negative reactions when they come out publicly, said Herras-Castaneda. "So having those options for sharing the information gives them more power."
Some groups were less enthusiastic. "Facebook is entitled to manage its wildly popular site as it sees fit, but here is the bottom line: it's impossible to deny the biological reality that humanity is divided into two halves, male and female," said Jeff Johnston at the conservative group Focus on the Family.
Transgender advocates hope Facebook's move may change some views. "There's still a lot of education that needs to take place," Herras-Castaneda said.


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FAO Director-General praises Cuba's advances in the fight against hunger
Graziano da Silva meets President Raul Castro
4 May 2013, Havana - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva has acknowledged Cuba's efforts to ensure the food security of its population at a meeting on Friday with President Raul Castro. He invited the President to a ceremony marking the achievement during FAO's governing Conference in Rome next month.
"Cuba is one of the 16 countries of the world which have already reached the 1996 World Food Summit's goal of halving the total number of their undernourished. This was made possible by the priority the government has set on ensuring the right to food and the policies it has implemented," said Graziano da Silva, on his first visit to the island since he took office in January 2012.
Cuba's food security is today similar to that of developed countries, with malnutrition affecting less than 5 per cent of the population. All the countries to have achieved the Summit's goal before the 2015 deadline will receive a certificate recognizing their achievement at a ceremony on June 16 in Rome.
The countries to have reached the goal are: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chile, Cuba, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Peru, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Thailand, Uruguay, Venezuela and Viet Nam.
Eradicating hunger
The next FAO Conference is also set to approve an important change in FAO's Strategic Framework, making its first Strategic Objective no longer the reduction but the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition.
Graziano da Silva noted that former Cuba President Fidel Castro was one of the first to champion that goal, recalling Castro's request during the 1996 World Food Summit - which set the target of halving the number of hungry - for countries to be more courageous.
Support to CELAC
The Director-General's tour of Cuba was agreed during a Summit held between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union in Santiago de Chile in January 2013. On that occasion, Graziano da Silva and the President of Cuba - the country currently holding CELAC presidency - pledged to work together to maintain food safety as a political priority in the region as part of the Latin America and the Caribbean without Hunger 2025 initiative.
In this connection, a FAO mission will soon visit Cuba to discuss and advance the CELAC food security agenda.
Graziano da Silva stressed the importance of ensuring the right to food. "There can be no true development while there are 49 million people suffering from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean," he said.
But at the same time the Director-General said he has witnessed a profound change in the region in recent years: "Before, it was difficult for a government to talk about hunger. However, today we are seeing the birth of a strong political commitment at the highest level for its eradication. This is the first, and most important step, to move forward".
The FAO chief noted that this commitment has been successfully translated into food safety policies, programmes and laws at country level, such as Brazil's Zero Hunger initiative, the Crusade Against Hunger in Mexico and the incorporation of Antigua and Barbuda into the Zero Hunger Challenge, launched by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during the Rio+20 summit.
Graziano da Silva also underlined that this was the first region in the world to commit to the total eradication of hunger through the Latin America and the Caribbean without Hunger 2025 initiative.
During his visit, he also met with First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Vice President Marino Murillo, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez, Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca, Minister of Agriculture Gustavo Rodriguez, and the President of the National Association of Smallholders (ANAP).
Agriculture close to the people
He visited Vivero Alamar, an outer-city agricultural cooperative with185 employees (among them, 45 women and about 60 elderly people). "We brought agriculture to the city, close to the people, with a completely organic production," explained cooperative president Miguel Angel Salcines.
The cooperative sells more than 50 products including vegetables, fruit trees and ornamental plants, and also produces biopesticides and other biological inputs. It has benefited from two FAO Telefood projects.


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1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharppointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties.
2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. He ruler beareth not the sword in vain. (Rom. Xiii. 4) She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. (Dryden)
3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. I came not to send peace, but a sword. (Matt. X. 34)
4. The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. (milton)
5. One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. Sword arm, the right arm. Sword bayonet, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. Sword bearer, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in london who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. Sword belt, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side. Sword blade, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword. Sword cane, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath. Sword dance. A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. Sword fight, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. Sword grass.
A European shrimp (Pasiphaea sivado) having a very thin, compressed body. Sword stick, a sword cane. To measure swords with one. See Measure, To put to the sword. See Put.
Origin: OE. Swerd, AS. Sweord; akin to OFries. Swerd, swird, D. Zwaard, OS. Swerd, OHG. Swert, G. Schwert, Icel. Sver, Sw. Svard, Dan. Svaerd; of uncertain origin.


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A CBS poll portrays the Tea Party movement as white, middle age, and Republican. Not Libertarian, but Republican. If we can believe the poll members of the Tea Party movement favor Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, and even George Bush over Ron Paul. Yes, George Bush, the man who presided over two wars. Even John McCain did better than Ron Paul according to this poll.
If supporters of the Tea Party like George Bush, then they must like the fact he more than doubled the national debt. They must like the idea of invading small defenseless countries and killing more than a million people.
If the Tea Partiers — as the corporate media calls them, which is better than the pornographic "teabaggers" term juvenile anchors on MSNBC and CNN insisted on calling them — love Sarah Palin, then apparently they love the globalist reptile Henry Kissinger.
Remember when Tea Party Sarah said you have to choose between Democrats and Republicans? She meant it. Tea Party Sarah (insert copyright symbol) is sort of like a cowboy on the range. It's her job to round up the doggies and corral them. Get them safely back into the confines of the false right-left paradigm and the One Party system.
Tea Partiers apparently support the idea of bombing Iran. Sarah Palin has given this up-coming venture her blessing and said if Obama was a real man he would commence hostilities immediately.
Glenn Beck? Well, this one is no big surprise. Beck was appointed the unofficial leader of the hijacked and domesticated Tea Party movement in 2009 by Fox News. It is interesting he is included on a list with a bunch of establishment politicos. He is a corporate media disinformation operative, not a politician. Maybe CBS is trying to tell us something?
The November mid-terms should be interesting. If there is any truth to this corporate media poll, supporters of the Tea Party will vote for Republicans.
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How did yours turn out? Did you follow the recipe or try some new additions? What was your take on the sweet crust/savory filling?
70 thoughts on "Tuesday Chatter: Pizza Rustica"
Loved the dough, I want to use it for everything! My pie crusts always shrink up out of my pie plate. Thought the filling was bland, and that there needed to be more prosciutto; it was barely noticeable in all that cheese. And I wonder if there was a typo in the amount of pecorino? The recipe talked about how it added a nice crunch, but really – 1/4 cup amongst 1/4 lb of mozzarella and 1 lb of ricotta, and it didn't register at all.
Love this dough too!
To have the pie crust not shrink, don't stretch the dough whatsoever. Not even the slightest. That's the easiest way I can describe it.
(learned that tip from a french pastry class I took)
I think you left this tip on my blog when my chocolate tart dough shrank. I had much better results this go round. Thanks.
Hi Carmen,
Sorry if I ask, but would you please help me understanding what do you mean with "no stretching"?
When I roll out the dough with the rolling pin, am I not stretching?
Thank you so much for your help
Best regards
What I refer to when I say 'DON"T STRETCH THE DOUGH':
It's at the point where you place the dough into the pie plate that you shouldn't stretch the dough.
As you are place the dough in the plate, this is where the tendency to stretch will occur. DON'T STRETCH IT.
Hope this helps!
Sometimes though it is even useful if it shrinks a bit as it makes easier to get out of the pan. :)))
I agree with you – felt like the prosciutto got lost in the filling and it needed more oomph, but that pie dough!! I want to use it for everything!
I agree on both fronts. Great dough, I was a little worried that I was going to overwork it in the end but it seemed to work out. The filling was utterly bland. It needed much more percorino and more herbs even a spice such as nutmeg.
I agree re the bland filling
I loved this dough too! Will use it in many, many recipes!
The dough was so easy to make and so forgiving! Loved that you didn't need to chill it before using. I followed the recipe and didn't think the dough was so sweet…just right in my opinion. Loved how it tasted in the pizza rustica. Will try using the dough for something sweet…maybe a crostata.
My 20 years old food processor "burned" three months ago and luckily I bought a new one a couple of weeks ago… just in time!
I've never made a pie crust in a food processor and couldn't believe how easy and quickly it has been. Absolutely no mess around! Fantastic!!!
I'll definitely keep this crust recipe to make any other fruity pie (ok, the 100% all purpose flour will be replaced by 50% wholemeat flour and part of the butter will be replaced by yogurth to make it healthier)
To the original recipe I've added spinach, carrots and onions (previously brown).
First I had it warm and didn't feel a great "sweet-savory" difference.
The day after I had it cold and there, the crust was soooo much sweet!
I've liked it – but if I have d to make a decision: "salt to salt" and "sugar to sugar"!…
However I'm always fascinated by new tastes and scents and food combinations!
Looking forward to baking an apricot pie to show to all my friends, how easy it is to make the crust with a food processor …It's like to win the lottery!
Lucky you…enjoy your food processor. I'm due for a new one…waiting till mine decides to croak…then I'll buy one.
I had trouble getting my food processor to work and I realized it is 20 years old! Time to get a new one!
Just put mine in the oven so haven't tasted the flavor yet but I could not get over the beauty of that dough! So easy to knead and roll out. Definitely was easier to make than I was thinking it would be…
I loved the salty/sweet contrast, but thought the ricotta/mozzarella was a little too bland. I put bacon and mushrooms in mine and enjoyed it.
The smell of it upon coming out of the oven was delicious. The dough came out super flaky though it browned a little more around the edges than I would have liked. It was still sweet though I only used a 1/4 cup sugar compared to 1/3. I used sun dried tomatoes and an all beef salami with fresh parsley and basil. It tasted great, though I agree, the amount of Pecorino Romano seemed to be little compared to the mozzarella and ricotta. A little more Pecorino would give it a bit of the saltiness it lacks.
ooo! I want to eat a bite of that crust — looks great!
It is official. I really like this. Honestly, I almost didn't make it. But I can tell you, I *WILL* make it again. I had to do homemade ricotta since we don't have "real" ricotta here. Delicious! Filled it full of spinach and and a dash of nutmeg. It was wonderful! More info on the blog later!
I'm actually making mine tomorrow, but I'm super-excited. I'm actually a cheesemaker in my day job, so I'm pumped to be able to use mozzarella and ricotta that I've made. Thanks to some of the comments here though I think I'll up the amount of pecorino romano a bit.
How cool is that?? you make cheese! Love cheese!! The recipe doesn't call for spices. You may want to add a teaspoon or so to 'kick it up a knotch'…as Emeril Lagasse would say. :)
Where do you sell your cheese? Cool! Can't wait to see your "pizza".
I loved the pie crust recipe. I would like to make it with some good sweet pie fillings!
I loved this Rustica..it was amazing!
I really didn't care for this one…. the sweet did not work with the salty at all for me. I had company over and they all seemed to love it, but it just didn't float my boat *shrugs* It _looked_ pretty, but oh well :)
Overall this was ok for me. I would cut back on the sugar in the dough if I make this again. I don't even put this much sugar in my sweet pie dough. I do like sweet/savory, but I felt like it was a bit out of balance. I could taste the prosciutto and the filling had decent flavor. I did use Prosciutto di Parma (not sure if this would make a difference). I also may have used more than 1/4 cup of Pecorino, I just eyed it.
My husbands comment, and he loves rich, cheesy, sweet foods, "It's good, but I wouldn't necessarily eat it again." Although he may change his mind if I make the dough savory and call it ricotta pie.
Oh, I also used a smoked mozzarella cheese, which may have helped the flavor of the filling a bit. With so few ingredients I went for the best I could get. Whole milk smoked mozzarella, real Pecorino Romano, and real Prosciutto di Parma. I did skimp a bit on the quality of the ricotta.
Ooooh, smoked cheese is a good idea!
We loved this tart!
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I LOVED this recipe. It was so unique, unlike anything I've made or eaten before. My dough was a tiny bit hard to roll out because it needed some water (I added 2 t but should have added more), but I got it into the pie plate okay and the lattice top went well. I think the dough would possibly benefit from being allowed to rest because I noticed the dough for the lattice was easier to work with. I really liked the combination of sweet and salty and thought everything worked together perfectly, it even was super easy to cut and serve and kept it's shape like a champ. Do have to admit that I used shaved, shredded ham (the good kind from the deli) instead of prosciutto because it would have cost $14 to get 4 oz.
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We used our Kitchen Aid mixer instead of the food processor that we do not have. Worked fine, I think. Loved the crust. Loved the filling. We will make this again and play with the ingredients.
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My kids ate the crust and left the filling. They liked the sweetness. I enjoyed it too, and liked how easy it was to work with. I am not a fan of crust normally, so it surprised me. My filling was not bland at all, because of the veggies I added, especially the sundried tomatoes, but I can imagine it would've been a bit bland without some added umph.
We really liked this!
Nick's magic pasta frolla! I followed the recipe as written, with prosciutto and herbs as the features – but this is a great master recipe for many flavor combos — good for experimenting.
Just enjoyed the tart last night at dinner party. I loved the sweet-salty combo and found the filling to be delicious (but I didn't exactly measure the pecorino romano…maybe I had "too much"!).
loved the dough, so easy to make and work with.
I followed the recipe exactly, except used basil instead of parsley and shaved parm instead of the pecorino called for.
I really thought it was tasty, the hubbers thought it was ok, but not really his thing, the little child ate his piece but wasn't crazy about it.
The edges got a little too brown. I tented the edge with foil, but a little too late. We ate it still warm, though it is supposed to be served chilled.
I'm going to make it again for a pot-luck at the end of the month.
I am still not convinced on the sweet dough even though i kept the sugar to one tablespoon. i made mine with spinach, ricotta and feta. and I gave my lattice a milk wash.. helped with the colour i think!!!
my husband figured out how to get rid of a cold-by giving it to me! unfortunately, i had to sit this one out since i have been down for the count. looking forward to the next recipe!


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We popcorn-chomping hitchhikers never know who will pick us up on the roadside. In Flirting with Disaster, it was a neurotic Manhattan adoptee on a nationwide search for his biological parents. The desert-parched heroines of Thelma & Louise brought us along as they raised hell en route to their doom. In Sideways, we toured Napa and Sonoma with a pair of dysfunctional wine-swillers. Bill Murray, the dour old playboy of Broken Flowers, helped us into the car before revisiting old flames in search of an unknown son. Okay. Enough. There's no use recounting Bob Hope's comic travelogues, the dark driftings of the In Cold Blood killers, or the desperadoes who (twice) trucked nitro through the jungles of hell.
Still, moviegoers seized by the old wanderlust may want to have a look at Transamerica -- not least for the fetching peculiarities of its road warriors. Locked together in a battered, puke-green station wagon with 230,000 miles on the odometer, Bree and Toby make for the oddest traveling companions since selfish Charlie Babbitt snatched Rain Man from the asylum. She, which is to say Bree Osbourne, is an overeducated, underachieving Angeleno on the verge of what 21st-century medical science calls "sexual-reassignment surgery." He (played by handsome, versatile kid Kevin Zegers) is a brooding seventeen-year-old gay prostitute runaway, the previously unknown product of what Bree calls her "tragically lesbian encounter" with a woman. Bree, you see, used to be one Stanley Schupak, late of Phoenix, Arizona -- before the recognition-of-true-self and the bottled hormones and the pink-lacquered nails. Dad/mom Bree and confused son Toby are destined to travel together from New York to Phoenix -- every mile of the journey mired in emollient lies, crushing self-doubts, and the occasional gender-bending belly laugh. To say it bluntly, this is an often ungainly collision of true feeling and farce. But let's not go too hard on the maker, first-time writer-director Duncan Tucker, or on his players. In the end, only an ogre would fail to love the movie's two imperfect strivers -- the former "dad" in midlife transition and boy just now finding himself.
Thank heaven -- and the depilatory arts -- for Felicity Huffman, a cavorting stalwart of TV's Desperate Housewives. Deploying an angular horse face, an androgynous contralto, and the caricatured phoniness of a high-toned schoolmarm, Huffman gives a Hoffman-topping performance: the self-conscious sashays and actorish application of mascara in Tootsie have nothing on Felicity's brave, hard work here. "I try to blend in, keep a low profile," her uncertain trans-American reports; but when an observant eight-year-old in a diner asks Bree/Stanley where she's at in the genitals department, she's comically devastated. Filmmaker Tucker may not have his hand firmly on the switch in terms of dramatic logic (for one thing, can streetwise Toby really be this much of a dolt when it comes to identity stealth?), but there's something so real and touching in Bree's yearning for selfhood, and in her attempts to connect with her son, that we cannot but marvel at Huffman's skill. Lovely Charlize Theron, inflated to two hundred snarling pounds or with mine soot on her face, represents one kind of transformation; Huffman, in the agony of he-struggling-to-become-she, is quite another. I don't know what kind of casting call Tucker put out before choosing his star (Men? Women? Others?), but no one can fault him now: The sexual mix-and-match that drives Transamerica has authentic heart.
As for road-movie conventions, you'll find little new here, aside from the gender-joke and gender-trauma elements. We visit the lost son's scrappy hometown (a psychosexual disaster involving an abusive father), put up for the night in Texas with a houseful of fellow transsexuals (intermittently funny, but hopelessly instructive), go skinny-dipping with a pot-addled car thief, and run into a very cool Native American in New Mexico (the estimable Graham Greene), who becomes inexplicably smitten with our soon-to-be-heroine. Inevitably, we also visit Bree's tragically middle-class parents (Fionnula Flanagan and Burt Young), who have predictable trouble with their son's transformation. Blowsy, loud, and bottle-blonde, Flanagan's overwrought mom is particularly cartoonish, and the film loses a lot of momentum in the wake of her hysteria.
Oh, well. Even before Bree declares that "My body may be a work in progress, but there's nothing wrong with my soul," Transamerica has presented its credentials, more or less, as a Contemporary Comedy-Drama Dealing with Cutting-Edge Subject Matter. You might feel constrained when it comes to a standing ovation, but there's certainly enough substance and yuk here to go along for the ride. When Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis set out from Chicago in drag, they could scarcely have imagined what variations on the theme would, in time, come to the movies. But they would probably have a pretty good time here too. As for Felicity Huffman, simply sit back, watch, and marvel.
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One of the features of the new iPad that Apple brags about is the new camera. The FaceTime front-facing camera is still a poor quality VGA camera, but the rear camera has been upgraded to a 5 megapixel iSight camera with a f/2.4 lens and 1080p video-recording capabilities. Although it's not as good as the iPhone 4S' 8 megapixel camera, it's still a huge improvement from the poor camera featured on the iPad 2.
The first thing I found interesting is that even though both the new iPad and the iPad 2 have a VGA front facing camera, it was clear that the new iPad has a better sensor because the image looked a lot brighter. What didn't come as surprise was how much better the rear facing camera was on the new iPad.
I recommend watching the above video in full screen so that you can really see the difference between the two video cameras. One thing I noticed is that when recording video, the new iPad has a tighter (closer) crop than the iPad 2, but when taking still photos, the new iPad has wider crop than the iPad 2.
Speaking of images, the iPad's new lens blow's the iPad 2's VGA lens out of the water. The iPad 2 produces dull, grainy images and the new iPad actually takes some pretty nice photos. No, they aren't quite as good as the iPhone 4S, but I'd venture to say that they're better than the iPhone 4 -- although, I haven't officially done any head-to-head tests.
Here's a couple examples that show just how much better the new iPad is at taking taking photos. In each pair, the photo on the right is taken with the new iPad and the photo on the left is with the iPad 2. (Click the images to see larger versions).
The first photo really shows how much more detail the new iPad picks of up in its images. Look at the trees and grass -- the iPad 2's version look blurry and pixelated.
This next one demonstrates that the new iPad produces much better bokeh (out of focus area), and has a shallower depth of field. This is why in the new iPad's version, the flowers really seem to pop.
No words are needed to describe this next pair. Just look at how dull and boring the iPad 2's image looks. Gross.
So I think the video and images speak for themselves -- the new iPad's camera is a huge improvement over its predecessor. But the real question is -- will the improved camera actually give you the confidence to walk around taking photos with a big ol' iPad?
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OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to announce a "significant" reorientation of research funding on Thursday to pay for test-driving leading-edge ideas to confront some of the most problematic areas in aboriginal health.
Government sources tell The Canadian Press that the funding will focus on obesity and diabetes, tuberculosis, oral health and suicide prevention in aboriginal communities.
The funding has not been announced before, but it is not fresh new money. It will come from the existing budget of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and spread over 10 years, sources say.
CIHR has a $30-million envelope for aboriginal health, but it was not immediately clear how much of that would be redirected towards the new initiative.
What is clear: ivory tower researchers who simply want to add their insight to piles of existing research need not apply.
Funding will only be granted to researchers who have buy-in from aboriginal communities to take some of the existing research and apply it on a small scale to see how well it works.
Rates of diabetes, TB and suicide are far, far higher among aboriginals than in other Canadian communities. The suicide rate, for example, is more than double that of other Canadians, and much higher than that in some areas.
Studies on the problems are ample, but workable solutions with solid results are not.
The announcement will come from Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq in Iqaluit and Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan in Ottawa.
Aglukkaq has been under persistent fire in her Nunavut riding as well as in Ottawa for her harsh treatment of a United Nations food envoy who pointed to profound hunger issues in aboriginal communities. She took the envoy, Olivier De Schutter, to task for making recommendations on hunger in the North without visiting the region.
By contrast, Thursday's announcement will stress the need for researchers to be closely connected to aboriginal communities, sources say.
Aboriginal groups have also raised the alarm about federal funding cuts to the National Aboriginal Health Organization, which funded and carried out research on First Nations, Inuit and Metis people.
The government has argued that NAHO was not functioning properly, and was only a small portion of the funding Ottawa spends on improving aboriginal health outcomes, but critics say Ottawa has been ignoring aboriginal health research.
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Drug or treat? Taubes headlines 'sugar busting' event
Charlottesville City School Board candidate Ivana Kadija hasn't been quiet about her mission: restricting sugar in schools. In an event tonight dubbed "The Case Against Sugar," Kadija's bringing in an anti-sugar big-gun: Gary Taubes, bestselling author of Why We Get Fat: And What to do About It and Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health.
Taubes has spent the past decade researching the implications of sugar and believes its massive overabundance in the American diet is at the root of the obesity epidemic and accompanying diseases including diabetes and hypertension. A correspondent for Science Magazine, Taubes has written extensively for the New York Times and is the only three-time recipient of the Science in Society Journalism Award of the National Association of Science Writers.
Following Taubes presentation, a panel discussion moderated by this reporter and an audience Q&A will take place featuring, in addition to Taubes, local family physician Dr. Gregory Gelburd; UVA Associate Research Director Dr. Matthew Trowbridge, who sits on the Advisory Board of the National Policy & Legal Analysis Network (NPLAN) to Prevent Childhood Obesity; Dr. Barbara Stitt, Ph.D., author of Food and Behavior; Nutritional Guidelines for Correcting Behavior; and Dr. Wendy Lynch, UVa Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences.
Kadija, whose for-profit wellness consulting business is sponsoring the event, says representatives from the City Schools and the local Community Action on Obesity taskforce were invited to participate, but declined. The Hook's calls to those agencies were not immediately returned.
"The Case Against Sugar" will be held in the St. Anne's Learning Village Auditorium, 799 Faulconer Drive on September 26 from 7:30-9:30pm. Free.
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I so wanted to be there tonight! Especially after the sugar-and-children research released on NPR and, apparently, every other major news organization today. Alas, have been paying attention to my own child's schedule and couldn't do it.
I'm disappointed with CCS for declining the invitation. CCS has disappointed me before and will doubtless do it again: all things to all people not being possible. But surely we can all get behind the idea that sugar-laced ground beef shouldn't be part of a school lunch. I know full well that there is a tremendous game of twister going on in every public school department: 'this' money for 'these' things only --- a dozen times over given grants and various imperatives from federal-department-this and state-department-that. I know it's hard. So is being a parent and I know I need to say certain unpopular 'nos' that cost me and my child. The cost is, if I find the right path, felt today and not long-term. I will and do err. So will CCS, but if CCS doesn't even show up to talk about it...well, I'm disappointed. CCS should show up and should explain why it's hard, so we have an opportunity to go to bat for them. If they don't show up, they'll always lose. And so will our children.
As the only three-time recipient of the Science in Society Journalism Award, Mr. Taubes provides a good example of the power of activism journalism. On the subject of advocacy journalism, Bob Gibson, Executive Director of the University of Virginia's Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, recently said: "Advocacy journalism can be a very valuable thing: people with a cause, people who want to change the world, people who want to take the country in a different direction. And there is more of that. There are more organizations that are doing long-term investigative reporting and generally they do buy into advocacy journalism. There are others that are forming that are taking the traditional tact of pursuing the truth wherever it leads, without a preordained direction, and we tend to trust those, I think, a little bit more because they have a track record—the good ones—of being balanced." (Gibson appeared on the Charlottesville, VA, politics interview program Politics Matters with host and producer Jan Madeleine Paynter discussing journalism http://bit.ly/pm-gibson)


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October 15, 2008
Today, the Pentagon announced that American troops had killed Abu Qaswarah, the No. 2 leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, in a raid in Mosul. U.S. military officials hailed the death of Qaswarah, also known as Abu Sara, as "a major disruption to the terror network, particularly in northern Iraq," according to the AP.
However, this is at least the third time that U.S. officials have announced the capture/killing of a "No. 2″ leader of al Qaeda in Iraq in the past few years. On each occasion — including when they killed the No. 1 leader — they similarly hailed it as a major victory:
Sept. 2005: U.S. and Iraqi officials announce that they killed al Qaeda in Iraq's No. 2 leader — Abdallah Najim Abdallah Mohammed al-Juwari, known as Abu Azzam. A spokesman for Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said that Azzam's death was a "painful blow" to al Qaeda.
June 2006: U.S. and Iraqi officials announce that they have killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the No. 1 leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. President Bush called his death a "severe blow" to the terrorist group.
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Sept. 2006: Iraqi authorities capture Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, al Qaeda in Iraq's No. 2 leader. Iraqi national security adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie said that the arrest left the terrorist organization suffering a "serious leadership crisis." "Our troops have dealt fatal and painful blows to this organization," he added.
Al Qaeda continues to remain resilient in the face of these attacks from the U.S. military, who are trying to undo a situation created by Bush's invasion. No matter how many times troops kill top leaders, new ones emerge, because the insurgency continues to be, in part, fueled by the U.S. occupation. As counterterrorism analyst Evan Kohlmann said in 2005, "If I had a nickel for every No. 2 and Nov. 3 they've arrested or killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, I'd be a millionaire." Similarly, the AP wrote in March:
Al-Qaida is in Iraq to stay. It's not a conclusion the White House talks about much when denouncing the shadowy group. […]
The militants are weakened, battered, perhaps even desperate, by most U.S. accounts. But far from being "routed," as Defense Secretary Robert Gates claimed last month, they're still there, still deadly active and likely to remain far into the future, military and other officials told The Associated Press.
Meanwhile, as the U.S. military continues to focus so much attention on al Qaeda in Iraq, Afghanistan is falling into a downward spiral.
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Thunder's Westbrook has testy exchange with reporter after Game 4 loss to Rockets
Thunder guard Russell Westbrook went on a rant defending his teammates after Sunday's 113-109 loss to the Houston Rockets.
Thunder center Steven Adams was asked about the issue, and Westbrook interrupted .
"Hold on Steven," Westbrook said. "I don't want nobody to try and split us up. We're all one team. If I go to the bench and Steven's on the floor and I'm off the floor, we're in this together. Don't split us up. Don't try and split us up. Don't try to make us go against each other or make it Russell and the rest of the guys. Russell against Houston. I don't want to hear that. We're in this together. We play as a team. That's all that matters."
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On Monday, October 28, Clemson's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee held its annual Schilletter Night event at the Schilletter dining hall on the Clemson campus. The event is one way that SAAC says thank you to the Clemson student population for showing support to the Tiger teams throughout the year.
Each SAAC representative recruited his or her teammates to help prepare and serve dinner in shifts, so that as many student-athletes as possible were on hand to meet and greet the Clemson students. Student-athletes from nearly all of Clemson's teams participated in the event. Members of the men's and women's basketball teams were on hand to promote their upcoming seasons, while the Lady Tiger coaching staff also assisted in the meal preparations.
The annual event is always a highlight for the Clemson students, student-athletes and the Schilletter dining hall staff. The student-athletes see the event as an opportunity to let their fellow students know they are appreciative of the support they provide to the athletic teams, and to encourage them to continue attending their games throughout the year.
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Colt McCoy, Sam Bradford and The Exhalted One will be in New York City this weekend to eat fancy steaks, take one of those lame bus tours, and try hard not to mention the name "O.J. Simpson." Of course, there will be one young quarterback who won't be joining the Holy Trinity on their victory tour.
Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell was a key part of the Big 12 passing orgy that dominated college football's storylines this season, but he has not been invited to Heisman Trophy presentation ceremony on Saturday. I guess the
Downtown Athletic ClubSports Museum of America is worried that they'll run out of chairs.
Obviously, no one expects him to win and the committee has invited as few as three and as many as six finalists in past years. But it seems like he's earned the right to at least get a free trip to New York and pretend-clap while some other jerk wins a stupid trophy that he didn't want anyway. Don't you agree, Mike Leach?
"If Graham is not invited to the Heisman, they ought to quit giving out the award," he said in a statement. "It is a shameless example of politics ruling over performance."
Leach then hocked a loogie into a spittoon and shoved a half-empty bottle of whiskey into his saddlebag before storming off to find a poker game. He was a little upset.
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