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One thing you can say with some certainty about Fran Lebowitz is that, above all else, she is fantastic company. She may have stopped writing decades ago and she may be known more now for her photos popping up in pretty much every issue of Vanity Fair at whatever gala Graydon Carter invited her to than for anything else, but her wit is enduring and it has kept her around even as her writing career has mummified into something from another era. She has fallen into a trap common to the aesthete. Her cultural criticism is so sharp that it has rendered her ability to capture it pointless because it will never live up to her own expectations. She won't write much but she will talk, and talk is what Public Speaking, Martin Scorsese's documentary about her, has in spades. It is so pleasurable to listen to this woman talk. She sizes up what's wrong with so many aspects of contemporary American life, whether it's the cultural homogenization of New York or her mystification over how gay rights has become a battle over an institution she can't imagine why anyone would insist on joining.
Lebowitz can be brutal in her criticism but she isn't cruel. Perhaps this is owed to how self deprecating she is. She occupies a place on a very small stage of public intellectuals in America —the ones who might actually get booked for a spot on Letterman. But I don't think she has much in common with people like Christopher Hitchens or Camille Paglia. She doesn't go for the jugular like they do. This is not to say that she can't be provocative. One of the most interesting things she has to say is that the first generation of gay men whom we lost to AIDS was superior to the gay men who survived them because it was the ones who died who were "getting laid" and living life to the fullest. It's an odd but poignant eulogy.Continue Reading


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I was first bitten by the astrology bug in the 6th grade.
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I eagerly absorbed a book on astrology, like I did with every new subject I came across. (UFOs and Bigfoot were big then too). How simple and clear cut it all seemed! All of humanity could be divvied up into 12 trouble-free houses, all dictated by birth date. All triumphs and tribulations could be attributed to the heavens. After all, as the book stated, If plants grown in different seasons are dissimilar, then why not people? [Read more...]


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The A's lefthander took exception a few weeks ago when A-Rod ran across the mound, a violation of one of a thousand unwritten rules in baseball that remain unwritten for the simple reason that they're stupid. And we're still talking about it.
CSN Bay Area's Mychael Urban spoke with Braden on Wednesday and again raised the issue, though as Seth Curry Saves Duke! points out, it's a bit more accurate to say he sat down with Braden and stuffed a bunch of Clubber Lang quotes in his mouth:
Mychael Urban: What people do want to see is what's in your head regarding Alex Rodriguez. I was on the air the day it happened, and I said, "I just fell in love with Dallas all over again." I pitched in college; if somebody did that to me I would have done the exact same thing. After the game, when you said, "If he does it again, there's going to be repercussions..." I don't want to put words in your mouth, but I said, "Where Dallas comes from, the 209, they don't settle things with message pitches, they settle them with knuckles." Is that what you were talking about?
Dallas Braden: Well, I mean that's pretty much the long and the short of it. You know, on a serious note, obviously there's things that are going to have to happen — just out of respect for my teammates, out of respect for the game. I think he's probably garnered a new respect for the unwritten rules, and people who hold them close to their game. But yeah I think you're right — we don't do much talking in the 209.
The 209 refers to Stockton, Calif., of which Dallas Braden is a native. In the 209, you respect a neatly groomed pile of dirt. In the 209, you do not go stepping across a neatly groomed pile of dirt unless you want someone with a mustache tattooed on his finger to respond with vaguely menacing telephonic shorthand in a comic attempt to make Stockton sound more like Compton. That's just how the 209 rolls, brah.
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'Eating Italy': Chef Jeff Michaud's three years in northern Italy
Eating Italy is equal parts cookbook, love story and travel inspiration. Chef Jeff Michaud tells tales of white truffles in Alba, licorice gelato in Manarola, hay-roasted lamb in Piedmont, and corzetti (a type of fresh pasta) in Liguria.
The James Beard Award-winning chef offers a window not just into northern Italian food, but its role in daily life in his first book Eating Italy: A Chef's Culinary Adventure (Running Press, 2013; with David Joachim). Michaud documents three years spent in Italy, during which his work ran the gamut from butcher's apprentice to his first executive chef position at Locanda del Biancospino in Leffe, Lombardy.
His first stop was the town of Paladina, Lombardy; 5 km northwest of Bergamo and 45 km northeast of Milan where he apprenticed at Mangili, a family-run butcher shop. During those five months, a brother-in-law in the Mangili family taught him everything he knew about butchering and farming, and other members of the family took him to agricultural fairs where they showed their cattle. He describes the fairs as similar to American county fairs, save the attire. No overalls in Italy; the farmers were decked out in Gucci.
As Michaud explains in the book, cattle farming is integral to Lombardy's economy, and likewise beef to northern Italian cuisine. Experiencing farm to table firsthand gave him a new respect for the food of the region. "When I cooked, I was no longer just grilling a rib-eye steak. I was grilling a rib-eye steak from the local Fassone breed of cattle that was raised and butchered by someone I knew and respected," he writes. "Seeing the love and care that went into preparing the food made every bite taste better somehow. And it made me curious to learn even more."
Michaud went to Italy to learn more about the Italian approach to food, initially planning to stay for a year. He became deeply immersed in Italian culture when he met his future wife, Claudia, while working as a stage (unpaid intern) at the Michelin-starred Frosio in Almè, Bergamo. He shares the trips they took together and the food they ate – bagna cauda (warm dip), veal tartare and tajarin (egg dough pasta) in Alba, farinata (chickpea flatbread) in Vernazza, and stuffed focaccia in Bergeggi, to name but a few. The book follows their relationship – from meeting over a tasting menu to their first romantic getaway in Cinque Terre, and finally to Trescore Balneario, where they were married.
Each of the 12 chapters in Eating Italy is devoted to a town or village, and the recipes that originated there – whether directly or indirectly. "They're all inspirations from places that I went to or people that I've worked for, or restaurants that I ate at or gatherings that we had with my wife's family," Michaud says in an interview from Philadelphia, where he is chef and co-owner at Osteria, Amis and Alla Spina, and a partner of the Vetri Restaurant Group.
For Michaud, the appeal of Italian food lies in its simplicity. "It's about very few ingredients per dish, and the quality of ingredients that you use," he says. "One of the recipes in the book, and one that has been on the menu [at Osteria] since we opened, is polenta and rabbit [Rabbit Alla Casalinga]. It was taught to me by my wife's grandmother. She raised and killed the rabbits herself, and the polenta was stone-ground from a mill that was about half an hour from the house; it was just beautiful."
For the cook and the traveller, Michaud makes it easy to experience northern Italy's culinary highlights by listing his sources in Eating Italy. Equipment and produce purveyors, as well as the restaurants, bars, markets, shops, hotels and inns that he mentions in the book are all included. And if you didn't want to attend Salone del Gusto (a biannual slow food festival held in Turin) before, Michaud's description of the gustatory delights will certainly have you contemplating a trip.
Recipes reprinted with permission from EATING ITALY © 2013 by Jeff Michaud with David Joachim, Running Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
Blood Orange Crostata with Bitter Chocolate
Crostatas aren't just for dessert. Italians will wake up and have some with a cup of morning coffee. The crust is the most important part; hence the name. It has to be somewhat thicker than a normal tart shell and stay on the softer side. I use cake flour because it stays tender, and I add a little baking powder for puff. Toasted and ground hazelnuts add incredible richness and flavour. I usually fit the dough into a 9-inch (23-cm) square tart pan with a removable bottom, but you could use a 10 or 11-inch (25 or 28-cm) round tart pan. My favorite filling is blood oranges. In the winter, I make a reddish-orange marmalade with them, and then I use the marmalade all spring long. Serve the crostata warm or at room temperature. A little chocolate sauce makes it irresistible for dessert or for breakfast.
Blood Orange Marmalade:
6 pounds (2.75 kg) blood oranges (about 16)
1⁄4 cup (60 ml) freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon (4.5 g) unsalted butter
5 cups (1 kg) granulated sugar
2 1⁄2 teaspoons (11.75 g) powdered pectin
Linzer Dough:
1 pound (4 sticks/450 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1⁄2 cups (300 g) granulated sugar
1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
2 large eggs, divided
4 1⁄4 cups (582 g) cake flour
2 1⁄2 ounces (1/2 cup/71 g) finely crushed vanilla wafer cookie crumbs
1 tablespoon (8 g) ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons (9 g) baking powder
8 ounces (227 g) hazelnuts, toasted and ground (about 2 cups)
To Serve:
2 cups (475 ml) Bitter Chocolate Sauce*
Confectioners' sugar for garnish
For the marmalade: Cut the rind from each orange, following the contour of the fruit and trying to cut as little of the flesh as possible. Working over a large saucepan, make V-shaped cuts around each segment, releasing the segments from the surrounding membranes and dropping the segments into the pan (this is called supreming the fruit); squeeze the membranes to release the juice. You should have about 6 cups (1.5 L) of orange segments and juice. Add the lemon juice and butter and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Whisk together the sugar and pectin and stir the mixture into the pan. Bring to a boil and cook until the mixture reaches 217°F (103°C) on a candy thermometer, 20 to 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let cool in the pan until ready to use or refrigerate for up to 1 week. You should have about 3 1⁄2 cups (875 ml) of marmalade.
For the Linzer dough: Cream the butter, sugar, and vanilla in a stand mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Switch to low speed and add one of the eggs. Sift together the cake flour, cookie crumbs, cinnamon, and baking powder and add to the dough. Mix until incorporated, then add the ground hazelnuts and mix just until incorporated. Divide the dough in half and scrape each half onto a sheet of plastic wrap. Seal the dough in the plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to 2 days.
Let the dough sit at room temperature for a few minutes so it is soft enough to roll. Roll half of the dough on a lightly floured surface to a circle about 12 inches (30 cm) in diameter and 1⁄4 inch (6 mm) thick. Carefully fold the dough over the rolling pin and transfer it to a 9-inch (23-cm) square or 10-inch (25-cm) round tart pan with a removable bottom. Unfold the dough and fit it into the pan without stretching the dough. The dough will be delicate and crumbly; patch any tears or holes with pieces of dough from the edge. Trim the dough so that it sits flush with the top of the tart pan.
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Fill the tart shell three-quarters full with the marmalade; save any remaining marmalade for another use. Roll the remaining half of the dough on lightly floured parchment to about 1⁄4 inch (6 mm) thick and 3 inches (7.5 cm) larger than the dimensions of your pan. Cut twelve to fourteen strips of dough, each 1⁄2 to 3⁄4 inch (13 to 19 mm) wide, preferably with a fluted cutter. Slide half of the strips to a floured cookie sheet, arranging them in parallel bars on the sheet with 1⁄2 to 3⁄4 inch (12 to 19 mm) between each strip. Carefully fold back every other strip half way. Insert a new strip at the center perpendicular to the parallel strips. Reposition the folded strips back over the new strip. Next, fold back the alternate parallel strips and insert another perpendicular strip next to the first one. Then reposition the folded strips back over the new strip. Continue until they reach the outer edge of the strips. Then, turn the crust and repeat the process on the other half, working from the center toward the edge. Carefully slide the lattice over the filling. The dough will be crumbly; if any of the strips break, seal them back together with your fingers. Trim the excess dough from the tart and pinch together the edges of dough around the perimeter of the tart to seal. Beat the remaining egg with 1 teaspoon (5 ml) of water and brush all over the dough, sealing any cracks. Bake until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool before slicing into wedges.
To serve: gently heat the chocolate sauce just until pourable and spoon a pool of sauce off center on each plate. Top with a slice of crostata, positioning the front corner over the sauce. Garnish with confectioners' sugar.
* Bitter Chocolate Sauce
Makes about 5 cups (1.25 L)
1 1⁄2 cups (300 g) granulated sugar
1/3 cup (90 ml) glucose syrup or light corn syrup
1 1/3 cups (115 g) unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 pound (450 g) bittersweet chocolate (about 58 per cent cacao), melted
Bring the sugar, glucose syrup, and 2 cups (475 ml) of water to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Put the cocoa powder in a large heatproof bowl and whisk in about 1/2 cup (120 ml) of the hot sugar syrup to make a smooth paste. Whisk in the remaining sugar syrup until smooth. For a supersilky texture, strain through a fine-mesh sieve. The sauce can be covered and refrigerated for up to 2 weeks before using. Reheat gently over low heat.
Halibut al Cartoccio with Ligurian Olives and Oregano
Al cartoccio is the Italian equivalent of French cooking en papillote, or in parchment paper. It's one of my favorite ways to cook fish because it's gentle, like a combination of steaming and poaching. Just be sure to pick a fish that's tender enough to cook all the way through in five to ten minutes. A dense fish, such as mako shark, wouldn't work so well, but halibut is perfect. I serve the cartoccio with some fingerling potatoes on the side and have guests slit open their own packages. Each package comes to the table like a gift from the kitchen. You open the paper and a burst of steamy aroma bathes you in the scents of the Italian Riviera…fresh lemon, olives, and oregano.
8 fingerling potatoes, scrubbed
4 teaspoons (20 ml) grapeseed or olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 teaspoons (5 g) unsalted butter
4 teaspoons (1 g) chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1⁄4 cup (60 ml) olive oil, plus a little extra for drizzling
1 1⁄2 pounds (680 g) halibut fillets, cut into 4 pieces
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
12 pitted Ligurian or Niçoise olives, halved lengthwise
24 fresh oregano leaves
12 thin slices of lemon
1⁄4 cup (60 ml) freshly squeezed lemon juice
3 tablespoons (42 g) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
For the potatoes: Put the potatoes in a pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat and boil until the potatoes are tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Let the potatoes cool until warm, then cut in half lengthwise.
Heat the grapeseed oil in a sauté pan over medium-high heat and fry the potatoes, cut-side down, until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain any excess oil, then season the potatoes with salt and pepper and toss with the butter and chopped parsley.
For the halibut: Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 450°F (230°C). Cut four 10-inch (25 cm) squares of parchment paper and grease each with a thin film of olive oil. Season the halibut all over with salt and pepper, then divide them among the parchment squares. Mix together the olives, oregano, and 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of the olive oil and arrange over the halibut. Overlap two to three lemon slices on each portion, then drizzle with the lemon juice. Divide the cut-up butter among the portions, scattering it over the lemons, and drizzle with the remaining 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of olive oil.
To make each package, fold the parchment corner to corner over the fish to make a triangle. You'll have to nudge the fish slightly off center to make the corners meet. Starting at one of the other corners, begin rolling the paper toward the fish; continue making a series of small double folds all the way around the fish until you reach the opposite corner and the paper is folded tight against the fish. Twist the final corner several times to seal it tight, then fold it under the paper package.
Put the packages on a large rimmed baking sheet and drizzle each with a little olive oil. Bake until the fish is about 120°F (49°C) on an instant-read thermometer stuck through one of the packages, 5 to 7 minutes.
Using a spatula, transfer each cartoccio to a plate. Slit open the package, arrange the potatoes around the fish, and serve immediately.


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Ah, the price we pay when trying to catch up ! Well, I will just pretend that I am not behind at all, of course I am only wishing that I had been more consistent in my blogging. This year just came and went and I do know where and how, so no regrets there. Last time I posted was in early spring when I was butchering an heirloom pig. Well there was another pig this summer ( a Red Wattle this time) and its Prosciutto is already looking good. To that we can add the fact that my friends Ken and Barbara just finished crushing Chardonnay and Old Vines Zin grapes so 2013 is already looking good. I will also do a fund raising dinner called "Save the grapes " to purchase netting to protect the vines against the birds who have become a real problem and make the bringing of grapes to maturity almost impossible. Looking at Ken sitting helplessly watching the birds dive bombing on his grapes was heartbreaking as he works tirelessly on his vines and has been at it for seven years and let's not forget the blistering Texas heat.
Now these are good looking Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from Lungavista Vineyards so when it comes down to it, the birds can fend for themselves on other things. Let's see what else happened this year; I travelled to South Korea for the World Chef's Congress where 75 Chefs got sick from the food ! Me included, now I have heard all the jokes but it was not funny and I'll spare you the details , needless to say it was not worth the investment . Also had a great serie of cooking classes well attended till the end as the location ceased to exist because of horrendous rent. My teachings have been on hold since July when I start devoting 100% of my time to my EWMCS culinary team training and getting ready for the IKA Culinary Olympics where we competed in early October and won a bronze medal. It was the fruit of seven long months of meetings, testings, tryouts, long commutes and basically put our normal lives on hold for months. Was it worth it ? ABSOLUTELY ! The experience, the pride, the honors and the accomplishment itself were hard to imagine but we all pulled through and apply the true meaning of the word TEAM. Can't wait for our wrap up dinner this week.
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The Giants Infield: A Lovely Mess (Pre-Renteria)
Unless you are an intense
San Francisco baseball fan, or a just a crazy baseball super-fan, then you will
not recognize even half of the players above.
So here is who they are with the positions that they are capable of
playing adequately in the major leagues in parentheses: (starting with the
upper left, and going clockwise):
Brian Bocock
Burriss (SS, 2B)
Kevin Frandsen
Gillaspie (3B)
Ryan Rohlinger
Eugenio Velez
Ivan Ochoa
Pablo Sandoval
So what's the point of
this long list? The main point is to show the many choices facing the Giants in selecting a starting second baseman, third baseman, and shortstop in
2009. Another important issue is who
deserves the title of "[insert infield position] of the future." So, let's just go through all of the young
players in the Giants organization who can play the infield. With all but one of the players capable of
playing multiple positions, it could get a bit confusing…
Brian Bocock Age: 24 Positions: SS, 2B
The only reason I talk
about Bocock is because he was the Opening Day shortstop for this team. And the only reason he got to hold that
honor is 1) Omar Vizquel got injured and 2) the Giants had nobody else. If everything went according to plan, Bocock
probably would have spent all of last year at San Jose (A+) or Connecticut
(AA). Unfortunately Bocock was rushed
(a lot) to the bigs and, as you might have guessed, he struggled mightily.
After Vizquel came back, he was sent
down. And then, typical of struggling
player, Bocock got injured and missed much of the year. Bocock only projects to be a utility
infielder and pinch runner. Although
his 2008 can't be taken seriously because he was rushed so much, Bocock
doesn't deserve to be considered as the shortstop or second baseman of the
future for the Giants.
Manny Burriss Age: 24 Positions:
I try not to be biased on
this blog, but Manny is one of my favorite players. He's extremely friendly to fans and is the first D.C. public high
school product to be drafted and make it to the majors in 38 years. All bias aside though, Burriss is the
Giants shortstop of the future.
being promoted through the minor leagues at an astonishing rate, he somehow hit
well in the majors this year. How fast
was Burriss rushed? He had a .237 OBP
and .417 OPS in Class A Advanced last year (139 AB), and yet the Giants decided
he should skip Double-A. Then,
they called him to the majors after he only played 14 games in Triple-A
with a .281 OBP. Does the fact he
struggled in the minors make it a more likely scenario that he will have a
sophomore slump? Yeah, probably. But what else can you do? 240 at-bats are enough to show whether or
not a player is ready for The Show.
Even if Burriss struggles, he has the talent to be considered the
shortstop in San Francisco for a long time.
Kevin Frandsen Age: 26 Positions: 3B, 2B
Kevin Frandsen (the guy
who hit the BP ball that smacked
Barry Bonds in the head) just needs to stay healthy. He's crushed AAA pitching, but never can play consistently in the
majors. If you pick up all of his big
league games combined, his numbers are not that impressive. But, considering how he handled the minors,
Frandsen should be given the opportunity to start every day at third base in
2009. It would be hypocritical for the
Giants to mistreat Frandsen, a true "gamer", when playing hard everyday for 162
games is part of the Giants marketing theme. In fact, the Giants front office has
released a whole series of commercials asking players what defines a
gamer. He also had a .392 OBP in the
Arizona Fall League for what's it worth.
(FYI, he was the oldest player there)
Connor Gillaspie Age: 21 Positions: 3B
Like Bocock, the only
reason Gillaspie is being mentioned in this list is because the Giants rushed
him and he was playing way out of his league (although, to his credit, he had
.429 OBP in 8 games.) Simply put,
Gillaspie doesn't stand a chance to be the Giants' third baseman next year. However, with a good year in San Jose (A+)
or Connecticut (AA), he is likely to, at some point, move Frandsen into a
super-utility role and earn the honor of the title "third baseman of the
future." It will be interesting to see
what Gillaspie does next year on the farm, but he will have to prove he is more
valuable than Kevin Frandsen or Ryan Rohlinger. Expectations will be high, as he was drafted 37th
overall this year.
Ryan Rohlinger Age: 25 Positions: 3B, 2B
Rohlinger could be ready
for the big leagues right now, but the problem is that: 1) he hasn't proven
himself at AAA, and 2) he's hardly played second base in his career. With Burriss starting at short, and Frandsen
at third, Rohlinger will have to adjust to second base if he wants to start
next year for San Francisco. But since
the Giants have other second base options that have already proven themselves
at Triple-A, I'd let Rohlinger start the season in Fresno to learn second base
and of course see how well he will hit.
Rohlinger may end up being a utility player next year, but then again,
so could the other second base options like Frandsen, Velez, or Ochoa. Let's just say Rohlinger lights it up in
Triple-A Fresno to start the year but Frandsen is doing well in the majors as
well. In that case Frandsen could move
over to second base (and kick out Velez or Ochoa), and Rohlinger would be able
to play his natural position at third.
As a general matter, Rohlinger's future depends a lot on what the
players ahead of him do, since he isn't quite as advanced as the rest (besides
Eugenio Velez Age: 26 Positions: LF, 2B
Velez is an interesting
player. This year in Fresno, he was one
of the best leadoff men in the Pacific Coast League (.881 OPS, 42 games). But when Velez played for the Giants, he
flat out stunk, even with a good September (.367 OBP). Playing in San Fran, Velez will always have
someone right behind to take over if he slumps. He is at the age (26) where he needs to put together a good full
season in the majors or forever be considered a career utility man and pinch
runner. Personally, my prediction for
Velez would be just that, a utility guy (he plays infield and outfield), and a
super-fast guy off the bench. Bruce
Bochy should give Velez the starting job at second base next year, but I truly
doubt Velez will be good enough to stop Ivan Ochoa or Ryan Rohlinger from
getting some time at 2B.
Velez will
give S.F. his 50 stolen bases and four home runs a season, but the question is
whether he's a .310 or .350 on-base guy.
I'd guess somewhere in the middle, but I'm not sure that is good enough.
Ivan Ochoa Age: 26 Positions: SS, 2B
Ivan Ochoa's season was
very simple. He crushed in Triple-A,
and got crushed in the majors.
Is it worth giving him another shot?
Of course! He's only 26 years
old and it was his rookie season after all.
But, I wouldn't expect him to put up anything close to his numbers in
Fresno. I don't think playing in the
hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League was the entire reason Ochoa's power
suddenly flew up, but it's worth noting that Ochoa's slugging percentage never
was above .339 before hitting in the PCL.
He most likely projects to be a back up in the major leagues, but he's
shown he can slug. He plays both middle
infield positions, but has spent more time at short on the farm. A key indicator of Ochoa's future/career
will be where the Giants send him out of Spring Training next year. Here are his options:
Option 1 (Likely): Giants
utility infielder – The worst-case scenario for his career. This means Bruce Bochy and Brian Sabean see
Ochoa's future as nothing more than as a utility player.
Option 2 (Possible):
Fresno's starting shortstop – The Giants think highly enough of Ochoa to let
him get regular at-bats and only call him up if he can get significant playing
Option 3 (Unlikely):
Giants' starting second baseman – The Giants really think highly of
Ochoa and are confident he is better than Ryan Rohlinger or Eugenio Velez. Based on Ochoa's performance in every level
besides Triple-A, his chances look slim.
Pablo Sandoval Age: 22 Positions: 1B, 3B, C
Sandoval is basically
guaranteed a spot with the Giants next year after crushing in his 35-game stint
there and continuing his hot hitting in the Venezuelan Winter League where he
had a 1.119 OPS in 48 games. The
question is where he will play next season.
In order of games played, he is a first baseman, catcher, and third
baseman. In a perfect world I guess
Sandoval would be a first-baseman, but with the Giants, his best fit is behind
the plate. Benjie Molina is in the last
year of his contract and needs to be traded right now. After trading Molina (which is probably
easier said than done), Sandoval could slide in to be the everyday backstop and
attempt to replicate his breakout '08 season.
My Picks for 2009
If I was Bruce Bochy,
these would be my picks for who would start at each infield position heading
into next season, and the people that would slide in if the starters are
injured or slump badly:
1B: Travis
Ishikawa (John
2B: Eugenio Velez (Kevin
SS: Manny Burriss (Ivan
3B: Kevin Frandsen (Ryan
I know I didn't discuss
Travis Ishikawa or John Bowker in this post, but Bowker should start next year
in AAA, and should only be called up to the majors if he can get regular
at-bats. His 2007 season in Double-A cannot
be overlooked; he has some nice upside.
The Giants have a lot of
variables in the infield at this point, but a lot of uncertainty. I think Matt Downs
will provide stability at second base by 2010 or '11.
And on a final note, I
have a very bold prediction: The San
Jose Giants will win the MILBY award (Minor League Baseball of the Year) for
"Team of the Year". That award goes to
the most dominant team in all of the minors.
How could I pick one team out of all of the affiliated teams in
professional baseball? Well, it's
pretty simple.
The players on schedule
to play for San Jose next year have played on the "Team of the Year" the past
two seasons. In 2007, the Class A-Short
Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes won Team of the Year. Then, most the same players went to play in Augusta, GA for the
Green Jackets. Guess what? That team was the 2008 Team of the
Year. See my logic? I guess there is this one wave of players
drafted by S.F. in 2007 that just knows how to win. It can't hurt that '08 Augusta manager Andy
Skeels is moving up to San Jose with his players. Players like Angel
Villalona, Madison
Bumgarner, Shane
Jordan, Mike
Loree, and Wendell
Fairley may all start next year playing in High A. Just imagine how great that team would be if
the Giants didn't decide to allow Tim
Alderson to skip Class A (by the way, smart move Fred
If it isn't obvious
already, I wrote most of this entry before stupid Brian Sabean signed Edgar Renteria. But I'm stubborn and couldn't let all this
writing go to waste.
I'm not about to claim I feel as bad as this guy, but I was
pretty ticked when I heard the Renteria news.
Oh well.


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Last year, Denny Hamlin used Twitter to call his shot, saying "we will win next week," referring to the SYLVANIA 300. He did just that, leading 193 laps en route to the checkers. Following the race, Hamlin climbed out of his car, stood at the Granite Stripe and pointed to the grandstand before taking a swing, referencing Babe Ruth's infamous called shot in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series.
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Apparently, people out there really want to know what it's like to take a history MOOC. Therefore, by popular demand, here's a report on the first week Philip Zelikow's version, including similarities and differences between his and Jeremy Adelman's. Before I begin though, let me repeat, this will not be a regular feature of this blog. I managed to watch the first week's lectures because there's always a little extra time during your first week of classes before the grading and such starts. This will not happen again soon as I have lots and lots of other work to do besides watching videos.
The most obvious difference between these history MOOCs is that the production values on this one are absolutely first rate. I'm sorry if you're still reading this blog Jeremy, but his MOOC makes yours look like public access television. I'm not just talking to the absence of conversations with Valeria, or the fact that I can actually read the maps. I'm talking about almost everything.
Ironically, there's no studio involved here. Zelikow is filmed in what I presume is his office, in front of a shelf of hardbound leather books (maybe State Department reports?). While this sounds cheap, it's not as so much else is going on. For example, Zelikow makes much greater use of pictures than Jeremy did. So do the producers. There are Ken Burns shots over the pictures. There's cuts of Zelikow from one angle to another. There's also a lot more PowerPoint style text than Jeremy ever used, including that fade-in feature that only an experienced PowerPointer can master.
With respect to the content, this course begins later than Jeremy's did – 1760. With less time to cover, Zelikow used his first segment to introduce history as a concept (which is kind of ironic since MOOC students will only be graded on how well they remember specific factual information). I also thought it was very interesting that he cited other historians like David Landes and Angus Madison in his first set of lectures. I might be wrong, but I don't remember Jeremy doing that even once.
Perhaps the greatest difference between the two MOOCs is what has to be the enormous amount of work that went into this one. For example, because each picture was used by permission, the huge range of copyright clearances that had to be necessary to create each presentation was obvious for all to see. On one level, the comparison is unfair because Zelikow had much more time to prepare his course than Jeremy did. My guess, however, is that the difference has less to do with the respective superprofessors and more to do with their respective employers.
Jeremy's MOOC materials were all copyrighted by Jeremy Adelman. Here the emblem of the University of Virginia flashes at the beginning of each segment and the copyright at the end is by the "Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia." My hunch is that UVa dumped more manpower and money into the production of this MOOC than Princeton did for Jeremy's because they expect to get much more out of it in the long run. I'm not sure whether that should be gratifying or terrifying, but that's a question that's worth a whole post by itself so I won't handle it here.
I guess this is where I'm supposed to give Zelikow's MOOC a thumbs up or a thumbs down. I'm sorry, but I'm not going to become the Roger Ebert of history MOOCs no matter how much the people want it. Besides my other obligations, I've taken something that Bob Samuels wrote the other day very much to heart:
During a break, a TV reporter pulled me aside and asked me to talk about why I hate online education. I said I do not hate it, but I believe that it will increase costs and possibly lower the quality of our "better classes." I also added that this whole discussion about online education allows the UC to avoid talking about the real cost drivers in the system.
[emphasis added]
In other words, I'd rather write more about the political economy of MOOCs going forward instead of spilling pools more digital ink on the mechanics of the system. In the meantime, I will not fault any superprofessor for trying to create the best MOOC they can teach. Instead, I'll try to refocus the conversation in this space on much more important broader issues.


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Scott Lay reports in his excellent on-line daily missive, The Nooner, that at least two legislative campaigns have located their headquarters outside the legislative district the candidate seeks to represent.
You read that right -- headquarters isn't even in the district!
Here's what's even more noteworthy. No one much cares. As Lay writes: "Do the locations of campaign headquarters really matter? No, only a handful of us geeks know or care where one district stops and another begins..."
U.S. & World
This is a cold, hard truth offered almost off-hand. The district lines are random. The state -- and its political elites and good government community -- have put so much energy into the drawing of district lines, and to changing the process to eliminate partisan politics from the consideration.
So why do we bother?
The answer is: we shouldn't.
There is very little connection between legislative districts and the people who represent them and the people who live in them. Most Californians don't know what legislative district they're in. That's because districts don't really matter. We know what town we live in, what county we live in, what region we live in. But assembly district? Who knows?
So why bother? Legislative districts could easily be made to fit boundaries that make sense. A county could be a legislative district. Or an entire region could be a legislative district.
This would require but one change -- permitting districts that elect more than one member. Our system of one-member districts requires all districts to be roughly the same in population -- that's why the state has to be divided up so haphazardly.
But if you made the big regions each a multi-member district, the number of members could be determined by the proportion of that region to the population of the state. And then in each election, the region could elect multiple member districts, through a proportional representation system. So that a party's share of the vote would determine its share of the representation from each multi-member district.
This is the kind of system that most of the world's advanced democracies are moving towards. But not in California, where we still live the fiction that districts matter.


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It's been quiet here at the SAAM blog, but that's telling of how busy our team has been, behind the scenes, working on Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2014. Speaking of 2014, can you believe we are on the doorstep of a new year? Excited as I am to share about the upcoming SAAM campaign, 2013 still has some adventures left. This week I'm attending the National Sex Ed Conference, and I am so excited to connect with partners in sexuality education and sexual health promotion. Spoiler alert: Look for a recap!
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend a great training on adolescent sexual health promotion offered by a local university. This training on trauma and teen sexual health was facilitated by Joann Schladale, M.S., L.M.F.T. of Resources for Resolving Violence.
Trauma has a profound influence on our lives, and a trauma-informed approached looks to address the connections between our experiences of trauma and our lives, choices and health. The purpose of this training was to understand the influence of trauma on adolescent sexual decision-making. If this sounds familiar, I wrote about the recently about Building Healthy Futures where similar themes of trauma, teens and sexual health were addressed.
Since SAAM 2014 is all about teens and healthy sexuality, it's been tremendous to see an emphasis on the needs and lives of the teens. Suffice it to say, I totally geeked out! This four-day training was very comprehensive with a focus on skill-building and addressing comprehensive needs. Here's a highlights reel of 5 key ideas discussed:
- Accurate information on sexual health is important to supporting optimal sexual decision-making, but education is not enough. Life experiences influence our values, choices and options related to sexual health.
- Trauma greatly impacts the developmental needs of young people and their experience of sexual health. For youth and all individuals who have experience trauma, addressing these needs is a cornerstone for healthy sexuality.
- Young people can learn healthy coping strategies to address the distress and disturbance of trauma. Healthy sexuality is a tool that supports both healing trauma and sexual health promotion.
- It's takes a range of approaches and resources to support the needs of young people, but youth are resilient. When service providers are working to address trauma comprehensively this positively impacts teens sexual health and decision-making.
- To effectively engage with youth involves network of support that focuses on the needs of the young person. It does in fact take a village to support happy, healthy young people.
When I try and wrap my mind around all of the connections between promoting healthy sexuality and working to address trauma it's apparent to me that this work is so relevant to our sexual violence prevention and intervention efforts. It's a great cliffhanger to upcoming discussions about the National Sex Ed Conference and SAAM 2014. Stay tuned!


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Tennessee State won both the men's and women's long jump as part of an impressive performance in the Niswonger Invitational.
Royce Dates jumped a distance of 7.50 meters to win his first long jump of the indoor season. The mark stands as Dates of the year. Kareem Nicholas also put in a strong jump, of 6.90 in the long jump for a fourth place finish.
The Flying Tigers claimed top spot in the high jump with a 2.08 jump from Daryl Rice. Caleb Carrothers finished fourth in the event, clearing a mark of 1.98 meters.
Tigerbelle Clairwin Dameus captured the long jump on the women's side, clearing 5.68 meters. The win was Dameus' third time winning the event on the young season. Dameus paired her event winning performance with a fifth place time of 24.96 in the 200 meters.
TSU's Jason Griffin paced the men on the track with a second place finish in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.32 seconds. Reigning OVC Track Athlete of the week Quamel Prince continues to impress in the 800 meters, as he placed seventh in the distance with a time of 1:57.32 seconds.
The Tigerbelles' Oteia Prince posted a season's best time in the 800 meters, 2:24.75 seconds, for a fifth place finish. Freshman Maya Ramsey placed second in the 60 meter hurdles, clocked a time of 8.73 seconds.
Britanni Logan posted the best finish of a Tennessee State thrower with a second place throw of 13.91 meters in the shot put.


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Ohio mumps cases now number 469
COLUMBUS – The number of mumps cases in the recent central Ohio outbreak has reached 469 cases.
Columbus Public Health says the number of cases linked to this year's outbreak in Franklin, Delaware and Madison counties is more than in the entire country last year.
Patients have ranged in age from 4 months to 80 years, with many cases linked to Ohio State University in Columbus. The illnesses date back to January.
Officials are still urging people to get the measles-mumps-rubella vaccination.
Ohio health officials also have been battling a measles outbreak in the state this year.
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Mission Awareness Trip
March 8-15, 2008
Best wishes from our March 2008 mission awareness trip group. It's nice to be home. Our sponsors have made the effort to place themselves in the midst of this ancient culture in which all of God's creation is seen as sacred. We thank our loving God for the privilege of just being here.
A humble family speaks
From the very first morning in Guatemala City, this has been a very blessed time. I am inspired by the courage and zeal of Natividad. She is now a CFCA social worker in some of the toughest areas of Guatemala City. Natividad grew up as a sponsored child. This first morning of the trip, Natividad brought a sponsored family from the edges of the grand metropolis to meet the sponsors, to have a good breakfast with us and to share their struggle and their dreams.
The father, Braulio, rents a small piece of land in San Jose Nacahuil on which he plants corn and beans. I find that he lights up when he talks about farming. He deeply respects the land and explains how he kneels and prays before disturbing the pachamama (Mother Earth) with his 18-inch hoe. Once the land is prepared and the seeds are in the ground, he prays for life-giving rains. Many days, Braulio wakes up unemployed. On these occasions, he leaves home at first light with ax, machete and rawhide mecapal (headband), and treks each time further in search of firewood. Even for essentials like fallen wood, land owners are sometimes trigger happy when a campesino ventures across their fence line. When he can, Braulio hires out as a day laborer. The going rate for day workers in his area is about $6 per day. He plays guitar for liturgies at the parish.
Mother Sylvana works very hard at home caring for her own father, who is bedridden with a stroke. Their oldest son, Pantaleon, works on construction sites during the week and studies on weekends. Marta Alicia, 13, is in her first year of junior high. Their second son, Rolando, 15, was born with a good mind, but with quite a list of physical challenges. Rolando is sponsored. He thanks his sponsors for their love and medical help, and he demonstrates his gratitude by studying hard to become an accountant.
Hearts full of dreams
Friday in Patzun was special. Seven newly sponsored children were personally met, welcomed into the CFCA family and sent on their way with hearts full of dreams.
Our dynamic and devoted community workers from Project Patzun offer a traditional musical greeting to the sponsors. Each of them visits 325 sponsored families in the villages of the highlands.
Cristina and I wish you a restful and hopeful Holy Week and Easter.
Bob Hentzen
CFCA Guatemala
March 16, 2008


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Real Time Audio Output, what am I doing wrong?
Jan 03, 2013, 03:16 am
I've been experimenting with interrupts as others have with producing audio coming out of DAC0. If I do something simple like a ramp, I am having no problem at all. However, if I try and use the sin() function, it seems that this function is taking way too long to allow me to do 44.1kHz audio. I'm new to ARM programming and was under the assumption this is probably due to floating point math? I'm trying to determine if I should just move on to something like the Beagle Bone that has a floating point processor if I don't want to be limited already when I am hardly doing anything but generating a sine wave.
The ultimate goal is creating a signal processor. Given I'd like to do more advanced things like convolution and such, I am thinking the DUE just might not be powerful enough.
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Re: Real Time Audio Output, what am I doing wrong?
Jan 03, 2013, 03:38 am
As far as I know, the sin() function inside these libraries are probably using Taylor Series (a kind of matematical expansion) which involves a lot of calculations per sample. Plus, the absence of floating point unit in the Cortex M3 will make such calculations even slower.
I would suggest that you use a table-lookup for these function and interpolate them between samples. Use an Excel to create a table of a cycle of sine wave and then round them and copy these values into an array, like SineTable[256]. (example 256 samples)
If you need to create a sine wave which you can control its frequency, you have to implement a DDS algorithm (Digital Direct Synthesis). Look in the Analog Electronics Example about the DDS algorithm in the net.
hope that helps.
Re: Real Time Audio Output, what am I doing wrong?
Jan 03, 2013, 03:54 am
Thanks so much for the reply, I was thinking this was the case and I'd need to implement a table lookup. I will walk down this path as well as consider the BeagleBone as well. I REALLY like the DUE, but I am finding the choices for pinout are limiting what I'd like to do. For instance, I'd really have liked to use the SMC to control a 16-bit LCD, but, the pinout chosen will not allow me to do that, one of the pins isn't even brought out.
Yet, I have to say, it's still VERY easy to code which I think was their biggest goal and certainly exceeds the other boards I have looked at. With the BeagleBone or the ST solutions, I've pretty much have to build my complete tool chain myself mostly. And given the issues with RT Linux not being as RT enough for me, I'd be looking at using the Starterware stuff for the Cortex M8.
Given I am in the development part of my project, implementing my code on both will be more interesting nevertheless.
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Re: Real Time Audio Output, what am I doing wrong?
Jan 03, 2013, 05:47 am
If I'm not mistaken, since BeagleBone runs off from a Linux, creating a software oscillator will sap a lot of cycles away from the OS, rendering the system very jerky and such. Sound and signal generations are typically done off-chip, or seperately. Look at the old video game consoles and arcades - they have a seperate sound module because back then, processors are 1MHz~10MHz only. Even modern systems have sound chips.
The Due works well in situations like like signal processing since it doesn't have an OS. So you can do whatever you want on it without the OS.
I have created music boxes and phase-mod synthesis algorithms for PIC32 and dsPIC, and works pretty well with table lookups. However, all of these are without the DAC and I have to use the PWM, which would have more noise compared to the DAC.
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Re: Real Time Audio Output, what am I doing wrong?
Jan 03, 2013, 09:02 am
You don't have to use
and import the lookup values, you could just call
on the Due beforehand (if there's time at startup, for example), and store the values.
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Re: Real Time Audio Output, what am I doing wrong?
Jan 03, 2013, 09:22 am
Like this -
See the createSineTable function which pre computes a sine table which is then used in the 44.1Khz interrupt
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Re: Real Time Audio Output, what am I doing wrong?
Jan 03, 2013, 07:04 pm
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Thanks to everyone for all the information, I have been studying a lot of the DDS examples I could find and I am definitely playing around with that method of generation as well.
I think it all comes down to if I want to work in integer math, or floating point. I've spent considerable amount of time looking at three solutions; (1) DUE, (2) BeagleBone, (3) STM32F4Discovery.
I also have a Mega2560 but that isn't fast enough for the audio rate stuff I want to do.
Given I already have the DUE, I am still having fun working with it. While my original plan seems to be difficult with it, I am finding I can still do a lot with it and will continue to use it for more simple specific ideas I want to do. Without a doubt, it's the easiest to program as the toolchain is just simple. While 44.1kHz output is possible with careful coding, I'm still concerned with the input ADC time in freerun mode (and how accurate it is with audio) and/or will that even be possible with trying to hit 44.1kHz. If it isn't, then I will look at just using it as more of a sound generation project and just use CV frequency (LFO rate) inputs.
The STM32F4Discovery was recommended by a coworker. Cost wise, it's like $15 and comes with a floating point processor. I've looked at the cycle-times for floating point operation and they are pretty impressive. It runs at about 2x the frequency of the DUE (although not sure the actual processing difference) and it appears the built in ADC is pretty powerful. Also has built in DAC that can theoretically do up to 96kHz. (http://www.cirrus.com/en/products/cs43l22.html) with built in amplifier. The Cortex chip itself has 3 ADC and 2 DAC as well apparently, and they seem to be easily able to handle 44.1k audio rate. In fact, it appears I can multiplex with them and still get 44.1khz out of them, not too bad. The tool chain is a little more work, but given I know someone what already has set this up on OSX, that's a huge advantage. Lastly it has DSP specific instructions like Multiply in one cycle which is pretty awesome.
The BeagleBone is definitely the most powerful of the 3 but the least developed on. I would not use Linux. In all my reading I've done so far, even with all the RT patches it's just not very fast or predictable. That said, the next step is to use STARTERWARE from TI instead. Of course, this will mean I will need a virtual linux image on my MAC to talk with their toolchain (or, until I can find OSX equivalent tools), but, it has the advantage of 700Mhz and of course Floating Point as well. The cape I bought does 2x audio in and 2x audio out at 96kHz 24-bit. This is more than enough for my needs. In addition, there are 7 other analog inputs that can be used for things like CV voltage that I want to read.
It's hard to say there is a winner in all this because if you look at each of these setups, there is a lot of give and take. The DUE has just been a blast to code with. Without any personal hands on experience it seems like the ST is going to really be the sweet spot of price/performance if I want to build a bunch of these, but of course, having all that power on the BeagleBone is tempting.
Duane, your RCarduino stuff is awesome. Thanks for putting the effort forth in sharing all that information. Without a doubt you helped me come up to speed MUCH faster, especially with the interrupt code you pulled together.
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Re: Real Time Audio Output, what am I doing wrong?
Jan 03, 2013, 11:06 pm
What about a Raspberry Pi but running Bare Metal not Linux.
That runs at between 700 to 1000MHz depending on the clocking options.
Re: Real Time Audio Output, what am I doing wrong?
Jan 03, 2013, 11:24 pm
The GPIO seems to be pretty lacking on the one I was playing with. Also, it's an older ARM core (unless there was a newer one they released I didn't know about) so it is a bit slower in operation. My IO requirements at the moment are a TFT LCD display, SD card (which is obviously not a problem for the pi or the beaglebone out of the box), 2 ADC in at audio rate, 4 ADC in at LFO rate, 8 gate/trig in, 2 DAC out at audio rate, 4 at LFO rate, 8 gate/trig out.
That's an exceptional amount of IO. Not all used at once mind you. I just think getting all that out of the pi would be difficult, but maybe there is just something I misunderstand.
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Re: Real Time Audio Output, what am I doing wrong?
Jan 04, 2013, 02:20 am
I would choose the Due first due to the simplicity of the compiler. The STM32 ones are a bit more difficult to use, but the features in the STM32 are quite nice too, which one of these include a floating point unit.
Thanks to DuaneB also for sharing some of the DDS tips on the Arduino Due.
Re: Real Time Audio Output, what am I doing wrong?
Jan 06, 2013, 03:37 am
I did use the DDS code to try and really push the Due. At lower frequencies, the output was as expected, but at the upper frequencies, the waveform was much more stepped. That said, I was able to generate 8 sins at once and mix them together. Though I will say, the more sins I added, the noise floor kept going up significantly. Not sure what that was about.
I also agree the toolchain for the STM32F4 is not the easiest. Given I know someone who already has it all figured out, that makes a SIGNIFICANT difference. I've been installing the toolchain that I found from ARM themselves. My only concern is making sure the floating point unit is getting used by the compiler, or, if I have to access it with ASM. I mean, if I can't use the floating point unit, kinda makes using the STM32F4 pointless.
I also got the beaglebone in. Have really done nothing with it yet since i feel it will be the most work.
Things are kinda on hold as I wait for more parts to build my gain/offset circuits in terms of pushing the DUE more.
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Re: Real Time Audio Output, what am I doing wrong?
Jan 06, 2013, 04:01 pm
Have you used some form of interpolation between samples? On higher frequencies, it could be distorted due to truncation errors. Linear interpolation will be still OK as it's the quickest way to get rid of the noise.
Just curious, what are you trying to use the Due for? A toy piano? It sounded like you are attempting to build a synthesizer on it.
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Re: Real Time Audio Output, what am I doing wrong?
Jan 06, 2013, 04:09 pm
There is a small update in the DDS Code contained in the link which may improve your results.
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Mar 20, 2013, 04:54 am
Duane, im doing some deep research on sound synthesis, and some basic DSP as well, and trying to stretch the Arduinos a but, as well as using other uC's( Pics and dsPics), so want to thanks you for your sharing of the info !!
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Chicago's Not Quite the Melting Pot It Should Be: Al Capone's (Stephen Graham) booze business is starting to see some encroachment from the Irish, led by the cocky Dean O'Banion (Arron Shiver), who gets off on insulting Al's deaf son. Al tries to reduce Dean to Irish stew, until onetime government agent Nelson Van Alden (Michael Shannon) blunders into his flower shop and just happens to save the day. Van Alden has a new gig, and a new name, as a door-to-door salesman, but something tells us he won't have it for long, having impressed O'Banion like he has.
Margaret Isn't Just Going to Sit Back and Be Nucky's "Wife:" During a visit to a hospital wing named in honor of the Thompsons, Nucky's missus (Kelly MacDonald) learns that women are miscarrying because of inferior prenatal care. Her own painful loss clearly still in her mind, she resolves to be more than the spouse of a criminal-slash-philanthropist. Fueled by champagne-borne courage, she confronts a hospital administrator about improving prenatal care--in the middle of Nucky's New Year's Eve soiree. The effort backfires, Nucky later reads her the riot act, and then he splits, hitting the hay with cute flapper Billie Kent (Meg Steedle).
Jimmy Is Alive! Sort Of: OK, not really. But as long as his mom knows how to forge his name on checks, Darmody is clearly going to live on in Gillian's (Gretchen Mol) bank account, if not her heart. Speaking of Gillian, she and sniper vet Richard Harrow are apparently co-running a high-end house of assignation called, ironically, the Artemis Club. Hey, he's pretty good with little Tommy Darmody, too. Gillian is determined to replace the late Angela Darmody completely as a mother figure. Good luck with that.
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Little Caesar and The Romans
Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You)
Rock and roll had been around long enough that a nostalgic glow illuminated the hits of the previous decade. L.A. deejay Art Laboe's first 'Oldies But Goodies' LPs were marketed to doo-wop fans now able to shell out a little more cash than the buck it took to buy a single. So why not wax nostalgic on record about those bygone hits?
That's what teenaged songwriters Paul Politi and Nick Curinga did. Politi had written Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You) back in 1958, inspired by Laboe's on-air phrase. Art wanted to record it with local singer Sonny Knight. But a year went by, and nothing happened. Paul met Nick at a Belmont High School dance, and they reworked the song, Curinga suggesting a bridge and recitation. 16-year-old Carl Barnett was recruited to sing lead. Membership of the group shifted from demo to final master because Del-Fi Records owner Bob Keane, the man who made Ritchie Valens a star, was eager to get the song on the street.
Ultimately, the group behind Barnett on the record consisted of baritone David Johnson and bass Leroy Sanders, both ex-members of The Cubans, who waxed Tell Me for Charlie Reynolds' Flash label in 1955, and tenors John Simmons and Early Harris, who had sung with Johnson in The Upfronts (they made two 1960 singles for Lummie Fowler's Lummtone logo). An earlier version was deemed insufficient, so a new combo was hastily assembled to redo the tune with Politi on drums and Charles Wright double-tracked on piano and bass.
An apropos street corner vibe invested the slightly off-key harmonies and the odd way Barnett pronounced certain words on Those Oldies But Goodies. Johnson wrote and fronted its flip, She Don't Wanna Dance (No More), which didn't co-bill Little Caesar (Politi named the group). The 45 came out on Del-Fi in March of 1961, blossoming into a #9 pop/#28 R&B hit that summer. Nino and The Ebb Tides covered Those Oldies But Goodies for Madison, making some East Coast noise without charting nationally.
Befitting their handle, The Romans wore togas onstage, which they were none too fond of. Their Del-Fi encore Hully Gully Again didn't make the commercial grade. An even more overtly nostalgic Memories Of Those Oldies But Goodies, its lyrics peppered with snippets from '50s doo-wop classics, bubbled under pop at #101. Their next 45 was a remake of Harvey and The Moonglows' Ten Commandments Of Love, while their LP was full of oldies. After their '62 Del-Fi farewell Popeye One More Time, the group was relegated to defunct oldie but goodie status itself.
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"We found that older men who showed signs of depression had a 40 percent greater risk of death from heart disease than those who weren't depressed," says principal investigator Wenjie Sun, a postdoctoral fellow in global health at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
"We also found that depression increased stroke mortality for both genders."
The study, which used up to a decade of health records and surveys for almost 63,000 seniors in elderly health centers in Hong Kong, is the first comprehensive population study in China to find significantly higher mortality from heart disease for men who reported symptoms of depression.
The researchers were surprised to find such a strong correlation between depression and heart disease deaths in only men because prior studies had found higher cardiovascular disease mortality in both genders but with women showing slightly higher risks.
The new study, will be published in the November issue of The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, covers a much larger population than previous studies. Comparisons were adjusted for other risk factors such as smoking, physical inactivity, alcohol use, and health status.
The study does not explore causes for the disparity, and authors say more research is needed to explain it. Wenjie speculates that men may be more likely to suffer from severe depression and less likely to seek help from doctors or support from their social networks. Genetic and hormonal differences may also play a role.
Ultimately, the findings show that public health officials should screen older men for depression as a possible intervention to fight heart disease.
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2004 Suzuki XL-7 LX Review - Long-Term Update
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If there is someone out there who doesn't like the bug-eyed little 'Zuk, we haven't met them yet. Everywhere we drive, people ask, "What kind of SUV is that?" With luxurious features such as jeweled headlamps, body-colored flares and moldings, aluminum wheels, and just the right amount of chrome, the XL-7 belies its sub-$22,000 asking price and oozes value by the truckload. Even the interior impresses with its high level of fit and finish, faux trim that does a good job of impersonating real wood, heated mirrors, CD player, and automatic climate controls.
Our Suzuki came equipped with a rev-happy little 2.7L V-6 mated to a five-speed manual transmission, a combo that makes our Suzuki one of the most fuel-efficient four-wheelers in our fleet. Although a little rubbery at first, the transmission takes little time getting used to and is very forgiving, making it an easy tool to train those who have never driven a stick before. The 2.7L V-6 is peppy enough and with the five-speed, downright fun to toss around twisty roads, or in and out of city traffic. When cruising on the highway, the smooth nature of the XL-7 catches drivers unaware that they are motoring along high above the posted speed limit. With relatively low wind and road noise, the only giveaway is the somewhat busy 3,500 rpm that it takes the 2.7L to fly at 80 mph. Every once in a while, it left us wanting a sixth cog to grab or a taller Fifth gear.
The attributes that make the Suzuki so much fun on pavement also make it a tossable delight down your favorite sandy wash or fire road. But the low ground clearance, street-oriented tires and short-travel front suspension conspire to limit the ruggedness of terrain it can traverse, although that is not to say the XL-7 isn't rugged, with its truck-style ladder frame, solid rear axle, and true two-speed, part-time four-wheel-drive system.
Suzuki has imparted everything you could want in an entry-level SUV, and for the price, a whole lot more. Being one of the few out there to still offer a real four-wheel-drive system and a frame, makes this trucklet a winner in our hearts.
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Initiated in 1991 by former JABSOM Dean Christian Gulbrandsen, M.D., the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence's mission is to improve the health of indigenous Hawaiians through research, education, service, and training of individuals of Native Hawaiian ancestry in medicine. It received $741,000 in federal funds in 2005 and none in 2006.
Dr. Benjamin Young, its director since 1998, has worked tirelessly to advocate for increasing the number of Native Hawaiians in medicine. His accomplishments include:
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· Obtaining funding support for publications and books authored by Native Hawaiian scholars
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· Establishment of the Center's Fellowship program aimed at increasing the number of Native Hawaiian faculty in academia
· Established a Native Hawaiian community-based research elective for first-year medical students at JABSOM
· Produced Native Hawaiian oral histories of prominent Native Hawaiian leaders
· Established a comprehensive database of Native Hawaiian physicians
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"We are committed to continuing the mission and values of the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence, and have moved forward to support many of the center's programs in the Department.
"We extend our deepest appreciation and aloha to Dr. Young, who has done a superb job as the Project Director of the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence. Without question, he has helped fulfill the Center's mission, and has left a living legacy in JABSOM for the Native Hawaiian community. We will miss his contributions and vision," said Dr. Mau.


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Yesterday evening, Google has announced the release of a new Android Market for phones which comes with a new design and even new purchase and rental options by integrating books, and movies. The overhauled Android Market, which reminds a little bit of Microsoft's Windows Phone Metro design - with all the tiles and pivots - is said to make it faster, easier, and more fun to discover great Android apps, movies, and books. Google is giving more space to feature some of the most interesting content of the week on the home page. Also new are more top charts, with newer, more relevant items as well as the new collections of great content, like staff picks and Editors' Choice apps.
In addition to the overhauled look and feel, U.S. users will be able able to rent thousands of movies from the Android Market, starting at US$ 1.99. With the Videos app, available in Android Market, there's no more waiting for downloads, syncing or worrying about storage space because movies can be rented from anywhere - the web, or Android phone or tablet - and watched instantly. It's also possible to download movies to a device so they're available for viewing when disconnected and offline.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Owner Shad Khan and the Jaguars are only focused on the one game a year the NFL wants them to play in London the next four years.
However, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell recently said the league could ask the Jaguars to play two games a year in London. Khan said Wednesday in first public comments since Goodell suggested possible multiple London games that he is "going to cross that bridge when we get to it."
Last August, Khan and the NFL announced that the Jaguars would play one home game a year in London for four consecutive years starting in 2013.
Khan was on hand for the Jaguars announcement that the team and the city of Jacksonville would combine on a $63 million project to put new massive video scoreboards in each end zone for the 2014 season. Each would scoreboard will be 55 feet high and 301 feet wide, making them the largest of their kind in the world, according to the Jaguars.
The scoreboard in Cowboys Stadium is 71 feet high and 159 feet wide, and is currently the largest of its kind.
In addition, a new platform area in the north end zone with pools, unique food and beverage offerings and interactive activities will result in the removal of 7,000 seats which were previously covered by tarps. Temporary seating can be installed for major events that require a larger stadium capacity, such as the Florida-Georgia football game.
Khan was asked after the scoreboard announcement if he was disappointed to hear Goodell's statement about the Jaguars possibly playing two games a year in London.
"What we're focused on right now as a team is four games in London for the next four years," Khan said. "That's very important to us. I think everyone needs to understand playing games in London is very, very important for Jacksonville, it's very important to this franchise. We need fans, we need more corporate sponsors. Jacksonville is excellent in fan support, great facilities that we're going to have. We don't have enough corporate sponsors.
"London is the missing piece but right now, our focus is the next four years with one game."
When pressed on the issue of Goodell making his statement, Khan praised the NFL commissioner.
"Roger is absolutely a great commissioner. I think he's doing a fabulous job and I would do anything and everything to support him," Khan added.
But Khan wouldn't provide an answer as to whether he would turn down a Goodell request to play a second game in London.
"Whether it makes sense, there are a number of constituencies," Khan said. "We want to do the right thing for everybody."
The Jaguars are footing the majority of the bill for the new scoreboards.
They will fund 75 percent of the estimated $26.5 million -- just under $20 million -- for the new video scoreboards with the city of Jacksonville funding the remaining 25 percent. The city also will fund the total estimated $36.4 million to build the north end zone fan engagement area as well as the necessary infrastructure and control room to support the video scoreboards.
"This is about vision," Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown said about the city's investment of nearly $43 million. "Enhancing our stadium is a positive step toward the strategic goal of downtown revitalization as well, and it's an opportunity to play to our strengths as a destination for sports and entertainment."
The new improvements will help make Jacksonville a prime candidate to host a national championship in college football, said Rick Catlett, president CEO of the Gator Bowl Association.
"This is a game-changer for Jacksonville," Catlett said. "I am confident that this will bring the national championship game in college football to Jacksonville sooner than we expected."


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Chris Mansfield and Amy M. Stanton, both of Adrian, have announced their engagement.
Chris is the son of Dwight and Ruthann Mansfield. He is employed by Morenci Area Schools and is pursuing a master's degree in educational leadership at Eastern Michigan University.
Amy is the daughter of William and Patricia Stanton of Adrian. She is a foster care manager at Lutheran Social Services in Ann Arbor and is pursuing a master's degree in social work at Eastern Michigan University.
The couple is planning an Aug. 15, 2009, wedding at Pines Banquet Hall in Raisin Township.