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This pizza was everything I'd hoped it would be. I was a bit nervous how the spelt pizza crust would turn out, but it worked perfectly and tasted perfect with the spicy greens and creamy ricotta. After my first couple of bites, I had to share the deliciousness and so I took a couple of pieces to a neighbor and then called my husband to tell him how I was in lunch heaven.
Spelt Pizza with Ricotta and Spicy Greens
1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
2/3 cup warm water
1 teaspoon honey
2 cups spelt flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 cup fresh ricotta
3 tablespoons olive oil
12 green onions, thinly slice (white and green parts)
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 cups baby kale, roughly chopped
4 cups Swiss chard, cut leaves crosswise into 1-inch strips (about one bunch)
Salt and pepper, to taste
Red pepper flakes
Lemon zest
Fresh grated parmesan cheese
In a small mixing bowl, combine yeast, warm water, and honey. Let sit for 10 minutes or until foamy.
In a large mixing bowl, stir together spelt flour and salt. Pour in the yeast mixture and olive oil and stir together until a dough forms (I added a bit more water and an extra tablespoon of olive oil to help the dough come together). Cover and let the dough rest in a warm spot for 30 minutes or until it has doubled in size.
Place the dough in a Ziploc bag and let sit in the refrigerator overnight.
An hour before baking the pizza, remove dough from the refrigerator. Place pizza stone in the oven. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Cut dough into two equal pieces. Roll one piece of dough into a rectangle. Transfer the rolled out dough to the back side of baking sheet that has been lined with parchment paper. Prick a few times with a fork, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with sea salt.
Slide the parchment paper with the pizza dough onto the baking stone in the oven. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Sauté the green onions for 4-5 minutes over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and sauté for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Add the kale and Swiss chard and sauté for 3-4 minutes or until just wilted. Season with salt and pepper. Dump the greens in a colander and toss a few times to let juices drain.
Remove pizza from oven by sliding parchment paper with the pizza back onto the back side of a baking sheet. Spread half of the ricotta on the pizza dough; place half the greens on top, sprinkle lightly with red pepper flakes and a light dusting of lemon zest and freshly grated parmesan cheese. Slide pizza back into the oven for 3-4 minutes to warm through. Repeat with second piece of dough. Eat and enjoy!
Note: To make this a bit easier, you could forget about the pizza stone and just place the rolled out dough onto a lightly oiled baking sheet and cook the dough on the baking sheet. One baking sheet should be big enough for all of the dough.
Recipe slightly adapted from The Yellow Table


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After a brief production stop on "Cougar Town" last week, Courteney Cox is reportedly set to return to the ABC series.
According to People, the actress, who was forced to take a brief leave from the show to handle a "family matter," will return to the comedy on November 30. The show had already planned a week break following the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (May 30, 2013) — United Nations Development Program Administrator Helen Clark spoke at the Women Deliver conference Thursday on the importance of a renewed global development agenda giving priority to sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender equality, and women's empowerment.
Life has changed for the better for many girls and women since the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were launched in 2001 and a 20-year action plan on sexual and reproductive health rights was agreed on in Cairo in 1994, but not for all, she said.
Progress on MDGs related to achieving gender equality and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and on reducing maternal mortality is lagging.
qSome 800 women are still dying every day from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, with the poorest and the youngest women at greatest risk. Some 222 million women in developing countries want to prevent pregnancy but are not using a modern method of contraception — resulting in an estimated 80 million unplanned pregnancies a year and 20 million unsafe abortions.
"We need — in governments, legislatures, and public administrations — more people who will lead on these issues. Fundamentally, we need many more women in positions of power —and women who are prepared to use that power to advance the human development and rights of other women," Helen Clark said.
"I'm sure that all of us here share a burning sense of injustice that many girls and women do not enjoy fundamental human rights as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent treaties, declarations, and UN conference outcomes."
"It is sobering indeed to see the highest death rates among the youngest mothers — among girls who did not get the chance to make other choices. Building a world where the girl child has her human rights upheld and the chance to complete her education and determine her own destiny is vital for reducing maternal mortality and for achieving gender equality and women's empowerment."
"By denying that most basic sexual and reproductive right, the right to control one's fertility, societies disempower girls and women," she said, and this impedes development. "Countries where women have rights and opportunity denied cannot maximize their development potential — that can't happen if half the population is not equally empowered."
Momentum for development with equity.
Global consultations on renewed development agenda beyond the 2015 MDG target date indicate strong momentum for achieving development with equity, eradicating gender inequality, and empowering women and girls, Helen Clark said.
A UN-led post-2015 consultation in Copenhagen this year on the theme of inequalities concluded that gender-based discrimination, including denial of the rights of women and girls, remains the single most widespread driver of inequality, which slows growth, worsens fragility, and weakens security for all.
"Girls and women have a right to equality under the law, to equal status and equal opportunity, and to live free from fear of violence and want. But for those who do not find the rights-based case compelling, perhaps the economic case will carry greater weight. As Hillary Clinton once said, investing in women is 'not only the right thing to do…..it's clearly the smart thing as well,'" Helen Clark said.
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• June 26: Police responded to a report of an active domestic dispute at a West 1st Street residence. It was only a verbal dispute.
• June 26: Police assisted the Buckeye Lake Fire Department with a run to a West 1st Street residence.
• June 27: Police cited a driver for going 55 in 35 mph zone on Walnut Road.
• June 27: A West 1st Street woman said someone broke a verbal contract with her. She was advised it was a civil matter.
• June 27: Police cited a driver for doing 54 in 35 mph zone on Milldam Road.
• June 27: Police cited a driver for going 49 in 35 mph zone on Ohio 79.
• June 28: Police stopped a Gahanna man riding a motor scooter without eye protection. Police also discovered that he didn't have the required motorcycle endorsement.
• June 28: A manager at Wendy's said he was receiving threatening phone calls.
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• May 14: Police took a report on a window broken by rocks at the Coshocton Grain terminal.
• May 14: Police were dispatched to a report of an active struggle at the Kroger store between a shoplifter and a store security officer. While enroute, police were advised that the suspect had jumped into the bed of a red pickup truck now heading east on US 40. That vehicle was eventually corned and stopped on Eagle Court in Buckeye Lake by the Licking County Sheriff's Office and Buckeye Lake and Union Township officers. Police continued to the store where the security officer was found laying on the sidewalk in pain. She told police that the woman driving the pickup truck tried to run over her. The store officer had been moni- toring the man and woman due to their suspicious behavior in the store. Another employee told her that the man was putting alcoholic drinks under his clothing and was heading for the door. The security officer confronted the man outside. He allegedly threw one of the bottles of Nuvo at her and dumped three others on the ground. He also allegedly threatened to hurt her if she didn't let him leave. When he reached into a pocket, she sprayed him with chemical spray. Kroger employees were struggling with the man when the driver ran to the pickup truck. He allegedly told her to "run the b**** over." The truck sped toward the employees. When the man was caught in Buckeye Lake, he claimed he was having a heart attack. He was taken to the hospital accompanied by a Union Township officer. Rosezetta M. Chandler and Lowell Jones, both of Columbus, were charged with aggravated robbery which is a first degree felony. Both have been indicted and are being held in the Licking County Jail awaiting their trials. Police discovered Nuvo bottles in the truck that were traced to other stores.


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We know that many of you feel that Chris Nolan can do no wrong, but I would be pretty pissed if Bane was killed off in the first 4 minutes of the movie after I got a tattoo emblazoning his image on my body. We have no doubt that 50 years down the road this tattoo will continue to dominate in the "bad decisions" contests in the retirement home. Or maybe this is just the first of many, and the owner will have the last laugh when the Bane face tat goes big in 2012. Who knows?
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The Greatest Travesty!Posted by Dorian in Booster Gold, DC, disgrace, idiots, insults to the real fans
DC owes all true Booster Gold fans an apology!
I was really looking forward to this new Booster Gold comic that DC is putting out, "Showcase Presents Booster Gold" because I thought, finally DC had seen the error of their ways and given us a new Booster Gold comic instead of the horrible character assasination Geoff Johns is putting out.
And it's not DC, under that ragime of Didiot, has once again spit on the face of one of the most imporant and vital characters in comic book history. In this new comic, which is stupidly thick, it's more like some sort of weird manga type book instead of a real comic, Booster is once again portrayed as a selfish, vain, egotistical man instead of the selfless and noble hero that all true Booster fans know him to be.
I've selected a few choice and particularly egregiious panels to show you what I mean, since I CANNOT in good conscience suggest to any of the Booster fans that they waste their hard earned money on this trash!
Booster would never place ahigher priorty on the value of property than on a human life. HIS SISTER DIED! Do you really think he'd be so callous?
Booster would never be so sexist as to demean women by making Black Canary lingerie. I don't even know what that is, and I don't want to know, probably another sick fetish of Geoff Johns or Grant Morrison that they forced the other DC writers to include in this book.
I agree with what Booster is saying her, because Superman is a moral failure as a character for failing to take the VERY REAL threat of terrorism seriously and deal with it, but the problem I have here is that Booster would never be so ungracious to another hero as to criticise them in public.
BOOSTER IS A FRIEND TO THE LITTLE GUY! He is a supporter of working Americans and would not do anything that would stop them from having the American dream and that includes owning an AMERICAN_MADE car.
Booster would never have anything to do with the corrupt American film industry an dtheir unpatriotic ways. he's not some wrong coast Hollyweird elitist scumbag who hates average working Americans. He was a football player, for gosh sake.
I have saved the worst for last
This is just sick. This is some kind of sick caricature of G. Gordon Liddy, another true American hero, and here he is being made to say these awful, not true things about Booster. It's vile and sick and everyone associated with this book should be arrested if there was any justice in this country.
Something has really gone wrong at DC. This is really just a symptom of a larger problem. What DC needs to do is take the advice of people like my friend who used to work as the assistant to the mail room manager at DC before they fired him because it's people like him who really know what the problem is which is the free reign given to character disrespecting writers like Geoff Johns and Grant Morrison and it's all the fault of the incompetent clods in upper management like Levitz and Didio.
This book is just one more disgrace. I have no idea who this Dan Jurgens is who wrote and drew this book, but he owes the creator of Booster Gold an apology!!!
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Small businesses need our support more than ever right now. While it's uncertain times for all, we are still proud to be celebrating our 11 regional Local Business Heroes for their commitment to their communities.
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NORTHLAND: Lew Ringrose - Ringrose Stockfoods
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Police end physical search for missing French teen Eloi Rolland
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Police say they have exhausted all leads for finding Eloi Rolland, 18, who has been missing from Auckland for almost four months.
The teen, who has limited English, has not been seen since he was captured on CCTV at the Britomart train station on March 7, where he caught a train to New Lynn's Fruitvale Rd station. It's understood he was in the vicinity of Piha Rd and Scenic Drive at 9.18am, but this is where the trail ends.
After more than 1600 hours searching for Rolland, police ended the physical search in May, pending reports of new information or evidence.
Rolland's sister, Aurore Rolland, told Stuff the family were "really sad" the search had been suspended.
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Want to become a triathlete? The Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain has a program for you.
From now until May 16, the Sanctuary will be offering a series of three-day training programs that allow people to train with Olympic-caliber athletes.
"We can train the well-conditioned athlete or someone who is a beginner and wants to get involved with triathlons for the first time," Sanctuary fitness director Kara Thomas says.
The package includes room accommodations, power breakfasts and spa treatments in addition to the training. The package offers three different types of massages: a sports massage that is geared towards enhancing athletic performance, a Thai massage that works the muscles, and a reflexology massage that stimulates the flow of energy.
"We are hoping to draw locals as well as people from around the country," Thomas says. "We can work with individuals or groups."
The roster of athletes involved in the program is impressive.
Olympic gold medalist Misty Hyman of Phoenix will be assisting with the swimming portion of the training. Hyman will be focusing on helping athletes learn to swim straight, match intervals to get faster and make swimming easier by changing posture. Hyman joined the Sanctuary last year.
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The Gateways to Opportunity Scholarship Program has expanded its eligibility criteria and pays up to 90% of tuition and fees at participating colleges, including National Louis University.
If you are an Illinois State Board of Education Preschool for All Teacher or Teacher's Aide the Gateways Scholarship program may help pay for the cost of tuition that leads to a Bilingual/ESL, Approval/Endorsement or Type 04 Early Childhood Certificate.
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Hindu Kush facts for kids(Redirected from Hindu Kush Range)
The Hindu Kush is a range of mountains. It starts near Pamir in the north of Gilgit extending in the southwest deep into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, Tirich Mir is here. On the west of this range is some land called Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan which separates Gilgit Agency from the Tajikistan. This tract of land was formed under an agreement between the governments of the Empires of Russia and Britain in 1890, and the tract was annexed with Afghanistan to serve as a neutral zone between the two empires. The passes of Mintaka Pass, Kilik Pass, Chilinji Pass and Kuramber Pass are in Hindu Kush range and connect Kashmir with central Asian states. Many rivers including Chapursan River, Ishkuman River, Ghizar River, Gilgit River and Shandur River originate in the valleys of Hindukush and ultimately join the Indus River.


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Your underwear can save your sperm. Or at least that's what Snowballs believes. What's Snowballs? A type of cooling underwear that basically uses ice packs for "scrotal cooling". Ball air conditioning, basically. It's for the kids.
The idea behind the underwear is that tests of men with fertility problems tend to "be naturally warmer by an average of over one degree Celsius". That little number adds up to a big difference and by lowering temperature in the precious area can improve the motility of the sperm.
The Snowballs underwear is made from organic cotton and cools with freezable gel packs in a wedge shape made of Carboxymethyl Cellulose Sodium. Here's how Snowball describes it:
They are designed with a central hinge that cleverly molds the SnowWedge™ around your body to reach maximum surface area and maximum cooling. Unlike normal icepacks, they won't get you wet, and you won't have to sit there holding ice for hours
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Goldman Sachs downgraded BlackBerry over its weak U.S. launch of its new Z10 phone; Ford is apologizing for an offensive print ad in India; Rengan Rajaratnam pleads guilty to insider trading; Tiger Woods reclaims golf's top spot. Photo: AP Images.
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Today is the February Key Ingredients Blog Hop, and our theme for this month is "Take Note". I took the theme quite literally, and covered this little notepad that I keep in the kitchen to take notes of from phone calls, or write out our grocery list. The colors in this kit are perfect for a little pad that you leave in the kitchen...they even FEEL like they were meant for that room! Tee hee! Here is what I created!
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Instructions: Layer two pieces of paper together to create cover for the front, then zig zag stitch along the edges. Tie ribbon around the seam, then add a flower to the center of the bow. Stamp the damask to the top half, and the sentiment to the bottom half. Accent with pearls, then adhere to the front of the notepad using permanent adhesive.
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Present at the Food Revolution in Hawaii
20 years ago, a dozen chefs changed how Hawaii ate—and how the world viewed us.
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One August weekend 20 years ago, a dozen young chefs gathered around a U-shaped conference table, in a spare banquet room at the Maui Prince Hotel. And changed Hawaii. They didn't know exactly what they were about. They didn't even have a name yet. The chefs' jackets ordered for the occasion said, "Hawaiian Cooking Symposium." It would be several days—and Sam Choy's continued insistence that their name have the word Hawaii in it—before they decided to call their organization Hawaii Regional Cuisine, HRC for short.
"We were all excited, excited to help each other," says Roy Yamaguchi. "You have to remember that at the time HRC was no big thing. It's not like it was popular."
So many of the chefs in that room have become superstars that it's easy to forget that at the time, perhaps only Yamaguchi was well known. He was newly famous, having opened his first Roy's in Hawaii Kai barely three years before. His celebrity status would be confirmed later that year when he won Hawaii's first James Beard Award.
The rest of the 12 chefs were far from famous. Half didn't even have their own restaurants, and those who did owned small restaurants in out-of-the-way, Neighbor Island locations.
Sam Choy, for instance, was doing the food in a Kona bowling alley. He was about to open a restaurant in a Big Island warehouse, amid lumberyards and motorcycle repair shops. Thirteen years later, that little Hawaii comfort-food restaurant would win a James Beard American Classic Award. At the time, though, Choy was best known for a series of print ads from his years at the Kona Hilton, and a HECO commercial that had him dancing around a kitchen, a big chef who was light on his feet.
"We all knew Roy Yamaguchi would become famous, but I had no idea that Sam would," says Peter Merriman.
Merriman at least had his own restaurant. Three years before, Merriman had left an executive chef job at the Mauna Lani to start a 104-seat restaurant in the Big Island ranching town of Waimea, hardly, at the time, a culinary hotbed.
Merriman was a locavore before the trend had a name, searching out local farmers and ranchers, telling them he was willing to pay more for locally grown ingredients. "People thought I was crazy," he says.
Merriman's Waimea restaurant, for those who found it, was making a stir. San Francisco Magazine was enthralled with his wok-charred ahi. The New York Times applauded his fresh ingredients and imaginative preparations.
Mark Ellman had Avalon on Front Street in Lahaina. Started in 1987, Avalon was in many ways the first contemporary Hawaii restaurant. Casual and relaxed, it offered Hawaii-style, multicultural cuisine. It was rare in those days to find on the same menu, stir-fried edamame, Chinese crispy whole fish, Vietnamese spring rolls, not to mention Ellman's now much-imitated, signature dessert, Caramel Miranda, with its profusion of tropical fruits.
Equally obscure, in the sense that it was in a Kapaa shopping center, was Jean-Marie Josselin's A Pacific Café. Josselin, who, like Merriman, had fled a hotel job to do his own thing, was a French chef who'd fallen in love with Hawaii ingredients. He'd won the 1989 National Seafood Challenge with a Hawaii-inspired charred mahimahi with a sesame crust topped with lime-ginger beurre blanc. By 1990, he had revived the Kauai dining scene. Bon Appetit promptly named A Pacific Café one of the best restaurants in the country.
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The first time a boy called me a dyke, I'd just turned 15. I didn't know the word in a sexual sense, so I didn't totally understand what he meant. But I knew I wasn't being complimented.
I could tell by the tone of his voice, the sneer on his face, and the way he nudged his buddy as he formed the word on his lips that "dyke" wasn't simply another insensitive teenager's assessment of my appearance, but a broader judgment — and it was rendered with unmistakable disgust. That one word was more negatively charged than any of the names I'd been called before.
"Fat" and "ugly" stung me — always. But "dyke" seared. It felt as if the word came not from the mouth of small, stupid boy who sucked his opinion and bravado that day from a pint of Colt 45, but from the end of a sharp and glowing-red poker that now had chunks of my heart or lungs hanging from it. Like the word, the pain was new, and with it came a feeling of isolation I hadn't known before. I didn't only feel victimized and violated; I felt annihilated.
That experience taught me plenty. I not only learned that the delivery of words is just as important as the words themselves, but also that intuition and common sense are just as valuable as a good vocabulary. I've relied on my common sense and gut a lot since that day because I, like plenty of other queers, eventually discovered that my sexuality is far more problematic for others than it is for me, and that those who are troubled by it are often artful in expressing their disgust and, sometimes later, in denying it.
So I followed the stories behind the four quotes above, and the public reactions to them, with more than passing interest — and with my common sense on high alert.
Like every lesbian who has been on the receiving end of a malicious outburst, I was happy to learn that Boston talk radio station WRKO fired host John DePetro after he called Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Grace Ross a "fat lesbian" on air on Nov. 2. His words were intentionally vicious, proving that schoolyard bullies never die; they just get older and taller.
DePetro's firing was a no-brainer to station operators, who knew that his tongue was a lighted fuse. According to the Boston Herald, "In July, DePetro was suspended for two days and ordered to apologize on the air after he called former Massachusetts Turnpike chief Matt Amorello 'Fag Matt' on his show." After that suspension, DePetro was warned that "any further comments of this kind would be dealt with in a severe way." To the benefit of WRKO's queer listeners, the station kept its word.


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At this year's 100%Futures the Britsh textile designer Angharad McLaren presented her recent works, a collection of artfully woven textiles suitable for blinds, screens or wall panels.
A passion for the sea and water-sports such as sailing and windsurfing visually inspire the colours, patterns and textures in Angharad's designs. Her personal experience of sports and performance textiles has also led to an interest and exploration of hi-tech yarns and finishes such as neoprene and reflective yarns as well as organic, recycled and eco-friendly fibres. In an experimental design process she combines these with new weave structures and updates traditional patterns, sometimes combining industrial production with hand- finishing techniques to create unique innovative effects.
"As the yarns and materials I use are quite unusual, I sometimes have to experiment with a lot of different weave structures and techniques until I get the right effect. Weaving intrigues me as there are so many possibilities within a logical framework of structures and limitations- I like to push these boundaries and develop new techniques to get the effect I'm looking for, such as using a traditional technique with very modern yarns or combining hand craft techniques with industrial production."
Angharad McLaren is currently working on a commission which also looks to traditional textiles for research: to design and produce blinds for the Shetland Museums' Hay's Dock Cafe & Restaurant.


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ALVISO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/14/12 -- TiVo Inc., the creator of and a leader in advanced television services including digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced pro quarterback Tim Tebow as its new brand ambassador. TiVo plans to launch a national advertising and integrated social media campaign showcasing TiVo's ability to deliver a viewing experience unparalleled in TV entertainment.
"I had no idea how great TiVo was until I started using it. I was blown away by the TiVo experience -- it was so much more than I thought," said Tim Tebow. "With always being on the road, I love having the ability to find exactly what I am looking for and watch it anywhere, any time. The similarity in names caught my attention, but I quickly became a true believer. I'm looking forward to working with the great team at TiVo to spread the word."
"At TiVo, we are much more the complete 'player' than people give us credit for," said Tom Rogers, TiVo's President and CEO. "We're not just a DVR. We have a whole slew of capabilities that TV viewers need to understand about what we can do -- like the fact that we bring hundreds of thousands of selections from Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and You Tube together with all your regular channels to deliver the premier TV experience in a way only TiVo does -- with one remote to access it all. We have brought our game to a much higher level than any other way to experience TV. Our passing game for instance -- most don't realize it, but TiVo today is the only way for a cable subscriber to throw their recordings over to an iPad to watch in another room or take on a trip. TiVo viewers can relax about any given game because on nights like Sunday, TiVo is the only cable box that allows you to record four programs at once so you can watch the football game and still load up on all that other great Sunday night programming for the week. Tebow and TiVo have a lot in common -- so we decided to run with it."
The Campaign
Tebow will be featured in a series of TiVo TV commercials that will tell the TiVo story and explain the unique value the service provides viewers. TiVo will also offer the exclusive "Tim Tebow Zone" TiVo Premiere Collection, highlighting Tebow's favorite shows, movies and recommended content for kids from TV and the web.
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To mark the launch of this campaign, TiVo continues their tradition of philanthropy by donating one dollar for each new "like" on TiVo's official Facebook page -- up to $25,000 -- to support children in need through the Tim Tebow Foundation. Please visit Facebook.com/TiVo for more information.
To see video footage of Tim Tebow announcing his partnership and learn more, please visit www.tivo.com.
About TiVo Inc.
Founded in 1997, TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) developed the first commercially available digital video recorder (DVR). Today TiVo is a global leader in advanced television service for virtually any platform or device. TiVo offers its service directly to consumers, and also distributes its technology and services through solutions tailored for cable, satellite and broadcasting companies. Since its founding, TiVo has evolved into the ultimate single-solution media center by combining its patented DVR technologies and universal cable box capabilities with the ability to aggregate, search and deliver millions of pieces of broadband, cable and broadcast content directly to the television. TiVo also continues to weave itself into the fabric of the media industry by providing interactive advertising solutions and audience research and measurement ratings services to the television industry www.tivo.com.
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If you're anything like us, you already carry around some sort of storage device with you at all times, either as a flash drive or a portable hard drive. So why not carry something with a little bit of pizzazz to it?
Karim Rashid, who designs for clientele such as Alessi, Audi and Armani, designed Skwarim's cases. The pink or blue plastic cases have a USB connector that nicely tucks away when not in use; plug it in, and an activity light emanates from the case where the USB connector is located.
Using Xbench (free, www.xbench.com) to gauge the speed of the Skwarim drive, we found that both the 30GB (pink) and 60GB (blue) drives clocked in a decent speed of 10.5MB per second on both the Sequential Uncached Write and Sequential Uncached Read test.
LaCie also includes LaCie Backup, SilverKeeper and Silverlining to manage and synchronise the drive.
For basic file transport, the Skwarim drives work well and add a little bit of panache to your set-up. Roman Loyola


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Boat Maintenance Basics
When most people think about owning a boat, they focus on the sunshine and pleasant days spent in quiet coves, catching that one great fish or the times spent with family tubing and waterskiing. What they don't think about is the time spent on the bilge cleaning, oil changes, winterizing and storage. Boat maintenance can be a daunting task, but it is a necessary part of boat ownership and can actually be easy if anticipated and planned for correctly. With all of the different components to think about – from engines to electronics – the best place to start is to follow your manufacturers' guidelines. These are designed to keep your boat running well, and make each component last longer. Keep in mind that ignoring manufacturers' recommendations may void your warranties.
The first and easiest part of any maintenance routine is to wash your boat on a regular basis. If you are a saltwater boater, you need to get the salt off to prevent corrosion. This means a freshwater rinse after every trip and a scrub with a boat brush and environmentally gentle cleanser. If your boat stays in the water for long periods of time, scrubbing the waterline as well as the bottom will prevent growth and improve the longevity of your finish and overall performance.
Bilge Cleaning and Engine Flushing
Sometimes a small amount of water finds its way into the bilge, which should be sponged out. There are a number of bilge cleaners on the market that eliminate odors and use the natural rocking of the boat in the water to do all the work. The engine will also need a flush with fresh water, regardless of whether you are doing a saltwater or freshwater trip. While flushing the motor, check the water pump to make sure it has good water flow. This is also a good time to check the propeller for damage or debris (such as fishing line) that may have gotten wrapped around the shaft.
Visual Inspection
Every boat owner should visually inspect all parts, hoses, wires, clamps, and connections regularly. If you don't currently do this, you should make it a habit. This allows you to spot any leaks or corrosion before major issues occur. You should take the engine cowlings off, wipe everything down and give contacts and exposed parts a quick spray with an anti-corrosive spray. Be sure to lubricate all the moving parts, such as the shift and throttle cables. Also, you should have sacrificial anodes to protect submerged metal parts like outboards and props from galvanic corrosion. Check each anode periodically. The zinc anodes disintegrate through normal use, and if they are smaller than two-thirds of their original size, they should be replaced. Check all fluid levels including engine oil, power steering, power trim reservoirs, and coolant.
Safety Equipment
A key part of a maintenance routine that is often neglected is checking safety equipment. You should look over your life jackets to ensure they are in good condition and that there are enough on board. Check flares to make sure the dates are current and make sure all fire extinguishers are the correct class for your vessel and are fully charged and stowed in the proper place.
Although it may seem like there is a lot to think about when it comes to boat maintenance, it is very easy to incorporate most of these tasks into your regular routine. Just a few minutes at the end of every day could save you costly repairs and possibly the loss of some valuable time on the water.
With a focus on customer ease of use, some manufacturers are trying to help reduce maintenance time. I've been impressed by my Evinrude E-TEC G2. With no required break-in period or oil changes, no scheduled dealer maintenance for five years or 500 miles, and with its unique push-button automatic winterization, it is the easiest engine to own. The E-TEC G2 also simplifies the maintenance and inspection routine by streamlining rigging, so that trim and power steering controls are encapsulated within the engine itself – this means Also, with its get up and go, and great fuel economy, my E-TEC G2 helps me get the most out of spending time on the water
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Sat-ire n. the use of irony, ridicule, etc., in writing.
If you are looking for the typical Bollywood film with glitzy wardrobe, vibrant songs, and perfectly choreographed dance sequences, Peepli Live is not the film for you. We leave the Peepli Live theater with a feeling unique for Hindi cinema -- for which we must credit debutant director Anusha Rizvi. She has spun a series of satirical situations into the perfect web, all the while centering her attention on the issue of farmer suicides in rural communities of India.
In fictional Peepli Village, India, we first meet Natha (Omkar Das Manikpuri) and his brother Budhia (Raghubir Yadav, a Lagaaniite) on their way home from a bank. The two have just learned that the bank is calling their note for lack of payment, and that they are losing their farmland. Natha and Budhia decide to stop off at the local "watering hole" to get drunk before delivering the bad news to their family. Believe me, if you had Natha's wife (Shalini Vatsa) and mother (Farrukh Jaffer), you would probably be just as tempted to do the same as this hapless duo to build up courage. This family puts the capitol "D" in dysfunctional, with the wife and mother constantly backbiting and hurling venomous slurs at each other.
As election fever rolls around the corner, the brothers grow more anxious to solve their debt problem. Natha and Budhia seek the opinion of a local politician who carelessly reminds them that if a farmer were to commit suicide, the government would pay their surviving family members compensation for their misery. As if it weren't bad enough that they're about to lose their farmland, this politician steers them to the idea that of one of them should die for a government payout. Since this issue requires 'special thought', the pair goes off to contemplate while smoking pot, eating boiled eggs and laying around.
When the two discuss which lucky brother will step up and "do the deed", a good-hearted reporter, Rakesh (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) eavesdrops on them. In an effort to help Natha, Rakesh writes a news story about Natha's impending suicide and how the government payout will help their struggling family.
Perhaps underestimating the gravity of this situation, and hoping to "scoop" her fellow journalists, national reporter Nandita (Malaika Shenoy) takes over broadcasting from Natha's home. Once news of Peepli's most popular resident and his poor family hits the mainstream media, Natha becomes the center of a whirling vortex of local and national political corruption, as politicians scrambling to save face.
The media rivalry, funny as it is, reminded me of crabs in a bucket trying to survive by climbing over each other. The efforts of the media to report each step Natha took on a daily basis is comical. One reporter is even shown analyzing Natha's morning routine, including a chemical analysis of his feces to, according to the reporter, help determine Natha's 'emotional state'. We are also shown a poll on the national news stating that people all over India are perplexed at Natha's situation. A small percentage of citizens indicates on the poll that terrorists have a hand in this foul plot. Some polled even feel that Americans are to blame for this tragedy. And so the finger-pointing continues, as it so often does in politics. One question looms large: Will Natha commit suicide to save his family?
Director Anusha Rizvi clearly defines her objective in Peepli Live. Using "equal opportunity" jabs and sledgehammer innuendo, she displays precision, skill and a bold imagination, the combination noteworthy for any debutante. The result is a finely crafted satire in its true sense. The entire team delivers a film packed with information, and leaves it up to the audience to decide how to use this information.
I had the honor of meeting Anusha at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, after watching her film. She came across as smart, funny and full of wit. She has discovered a fresh way to get her point across in Bollywood and Hollywood, and all over the world for that matter. I look forward to her future films. As Andy Warhol said, "in the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes". If that's the case, Anusha Rizvi and Peepli Live should be riding high for years to come.
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Leadership is as much, if not more, about ones trust on the right 'others', than on the self. From the casting of Peepli Live (almost all among the lead cast have backgrounds in theater) to its final product, it's clear Aamir's beginning to realize the vision of his production house associating with creative projects synonymous with only top quality work.
And for any fan of Indian cinema, it's good to see quality work being projected outside of India -- it lends our film industry (there I go sounding like an insider again :D) tremendous credibility, which our conventional, commercial, core 'Bollywood' cinema, often doesn't earn. (That's not to say I don't like the conventional Bollywood narratives -- I love it -- but there is room for all kinds, and that cannot be overlooked.) Peepli Live seems to be an extension of that mission, for which alone I look forward to it tremendously.
Please look to updates to this space as this film is made available to a wider audience.
Producer's Note (Source: Official website)
In the year 2004, I was shooting for a film called Mangal Pandey, also called The Rising. While I was working on this film, I kept being pestered by some girl named Anusha Rizvi to read her script called The Falling. At first I thought that someone was just trying to be cheeky. But the requests kept coming and were very sincere. While I am in the middle of something I don't usually like to look at scripts but this time for some unknown reason I decided to give it a shot. So I called her and she read out her script to me.
From the time that the narration began I was drawn into it. I found it to be very funny and at the same time very heartbreaking. Very engaging, entertaining and enlightening, but a very unusual script for Indian cinema. In other words, it was right up my street.
Anusha and her team have done a superb job of putting on screen what was on paper. And I am very happy and proud to be associated with such a fine film.
Only now it's called 'PEEPLI LIVE'.
This is the first of the films that I have produced with the hope of entertaining a world audience. It's a world that I am unfamiliar with... and scary. Let's see how it goes.
The official website has links to reviews by Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and ScreenDaily.


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High resolution pictures direct from the show floor of Comic-Con 2008 featuring the Boba Fett, Stromtroopers and Carbonite Han Solo diorama from Gentle Giant. A great overall composition with the incorporation of the floating element, make this an incredible strong piece. Pretty much everyone loves to see Han suffer.


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The vote is in. The JCP voted yes on the JSRs for Java 7, Java 8, Project Coin, and Project Lambda. Some posts about it: "Java SE 7/8 passed" (unhappy post from Stephen Colebourne), "JCP Approves JSRs for Java SE 7, Java SE 8, Project Coin and Lambda" (Henrik Stahl, from the JRockit team).
Vote analysis: Java 7 and Java 8 get the most attention. The votes were identical for both, with 13 yeses and 3 nos.
In general, the no votes (Tim Peierls, Apache, Google) had a common theme: in inability to accept Oracle's stance on the field-of-use restrictions on the JVM. Apache's refusal was the longest expanation of any of the votes, pointing out the field of use restriction, the fact that the JSR is in conflict with its own license, the spec lead ignoring requests from multiple expert group members for explanations, and that oracle is breaching its own license in providing a testing kit for Harmony.
That last one is funny: Apache is saying "because you give us a TCK when we're in willful violation of the restrictions you put in place, you shouldn't be allowing us to participate, and you giving us a TCK is why we're voting no." It's hilarious.
Google also had an interesting comment to round out their "no" vote, after expressing resons for the "no":
But this concern was made moot by Oracle's statement at the JCP meeting of 10/4/2010 that they intend to move forward with the release outlined in this JSR with or without the approval of the JCP.
A lot of the yes votes had a similar theme: "We're voting yes because of technical merits of the JSR, and we disapprove of what you're doing." These were: SAP, IBM, Eclipse, Red Hat, and Credit Suisse, and Werner Keil.
That means out of 15 votes, nine said "we don't like what you're doing." Of those nine, six voted yes because of technical merits but said they were unhappy. The ones who voted yes had no comment. They were Oracle, Hewlett Packard, Ericsson AB, Fujitsu Limited, VMWare, and Intel.
Interesting: the fight goes on, even while Google puts it pretty clearly out there that the fight's meaningless, because Oracle's going to make progress with Java regardless. We're wasting energy complaining, Oracle's not listening; it doesn't matter, because it's in their best interests to do stuff that'll help us somehow anyway.


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We're in the midst of some behind-the-scenes relocating, upgrading, etc. etc. and thus are forced to take a slight break from posting at "Shatner's Toupee" - for a couple of months, hopefully no more. Rest assured, the work of the William Shatner School of Toupological Studies goes on. We'll be back as soon as our full upgrade and new larger, more effective center of toupologcal operations is completed. Thanks for your patience and stay tuned!
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Jim Thy Image.
Our thanks to reader Adam, who recently emailed us an interesting link we wanted to share with you. The email carried the subject heading "Shatner touches his toup", which in toupological parlance we label as a "Real hair reflex".
The moment comes 5m 40s into this video of a December 1974 appearance of Bill Shatner in the game show "Tattletales". The actor's then wife Marcy Lafferty is the woman in the TV partnering with her husband:
Late 1974 and throughout 1975 is the era of the Bill Shatner toupee that is perhaps the least discussed and least understood of all. Not because of its oddness, but rather the opposite - because it looked so good compared to the previous "Lost Years" style.
The "Lost Years" style as seen in 1974's Impulse.
We're not even sure we have an official nomenclature for it other than the not-entirely-satisfactory "Retro Jim" - perhaps "Jim Thy Image", as around this time, Bill Shatner was likely getting the first strong inklings that his own personal lost years would be coming to an end thanks to incessant talk of the return of Star Trek (Gene Roddenberry was working on a script called "The God Thing", which would later be reworked as "In Thy Image" and ultimately become Star Trek: The Motion Picture).
The rare and mysterious retro-Jim style as seen in 1975's The Tenth Level.
We've speculated here before that this may have led the actor to slim down and get this strongly Jim Kirk-like toup by way of preparing for a return to center stage. A couple years later, when, conversely, it seemed that Trek might remain in development hell, Bill Shatner may have tossed the new toup into a river in an angry rage.
After that, did Bill Shatner decisively turn to the un-Kirk-like "TJ Curly" by way of distancing himself from the shattered hopes of the past?
Underscoring the abilities of this rare gem of a toup is the particular "Real hair reflex" itself. It's a carefree brush, with no evident restraint or concern visible from Bill Shatner in how he handles this toup. Simply put, if you didn't know it was a toup, you'd never know...
Later in the clip, Bill Shatner - ever the tease - asks fellow panelist and Columbo villain alumni George Hamilton "How does he get his mustache like that?".
We should also add that this particular toup is a little longer than the other examples of the "Jim Thy Image" (does that name work?). It's as if it still has 10% of the "Lost Years" in it. Perhaps at this time, Bill Shatner was still unsure about whether he was fully in the right mindset to once again play Captain Kirk - in a very real sense, his hair was serving to express these complex emotions.
Anyway, getting a definitive answer on why Bill Shatner parted ways with such a great-looking toup is one of the tougher challenges of toupology. Perhaps one day we will find the answers...
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Earlier today, we linked to a Minneapolis Post-Bulletin story on Sen. Al Franken's unclear stance on a potential assault weapons ban. They've since updated their post to reflect his support for such a ban, so we'll do the same. Below is Sen. Franken's statement in full:
"My heart is heavy over the tragedy that occurred in Connecticut and my thoughts are with those who are grieving,"said Sen. Franken. "I've always supported the Second Amendment rights of Minnesotans to own firearms for collection, protection, and sport. But I also think we need to find a balance between those rights and the safety of our children and our communities. I co-sponsored legislation to large clips like those used in so many mass shootings. I also support the principle that we should reinstate a ban on assault weapons, and I will carefully review any proposal to do that. We need to make sure we don't have weapons out there that are really designed for the battlefield, and not for hunting. In the days and weeks ahead, I'm going to consult closely with all of the affected communities in the state – and that includes people like hunters, educators, parents, and other elected officials – about the best path forward."


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After students have read a book about the Holocaust, such as The Diary of Anne Frank or Night by Elie Wiesel, students will view Life is Beautiful and complete discussion questions that challenge their ability to analyze literature using film. When the film is complete, students will write a letter to the director conveying their opinion of the film.
- Letter Generator: Students use this interactive to write letters to the director of the film they view in this lesson.
- Exit Slips: This strategy/tool is one of the many ways that the teacher can check for students' understanding in this lesson.
In Reading in the Dark: Using Film as a Tool in the English Classroom, John Golden writes, "[W]e know, or strongly suspect, that the skills [students] use to decode the visual image are the same skills they use for a written text, and our goal, therefore, is to use that immediate interest in and uncanny ability with film and make it work for us" (xiii). In this lesson, an entire film is used to support a complimentary text that has the same themes.
Using a high-interest and entertaining film, it will allow the students to engage in the post reading activity and further support the skills that they would use if using only the print text. There are many benefits to teaching an entire film with corresponding texts. The film can introduce students to film technique, narrative structure, and allow them to examine a variety of genres. Furthermore, young adults tend to be visually oriented in these contemporary times. Teaching an entire film to a class has sometimes been looked down upon as a waste of time or inefficient. However, if done correctly, teaching an entire film can offer students an opportunity to learn about prediction, characterization, themes and setting.
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Blue-chip stocks offer the potential for big gains with below-average risk. Yacktman Fund is one good way to buy them.
Every investment has its season. During the 2008 meltdown, Treasury bonds offered the only safe harbor. Last year, gold was a big winner.
Today's most attractive opportunities lie, in my view, in high-quality, blue-chip stocks. I'm talking about companies that have demonstrated steady earnings and sales growth, boast competitive advantages over rivals, hang tough during economic slowdowns, and have little or no need to borrow money and often pay a dividend.
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"For what you're getting, high-quality stocks are clearly cheaper than the rest of the market," says Yacktman, who shares management duties with his son Stephen and Jason Subotky. "Why would you buy the equivalent of a single-A bond when you can buy triple-A quality for the same price?"
Both Yacktman funds have delivered superb results. Over the past ten years through February 26, Yacktman Fund returned an annualized 14%. That compares with an annualized loss of 1% for Standard & Poor's 500-stock index. Focused has performed equally well -- but with the slightly greater volatility you'd expect from a more-concentrated fund.
The funds don't always focus on blue chips. During the 2008 debacle, they scooped up shares of troubled companies, such as Bank of America (BAC) and Barclays (BCS), and did well with them. But such stocks have become pricey, in Don Yacktman's view.
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To hear Yacktman tell it, investing isn't all that difficult. Start by looking for high-quality businesses. Next, consider price. "So much of investing is how much you pay," he says.
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When he likes a stock, Yacktman isn't afraid to back up the truck. Currently, PepsiCo and News Corp. (NWSA) each make up 9% of Yacktman Fund; Coca-Cola accounts for 7%, and Pfizer, 5%. His top ten holdings make up 56% of the fund. "Why put a lot of money in your 50th-best idea?" Yacktman asks.
Some of his top holdings are longtime laggards. Coke, for instance, traded in the high $80s in 1998. "Today it's in the mid 50s, and almost every year since its peak it has recorded higher earnings and dividends," Yacktman says.
Yacktman is a patient investor: "So much of the market is driven by short-term momentum. When we analyze a stock, we like to think in terms of the next ten years." He generally holds stocks four or five years.
Yacktman Fund has more than 10% of its assets in cash. That, he says, is not a call on the stock market or the economy, but rather stems from his inability to find many compelling stocks trading at cheap prices.
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New England exhibitors joined the fun today at the Greater Lowell Kennel Club in Wilmington MA. The day ended with judge Dr Dale Simmons in the final ring with the English Cocker Spaniel, GCH CH Blackstone Very Vassar, the Bernese Mountain Dog, GCH CH Marbens Ruffian, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, CH Sheaman's Son of an Irishman, a Pomernaina from the classes, Foxworth Fine Tuned Instrument, the Boston Terrier, CH Kennedy's Hoot n Holler, and the Australian Shepherd, GCH CH Propwash Reckon.
Collecting the BIS was the Boston. Accepting the RBIS was the Cocker, Amelia. It was the first BIS and first Non-Sporting Group for the two year old dog. Congratulations to breeders Lillian G Reps & Cyndi Bussey and owners Teresa L Hill & Thomas Hill. We hope to have a photo for you soon.


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The 626 Night Market took place again last weekend in San Gabriel Valley's Santa Anita Racetrack. The semi-regular Asian street food festival is modeled after a traditional Taiwanese night market and is loaded with hawker fare. For a $2-$3 entrance fee (with free parking!), visitors receive access to dozens and dozens of Asian street food and restaurant booths offering attractively priced bites of both common and less-common dishes. The usual LA foodtruck suspects like Kogi and The Lobsta Truck also make appearances, along with street vendors selling Turkish Gyros and Carne Asada Fries.
Thousands show up to this unique food festival, from full families coming out from the San Gabriel suburb communities for a nostalgic bite of their home countries, to a few curious Westsiders who come to Instagram everything, plus groups of high schoolers looking for a cheap night out during summer break. Lines do stretch on every once in a while, but the food is usually worth the wait.
The market is aiming to be a regular experience, with plans for another two-day event on August 3rd and 4th. If we may suggest, come very hungry and thirsty, and come on both days. There are tons of different regional foods to try that aren't easily available, since some vendors only come out for this event and don't actually have proper restaurants at all.
Besides tons of stinky tofu and pandan churros, check out what else this Asian night bazaar themed street food festival had to offer in the slideshow.
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