'Fill the Void' probes loyalty and desire

'Fill the Void' lets viewers inside an Orthodox religious society.

By Peter Rainer,?Film critic / May 31, 2013

Shira (Hadas Yaron) faces pressure to marry her late sister?s husband in the insider-crafted film ?Fill the Void.?

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Very few movies have ever been made, successfully or otherwise, about life inside an Orthodox religious society. Even fewer have been made by a filmmaker who is herself a member of that world, as is the case with Rama Burshtein, the director of the extraordinary Israeli film ?Fill the Void.?

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Burshtein belongs to the ultra-Orthodox Haredi community. Her prior experience was making short films only for the women in her sexually segregated circle. I did not know Burshtein?s background when I saw ?Fill the Void,? but, in retrospect, it makes perfect sense.

The film is made from deep inside, without a trace of otherness or voyeurism. For those of us for whom this life might seem alien, Burshtein quickly sets us straight. We become as absorbed in the intricacies of this world as we would be in a domestic drama derived from Jane Austen.

Austen was, in fact, a great influence on Burshtein, as she has stated in interviews. The film centers on the 18-year-old Shira (Hadas Yaron), who is looking forward to a prospective match with a young man from Tel Aviv she has only glimpsed, to her delight, in a supermarket aisle. By contrast, her mother, Rivka, played with industrial-strength resoluteness by Irit Sheleg, looks at the young man and knowingly remarks to her daughter, ?You?re going to do a lot of laundry.?
When Shira?s beloved older sister Esther (Renana Raz) dies giving birth to her son, tradition demands that Esther?s husband, Yochay (Yiftach Klein), soon remarry. But when it turns out he would likely relocate to Belgium for his bride-to-be, thus separating Rivka from her first grandchild, his mother-in-law engineers an alternative scenario: Shira should marry Yochay.

The marriages in this community are not so much arranged as strenuously encouraged. Shira ultimately has veto power but heavy-duty pressures are brought to bear. Neither Shira nor Yochay is initially keen on the idea; their tentative meetings are both highly formalized and startlingly, hurtfully direct.
Burshtein makes it very clear that, despite the sexually segregated hierarchy in this world ? despite the patriarchy at its core ? the women are an indomitable bunch. At least the women in Shira?s immediate circle are, from her mother on down. Rivka?s husband may be the rabbi who doles out charity on Purim (a Jewish holiday) to the men in need of it, but it is Rivka who knows where the money is kept and how much to dispense.

Burshtein keeps the focus on Shira throughout ? a good thing, since Yaron?s performance grows in intensity. (She won the best actress award at the Venice film festival.) When we first glimpse her, she is maidenly and unformed, but the loss of her sister, and the welter of complications that ensues, matures her real fast. Shira is changed by the end, and even though we may miss the wide-eyed girl, we feel privileged to have charted her deepening responses. Her predicament is bound up not only in Hasidic tradition but also with the push-pull of loyalty and desire that would confront any young woman in her situation. A similar emotional trajectory, if less intimately observed, is also apparent in the film?s depiction of Yochay.

Burshtein draws us into this world without simplifying it for us. She doesn?t ?comment? on what she shows us, or offer a critical slant. There is, I suppose, documentary value in all this, but the film plays out too intensely, and has too many good performances, to be mistaken for mere ethnography.

One might think that, with lives this circumscribed by ritual, the people in ?Fill the Void? would seem straitened and two-dimensional. Quite the opposite. As Burshtein said in an interview in The New York Times, ?I believe in the rules, but I will find the passion within.? The ritualistic confines, if anything, heighten the inherent drama, as was also true, in a very different way of course, with Jane Austen.

Burshtein doesn?t promote a we-are-all-the-same-under-the-skin agenda here. Even though she is of this community, she acknowledges its observances might seem disorienting to outsiders. But implicit in this film is a simple truth: The sheer force of artistry has the power to convert outsiders into insiders. I left ?Fill the Void? feeling privileged, however briefly, to have been brought into this world. Grade: A- (Rated PG for mild thematic elements and brief smoking.)

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McIlroy, Donald miss cut at BMW PGA Championship

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) ? Rory McIlory was one of five 2012 European Ryder Cup players to miss the cut Friday in the BMW PGA Championship, while Medinah teammate Francesco Molinari took the lead at cold and wet Wentworth.

The second-ranked McIlory had a 3-over 75 to finish at 5 over. Two-time defending champion Luke Donald, Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell and Paul Lawrie ? all members of Europe's winning team last year at Medinah ? also dropped out early. Molinari put himself in position for his fourth European Tour title, shooting a 68 to take a one-stroke lead at 6 under.

"I am really happy with my two days and while the conditions were quite tough, I'm hitting the ball well off the tee, and the putter is also working well," the Italian said.

South Africa's George Coetzee, Scotland's Marc Warren, England's Mark Foster and Spain's Alejandro Canizares were tied for second. Foster had a 69, and Coetzee, Warren and Canizares shot 70.

Sergio Garcia, the Spanish player whose verbal sparring with Tiger Woods turned ugly this week when he said he would "serve fried chicken" if he had dinner with Woods, was five strokes back after a 71.

McIlroy hit only four fairways in the second round, a roller-coaster front nine of four birdies but also five bogeys. He parred the next seven holes, made a double bogey on the 17th after driving out of bounds, and closed with a two-putt birdie.

"It was just a tough day and I didn't get off to the best start to be 2 over through three," said McIlroy, who also missed the cut last year. "I did manage a couple of birdies to get back to level but it was a grind. I was missing a lot of greens and couldn't really give myself many chances to make any shots back and obviously try to get into the weekend."

McIlroy was undecided as to whether to travel to Paris to see his girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki prepare for the French Open or travel to Monte Carlo for the Monaco Grand Prix auto race.

Donald had a 72 to finish at 6.

"Even for England this weather is pretty unseasonal and it made the course play very tough because the last couple of years it's been very warm and the ball has travelled a lot," Donald said. "I was 9 over through 21 holes playing pretty terrible golf, really."

Poulter was 8 over after a 76.

"I'm fine. I'm fine," Poulter said. "Don't worry about me as I will be posting some good scores again, soon."

Lawrie was 3 over after a 72, and McDowell 5 over after a 75. In his last five events, McDowell missed the cut in the Masters, won the RBC Heritage, missed the cut in The Players Championship, won the Volvo Match Play Championship and missed cut in the BMW PGA.

"My next tournament is the U.S. Open and I would say my preparation is perfect," he said, laughing.

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Four questions that will be answered by UFC 160

UFC 160 is just days away. What questions will be answered by Saturday's fights?

Who is the greatest heavyweight in all of the land? Cain Velasquez dominated Antonio Silva in their first bout, but that was a Silva who had just lost to Daniel Cormier. Now, coming off the shocking knockout of Alistair Overeem, will we see an improved Silva or will Velasquez hold onto his belt?

Will Benson Henderson's next opponent impress? The winner of T.J. Grant's bout with Gray Maynard is supposed to get a title bout with Benson Henderson. But as we know from experience, title shots can be taken away if Maynard and Grant don't deliver on Saturday night.

Can Donald Cerrone get past the mental problems he has had in the cage? There's no questioning Cerrone's talent. He has the skill to be a force in the cage, but then why did he lose to Anthony Pettis? He visited a sports psychologist after that January loss.

"It's trying to figure out, what do I do in the cage that I don't do in training?" Cerrone said to MMA Junkie. "Because in training, I don't lose a round."

Since he trains at Jackson's MMA, this is no small feat. Can he translate that training into performance in the cage against Strikeforce import K.J. Noons?

Which up-and-coming lightweight will win? Khabib Nurmagomedov is 19-0 and needed just two minutes to take out Thiago Tavares in January. Abel Trujillo is 10-4, but won his last five fights. His TKO of Marcu Levesseur was one of the more memorable finishes of late last year. Which of these lightweight up-and-comers will come out with a win?

Related coverage on Yahoo! Sports:
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? Donald Cerrone braces for showdown with K.J. Noons

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What To Do About REITs? ? Mebane Faber Research ? Stock ...

REITs have been the best performing major asset class since the market bottom in 2009, up over 200%. ?

What are the current drivers of REITs saying now across trend, yield curve, and valuation?

-Trend is certainly positive.

-Yield curve is above average, but not as steep as it was a few years ago.

-Valuation is really bad nominal, but not as bad on a real basis:

Below are two charts that I find highly useful. ?The first looks at yields on various indexes (the red dot is where we are now and purple/green represent one standard deviation bands). ?This chart poses the problem many investors complain about daily ? where to find yield? ?(Note: S&P500 is TTM PE yield.)

One would conclude, that with the exception of mortgage REITs and US stocks, everything else is highly unnattractive. ?Bonds and REITs seem to be at their worst yields EVER (will update these at Q end ? data is a bit stale as of March I think).

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?When you invest in REITs when they have a low yield, surprise, returns are worse (since 82):

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However, if one looks at yields?after?inflation, so called real yields, the picture changes. ?Most asset classes are in normal valuation ranges, and while bonds are still trading at low yields, stocks are even more attractive, and mortgage REITS too. ?

The world doesn?t look so bad.

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?And here are my thoughts on the asset class ? ready to exit when the trends deteriorate (a few months ago so have cleaned up a bit since!).

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Source: http://www.mebanefaber.com/2013/05/21/what-to-do-about-reits-2/

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Matter: Years Underground, Hatching an Invasion

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Billions of cicadas, the blood red-eyed insects renowned for their shrill mating call, are beginning to crawl out of the earth, an emergence 17 years in the making.

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Sexuality in the Muslim world

Public release date: 9-May-2013
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New book explores resistance against harsh policing of sexuality in some Muslim societies

Montreal, May 9, 2013 With the Arab Spring came massive social upheaval. As citizens continue to rise up and autocratic regimes fall, challenges to women's rights cross borders unimpeded. From community-based oppression to state-sanctioned legal battles, women rights are being challenged at multiple levels.

Because religion is often used to justify these incursions, Islam is stigmatized for being restrictive with respect to gender equality. But contrary to stereotypes that depict women from Muslim societies as submissive and oppressed, women are actively participating in these political changes and also resisting the curtailing of their rights.

"By exploring the historical background of gender and sexuality in different political contexts, we can shed light on the fact that conservative Muslim discourse does not necessarily match the practices of believers or of citizens," says Homa Hoodfar, professor of anthropology at Concordia University.

While women have witnessed a rising tide of discrimination and persecution from conservative groups, they have also strategized for and demanded more gender equality. These trends are documented in Sexuality in Muslim Contexts Restrictions and Resistance, the new book co-edited by Hoodfar and her colleague Anissa Hlie from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York.

Intended to contribute to the existing debates and organizing around sexualities in Muslim communities, the collection of essays explores resistance against the harsh policing of sexuality, with a particular focus on Asia and the Middle East. Case studies written by advocates and experts explore both the restriction of sexual rights and the strategies designed to counter such trends in countries such as Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, China, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Malaysia, Israel and India.

"We wanted to widen the understanding of how sexual norms and sexual behaviour are challenged," says Hoodfar. "Many Muslim-majority countries still use religion to repress those who do not conform to sexual norms. We wanted to publish a book that takes a closer look at why that is and what is being done to improve conditions for women."

For Hlie, who penned a chapter on gender equality and sexual diversity for the book, this anthology "provides evidence of indigenous strategies that women, as well as people stigmatized for their gender expression or sexuality, have designed either collectively or as individuals to mobilize for bodily rights."

Sexuality in Muslim Contexts attests to the fact that, as Hlie points out, "social actors in Muslim societies are engaged in redefining, resisting and subverting narrow conceptions of sexuality and gender. As they do so, they reclaim the right to shape their own cultures from within their specific societies". The sustained and ongoing local efforts to improve women's rights throughout the Muslim world, compellingly documented in the pages of this book, will give readers hope for a brighter future.

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Partners in research: Many of the contributions were based on a collaborative and multi-site research project Women's Empowerment in Muslim Contexts and the workshops which helped inspire it, were facilitated by the Shirkat Gah Women's Resource Center, Pakistan, and Concordia University, Canada.

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Media contact:

Cla Desjardins
Senior Advisor, External Communications
Concordia University
Tel: 514-848-2424, ext. 5068
Cell: 514-909-2999
e-mail: clea.desjardins@concordia.ca
Web: concordia.ca/media-relations
Twitter: twitter.com/CleaDesjardins

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Contact: Clea Desjardins
clea.desjardins@concordia.ca
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Concordia University

New book explores resistance against harsh policing of sexuality in some Muslim societies

Montreal, May 9, 2013 With the Arab Spring came massive social upheaval. As citizens continue to rise up and autocratic regimes fall, challenges to women's rights cross borders unimpeded. From community-based oppression to state-sanctioned legal battles, women rights are being challenged at multiple levels.

Because religion is often used to justify these incursions, Islam is stigmatized for being restrictive with respect to gender equality. But contrary to stereotypes that depict women from Muslim societies as submissive and oppressed, women are actively participating in these political changes and also resisting the curtailing of their rights.

"By exploring the historical background of gender and sexuality in different political contexts, we can shed light on the fact that conservative Muslim discourse does not necessarily match the practices of believers or of citizens," says Homa Hoodfar, professor of anthropology at Concordia University.

While women have witnessed a rising tide of discrimination and persecution from conservative groups, they have also strategized for and demanded more gender equality. These trends are documented in Sexuality in Muslim Contexts Restrictions and Resistance, the new book co-edited by Hoodfar and her colleague Anissa Hlie from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York.

Intended to contribute to the existing debates and organizing around sexualities in Muslim communities, the collection of essays explores resistance against the harsh policing of sexuality, with a particular focus on Asia and the Middle East. Case studies written by advocates and experts explore both the restriction of sexual rights and the strategies designed to counter such trends in countries such as Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, China, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Malaysia, Israel and India.

"We wanted to widen the understanding of how sexual norms and sexual behaviour are challenged," says Hoodfar. "Many Muslim-majority countries still use religion to repress those who do not conform to sexual norms. We wanted to publish a book that takes a closer look at why that is and what is being done to improve conditions for women."

For Hlie, who penned a chapter on gender equality and sexual diversity for the book, this anthology "provides evidence of indigenous strategies that women, as well as people stigmatized for their gender expression or sexuality, have designed either collectively or as individuals to mobilize for bodily rights."

Sexuality in Muslim Contexts attests to the fact that, as Hlie points out, "social actors in Muslim societies are engaged in redefining, resisting and subverting narrow conceptions of sexuality and gender. As they do so, they reclaim the right to shape their own cultures from within their specific societies". The sustained and ongoing local efforts to improve women's rights throughout the Muslim world, compellingly documented in the pages of this book, will give readers hope for a brighter future.

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Partners in research: Many of the contributions were based on a collaborative and multi-site research project Women's Empowerment in Muslim Contexts and the workshops which helped inspire it, were facilitated by the Shirkat Gah Women's Resource Center, Pakistan, and Concordia University, Canada.

Related links:

Media contact:

Cla Desjardins
Senior Advisor, External Communications
Concordia University
Tel: 514-848-2424, ext. 5068
Cell: 514-909-2999
e-mail: clea.desjardins@concordia.ca
Web: concordia.ca/media-relations
Twitter: twitter.com/CleaDesjardins

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Canadian Real Estate Investing Lessons "From The Streets" | eBook ...

Tom Karadza, Nick Karadza, ?Canadian Real Estate Investing Lessons ?From The Streets?" English | ISBN: 1427642877 | 2009 | PDF | 217 pages | 1,5 MB

Tom Karadza, Nick Karadza, "Canadian Real Estate Investing Lessons "From The Streets""
English | ISBN: 1427642877 | 2009 | PDF | 217 pages | 1,5 MB
A major gap has always existed between real estate investing information and actual, real life application. This book outlines real world lessons and examples which allows the reader to take the information and relate it to current day opportunities. If you are tired of the hype around real estate investing and want to get a better understanding of what it really takes to be a real estate investor then this book will interest you. It is organized into a collection of articles and blog postings that received accolades, garnished national media attention, and are still available online today.

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Bloomberg: Tesla's Elon Musk discussing self-driving car partnership with Google

What's next for Tesla's Model S? Road safety and assistance tools may be on the docket, including self-driving technology that Elon Musk refers to as "autopilot," according to a Bloomberg report. The CEO has reportedly been in talks with Google about assistive tech -- the feature could be similar to what we've seen in Mountain View's recent self-driving demos, though a system developed in-house by Tesla is more likely. Bloomberg states that some automakers, such as Nissan, think autonomous vehicles could be a decade away, so don't expect a next-gen Model S to navigate roads on its own.

Meanwhile, a hidden configuration page in current vehicles reveals some additional features, including Blind Spot Detection, Adaptive Cruise and Lane Departure Warning. All three are currently disabled, but they could bring at least some additional automation to the all-electric car. It's unlikely that the required hardware is installed within sedans already on the road, but it's clearly on the company's radar, giving us hope that some of the concerns we outlined during our review may soon be addressed.

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Learn to play The Beatles on ukulele with this iOS app

If you play or are learning to play the ukulele, check out this iOS music app. ?The?Ukulele Songbook: The Beatles app is a universal iOS app that teaches you to play 19 of Beatles songs. ?Each song is complete with lyrics and chords, and there’s even an enhanced chord library where “you can view large [...]

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Sony's New Cheap Laptops Are Actually Kind of Beautiful

We've sort of gotten used to having to spend a disproportionate amount of money on nice-looking computers. Cheap laptops are not the same as premium laptops. We understand that. For once, though, inexpensive doesn't mean "junky plastic mess".

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As climate changes, boreal forests to shift north and relinquish more carbon than expected

As climate changes, boreal forests to shift north and relinquish more carbon than expected

Monday, May 6, 2013

It's difficult to imagine how a degree or two of warming will affect a location. Will it rain less? What will happen to the area's vegetation?

New Berkeley Lab research offers a way to envision a warmer future. It maps how Earth's myriad climates?and the ecosystems that depend on them?will move from one area to another as global temperatures rise.

The approach foresees big changes for one of the planet's great carbon sponges. Boreal forests will likely shift north at a steady clip this century. Along the way, the vegetation will relinquish more trapped carbon than most current climate models predict. The research is published online May 5 in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Boreal ecosystems encircle the planet's high latitudes, covering swaths of Canada, Europe, and Russia in coniferous trees and wetlands. This vegetation stores vast amounts of carbon, keeping it out of the atmosphere where it can contribute to climate change.

Scientists use incredibly complex computer simulations called Earth system models to predict the interactions between climate change and ecosystems such as boreal forests. These models show that boreal habitat will expand poleward in the coming decades as regions to their north become warmer and wetter. This means that boreal ecosystems are expected to store even more carbon than they do today.

But the Berkeley Lab research tells a different story. The planet's boreal forests won't expand poleward. Instead, they'll shift poleward. The difference lies in the prediction that as boreal ecosystems follow the warming climate northward, their southern boundaries will be overtaken by even warmer and drier climates better suited for grassland.

And that's a key difference. Grassland stores a lot of carbon in its soil, but it accumulates at a much slower rate than is lost from diminishing forests.

"I found that the boreal ecosystems ringing the globe will be pushed north and replaced in their current location by what's currently to their south. In some places, that will be forest, but in other places it will be grassland," says Charles Koven, a scientist in Berkeley Lab's Earth Sciences Division who conducted the research.

"Most Earth system models don't predict this, which means they overestimate the amount of carbon that high-latitude vegetation will store in the future," he adds.

Koven's results come from a new way of tracking global warming's impact on Earth's mosaic of climates. The method is based on the premise that as temperatures rise, a location's climate will be replaced by a similar but slightly warmer climate from a nearby area. The displaced climate will in turn shift to another nearby location with a slightly cooler climate. It's as if climate change forces warmer climates to flow toward cooler areas, making everywhere warmer over time.

This approach can help determine where a given climate is going to in the future, and where a given climate will come from.

Koven applied this approach to 21 climate models. He used simulations that depict a middle-of-the-road climate change scenario, meaning the range of warming by the end of this century is 1.0?C to 2.6?C above a 1986 to 2005 baseline.

Climate models divide the planet into gridcells that cover tens or hundreds of square kilometers. In each model, Koven identified which gridcells in a warmer climate have a nearby gridcell with a similar climate in terms of average monthly temperature and precipitation. A good match, for example, is a neighboring gridcell that has similar rainfall patterns but is slightly warmer in the summer and winter.

Koven then calculated the speed at which a gridcell's climate will shift toward its matching gridcell over the next 80 years. He also investigated how this shift will transport the carbon stored in the vegetation that grows in the gridcell's climate.

In general, he found that climates move toward the poles and up mountain slopes. In parts of South America, warmer climates march westward up the Andes. In the southern latitudes, warmer climates head south.

But the most dramatic changes occur in the higher latitudes. Here, boreal ecosystems will have to race poleward in order to keep up with their climates. They'll also be encroached by warmer climates from the south. By the end of this century, a forest near Alberta, Canada will have to move 100 miles north in order to maintain its climate. And it will gain a climate that is now located 100 miles to the south.

Forests can't adapt this quickly, however, meaning that in the short-term they'll be stressed. And in the long-term they'll be forced to move north and give up their southern regions to grassland.

Only one of the Earth system models shows this precipitous loss of carbon in southern boreal forests. Koven says that's because most models don't account for random events such as fire, drought, and insects that kill already-stressed trees. His "climate analogue" approach does account for these events because they're implicit in the spatial distribution of ecosystems.

In addition, Earth system models predict carbon loss by placing vegetation at a given point, and then changing various climate properties above it.

"But this approach misses the fact that the whole forest might shift to a different place," says Koven.

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Salt Issues: Difference between kosher salt and ... - Diet and Fitness

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With hypertension being a regular complain among the masses, ?choose salt substitutes? has been promulgated aggressively. Try coarser-grained sea salt instead of ordinary table salt. Because of the coarse characteristic, this type of salt takes up more volume for same amount of weight.

The regular salt we use is treated, refined iodized and additives are added to it. Kosher salt has larger grains are not iodized with any additives either.

Coarse grained sea salt does not dissolve as quickly as table salt, making it useful for giving a salty ?feel? to the exterior of foods without using as much salt. In fact, this property is actually used to draw the blood out of meat.

As for sodium content, if you substitute sea salt one-for-one for table salt, you will slightly decrease your sodium intake because of sea salt?s greater volume: One teaspoon contains 1,920 milligrams of sodium, compared to 2,325 milligrams in table salt. By weight, however, both sea salt and table salt contain about 400 milligrams of sodium per gram.

As far as nutrition is concerned, there is no major difference. Too much of either salt can cause problems in the body, such as high blood pressure.

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Marilu Henner: Fired on Celebrity Apprentice!

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'The Amazing Race' winners nab $1 million prize

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Kimberly Nordyke The Hollywood Reporter

1 hour ago

CBS

The cast of the 22nd season of "The Amazing Race."

"The Amazing Race" has crowned its season 22 champs.

(Warning: Spoiler alert!)

Hockey brothers Bates and Anthony Battaglia were named the winners of the $1 million prize in Sunday night's season finale of the CBS reality competition -- and it wasn't even close.

PHOTOS: 'The Amazing Race' season 22 teams

The brothers -- who had dominated much of the competition -- beat out newlyweds Max and Katie Bichler and roller-derby moms Mona Egender and Beth Bandimere for the win, with the final leg taking place in Washington, D.C.

"I can't remember the last time I felt like this," Bates told host Phil Keoghan at the finish line after learning he and his brother had won.

The Bichlers came in second, with Egender and Bandimere in third.

In Washington, the teams posed for a picture with "President Obama" (their images were superimposed on a picture with him at a souvenir shop); took part in a spy-themed hunt for a briefcase that held their next clue; and ziplined/threw baseballs in National Park while one teammate tried to catch the ball while dressed as a mascot.

In the final challenge, one team member was forced to search a pit of Earth-themed beach balls to ones where the countries they visited had been circled. The other team member then had to put in those in the order they had traveled to them. The hockey brothers finished the challenge before the other two teams even arrived.

STORY: 'Amazing Race' host Phil Keoghan spills secrets on season 22 finale

Country singers Caroline Cutbirth and Jennifer Kuhle were previously eliminated in the 11th (and penultimate) leg the race, as seen in the first hour of Sunday's two-hour episode. That leg took the teams to Ireland, where they were required to go bog snorkeling and choose between serving a Titanic-inspired five-course meal or creating graffiti art. But the singers struggled to find one of the locations where they needed to pick up a clue.

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Iran: Quake rattles region near nuke reactor

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? Iran says a moderate earthquake rattled a region near the country's main nuclear reactor, but there were no reports of damage or deaths in the surrounding area.

The official Islamic Republic News Agency says Monday's quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 and was centered near Kaki, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of Bushehr on the Persian Gulf coast.

A more powerful 6.1 temblor struck the same area last month, killing at least 37 people and raising calls for greater international safety inspectors at the nuclear reactor in Bushehr.

Iran said there was no damage to the reactor in last month's quake. The IRNA report Monday did not specifically address the reactor, but said there were no fatalities or damage in the latest quake.

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App lets amputees program their own bionic hands

Double amputee Jason Koger, 34, of Owensboro, Ky., demonstrates his i-limb ultra revolution hands during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Philadelphia. Koger, a husband and father of three who lost his limbs in an accident, can now activate with an iPhone app 24 different grip patterns for his new hands. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Double amputee Jason Koger, 34, of Owensboro, Ky., demonstrates his i-limb ultra revolution hands during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Philadelphia. Koger, a husband and father of three who lost his limbs in an accident, can now activate with an iPhone app 24 different grip patterns for his new hands. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Double amputee Jason Koger, 34, of Owensboro, Ky., demonstrates his i-limb ultra revolution hands during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Philadelphia. Koger, a husband and father of three who lost his limbs in an accident, can now activate with an iPhone app 24 different grip patterns for his new hands. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Double amputee Jason Koger, 34, of Owensboro, Ky., demonstrates his i-limb ultra revolution hands decorated with images of his children during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Philadelphia. Koger, a husband and father of three who lost his limbs in an accident, can now activate with an iPhone app 24 different grip patterns for his new hands. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Double amputee Jason Koger, 34, of Owensboro, Ky., demonstrates his i-limb ultra revolution hands during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Philadelphia. Koger, a husband and father of three who lost his limbs in an accident, can now activate with an iPhone app 24 different grip patterns for his new hands. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Double amputee Jason Koger, 34, of Owensboro, Ky., smiles during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Philadelphia. Koger, a husband and father of three who lost his limbs in an accident, can now activate with an iPhone app 24 different grip patterns for his new bionic hands. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? Double-amputee Jason Koger used to fly hundreds of miles to visit a clinician when he wanted to adjust the grips on his bionic hands.

Now, he's got an app.

Koger came to Philadelphia this week to demonstrate the i-limb ultra revolution, a prosthetic developed by the British firm Touch Bionics. Using a stylus and an iPhone, Koger can choose any of 24 grip patterns that best suit his needs.

It's the latest evolution in equipment for Koger, a 34-year-old married father of three from Owensboro, Ky., who lost his hands in an all-terrain vehicle accident in 2008.

"Five years ago, I couldn't pull my pants up by myself," said Koger. "Today, I go hunting and do some of the things that I probably never imagined I could have done five years ago."

The technology indicates how rapidly the field of prosthetics is changing, benefiting patients from injured military members to victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Practitioners say increased government research in the wake of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is driving some of the advances.

In Koger's case, he was shocked by a downed power line. He went into a coma and had no idea until he woke up three days later that doctors had amputated both his limbs at mid-forearm.

His wife spent those three days researching prosthetics, Koger said.

Since then, he's used a variety of prostheses, which he considers like tools ? different extensions for different tasks. Electric hooks have allowed him to pursue his passion for hunting. Myoelectric hands, which react to electrical impulses generated by his remaining arm muscles, offer more precise movements.

The previous version of Koger's myoelectric device required programming by a prosthetist, meaning Koger had to fly to Advanced Arm Dynamics in Dallas. The prosthetist would work with Koger to pick a few grip patterns ? such as pinching, pointing or shaking hands ? to program into the i-limb.

Yet sometimes Koger would get home and realize they weren't the ones he needed. Now, the latest i-limb comes with iPhone or iPad app that allows Koger to reprogram his hand with the touch of a stylus. On Thursday, he demonstrated by gripping an orange, a baseball and a can of soda.

The i-limb allows fingers and thumbs move independently to conform around certain objects, said Ryan Spill, a prosthetist for Advanced Arm Dynamics' new office in Philadelphia, who is working with Koger. The thumb is also motorized, not passive, as in previous prostheses.

The Boston Marathon bombings, which wounded more than 260 people including many with serious leg injuries, have shined a light on the advances in prostheses. But experts note that technology for upper extremity bionics, which involve fine motor skills, is much different from what's needed for lower extremities, which focuses on weight distribution and gait.

There have also been huge advances in computerized knees and feet, said Joe Reda, assistant director of orthotic and prosthetic services at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange, N.J.

"The changes are happening rather rapidly now and I think it's because of our wars overseas," said Reda. "The government is trying to put more money into research and development."

The i-limb ultra revolution costs about $100,000, though some insurance might cover it. Koger, who received his free in exchange for testing them and providing feedback, met Friday in Philadelphia with other amputees interested in the new technology.

Mark Dowling, 50, of Newark, Del., lost his arm to cancer several months ago. He said he cried while watching Koger demonstrate how the hand worked.

"I'm very touched with his story," Dowling said.

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Online:

http://www.jasonkoger.com

http://www.touchbionics.com

http://www.armdynamics.com

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Hollande Protests: Thousands Of French Leftists March Against President's 1st Year

PARIS -- Tens of thousands of supporters of leftist parties marched through central Paris on Sunday to express disappointment with President Francois Hollande's first year in power, criticizing the leader for reneging on his promises to rein in the world of finance and enact economic stimulus.

Hollande, a Socialist, rose to the presidency last May, promising to spare France the austerity measures imposed elsewhere in Europe. And the French government has largely avoided the deep spending cuts, big tax hikes and the wide-ranging reforms of many of its neighbors.

Instead, it has nibbled around the edges of its deficit, cutting 10 billion euros ($13 billion) in spending and increasing taxes, largely on the rich, by 20 billion euros. That's relatively little for a country with 2 trillion euro economy of which 57 percent is government spending.

Still, France's economy has continued to deteriorate, with growth stagnating and unemployment rising above 10 percent.

Leftists who took the streets on Sunday ? largely from parties to the left of Hollande's mainstream Socialist Party ? rejected the notion that Hollande had spared France a worse fate.

"Salaries are frozen. They continue to reduce hiring in the public sector," said Brigitte Blang, a 64-year-old teacher from eastern France. "We're waiting for true leftist policies. There's money in the coffers!"

Blang was among tens of thousands of people from around the country who gathered around Paris' iconic Place de la Bastille, named for the prison stormed by French revolutionaries in 1789. They carried signs that said, "Down with austerity," "Out with finance, humans first" and "OUSTerity ? finance should pay."

Paris police said 30,000 people showed up, although protest organizers said there were 180,000. After speeches, the crowd marched to another Paris square.

Several protesters acknowledged that they voted for Hollande a year ago ? either simply to ensure the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy's defeat or because they had hope for his leadership.

Hollande's failure to keep the support of those on the far left protesting in Paris on Sunday while also angering the right _who think his economic reforms and budget cuts haven't gone far enough ? has made him one the least popular presidents in modern French history. In a sign of how he is being squeezed from both sides, police said 15,000 people ? largely right-leaning ? gathered in another part of Paris on Sunday to protest the recent passage of a law legalizing gay marriage.

Hollande and his ministers have pleaded for more time to allow their policies to take hold.

On the one hand, France's reluctance to enact major budget cuts may seem prescient to some as many economists and politicians in Europe rethink the austerity programs demanded in exchange for bailouts. The effects of budget cuts and tax increases have been much more detrimental to growth than some expected, and the prolonged recession and high unemployment in many countries has begun to make those policies untenable.

But others note that France hasn't just shied away from budget cuts, it has also skimped on reforms. While Spain and Italy may be struggling more than France currently, both countries are also laying the groundwork for a strong, durable recovery, many economists say.

France, on the other hand, may be left behind when the rebound comes since it has only partially committed to labor market reforms. Many of its companies are still not competitive on the world stage, its government spending is still too high and Hollande's administration has only exacerbated the impression that France is a difficult place to do business. One of his ministers has had very public spats with Goodyear, ArcelorMittal and Yahoo in the past year.

Hollande has been trying to turn that reputation around, recently unveiling a raft of tax cuts for entrepreneurs. But that announcement is a good example of the bind he finds himself in: Those very tax cuts were held up as a call to arms for Sunday's protest. And many deplored what they see as a stranglehold on power exercised by big companies and banks.

"Our march ... is a protest against the coup d'etat of the world of finance that is happening throughout Europe," said Jean-Luc Melenchon, the head of a grouping of leftist political parties known as the Left Front.

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