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...mostly behind us, according to Ritchin's exploration of how digital technologies are changing the landscape of news photography. Even if film photography lives on in the fine art world, its limitations make it significantly less interesting than the possibilities offered by digital technology. Ritchin is no digital virgin. The pioneering director of the Web site PixelPress, he was teaching the New York Times how to present photography on the Internet as early as 1994. He views digital photography as a natural evolution of the form, paralleling the evolution of science itself, using cloning and DNA manipulation as examples...
...some communities in Africa, parents still believe their children are dying not from AIDS, but from witchcraft. Meanwhile, many HIV activists encourage medical doctors in these contexts to rely on the assistance of traditional healers (who are known to spread the myth that sleeping with a virgin cures diseases. While one NGO in Zimbabwe has already tried to debunk that myth, it is astonishing that donors spend millions of dollars on expensive HIV testing and (comparably) miniscule resources are spent on providing vital information to containing the spread of AIDS...
British Invasion. Virgin America - the only airline with seatback snack ordering and interactive entertainment systems - will launch service to Boston on Feb. 12, 2009, with three daily nonstops from L.A., and two daily from San Francisco. Fares start...
Marinara• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil• 2 small onions, finely chopped• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped• 1/2 tsp. sea salt• 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper• 2 (32-oz.) cans crushed tomatoes• 2 dried bay leaves• 2 Tbsp. chopped thyme• 1 Tbsp. chopped rosemary• 3 Tbsp. chopped basil
Brandon Boudet of Dominick's in Los Angeles wasn't so sure. A Spam virgin, he blanched a bit when it plonked out of the can, all pink like a newborn mole rat. After bravely sautéing some little squares of Spam--for Spamghetti carbonara--he tested one and was surprised. It was pleasantly hamlike and not as salty as he had expected. And it was eerily airy. He was so confused, he grabbed the can and scanned the ingredients. It was the potato starch. That's what holds the shape but kind of melts in your mouth...