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Just like fashion, foods have trends, especially when it comes to the promotion of good health.
This is strange because we usually think of food being just food, nothing too special. However, our society has recently been on a health watch, and foods high in antioxidants, vitamins, proteins and phytochemicals (also known as "superfoods") have been all the rage to the U.S. population. This is especially prevalent as the New Year commences; many people make resolutions to get on a health kick.
One type of food that has the "super" seal is exotic fruit. According to the January 2013 issue of Time, odd-looking fruits with unheard-of names are the hottest food this year. For example, the pitaya fruit from Latin America was featured because it is high in fiber and antioxidants, helping reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease.
Other emerging fruits include golden berry, baobab fruit and mangosteen. These fruits contain all sorts of nutritional benefits that somehow supernaturally transform our bodies. Although we all would like to believe in this supernatural transformation, it is not the case. "Superfruits" and "superfoods" are misleading to the public because they may not be as healthy as they seem.
A reason these fruits may not be as healthy is simply too much hype. The term "superfruit" is just used to label these natural products. According to Tufts University nutrition professor Jeffrey Blumberg, marketers, not the FDA, established the label "superfruit." Also, most of these exotic fruits are imported from other countries, which means they are expensive and high quality, and when people usually hear this, they automatically think it is worth consuming. On the contrary, marketers of these fruits use labels to make a profit.
Also, "superfruits" contain little to no additional health benefits compared with commonly eaten fruits. Blumberg stated that marketers trick the public into thinking these foods provide additional health benefits, such as more fiber, vitamins and antioxidants, which is not entirely true. Research has shown that these exotic fruits are just as healthy and contain the same nutrients as the everyday apple or banana.
Some "superfruits" may have additional benefits to specific areas in the body. For instance, lingonberry contains a photochemical called arbutin to fight urinary-tract infections. This is helpful, but it won't hurt sticking to pomegranates or cranberries, both of which help this problem and are easier to purchase.
Furthermore, just eating "superfruits" is not going to give you all the nutrition you need. Our society today is so wrapped up around the idea of quick-and-easy results and all-in-one products that it's no wonder many people are willing to buy "superfruits," thinking they will get everything eating one kind of food. Contrary to what most of the public thinks, "superfruits" are not the only component in keeping healthy; exercise, variety in diet, and other factors also contribute to the wellbeing of our bodies. We need balance.
Lastly, the entire "superfruit" frenzy is just another trend in today's culture. This is seen with celebrities and their current diet strategies, including exotic fruit. One example of a trending "superfruit" was the acai berry around 2009. This fruit and its products used by celebrities, such as Oprah Winfrey and Rachel Ray, are known for helping weight loss and providing the largest amount of antioxidants.
However, David Schardt of the Center for Science in Public Interest supports that this is probably not true. Acai berry has been exceedingly popular because the public sees this Amazonian fruit as more appealing than the strawberries we see everyday. These trends blind the public from thinking about what they are actually eating and how it will affect their bodies.
The way I see it, our society is so focused on trends and products to stay fit and healthy. We often go after quick fixes like "superfruits" to essentially provide what our bodies need but we shouldn't go about life in this way. Instead, we should have balance and variety with our food. So, why not think of every fruit we eat as a powerhouse of certain nutrients rather than thinking one is better than the other?
TERISHA GAMBOA is a graduating senior in the public health policy program at UC Irvine.


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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.100 no.10 Cape Town oct. 2010
Medical indemnity regulations: MPS maintains commitment to South Africa
To the Editor: I want to reassure members of the Medical Protection Society and readers of the SAMJ that the surprise new government regulations on indemnity will not diminish our longstanding and strong commitment to the South African medical and dental professions.
We had no warning of the new regulations and we know their publication has caused a great deal of uncertainty, but the regulations will not affect MPS members until the end of December and in the meantime we are committed to doing everything we can to find a long-term solution.
The MPS has operated in South Africa for over 50 years and we want to be here for another 50. We have 25 000 members in South Africa, and each of them is important to us. As a mutual, our ethos, when looking at whether to offer our services and support in a country, is to ask the question: does the profession want us? We have been overwhelmed by the support we have received from our members over the past week, and this has galvanised our search for a solution that will allow the MPS to continue to indemnify and support doctors and dentists in South Africa. We are also encouraged by the response of government agencies and regulators who have voiced a strong desire for us to remain.
We do not dispute the principle behind the regulations; we agree that medical professionals should have compulsory professional indemnity so that they and their patients are protected if something avoidable goes wrong. We also support the requirement that indemnifiers should be capable of regulation. Our objection - our strong objection - is the preclusion of the indemnity that the MPS provides, which is widely regarded as the best available. Although it is discretionary, it allows us the flexibility to provide help and support in circumstances where a claim may otherwise be rejected by an insurer. In our long history there has been no case of the MPS declining to meet a proven claim of negligence that has resulted in a patient being left uncompensated. The occurrence-based nature of MPS indemnity means that doctors only need to be a member of the MPS at the time something goes wrong; after that, assistance can be requested at any time even if the doctor has moved away, taken a career break or retired. This provides comfort and peace of mind for the doctor and his or her patients.
In contrast, insurance contracts are complex and are governed by the wording of the policy conditions. They also are invariably based on the 'claims made' principle, which means that cover ceases at the end of the policy unless the individual doctor purchases 'run-off ' cover to meet past incidents that have yet to be reported as claims. It is because we so firmly believe in providing our members with what is best for them and their patients that we remain so committed to our discretionary occurrence-based model of indemnity.
I want to emphasise that the MPS is far more than a provider of professional indemnity against claims of negligence. We also assist with any problem that arises from a doctor or dentist's professional practice. This might include advice on ethical issues or support with disciplinary proceedings, inquests or medical council inquiries.
One of the core benefits of membership is our confidential counselling service, which we fund because the pressures facing those working within health care are such that the consequences of even the smallest error can be personally devastating for the individual doctor.
The MPS has accumulated a vast wealth of experience and expertise in medico-legal issues over many years and from more than 30 countries - we are truly world experts in our field. The MPS is committed to help improve patient safety, and we share our expertise to help prevent future problems occurring. We do this through lectures, seminars, courses and workshops. For doctors our influential publications such as Casebook and Junior Doctor are core components of continuing education, and we regularly develop materials on important matters such as consent and risk management issues.
We have evolved over the many years we have been in South Africa and, with the support of members and the profession, we want to evolve further in the future. We hope you will support our campaign to persuade the Minister of Health to review the new regulations and to allow us to continue to provide a high-quality service to our members and their patients. As our attempts to secure a solution progress, we will update you on progress regularly via the MPS website. No one should be in any doubt of the intensity of our activity to find a solution that is acceptable to the profession and to government.
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The three point lead was more than Derek Dion could have hoped for as his Knights entered the final bout of the championship match.
On Saturday, Dec. 29, the Blue Knights trailed Winchester, Mass. by 21 points at the beginning of the final round, but a hard fought decision and a forfeit gave the Knights their first lead of the day with one wrestler remaining.
Dion grabbed Zach Bylykbashi to explain the math.
Don't let him pin you, the coach instructed. Don't let them score a major decision, he said to the 120-pounder, and the Knights would win by tie breaking criteria. Don't lose too badly, Dion cautioned as his sophomore entered the circle against a senior captain that placed in the top three last year in the Massachusetts state tournament.
Bylykbashi scoffed and muttered something under his breath. The coach couldn't help but laugh.
"He said, 'Forget that. I'm winning,'" said Dion. "He went out there and got thrown around a little at the start, but he stuck around and decked him. I don't know what he even hit him with. He just out-toughed him. He kept going after him, after him, after him, and he ended up planting him."
Bylykbashi's victory erased any doubt that Southington was the best team at the annual SHS Dual Meet. The 39-30 victory over a tough Winchester team capped a perfect 3-0 day for the Knights. For Dion, it showed the mental and physical toughness that he's been looking for from his varsity wrestlers.
"We've still got a lot of work to do, but I think we're headed in the right direction and that's key," said Dion. "It's starting to come around. We still had a couple of hiccups that would have made it even better, but this was a good win for sure."
The Knights have won seven straight matches since losing their season opener to Bristol Eastern, and that's good news as Southington enters the new year. Dion said that his team is starting to settle into their proper rotation. The early season conditioning is starting to pay off, and the gritty performance in the holiday tournament was the icing on the cake.
"We had that hiccup in Bristol that was hard to swallow. They out-toughed us, and that bothered me, but we have some pretty good kids, and we're beginning to find our weight classes," said the coach. "We've really wrestled out of shape until Christmas. Now, it's time to get them in shape, tighten up their technique, and get them in the right place to be successful."
The Knights opened the day with a lopsided victory over an overmatched Staples team. Southington wrestlers scored six pins, two decisions, and a handful of forfeits as they advanced with a 63-18 win. In the second round, they rallied past Newtown, 57-24, with eight pins and one decision. In the championship, the Knights rallied from a 24-3 deficit by winning eight of the last nine bouts.
"These were all good Class LL teams and a very good team from Massachusetts," said Dion. "We were a little bit too physical for Staples. We drew Newtown in the second match. They wrestled tough and had some good kids, but they just haven't had a lot of time in the gym after that tragedy. Then, we were fortunate to get that win [against Winchester]. They got out to a huge lead, so I had to make a couple of moves."
Bylykbashi and Austin Sullivan (182) won all three of their bouts by pin, and Sullivan won his last match at 195 pounds. Nate Solomon pinned two opponents at 132 lbs and was bumped up to 138 lbs against Winchester to get a 6-0 decision. Zach Maxwell went 3-0 with a forfeit and pin at 195 lbs before pinning his 220 lb opponent in the final round.
Ryan DuPuis (160), Tyler Hyde (170), and Travis Daly (285) finished 3-0. Luigi Camputaro (113) drew three forfeit victories. Zach Murillo (106), Shawn Devin (145), and Alex Martin (152) each finished with two wins as Southington improved to 7-1.
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- The fund is subject to investment, equities, emerging markets, foreign currency and RMB currency risk. The fund may invest in equity linked notes which may subject to the default risk of the structurer of the note. The fund may invest in China A shares directly through the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor ("QFII") scheme and may incur losses due to limited investment opportunities, illiquidity of the China A shares market, and/or delay or disruption in execution of trades or in settlement of trades. The fund may invest in certain eligible China A Shares via the Shanghai-HK Stock Connect which may be subject to quota limitations and regulatory risk.
- This fund can invest in derivative instruments which may involve additional risks (For example, leverage may cause greater volatility).
- Investors may suffer substantial loss of their investments in the fund. Investor should not invest in the fund solely based on the information provided in this document and should read the prospectus (including potential risks involved) for details.
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- Price date: 24/04/2019
- Morningstar rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Invests principally in an actively managed portfolio of equities in the Asia Pacific region. The Asia Pacific region comprises countries including, but not limited to, Japan, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. The fund may invest its net assets directly in China A and B Shares.
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|Fund launch date
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How do you say no, politely? Dish Networks has outbid Japanese carrier Softbank for Sprint, offering more than $25 billion for the struggling wireless carrier, which currently has a 16 percent market share in the United States. Dish says that it's a better choice because it's already located in the U.S. and can offer bundles, wondrous bundles, to customers everywhere. You know what I say to that? No, thank you. Sorry, Dish. You lose. Good day, sir.
Now, I'm not Willy Wonka and I don't have the power to end this by giving Dish blueberry chewing gum and rolling it out the door, but Dish buying Sprint seems like a raw deal. The snozberries don't taste like snozberries to me. The deal may help Dish and it may help Sprint, but it doesn't sound great for you or me. The only thing that has come from consolidation between phone service and TV service is higher prices for everyone. Have you tried to buy high-speed Internet service lately? If you're unlucky enough to be in areas served by Verizon, Time Warner, Comcast, or many other cable or DSL companies, it's often impossible to get Internet service without being strong-armed into paying for landline phone service, whether you need it or not. Want Internet or cable access? They're both ridiculously expensive unless you're a bundled subscriber and buy TV, Internet, and Phone service from one company.
When TV or Internet providers begin offering consolidated services, it's often marketed as a money-saving option, but give it a few years and prices always seem to rise even higher and those "extra" options become mandatory.
Dish's plan, if successful, would help it transcend its satellite TV confines and become an unstoppable mega service.
Softbank may not be a U.S. company, but it has a history of undercutting competitors and offering good wireless prices. In Japan, it offers smartphone plans with 7GB of data for the equivalent of $55 a month. That's three to four times more data than you'd get for the price on any U.S. carrier. (Read up about it here.) It's also a strong proponent of LTE.
The U.S. mobile phone industry does not need another giant media company oozing its way in. The near duopoly of Verizon and AT&T, which together control two-thirds of all mobile phone subscribers, has already made wireless data service incredibly expensive. Dish's plan, if successful, would help it transcend its satellite TV confines and become an unstoppable mega service.
Like DirecTV, Dish currently has one big weakness compared to its rivals in cable (think: AT&T, Comcast, Verizon). Though it offers a competitive TV service with a lot of good channels, it has no home Internet offering, nor can it offer phone service. Comcast and the rest of the gang make a killing by bundling broadband Internet, cable, and landline phone service together.
So here's the plan: Dish already owns some LTE spectrum. Together with Sprint's coverage and LTE network, it could offer wireless LTE broadband to a good portion of its subscribers within a year or two. Down the line, as its network improves and speeds up, it could have a leg up on many of its cable competitors like Comcast, which don't own an LTE network, turning it into a nation-wide power player. In this possible future, our TV, phone, and Internet lives would be owned by Dish, Verizon, or AT&T. Dish may even have the advantage. Though you have to install a Dish to use it (for now), satellite service is more widely available than cable or broadband – assuming your house doesn't have too many trees around it. This may sound stellar if your dream is to buy everything from one company. And while we may see a faster Sprint come out of a Dish merger, it could be a more expensive Sprint.
I cannot speak for all of you, but the last thing I want to do when buying a phone or tablet is be pushed into subscribing to some Dish video offering. I don't want to have to buy three dish receivers to get $100 off my Galaxy S4, or sign up for Dish satellite TV to get a good price on a family wireless plan. And once Dish starts bundling, Verizon and AT&T will show much less restraint than they do now. They'll all go bundle crazy.
Of course, I could be giving Dish too much credit. For $25 billion, I would hope it knows what it's doing, but its acquisition of Blockbuster in 2011 hasn't lead to any revival of that brand. Instead, Blockbuster stores continue to be shut down every week and the Blockbuster online service doesn't appear to be gaining ground against the likes of Amazon and Netflix.
A Softbank/Sprint merger would help Sprint and subscribers more in the near future.
I have nothing against Dish Network, and the earth won't be devoured by locusts if it buys Sprint (hopefully). Hell, your service will likely improve if you're on the carrier. Maybe some crazy innovative offerings pop up out of it, and it turns out to be just what the industry needs, and dozens (literally dozen) of you will come back to this editorial in a few years to point and laugh at my lack of accurate foresight. I'm willing to take that chance.
A Softbank/Sprint merger would help Sprint and subscribers more in the near future. If there's one thing we need more of, it's better data plans and cheaper wireless prices. Softbank has a history of offering a lot more than competitors, for less; Dish, on the other hand, seems more concerned with turning Sprint into the last triangle in its Triforce of power (see: Ganon). Dish wants to become a media monster. Softbank just wants a foot in the door.
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Study of Clinical Features and Genetics of Hyperimmunoglobulin E Recurrent Infection
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Know the risks and potential benefits of clinical studies and talk to your health care provider before participating. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00006150
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : August 9, 2000
Last Update Posted : February 11, 2019
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|Natural History, Management, and Genetics of the Hyperimmunoglobulin E Recurrent Infection Syndrome (HIES)
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|August 7, 2000
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Patients must be referred to the NIH with a diagnosis or a suspicion of Hyper IgE syndrome. Family members of probands and patients referred for other immune syndromes that demonstrate some of the characteristics of HIES may also be evaluated under this protocol. Male and female patients will be accepted. An inclusion age range will be constructed to accommodate at-risk infants born into affected families as well as to be able to examine the members of extended families. The extent of evaluation will be tailored to the patient s needs, age, and conditions. The cutaneous manifestations of HIE are often present at birth and need management from that time on.
Because this is often an AD disorder, it is important to evaluate family members. Family members will have labs drawn for genetic testing and additional labs as clinically indicated. Selected family members will have EBV cell lines made and all family members will receive a genetic-oriented physical examination with close examination of their palates, hyper-extensibility, etc. If on this evaluation any information is uncovered which suggests abnormalities related to Hyper IgE syndrome, then further workup would include chest X-ray or CT, possible spine films, dental evaluation, dermatology consult, and other consults or procedures deemed necessary for that particular relative. For the recessive forms of HIES, such as DOCK8 deficiency and PGM3 deficiency, family members may be evaluated as possible donors if a hematopoietic stem cell transplant is necessary.
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Job's Syndrome
Hyperimmunologobulin E Syndrome
HIE Syndrome
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Pathologic Processes
Phagocyte Bactericidal Dysfunction
Leukocyte Disorders
Hematologic Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
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Wednesday, November 5, 2012
Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank
Remarks at White House Tribal Nations Conference
Good morning. Thank you all for coming. And thanks to Secretary Salazar and our friends here at the Department of the Interior for hosting the White House Tribal Nations Conference.
Just a few months ago, the Commerce Department, our Minority Business Development Agency, and the White House teamed up—we hosted the first-ever White House Forum on Business in Indian Country.
It was an honor to meet with tribal business leaders, and today it's yet another honor to be with a broader group of tribal leaders as we continue to strengthen the government-to-government relationship.
For the past three years, we've seen steady economic growth in Indian Country and across the U.S. But as the president has said many times—we're not going to rest until everyone who wants a job, has a job.
That's why our top priority at the Commerce Department—and across the administration—is to accelerate economic growth in order to bring more jobs, more opportunities, and more prosperity to all Americans.
That includes everyone from the Native-owned enterprise that is bringing renewable energy to a reservation, to the American Indian entrepreneur living in a big city, who wants to hire a family member to help launch a startup.
We need to do all we can to empower job creators throughout Indian Country who are working to build better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities.
I'll give just a few examples of how we are doing that through the work of the Commerce Department.
First, the Minority Business Development Agency—MBDA—has worked aggressively to help Native-owned businesses. I already mentioned the first-ever White House forum that we held with tribal business leaders in September. We are planning a follow up to this meeting in the spring.
In addition, we have been working to reorganize MBDA. In that process, we reached out to this community and asked how we could serve budding entrepreneurs and business owners more effectively.
As a result, I'm pleased to say that we awarded $6.6 million for five new business centers—centers that are specifically aimed at helping American Indian and Alaska Native entrepreneurs and businesses.
These centers are based in Anchorage, Bismarck, Santa Fe, Tulsa, and Central California. They're going to provide more tools to help American Indian and Alaska Native businesses compete and grow.
And, I should note that MBDA has a strong track record to build on. Over the past three years, they've helped nearly 2,000 Native-owned businesses secure more than $1.1 billion in contracts and capital.
A second bureau at Commerce that has a strong connection to Indian Country is the Economic Development Administration. EDA is making critical investments that speed up business development in economically-distressed tribal areas.
For example, EDA helped award a grant of $1.7 million last year to the United Tribes Technical College which serves about 20 tribes in the Dakotas and Montana.
They're going to use this investment to do environmental risk mitigation along the Missouri River. Specifically, they're going to train about 1,000 people while also working to springboard about 15 new businesses.
Smaller EDA grants can go a long way too. For example, back in 2009, we provide $100,000 to support a Native-run tannery in a village of about 500 people in Alaska. As you know, businesses like that often serve as the backbone of the local economy.
A third bureau at Commerce that is supporting Indian Country is the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. NTIA is connecting communities to each other and to the world through the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). This includes about 50 projects that are helping tribal communities.
For example, we awarded $32 million to bring hundreds of miles of critical broadband to rural Navajo Nation in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. This project is about three-fourths complete—bringing connectivity to about 30,000 households, 1,000 businesses and hundreds of educational and healthcare facilities.
In some cases, the communities getting these BTOP grants don't even have phone lines. So, we're helping Indian Country take not just a step forward in telecommunications, but in fact a giant leap.
I should note that Commerce also coordinates closely with other federal partners. For example, in July, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration helped with the inaugural First Stewards Symposium at the National Museum of the American Indian just down the street.
This event brought together tribal leaders and scientists to discuss how we can address the impacts of climate change on tribal coastal communities.
But as I close, I want to mention one final example that I think all Americans should know—regardless of whether or not you are from Indian Country.
Many of you have likely seen the rich data and information coming out of the 2010 Census. I want to thank all of you who served as advocates in your communities for being counted as part of the Census.
Earlier this year, we released what's called a "Census brief" on the American Indian and Alaska Native Population.
It highlighted the fact that 5.2 million people identified themselves as part of the American Indian or Alaska Native community. That was a staggering jump of 27 percent compared to 2000.
Not only does that kind of information give us a better picture of who we are as Americans, but it opens people's eyes to the fact that the contributions from Indian Country are more powerful than is sometimes recognized.
So my commitment to all of you today is this: The Commerce Department will continue to listen closely to all of you—and to people throughout Indian Country. And we'll take action to empower and support your communities, as we have over the past four years.
Please reach out to my Senior Adviser on Native American Affairs, Dee Alexander, who many of you already know. Dee is eager to hear your questions and suggestions related to economic development and cultural resources. Dee serves as my Department's Tribal Consultation Official.
MBDA National Director David Hinson as well as staff from EDA are also here and will be attending the economic development breakout session. They look forward to hearing from you today.
Our continued dialogue and partnership is absolutely crucial as we expand the economy and create jobs—from rural reservations and villages to America's major cities. I look forward to our continued work together over the next four years. Thank you.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Terrorists who infiltrated southern Israel from the Egyptian Sinai on Thursday launched a two-hour assault on civilian vehicles and security forces near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat that left eight Israelis dead and dozens more wounded.
The attack began when at least three terrorists riddled a passing passenger bus with bullets, wounding at least 10 people. The bus continued to drive, and the terrorists pursued in their own vehicle. Israeli soldiers traveling on the bus reportedly exchanged fire with the terrorists as the two vehicles continued toward Eilat.
Around the same time, a large roadside bomb was detonated against an IDF patrol near the border with Egypt. One soldier was killed and others were wounded.
A third attack occured near the small community of Beer Ora, which sits on the main highway just a little further north from Eilat than the first two attacks. In the third assault, machine gun fire was also directed against a passenger bus and passing civilian vehicles. There were also reports that the terrorists fired at least one anti-tank missile or mortar shell.
The third attack saw the most casualties, with six killed and at least a dozen wounded.
Israeli forces pushed the terrorist cell further north, where they engaged in a brief but fierce gunbattle that left at least three of the infiltrators dead. The eighth Israeli fatality, that of a famed police sniper, presumably occurred during this battle.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak vowed to hunt down the remainder of the attackers and those responsible for sending them.
Barak said he believes the attack originated from Gaza, which shares an often porous border with the Sinai. He also said the attack demonstrates Egypt's lack of control over its own territory.
It has long been warned that radical Islamic groups determined to destroy Israel - including Al Qaeda - were setting up bases of operations in the Sinai Peninsula, and had won many of the local Bedouin tribes to their cause.
Israelis have been repeatedly warned to avoid traveling to the Sinai Peninsula, which is home to several popular Red Sea resorts. But if terrorists are now crossing from Sinai into Israel, the Jewish state has a whole new problem on its hands.
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Shazam has been with us since Windows Phone 7 and is a fairly well-established msuic discovery app, come service. Today the company has pushed through an update to the Windows Phone Store, which introduces both automatic resubmission and LyricPlay, the latter being real-time lyrics for music to help consumers awkwardly sing along when in public.
The automated resubmission in version 3.5 is handy for those who currently have a poor network reception. Tags no longer have to be manually submitted after you've got Internet as the app will automatically fire them off for you - you'll be notified when this occurs. As well as these features, Shazam sports a rather gorgeous interface and we're really stuck between the app and Bing Music.
Free unlimited tagging is available to help Windows Phone owners discover new music and you can purchase tracks you find from Xbox Music or Nokia Music. You can download Shazam from the Windows Phone Store (available for both Windows Phone 7 and 8).


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The mystery car Audi teased us with last week has been revealed in all its glory, and it is the 2015 Audi S1 Quattro. It looks psychotic and cute at the same time!
The full car should make its debut soon at the Geneva Motor Show, but the world seems to think it will be powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged four with something like 220 to 250 horsepower, quattro all-wheel drive, and a six-speed manual.
Clearly from these photos it's based on the A1 Sportback, which is the five-door version of the A1. No word yet on a three-door version.
I'm digging the black-and-yellow two-tone paint, the huge quad exhausts, that crazy roof spoiler, and the fact that it has a clutch and a stick as the Quattro Gods intended. I know we Americans don't get the A1, but I bet at least a few of us would give this one a try.


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Some things we can all do for world peace. 'No one thinks of fighting when they see a topless girl'. https://youtu.be/Eh2PjkzW20w
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Buffy Sainte-Marie , 'Soldier Blue' https://youtu.be/LlrOaJFf6tg
Barry McGuire, 'This Precious Time'( Listen for the background vocals by Mamas & the Papas Michelle Phillips ,high lyrical soprano and Mama Cass Eliot's cut to the quick contralto . Dynamite!) https://youtu.be/uP0vcsJiRZo
'Down with the Ku Klux Klan' by Larry Long https://youtu.be/uWwywVA_5_0
It's a beautiful day today'- Moby Grape https://youtu.be/vviAimAmY38
Ziggy played guitar, screwed up head and screwed down hairdo.....................
Legendary singer David Bowie has died at 69, his son, Duncan Jones, tweeted.
"Very sorry and sad to say it's true," Jones, 44, wrote on Twitter late Sunday night. "I'll be offline for a while. Love to all."
A statement on the musician's official website read: "David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer. While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the familys privacy during their time of grief."
R.I. P. Glenn Frey , co-founder with Don Henley ,of the band, The Eagles. https://youtu.be/v3ytlsHhIQA
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Public School Shocker: Gay Porn Actor and Male Stripper Employed As Teacher at Joseph Stockton Elementary School in Chicago!
[ Click above to embiggen: 6th grade teacher Bradley Thomas Balof (sometimes "Bradley T. Balof" or "Bradley Balof") at Joseph Stockton Elementary School in Chicago is really "Brad Thomas" (porn actor) and "Bradley Thomas" (male stripper, erotic entertainer, racist comic, and sometimes-bartender at gay bar Sidetrack in Boystown) ]
The Chicago Public School system is now embroiled in another breaking scandal as it was uncovered this weekend that a gay porn actor and male stripper/erotic entertainer is currently employed as a sixth grade teacher at majority-minority Joseph Stockton Elementary School on Chicago's north side.
This follows scandals in Florida and Massachusetts where FOX News and other investigative reporting teams discovered former gay porn stars teaching elementary school students in the Miami and Boston environs. Here in Illinois, I've uncovered irrefutable proof that the Chicago Public School system currently employs a man who continues to moonlight in the adult entertainment industry; by day, he's charged with taking care of classrooms full of mostly minority children…but at night he bares his body in sweaty bars and upon public stages for the hungry eyes of other gay men.
Are parents of elementary school students in Chicago informed that at least one of the men teaching their children is currently involved in the adult entertainment industry and does the Chicago Public School System have any idea of the sort of nude moonlighting in which at least one of its teachers engages? These are questions we ask your help in answering this week as we get to the bottom of this new Chicago Public Schools scandal that warrants a full investigation by the state and federal Education Departments.
[ Click above to embiggen: employment information for Bradley T. Balof, who earns nearly $60,000/year as a public school teacher…but still performs as an adult entertainer at night ]
Bradley Thomas Balof has been on my radar for some time, since he performs as a stand-up comic and serves as the master-of-ceremonies (MC) for sexually-charged events at Sidetrack the Video Bar here in Chicago's heavily-gay Boystown neighborhood.
While on the stage, Balof openly talks about being a Chicago Public School teacher…and, in fact, often mocks the mostly black students in his charge by incorporating variations of racist "Shaniqua" or "Loquisha" ghetto-humor into his comedy stylings; these are "jokes" commonly told by gay white men like Balof that depict his black students as ignorant "Shaniquas", "Loquishas" and other ebonics-inspired characters who are in his opinion unable to learn, difficult to teach, and almost entirely coming from broken homes with missing fathers and stereotypical black "welfare queen" mothers, whom Balof portrays on stage as having children for the expressed purpose of collecting more government benefits (and then shunting the kids off to him and his fellow Chicago Public School teachers to deal with for the day). White gay men laugh uproariously at these "jokes", which has made Balof a regular on the gay comedy circuit, according to his website: BradleyThomasComic.com. His experience teaching black students in a Chicago Public School classroom provides roughly 80% of what he talks about in his standup routines…and his jokes primarily boil down to the fact that the "Shaniquas", "Loquishas", and other black students in his classes exist entirely to be laughed at by gay men who find this style of "comedy" hilarious.
For the uninitiated, it's incredibly common to find gays mocking blacks in niche comedy venues…while simultaneously black comedians often find it hilarious to make fun of gay people; this is part of the dynamic of the Left where one specific demographic group often mocks and targets another (but the national media never calls any of them out on it, since it's one minority mercilessly maligning another for intra-party Democrat amusement).
When Balof's not denigrating his students and their families at Sidetrack or other gay venues around town, he also appears nude or nearly-nude as a male stripper for various celebrations and serves as an erotic entertainer at leather and fetish-themed events, where he's costumed in everything from steel-studded jockstraps to dog collars and brightly colored thongs or g-strings. Balof has seemingly made no effort whatsoever to hide his adult activities from simple Google image searches and, in fact, both Sidetrack the Video Bar (one of his employers) and ChicagoPride.com (an entertainment site focused on life in Boystown) prominently feature many images of Balof stripping, strutting, and posing nearly-nude around town. Sidetrack, during its recently discontinued "Laugh Track" standup comedy nights, additionally hosted a great number of Balof's "comedic" attacks on black people and the mocking of his specific students at Joseph Stockton Elementary in Chicago. Sidetrack maintains a video archive of all the "Laugh Track" comedy performances from the years 2010 to 2012, as Balof's racist "comedy" making fun of his black students was recorded by Sidetrack's video production team.
Note: If the Chicago Public Schools or Illinois State Board of Education subpoenaed those tapes, they'd have footage of Balof's "comedy stylings" where poor black children at Joseph Stockton Elementary are the butts of his "jokes". Shockingly, he's smart enough not to maintain a YouTube channel with any videos of his standup routine…but I personally saw Sidetrack's videographer taping Balof delivering these "Shaniqua" and "Loquisha" riffs during those Laugh Track events and know that as of this writing they are sitting in the video production booth at Sidetrack and have not ever been destroyed.
[ Click above to embiggen: Bradley Thomas Balof appears as "Brad Thomas" in the gay adult films Into It and Bowser Makes A Movie ]
Going by the name "Brad Thomas", Balof has appeared in at least two low-budget pornographic movies and is featured in sexually-charged music videos that can easily be found posted to the web. In one of his films, titled Into It and manufactured by the adult entertainment company Hustlers in 2006, Balof stars as "Brett" and is featured on the back cover art of the video reclining nude in a position of sexual satisfaction. The erotic film involves male hustlers, heavy drug use, a "night of unbridled sex", nudity, a sado-masochistic relationship, and other similar attractions geared towards a gay male audience. A "hustler", for those who don't know, is a low-rent male prostitute who picks up "Johns" on the street or in gay bars in a city such as Chicago.
In 2005's Bowser Makes a Movie from erotic entertainer Hornbill Films, Balof inhabits the character of "Vincent Van Coq" in a story about a young gay man who decides "to pursue his life dream…making an adult film". "Coq" is, obviously, a Gallic manipulation of "cock"'…which is itself American for regular old "penis". Balof, billed here as "Brad Thomas" once again, appears shirtless on the cover art for the film grabbing at his penis through his pants and can be spotted on the reverse in a scene where the title character Bowser indeed films the porno he'd dreamed of making. Dirty Bird Pictures seems to have continued the "Bowser" character into several sequels, which include Bowser Makes A Porn and Bowser Makes Another Porn, but it's unclear if Balof's character Vincent Van Coq was featured in these further sexual adventures (and none of these erotic features should be confused with the angry, testudine dragon that repeatedly kidnapped Princess Peach in the Super Mario Bros. video game series).
The music video "Joan Crawford Goes to Hell" by Chicago-based Joan Crawford-inspired punk band "The Joans" featured Balof (credited as Bradley Thomas yet again) gyrating provocatively (starting at the 2:40 second mark in the video above), dolled up as one of Satan's barely-dressed imps in leather and soot as the Hell-bound, deceased actress is engulfed in CGI flames. Near the end of the video, Balof kneels before Joan Crawford and paws at her sexually…before gyrating his body some more in disco a-go-go special effects while a skeleton dances in rainbow lights behind him. The video closes with Joan Crawford pushing an eager Balof's head down to a sexual position conducive for cunnilingus. According to the end credits, the video was filmed at gay leather fetish bar Jackhammer in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago.
[ Click above to embiggen: Balof as "Bradley Thomas", MC of the IML Leathermen fetish events ]
Memorial Day Weekend in Chicago is when the annual International Mr. Leather (aka, "IML") fetish pageant is held in a hotel downtown. Through the years, Balof has served as master-of-ceremonies (MC) for this event, where he's appeared on stage in various forms of fetish gear, underpants, jockstraps, leather briefs, or nude. Balof in fact proudly posts this adult entertainment experience on his own website, as featured on his "Resume" page, and can clearly be seen performing his MC duties at the "world's largest annual Leathermen convention". The term "Leathermen" refers to gay men who enjoy a fetish of leather outfits, gear, and the corresponding sexual stereotypes associated with the "leather community". The IML convention hosts sexual orgy parties, a "beauty pageant" of sorts where a nearly-nude "Mr. Leather" is crowned each year, and an expo of sexual toys and fetish gear for the "leather community". In addition to serving as the MC for the major events, Balof danced in his underwear, in jockstraps, and nude for the enjoyment of IML attendees.
[ Click above to embiggen: Balof as "Bradley Thomas", Sidetrack bartender, stripper, drag queen, and MC for special events ]
As an employee of Sidetrack the Video Bar, Balof regularly appears in his underwear, jockstraps, dolled up as Liza Minnelli, and nearly-nude at various events that owner Art Johnston hosts in his bar (in addition to Balof's normal shifts as a Sidetrack underpants-clad bartender). Serving as master-of-ceremonies (MC) for these sexually charged events, Balof also seizes the opportunity to engage in polarizing and oftentimes hateful speech directed at Christians, such as the tirade he engaged in against Dan Cathy and the Chick-Fil-A restaurant chain at the Equality Illinois Pie Toss held at Sidetrack last year, where Balof berated a man dressed in a chicken costume as an effigy of Cathy and his company. Balof hosts the Sidetrack Mardi Gras, Halloween, and drag events…where he similarly revs up considerable hatred amongst Sidetrack employees and customers for Christians, conservatives in general, and others Balof labels "enemies of the gay community". He encourages Sidetrack's clientele and staff to hate Christians and Republicans and to take to the streets after events to punish and persecute those he and Sidetrack portray as "the enemy". The net effect of all of this is quite similar to the exhortations against Emanuel Goldstein in George Orwell's 1984, with Balof's purposefully-chosen sexual-charged attire designed to get the maximum attention of the crowds for his rabid, anti-Christian and anti-conservative calls to arm.
When Balof lists himself as "an activist" on his resume, this is the sort of activity that he means.
You may also recall that Balof was one of the five hosts of the now-defunct Boystown tee-vee show "Only At Brunch", which lasted just one episode back in the fall of 2011 and is today remembered primarily for the cruel bullying of special needs toddler Trig Palin by one of Balof's co-hosts (while Balof himself laughed at these "jokes" and did nothing to stop them on camera) and misogynistic attacks on Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Only At Brunch was promoted heavily at Sidetrack, where the show held its premiere episode-watching party with complimentary drinks provided by Art Johnston. Johnston, it should be noted, is constantly informed about this sort of activity continuing in his place of business but he elects never to put any stop to it. Similarly, it should also be noted that Johnston self-styles himself as "Chicago's Harvey Milk" and the principal leader of the "gay community" in the state of Illinois.
Johnston has been inducted into the Chicago Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame and has seemingly no understanding of the word "hypocrisy", since his establishment Sidetrack is ground zero for the hatred revved up against Christians and conservatives in Chicago…but, yet, Johnston never turns down an opportunity to lambast Christians and conservatives as "bigots" or persecutors of the gay community. Johnston, following Alinsky Rules for Radicals to the letter, accuses his "enemies" of doing the very things he and his staff engage in at Sidetrack.
To promote his standup comedy appearances during "Queer Comedy at Zanies in Chicago", Balof appeared on a YouTube talk show called TheQudotco, in which he spoke openly about his employment as a Chicago Public School teacher. Tony Soto, the host of "The Qu", specifically asked Balof if any of his students were aware of his activities outside of school hours…and implicitly asked whether the minors he taught during the day understood what their teacher got up to at night. As you can see in the video, Soto is clearly amused by the idea that a public school teacher could lead Bradley Thomas Balof's double life.
Balof gave a quick run-down of his career outside the classroom, by noting that he started off as a circus ringmaster, then got into MC-ing events, hosting drag performances, and ultimately serving as the Master-of-Ceremonies for the International Mr. Leather (IML) convention (which Balof described as "expanding his horizons every Memorial Day weekend", giving the camera a wink at the double-entendre obvious to anyone with a concept of what sort of "expanding" happens to a man's body during "IML" weekend in Chicago; it seems "horizons" is slang to Soto for "sphincter").
At about the 1:35 mark in the video above, Balof talks about still trying to find "his performance voice" while Soto asks if any of his students have discovered his extracurricular activities online. Balof acknowledges that children have, in fact, found his "other life" online…and even acknowledges they could be watching this very video by admonishing them to "do their homework!".
Balof states directly into the camera at about the 1:50 mark: "I approach it as this is something that I do and that everyone should follow their (sic) passion in life. And to be a role model and to be in front of students…to not also want to express this artistic side of myself and to entertain people which is just something that is innate to the core of my being would be to not practice what I am preaching".
At the 2:09 minute mark, Soto asks Balof how much material for his comedy routines he gets from his job and Balof states that he gets: "as much material as any comic gets from their (sic) family or their (sic) job or whatever. Funny things happen on a daily basis, oh yah, sure. We all remember what it was like to be 13 and, yah, exactly". Since Balof's students are mostly black in a majority-minority school like Joseph Stockton Elementary, those "funny stories from work" are thus primarily about young black children whom Balof regularly lampoons with heavy racial stereotypes in his comedy routines.
Near the 4:00 minute mark, Soto asks Balof how he juggles being a public school teacher with working in a bar and doing comedy and Balof explains that he does most of his adult entertaining during the school breaks, including the three months in the summer that he has off every year as a Chicago Public Schools employee earning about $60,000 annually (plus benefits…and including a full pension for the rest of his life at his last level of salary when he retires).
Clearly, working in a public school as a teacher is a highly attractive day job for entertainers in the adult industry…since once they age out of porn, stripping, bartending, and fetish conventions they can retire in luxury on permanent pensions provided to them by the taxpayers of Illinois.
[ Click above to embiggen: Shawn Loftis, Kevin Hogan, Bradley Thomas Balof ]
Like Balof, other adult entertainers have also been enticed by the ridiculously-generous salaries and benefits packages in the public school system, including the union guarantee that they all maintain their level of pay at retirement for the rest of their natural lives.
The website Queerty (which describes itself as "Free of An Agenda. Except That Gay One") recently ran the article "Adult Film Stars Who've Retired: Did They Have Happy Endings?" that profiled a handful of male pornographic actors and adult entertainers who are now "mainstreaming".
Just like Bradley Thomas Balof, the porn stars Collin O'Neal (real name Shawn Loftis) and Hytch Cawke (real name Kevin Hogan) became public school teachers to qualify for the high salaries, lavish benefits, and guaranteed retirement funds that accompany teaching positions in most states. O'Neal/Loftis taught at Nautilus Middle School in Miami, Florida and Cawke/Hogan found a job at Mystic Valley Charter School in Massachusetts. This is around the time, coincidentally, that Bradley Thomas Balof also started working for the Chicago Public School system.
In 2010, the School Board fired Shawn Loftis for his porn past but the Teachers' Commission forced his reinstatement in 2011, claiming that his career in the adult industry was over and that he was trying to start a fresh life and educate his students about the mistakes he made by becoming a porn star. It appears he continues to be left in charge of children in Miami-Dade County to this day.
FOX News reporter Mike Beaudet ambushed Kevin Hogan back in 2011 on camera and confronted him about his gay-for-pay porn past; this is a term for a straight (and often married) male who performs in gay sex videos strictly for the money (most often with the wife's approval). His wife, it turned out, was also a former porn star (so clearly she didn't mind what her husband was up to). In 2011 Hogan was suspended with pay while the situation was investigated and finally in 2012 the School Board in Massachusetts decided to dismiss Hogan and not allow him to teach in the 2012-2013 academic year, citing the fact that he had previously performed in adult oriented videos and he'd highly embarrassed his school when word on this got out.
So, that makes one School Board in Democrat-controlled Miami, Florida that decided a gay man's porn past has no relevancy to the appropriateness of his being a public school teacher…and one School Board in a slightly less Leftist area of Massachusetts that decided a public school was not the best place for a retired porn star to work during the day.
What's interesting about the Matter of Bradley Thomas Balof is that he currently still works in the adult entertainment industry as a male stripper, erotic entertainer and MC at fetish events, dancer in music videos, and additionally delivers highly racist comedy routines in which he mocks his public school students. While it appears the last pornographic movie he appeared in was in 2005 or 2006, the rest of his adult-acitivities-moonlighting still continues (mostly during breaks in the school year). He was just nearly-naked again in public this weekend, as a matter of fact.
So, unlike porn stars Loftis and Hogan, Balof is still very much in the adult entertainment business…while simultaneously being employed as a Chicago Public School teacher.
This being Chicago, with Rahm Emanuel as our Mayor, Barbara Byrd-Bennett as CEO of the Chicago Public Schools system, and Karen Lewis as the President of the Chicago Teacher's Union…what do you think the odds are of Bradley Thomas Balof continuing to teach the sixth grade by day in a shirt and tie while gyrating in bars and on public stages at night wearing not much more than some coconut oil and a smile?
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QUESTION FOR COMMENTS: Do you think it's appropriate for a Chicago Public School teacher to appear in porn, work as a male stripper, MC leather fetish events, and perform comedy routines in which he mocks his sixth grade students for their race and (in his opinion) lack of intelligence?
What would you do if you found out an adult entertainer was teaching in YOUR school district where you lived…and this teacher was not a "former adult entertainer", but was someone who currently engages in this activity after he's done teaching your children for the day?
Do you think that people employed with taxpayer funds in public schools should be forbidden to be part of the adult entertainment industry?
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Heath Ledger's short legacy as a screen actor offers us enough evidence of the rarity of his talent. "Brokeback Mountain" may be the film that exposed to a wider audience the intensity of his dramatic commitment -- Ledger didn't simply impersonate a closeted cowboy, he showed us the shame and silence that had taken residence in Ennis Del Mar's sinews. But it's his turn as a terrorist clown in a menacing comic-book caper -- the last role he fully completed before his accidental overdose in January at age 28 -- that will seal his place among movie immortals.
Ledger's portrayal of the Joker in "The Dark Knight" is all that it's cracked up to be -- a stunning, frightening, pathological marvel that's deserving of the somber Oscar talk not normally associated with a superhero blockbuster.
Inevitably, the temptation is to scrutinize such a fateful performance for clues into the actor's mental state. We'd all like to catch a glimpse of an explanatory scar. But unlike, say, Judy Garland in "A Star Is Born" or Marlon Brando in "Last Tango in Paris," where the actors were playing characters with sharp biographical parallels, Ledger isn't portraying someone we can easily -- and all too mistakenly -- conflate with his private self.
At least there's some relief that his art won't be trampled by the gossip hounds. Better to celebrate Ledger's performance for the secrets it reveals and harbors about (to borrow from Hazlitt again) "the studied madness" of acting.
Unnaturally natural
Let's take this opportunity to first banish the inane assumption that craft is secondary to inspiration. The two work in tandem, as is obvious from the way Ledger manages to be so chillingly expressive with his face smeared in pancake makeup and lipstick and his hair transformed into a greasy green-tipped tangle. How does Ledger so uniquely personalize this flamboyant arch-villain who's already been colorfully incarnated by Cesar Romero in the 1960s "Batman" TV series and Jack Nicholson in Tim Burton's 1989 film? With his patented good looks concealed, Ledger's forced to be more cunning with his physical resources, and you sense his delight in this freedom from Hollywood vanity.
Ledger's vocal mannerisms constitute a kind of diagnostic manual. Observe, for instance, the way he hits exaggerated Middle American consonants in the beginning, establishing his character not just as a criminal lunatic but a proverbial American one, a heartland offender run amok. And look how his mania affects the rate at which words pour from his scarred lips, slowing down to a normal clip by the end of the Joker's deadly game, even as we can be sure he's still fantasizing about fireballs in city streets.
Ledger isn't just after sick physical comedy with his slouch, jack-in-the-box spring and demonic head roll -- he's jotting down notes in a lengthy psychiatric case file. Quite amazing given the temptation to break loose of all mundane restraints, nothing's overdone -- not even the reptilian tongue, which emerges with the punctuating timeliness of an exclamation mark.
But it's through Ledger's eyes that we can peer into the actor's bottomless conviction and track the scurrying-rodent logic of his character's inexplicable evil. Maniacs who fly planes into buildings don't second-guess their distorted reality, and Ledger ambles around Joker's fun-house mind with an unshockable comfort. The film tosses off cryptic remarks about the Joker's brutal upbringing, but it's Ledger's antic disposition that lets us understand the traumatic past as a slippery myth that can never adequately explain malignant behavior.
The best actors are distinguished by their preternatural capacity to appear natural. They enter dreams and nightmares the way you and I enter our kitchens. An artist's vision is lived, emotionally and physically, so that while a lesser performer will signboard motives and big moments, a subtler talent will experience the not always predictable flux of his character's emotions as the larger dramatic pattern unfolds as though on its own.
That kind of performance requires more than instinct -- it needs an interpretive intelligence to guide it discreetly along. No surprise, then, that the most unforgettable performers are usually the smartest ones -- which is to say the deepest, philosophically and psychologically, as well as the most tactful, aesthetically and dramatically.
But are there unseen costs to this talent for rambling about imaginary places and stumbling over emotional furniture? At a 2001 memorial service for Kim Stanley -- by peer consensus Brando's equal in the '50s and '60s, who prematurely retired from the stage after a series of breakdowns -- Elaine Stritch, her costar in the Broadway premiere of William Inge's "Bus Stop," confided to all who had assembled that, in her view, what happened to Stanley was that "she got too goddamn real."
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Even for the buttoned-up English, it's not easy to shut the door on that troubled place when the gig is done. On the set of "Marathon Man," Laurence Olivier is said to have advised Dustin Hoffman, who had been putting himself through the ringer for his character, "Dear boy, you look absolutely awful. Why don't you try acting? It's so much easier." It's a good, if over-used, anecdote (apocryphal or not). But not even Lord Olivier, who strode the public scene more and more like an over-complicated Shakespearean king, was always so adept at maintaining a firewall between his life and work, to say nothing of wife Vivien Leigh, whose fragile mental health wasn't exactly shored up by her time as Blanche DuBois.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution waived second-year defender Seth Sinovic today.
Sinovic, 24, made 20 appearances as a rookie in 2010, with 18 starts. He played almost exclusively as a left back, with one start at right back. He did not make an appearance yet in 2011. The Revolution drafted the Leawood, Kan., product in the second round (25th overall) in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft out of Creighton University.
The Revolution (1-0-1, 4 pts.) will host the expansion Portland Timbers on Saturday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. at Gillette Stadium (TV: Comcast SportsNet New England; Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub). For up-to-the-minute information on the Revolution, visit the team's official web site at revolutionsoccer.net, or follow the team on Twitter at @NERevolution, or on Facebook at facebook.com/NERevolution.
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There have been no shortage of people making the claim that the Jets have the worst quarterbacking situation in the NFL heading into the 2013 season and that may very well be true, but coach Rex Ryan has identified at least one quarterback situation he thinks was worse than the Mark Sanchez/Geno Smith pairing.
It's the first Jets team he took to camp as a head coach. In 2009, the Jets had a rookie Sanchez and Kellen Clemens competing for a starting job that Sanchez would have had to work hard to lose after the team traded up to take him the first round. Ryan said that he thought this year's duo was "much better" than what he had on his hands back then.
"Obviously, [Sanchez] has had his ups and downs, but there's a lot of positive things about what Mark's accomplished, won four road playoff games," Ryan said during an appearance on Morning Joe, via Bob Glauber of Newsday. "But this Geno Smith is really a talented young man. The whole team, we're all about competition and certainly that's going to be a lot of competition right there."
It's an incredibly low bar that Ryan set, which makes clearing it comfortably something less than a crowning achievement. The coach didn't touch on the rest of the team around the quarterbacks, but it would seem the 2009 squad, which largely won in spite of its quarterback, has a big edge on that front. This Jets team doesn't look to be capable of pulling off the same trick, which could render the quarterbacking comparisons moot.


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I lived next door to Mr Welsh all my young days in Dorset Ave. I have been searching for some time to find anyone who knew what the farm and big house (as we knew it ) was called. I just remember being told it was Snowdons Farm and the cottage on the top of the hill overlooking Harton Downhill Infants was occupied by a farmer who we named as kids as Mad Harry. Gosh did he race out from the farm in his ramshackle lorry, how we were not run over, to this day I will never know. All my friends in that street were lost to me many years ago. There was also another farm to the right of our house (we lived at the very top of Dorset) but I cannot remember when it was demolished. Yes the Big house was made into a Youth club which I feel today should have been renovated and not destroyed. If I remember rightly was it not eventually turned into a childrens nursery????.So yes I am old enough to remember the rattler the hills I used to play on, the old century box the farms the grotto Marsden the leas my schools Downhill infants Horsley hill juniors and last but not least REDWELL .Happy days sadly gone but certainly not forgotten. I think back of fond memories of my friends past and present. So if anyone knows what the farms were called I would be grateful.


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DETROIT -- The son of one of the founders of Powerhouse Gyms International was arraigned today on first-degree murder and torture charges stemming from the death of a woman last month.
Peter Dabish was held without bond today, and a preliminary examination was set for April 20, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press.
Detroit police arrested Dabish, 24, on Wednesday at his attorney's office for his alleged role in the death of Diana DeMayo, who died March 11 from multiple blunt force injuries to her head. A warrant for Dabish's arrest was issued March 31.
"The Dabish family's prayers go out to the family of the victim during this most difficult time," Dabish family attorney Wolfgang Mueller said in an e-mail to Club Industry. "The family is deeply saddened with the tragic death of a young woman and the allegations surrounding Peter Dabish."
Peter Dabish is the oldest son of Powerhouse Gyms International co-founder Norman Dabish, who died of a heart attack in 2005 at the age of 46, and the nephew of Norman's brother, co-founder William Dabish. Norman Dabish sold his shares of the company in 1999. William Dabish's son, Henry Dabish, is the CEO of the Farmington Hills, MI-based company.
Peter Dabish has had no involvement with the operation of any Powerhouse Gym and has never held a position with a Powerhouse Gym, the company said in a statement to Club Industry. Dabish also does not hold any ownership stake in the company.
Furthermore, Peter Dabish has been in a troubled emotional state for some period of time, the company said, especially after his father's death. Dabish distanced himself from those who cared for him, the company added, and he did not have any communication with any of William's sons for more than a year and a half.
The Dabish family owns a handful of gyms in the Detroit metro area. The company, which was founded in 1975, licenses independently owned and operated Powerhouse Gyms throughout the country and around the world.