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Women's Soccer players Gabrielle Balestrier and Meghan McHale have been selected to 2012 Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-Conference teams.
Gabrielle Balestrier
Balestrier was a second-team selection at forward, while McHale earned a third-team selection at forward. Both Rams standouts are juniors.
Balestrier finished the season with eight goals and eight assists for a total of 24 points. She started all 17 games for Suffolk and scored the game-winning goal in four of the Rams' six victories -- three of which were 1-0 Suffolk victories.
She had the second-highest number of game-winning goals in the GNAC and tied for second in assists, was seventh in points and tied for ninth in goals scored.
She was named 2010 GNAC Rookie of the Year and a 2010 first-team All-Conference selection. She was a second-team All-Conference selection as a sophomore.
In 50 career games, Balestrier has accumulated 74 points, scoring 25 goals and adding 24 assists with eight game-winning goals.
Meghan McHale
McHale started all 17 games for the Rams, netting three goals and an assist for a total of seven points.
This is the third time in McHale's career that she has been named an All-Conference selection by the GNAC.
In 51 career games, McHale has tallied 33 points on nine goals and 15 assists.


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Patrick Seale, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Department: Cell and Developmental Biology
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
Smilow Center for Translational Research, 12th Floor, Room 105
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
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B.Sc. (Biology)
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, 1997.
Ph.D. (Biology)
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, 2003.
B.Sc. (Biology)
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, 1997.
Ph.D. (Biology)
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, 2003.
Description of Research ExpertiseRESEARCH OVERVIEW
Obesity is the predominant risk factor for an expanding array of diseases including: type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer. Our lab investigates the transcriptional pathways that control the development, differentiation and function of adipose cells in normal development and in obesity. We are particularly interested in early determination and specification events; this involves the commitment of mesenchymal stem cells to a preadipose cell fate. We are also exploring pathways that determine the fate (and thus the function) of different types of fat cells.
Mammals have two main subtypes of adipose tissue, white and brown. White adipose tissue is specialized for energy storage, whereas brown adipose expends chemical energy in the form of heat. White adipose tissue is found in the subcutaneous layer and in distinct intra-abdominal depots. Excess abdominal adiposity is associated with metabolic dysfunction, insulin resistance and heart disease. By contrast, expansion of subcutaneous fat is not correlated with insulin resistance or metabolic disease.
Brown fat can counteract obesity by safely burning off excess energy. Increased brown adipose function promotes a lean and healthy phenotype. Conversely, animals lacking brown adipose develop obesity and type 2 diabetes. Recent PET-based imaging studies suggests that the amount of activated brown adipose in humans is inversely correlated with body mass index and age. These results suggest that brown adipose plays an important and unappreciated role in human energy balance. Moreover, drug or cell-based approaches that increase the amount or function of brown adipose could provide novel therapies for obesity and its metabolic complications.
Key words: Stem Cells, Embryonic development, Adipocyte progenitors, Brown adipose tissue, White adipose tissue, PRDM16, PPARgamma
1. Brown Adipocyte Development and PRDM16
Brown fat cells are packed with mitochondria that express Uncoupling Protein-1 (UCP1) in their inner membrane. Brown fat tissue is also highly vascular, enabling it to efficiently distribute heat via the circulation. The molecular pathways that control the process of adipogenic differentiation from preadipocytes have been extensively studied in animal models and cultured cells. Preadipocytes are specialized fibroblast-like cells contained in white and brown fat tissues that differentiate into mature fat storing adipocytes in response to hormonal cues. PPARgamma and members of the c/EBP family of transcription factors orchestrate adipocyte differentiation in both white and brown cell types. Recently, several factors have been shown to influence the white versus brown adipose cell phenotype including: PGC-1alpha; FoxC2; pRb; p107 and RIP140.
In a global expression screen of all known mouse transcriptional components, we identified PRDM16 as a gene expressed selectively in brown adipose cells. PRDM16 is necessary and sufficient for the brown adipose differentiation and function. Ectopic expression of PRDM16 in white fat- or skeletal muscle- progenitors induces a complete program of brown adipogenesis; this includes: mitochondrial biogenesis; activation of thermogenic genes and uncoupled respiration in a cAMP-dependent manner; and suppression of white adipose or muscle development. Loss of PRDM16 from brown adipogenic precursors results in skeletal muscle development (Figure 1).
Figure 1.
Primary mouse brown adipocyte precursors were infected with adenovirus expressing a shRNA directed against PRDM16 to knock-down its expression. PRDM16-depleted cells (marked by GFP (green) also expressed by the adenoviral vector) differentiated into skeletal myocytes marked in red by staining for Myosin Heavy Chain protein expression. Therefore, PRDM16 is required in brown adipocytes to suppress skeletal muscle development.
These data suggest that PRDM16 controls brown adipocyte versus skeletal muscle cell fate. Lineage tracing reveal that skeletal myogenic cells and brown adipose cells arise from similar (or common) progenitors during embryonic development (Figure 2). Elucidating the extrinsic factors that regulate brown adipose versus muscle cell development may uncover novel therapeutic avenues to expand brown adipose mass.
We are investigating the mechanistic basis by which PRDM16 influences brown adipogenic cell fate using cell-based and mouse genetic approaches.
Figure 2.(A) Lineage tracing experiments were performed using Myf5-CRE knock-in mice. In this system, Cre recombinase is expressed from a skeletal muscle selective gene, Myf5. These mice are intercrossed with indicator mice that have a YFP reporter gene integrated into the Rosa26 housekeeping gene locus downstream of a Floxed transcriptional stop sequence. Cre mediated excision of the Stop signal in Myf5-expressing cells allows permanent and heritable expression of YFP. Therefore, all cells that are descendant from Myf5-expressing cells are labeled by YFP (B) Direct immunofluorescence shows that the brown adipose tissue from Myf5-Cre+ reporter mice expresses YFP. (C) Immunohistochemistry for YFP expression (stained in red) shows that skeletal muscle and brown adipose (BAT) but not white adipose tissue (WAT) are descendant from a Myf5+ cell lineage.
2. Identification of regulatory genes and pathways in white adipogenic precursors
A major unresolved and central issue in the field of obesity and metabolism research is the identity of the adipogenic precursor cell(s) and pathways that regulate the proliferation and self-renewal of these cells in vivo. We are interested in developing approaches to characterize these precursors in normal development and in obesity. We seek to identify key regulatory components that control the activation, expansion and differentiation of these cells in response to developmental or metabolic cues.
|White preadipocytes were induced to differentiate in culture to form mature, lipid storing adipocytes. The cells are fixed and lipid droplets are stained red with oil-red-o.
Rotation Projects
Please contact me if you are interested in discussing a rotation project in the lab.
Lab personnel
Postdoctoral Fellow(s)
Jeff Ishibashi
Zeynep Firtina
Sona Rajakumari
Ph.D. Student(s)
Matthew Harms
Research Specialist(s)
Matthew Brown
Selected PublicationsGupta RK, Arany Z, Seale P, Mepani RJ, Ye L, Conroe HM, Roby YA, Kulaga H, Reed RR, Spiegelman BM: Transcriptional Control of Preadipocyte Determination by Zfp423. Nature 25(464): 619-23, March 2010.
Kajimura S, Seale P, Kubota K, Lunsford E, Frangioni JV, Gygi SP, Spiegelman BM: Initiation of myoblast to brown fat switch by a PRDM16-C/EBP-beta transcriptional complex. Nature 460(7259): 1154-8, Aug 27 2009.
Seale P, Kajimura S, Spiegelman BM: Transcriptional control of brown adipocyte development and physiological function--of mice and men. Genes Dev 23(7): 788-97, Apr 1 2009.
Seale P, Lazar MA: Brown fat in humans: turning up the heat on obesity. Diabetes 58(7): 1482-4, Jul 2009.
Seale P, Bjork B, Yang W, Kajimura S, Chin S, Kuang S, Scimè A, Devarakonda S, Conroe HM, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Rudnicki MA, Beier DR, Spiegelman BM: PRDM16 controls a brown fat/skeletal muscle switch. Nature 454(7207): 961-7, Aug 21 2008.
Kajimura S, Seale P, Tomaru T, Erdjument-Bromage H, Cooper MP, Ruas JL, Chin S, Tempst P, Lazar MA, Spiegelman BM: Regulation of the brown and white fat gene programs through a PRDM16/CtBP transcriptional complex. Genes Dev 22(10): 1397-409, May 15 2008.
Seale P, Kajimura S, Yang W, Chin S, Rohas LM, Uldry M, Tavernier G, Langin D, Spiegelman BM: Transcriptional control of brown fat determination by PRDM16. Cell Metab 6(1): 38-54, Jul 2007.
Handschin C, Kobayashi YM, Chin S, Seale P, Campbell KP, Spiegelman BM: PGC-1alpha regulates the neuromuscular junction program and ameliorates Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Genes Dev 21(7): 770-83, Apr 1 2007.
Uldry M, Yang W, St-Pierre J, Lin J, Seale P, Spiegelman BM: Complementary action of the PGC-1 coactivators in mitochondrial biogenesis and brown fat differentiation. Cell Metab 3(5): 333-41, May 2006.
Seale P, Ishibashi J, Holterman C, Rudnicki MA: Muscle satellite cell-specific genes identified by genetic profiling of MyoD-deficient myogenic cell. Dev Biol 275(2): 287-300, Nov 15 2004.
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- You can now write a written response to any rating that you've received. This is a good way to defend yourself if you feel a rating is unfair.
- The "Attendance" attribute is dropped now that we have it automatically calculated on your profile.
- A new "Gameplay" attribute has been introduced: "Gameplay: Measures the player's ability to play an enjoyable game (not the player's ability to win). Covers strategy, diplomacy, teamwork, etc..."
- The "Teamwork" attribute is also dropped because it isn't really needed now that we have Gameplay and Good/Bad Teammate tags. All Teamwork ratings of 5 stars are converted to a Good Teammate tag and all Teamwork ratings of 1 star are converted to a Bad Teammate tag.
- In the "Leave rating for:" sections we now show different star symbols for those players that are yet to be re-rated.
I'd like to thank everyone who shared their constructive input to improve the ratings system. Hopefully these changes will go a long way towards making it more usable, informative and less open to abuse.
There is still one remaining issue that we have yet to tackle: the fact that different people rate based on different scales (i.e. some typically leave 5s others typically leave 3s). We didn't include a solution to get this update live sooner, and we'll continue to discuss the best approach in the community consultation, whether it involves changing the # of stars or normalizing them based on everyone's average rating left...


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Two guys who didn't want the party to end, even though their friend did, were found guilty for reasons other than reminding people of the horror that was 'Weekend at Bernie's'.
43-year-old Robert Young and 25-year-old Mark Rubinson of Denver, Colo. each pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement for transporting the body of their deceased friend who died as the result of a drug and alcohol overdose.
The two men found the body of Jeffrey Jarrett last August at his home in Denver. Rather than call the proper authorities, they put him in the back seat of Rubinson's SUV and went out for one last night on the town. They even stopped at a Mexican restaurant, a gas station, and convenience store and paid for all of it with Jarrett's debit card.
Then they brought the man's body back to the house where they found it, and went to a strip club where they withdrew and spent $400 more from Jarrett's account before calling the police and reporting the death.
Both men received a misdemeanor count of abuse of a corpse, and Young received a felony charge of identity theft for using the deceased man's debit card. Prosecutors agreed to a sentence of two years of deferred adjudication for Young, who must also undergo mental health and substance abuse treatment. Rubinson received the same sentence but with a one-year suspended sentence. They are also required to write a letter of apology to the victim's family.
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What if you could choose your next baby to have the "least expected life cost of health care"? And would you prefer that baby to be a "likely sprinter" or a "likely endurance athlete?" Do you want her to have blue, green or brown eyes?
Those are just some of the choices listed on a patent granted to 23andMe Inc., a company that provides DNA analysis. The patent, which was issued Sept. 24, covers a technology that would help a prospective parent choose traits in a baby by identifying those traits in the DNA of sperm and egg donors. Then the prospective parent could build a designer baby through artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization or by hiring a surrogate mother.
Building to spec
If you think this build-a-baby idea sounds like something out of "Brave New World," you are not alone, for ever since the patent was issued, a wide range of people have been sounding the ethics alarm over the idea of trying to order up a baby according to certain specifications. Many have suggested this idea falls into the category of eugenics — an effort to breed preferred types of people.
For example, in an Oct. 4 article in Huffington Post, Dov Fox, a law professor at the University of San Diego, wrote: "High-tech genetically matchmaking suggests parents' unwillingness to accept a significant departure from whatever a child's endowment might occasion. The patented technology, by encouraging parents to choose this particular child for just the right characteristics, threatens to crowd out our acceptance of children, as they arrive to us, with our desires for what we hope them to be."
The Center for Genetics and Society issued an Oct. 2 press release calling on 23andMe to abstain from offering the service and to use its patent to prevent others from doing so.
"It amounts to shopping for designer donors in an effort to produce designer babies," Marcy Darnovsky, the center's executive director, said in the center's press release.
Furthermore, experts have pointed out that such technology has no guarantee for desired results — something 23andMe acknowledges — given the complex nature of genes and the role of environment in shaping an individual.
Current screenings
The 23andMe company began to retreat a week after the patent was issued, and on Oct. 1, the company posted on its blog a statement saying that when it applied for the patent five years ago, "there was consideration that the technology could have potential applications for fertility clinics." But since that time, the company's strategic focus changed, and it does not plan to offer gamete donor selection.
Nevertheless, some experts predict 23andMe may not forgo for long the profit potential of its patent. Already thousands of people use egg and sperm donor profiles that detail the donors' appearance, talents, I.Q. and ethnicity. A company called GenePeeks has a patent pending to build a "virtual" baby on computer by simulating the DNA combination of a woman with the DNA of prospective sperm donors to provide a customized list of donors.
Furthermore, fertility clinics regularly screen embryos before implantation for inherited disease as well as for desired gender, and then discard or freeze those that don't meet parental specifications.
Contraceptive mentality
Janet Smith, who holds the Father Michael J. McGivney Chair of Life Ethics at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, told Our Sunday Visitor this thrust to control reproduction reflects the culture's contraceptive mentality.
Rather than accepting a child as a gift, some people try to control everything about a child rather than allowing the child's innate abilities and talents to flourish, Smith said.
What if that child has limited abilities? Smith said deficits that may be considered huge negatives in life often turn out to be huge positives. For example, she said the people she knows who have a child with Down syndrome talk about that child as "gift, gift, gift." This does not mean having a disabled child is easy, she said, but these children enrich the family and society in unimaginable ways.
"And what if you try to perfectly design a child, and that child doesn't live up to the expectations?" she asked. "We've already seen with parents who have unrealistic expectations for their children, how damaging it is."
Disposable culture
Pia de Solenni, an ethicist and cultural analyst, told OSV that this build-a-baby mentality is part of what Pope Francis called a "disposable culture." She likened the process to trying to "fit a child into a box."
When parents do this, she said, they miss the experience of encountering another person as a gift, and they set themselves up "for a world of heartache and disappointment," for no person lives up to all the expectations of others.
Instead of focusing on designing a child to their own specifications, de Solenni said parents should be concerned about forming their children to be good and holy people.
"None of these things affect moral traits, and at the end of the day, that's what we should be most concerned with," de Solenni said.
Ann Carey writes from Indiana.
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'''There are some movies that everybody knows come from a book-- The Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings, the comic books turned movies like Superman, Spiderman, and Fantastic Four, and
'''Take a look at some of these book titles that are available at our library that have been turned into movies or television series.'''
'''Take a look at some of these book titles that are available at our library that have been turned into movies or television series.'''
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There are some movies that everybody knows come from a book-- The Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings, the comic books turned movies like Superman, Spiderman, and Fantastic Four, and many classic novels. But there are a wealth of others that have flown slightly under the radar.
Take a look at some of these book titles that are available at our library that have been turned into movies or television series.
If you liked this list, and want to see some adult and teen book titles that have been made into movies, check out this list on our Wiki [Children's Edition]
Feel free to add to this list by creating an account and editing this page.
*Because so many classic novels have been turned into movies (and so many versions of each have been done), they are generally not included in this list. Also not included are the very popular superhero comic books that have been made into films in recent years. This list is intended to help readers find that many popular movies were actually books first, and since these are well-known adaptations, have been excluded from this list.
*Please note that JMRL does not own all of the corresponding movies or TV shows.
Adult Fiction
This list includes adult and young adult titles because many movies crossover into both age groups.
- 24 Hours by Greg Iles (Film title: Trapped [2002])
- 3:10 to Yuma by Elmore Leonard (Film title: 3:10 to Yuma [2007])
A through D
- About a Boy by Nick Hornby (Film: 2002)
- About Schmidt by Louis Begley (Film: 2002)
- All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (Film: 2000)
- Along Came a Spider by James Patterson (Film: 2001)
- American Pyscho by Bret Easton Ellis (Film: 2000)
- Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (Film: 2009)
- Animal Husbandry by Laura Zigman (Film title: Someone Like You [2001])
- Atonement by Ian McEwan (Film: 2007)
- Be Cool by Elmore Leonard (Film: 2005)
- The Beach by Alex Garland (Film: 2000)
- Beastly by Alex Flinn (Film: 2010)
- Beloved by Toni Morrison (Film: 1998)
- Beowulf (epic poem) (Film: 2007)
- Big Fish by Daniel Wallace (Film: 2003)
- "The Body" (short story) in Different Seasons by Stephen King (Film title: Stand By Me [1986])
- Bone Collector by Jeff Deaver (Film: 1999)
- Bourne Series by Robert Ludlum (Film titles: Bourne Identity [2002], Bourne Supremacy [2004], and Bourne Ultimatum [2007])
- Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote (Film: 1961)
- Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (Film: 2001)
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reasonby Helen Fielding (Film: 2004)
- "Brokeback Mountain" (short story) in Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx (Film: 2005)
- Chocolat by Joanne Harris (Film: 2000)
- The Cider House Rules by John Irving (Film: 1999)
- Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Film: 2003)
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Film: 1985)
- Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (Film: 2009)
- Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dyan Sheldon (Film: 2004)
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Film: 2009)
- Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernières (Film title: Captain Corelli's Mandolin [2001])
- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (short story) in Six Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Film: 2008)
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Film: 2006)
- Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake (Film: 1990)
- The Dead Zone by Stephen King (TV series: 2002-2007)
- Deadwood by Pete Dexter (Film Title: Wild Bill [1995])
- Dear John by Nicholas Sparks (2010)
- The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (2006)
- The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells (2002)
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick (Film Title: BladeRunner [1982])
E through H
- Emma by Jane Austen (Film Title: Clueless [1995])
- The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (Film: 1996)
- Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Film: 2005)
- Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter (Film: 1991)
- Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Film: 1999)
- First Wives Club by Olivia Goldsmith (Film: 1996)
- Forrest Gump by Winston Groom (Film: 1994)
- Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (Film: 2003)
- Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara (Film: 2003)
- Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane (Film: 2007)
- The Green Mile by Stephen King (Film: 1999)
- Hanging Up by Delia Ephron (Film: 2000)
- Hannibal by Thomas Harris (Film: 2001)
- Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris (Film: 2007)
- See also: Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs
- Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King (Film: 2001)
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Film: 2011)
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (Film: 2000)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Film: 2005)
- Holes by Louis Sachar (Film: 2003)
- Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (Film: 2006)
- The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans (Film: 1998)
- The Hours by Michael Cunningham (Film: 2002)
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan (Film: 1998)
- How to Make an American Quilt by Whitney Otto (Film: 1995)
- The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy (Film: 1990)
I through L
- I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (Film: 2007)
- I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (Film: 2011)
- I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (Film: 2004)
- If Only It Were True by Marc Levy (Film title: Just Like Heaven [2005])
- The Iliad (epic poem) by Homer (Film title: Troy [2004])
- In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner (Film: 2005)
- Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (Film: 1994)
- James Bond Series by Ian Fleming
- Jaws by Peter Benchley
- Jumper by Steven Gould (Film: 2008)
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (Film: 1993)
- Killshot by Elmore Leonard (Film: 2009)
- Kiss the Girls by James Patterson (Film: 1997)
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Film: 2007)
- K-PAX: A Novel by Gene Brewer (Film: 2001)
- The Legend of Bagger Vance: Golf and the Game of Life by Steven Pressfield (Film: 2000)
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (story) by Washington Irving (Film title: Sleepy Hollow [1999])
- Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (Film: 1992)
- The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Film: 2011)
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (Film: 2001)
- The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien (Film: 2003)
- The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien (Film: 2002)
- The Lost World by Michael Crichton (Film: 1997)
- The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Film: 1997)
M through O
- The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon (Films: 1962 and 2004)
- Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian (Film: 2003)
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Film: 2005)
- Misery by Stephen King (Film: 1990)
- Must Love Dogs by Claire Cook Must Love Dogs (Film: 2005)
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Film: 2009)
- Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (Film: 2003)
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (Film: 2006)
- The Natural by Bernard Malamud (Film: 1984)
- The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (Film: 1984)
- No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (Film: 2007)
- The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (Film: 2004)
- The Odyssey (epic poem) by Homer (Film title: O Brother, Where Art Thou? [2000])
- Oil! by Upton Sinclair (Film title: There Will Be Blood [2007])
- One for the Money by Janet Evanovich (Film: 2012)
- One True Thing by Anna Quindlen (Film: 1998)
- Othello (play) by William Shakespeare (Film title: O [2001])
- Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (Film: 1985)
- Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard (Film: 1998)
- The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (Film: 1983)
P through R
- P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern (Film: 2007)
- The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham (Film: 2006)
- The Palace Thief (story) by Ethan Canin (Film title: The Emperor's Club [2002])
- A Passage to India by E. M. Forster (Film: 1984)
- Patriot Games by Tom Clancy (Film: 1992)
- Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde (Film: 2000)
- The Pelican Brief by John Grisham (Film: 1993)
- Pet Sematary by Stephen King Pet (Film: 1989)
- Peter Pan (play) by J. M. Barrie (Film: (2003)
- The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LeRoux (Film: 1989, 2004)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Film: 2005 and 2007)
- The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico (Films: 1972 and 2006)
- The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov (Film Title: Bicentennial Man [1999])
- Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher (Film: 1990)
- The Postman by David Brin Film: 1997)
- Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (Film: 1998)
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Film Title: [1998])
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Film: 2005)
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Film Title: Bride & Prejudice [2004])
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman (Film: 1987)
- The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (Film: 2001)
- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller (Film: 2009)
- Push by Sapphire (Film title: Precious [2009])
- Q & A by Vikas Swarup (Film Title: Slumdog Millionaire (2008))
- Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice (Film: 2002)
- The Quiet American by Graham Greene (Film: 2002)
- Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (Film: 2002)
- Relic by Douglas Preston (Film: 1997)
- Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (Film: 2008)
- "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" (short story) in Different Seasons by Stephen King (Film title: The Shawshank Redemption)
- A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean (Film: 1992)
- Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins (Film: 2002)
- The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson (Film: 2011)
- The Runaway Jury by John Grisham (Film: 2003)
S through T
- Sahara by Clive Cussler (Film: 2005)
- Sabrina Fair by Samuel Albert Taylor [Film Titles: Sabrina (1954) and (1995)]
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday (Film: 2011)
- Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally (Film: 1993)
- Scott Pilgrim (comics) by Bryan Lee O'Malley [Film Title: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)]
- "Secret Window, Secret Garden" (novella) in Four Past Midnight by Stephen King [Film Title: Secret Window (2004)]
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Film: 1995)
- Shadowlands by William Nicholson (Film: 1993)
- The Shining by Stephen King (Film: 1980)
- The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (Film: 2001)
- Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella [Film Title: Field of Dreams (1989)]
- Shopgirl by Steve Martin (Film: 2005)
- Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (Film: 2010)
- The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (Film: 1991)
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (Film: 2005)
- Skipping Christmas by John Grisham [Film Title: Christmas with the Kranks (2004)]
- Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson (Film: 1999)
- Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin (Film: 2011)
- Sophie's Choice by William Styron (Film: 1982)
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Film: 2004)
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman (Film: 2007)
- Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (Film: 1997)
- "Steel" (short story) in Steel, and Other Stories by Richard Matheson (Film title: Real Steel [2011])
- The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin (Films: 1975 and 2004)
- Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (Film title: Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker [2006])
- Strip Tease by Carl Hiaasen [Film Title: Striptease (1996)]
- Taking Lives by Michael Pye (Film: 2006)
- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (Film: 1999)
- The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare [Film Titles: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) and Kiss Me, Kate (1953)]
- Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry (Film: 1983)
- The Tempest by William Shakespeare [Film Titles: Forbidden Planet (1956) and The Yellow Sky (1948) and The Tempest (2010)]
- Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley (Film: 2005)
- The Thin Red Line by James Jones (Film: 1998)
- The Time Machine by H. G. Wells (Film: 2002)
- A Time to Kill by John Grisham (Film: 1996)
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Film: 2009)
- Timeline by Michael Crichton (Film: 2003)
- True Grit by Charles Portis (Films: 1969 and 2010)
- Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare [Film Title: She's the Man (2006)]
- The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer
- Twilight (Film: 2008)
- New Moon (Film: 2009)
- Eclipse (Film: 2010)
- Breaking Dawn (Films: Part 1 - 2011, Part 2 - 2012)
U through Z
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (Film: 1988)
- Up in the Air by Walter Kirn (Film: 2009)
- V for Vendetta by Alan Moore (Film: 2006)
- The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides (Film: 1999)
- The Visitation by Frank E. Peretti (Film: 2006)
- Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan (Film: 1995)
- A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks (Film: 2002)
- The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (Film: 2005)
- Watchmen by Dave Gibbons (Film: 2009)
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Film: 2011)
- We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (Film: 2011)
- What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson (Film: 1998)
- What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges (Film: 1993)
- What's the Worst that Could Happen? by Donald E. Westlake (Film: 2001)
- Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts (Film: 2000)
- White Oleander by Janet Fitch (Film: 2002)
- The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (Film: 1993)
- The Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon (Film: 2000)
- The World According to Garp by John Irving (Film: 1982)
Adult Nonfiction
- The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich (Film title: The Social Network [2010])
- Awakenings by Oliver Sacks (Film: 1990)
- All The President's Men by Carl Bernstein (Film: 1976)
- Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose (TV series on HBO, 2001)
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston (Film title: 127 Hours [2010])
- A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar (Film: 2001)
- The Big Year by Mark Obmascik (Film: 2011)
- Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden (Film: 2001)
- The Blind Side by Michael Lewis (Film: 2009)
- Capote by Gerald Clarke (Film: 2005)
- Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale (Film: 2002)
- Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile (Film: 2007)
- Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth (Films: 1950 and 2003)
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby (Film: 2007)
- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Film: 2010)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson (Film: 1998)
- Finding Fish by Antwone Fisher (Film title: Antwone Fisher [2002])
- Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger (Film: 2006)
- Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen (Film: 1999)
- Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by by Amanda Foreman (Film title: The Duchess [2008])
- He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt (Film: 2009)
- An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Film: 2006)
- The Informant by Kurt Eichenwald (Film: 2009)
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
- Jarhead by Anthony Swofford (Film: 2005)
- Julie and Julia by Julie Powell (Film: 2009)
- Lost Moon by Jim Lovell (Film title: Apollo 13 [1995])
- Marie Antoinette: the Journey by Antonia Fraser (Film title: Marie Antoinette [2006])
- Marley & Me by John Grogan (Film: 2008)
- Masters of Sex by Thomas Maier (TV series on HBO: 2013)
- The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson (Film: 2009)
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (Film: 1997)
- Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford (Film: 1981)
- The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean (Film title: Adaptation [2002])
- The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose (TV series on HBO, 2010)
- The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Film: 2000)
- The Pianist by Wladyslaw Szpilman (Film: 2002)
- Playing the Enemy by John Carlin (Film title: Invictus [2009])
- Riding in Cars with Boys by Beverly Donofrio (Film: 2001)
- Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam (Film title: October Sky [1999])
- Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Film: 2006)
- Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand (Film: 2003)
- Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer (Film: 1997)
- We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee (Film: 2011)
- What to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff (Film: 2012)
- Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi (Film title: Goodfellas [1990])


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Choose Your Frames of Reference Wisely
I spent the summer following my first year of law school working at the Department of Justice (the "DOJ") in Washington, DC. The entire summer and the events leading up to it resulted in one of the strangest experiences I have ever had. After...Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 22 Comments
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Career Advice
Too many people approach their job searches from the perspective of their own needs. They need a job, they need to make more money, they need flexible working hours and benefits. This is not the way to get a job. In fact, this "me-too" method of job seeking is unlikely to get you anywhere.
In this article Harrison discusses the importance of using association websites in your job search. One of the best places to track down jobs which (1) few people know about and (2) you stand good odds of getting an interview if you apply, is association websites. Associations are not experts in advertising themselves, and so the jobs on their websites are far less likely to be found by people looking for jobs online. The people you are competing with in the job market generally are not researching association websites for job opportunities and leads. Employers typically like posting jobs on association sites because applicants from association sites tend to be serious about their profession. If you are in the job market, using association sites for research is highly recommended.
Your résumé is an extremely important document. There are entire books written about how to craft them. I have written at least one myself. There are scores of résumé consultants, companies, and others that will work on your résumé for a fee. Hiring one of these services can be useful and can improve your résumé. Nevertheless, most résumés can improve dramatically by following the below advice.
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How to Choose a Recruiter Based on Recruiting StyleBy Harrison Barnes on Sep 10,2018
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You, like everyone else, are naturally disposed to be either a dreamer, a manager, or a worker. Consequently, your happiness and success depends on whether you are doing the work that is suitable to your disposition; you may not be reaching your full potential in you are in the wrong role. Your success in both career and life depends largely on your ability to honor your nature.
You need to constantly broadcast your value in your current job; make sure that your bosses are aware of what you are doing and the value you are providing them. Your supervisor or potential employer wants to know what you bring to their organization. In order to accomplish this, work behind the scenes and make sure your boss is aware of everything you do!
Adopting a positive attitude will always bring you closer to success, as nobody wants to be associated with a losing side. Everyone wants to associate with and hire winners, and avoids losers. Nothing is more important than maintaining a positive attitude, as many employers hire people based primarily on attitude; with the right attitude, everything else will fall into place. You must look like you are on the winning team, even if times are tough; nobody wants to hire a loser.
In this article Harrison discusses that you absolutely and positively need a mission and it is going to change your life. When you find something you are good at, and approach it like a mission, everything changes. A mission is much more powerful than being good at lots of things. Employers want to hire people on a mission. Your career needs to be a mission. This is the most important career advice you will ever receive. The highest state of work is when you are on a mission. The difference between having a job, or career and having a mission is huge. A mission will propel you forward. A mission will bring you everything you ever wanted. A mission will open up opportunities and will transform your life and career. There is nothing more important than a mission. You need to be on a mission.
You must surrender to your profession, doing work with which you are comfortable and in which you are interested. Conversely, you have submitted to a job in which you are uncomfortable and which does not conform to your values; nobody thrives in such a situation, and such a job is unlikely to advance your career. When you hold your profession in high esteem, however, there is no need to resist your job and you can easily surrender to it.
The quality of your life is not determined by your job, city, or lifestyle, but rather by the filters through which you experience these things. These filters shape everything in your life, and influence your life and career for better or worse. How you use these filters are the most important factors in your decision making; develop filters that empower rather than limit your experience, and you will unlock the secret to a successful like and career.
There are people in your life, just as in everyone else's, who do not appreciate your talents and will seek to undermine you. You must avoid situations that place you among these kinds of people, and instead find colleagues who recognize and appreciate your efforts. Your work environment will do much to either motivate or de-motivate you, so make sure to find one that recognizes your talents.
One of the most important aspects of the people around you is their definition of the "norm"; norms of acceptable behavior exist everywhere. Your own definitions of normal and acceptable will determine your success in life, as will those of the groups with whom you interact. Develop an understanding of the norms for the many groups in your life.
Recruiters use a variety of approaches, each of which has its merits; the best recruiters, however, use a combination of established methods. You need to work with a recruiter who understands these various methods, and supports your job search on multiple fronts. Exceptional recruiters are even more valuable in a bad job market, as their approach or combination of approaches will make the difference in whether or not you find employment.
When you give your employer a good value, they will be motivated to keep you even in the lean times. Nothing is more important to your career than making sure your employer is satisfied with your work, which will make them likely to use you over and over again. Working for companies where there is a lot of froth will present you with more money-making opportunities; understand that froth moves in cycles, however, and it is more important to have consistent work than to hold out for ideal market conditions.
In this article Harrison discusses how your life is controlled by your decisions and your commitment to them. You have the power to choose in your life, and your decisions shape your entire existence. You need to choose to make empowering decisions in your life and your career. You need to make a commitment to back up your decision. People who achieve the most are those people who make decisions and then proceed to follow through with them. There is so much power in making decisions and making these decisions with commitment. If you do not make decisions about your life and stand behind them, your life will be made and shaped by someone else. Do not let others and the world decide what happens to you. Decide what you want for your life and commit to those decisions today.
Information is the most important thing you can possess; the more you share information with your colleagues, the more they in turn will share information with you. Never try to protect information, but share it freely lest others move away from you in favor of others more giving with their information. When you withhold information from others, you inhibit your own growth; the more you share, the more others will reciprocate.
Although many people claim to seek a state of peace, all people fundamentally seek variety in their lives and pursue it in different ways. People must satisfy this need for variety in order to be happy, and seek out new experiences and situations in which they face tension. Maintaining a healthy variety in your own life, therefore, is key to your happiness and success; doing so will replace boredom and stagnation with growth.
L. W. Rogers's Self-Development and the Way to Power is a marvelously inspiring book that speaks of happiness as a product of wisdom. Rogers states that a person is either a slave of nature or a master of its law. He believes that suffering is unnatural and an imposed negativity. Everyone is supposed to be happy and hence we must discover our innermost powers and develop them in order to live a healthier, wealthier, and happier life. This book contains a strong message and can benefit you immensely. It is my pleasure to be sharing it with you.
When I was around 14 years old, I spent several months going to a public high school on the outskirts of Detroit. Within a short time, I met a couple of kids I liked. These kids had all been using "snuff"or chewing tobacco for years.
It is important to appreciate the contributions of those around you. Many people do not appreciate the good things that others do around them. It is rare for people to offer help in any situation, and even rarer for that person to be appreciated for their contributions. The more you appreciate the help that you have received, the more help will come your way.
No organization or person will succeed for long without a strategy; be part of a company with a strategic objective. Furthermore, you must develop your own overall strategic objectives for you life and career. Create daily to-do lists that will bring you closer to your goals; such tools keep you focused and enable you to accomplish far more than those without a strategy.
In this article Harrison discusses that how we choose to define our uniqueness largely determines the direction that our lives take. People have an innate need to feel as if they have a unique identity and are making a unique contribution to the world. You need to make sure that you are basing your feelings of importance on something positive. Harrison is of the opinion that what makes you unique should be related to what you do for a living and should help you advance in your career. We have a natural instinct to choose some defensible characteristic of uniqueness and importance. You undoubtedly have some characteristic that you feel makes you unique. Make sure this (1) is a positive trait, and (2) helps you advance in your career.
If you can learn how to create work for yourself, you will never be unemployed or lacking for excitement in your life. You must learn to use your mind to create work; if successful, this ability will come to define your life and career because outside circumstances will no longer matter to you. The world will work for you, rather than the other way around.
You should neither trust outward appearances, nor let them intimidate you. There is always a discord between the appearance that a person or organization projects, and their actual nature. For this reason, always be careful about the people and organizations in whom you place your trust.
You must face cold, hard reality in order to truly determine your situation; despite the benefits of doing so, facing reality is sometimes one of the most painful and difficult things you can do. People do not like to admit their limitations and failures, but doing so is imperative for facing the people and things that constitute your reality. When you face reality you realize where you can go, and you gain the power to change your situation for the better.
Avoid complacency, as it can literally destroy your career and your life. You are either moving up or moving down, and complacency will always place you on a downward trajectory. Surround yourself with people who will continually challenge you to become better. Surrounding yourself with mediocre people will introduce mediocrity into your own life; when you surround yourself with people who accept nothing but the best, you are likely to become exceptional as well.
There are three universal motivators; power, relationships, and achievement. It is very important that you determine which of these three things motivate you, and seek a career that caters to this distinct personality type. Question yourself to understand your personality style, and position yourself to make the most of this personality and outlook.
Plan to be happy rather than sad, and plan for greatness rather than simply attempting once and giving up in the face of failure. Plan to overcome negative trends or precedents in your life. Plan for the best possible outcome, and ignore the negative voices of others in favor of positive, inspirational messages.
In this article Harrison discusses that you need to protect your ability to earn a living at all costs, and you need to make sure that no one is going to slow you down. The sooner you understand that your career is not as important to anyone else as it is to you, the better. The fact of the matter is that virtually no one is going to work as hard for your career as you. If you depend on others to do your work, you are likely to be sorely disappointed. Even if it appears like you have no options, you need to be very careful about the people with whom you cast your lot. You are never going to find the answers to your success and what you need in someone else. It has to come from you.
Russell Conwell's fantastic Acres of Diamonds speech argues that the means for success do not require extensive searching, but are all around us. Opportunity is everywhere if you know where to look. Many times we miss opportunities that are right in front of us because we are looking in the wrong places.
Regardless of your other talents and qualifications, a healthy environment is necessary for your success. Do not associate with people who support a negative outlook when you are discouraged in your job search or think you cannot do something, or you will prove them right and go nowhere. Instead, associate yourself with people who push you to do better and improve. Surround yourself with those who think big and motivate you to be the best that you can be.
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Do you want to see Emma Stone and Ryan Reynolds running around half-naked?
Sorry, you'll have to settle for animated versions of the stars in "The Croods," a 3-D family adventure that evidently exists to depict the invention of people being smacked in the face. By a boulder. A tree. A stone. A slab. A monkey's fist. If it can comically collide with a person's head, it does in "The Croods."
Any other jokes involve what an ancient family does and doesn't know, though their command of the English language and puppetry—not to mention their garb sophisticated enough to prevent any accidental up-loincloth shots—doesn't exactly commit to the concept of early man and woman developing from raw to open-minded.
Moody teen (and presumed ancestor of "Brave" redhead Merida) Eep, voiced by Stone, has had it with her dad Grug's (Nicolas Cage) motto of "never not be afraid" and his insistence that their family remain in a cave. She wants to be liberated and see the world. She doesn't seem to have an issue with the term "caveman," however, as opposed to "cavewoman" or "caveperson."
As the family tries to survive when their cave crumbles, there's not much story to "The Croods" outside the extremely typical notion of an overprotective parent who needs to let go (hello, "Ice Age" series and many other kids' movies) and a youngster learning that Dad coddles because he cares. Sculpted, shirtless Guy (Reynolds) catches Eep's eye, leading to routine teenage flirtation, while Grug repeatedly suggests he wants his mother-in-law (Cloris Leachman) dead.
I must have missed what's funny about picking up an old woman, flipping her like a coin and letting her fall on her neck.
Turn off the chirpy dialogue and constantly trumped-up music and the wonderfully animated "The Croods" could be an exhilarating silent feature. The non-human critters, some acting like animals and others like people, bottle all the imagination that didn't go into the plot. (That doesn't include Guy's sloth, Belt, who makes a jokily dramatic "dun-dun-dun!" noise a whopping four times.) "Release the baby!" Grug screams more than once, referencing either the kraken of "Clash of the Titans" or just the hounds.
Either way, someone needs to free kid-friendly movies from the redundant, idea-less attitude that infiltrates almost all non-Pixar efforts, and even recent Pixar ones too. "That's not living! That's just not dying!" cries Eep. Preach on, sister.
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SOURCE: Solos Endoscopy, Inc.
February 20, 2014 11:39 ET
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Feb 20, 2014) - Solos Endoscopy, Inc. (OTC Pink: SNDY), a provider of quality innovative healthcare instruments to hospitals across the United States, is pleased to announce that the company has commenced negotiations with a Canadian distributor to sell its endoscopic instruments including the MammoView® devices in Canada.
Canada's medical device market tops $6 Billion in annual revenues, with 80% of the market concentrated in Ontario and Quebec.
"The close proximity of this large medical device market to our home office in Boston makes Canada a logical choice for our first international market since becoming ISO Certified. We plan to conclude our negotiations with our new distributor in the next few weeks," stated Robert Segersten President of Solos Endoscopy.
Solos Endoscopy recently received its ISO 13485:2003 Certification from TUV SUD America. The Certification to ISO 13485:2003 allows Solos Endoscopy to place the CE Mark on the majority of endoscopic instruments including the MammoView® devices. After consultation with its new distributor, Solos Endoscopy will apply for its Medical Device License in Canada, which will allow the company to market its instruments in the Canadian market.
The Certification Body of TUV America has certified that Solos Endoscopy has established and is maintaining a quality management system that meets the requirements of the European Union and Canada. The Certification comes at the conclusion of a lengthy audit with TUV SUD America this past year. The audit included a comprehensive review of the Solos Endoscopy's Quality Manual and 28 Quality System Procedures for compliance with the international quality system standard ISO 13485:2003, to the European Union's Medical Device Directive (MDD 93/42/EEC) and to the Canadian Medical Device Regulations (SOR/98-282).
Solos Endoscopy has posted its Certificate from TUV America on its website (http://www.solosendoscopy.com/pdf/solos-iso-certification.pdf).
About Solos Endoscopy, Inc.:
Solos Endoscopy has celebrated its 25th year of providing quality innovative healthcare instruments to hospitals across the country. For more than 25 years, from medical schools to hospitals, surgeons have trusted Solos Endoscopy to develop and market breakthrough technology, applications, medical devices, and procedural techniques for the screening, diagnosis, treatment and management of disease and medical conditions. Additional information on its FDA approved products is available on the Company's website at: www.solosendoscopy.com.
Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. All statements, other than statements of fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential future plans and objectives of the company, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Technical complications that may arise could prevent the prompt implementation of any strategically significant plan(s) outlined above. The company cautions that these forward-looking statements are further qualified by other factors including, but not limited to, those set forth in the company's Annual Report filing and other filings with the OTC Markets Group (available at www.otcmarkets.com). The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any statements in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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White House Press Secretary to Photographers: We Respect You, But We Don't Need You
Posted by David Walker on Friday December 13, 2013 | Media, Photojournalism
Posted by David Walker on Friday December 13, 2013 | Media, Photojournalism
In an exchange yesterday with reporters over why press pool photographers were kept away from President Barack Obama on his trip to Nelson Mandela's funeral last week, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney ducked, dodged–and said times have changed.
"This is part of a bigger transformation that's happening out there that's driven by the ability of everyone to post anything on the Internet free of charge so that you don't have to buy that newspaper or subscribe to that wire service to see that photograph."
In other words, the White House doesn't need press photographers anymore, and neither does the public, now that the White House can distribute its own pictures of the president online.
The exchange began when a reporter asked why White House photographer Pete Souza was allowed on the speaker's platform when President Obama spoke at Mandela's funeral, but press pool photographers were not allowed. Reporters also pressed Carney hard on why press pool photographers were not permitted to photograph the President and First Lady, along with former President George Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, on the flights to and from the funeral in South Africa.
The White House released its own photos, shot by Souza, from the flight.
Carney took the questions with a preamble of praise to photographers. "I have huge admiration for that service to the free flow of information and the unbelievable bravery that cameramen and photographers display, especially overseas in hard areas, in dangerous areas, like Afghanistan, like Syria and elsewhere," he said.
He added later on after reporters kept pressing the issue, "From the President on down–and I mean that–there is absolute agreement that there's no substitute for a free and independent press reporting on a presidency or the White House, on Congress, on the government. It's essential. Essential. And that includes photography."
The White House got as much access as it could for press pool photographers on the speaker's platform at the funeral, Carney said. When pressed about the lack of access on the flight, which reporters pointed out was 20 hours each way, Carney said, "For a lot of those hours, the President, the former President, the First Lady and the former First Lady were asleep. So we probably weren't going to bring in a still pool for that. Or they were having dinner or something like that. But look, I think I just made clear that I want to work on this issue."
How committed he is to "work on this issue" is unclear. Reporters pressed repeatedly for details, and Carney offered none, other than to say his office has met with representatives of the White House Correspondents. And he added, "I can promise you that the outcome of that will not be complete satisfaction" because of inherent tensions between all administrations and the press over access.
Last month, Carney rejected a request from 38 news organization for a meeting to discuss their complaint about a lack of access for press pool photographers to the Oval Office. In doing so, he told them the public interest was served well enough by the stream of photos the White House was releasing on social media.
The media has dismissed those photos, by Souza and other White House photographers, as "visual press releases." In an op-ed piece published in The New York Times yesterday, Associated Press Director of Photography Santiago Lyon labeled the White House handout photos as "propaganda."
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Ok, it might just look like a black T shirt with a pretty naff design, but this is actually one of the hottest bloke gifts this Christmas. That's because that guitar print is (kind of) a real guitar which lets you play chords and strum along to your favourite rawk tunes. It even comes with a mini amp that apparently goes up to 11. If you are more Hot Chip than Van Halen there's also a drum machine kit in the range too.


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Editor: I would like to address something that is not mentioned very often in North Carolina. That is the issue of modern-day slavery, better known as human trafficking. It's easy for us to watch special reports or movies on this subject and think how bad this must be, yet we do nothing.
Editor: I would like to address something that is not mentioned very often in North Carolina. That is the issue of modern-day slavery, better known as human trafficking. It's easy for us to watch special reports or movies on this subject and think how bad this must be, yet we do nothing.
There are over 27 million modern-day slaves who exist in our world today. These people are subjected to sexual slavery, forced labor, domestic servitude, etc., and yet we do nothing but look at our televisions with disbelief for a few minutes and then go back to our normal lives. I would think that there isn't a minute that goes by that these modern-day slaves wish they could go back to their "normal" lives.
See, this problem doesn't just exist in India, China, Russia, Thailand or Cambodia. No, this is a major problem in our United States. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says that at least 100,000 children are trafficked each year in our country. That is someone's brother, sister, son or daughter.
These people had a life at one time and now are subjected to the cruel punishments of certain evil people. I believe that it is our moral responsibility to shine a light on this issue and be the generation that puts an end to modern-day slavery. President Obama made substantial progress when he announced several new initiatives aimed at ending trafficking nationwide, including the first-ever assessment of the problem in this country and a $6 million grant to build solutions.
North Carolina has passed significant laws to combat human trafficking, but we can do more. North Carolina doesn't have a state human trafficking hotline. North Carolina doesn't award civil damages to victims of human trafficking. North Carolina doesn't vacate convictions for sex trafficking victims. That means these victims have prostitution charges on their record for something they were forced to do. North Carolina has no "Safe Harbor" laws protecting trafficked minors.
I say all this because I believe there is so much more we can do. Yes, even our community can have a major impact in ending modern-day slavery.
We just have to be willing to be part of something bigger than ourselves. It's so easy to become consumed with arguing about politics, sports or religion, but this is an issue that shouldn't be debated. The fundamental right of freedom is being taken away from victims of human trafficking, but we can help to restore that freedom. I would dare say there could be people who are actively being trafficked here in Davidson County, and that is why we must never be afraid to ask questions, always observe our surroundings and stay vigilant.
If you would like more information on human trafficking, I would suggest checking out www.polarisproject.org, www.notforsalecampaign.org and enditmovement.com. There are so many more resources you can find just by doing an online search. It is our moral responsibility to put an end to modern-day slavery. Will you join the movement?
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Family and friends of Arthur Lee Brown and David Eugene McKoy had speculated that whoever shot and killed the two men in Brown's home outside Fuquay-Varina last month somehow knew them.
But since the arrests over the weekend of three men accused of the crime, the families of Brown and McKoy have struggled to make a connection.
"No one seemed to recognize them," said David McKoy's nephew, Cumberland County pastor James McKoy.
Wake County sheriff's investigators say robbery was the motive behind the double homicide. The three men, Gregory Aldaverto Crawford, 21, of Smithridge Way in Fuquay-Varina, Kevin Bernard Britt, 20, of Main Street in Holly Springs and Donavan Richardson, 21, of West Holly Springs Road in Holly Springs have each been charged with murder, robbery, burglary and related charges.
Investigators say the three men took a .38-caliber revolver, a shotgun and a Thompson machine gun, with a total value of about $850, along with about $150 in cash.
Wake County District Court Judge Keith Gregory told the three men Monday that they now face the death penalty or life in prison without parole if convicted of the charges. Gregory appointed the state Capital Defenders Office to represent them.
Family members of the three men looked on during the hearing. An older woman sobbed and was comforted by those around her as a bailiff led Britt out of the courtroom.
The sheriff's office has not said why they think the three men targeted Brown, 78, and McKoy, 66. Brown was a cement contractor and well-known in the Fuquay-Varina community; McKoy had worked with Brown for more than 35 years and had recently moved in with him after his mother died.
Guns kept on display
About a month before the fatal shootings, Brown hosted a party that was attended by well over 100 people, and some family and friends have speculated that the robbery might somehow have been conceived then.
Chelsea Elliot, the 20-year-old niece and neighbor of Brown, said her uncle had a collection of firearms – mostly shotguns – that he kept in a display case in his home at 236 Howard Road.
"He kept the guns in a case near his bedroom in the hallway," Elliot said last week.
Sheriff's deputies think the slayings occurred late July 17, or early July 18, one day before Crawford's 21st birthday, court records show.
Family members called 911 about 1:30 p.m. on July 19 after finding Brown's body stretched across his bed, dead of at least one gunshot wound, deputies reported. One of Brown's family members found McKoy's body in a smaller room, blankets pulled up to his chest, also dead from a gunshot wound.
James McKoy described the arrests as "bittersweet."
"To see young men like that and the damage they have caused two families and the community where they live," he said. "And I am sure their own families are overwhelmed by this. It gives us closure. But I feel bad for their families."
Little in the trio's previous criminal histories indicated a propensity toward violent crime, though all have previous convictions for larceny and related offenses.
On June 10, Crawford was charged in Wake County with obtaining property by false pretenses and misdemeanor possession of stolen goods.
Britt was released from prison on May 11, 2013, after serving one year and three months for felony aiding and abetting. The conditions of his release included finding a job and staying away from drugs or alcohol. State court records show Britt has previous convictions for common law robbery, larceny, felony breaking and entering into a motor vehicle and assaulting a government official.
He was wanted by police after failing to appear in court on July 23 for misdemeanor drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia, state records show.
Richardson was convicted on Jan. 23 of assault on a female. He was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to enroll in an abuser treatment program. He was allowed to contact the victim, the mother of his child, to make arrangements to see the child, state records show.


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BOSTON (CBS) – Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski's ankle injury has prevented him from practicing thus far, but according to a report, that will not prevent him from playing in Sunday's Super Bowl.
"Barring a setback in practice this week, Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski will play in Super Bowl XLVI," ESPN's Adam Schefter tweeted on Thursday. "[He is] expected to be limited at practice today."
Gronkowski spoke with reporters on Thursday morning, and he again faced a barrage of questions about his injured left ankle.
"It's way better now than it was a week ago, so that's all that matters," Gronkowski said. "Taking positive strides, feeling way better. The pain's obviously been down way more than it was a week ago. It gets better every day, and that's all I can ask for."
The 22-year-old also detailed what he has been doing while his teammates have been practicing.
"I spent extra time doing mental reps, learning the plays, making sure I'm ready, making sure I know my routes and my assignments in the blocking game," Gronkowski said. "[I'm preparing] mentally, so when it does come down physically, I'm not thinking about what I gotta do."
Gronkowski also wouldn't rule out the possibility of being pain-free come Sunday night.
"Hopefully, man. You never know. When it comes down to game time, with the adrenaline rush and everything, I might be feeling like, I don't even know if I'll be able to feel it, because you're just so hyped up and so motivated," Gronkowski said. "But that's the thing. I don't know yet, because you gotta wait till the game. But that's why we're just taking it day by day."
Just to have some fun with reporters, Gronkowsi walked in to the media session with an over-exaggerated limp.


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Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:56 Written by Elizabeth Barrett Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:54
When members of the Swede speech team held high the Class B state champion trophy last Thursday, it was much more than they imagined.
"It was awesome," said Coltin Bebensee who participated in an oral interpretation of drama team that finished ninth.
Josh Clark, who placed third in duet acting along with Zac Franzen, said the win made him feel like the Swedes hadn't wasted any moments during the regular season.
"It seemed all worth it in the end," Clark said.
To Elisa Meridith, a state champion in poetry and second to teammate Franzen in serious prose, the outcome felt much better than in 2009 when the Swedes finished seventh.
Franzen was part of the team that won state in Class B in 2008. He brought home double golds from state last year in humorous and entertainment speaking.
His winning entry this year took audiences and judges into an online chat room where he invented a "dirty blonde, green-eyed girl" who entices a young boy.
"This win was nicer because I didn't have anyone to celebrate with last year—I was the only one who medaled," Franzen said. "I got to share it all of the other medalists."
The Swedes entered state competition with 11 entries compared to about 15 schools that qualified in four to nine events that had done well in past years, according to speech adviser Dan Jensen.
"I felt our kids had the potential to do it," he said. "Even though we had good prospects, I just never rest easy until the job is done."
That's because during one bad round, a quirky judge or an over-confident team can change the outcome, Jensen said.
Going into finals, he said the Swedes narrowed the field as students were in six events compared to Minden, 5; Milford, Norris and Cozad, 4; and Alliance, Aurora and Gering, 3.
"Had we placed in the bottom half of finals, any one of those teams could have knocked us off," he explained.
What it took in the end, Jensen said, was for all six events to generally place in the top half to stay ahead.
"That was the difference maker," he said.
Once the point totals were announced and the Swedes finished on top, Jensen said he felt a tremendous sense of pride.
"These kids have gotten a lot of people to take notice with recent success toward the end of the season," Jensen said. "But with that attention comes the pressure to continue."
The Swedes know pressure that can sometimes affect expectations.
Meridith said her expectations were too high at state last year and she didn't break finals.
"Now I have lower expectations because anything can happen," she said.
Her prize-winning performance included selections from three different poems about "Living On the Edge."
Franzen, a senior who qualified for state four years in a row, said "pumping each other up" before entering the performance room is helpful.
"When we walk into the room we know we're the best and we're going to give the best speech we've given so far," he said.
For Block, preparation helped him pull off a second-place win.
Extemporaneous speakers in the final round had to decide whether or not Al-Quaida was more powerful this year than in 2009.
"In extemporaneous more than any other event it's what you put into it outside of practice and school in keeping up on current events," he explained.
Costello said he calmed his nerves before giving an informative speech about Nebraska's scrap metal drive during World War II.
"I treated it like another meet and went in feeling relaxed and confident," he said, noting that nervousness at the district meet prevented him from breaking into finals in persuasive speaking.
During the regular season, the Swedes built up momentum, winning Southwest Conference and districts where they defeated speech powerhouse Minden twice.
"Minden is a strong team that had a good reason to bring it on at state," Jensen said.
In addition to this year and 2008, the Swedes were state C-1 champions in 2004 and runners-up in 2005 while Jensen has coached the team.
Time, energy and a commitment to make the team a priority are what it takes to coach a speech team to a state championship, he said.
"Sometimes I'd like to think that I have a life outside of speech but from January through March, I really don't," Jensen said.
But Jensen doesn't want the spotlight.
"This is a lot bigger than one coach, one great student or even one team," he explained. "These students have the foundation of a strong tradition to live up to and they take that very seriously."
Both little and big things from parents, school and the community also help make a winning team, Jensen said.
In addition to those ingredients, he said Gothenburg High School has students who desire to be the best, noting that speech students constantly measure themselves against the best competitors and best programs.
"We learn from them and stay current with the techniques that will become trends," he said. "We study ballots and take judges' comments seriously—changing and improving from week to week."
Ashlee Bruntz finished outside of the medals with eighth place in humorous speaking while teammate Lauren Schmiett placed 10th in entertainment speaking.
Two oral interpretation of drama teams qualified for state.
The team of Bebensee, Block, Elizabeth Graham, Leah Loostrom and Alex Spencer finished ninth while Kristi Block, Mackenzie Brand, Makayla Franzen, Crystal Moore and Schmiett were 17th.
Twelve speech students head to Cheyenne, WY, Thursday through Saturday for the National Forensic League qualifying speech meet.
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Retail sales in the U.S. rose less than forecast and consumer confidence fell to a five-month low, signaling weakness in the world's largest economy days before Federal Reserve policy makers meet to consider paring stimulus.
Purchases climbed 0.2% in August, the smallest gain in four months, after a revised 0.4% July advance that was bigger than previously estimated, the Commerce Department reported today in Washington. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's preliminary September gauge of sentiment dropped more than projected, to 76.8 from 82.1.
"The consumer has lost a bit of enthusiasm," said Russell Price, a senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Inc. in Detroit and the second-best forecaster of retail sales the past two years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. "Retail sales are still growing, though not as solidly as before."
Higher payroll taxes, limited employment opportunities and restrained income growth are testing consumers' desire to shop. The data, which followed a smaller-than-forecast increase in August payrolls, sent Treasuries higher on bets Fed policy makers will throttle back more slowly on the pace of bond purchases aimed at boosting the economy.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell two basis points, or 0.02 percentage point, to 2.89% at 12:46 p.m. in New York. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index climbed 0.2% to 1,686.76 as it headed for its best week since July.
U.K. Economy
American companies may find relief in a global economy that's shown signs of picking up. Economists raised their growth estimates for U.K. gross domestic product to 1.3% this year and 2% in 2014, according to a Bloomberg survey median of 48 projections. They previously projected 1% growth in 2013 and 1.7% next year.
The median U.S. retail sales forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a 0.5% advance. Estimates of the 85 economists ranged from gains of 0.2% to 0.9% after a previously reported 0.2% increase in July.
Eight of 13 major categories showed increases last month, led by auto dealerships, electronics outlets and furniture stores, according to today's Commerce Department report. Purchases of building materials, clothing and sporting goods fell. Sales excluding autos rose 0.1% after a 0.6% rise in July.
"The consumer continues to tag along slowly but surely," said Eugenio Aleman, a senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities LLC in Charlotte, North Carolina. "We have to see better job growth, better income growth."
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Ms. Bayley also claims that a lack of black teachers as role models, and certain decisions, such as the choices of this year's football team co-captains, result in the lack of black students assuming leadership positions. Again, this is not the case. A review of the officers in our various student governments and clubs will show that they are very much proportionate to the race of the student body. As for Ms. Bayley's comment as to why three out of four co-captains on this year's football team were white, they are chosen each year by the coaching staff and their decision was based on ability, character, leadership and team spirit. The majority of the coaching staff is black. The coaches like myself are colorblind not color preferenced, as is the NAACP. I commend the coaches on their excellent and gutsy choice.
At the recent school board meeting, I voiced my resentment of the NAACP for assigning the failure of the school district to hire more black teachers. I believe the priority in hiring a teacher should always be based primarily on individual's ability first and everything else comes second. I said that the community and particularly parents should be the primary role models. I questioned the lack of male role models within the NAACP itself. In the more than 20 years I have been attending board meetings, I rarely, if ever saw a black male upper officer. The absence of male leadership signifies to me a shortcoming in this organization that seems keen to place blame on our school board and administration.
Lastly, I would like to point out that the NAACP does not represent the opinions of all Lakeview residents. I also find it ironic that an individual, who I considered one of our school community's best black male role models, the now retired principal of Malverne High School, Mr. Brown, was despised by the NAACP, in addition, both current black members of the board were not supported by the NAACP and yet were elected when they ran.


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This article addresses Event ID 5719 in Windows operating systems.
Intermittent Event ID 5719 error: "This computer was not able to set up a secure session with a domain controller in domain DOMAIN due to the following: There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request." appear in the System event log.
Verify network connectivity by checking the Network Interface Card (NIC) link lights on the rear of the server and ensure they are blinking.
Verify the server can ping the domain controller by both computer name and IP address.
Ensure the TCP/IPv4 DNS Preferred DNS server is the IP address of the domain controller.
This error can be safely ignored if steps 1-3 are successful as the Netlogon service may started prior to the networking being in a ready state. This condition causes the operating system to generate Event ID 5719 because the computer cannot contact a domain controller. However, the computer will be able to successfully contact a domain controller once the network is ready. This error is common when the computer is connected to the network using a virtual private network (VPN) and the VPN connection times out causing the computer to disconnect from the VPN.
Additional information about Event ID 5719 can be found the Microsoft Support Knowledgebase.
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Talk:1172: Workflow
It's not a bug, it's a feature! Davidy22[talk] 05:42, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
What? The explanation makes no sense. Where did the user reconfiguring his CPU to overheat upon pressing control come from?188.8.131.52 06:27, 11 February 2013 (UTC) Edit: I was referring to the actual explanation which has since been edited, not the comic itself. I understood that, but the explanation was quoting stuff that wasn't in the comic.18.104.22.168 18:35, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
- It's not 'from' anything. It's just an extreme and humorously far-fetched example of how a user might put a bug to use. He used the bug so he wouldn't have to reach for his actual control button, a 'horrifying' hack which works for him. 188.8.131.52 17:21, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
No idea where this coming from, but reminds me this bug and this reaction to it. Firefox is good example in general: about:config was obviously CREATED to make much more settings available that is sane to put in configuration windows. On the other hand, this problem is old, so the comix is probably about some other, more recent problem, possibly in completely different software. -- Hkmaly (talk) 09:39, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
I'm constantly running stuff like [email protected], but I usually underclock my components to conserve power and lengthen the lifespan. However, I created a macro that overclocks my GPU at the press of a button, and I use it to act as a heater for my room whenever I get cold. It works. Those children could follow my example. 18.104.22.168 15:05, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
I think this is a jab at Windows 8, only an upside-down one - since the comic is about a lone protester as opposed to the general dissatisfaction with Tile World. Also: Let's wire the computer components (and a heat sink) into an office chair. Would sell like crazy in the North.
I think it would be nice to include in the explanation, for people unfamiliar with Emacs, that most macros require you to type Control something. It's common to remap Ctrl to the Caps Lock position so that it's easier and faster to reach. 220.127.116.11 17:32, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
I've learned long ago to never assume that my personal expectations will help everybody. To never ignore feedback from your core users (who else would stick around and use such a buggy system?). And that if you taking other's choice away to save them from themselves, try to give a quick alternative, such as a hint on how to modify the script to look for prolonged space-bar commands and engage control button (perhaps that user is disabled?) - E-inspired (talk) 23:53, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
It's quite possible that this is a reference to this, which is a relatively famous bug that got an incredibly angry reaction. 188.8.131.52 19:29, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
- Horrifying
Doesn't the admin rather mean, that it's horrifying that the user's workaround does not work anymore, and not, that he considers the workaround itself horrible? --220.127.116.11 10:43, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
- No for sure he finds it horrifying that some user would use an error that could overheat the system as a way to "press" ctrl key. --Kynde (talk) 14:33, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
"std::cin no longer overheats the CPU when you hold down spacebar" from here. I chuckled when I was reading this. Maybe there are references buried in the comments, too. 188.8.131.52 21:11, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
- It does. A user called JB said "Although please can you implement an option to reinstate the cpu heating when space bar is pressed feature though, as I have code that relies on this feature."
even better one of the MS devs replied "JB: That's horrifying." about half way through one of their replies 18.104.22.168 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)


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June dates set Adirondack mountain bike events
4th annual race kicks off June 13
June dates set Adirondack mountain bike events
4th annual race kicks off June 13
Four days in June have been set aside for the fourth annual Wilmington Whiteface Bike Fest, with a 50-kilometer race added to the 100K main event.
The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority announced this week that the bike fest will be held June 13-16 at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington, near Lake Placid.
The main event, a 62-mile race, will be held on Sunday, June 16. The race begins and ends at Whiteface Mountain, with competitors navigating twisting back roads and trails en route to the finish line.
This year, a 31-mile race has been added to the lineup in the hopes of attracting more athletes who might someday tackle the full 100K race. The Whiteface 100K is a qualifying event for Colorado's prestigious Leadville 100.


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I'm a huge fan of America's Test Kitchen. I pondered, for a long while, if I really wanted to buy their book "Slow Cooker Revolution". I finally did, and I have to say that there are two particular pros to this book. For one, the photos are in color, and they are mouth watering. I also like that the recipes don't use canned soups or mixes. I bookmarked quite a few recipes, vowing that I would see if I could learn to appreciate coming from work, to the aroma of dinner being ready. I realized that I should plan my recipe that night before, and maybe I'd like this method of cooking.
This weekend, I had thawed a frozen 3 pound package of pork ribs that we bought after the Labor Day weekend. NOTE: 2 packs of 1-1/2 pound of baby back ribs is recommended. However, I managed to maneuver my larger rack with a little bit of finesse. Last night, I decided to prepare the ribs with a brown sugar rub. My game plan, was to keep the ribs refrigerated and then I'd start the slow cooker as I left for work at 6:15am.
America's Test Kitchen's recipe for the rubs is 3 Tablespoons sweet paprika, 2 Tablespoons brown sugar, 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper, salt & pepper. However, I had an unopened package of Tyler Florence's Brown Sugar Pork Rub that was given to me at last year's Foodbuzz Blogger Festival. I liked the ingredients, and they were close to ATK's recipe.
Generally, I make my own barbecue sauce. My husband was born and raised in Kansas City, MO. He really likes this BBQ sauce that I buy at Trader Joe's. I like it, too, and there aren't any scary ingredients. Really, that's all that is needed to make these ribs. I like that my slow cooker has a removable ceramic insert.
Right before work, I poured about 1-1/2 cups of the barbecue sauce all over the ribs and turned it on low. I had a crazy busy day at work, and came home feeling really tired-- 10 hours later. The ribs smelled good, and I could tell that they were really tender. I prepared a baking sheet with foil, set a baking rack on top and sprayed it with olive oil spray. Removing the ribs wasn't easy, I'll tell you.
VERDICT: My son said these were the best ribs ever! My husband was slower to respond. Undoubtedly, he was comparing them to the ribs he's learned to grill well. I do agree that the ribs were very tender. His verdict is that they are very tender, and almost smoky. I liked that there was a slight stickiness to the outside of the ribs, and a slightly charred taste from the broiler. There is nothing like slow-cooked ribs, over wood chips and a Weber grill. However, I will say that after the rough day that I had at work today-- I'm beginning to see how slow cookers can be my new best kitchen helper. I give America's Test Kitchen kudos, for this recipe. Broiling the ribs is key. Otherwise, these would just be braised meat, and not barbecue.
I'm actually posting this in "real time" folks. After dinner, I simply removed the crock pot liner and tossed it away. Clean up was easy for me- which my son and husband graciously did for me.
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