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In 2011, Oprah Winfrey surprised her audience with the revelation of a family secret – that she had a half-sister she had known nothing about for 47 years. She introduced viewers to Patricia Lee, tearfully sharing that Patricia had found out about their link three years earlier, and was a woman of such great character that despite initial rebuffs from their mother, she had chosen not to sell their story or take it to the press.
Has their relationship grown? How is Patricia, the former foster child, doing these days? Oprah pal Gayle King said that they were "off to a great start" in getting to know each other. Gossipmonger website TMZ camped in front of Lee's Milwaukee house, but things have been pretty quiet concerning the Oprah-Patricia story, leaving fans to speculate as to whether the famously generous billionaire media queen has been lavishing gifts and attention on her. In April, Oprah Tweeted a photo (left) from Patricia's 50th birthday luncheon – and that was about all anyone heard as far as an update of the sibling story – until tonight (July 28). Patricia and her Oprah-hosted birthday party are the centerpiece of the summer season premiere of "Oprah: Where Are They Now" on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).
This is the show that follows up on some of the most memorable moments of Oprah's former talk show, updating stories and revisiting relationships. The summer season of "Oprah: WATN" will include updates on Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Danielynn and Danielynn's father, Larry Birkhead, environmental activist Erin Brockovich, Fab Morvan from Milli Vanilli, disgraced pastor Ted Haggard and more. In addition to Oprah's sibling reunion, tonight's episode also includes the not-so-special – "Survivor" Season 1 winner Richard Hatch and Charlie Sheen's ex, Denise Richards. We don't need "Where Are They Now" to tell us where Richards is: She's been dishing on Charlie on Howard Stern's radio show and a wide assortment of other media outlets for years.
But the fascination with Oprah and her trauma-filled family history remains. Oprah, 59, was living with her father in Tennessee when her mother, Vernita Lee, became pregnant with Patricia, then gave her up for adoption at birth. A long chain of events included DNA testing and Vernita's initial refusal to meet Patricia and later reluctance to talk about her ("I thought it was a terrible thing for me to do. That I had done gave up my daughter when she was born," she explained.) led to their meeting for the first time in the Fall of 2010.


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- Klansmen protest a decision to rename Memphis, Tennessee, parks
- One man says he wanted his kids to see "what ignorance looks like"
- Community leaders urged residents to attend a "Heart of Memphis" celebration instead
A weekend rally by white supremacists in Memphis, Tennessee, saw far more cops than Klansmen on the streets.
An estimated five dozen Ku Klux Klan members turned out in downtown Memphis to protest the City Council's decision to rename three parks now named for the Confederacy and two of its leaders, CNN affilliate WMC reported. Some of them wore the group's traditional white robes, while others were dressed in camouflage or black military-style fatigues as they took to the steps of the old Shelby County Courthouse on a rainy Saturday afternoon.
They were surrounded by dozens more police officers and sheriff's deputies, most of them clad in riot gear, as they held the rally behind a protective fence. Outside, dozens more counterprotesters watched, many of them laughing and recording the Klansmen with mobile-phone cameras.
"I came here today because I want my kids to be able to see what ignorance looks like," one man told WMC. "I want them to know what the past looks like and what the future shouldn't look like."
Community leaders in the city, where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, tried to draw attention away from the rally by inviting the public to a daylong "Heart of Memphis" festival "as we celebrate a city of one Memphis, where together, we succeed."
"We in Memphis and Shelby County and in this region took what could have been the worst of times and turned it into the best of times, in terms of showing that we can tolerate dissent even when the voices are voices that we're not pleased with," Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton told reporters Saturday.
The Memphis City Council voted in February to rename Confederate Park, Jefferson Davis Park and Nathan Bedford Forrest Park -- the latter two named for the president of the coalition of Southern states that tried to secede from the United States in 1861 and for the Confederate general who went on to become a Klan leader after the South lost the war.
The measure drew complaints of revisionist history from some citizens but praise from others, WMC reported.

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The AVR-4308CI is situated between the AVR-3808CI and the flagship AVR-5308CI. With a price tag of $2499, it's $900 more that the AVR-3808CI, but nearly $2000 less than the AVR-5308CI.
Comparing the specs of these models, the AVR-4308CI has much more in common with the AVR-3808CI than the more expensive model, but with a few more bells and whistles. This begs the question, "Is there enough here to justify the price difference compared to its smaller sibling?" Let's see...
The AVR-4308CI has pretty much everything you would want in an AVR, including an iPod dock (which requires an optional accessory), HD Radio, and XM satellite radio. It can send A/V signals (S-video or composite video, analog line-level or speaker-level audio) to a second remote zone, and line-level audio to a third zone, all from independently selected sources. A fourth zone can receive digital audio from one of the optical outputs, which simply passes whatever is coming into the corresponding digital audio input.
Then there's something new°WiFi 802.11b and g. For those who prefer their network wired, there is an Ethernet port as well. Either way, you can play music files from a PC or DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) server, with support for AAC, WMA (lossless included), MP3, FLAC, and WAV audio files. You can also access JPEG photos on your networked PC and control the system remotely. The Internet capability also provides access to over 7000 Internet radio stations. For those who don't have a home network, a USB port on the front and rear of the unit lets you connect a USB storage device for audio and photo playback, though only one of these ports can be active at a time.
For the last a couple of years, some Denon AVRs have included the Audyssey system, which helps automatically compensate for troublesome room acoustics. The AVR-4308CI includes Audyssey's latest version of MultEQ XT with a new microphone, which is touted to provide more accurate measurements. Also included is the new ALFC (Adaptive Low Frequency Correction) algorithm for higher resolution processing in the low-frequency band.
Another technology that carries over into the current lineup is called AL24. This DSP algorithm reproduces analog waveforms from digital PCM sources while suppressing the quantization noise to which conventional D/A conversion is prone. The AVR-4308CI includes the latest iteration of this technology, called Advanced AL24, which can be applied to all channels. By contrast, the AVR-3808CI provides the previous-generation AL24+ for the front right and left channels only.
As with pretty much every receiver these days, The AVR-4308CI includes video processing°in this case, Faroudja's well-regarded DCDi. It can process any video signal, digital or analog, up to a full 1080p output. It can even process 480i via HDMI (last year's models couldn't) and pass 1080p/24 signals from HD DVD and Blu-ray players.
As you would expect from an AVR in this price class, the specs are pretty impressive. For example, it will decode DTS-HD Master Audio as well as Dolby Digital Plus and TrueHD, which I was particularly interested in testing. THX certification is strangely lacking, which doesn't necessarily mean a lack of quality, but it does tend to provide some peace of mind that the AVR has passed some pretty rigorous testing.


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Mauer's Hopes For Batting Title Take Hit In Twins Loss
TORONTO -- Joe Mauer's bid for a fourth AL batting title took a blow on Tuesday night.
Chad Jenkins earned his first major league win, Kelly Johnson hit a two-run home run and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3.
Mauer, who won AL batting titles in 2006, 2008 and 2009, went hitless in three at-bats, dropping his average to .320.
Detroit's Miguel Cabrera, meanwhile, picked up two more hits Tuesday after a four-hit showing Monday, boosting his league-leading average to .331. Angels rookie Mike Trout is second.
"Unless (Mauer) goes 9 for 9 tomorrow, he might not be able to catch (Cabrera)," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said.
Mauer acknowledged his chances look dim, but didn't intend to give up his chase and sit out the final game.
"A little disappointing, yeah, but I'll go out there and try to get some hits tomorrow," he said.
Wednesday's season finale also offers Mauer a chance to play his 147th game, a career high. His success this season has brought redemption after he was limited to 82 games because of injuries in 2011, hitting a career-low .287.
"I'm definitely proud of how many games I've played," Mauer said. "It's been a battle but it's been pretty good."
Mauer's teammates have been pulling for him, too.
"We know how hard he's worked to come back after having an injury plagued season last year," outfielder Denard Span said.
Making his third career start, Jenkins (1-3) allowed two runs and five hits in five-plus innings. The right-hander walked one and struck out two.
"There were parts of this year where I honestly wasn't sure whether I was going to get here," Jenkins said. "Fortunately the Blue Jays gave me a chance and now I'm just trying to run with it."
Gardenhire said Jenkins kept the Twins off balance with late movement on his fastball.
"Nice looking whip on the ball," Gardenhire said. "Our hitters talked about some late jump. You can see the ball OK off him but with that late jump, we didn't really square him up too many times."
Aaron Loup, Steve Delabar and Darren Oliver all worked one inning before Casey Janssen finished for his 22nd save in 25 chances.
Minnesota's fourth straight defeat, combined with Cleveland's victory over the White Sox, ensured that the Twins will finish with the AL's worst record for the second straight year. They went 63-99 in 2011.
The Blue Jays opened the scoring in the third when Adeiny Hechavarria led off with a double and came around on a single by Rajai Davis.
Toronto tacked on two more in the fourth. J.P. Arencibia hit a two-out single and Johnson followed with a homer to right-center off Anthony Swarzak, his 16th.
Johnson's shot came one at-bat after he was caught looking in the second for his 159th strikeout of the season, matching Jose Canseco's team record set in 1998.
Toronto used speed on the bases to open a 4-0 lead in the fifth. Anthony Gose drew a one-out walk and was running when Davis grounded to short. Gose went all the way to third as Davis was thrown out, and scored when Yunel Escobar followed with a base hit to left.
The Twins cut the deficit in half and chased Jenkins in the sixth. Eduardo Escobar led off with a single and Span swatted a two-run homer to right, his fourth.
Loup came on and gave up a single to Ben Revere. But Mauer struck out, Revere was caught stealing and Chris Parmalee grounded out.
Minnesota made it 4-3 with a run in the seventh off Delabar. Trevor Plouffe led off with a double, moved to third on a groundout and scored on a two-out double by Alexi Casilla.
Starting in place of Samuel Deduno, who left his last outing with an irritated left eye, Swarzak (3-6) gave up four runs and five hits in five innings. He walked three and struck out two.
"I think he got a little bit tired," Gardenhire said of Swarzak, who had not started since May 25. "He made pitches and gave us an opportunity."
* Blue Jays slugger Edwin Encarnacion (sore left shoulder and neck) did not start for the second straight game.
* Revere had three singles but was picked off first base in both the sixth and eighth.
* Twins reliever Luis Perdomo was struck by Davis' comebacker in the eighth but remained in the game.
* Toronto manager John Farrell said he expects his coaching staff to return intact next season.
* Minnesota fell to 26-27 in one-run games.
* Twins LHP Scott Diamond (12-8) faces RHP Brandon Morrow (9-7) in Wednesday's season finale. Diamond, who was born in nearby Guelph, Ontario, will be pitching in Toronto for the first time.
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Ron Paul hectored Ben Bernanke in Congress, slamming him for printing paper money and lying about the true rate of inflation.
At one point, he held up a silver coin, and talked about how much gasoline he could get with it, and how silver retained its value over time (unlike the dollar).
Anyway, we've never seen anyone measure gasoline against silver before, so we thought we'd do it.
This chart shows how many gallons of gas you could get with an oz. of silver going back to 1990.
Back in about 1990, an ounce of silver only got you 4 gallons of gas. But as of very recently it got you 12 gallons of gas. However, thanks to the gas price surge and the fall in the price of silver, that's now down to 8 gallons per oz. So while that ounce of silver has done better than the dollar over time, it's still no ringing endorsement for price stability.


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Katherine M. Penati, 53
Katherine Louise Myers Penati, a lifelong East Hampton resident and mother of four who had lived on Gardiner Avenue in Springs for the last three years, died at home on Saturday. She was 53, and had been diagnosed with cancer six years ago.
"She loved her community, and they loved her back," said a sister, Martha Ann (Marti) Myers of East Hampton. "When somebody needed anything, she was always there."
Ms. Penati enjoyed cooking family dinners and loved to bake. Cheesecakes were a specialty, and in recent years they had been for sale at Lucy's Whey, an East Hampton shop. She also enjoyed vegetable gardening and walking along the trails at Montauk's Camp Hero.
Born on April 2, 1958, to James M. Myers and the former Patricia A. Smith, Ms. Penati grew up on Cozzens Lane in Amagansett, one of six children. She graduated from East Hampton High School.
She earned a nursing degree through the Eastern Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services, and worked at Southampton Hospital. She also provided in-home care, and had worked for a time for an oncologist. More recently, she was a real estate broker with Corcoran's East Hampton branch.
Ms. Penati had been married twice and had three sons and a daughter, all of whom survive and live in East Hampton. They are Marcus James Kouffman, Alex Kouffman, Noah Kouffman, and Gabriella Penati.
"She was the most kindhearted woman," said Noah Kouffman. His mother had a great sense of compassion, he said, and cared not only for him and his siblings, but all their friends.
"She was our Grace Kelly. She always had style, always had grace," said a family friend, Jean Cowen of Sag Harbor. Upon learning of her death this week, friends told stories of the ways she had touched their lives.
One posted a clip on Facebook from "King of the Hamptons," a film shown at the Hamptons International Film Festival last year, in which Ms. Penati was interviewed about what she hoped would be her legacy. Rather than material goods or accomplishments, she hoped she would leave her children memories of who she was, the love she shared, and a sense of humor. Her challenges in life, she said in the interview, had made her a better person.
Ms. Penati's father and three of her brothers, Michael D. Myers, James M. Myers Jr., and William E. Myers, died before her. Her mother, who lives in Amagansett, survives. She also is survived by a second sister, Mary Myers Lee of New Jersey.
Ms. Penati was cremated. Wakes will take place at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton tomorrow from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. A service will be held on Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in East Hampton, of which she was a member. The Rev. Denis Brunelle will preside.
The family has set up a fund to benefit Ms. Penati's daughter, Gabriella Penati, who is still a teenager. Donations may be sent to Friends of Gabriella Penati, Bridgehampton National Bank, 8 Gingerbread Lane, East Hampton 11937.
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There are scans for FM #7 already floating around out there but they seem a bit uh, hazy-looking to me so here are some from my own copy. It's not the whole ish but about 3/4 of it.
Man, all these movies were new!...
I didn't know Pat Fielder was a woman!
Can anybody tell me what the deal was with this very attractive couple(of creeps)?
And now for what you've all been waiting for...
You'll scream too when you see what it would have cost you to get the first six issues of FM back in 1960!
So, I grabbed this and i'm glad I did, it's pretty kool. The intervews with the old-timers who brought us these iconic bits of Monster Kid merchandise are priceless and Zach's in it too, so what are you waiting for? Daniel Roebuck's part is funny and Cortlandt Hull actually drew a cool caricature of the Monster on the envelope the dvd came in! Maybe you'll get lucky too! It's available from The Witch's Dungeon.


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National and state figures show an uptick in the pace and price of home sales, but Craven County sales, which never took the deep plunge felt in other areas, appear slower to rebound.
National and state figures show an uptick in the pace and price of home sales, but Craven County sales, which never took the deep plunge felt in other areas, appear slower to rebound.
Reports this week on July home sales in the Triangle area (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) of North Carolina show a 39 percent increase compared to July 2012. And Multiple Listing Services, or MLS, data for that region shows fewer homes available for sale, counting a total of 7,766 available for sale in all of Wake, Durham, Orange and Johnston counties.
In Craven County alone, however, there are 1,094 homes for sale, said Steve Tyson, a Realtor and county commissioner, of numbers reported by the MLS.
The number of new and existing homes sold during the last week ending Aug. 11 was 11, and so far in 2013, a total of 683 homes in New Bern and Craven County changed hands.
The number of total homes sold compared to the same period five years ago does show right at a 10 percent increase, but 132 of the sales were bank-owned properties. The number of bank-owned homes sold here has fluctuated during a half decade, but the 2013 number thus far is nearly double the number for the first half of 2009.
�The national media reports of big increases in home sales is true in certain markets,� Tyson said. �These markets are by and large areas such as Raleigh, Dallas, Austin, Denver and some cities on the West Coast.
�Florida, Nevada, California and Arizona are showing improvements, but you have to remember, they had nowhere to go but up. Also, some of these markets were declining one to two years before the New Bern market,� Tyson said.
The homes sold in the New Bern market included three priced under $100,000; four between $100,001 and $150,000; three between $150,001 and $200,000; and one between $200,000 and $250,000, Tyson said. There were no sales from categories of $250,000 to $300,000, in which 65 homes are on the market, and none in the $301,000 to $1 million price range, of which 193 homes are for sale.
Luxury properties in general appear to be stagnant, with no waterfront homes sold.
�As you can see from these numbers,� Tyson said, �there are more sellers than buyers and this drives up days on the market.
�I have been saying for some time, I feel like, in New Bern, we are at or near the bottom of the market. It�s not how I or any of those selling or buying want it to be. But it seems like the people buying more homes now are those getting out of college with jobs and new families in more metropolitan areas.�
He said that even the people looking to move up to bigger or better homes or retirees who appear to be gravitating to this area are being cautious and seem willing to wait and see what happens.
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Shumlin, a second-term Democrat, wants to launch a universal, publicly financed health care system known as Green Mountain Care in 2017. He has repeatedly told lawmakers that the financing plan to support the system, which his administration has estimated will cost $1.6 billion in its first year, will be revealed next January.
But Sen. Peter Galbraith, a Democrat from Windham County, says the governor's date is too late. He's introduced two bills outlining how to finance the system, hoping to jump-start the conversation now. The Senate Finance Committee began delving into the bills Friday.
Galbraith's financing bill, S.252, seeks an 11 percent payroll tax on employers and a 2 percent payroll tax on workers. The revenues from those two taxes, in addition to a 10 percent tax on nonwage earnings including capital gains, will raise the necessary $1.6 billion, he said.
Others have estimated the cost of Shumlin's proposed health care system to be as high as $2.2 billion in the first year. Galbraith said his plan is flexible because payroll tax rates can be adjusted up or down depending on the system's true cost.
He touted the use of the payroll tax because unlike other forms of taxation, it is a deductible business expense for companies. That means the federal government will cover some of the cost, he said.
And the funding scheme laid out in his legislation "at least mimics the present system," according to Galbraith. Currently, most employers are covering the majority of health care premiums, while employees pick up the remaining costs.
"For those companies, it's a cost transfer," he said. "That is to say they no longer pay the premiums but they pay the payroll tax."
Meanwhile, working with the Joint Fiscal Office, he has determined that funding Shumlin's plan through an income tax would require the low end of a progressive tax to be 15.5 percent with a top rate of 24.5 percent.
"I don't think that that's doable," he said.
Generating enough money through a sales tax would require eliminating the current exemptions for food and clothing, adding the sales tax to professional services and raising the sales tax 19.5 percent, up from the current 6 percent.
"That's why I say the only practical way to do this is with a payroll tax," Galbraith said.
"I realize that it's going to be a tough road," he added. "Whatever we do pass, if we pass something, it will look substantially like this — not because I'm a smart guy, but because there really is no other way to do it."
Not true, said Michael Costa, a tax expert and deputy directory of health care reform in the Shumlin administration. The governor has tasked Costa with crunching all the numbers and developing the financing plan lawmakers are set to receive in about a year.
Friday's hearing was forced to move from the committee's small room to a larger hearing room, as lobbyists, journalists and other interested parties gathered to hear from Costa.
While not directly engaging in a free exchange of ideas with the Finance Committee Friday, Costa did hint that Shumlin's plan will look beyond using just a payroll tax.
"The payroll tax is a reasonable place to start because many people receive their insurance coverage from their employer right now and pay, or have monies paid on their behalf, through the payroll system," Costa said. "But it's not the only way."
Robin Lunge, the administration's director of health care reform, said top administration officials are happy to engage in the financing discussion with lawmakers. But details are likely to remain vague in the near future.
"I think the purpose of getting the discussion going is terrific," she said. "With that said, I think we are putting the cart before the horse."
For now, Lunge said, the administration wants to ensure that lawmakers and the public understand the current health care system. She said the administration will take time to explain who is paying for health now and how they are paying for it.
Lunge also said the administration is working with the Joint Fiscal Office on a "consensus" estimate for the proposed health care system. And the administration has been studying single-payer models in European countries, many of which had cross-border issues that opponents have argued will derail Vermont's efforts.
"There are models that we can look at and we have looked at to address the myriad issues," Lunge said.
Costa, noting Shumlin's promise to lawmakers earlier this year, said he plans to come back to the committee with financing "concepts."
"This is a great first step," he said. "This is a conversation the governor clearly wants to have. It's a little ahead of where we are."
Galbraith's second bill, S.254, would create a transitional financing system to raise money ahead of a 2017 single-payer system launch. He said the state could see a cash-flow problem if the taxation system begins at the same time the health care system launches.
The bill calls for a 1.5 percent payroll tax beginning in 2015.
"My view is, you build up a kitty slowly," Galbraith said.
He argued that the state cannot apply for federal waivers needed to implement Shumlin's plan until a financing plan is in place.
Lunge said that is not the case, however. She said the administration is already in discussions with the federal government about waivers. A waiver application can be submitted but will not be approved until the financing question is settled, she said.
Lunge also said raising money ahead of the system's launch is not necessary because there is a claims "tail," in which claims are usually paid in the fiscal quarter after they are made. That means the state will have collected tax revenue to fund claims before they must be paid.


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The American Gastroenterological Association issued the following news release:
Pregnant women with mid to high levels of antibodies common in patients with celiac disease are at risk for having babies with reduced fetal weight and birth weight, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. The antibody tissue transglutaminase (anti-tTG) is most commonly found in patients with celiac disease.
"While several observational studies have suggested that celiac disease is associated with different pregnancy outcomes, this research takes into account the actual levels of tissue transglutaminase that reflect the degree of mucosal damage associated with undiagnosed celiac disease or limited compliance to a gluten-free diet. This differentiation is critical since most celiac disease cases remain undiagnosed," said Jessica Kiefte-de Jong, MSc, Erasmus University Medical Center, and lead author of the study.
Researchers conducted a population-based perspective birth cohort study of 7,046 pregnant women, and categorized subjects into three groups: negative anti-tTG (control), intermediate anti-tTG (just below the clinical cut-off point used to diagnose patients with celiac disease) and positive anti-tTG (highly probable celiac disease patients). Fetuses of women with positive anti-tTG weighed 16 grams less than those of women with negative anti-tTG levels during the second trimester and weighed 74 grams less during the third trimester.
People with intermediate anti-tTG levels are generally not considered to be potential celiac disease patients, yet birth outcomes for these individuals were also affected. Infants of women with intermediate and positive anti-tTG weighted 53 grams and 159 grams less at birth, respectively, than those of women with negative anti-tTG.
"Researchers need to explore the natural history and long-term consequences of intermediate anti-tTG levels to determine if these levels are caused by pregnancy or whether it reflects a subclinical state of celiac disease that needs follow-up," added Jong.
Further helping to identify the connection between anti-tTG levels and celiac disease, a study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology reconfirms the recent European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) guidelines, which recognize that the likelihood for celiac disease increases with increasing antibody concentration.
Research from University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, stresses the importance of also monitoring for relevant symptoms, such as weight loss, failure to thrive, anemia, iron deficiency or fatigue, when diagnosing patients, and notes that physicians should not rely solely on anti-tTG testing to make a diagnosis.
The study found that there is a 50 to 75 percent chance that persons without symptoms, but with anti-tTG levels more than 10 times the cutoff value, as defined in the ESPGHAN guidelines, will have celiac disease. The probability that a patient has celiac disease rises to 95 percent or higher when, in addition to high anti-tTG levels, the patient expresses complaints that can be associated with celiac disease.
Learn more about celiac disease in the AGA brochure "Understanding Celiac Disease."http://www.gastro.org/patient-center/digestive-conditions/celiac-disease
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) EJ Manuel threw for a career-high 439 yards and four touchdowns and kicker Dustin Hopkins became the Atlantic Coast Conference's career scoring leader Saturday as 12th-ranked Florida State rebounded from its first loss of the season with a 51-7 victory over Boston College.
Manuel completed 27 of 34 passes before leaving early in the fourth quarter with a 48-7 lead.
Florida State (6-1, 3-1 ACC) didn't waste any time shaking off over last week's 17-16 loss at North Carolina State, rolling to a 28-0 lead midway through the second quarter before Boston College (1-5, 0-3) scored its touchdown on Chase Rettig's 18-yard pass to Bobby Swigert.
Hopkins passed the previous league scoring record of 393 points with a 51-yard field goal that gave the Seminoles a 31-7 halftime lead.


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I was ready to like Krista because her last name is Klumpp. The hardships she must have endured as a child... just imagine. But then I discovered she's a cheerleader/pageant person. Hey, I have no problem with cheerleading. Yours truly has nailed a Liberty in her time and even stuck her back handspring during that Yaz song, but cheerleading and pageanting? That's two pom pom shakes shy of a Lifetime movie.
Anyhow, Krista is pharmaceutical rep and can probably score you a sweet deal on benzos... or maybe not. She looks like the church going type. Let's see if Miss Klumpp has any potential for evil, shall we?
She's Kim Richards meets Kathy from BB12. A little crazy in the eyes with an annoying accent. And what's with the neck rolling? I may or may not have dunked 4 dramamines into my morning jug of gin while watching that.
She's not completely unlikable. There's a definite sassy streak there. I'd like to see what she does with it. If she's decent in the challenges she could be that dark horse that slips through past the merge before anyone else is the wiser.
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- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2011 at 7:04 PM
Well, I grew up in the south, but I am not enamored with the typical southern-belle. And, I'm a registered nurse who HATES drug reps, especially the ones that won't up a few benzos. Maybe she'll surprise me.ReplyDelete
- DiabolicalFebruary 12, 2011 at 11:05 PM
With that slurred speech and hooded lids she looks and sounds like she's taken one too many dips in the benzo jar.ReplyDelete
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ALBUQUERQUE -- Sidney M. "Sid" Gutierrez, president of the New Mexico Tech Board of Regents, has been promoted to Director of the Monitoring Systems Center at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, succeeding Jerry Allen who is retiring this month.
Roger Hagengruber, Sandia Senior Vice President for National Security and Arms Control, made the announcement Oct. 22. The appointment becomes effective Nov. 9.
Gutierrez came to Sandia in 1994 after a distinguished career in the Air Force and NASA, where he was an astronaut and flew on two space shuttle missions.
A native of Albuquerque, Gutierrez is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy with a B.S. in aeronautical engineering and of Webster College with an M.A. in management. He became an Air Force flight instructor and test pilot, flying F-15's, F-16's, and a variety of other aircraft.
Selected by NASA in May 1984, Gutierrez became an astronaut in June 1985. In his first space shuttle mission, he served as pilot of the Columbia on the crew of STS-40 Spacelab Life Sciences, a nine-day dedicated space and life sciences mission, June 5-14, 1991. On his second space flight, he served as commander of the Endeavour STS-59 Space Radar Laboratory mission, an 11-day flight, April 9-20, 1994, dedicated to the study of the Earth and its atmosphere.
Gutierrez retired from NASA and the Air Force in 1994 with the rank of colonel, returned to Albuquerque, and joined Sandia. He served as manager of the the Labs' Strategic Initiatives and Airborne Sensors and Integration Departments. He currently is manager of the Physical Sciences Department and a Level II program manager for both applied technologies and information technologies.
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While no arrests have been made in the past weekend's murder, one man was charged today for the murder of twenty-three year old Michael Garbutt, who was killed in a most heinous manner in broad daylight and in the heavily trafficked downtown area. Today, the man police believe shot Garbutt three times to the head at point blank range was charged for his murder. The suspect is eighteen year Dennis Robert Matura, a resident of Wagner's Lane, which is just about two blocks away from where Garbutt was killed. Matura was arraigned Chief Magistrate, Ann Marie Smith, where he was unrepresented, but had relatives present in court, who were emotional because they believe he is innocent. Matura has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison where he will remain until his case goes to a preliminary inquiry, which is set to begin on June first.
Garbutt was murdered on April fourth, at about fifteen minutes before three o'clock in the afternoon. He had just finished smoking a cigarette in front of Dee Dee's restaurant and was walking toward a vehicle when the gunman walked up from behind and shot him once in the head. After Garbutt fell, the assailant stood over him and shot him two more times in the head. It was a gruesome scene and was especially traumatizing for Garbutt's aunt, who was visiting him from the US and was waiting for him in the vehicle when she witnessed his murder. Garbutt was deported to Belize from Los Angeles in June 2011 after serving time for firearm related offenses.


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VIDEO: Trey Burke talks after his home debut with the Jazz
DALLAS — Even for a couple of positive thinkers, there seemed little to be thankful for soon after Shane Larkin felt his ankle pop and Trey Burke crushed his finger.
A couple of eager, 21-year-old first-round point guards ready to storm into their NBA careers instead made forced pit stops onto the injured list. Larkin, the 18th pick out of Miami by the Dallas Mavericks, broke his right ankle as he planted for a dunk during a summer practice. Surgery was mandatory. Summer League ended before it started. Training camp? Preseason? Start of the regular season? Pipe dreams.
"At that point, the first reaction is to be negative," Larkin said. "I worked so hard to get here and we have four point point guards on the roster and now I'm going to be at the back of the pack."
The Utah Jazz traded up to nab Burke at No. 9 and planned all along for the national college player of the year to run their squad from the jump. In his third preseason game, Burke tried to make a pass off the pick-and-roll as he had thousands of times before, but this time the quick hand of an NBA defender got in the way and collided with his right index finger. Crack!
He would next check into an operating room.
"There was nothing I could do," said Burke, the catalyst in Michigan's run to the NCAA title game. "I was disappointed and frustrated, but I knew I had to keep my conditioning up and learn from the sideline. I didn't know how long I was going to be out so it was disappointing for me because I really hadn't had an injury like this since middle school."
As their rookie campaigns reach Thanksgiving, the familiar foes from their AAU days — Burke from Columbus, Ohio, and Larkin from Cincinnati — are both thankful to be playing again. Each has had a slow start shooting and has played less instinctual than either would like, but that's how it goes jumping stone-cold into a season in progress, robbed of so much practice time and game experience.
"I practiced four times and he threw me out there against Philly," Larkin said, referring to Mavs coach Rick Carlisle.
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VIDEO: Trey Burke finishes strong at the basket against the Bulls
As complete a player as there was last season in college, Burke is four games into his NBA career and has started the last two. His first home start Tuesday, a desperately needed overtime win for the 2-14 Jazz over the Bulls, was one to remember: 14 points, four assists and six rebounds while making key plays. He logged a career-high 34 minutes.
"It all comes down to confidence really, not putting too much pressure on myself and going out there and just playing," Burke said last week. "I know the sets, I know where guys are supposed to be. I know what works for us and what doesn't, so I think it's just about picking and choosing my spots, not putting too much pressure on myself and not forcing things."
Slick and cat-quick, Larkin played in his sixth game Wednesday and it was his best yet with seven points, six assists and no turnovers while garnering clutch fourth-quarter minutes among the 17 he played. It took just two games for him to unseat fellow rookie Gal Mekel as the primary backup behind starting point guard Jose Calderon. Veteran Devin Harris (toe surgery) is expected to make his season debut some time before Christmas, adding more intrigue in the battle for minutes.
"It's been tough," the 5-foot-11 Larkin said last Friday after the Mavs held on to beat Burke and the Jazz in Dallas. "Just getting back into the rhythm of everything and making the correct reads off the pick-and-roll and just my whole overall game, it's just not all the way back yet.
"Trey had an advantage of playing in Summer League and a little in preseason before he broke his finger. But he's doing well out there. It's just a matter of him getting back in his rhythm as well because he's been out four or six weeks. So both of us just getting back to our rhythm and playing how we played in college — that's why our teams drafted us."
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VIDEO: Shane Larkin discusses his solid performance against the Warriors
Just weeks after being drafted, the Mavs' Summer League team was days removed from departing for Las Vegas. For the final five minutes of that July 12 practice, Mavs assistant coach Monte Mathis wanted to run one last full-speed, full-court drill. Larkin made a steal, went coast-to-coast, planted on his right foot to go up for a dunk as he has thousands of times before and — pop!
"I thought it was a really, really, really bad sprain because when it happened I heard the pop, but I got up and I walked to the training room and my ankle didn't swell up," Larkin said. "But then I put ice on it and after I took the ice off it just started swelling and then I knew something was wrong.
"They took me to the team doctor, got X-rays, got an MRI, found out it was broken, had surgery four days later. They said the force on my ankle was like a car crash."
Burke had a tough introduction at Summer League in Orlando and also through his first couple of preseason games. In the first quarter of that third game on Oct. 12 against the Clippers, his right index got bent in a way it is not intended.
"At first I thought it was dislocated. I tried to pop it back in place and go back out and play," Burke said. "But it didn't feel right. I had an X-ray at halftime and you could see there was a break."
Reduced to spectators following their surgeries, both players reverted back to being students, doing all they could to soak up their respective playbooks, learn the play calls and the tendencies and personalities of their new teammates while watching them grind out practice after practice.
"Honestly, you want to be out there with your teammates," Burke said. "It was an unfortunate break, but It was just something where I had to see the game from a different perspective, find ways to learn from the sideline. I was on the bench, as then with Johnny [Lucas III] coming in here and showing me different things on the film; I was watching other good point guards, looking at their pace and things like that. I think that all helped me out and gave me a better understanding of how I want to play for this team and how I want to make plays for this team."
Larkin would be watching practice when either Carlisle or an assistant coach would turn and point at him.
"Coach would throw a question at me like, 'Hey rook, what do we do here?' and I'd have to know the correct answer," Larkin said. "That's kind of the way they built trust in me because I knew what was going on."
And now the rest of the season
Larkin's minutes off the bench have been fairly steady, and at times have come in key situations. But he also got the pine treatment two games ago after some sloppy play and logged barely four minutes. Carlisle, though, clearly wants to utilize his change-of-pace quickness at both ends of the floor on a mostly veteran team that needs dashes of speed. Larkin is averaging 3.7 ppg and 2.2 apg in 12.6 mpg.
"I've started making some drives to the basket and my confidence is getting back," Larkin said. "So it's just a process of keep building every single game to get back to where I want to be and where coach wants me to be as a player."
Burke, averaging 8.5 ppg, 3.0 apg and 3.5 rpg in 21.5 mpg (a figure likely to rise in a hurry), has the more daunting and less forgiving task, running a team in total rebuild and that was 1-11 when he was cleared to play. Still, Burke said he relishes the challenge.
"Honestly, it reminds me of my freshman year at Michigan. Obviously this is another level, this is the pros and the best players in the world, but I had to go right into Michigan and learn right away," Burke said. "I had to jump right in, play that starting position and I had to learn quickly.
"I think with the vets on the this team are doing a good job of sheltering me, letting me know what's right and what's wrong. They trust me so with their trust that gives me more confidence out there."
Fans will be seeing more of Burke and Larkin, two eager point guards who got an early lesson that good health in the NBA is always something for which to be thankful.


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Why the Elderly Need Virtual Doctor Visits
What one new technology product do you think would be the biggest help to older people?
MARC AGRONIN: I see the age wave in my office every day since more and more patients are in their late 80s and 90s. They are typically sociable individuals with many enduring interests who are wholly reliant upon children or aides to coordinate their schedules and provide transportation for appointments and activities. Without adequate resources, many of these elders are homebound and socially isolated. Easily accessible and user-friendly telepresence is one technology that could make an enormous difference in their lives and provide critical cost-savings.
Consider the many potential services that could be provided by the telepresence of one or more individuals on a large screen set up in the home of an elderly person: interactive social groups, adult education, cognitive stimulation, medical and mental health assessments, psychological counseling, reminders to take medications, visits with clergy, and shopping. The key elements that telepresence provides are social interactions and observation of the individual. Certain medical and mental health assessments could prevent unnecessary visits to the hospital or alert caregivers to evolving issues that warrant prompt intervention. Greater access to mental health counselors, dietitians and other specialists could be provided. Much of what I do in our memory center to evaluate individuals for cognitive impairment could be done via telepresence. Telepresence could provide interactive socialization and education in a greater variety of languages, cultures and religious approaches than available at the local senior center. An entire industry of telepresence volunteers and services could be created to serve the exploding population of aging individuals.
Although the technology of telepresence already exists, it would need to be adapted for individuals who are not computer savvy (and may even be technophobic) and who often have sensory deficits. Such adaptations should include voice activation, easily navigated menus, interactive operators, remote troubleshooting, simple keyboards, sophisticated volume controls and projection, and extra large high definition screens.
Telepresence is clearly not a substitute for physical interactions. Realistically, however, the needs of the growing elderly population are outpacing current resources. For some aging individuals, telepresence would be merely a bridge to more services; for others, it could become a lifestyle in itself in the same way younger people are using texts, tweets and Facebook posts to interact with the world.
Marc Agronin (@MarcAgronin), is a geriatric psychiatrist and the author of "How We Age: A Doctor's Journey into the Heart of Growing Old." He is the medical director for mental health and clinical research at Miami Jewish Health Systems and an affiliate associate professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
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Will of Samuel Kinkart
Book A page 204
In the name of god amen I Sameul Kinkart of Nicholas County and State of Kentucky being in a low state of health and sick in body yet in perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for all his mercies to me – but calling to mind the mortality of any body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die; I do make and ordain this to be my last will and Testament that is to say first of all I do recommend my soul to God who give it and my body to the Earth from whence it came and to be buried in a decent manner in hopes it shall be restored at the resurrection; and as touching such worldy effects as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life; I do give and bequeath as follows to wit; First of all my lawful debts to be fully discharged Second – to my wife Isabel Kincart I give and Bequeath to her, her own bed and the furnature of the same also I give to her the fisher mare with her saddle & bridle also the large red cow and the white cow with their sucking calves and the dresser furniture to her and to be at her Disposal and all the pott metal to be divided as equal as possible between my said wife and my two Daughters Susanah & Isabela & I give to me said wife one pot mech[?] and her spinning wheel also three chairs also I give unto her five sheep also I give unto her the East end of my Brick house her lifetime and for the use of my two Daughters Susanah & Isabela while they Continuence with her there mother also I give unto her my said wife the thirds of the improved land during her lifetime 3dly I give and bequeath unto my son
Thomas Kinkart James
Kinkart five dollars 4thly I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Archer
five dollars 5thly I give and bequeath unto my son
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Samuel Kincart five dollars sixthly I give and bequeath to my son John Kinkart all the lands I now hold (by Bond Deed or title) Except what my son James Kinkart now lives on which [word?] to him the said James also I give to my said son John the water mill and horse mill & my two stills & the two masking kettles and also my wagon and horse gears and my plow and all my other farming utencials with my cutting box & also my fan also I give unto him the said John all tubs with all the Kegss & Barrels also my Cupboard and Clock – Seventhly I give and bequeath to my Daughter Susanah my flimnass[?] Mare saddle & Bridle and five head of sheep one Bed and furnature for the same also I do allow her the said Susanah three hundred Dollars one hundred Dollars to be paid four years after my Deceased and the other two hundred Dollars, to be paid in four years after that is to say fifty Dollars Per Year Eighthly I give and bequeath to my Daughter Isabela Kincart the old sorel mare a saddle & bridle five head of sheep one Bed with the furnature for the same also Three hundred Dollars one hundred to be paid four years after my decease the other two hundred to Be paid in four years more that is fifty Dollars Per Year & I give unto my wife Isabela all the geese and to be at her Disposal I also give and bequeath unto my said son John all the Remainder of my Horses Cows Sheep that is not mentioned Before with all my hogs also all my Bonds Notes and Book accounts that is due me also the Desk that is fin[?] the hand of Daughter by the Table & Remainder of my Chairs & one Bed with its furniture all I have give with this my last will my son John I do give and
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And Bequeath to him and his Heirs forever and I make and ordain him my said son John Sole Executor of this my Last will and Testament for the intents & purposes in this my will contained and to take care to see the same performed according to my true intent & meaning in witnesses, where of I the said Samuel Kinkart have to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred & thirteen signed sealed and delivered by the said Samuel Kinkart for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who were present at signing & sealing thereof-
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Nicholas County Set November County Court An Instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and Testament of Samuel Kincart Deceased was produced in open court and proven by the oaths of Thomas Nesbitt David Byers & Moses Hall and ordered to be recorded and an motion of John Kincart the Sole Executor therein named who made oath there to & Together with Robert Berry & Samuel Kinkart his securities entered into Bond in the penalty of $1000 conditioned according to Law which is to be Ordered to be Recorded- and there upon Certificate is Granted him for obtaining Aprobate thereof in due form-
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8 New Ways To Wear Your Old Jeans
Click through to see how Rihanna, Olivia Palermo, and more wear everything from lived-in boyfriend denim to cuffed skinnies. Trust us: your old jeans have never looked so new.
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Madewell's Editorial Director takes her H&M jeans for an uptown spin with a J.Crew button-down and Stella McCartney blazer. Polished add-ons, like Madewell sunglasses, a Celine bag, and Prada pointy-toe pumps, complete the look.
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Working once again with Max Vadukul, the first photographer to create the now-seminal Yohji Yamamoto womenswear catalogues in the 1980s, these two 'Coming Soon' films utilise the innovative medium of motion image to show off Yamamoto's second line's casual yet elegant sportswear through the exuberant energy of contemporary dance.
Eschewing traditional catwalk presentation in favour of film - and purely online film, no less - Yohji Yamamoto's Coming Soon line pursues the egalitarian ideal both in creation of product and dissemination of image. Photographer and filmmaker Max Vadukul created these fashion film shorts to showcase the line's Autumn/Winter 2008 and Spring/Summer 2009 lines.


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Reviewed by Sabrina C. (age 8)
This book reminds me about my uncle driving an airplane. My favorite part is when Toad was in the pool and got hit by a ball on the head. I liked this book because when Toad plays with his friends in the pool I think about playing with my friends in the pool.
I'm sure you will like this book very much. If you read this book you will want to fly an airplane.


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What. Am. I. Going. To. Do!!!!!
It's the crappiest part of the tv year! All my favorite shows are just minutes away from their season finales or they are taking ridiculously long hiatuses so they can make it to May Sweeps with new episodes left. Dumb!
To make me feel better about all this tv sadness, I am going to share some of my favorite YA-inspired tv shows.
Gossip Girl
This one's currently on a break, but it'll be back in April. Thank goodness! This one is all about the DRAMA. If you've been living under a rock, here is the scoop:
Lost of rich kids living in New York City and getting into all kinds of trouble. (I was going to say their were some not so rich people, but even the Humphreys are now shacking up with the Van Der Woodsens.)
This is one that I initially loved. Over its four seasons, I've gone back and forth on this one. There is definitely a lot of drama and lots of intrigue. But, I can only take Lily and Rufus getting into the same fight so many times. However, this show is more about the young'ins and they are crazy. They have been through every ridiculous situation out there (drugs, alcohol, pregnancy, long-lost siblings, almost-incestuous relationships, mean girls, class issues, corporate espionage, secret societies, death, car accidents, missing persons, backstabbing, banishment, amnesia, and on and on and on). However, I'm a little tired of the constant relationship back and forths and am often annoyed by the couplings. Can Serena please be with someone…anyone… for more than 2 episodes?
Still, I love this show. It divulges quite a bit from the books (as any tv show based on a book does), but it is really addictive. You can't help but be jealous of the gorgeous clothes and the gorgeous people. I will continue to watch it as long as it's on, but I can't guarantee I won't be shaking my head thinking, "This. Is. Ridiculous."
Pretty Little Liars
This one is currently running, but we only have 3 episodes left this season. Pardon me while I shed a tear.
Four high school girls reconnect after the death of the 5th member of their group, Allison. When they start receiving messages from a mysterious A who knows things only Allison knew, they get caught up in a dangerous game of cat and mouse and start to realize Allison might not have been the person they thought she was.
This show makes me so tense. I am dying to know who A is and who killed Alli. I haven't read the books, but I have read spoilers online. Still, there is no guarantee that the show will follow the storyline of the books.
The primary antagonist of this show is the mysterious A character. He/She only speaks to the girls through various non-verbal messages (text, email, post-its, etc.) A's threatening messages usually involve some sort of blackmail about the many secrets the girls hide (a mom who stole money from work, a student-teacher relationship, being a lesbian, parents who cheat, past relationships with sister's boyfriends, etc.)
Hints online suggest that we might find out who Alli's killer is by the end of season. Are Alli's killer and A the same person? That's one we're going to have to wait a little longer for. Also, showrunner I. Marlene King insists they are going to keep A's identity secret as long as possible.
This one is definitely a puzzle, but I'm enjoying trying to figure it out. Even if it doesn't sound like you're thing, check it out. At least for the opening credits. Some of the best I've seen in a long time!
And Now….the Granddaddy of them All….
Probably the best YA-based tv show on right now. Also, currently on a break. I hate you CW. Look for it again in April.
The town of Mystic Falls, VA seems to be a magnet for all things supernatural (Vampires, Witches, Werewolves). Lots of pretty teens deal with keeping the supernaturals a secret, while also trying to protect all the people they love.
Popular human Elena Gilbert seems to be the center of everything. She is torn between her love for two vampire brothers. Stefan, the good one, is her boyfriend. Damon, the bad one, loves her but is fighting his urge to be a better person. I am definitely a Delena shipper. These two are just two hot to not be together. (Plus, Stefan seems to have much more chemistry with new vampire Caroline.) Add in the fact that both brothers used to be in love with the vampire Katherine, who is the greatxabunch grandmother of Elena and who could be her twin, and you have some serious drama.
As you watch the show, you discover that Mystic Falls has a long history of supernatural connections and the present is no exception. Everything that has happened over the course of history seems to have built to the present, where Elena struggles to figure out how it is all connected to her. As she tries to figure out the mysteries of the past, the present seems to be ever on the tipping point of all out supernatural destruction of one sort or another.
This one is very sexy and very bloody. I hope it stays around along time. Unlike every new character on the show. Who seem to have a 2-episode max before they die.
All in all, I love me some YA-inspired tv shows. All the drama of a good YA book with tons of yummy actors. I'm gonna be on a boat for the next week, so I'll be taking a little break from my tv. My DVR will be waiting patiently for my return.


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Well we are over half way through the 2010 playoffs. So far they have been packed with all sorts of excitement, and several David over Goliath victories…So I decided to break down what sticks the top goal scorers of the playoffs have been using.
To start it out we have Joe Pavelski. Many did not expect to see him among the upper goal scorers of the playoffs, despite his foreshadowing play during the olympics. Pav is leading the way with goals on the Sharks. Netting even more goals than giants like, Heatley, and Marleau. Pavelski, as you can see is using an Easton S19 stick, which matches he's play perfectly. The Easton S19 has an excellent quick and snappy shot release, but can also deliver deadly one-timers, as Pav has shown.
Next up we have Mike Cammalleri. Mike is also using an Easton stick, however he is using the slightly older but still very popular Easton SE16 stick. Cammalleri excels in the quick give n' go style play, and the Easton SE16 works great with this. Easton has designed the SE16 to be the "ultimate feel" stick in their line, perfect for touch passes, and one-timers. The great feel helps give confidence when receiving passes to make that quick play on point.
Here we have a nice visible shot of Toews stick, a Warrior Dolomite Spyne DD. A fairly new stick that came out around mid-season this year. The Dolo Spyne has a great feel, nice rounded corners and concave walls. The Dolo Spyne features a mid flex point to load more energy into the stick, and a slightly stiffer feel than the Dolo DD stick. As Toews has shown the Dolo Spyne DD is a great all around stick from slappers to wrist shots.
Finally, we have Daniel Briere, here meeting a line of fans in Boston. Briere definitely seems to step it up in the playoff, and this year he has been doing just that. If you need evidence, just take a quick look at the second round series against Boston. Where Briere and the Flyers pull off one of the greatest comebacks in recent hockey history. Briere is shown here with what looks to be a Bauer Supreme One95 stick. One95 is a great stick, that has seen a fair share of use in the NHL. The one95 stick offers a mid-flex point for loading maximum energy. Great for one-timers and slap shots, but as Briere has shown it can handle whatever you through at it.
As we have seen there are plenty of players stepping up their game these playoffs, and the same can be said about the stick manufacturers lately. With quality sticks coming from several companies. It is just a matter of finding what stick fits you the best, not what is the best stick.


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NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass.—After a second-place finish in the regular season and a trip to the Little East Conference Title Match, UMass Boston men's tennis placed five players on the Little East Conference Teams, the league office announced Friday morning.
Senior Charles Lai (Boston, Mass.) earned a pair of First Team honors in both singles and doubles, while fellow seniors Sean Cullen (Medway, Mass.), Eglis Bizhoti (Kucovë, Albania) and Mark Grinhaus (Scarsdale, N.Y.) each earned First Team honors in doubles play.
The Beacons garnered three more honors, as Cullen, Grinhaus and freshman Jack Wang (Suzhou, China) each were named to the Second Team for singles play.
UMass Boston's five honorees are the second most in program-history, behind only their 2013 Championship season. A year ago, all six members of the Beacons' lineup were named to the All Conference Team, with the Beacons placing four players on the singles team and earning four of the six spots on the doubles First Team.
Lai, a third-year member of the program, has now been named a First Team honoree in singles three times and earned his second consecutive First Team recognition for doubles play. The senior co-captain has earned First Team honors at third singles (2012), fourth singles (2013) and at number two singles (2014) and is the first player in program history to be named to multiple All-Conference First Teams in both singles and doubles play.
The Boston, Mass. native led UMass Boston with 12 singles victories, 16 doubles victories and 28 total wins. His 28 overall victories are tied for sixth-most in program history for a single season, while his 16 doubles victories are tied for eight-most in a single year. With his final doubles victory of the year, Lai set the UMass Boston career mark in doubles victories (41). The two-year captain also ranks third in school history with his 76 career wins, just 10 shy of UMass Boston tennis legends Quazi Sadruzzaman ('04) and Tom Savoie ('91) for the school record. Rounding out the career marks, Lai sit fourth in school history with his 35 singles victories and is third all-time with his 51 career doubles matches played (41-10).
Cullen wraps up his career with a second consecutive First Team honor at Number One doubles and Second Team recognition for his play at number one singles. Cullen teamed up with Lai to go 13-2 overall at number one doubles and finishes his career 11-1 against LEC foes in doubles play, after finishing the year with a perfect 6-0 mark this season.
The Beacons number one doubles pair earned their lone point of the LEC Title Match, as Cullen and Lai earned an 8-6 come-from-behind win at number one doubles. He added eight singles wins, including posting an impressive 5-1 mark in the LEC. In just two years at UMass Boston, Cullen earned 38 victories as a Beacon and finished in ninth-place in program history with his 23 career singles wins.
Bizhoti, one of six seniors on the Beacons' rosters, finishes up a tremendous four-year run through the Little East Conference with an LEC record fourth consecutive All Conference doubles selection. After earning All Conference doubles honors in each of his first two years at Salem State University, Bizhoti carried that success over to his play at UMass Boston, where he earned Second Team honors (third doubles) as a junior and First Team honors (second doubles) as a senior. Overall, Bizhoti earned two First Team and two Second Team All Conference honors in doubles and finished his career with a 17-6 doubles mark against LEC foes.
He finished the 2014 season with a career-high 20 victories (12 doubles and eight singles) and 56 career wins. After earning 18 combined wins over two years at Salem State, Bizhoti shored up the Beacons' lineup by averaging 19 wins per season over his two years at UMass Boston. In his final season of play, he finished with an impressive 9-3 mark against LEC foes, and added two key wins in the Beacons' LEC Semifinal victory over Western Connecticut State University.
Grinhaus made the most of his only season on the tennis courts, as the four-year member of the Beacons' hockey team picked up First Team honors at second doubles and Second Team honors at number four singles. He finished the season with an impressive 17-11 mark in his first year and garnered a pair of Little East Conference Rookie of the Week awards.
In his six Little East Conference matches, Grinhaus registered identical 5-1 marks in singles and doubles play, while helping the Beacons post a nine-win season, their second-most since 1990. He finished off the regular-season with a ridiculous stretch, as Grinhaus won 13 of his final 16 matches, to help UMass Boston finish the season in second-place in the Little East Conference.
Wang was the final Beacon to earn All-Conference recognition after the Beacons' freshman posted a 3-1 mark at number five singles. The Suzhou, China native was one of just two freshmen on the roster and posted 10 wins on the year. After getting off to an 0-6 start in singles, Wang finished the year with five wins in his final nine singles matches, including a 3-0 mark to end the regular-season.


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Gail Kligman & Katherine Verdery – Peasants under Siege: The Collectivization of Romanian Agriculture, 1949-1962
Winner of the 2013 SRS Book Prize, The Society for Romanian Studies
The prize selection committee appreciated the scope and rigor of the research undertaking upon which Peasants under Siege is based. The book builds upon the authors' decades of experience doing field research in rural Romania. Kligman and Verdery make use of multiple types of sources, including archives, the communist press and extensive interviews, to analyze the relationship between the collectivization of agriculture in Romania and the process of party and state building that transformed the countryside and Romanian society as a whole… This beautifully conceived and clearly written work of history, anthropology and sociology shows how fruitful it can be to ignore the boundaries between disciplines in the interest of gaining insight into the fraught nexus between society and state. Peasants under Siege will provide a valuable guide to scholars seeking to understand rural transformation in the region for years to come, and serve as a primary reference point for those wishing to understand what really happened in the long decade of the 1950s in Romania, and what it meant for those who lived it.
To learn more about the award, click here.
In 1949, Romania's fledgling communist regime unleashed a radical and brutal campaign to collectivize agriculture in this largely agrarian country, following the Soviet model. Peasants under Siege provides the first comprehensive look at the far-reaching social engineering process that ensued. Gail Kligman and Katherine Verdery examine how collectivization assaulted the very foundations of rural life, transforming village communities that were organized around kinship and status hierarchies into segments of large bureaucratic organizations, forged by the language of "class warfare" yet saturated with vindictive personal struggles.
Drawing on archival documents, oral histories, and ethnographic data, Peasants under Siege sheds new light on collectivization in the Soviet era and on the complex tensions underlying and constraining political authority.
Gail Kligman is professor of sociology and director of the Center for European and Eurasian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Katherine Verdery is the Julien J. Studley Faculty Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York Graduate Center.


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up to situation.
sometime happiness. sometime truth.
"up to situation.
sometime happiness. sometime truth."
That's too pragmatic and wishy-washy and basically useless in a practical sense. Why not ALWAYS value truth above passing, temporary bliss? How about valuing happiness about living in reality as opposed to so-called 'truth.' Reality being the best that we can perceive it to be based on the best use of our senses and technology but always being refined and modified?